If you’ve been in the Homeopathy world for a while, you’ll know that it can be successfully used to treat all sorts of issues in people and pets.
But did you know it can also treat plants?
It’s a branch (no pun intended), of Homeopathy known as Agrohomeopathy. It may seem like a newer use of Homeopathy, but in fact Agrohomeopathy has been used for well over 100 years.
Homeopathic remedies began being applied to plants and agriculture in the 19th century, not long after homeopathy itself became established. There are references to experiments and applications in agriculture from the 1800s, with interest growing particularly in Europe and later in India and South America.
So, it isn’t a new concept.
There are some great resources about this field of Homeopathy out there - Camilla Sherr is a big advocate of it, and for more grass roots applications, Pat Aherne, the Irish Homeopath Farmer on Facebook has some fantastic examples of how he uses Agrohomeopathy as a preferred method of treatment on his farm. You can’t get much more down to earth than a farmer using Homeopathy! Great way to quell the sceptics too ;-)
I love plants and gardens, however my skills in this area need some attention, but I’m okay-ish with keeping house plants alive. However, two of my plants were looking very bedraggled, one was covered in aphids, the other had a few aphids but a serious ant infestation.
I initially sprayed the plants with a natural, plant-friendly spray to get rid of the unwanted piggy-backers, but unfortunately, this was unsuccessful. At this time, both plants were looking equally poorly.
I decided to try some Homeopathy….
