Can cigarette ash be used as flower fertilizer? What other things in daily life can be used as flower fertilizer

Many flower enthusiasts often worry about fertilizer for growing flowers, but in fact many common items in daily life can be used as flower fertilizer. These items are both economical and eco-friendly, and when used as flower fertilizer they can effectively promote the growth of flowers. So can cigarette ash be used as fertilizer for growing flowers? What else can be used as flower fertilizer?

1. Can cigarette ash be used as fertilizer for growing flowers

1. Cigarette ash can be used as fertilizer. Cigarette ash is the solid residue left after tobacco is burned, and it contains some elements beneficial to plant growth that can help plants grow. But not all plants are suitable for it, because it contains fairly strongly alkaline substances, and if it is added over the long term, the soil will become alkaline. Plants that like to grow in an acidic environment may not adapt to it, and it may instead hinder their growth. At the same time, it can also kill small insects in the soil. When using it, you need to pay attention to the proper method.

2. How to use it: You can collect the cigarette ash, put it in a bottle, add some water, and add hydrochloric acid to adjust the pH value to neutral. Cigarette ash treated in this way is a very nutrient-rich fertilizer.

2. Other homemade flower fertilizers

1. Waste oil: The waste oil in the oil collection box of a range hood can be poured into the soil along the edge of the flower pot to serve as flower fertilizer for Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), jasmine (Jasminum sambac), trailing abutilon (Abutilon megapotamicum), and others.

2. Fruit peels and vegetable leaves: You can directly bury fruit peels and vegetable leaves in the soil when planting flowers, and they can also be used as a top-dressing flower fertilizer.

3. Chinese medicine residues: Chinese medicine residues are a kind of flower fertilizer that is both clean and high in nutrients. Mixing them into the surface of the potting soil can improve the soil and keep it moist; the fertilizer water made by soaking and composting Chinese medicine residues has an even higher fertilizer effect.

4. Rice washing water: Rice washing water contains protein, starch, vitamins, and so on. Watering flowers with rice washing water can make them more luxuriant, and it is best to use it after fermentation.

5. Eggshells: Eggshells are rich in organic phosphorus, calcium, iron, and other trace elements. First clean off the egg white inside the eggshells, dry the eggshells in the sun, crush them, and grind them into powder, and then they can be used as a base fertilizer.

6. Scallion skins: Collect the peeled scallion skins and soak them in hot water at 40-50 degrees for a few days, then apply them to flowers. The treated scallion skins contain a variety of trace elements and can promote flower growth.

7. Sesame oil: Many people water orchids with hemp residue water, and use sesame oil diluted with water as fertilizer, which can be applied once every two weeks during the growing season of orchids.

8. Tea leaves: The tea residue left after brewing tea can be buried in the lower part of the potting soil. Be careful not to use too much, as too much will burn the plant roots.

9. Spoiled milk: When using spoiled milk, it must first be diluted with water, otherwise it will burn the roots of flowers and plants.

10. Mosquito coil ash: Sprinkle mosquito coil ash in the flower pot and then water it. It can not only serve as flower fertilizer, but also prevent pests.

11. Beer: The beer bottle left after drinking beer can be filled with water, shaken, and used to water flowers, and diluted beer can also be used to water flowers.

12. Water changed out of a fish tank: The water in a fish tank contains fish waste and is a natural fertilizer for flowers and plants, both eco-friendly and economical.

13. Bones: Put leftover bones in a pressure cooker and steam them for half an hour, then crush them into powder, mix with river sand, and use as a base fertilizer for flowers. This bone meal contains relatively high levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and is beneficial for the growth and flowering of flowers.