Snip a branch from the roadside, stick it in a pot, and it grows like crazy, with so many fruits you cannot finish eating them

Fig

Figs are especially delicious, with a sweet, soft and glutinous texture and a fresh fragrance. Around March and April, you can start planting them!

Steps:

1. Cut some fig branches and divide them into small sections. Each section should ideally keep 2 to 3 buds, so they sprout faster.

2. Fig cuttings can be rooted with the help of a plastic bottle. Some gardening friends have tested it, and using a plastic bottle gives a higher rooting rate than planting directly in the ground. Fill the bottle with a 1:1 mix of sand and soil, water it, and insert the branch.

3. Keep the soil in the plastic bottle moist, and be careful to place it in a spot with scattered light. It must not be exposed to direct sun before transplanting. After about 2 weeks, it will root.

4. After about 6 to 8 weeks, the fig cuttings can be transplanted into separate flower pots. Just remove a little of the soil around the roots before transplanting.

5. Prepare a large flower pot for the fig, so its roots can grow better and it will bear more fruit.

6. After transplanting, place the pot in the sunniest spot in the home and let it get sun every day. Just make sure the soil does not get too dry. Figs are prone to root rot when watered too much.

7. Some friends say potted figs bear less fruit than those planted in the ground, and that is because the nutrients in the pot are limited. You can apply dilute organic fertilizer 1 to 2 times a month.

8. Figs generally begin to ripen in August and September. You can apply some potassium fertilizer two months in advance, so the fruit will be more abundant and larger.

Strawberry

Strawberries on the market are very expensive now, but the taste is quite ordinary. It is better to grow a pot on the balcony, and in a few months you can eat strawberries you grew with your own hands!

Steps:

1. To grow strawberries, you can directly buy strawberry seedlings to plant. They can be purchased at flower markets or online.

2. Prepare a flower pot with a relatively wide mouth. It does not need to be too deep, because strawberry roots are relatively shallow. The soil can be leaf mold mixed with river sand.

3. Clean off a little of the soil around the roots, then plant them in the flower pot and fill in the soil. Strawberries grow very fast, so do not plant too many in one pot. Generally, 2 to 3 plants are enough.

4. The planting direction of potted strawberries also matters. It is best to plant them with the curved back facing outward, so the strawberries that grow will hang just outside the pot and will not touch the soil.

5. Place the strawberries on the balcony to receive plenty of light. Water every day and keep the soil moist.

6. Once the strawberries produce small flowers, you can pollinate them. Use an old calligraphy brush or a soft-bristled brush to pick up pollen from one strawberry flower, then brush it onto another strawberry flower. You can brush again every few days to increase the success rate of pollination.

7. Before long, the small white flowers will turn into strawberries. At this point, you can apply a dilute cake fertilizer water once, so the fruit will be larger and taste sweeter.

8. When the strawberries turn red, you can pick them and eat them. Homegrown strawberries have a particularly rich flavor, both fragrant and sweet. Plant a pot now, and you can eat strawberries around June.

Watermelon

Everyone loves eating watermelon in summer. If your home balcony is relatively large, you can try growing watermelons yourself. Around late March, when the indoor temperature is above 15°C, you can plant them.

Steps:

1. Buy some watermelon seeds. For growing at home, it is best to choose some small varieties. Put the seeds in warm water at about 30°C, soak them for one hour, then take them out and place them on a wet paper towel for 2 to 3 hours.

2. Prepare a flower pot, add some base fertilizer to the soil, and moisten the soil surface with water. Dig a small hole 1 to 2 cm deep, plant the watermelon seeds in it, and cover with soil.

3. After one week, the watermelon seedlings will grow leaves. At this point, you can start giving them sun. Just keep the soil slightly moist.

4. Watermelons have a vining habit. You can use wooden sticks to guide the direction of the watermelon vine growth, so they will not grow too messily.

5. After about a month, the watermelon will produce small flowers. If the watermelon is slow to bloom, you can water it with some fermented bone water.

6. After flowering, you need to pollinate the watermelon. The ones on the vine without a small watermelon are male flowers. Pick the male flowers and rub the stamens against the female flowers.

7. A few days after pollination, the small watermelons begin to grow. Generally, keep one or two watermelons per pot. Potted plants have limited nutrients, and keeping too many will prevent them from growing large.

8. After another month or so, the watermelons are basically about to mature. Before harvest, water less, because too much water will make the watermelons not sweet. When the watermelon rind has clear stripes and sounds dull when tapped, you can pick them and eat them!

Plant a pot now, and you can eat fruit in summer,

Homegrown ones are green and delicious,

Are you gardening friends tempted?