Gourd, coconut, rotten wood stump: just dig a hole and you can grow succulents, the more you grow them, the more addictive it gets

Growing succulents in wood stumps

There are actually a great many old wood stumps thrown away by the roadside or on the mountain, and attentive gardening enthusiasts pick them up and take them home to grow succulents. They look good, breathe well, and can even add a bit of nutrients, a real bargain!

How do you make a wood stump into a flower pot?

1. First use electric grinding tools, a saw and other tools to carve a hole in the wood stump, then according to personal preference cut off the edges and corners you do not like;

2. Fill the carved hole with some nutrient soil, vermiculite and other media, then wrap the roots of the succulents with sphagnum moss that has been soaked in water and squeezed dry, stuff it into the soil, and then fill the surroundings with sphagnum moss

After soaking in water, sphagnum moss becomes soft and loose, and once dry it quickly clumps together, so succulents planted on it are easily held in place.

3. If the wood stump is large enough, you can fill the whole hole and groove with succulents, then lay some pebbles for decoration.

When you grow succulents in a wood stump, you do not have to worry about watering too much, because the wood stump has many holes and good air permeability, and sphagnum moss also absorbs water very well, so the succulents are not prone to root rot.

So, gardening enthusiasts, when walking on the road, you need roving eyes and the perseverance of a junk collector

Growing succulents in gourds

Gourds are generally made into water ladles, convenient for washing clothes, cooking, watering flowers and growing vegetables. But there is a new way to use them that you have certainly never seen, which is to grow succulents in them!

How do you make a gourd ladle into a flower pot?

1. Clean the outside of the selected gourd, then draw lines and make marks on the part to be hollowed out.

2. After cutting it open with a small knife, scoop out the flesh inside, then put the ladle into water and boil it for a few minutes.

3. After heating, you can use a spoon to clean the inner wall very thoroughly. Once dried in the sun, you can fill it with soil and grow succulents.

4. Interested gardening enthusiasts can use acrylic and other paints to coat and paint the exterior.

Note: try to choose old gourds, leave them out in the sun to dry more, and only after they are thoroughly dry and hard are they less likely to rot.

Growing succulents in coconut shells

The round belly of a coconut shell is born to be flower pot material, and it is very easy to place or hang!

How do you make a coconut shell into a flower pot?

1. Wash the coconut shell, drink the juice inside, then cut it in half with a saw and scoop out the flesh. If it is hard to scoop out, pry it open little by little with a screwdriver.

2. Use a Phillips screwdriver to drill a few holes in the bottom to allow air and water to pass through.

3. Soak the coconut shell in a carbendazim solution diluted 500 times to disinfect it, then take it out after 1 day and dry it in the sun to prevent the succulents from being infected by bacteria and rotting.

4. After completing these steps, you can add soil and grow succulents, and you can also paint and draw on the outside with acrylic paint according to personal preference.

5. If you want to make a hanging potted plant, you can drill a few holes on both sides of the coconut shell and thread thick hemp rope through them to hang it up.

Succulents are really so versatile,

give them a hole and they can grow beautifully,

gardening enthusiasts, what other fun succulent flower pots do you have?