Pothos, clivia, and spider plants: how this uncle cares for them, leaves glossy green and shining, bursting out of the pot year after year

Pothos, clivia, and spider plants are flowers often kept at home, but some flower lovers can grow them lush and green with shining leaves, while others end up with sickly, droopy, thin, yellowing plants. What exactly is the difference? An uncle submitted a piece to Huahua, sharing some tips for caring for pothos, spider plants, and clivia at home. Let's take a look.

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Flower care tips

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Pothos care tips

- Beer and rice water -

Rice water is a common household fertilizer among flower lovers. Usually rice water is fermented for a few days before being used to water flowers. The starch and protein in rice water are broken down by microorganisms and absorbed and used by the plants, so they can grow better. Beer can also be used as fertilizer. If you have leftover beer at home, you can dilute it and water the flowers with it; for some foliage plants, the effect is very obvious. So, I considered combining the two, adding beer to rice water at a 1:1 ratio, and fermented it for a few days. I found that the fermentation speed increased quite a bit. After diluting it about 20 times and watering the flowers with it, I found the pothos grew even more vigorously.

- Fish tank water -

Because I like fish, I have a small fish tank at home, so when I normally change the water, I pour the fish tank water into the pothos pot. The water in the fish tank contains leftover organic food from feeding the fish and fish droppings, which after decomposition are all good fertilizer that plants can absorb and use, and the concentration is very low, so no matter how much you water with it, you don't have to worry. Occasionally I also put one or two granules of urea into the collected fish tank water. This effect is explosively obvious. After using it, the pothos leaves grow another size bigger, but because I am afraid of fertilizer burn, I only use it once a month.

Spider plant care tips

- Burying soybeans in the soil -

Soybeans contain a large amount of protein, and after decomposition they are a very good source of nitrogen fertilizer. The trace elements and minerals in soybeans are also very helpful for the growth of flowers. Take cooked soybeans and, near the edge of the spider plant's pot, poke a hole with chopsticks, then bury a few in the hole each week. Make it a bit deeper to avoid pests and odors. As the soybeans slowly rot, they will provide rich nutrients for the spider plant.

- Eggshell fertilizer -

The main nutrient components of eggshell powder are phosphorus and calcium. Phosphorus is an important component of plant cell nuclei, can promote cell division, and promotes root development. Calcium is part of the middle lamella of plant cell walls, can improve drought resistance and cold tolerance, and can also make spider plants more upright. Remember to first sun-dry or heat-sterilize eggshell powder, so the egg white denatures before use.

Clivia care tips

- Adding oilseed crops to the soil -

Clivia loves fertilizer, and fertilizer is crucial to its growth, so it is best to use organic fertilizer for clivia. When fertilizer is applied well, clivia can grow several pairs of leaves in a year, bloom more, and have vivid flower colors! When repotting, you can stir-fry soybean cake, castor beans, soybeans, hemp seeds, and other oilseed crops until cooked. For varieties such as 'Yuantou Heshang' and 'Japanese Orchid', you can add a little at the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer; for the short-leaf strain, do not add hemp seeds when changing the soil. If repotting in autumn, you can also add a little bone meal.

- Soil-fermented fish intestine fertilizer -

Collect fish innards and chicken or duck innards, then blanch them in a pot with hot water to make them half-cooked, drain, and set aside. Spread a layer of humus soil at the bottom of a foam box, put the innards at the very bottom, then spread a layer of soil, then a layer of vegetable leaves and fruit peels, and finally seal with a thick layer of soil. Put the lid on the foam box and wait for fermentation. After a few months, open it and check whether it has turned black. If it has, move it out into the sun to dry, then mix it into potting soil and use it. The fertilizer effect is very high, and it is a very good phosphorus-potassium fertilizer, very helpful for clivia's large, vividly colored flowers and repeated blooming.

So by accumulating a few more flower care tips in daily life

flowers can grow this well

While feeling envious, we should also try more ourselves!

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