Flowers Thrown in the Trash Bin, Rescued by an Old Lady and Brought Back to a Full Bloom in 1 Month

You can often see discarded flowers in trash bins and on the wasteland of flower markets. I really want to pick them up, but I feel a bit embarrassed, like I'm doing something sneaky. Still, since they've been thrown in the trash bin, it's actually quite nice to pick them up and grow them - who knows, you might even save a pot of flowers! As it happens, many gardening enthusiasts have picked up flowers from trash bins, taken them home, nursed them back to health, and seen them burst into a full pot of growth again! Let's take a look together!

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Picking Up Flowers from the Trash Bin

- Yellow-Leafed Pothos -

Next to trash bins you can often find yellow-leafed pothos and spider plants. In fact, both are very easy plants to keep alive. An old lady found two pots of yellow-leafed pothos in a trash bin. These pothos had yellow leaves and had withered because they were watered too much and their roots rotted. Some pothos had also been frozen in winter, and because many rotted roots were not dealt with, the leaves slowly turned yellow, also showing this condition.

You can cut off the healthy parts of the pothos, change to fresh potting soil, stick them into the new potting soil, water thoroughly, and place them in a cool, ventilated spot. They will root in 1 week, and the pothos will soon burst into a full pot again.

Of course, some enthusiasts pick up plants that are in very good condition, and these are much easier - at most you change the pot, and the leaves will grow like crazy.

(Hua Ba - Yu Xiao Yi Jiu Yan Ran)

- Rotted-Root Calathea -

The most common reason plants are thrown away is root rot. For many enthusiasts without care experience, root rot means they can only slowly let the plant die. Actually, if the roots really have rotted, you might as well take the plant out of its pot, cut off the rotted roots, and then soak it in a potassium permanganate or carbendazim solution to disinfect it. Then repot it, and the plant might just be saved.

An enthusiast found a pot of Calathea leopardina next to a trash bin. Its roots were completely rotted, no wonder the leaf tips were yellow and the leaves were wilted.

Trim off the dead roots, soak the roots in a carbendazim solution, and then repot it, using loose and breathable potting soil. Calathea leopardina likes a warm and humid environment. In the early stage, besides placing it in a cool, ventilated spot, you can also cover the pot with a plastic bag to keep in moisture, so the calathea can recover its vitality as soon as possible.

(Tieba - Ma Er Shan Feng Yi Pian Yun)

- Gerbera -

Many herbaceous flowers need a lot of water, and with strong evaporation they easily wilt. However, as long as you give them a little water, they quickly recover. Many enthusiasts think the flower is dead and then throw it away. An enthusiast picked up two gerberas from a trash bin. In fact, they had only temporarily wilted. She soaked the gerberas in a basin of water, and within two or three hours they stood upright again.

Gerberas are very sensitive to water. You can water them in the morning or evening, and let the plant be relatively dry at nightfall. You can water using the soaking method, but there must be no waterlogging or long-term excessive moisture. Normally you can also add a little phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, which helps gerberas bloom.

(Hua Ba - Shu Ye Shang Fang)

- Rose -

Finding old rose stumps in a trash bin is really a rare treat. An enthusiast found some discarded old stumps next to a rose greenhouse. If the rose seedlings are relatively healthy, cut off the dead roots, soak them in carbendazim for half an hour, and then you can pot them up.

(Hua Ba - pandakiss)

Some may have completely rotted roots, or only branches left, but you can still use them! First stick the branches in rooting water, then insert them into vermiculite or loose potting soil for cuttings. In about 1 month, the roses will grow new shoots and new leaves, and then grow up and bloom!

(Jia Zai Shenzhen - Ying Tao Guo)

You can also try the cutting method with other flowers - maybe they'll take root and survive?

If you see discarded flowers on the street

You might as well pick them up and see if you can save them!

After some time

The flowers will also burst into a full pot of blooms to repay you!

After reading, share it with gardening friends who need it~