Don't Throw Away Plastic Bottles: A Simple DIY Turns Them into a Self-Watering Wonder
Huahua noticed that many friends have stopped growing flowers lately, and when asked, it turned out they thought flower growing was too much trouble, what with watering and fertilizing. Today, Huahua will introduce a few lazy-person flower-growing tips, so hurry up and learn them!
The Lazy Person's Watering Method
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GROWING FLOWERS
Watering is an essential step in growing flowers, but many friends, unable to master the tricks and patterns of watering, often end up killing their own flowers through improper watering.
Alcohol-Lamp-Style Waterer
1. Prepare a fairly thick, highly absorbent cord; Huahua recommends pulling one off a mop.
2. Prepare a tray and poke a hole in the middle big enough for the thick cord to pass through easily.
3. Place the prepared tray on top of a container full of water, and dip the cord into the water.
4. Thread the white cord through the drainage hole at the bottom of the flower pot, then move the flower into the pot, making sure the white cord passes through the entire pot.
Self-Watering Device
1. Prepare a plastic bottle and a small knife, and use the knife to poke a row of small holes in one side of the bottle.
2. Fill the bottle with water, and place the side with the holes on the flower pot, and you no longer need to worry about watering.
The Lazy Person's Fertilizing Method
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GROWING FLOWERS
Applying flower fertilizer is also something of a headache for beginners: too much fertilizer burns the roots, too little and the flowers don't grow well. Today Huahua will teach you a few lazy-person fertilizing methods, so you never have to worry about fertilizing again!
Bury a Quail Egg at the Bottom of the Pot
1. Prepare a few fresh quail eggs, gently tap the smaller end, then use a toothpick to poke along the crack and open it up.
2. Spread a layer of soil about 3cm deep at the bottom of the flower pot, then place the quail egg between the center of the pot and the rim, fix it in place with soil, then add more soil to the pot and move the flower in.
3. Because the quail egg buried in the soil is separated by its shell, you don't need to worry about burning the roots.
Add a Plastic Bottle to the Pot
1. Prepare a plastic bottle and a pair of scissors, and cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle.
2. Bury the prepared plastic bottle at the edge of the flower pot.
3. Chop up leftover fruit or rotten vegetable leaves, toss them into the plastic bottle, and screw the cap on tightly to let them ferment.
4. Because of the plastic bottle's isolation, the fermenting fertilizer won't harm the roots, and it's not likely to produce a foul smell.
Flowers Every Lazy Person Must Grow
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GROWING FLOWERS
Having covered the lazy person's flower-growing secrets, Huahua will now recommend a few flowers suited to lazy growers, ones that grow well with almost no care at all!
Spider Plant
Keep the spider plant in a semi-shaded environment, and just water once whenever the potting soil dries out.
Pennywort
Grow pennywort in water, toss in 2-3 granules of compound fertilizer, and place it in the sunlight, and it basically needs no care at all.
Desert Rose
Desert rose likes dry conditions; just water after the potting soil dries out, and normally just place it in the sunlight.
Moss Rose
Moss rose will bloom for several months as long as there is plenty of sunlight; in addition, giving it a once-a-month application of dilute fertilizer water is enough.
Have you mastered the lazy person's flower-growing secrets?
If you have any other questions, feel free to leave Huahua a message~
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