The secret to a pothos that keeps growing like crazy: a 30-year veteran flower farmer puts this at the bottom of the pot

Summer is the tribulation period for household potted flowers, especially potted green plants like pothos. For many flower lovers, keeping pothos well in summer is really not easy - it is either yellow leaves or root rot. Today let us take a look at the flower-growing secrets of a 30-year veteran flower farmer, and how to keep pothos well in summer.

Pothos is a semi-shade plant and generally does not need particularly strong light. Usually, when placed on the balcony, just turn the pot often so the plant shape stays perfect. If it is grown outdoors, then in summer you must remember to shade it and cool it down, otherwise the leaves of the pothos can easily be sunburned yellow. For cooling, you can choose the method of spraying water around the pot to lower the temperature, or you can spray water on the leaves to cool them down, but remember, never spray water at noon. At noon evaporation is fast, and it can easily absorb all the water on the leaves.

In summer, the most important cause of yellow leaves and root rot in pothos is improper watering. In summer evaporation is fast and the water demand of pothos increases, but many flower lovers worry that their pothos will dry to death, so they water it whenever they have nothing else to do. This easily causes water to accumulate at the bottom of the pot and bring about root rot in pothos.

For watering, the method we adopt is to water only when the potting soil starts to turn white, and when watering, water thoroughly. Never give "half water" - "half water" will cause the roots to be unable to absorb water and lead to yellow leaves. We can place some medium at the bottom of the pot to improve the soil's drainage.

The pine needles that fall from pine trees in the park are a very good flower-growing medium. We can go to the park to pick up some pine needles and place them at the bottom of the pot. The soil's drainage and air permeability are increased by at least 10 times. Moreover, as the pine needles slowly rot, they can also produce nutrients for the pothos to absorb, so we do not need to fertilize the pothos, and it can still grow so green that it shines. After the pine needles completely rot, they become humus soil with particularly high nutritional value, and using it to grow pothos has an effect comparable to the nutrient soil sold in flower markets.

Flower lovers who like pothos can try this little trick. If you have any other flower-growing experience, you can also share it with everyone in the comment box below.