Growing Succulents Without Root Rot: Pick Up a Tree Stump Outside and Give It a Simple Makeover

To grow succulents, gardening fans really go all out. Anything can be turned into a flower pot, such as a rotten tree stump, a gourd, a coconut shell...

Growing Succulents in Tree Stumps

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There are actually plenty of old tree stumps thrown away by the roadside or on the mountain. Diligent gardening fans pick them up and take them home to grow succulents. They look good, breathe well, and even add a bit of nutrients. It is really a bargain!

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

1. First use power tools, a saw, and other tools to carve a hollow into the tree stump, then trim off the edges and corners you do not like according to your personal preference;

2. Fill the carved hollow with some nutrient soil, vermiculite, and other media, then wrap the succulent's roots with sphagnum moss that has been soaked in water and squeezed dry, tuck it into the soil, and then fill the surrounding area 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 easy to hold in place.

3. If the tree stump is large enough, you can fill the entire hollow with succulents, then lay some pebbles on top for decoration.

Growing succulents in a tree stump means you do not have to worry about overwatering, because the stump has many holes and good breathability, and sphagnum moss also absorbs water very well, so the succulents are not prone to root rot.

So, gardening fans, when walking down the road, you need roving eyes and the persistence of a scrap collector

Growing Succulents in a Gourd

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Gourds are generally made into water ladles, which are very 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, and that is growing succulents!

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

1. Clean the outside of the selected gourd, then draw lines on the part to be hollowed out as a marker.

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 fans can use acrylic and other paints to coat and paint the exterior.

Note: Try to choose an old gourd and leave it out in the sun to dry more. Only after it is thoroughly dry and hard will it be less likely to rot.

Growing Succulents in Coconut Shells

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A coconut shell's round belly is naturally made to be a flower pot, 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 improve breathability and drainage.

3. Soak the coconut shell in a carbendazim solution diluted 500 times to disinfect it. After 1 day, take it out and dry it in the sun to prevent the succulents from rotting due to bacterial infection.

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

5. If you want to make a hanging planter, 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 just so versatile,

give them a hollow and they will grow beautifully,

Gardening fans, what other fun succulent flower pots do you have?

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