Add this to the water and all the yellow leaves disappear, roots thicker than a radish
Add a piece of activated charcoal to pennywort
Many flower lovers find that their hydroponically grown pennywort in summer goes all limp and dies of root rot within a few days. When water quality is poor, pennywort roots rot easily, so you might as well add a few pieces of activated charcoal to the water, which can effectively ease the problem!
How to use:
1. Crush the activated charcoal into pieces about the size of a fingernail; it's best not to grind it into powder, otherwise it will be inconvenient to use.
2. You can put 4-7 pieces in one water bottle. Each time you change the water, take the activated charcoal out, rinse it clean, and let it dry, then it can be used again.
Add a vitamin C solution to gardenia
Many flower lovers like to root gardenia cuttings in water in summer. Gardenia prefers acidic conditions, so if you drop a few vitamin C tablets into the water, the gardenia will grow even faster!
How to use:
1. Crush the vitamin C into powder, dilute 1 gram of vitamin C with 1000-1500 times its volume of water, and stir well to make the vitamin C solution.
2. Each time you change the water for the gardenia, add about 10 drops of the vitamin C solution. This way the gardenia won't get yellow leaves, and it will root faster too!
Water parlor palm with a bit of magnetized water
Many flower lovers find that even though they've added nutrient solution to the parlor palm's hydroponic bottle, it just won't grow! This is mainly because the parlor palm's roots aren't good enough to absorb nutrients. Add a little magnetized water, and the parlor palm will shoot right up!
How to use:
1. Wrap a copper wire around a U-shaped magnet, place it in a basin of clean water, and soak for 24 hours, and the magnetized water is ready.
2. Add the magnetized water to the parlor palm's hydroponic bottle, and after a while you'll find the parlor palm looks much livelier and has grown quite a bit taller!
Add a ferrous sulfate solution to the money tree
Many flower lovers ask Huahua why the money tree has glossy green leaves in soil but turns yellow as soon as it's grown in water. This is mainly because hydroponics tends to lack iron, and ferrous sulfate contains iron, which just happens to solve this problem!
How to use:
1. Dilute 1 gram of ferrous sulfate in 500-800 grams of water to make a ferrous sulfate solution. Ferrous sulfate should be light blue; if it turns yellow-brown, that means it has oxidized and can no longer be used.
2. Add 6-8 drops of the prepared ferrous sulfate solution to the money tree's hydroponic bottle, use it once every 10 days, and after about 3 times in a row, the money tree's leaves will gradually turn glossy green!
Add a rusty iron nail to spider plant
Besides ferrous sulfate, a rusty iron nail can also supplement iron for your plants! A rusty iron nail can release the iron ions plants need into the water, thus preventing leaves from turning yellow.
How to use:
1. Just put a rusty iron nail directly into the spider plant's hydroponic bottle. If it's a nail with no rust on it, it's best not to use it, because it hardly oxidizes in water and has almost no effect.
2. For those who feel the nail ruins the look, you can soak the rusty iron nail in water for a few days; once the water turns yellow-brown, take the nail out and add the soaked water to the hydroponic bottle.
Add a bit of potassium permanganate solution to pothos
Hydroponic pothos often suffers from root rot. Potassium permanganate is the disinfectant solution flower lovers use most when repotting, and adding a few drops to the hydroponic bottle can also effectively prevent pothos from root rot and yellow leaves!
How to use:
1. Dilute 1 milliliter of potassium permanganate in one bottle of mineral water, and stir well to make a potassium permanganate solution.
2. Drip 20-30 drops into the pothos's hydroponic bottle and shake gently to mix. After 24 hours, replace the water in the hydroponic bottle with clean water, and this way the pothos won't easily get root rot.
Add a drop of hydrogen peroxide to asparagus fern
When beginners grow asparagus fern in water, the leaves often turn withered and yellow and the roots rot. This is mainly caused by a lack of oxygen in the hydroponic bottle, and hydrogen peroxide can effectively solve this problem.
How to use:
1. Add 4-5 drops of hydrogen peroxide to the asparagus fern's hydroponic bottle. The hydrogen peroxide will slowly release oxygen, increasing the oxygen content and meeting the asparagus fern's oxygen needs for a fairly long time.
2. Hydrogen peroxide also has a good sterilizing effect, and can effectively inhibit bacteria from breeding in the hydroponic bottle, preventing the asparagus fern's roots from rotting.
Add an aspirin solution to lucky bamboo
Hydroponic lucky bamboo easily gets yellow leaves, won't grow taller, and sometimes even gets root rot. The little aspirin tablets you keep at home have a sterilizing effect and can promote faster rooting!
How to use:
1. Crush the aspirin tablet, then dilute it with 1000 times its volume of water, and stir well to make an aspirin solution.
2. About once a month, add about 10 drops of the aspirin solution to the lucky bamboo's hydroponic bottle, and after a while you'll find the lucky bamboo's leaves turn dark green and its roots are white and strong!
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