Planting Succulents in Gourds and Rotten Coconut Wood Stumps: Dig a Hole and You'll Be Hooked on Growing Them

Growing Succulents in Wood Stumps

There are actually plenty of old wood stumps thrown away by the roadside and on the hills, and attentive gardeners pick them up and take them home to grow succulents. They look nice, breathe well, and even add a bit of nutrients - what a bargain!

How to Make a Wood Stump into a Flower Pot?

1. First use power tools, a saw and other tools to carve a hole in the wood stump, then trim off the edges and corners you don't like according to your personal preference;

2. Fill the carved hole 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, making it easy to hold the succulents planted on it in place.

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

When growing succulents in wood stumps, you don't have to worry about overwatering, because wood stumps are full of holes and have good breathability, and sphagnum moss absorbs water very well, so the succulents are not prone to root rot.

So, gardeners, when you're walking down the road, keep your eyes roaming and your determination to pick up junk strong!

Growing Succulents in Gourds

Gourds are generally made into water ladles, which are very convenient for washing clothes, cooking, watering flowers and growing vegetables. But there's a new way to use them that you've surely never seen - growing succulents in them!

How to 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 mark.

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 gardeners 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 for a longer time. Only after it is thoroughly dry and hard will it be less likely to rot.

Growing Succulents in Coconut Shells

The round belly of a coconut shell is naturally made for being a flower pot, and it is very easy to place or hang up!

How to 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 for ventilation and drainage.

3. Soak the coconut shell in a carbendazim solution diluted 500 times to disinfect it, then take it out after 1 day and let it dry in the sun to prevent the succulents from getting bacterial infections and rot.

4. After finishing these steps, you can fill it with soil and grow succulents. You can also paint and 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 hole and they'll grow beautifully,

Gardeners, what other fun succulent pots do you have?