Add a little shampoo when watering flowers, all the bugs are wiped out, and the flowers burst into bloom

Tea seed cake powder

Tea seed cake powder is the residue left after oil is pressed from camellia seeds, and many people are used to using it for washing hair and cleaning dishes. Beyond that, tea seed cake powder is also a great material for growing flowers!

Insecticide

1. Put the tea seed cake powder into a cloth bag and tie the opening tightly; those who have stockings can use stockings instead.

2. Pour boiling water over the tea seed cake powder at a ratio of 1:5, let it soak for 24 hours, and once the water temperature drops, rub it with your hands a few times.

3. Take out the soaked tea seed cake powder bag, filter the residue and powder out of the solution, and pour it into a container.

4. Spray the plants with the tea seed cake powder solution to kill over 90% of aphids and red spiders, and basically wipe out fungus gnats, snails and earthworms.

Compost

1. First spread a layer of soil in the composting box, then a layer of tea seed cake powder, filling it layer by layer, then water it thoroughly.

2. Wrap the box with gauze; since gauze itself has holes, you just need to place it on the balcony. After 1-2 months, the tea seed cake powder fertilizer is ready!

3. Mix the finished tea seed cake powder compost into the flower soil to add organic fertilizer to the soil and make the flowers bloom in more vivid colors. However, do not use too much, or it will easily burn the roots.

Orange peel

Oranges are rich in vitamin C and are a fruit many people enjoy eating. The fragrant orange peel is a hot commodity in the flower-growing world, great for both killing pests and making fertilizer!

Insecticide

1. Chop up the leftover orange peel, put it in a plastic bottle, add water at a ratio of 1:10, and seal it up.

2. After about 24 hours, the orange peel water will turn yellow. At this point, filter out the solution and spray it on the flowers, or pour it directly into the soil, and the bugs will all be wiped out!

Making enzyme solution

1. Wash the orange peel, chop it up, put it into a plastic bucket for making enzyme solution; the ratio of peel to water is about 1:3, then add an appropriate amount of brown sugar and seal it for storage.

2. Every 5 days, open the lid to let air in, and after about 2-3 months the enzyme solution is ready. Compared with other enzyme solutions, orange peel enzyme solution smells fresher!

3. When using the enzyme solution, mix 1 bottle cap of enzyme solution with 1 liter of water, pour it into the soil, and use it once every month. It both kills pests and replenishes nutrients for the flowers, and the buds pop out one after another!

Mosquito coil ash

In summer, mosquitoes fly everywhere, and it's the season for using mosquito coils again. Mosquito coils can kill mosquitoes, and the leftover mosquito coil ash can be used to grow flowers!

Soil fertilization

1. Collect the ash powder from burnt mosquito coils and pour it evenly into the flower pot.

2. Fill a small spray bottle with water and spray, so the mosquito coil ash fully combines with the soil.

3. Mosquito coil ash can add a certain amount of potassium to the soil, but mosquito coil ash is on the alkaline side, so it's best not to use it frequently.

Repelling flying insects

1. Many flower lovers think that lighting mosquito coils for their plants to repel mosquitoes is simply too wasteful. But using the ash from burnt mosquito coils to repel mosquitoes is making use of waste!

2. Pour the mosquito coil ash into a bowl of clean water, and add a few drops of floral water or garlic water.

3. After stirring thoroughly, pour it into a spray bottle, then spray it on the flowers, and you can wipe out the little bugs the flowers attracted!

Cinnamon powder

Many people like to add a little cinnamon powder when cooking to season food. Fragrant cinnamon powder is also a hidden flower-growing gem!

Disinfection and sterilization

1. Mix cinnamon powder or cinnamon bark with water and soak it until it turns yellow-brown.

2. When taking cuttings, dip the trimmed branches in the cinnamon water solution, which can effectively inhibit the growth of pathogens and increase the survival rate of cuttings.

Eliminating insects and ants

1. Sprinkle cinnamon powder directly on the surface of the flower pot and around it; the smell of cinnamon powder has an irritating effect on ants and stops them from damaging the flowers.

2. Some bugs love to lay eggs in the soil. Flower lovers can mix some cinnamon powder into the soil; cinnamon powder can kill fungi and destroy the conditions for insect eggs to survive, so the bugs are less likely to survive.

Baby talcum powder

Flower lovers with small children certainly keep baby talcum powder at home. Besides being used to wipe children's bodies, talcum powder can also be used to grow flowers!

Preventing bulb rot

1. Before planting bulb-type flowers, first rub some talcum powder on the bulbs, and take care not to use too much talcum powder.

2. Talcum powder can absorb a certain amount of moisture, preventing the bulbs from rotting due to too much water in the soil.

Driving away ants

1. Sprinkle a ring of talcum powder around flower pots where ants often appear, and you can also sprinkle a little on the surface of the pot.

2. After a few days, the ants are gone. This is because talcum powder contains talc, which forms a barrier against ants and cuts off their previous path.

Medicinal residue

More and more people like to drink Chinese herbal medicine to condition their bodies. Never throw away the leftover medicinal residue after drinking it; used for composting, it is a great material for growing flowers.

1. Prepare a foam box or other plastic bucket, and line the foam box with a layer of plastic film.

2. First spread a layer of soil, then a layer of medicinal residue, filling it layer by layer in sandwich fashion.

3. Cover the top layer with 5 cm of soil and water it thoroughly.

4. Cover it with a plastic sheet and seal it well to maintain the temperature and humidity inside. Place it outdoors in a sunny, well-ventilated spot, and open it every 10 days to let air in.

5. After 1-2 months, the medicinal residue fertilizer is fully fermented!

6. Mix the medicinal residue fertilizer with flower soil at a ratio of 1:10 to replenish rich nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for the flowers and make them grow more vigorously!

Have you learned these little tips for growing flowers, fertilizing and killing pests?

Do you have any other little tricks for growing flowers?

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