Flower pots that don't attract bugs and keep pushing out flower buds, all thanks to this thing picked from the trash can

Spread a layer of mosquito coil ash on the pot surface, and all the insect eggs will be killed!

What is the most annoying thing in summer? Of course, it's the flowers at home attracting bugs! But sometimes after spraying pesticide, you find the bugs reappearing within a few days! That's because there are insect eggs in the soil!

1. Collect the mosquito coil ash left after burning mosquito coils at home and set it aside for use.

2. If the flowers at home have attracted small bugs, then sprinkle a thin layer of mosquito coil ash on the pot surface. Remember not to spread too much, because mosquito coil ash is alkaline, and most flowers prefer acidic conditions, so using too much can easily burn the roots.

3. Mosquito coil ash contains mildly toxic substances. Spreading a thin layer on the pot surface lets the mosquito coil ash seep into the soil with the water, which can kill insect eggs in the soil. Moreover, mosquito coil ash contains potassium, which can also supplement nutrients and make the flowers grow stronger!

Spread a layer of eggshells on the pot surface, and the flowers will grow stronger and stronger!

Never throw away the eggshells left over at home. They are also a great thing for spreading on the pot surface, so hurry up and learn!

1. Collect all the leftover eggshells at home, wash them clean, and put them under the sun to dry. If you have a microwave at home, you can also dry them directly in the microwave.

2. Crush the dried eggshells with a wooden stick or other tool, or just crush them directly by hand. It is best to crush the eggshells into powder, then put them in a box for later use.

3. Each time you use them, just spread a thin layer on the pot surface. This way, when you water, the eggshells will seep into the potting soil with the water, supplementing phosphorus and calcium for the plants and making the flowers at home grow more and more vigorously!

Spread a layer of moss on the pot surface, keeping in moisture and cooling things down!

As soon as summer arrives, gardeners who grow orchids at home start to worry. With the temperature so high, besides giving them a small fan to cool down every day, what other good methods are there? Of course, spreading a layer of moss on the pot surface!

1. After it rains in summer, you can take a small shovel and go dig moss in the more shaded places in your neighborhood or in the wild!

2. The fresh moss dug up and brought home must be cut into pieces before use. Spread the chopped moss evenly over the pot surface, then press it down lightly with your fingers so that the moss and the growing medium can bind closely together.

3. If you want the moss spread on the surface to survive as quickly as possible, you must ensure moisture. Use a spray bottle to spray water toward the pot surface, and spray whenever you see the pot surface dry. When you find green appearing on the pot surface, it has basically survived.

4. Once the moss has survived and is spread on the pot surface, it not only retains water and moisture and prevents excessive evaporation of water, but also lowers the temperature and prevents the flowers at home from being smothered to death by the high summer heat. It simply serves two purposes at once!

Spread a layer of green zeolite on the pot surface, preventing bugs and protecting roots!

If you gardeners live in the city and really have nowhere to get moss, then you might as well spread a layer of green zeolite on the pot surface!

1. Generally, green zeolite is bought from outside. The green zeolite you buy can be spread directly on the pot surface, or placed under the sun to bake for 1-2 days to disinfect it slightly before use.

2. Spread a thin layer of green zeolite on the surface of the potting soil; there is no need to spread too much. Spread on the pot surface, green zeolite can not only prevent water evaporation caused by high summer temperatures, but also prevent bugs from laying eggs on the pot surface.

Spread a layer of surface grass on the pot surface, keeping in moisture and cooling things down!

If you gardeners have trouble getting moss at home, you can also choose to spread a layer of surface grass on the pot surface. Many gardeners may ask, what exactly are surface grasses?

1. Selaginella uncinata: The first one Huahua mentions is, naturally, Selaginella uncinata, which gardeners who grow orchids often use! Spread on the pot surface, Selaginella uncinata can firmly hold small particles of growing medium, preventing them from being washed away when watering. It can also ensure humidity, and you can even judge whether it is time to water the flowers based on its color.

2. Oxalis: Besides Selaginella uncinata, oxalis is actually also suitable for spreading on the pot surface. Its effects are about the same as Selaginella uncinata, and both can achieve the goal of keeping in moisture and cooling things down.

3. Golden Sedum: Among succulents, the most commonly used surface grasses are Golden Sedum and Sedum hispanicum. These two are often used as accents when making succulent arrangements, and they propagate very quickly. After filling the pot, they are also very beautiful!

Spread a layer of expanded clay pebbles on the pot surface, permeable to water and breathable!

Speaking of the most commonly used thing for spreading on the surface, Huahua thinks it must be expanded clay pebbles! Expanded clay pebbles are permeable to water and breathable, and they are also cheap, simply a must-have for every gardener's pot surface!

1. If what you grow at home is a larger potted plant such as Chinese rose or bougainvillea, then just spread the expanded clay pebbles you bought directly on the pot surface.

2. If what you grow at home is succulents, then use expanded clay pebbles specially made for succulents. These expanded clay pebbles are a bit smaller in particle size, which is more suitable for succulents.

Spread a layer of sand on the pot surface, and all the fungus gnats will be killed!

Finally, Huahua will teach everyone a good method to kill fungus gnats, and that is to use the sand you can find everywhere to spread on the pot surface!

1. For sand picked up from outside and brought home, it is best to first filter it with clean water and filter out those especially large grains of sand.

2. If you gardeners want to sterilize and disinfect it, you can soak the filtered sand in a carbendazim or potassium permanganate solution to kill the bacteria in the sand, then put the sand under the sun to dry.

3. After drying, just spread a thin layer of sand on the surface of the flower pot. Spread on the pot surface, sand is not only permeable to water and breathable, but can also prevent fungus gnats from laying eggs on the surface of the potting soil. More importantly, it looks very nice when used to grow succulents!

That's all Huahua is introducing today.

What else have you gardeners used to spread on the pot surface?

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