Grow flowers with old shoelaces, and after being away for 1 month the flowers still grow like crazy and fill the pot

Cotton thread and shoelace watering device

Leftover cotton thread from cross-stitch or broken shoelaces can serve as the "core" of a watering wonder tool. With it, you won't have to worry about watering anymore.

Note: the water level in the bottle must be higher than the position of the flower pot, so the water can "run" from top to bottom into the pot. As in the picture below, if the water level is not as high as the flower pot, it is very hard for the water to be drawn up.

Scrap fabric seedling starter

When you need to sow seeds and speed up sprouting, you can place gauze, old masks or cotton pads under the seeds. Clean and hygienic, it keeps seeds from mixing into the soil or rotting in water; cover it over the seeds to retain moisture and warmth and speed up sprouting.

These breathable scraps can also be placed at the bottom of the flower pot. They have good breathability and prevent root rot, and on the other hand they prevent soil and water loss when watering, which would cause the flowers in the pot to suffer from poor nutrition.

Plastic bottle holder

When sowing, the young sprouts are rather weak and tend to fall over or tangle together. You can cut some plastic bottles and insert the upper half into the soil to cover the young sprouts. This not only holds them in place, but also retains moisture and warmth, making the sprouts grow stronger.

Old succulents tend to "tilt their heads" and can snap right off with one wrong move. Quickly use a plastic bottle to make a protective sleeve and correct the posture right away.

Brown sugar, milk and cola for composting fertilizer

Making your own compost is eco-friendly and money-saving, and some fertilizers work even better than bought ones, but the biggest drawback is the smell! You might as well add some brown sugar or milk, which not only speeds up decomposition but also reduces the odor.

Cola can also be added to the fertilizer. It is best to add some fresh, bubbly cola after all the materials have been put into the container. That way, fertilizer that would take a month to mature is ready in just over ten days!

Boil eggshells to supplement calcium

Eggshells can be used as flower fertilizer, as many flower lovers know, but raw eggshells are hard to decompose. We can boil the eggshells, and then put the boiled eggshells into the flower soil, where they decompose into nutrients more easily.

The water used to boil the eggshells can be cooled and used directly to water flowers. It contains calcium carbonate, which not only adds nutrients to the flowers but also neutralizes acidic soil, raising the soil's alkalinity and turning flowers like hydrangeas red.

Baking soda sweetener

Many flower lovers grow cherry tomatoes at home. If you want the cherry tomatoes to taste sweeter, just sprinkle a spoonful of baking soda in the flower pot. Baking soda can also reduce soil acidity and make your tomatoes sweet.

Potted vegetable tops

Don't throw away the vegetable tops you just cut off in the kitchen. Just put them in a cup with a little water and they will keep sprouting leaves. The fastest to grow is lettuce; in just a few days you can cook noodles with it.

Cotton swabs to kill pests

There are many bugs in summer, and once many flowers get infested it is hard to wipe them out completely. Actually it is not that troublesome. Prepare a few cotton swabs and a family-size bottle of alcohol, dip the cotton swabs in alcohol and wipe the leaves with bugs. The bugs die immediately, and it also sterilizes and disinfects, preventing another outbreak.

Many flower lovers say, why not just spray directly, why use cotton swabs? Actually, holding a cotton swab not only lets you kill pests precisely, but also crush the eggs to prevent the pests from coming back. Getting it done in one go is more worry-free.

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