Growing Euphorbia milii at home: toss a little of this into the pot, and the branches grow thick, the leaves stay green, the flowers are vivid, and the roots never rot

Euphorbia milii is a potted plant that gardening fans quite like. Its stems branch a lot, with dense, hard, sharp cone-shaped thorns, and its leaves are concentrated on the young branches. The flowers are small and vivid, looking very distinctive and super beautiful!

Although Euphorbia milii is not considered hard to grow, growing it well is not easy either. It has fairly high fertilizer requirements and dislikes strong fertilizer; instead, it needs a steady, continuous supply of mild fertilizer. Today, Hua'er will tell you about caring for Euphorbia milii: toss a little "it" into the pot, and the branches grow thick, the leaves stay green, the flowers bloom vividly, and the roots do not rot.

The "it" mentioned here is bone fragments. Bone fragments contain a variety of nutrients, and they ferment very slowly, so they can steadily supply nutrients to Euphorbia milii over a longer period for its growth and flowering.

Specific method: collect the bones left from eating chicken, duck, fish, etc. at home, first rinse them once with boiling water, then soak them in clean water for one day. After soaking, put them in a pressure cooker and simmer for 1 hour, trying to separate the meat and bones completely. Take out the bones, spread them out in the sun and sun-dry them for about 10 days, then use a hammer or something similar to crush all the bones.

When repotting Euphorbia milii, put a layer of bone fragments at the bottom of the pot. The thickness depends on the size of the pot, generally kept at 3-6 cm, or you can dig a few small holes around the edge of the pot, put some crushed bone fragments in each hole, and then cover with soil.

Other care for Euphorbia milii:

Euphorbia milii likes an environment with sufficient light. If there is not enough light, the flowers will look dull and lackluster; if it is kept in shade for a long time, it will not bloom, and the plant may even wilt.

Euphorbia milii is a succulent plant and is drought-tolerant. Proper dryness is more conducive to growth, so during care, water only when the potting soil shows signs of turning white and cracking. In summer, when temperatures are high and water evaporates quickly, you can spray some water on the leaves to increase humidity and help it get through summer better.

Because Euphorbia milii blooms at the tips of new branches, during the flowering period and after flowering, prune promptly to encourage more new branches to sprout, with lush branches and leaves, more flower buds to differentiate, more flowers to bloom, and greater ornamental value.

That is all for the care of Euphorbia milii. If gardening fans have other additions, you can share them with everyone in the comments section below. If you want to learn more about growing flowers, you can follow Huajianke!