Crush this stuff, bury it, and your potted plants will thrive, letting you enjoy orchids three months earlier

Crush this stuff, bury it, and your potted plants will thrive, letting you enjoy orchids three months earlier.

Caring for orchids is not something you can just talk about and be done with; you need to learn from the valuable experience of veteran growers, and most importantly, you have to get hands-on yourself. As it happens, a veteran grower told me about this method, so I tried it out, and believe it or not, the results were pretty good!

This is using eggshells to care for orchids, because eggshells contain calcium and other nutrients. Using eggshells to care for orchids. First, you need to wash the eggshells, because the egg white inside easily rots and attracts insects, then put them under high heat to bake in the sun for about two days.

Then, crush about 10 sun-baked eggshells, push aside the surface of the orchid potting soil, evenly sprinkle the crushed eggshells around the edges of the orchid pot, and then cover the eggshells with the original orchid soil.

The second way to use eggshells to fertilize orchids is to prepare crushed eggshells, then dig several small holes reasonably and evenly in the orchid pot's soil. Then pour the crushed eggshells into the holes in the orchid pot's soil, and afterward cover them with the original orchid soil.

The third way to use eggshells as orchid fertilizer is to prepare crushed eggshells. When repotting an orchid, use them as a base fertilizer for the orchid. Specifically, mix the crushed eggshells evenly with walnut shells, pine bark, and the like, and spread the mixture at the bottom of the orchid pot as a base fertilizer; it not only drains and aerates but also provides the orchid with essential nutrients.

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