The flowers are so vigorous you could squeeze water out of them, and being away from home for 1 month was all thanks to this big oil drum

Ever since I started growing flowers, I don't dare go anywhere far. Before I've even been away for a day or two, the flowers at home have completely changed, and half a year of hard work is gone... Do you have this same trouble? Haha, today Huahua has some little tricks so that even with no one looking after them, your flowers can stay safe and sound!

Bury a big oil drum in the ground

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1. Drill 5-6 small holes in the bottom of the plastic drum, not too big, just drill through. Huahua uses a small electric drill here, but you can also use scissors or other tools, just be careful about safety~

2. Dig a hole near the flowers, but be careful not to dig too close, as it can easily damage the roots. Put the plastic drum in the hole, and the depth of the hole should match the height of the plastic drum.

3. Bury the oil drum, then pour water in through the mouth of the bottle. This way it automatically supplies water to the flower roots, and you don't need to bother for ten days to half a month~

The method above may be more suitable for flowers planted in the ground. What good no-watering methods are there for our potted flowers? Let's take a look~

Turn an oil drum into a water-storing flower pot

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1. Clean out a used oil drum from home. Huahua has a very convenient cleaning method: find two sheets of toilet paper and pour dish soap on them.

Stuff the toilet paper into the oil drum, add water~

Shake it hard for about half a minute and that's about enough, then rinse it twice with clean water and it's done. This way you can clean it thoroughly in one go without much effort!

2. Prepare to cut the clean oil drum in half, and poke 1-3 small holes in the oil drum lid.

3. Screw the oil drum lid on tightly, put soil in the upper half, then nest it onto the lower half of the oil drum.

4. Plant the flowers. If you need to go away for a long trip, you can pour water into the lower half of the oil drum. When the flowers are thirsty and the soil is dry, they will automatically absorb water up from below~

Flower lovers who are still worried can also thread a shoelace through the oil drum lid, which makes the water conductivity even better!

Even if you're not going out, those water-loving flowers at home can be grown this way too, and you won't have to worry about watering them~

The vegetables grown with oil drum water-storing flower pots also grow very vigorously. Although they don't look very pretty, as a "flower fanatic" who grows more and more flowers, I don't mind them at all!

Use a plastic bottle as an IV drip

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Flower lovers who are away for 1-2 weeks can make a small IV drip with a mineral water bottle. You just need to poke 2 or 3 small holes in the bottom of the bottle and hang it above the flowers. Huahua reminds you, it's best to put a large saucer under the flower pot, so even if the drips miss, they'll still land in the saucer~

A talented flower lover even made a swing-style IV drip for the flowers at home, and it looks pretty good too. After working so hard to grow flowers, no matter how ugly they are, you can't let them die.

If it's not convenient to hang it up, just place it beside the flower pot and thread a shoelace through to conduct the water.

At this point, everyone take note: the water level in the plastic bottle must be higher than the position of the flower pot to help the water flow down. The shoelace below only needs to be placed on the soil surface of the flower pot~

Insert a water-storing "needle" into the flower pot

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1. Poke a hole in the cap of a mineral water bottle, not too big, just enough to let water drip through.

2. Use tape to tie two chopsticks to the mineral water bottle, with the effect as shown below:

3. Unscrew the cap, fill it with water, then screw the cap on tightly, and insert it upside down at the edge of the flower pot. Be careful not to insert it into the flower's roots. That's how you make a water-storing needle!

Of course, if you have something more suitable at home, you can use that too, such as a plastic straw or similar~

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