Don't throw away watermelon rind - toss it into the flower pot and gardenias will bloom nonstop
As long as there's air conditioning and watermelon, Huahua can happily make it through the whole summer! Huahua never throws away leftover watermelon rind, because it makes a great flower fertilizer for growing plants - useful and money-saving! Today, Huahua is sharing her own exclusive little tricks, come and learn them quickly!
Watermelon Rind Enzyme Fertilizer
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1. Cut the watermelon rind into pieces and set aside. The red flesh on the rind contains a lot of sugar, which helps fermentation, so don't remove it.
2. Find a clean plastic bottle or bucket. If the bottle is very dirty, you can put in a little mung bean and add water, shake it a few times, and the bottle will be clean.
3. When making watermelon rind enzyme fertilizer, you don't need to add brown sugar, because watermelon itself has a very high sugar content. However, you can add some spent flowers from home, so the fermented smell will be more pleasant!
4. Put the cut watermelon rind and flower petals into the bottle together and add water, but don't fill it too full, and don't screw the cap on too tightly. A large amount of gas is produced during fermentation, and filling it too full or screwing it too tight can easily cause an explosion.
5. For friends worried about too much gas in the bottle causing an explosion, you can skip the cap and stretch a balloon over the bottle mouth instead. Once the balloon is fully inflated, take it off to release the gas.
6. In summer, the enzyme fertilizer can be fully fermented in about one month. After successful fermentation, dilute it with water at 500 times and water your gardenias and jasmines - the flowers will bloom bigger and more plentiful!
Burying Watermelon Rind in Soil
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1. Cut the leftover watermelon rind into small pieces, preferably not too large, otherwise it won't decompose easily.
2. Prepare a pot of garden soil and a few plastic bags.
3. First spread a layer of garden soil in the plastic bag, then add a layer of watermelon rind, layering it like a sandwich until the bag is full.
4. Finally spread a thick layer of garden soil on top, tie the plastic bag tightly. To be safe, you can use several bags. Then put it in the sun and let it ferment naturally.
5. Summer temperatures are high, so it will be fully fermented in about 1 month. The flower soil made from watermelon rind is acidic, making it most suitable for growing gardenias and jasmines!
Watermelon Rind Liquid Fertilizer
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1. Use a small spoon to scrape off the red flesh from the watermelon rind, because the red flesh part has a lot of sugar and easily attracts bugs!
2. Rinse the scraped watermelon rind several times with clean water to wash away the remaining sugar.
3. Cut the cleaned watermelon rind into small pieces, this way it ferments faster and is easier to fit into a small bottle.
4. Put the cut watermelon rind into a plastic bucket, leaving a few centimeters of space at the top, and don't screw the cap on too tightly. If you find the bottle swelling badly, open it to release the gas.
5. For friends who have a blender at home, you can directly blend the watermelon rind, this way it ferments even faster.
6. Put the bottle under direct sunlight for about 20 days, and the watermelon rind liquid fertilizer will be fully fermented. The fermented watermelon rind is acidic, and can be diluted with water at 10 times to water gardenias and jasmines, and the flowers will pop out one after another!
Besides growing flowers, watermelon rind has plenty of other uses too!
Watermelon Rind to Kill Flies
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1. Find a transparent fast food container, put the eaten watermelon rind inside, and sprinkle some white sugar and dish soap. The sticky dish soap will trap and kill the annoying flies!
2. After putting on the lid, remember to poke a hole in the lid, otherwise the flies won't be able to get in!
Watermelon Rind to Remove Heat Rash and Relieve Itching
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1. Scrape off all the red flesh from the watermelon rind and blend it into juice in a juicer. Filter out the residue and refrigerate it. Take out a little each time and apply it to the areas with heat rash, and it works after a few times.
2. For friends who find juicing troublesome, you can directly rub the watermelon rind on the areas with heat rash!
A tiny watermelon rind has no small uses!
If you love growing flowers, hurry up and give it a try!
You're also welcome to share it with other friends~
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