Use these 13 kinds of water to water your flowers: they provide nutrients and also control pests and prevent disease, for lush flowers and leaves
In our daily life, many gardening enthusiasts, besides watering flowers with tap water, use methods circulating online such as watering flowers with milk
In fact, you can also use many specially treated kinds of water to water flowers, which can produce special effects on plants: some can control pests and prevent disease, some can make them bloom earlier, some can make flowers lush and leaves abundant, and so on.
1. Watering flowers with vinegar
About every half month, water flowers with vinegar water mixed from water and vinegar at a ratio of 50:1. This can prevent and treat chlorosis in acid-loving flowers such as rhododendrons and camellias, and can also promote larger blooms and more vivid flower colors.
2. Watering flowers with beer
Use the water from rinsing beer bottles to water flowers. In summer it can promote growth, and in winter it can make leaves deep green. If used on clivia (Clivia miniata), it can increase leaf width and make the veins clear. When flower buds appear, watering chrysanthemums with it can make the fragrance stronger.
3. Watering flowers with rusty water
Soak old iron nails, screws, iron scraps and other scrap iron in water until the water turns yellow and becomes rusty water. Using this water on yellowing gardenia can turn the leaves from yellow to green and gradually give them luster.
4. Watering flowers with milk water
Fermented milk (spoiled milk) contains relatively more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Diluted with plenty of water and used to water flowers, it can make flowers lush and leaves abundant. Unfermented milk should not be used to water flowers, because during fermentation the large amount of heat it produces will "burn" the roots (that is, cause root rot).
5. Watering flowers with salt water
Watering cacti with 1%-2% light salt water can enhance their disease resistance, because cacti have a certain tolerance to salt.
6. Watering flowers with leftover tea water
Watering flowers with fermented leftover tea water can both maintain moisture and slowly release nitrogen fertilizer, improving the granular structure of the potting soil. However, depending on the temperature of the flowerpot, it should be watered regularly in moderation, and you should not casually pour leftover tea in to water them.
7. Watering flowers with cooled boiled water
Watering flowers with cooled boiled water can produce the effect of earlier flower buds and more colorful blooms. If used on asparagus fern (Asparagus setaceus), it can promote lateral development of branches and leaves, and make it shorter and denser.
8. Watering flowers with cigarette butt water
Watering flowers with water in which cigarette butts have been soaked for 1-2 days can both control pests and improve the potting soil.
9. Watering flowers with rice-washing water
Using fermented rice-washing water on camellias, gardenias, osmanthus and other flowering plants not only makes them grow robustly, but also allows them to bloom more, have a longer flowering period and a stronger fragrance.
10. Watering flowers with egg-boiling water
Water used to boil eggs is rich in minerals. Using this water on flowers can make them lush with abundant leaves and vivid flower colors.
11. Watering flowers with water soaked with orange peel
Soak 50 g of fresh orange peel in 1000 g of water for 24 hours, then use it to water flowers. It can not only kill flying insects, but also drive away the peculiar smell of fertilizer in the potting soil.
12. Watering flowers with rainwater
Use various devices to make equipment for storing rainwater, so that the collected rainwater can be used as ordinary water for watering flowers and can replace a water source.
13. Watering flowers with fish-tank water
If you keep plants and also keep fish at home, you can use the water changed out of the fish tank to water the flowers. This water contains fish feces and is more nutritious than other water used for watering flowers.
The water in the fish tank has to be changed every day anyway, and the plants also need watering every day, so a lot of water is used every day. If you use this method, you can not only save quite a bit of water, but also let both the plants and the fish grow better.
In addition, when changing the water, you can use a pipette to suck the sediment at the bottom of the fish tank into a basin. After it settles, filter the water in the basin once.
Then use the filtered clear water for the next day's water change, and use the remaining dirty water to water the flowers. In this way, when changing the fish tank water every day, you only need to add a small amount of tap water.
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