Snake Plant: Don't Feed It Flower Fertilizer, Feed It Only This - Old Li Grew 8 Steel-Drill Shoots

As people's living standards improve, more and more people keep a few potted plants at home. They beautify the room while purifying the air, giving the home a healthy living environment, and they also help cultivate the mind. Why not do it?

Flower lover Old Li has loved growing flowers and plants at home ever since he retired. The old man says that seeing the flowers he grows look different every day and full of life makes him feel young. And ever since he fell in love with growing flowers, Old Li no longer goes to play cards. Old Li's wife says this is really great. Just a few days ago, Old Sister Li sent a photo of her snake plant to Xiaohua: "Girl, look at my snake plant. It has grown so many little shoots, looking strong and powerful, like little steel drills. Just looking at them gives you strength."

Looking at the picture the old man sent, it really feels full of power!

Look at them, don't they look like little steel drills, so powerful!

So how did the old man do it?

The old man says that when he was little, his family farmed the land, so he knew that plant growth cannot do without nitrogen fertilizer. So the old man looked up some information himself and made a kind of nitrogen fertilizer that snake plants love. The method is to put soybeans from home into water to soak. After they expand, put them in a pot and boil them until soft. After they cool, put both the boiling water and the soybeans into a plastic bottle, put the lid on, and then toss it into a shady spot in the yard. Generally after more than half a year, the old man takes it out to feed the plants. The soybean water fermented for so long can be said to have no foul smell at all, and the soybeans are already very soft and can dissolve in the water.

Then just take the water and pour it on the plants. Really, whatever you pour it on grows like crazy. But flower lovers should note that when watering plants with soybean water, you need to dilute it with clean water. Using it at a ratio of 1:30 gives especially good results. Using it 2-3 times a month is enough.

As for the effect, just look at the old man's snake plant and you'll know.

But the old man says that if you want the snake plant's side shoots to grow fast, once the nutrition is sufficient, you can also water it with some willow branch water to give it a boost, and they will pop out very quickly. Why use willow branches?

The old man says this is mainly because "willow is an especially hardy plant. It roots fast and grows leaves fast. Later, scientific research revealed that willow contains a substance called salicylic acid, which is a plant growth agent, and can also be called a hormone. After use, it can make plants root and sprout quickly."

Xiaohua asked the old man how he knew. He said, I looked it up online. Recently, using willow branch water to water flowers has been very popular online. Haha, he really is an old man who keeps up with the times.

So do you know how to make willow branch water?

Never mind, Xiaohua will nag about it a bit more!

It is simply to cut a few willow branches, chop them up, and soak them in water. After soaking for 3 days, take the water and pour it on the snake plant. Use it once every 10 days, and you will see the snake plant vigorously pushing out little shoots.

Flower lovers, have you learned it?

If you want the snake plant to grow well, you must also pay attention to light. Snake plants like light, but cannot take direct sunlight. They should be kept in a spot with bright, indirect light and good ventilation. Also, do not water too much. Better dry than wet. It is recommended to repot once a year, because snake plants have very developed root systems. If you do not repot, too many roots are not good for the snake plant's growth. When repotting, we can prune away some old roots and damaged roots. If the snake plant has grown many little shoots, we can also divide it at the same time so it can grow better.

If you grow the little shoots in water like this, they are also very beautiful!

That's all for today's sharing on snake plant care.