Use these 4 kitchen seasonings to grow flowers: potted plants bloom big and leaf lush with vigorous growth
The sugar, vinegar, salt and liquor in the family kitchen - these seasonings can not only be eaten by people, but can actually also be used to grow flowers. See how to "feed" them to plants, so potted plants bloom big, leaf lush, and keep growing nonstop!
1. Sugar for growing flowers
Adding sugar to a vase can extend the vase life of cut flowers. Just mix a tablespoon of sugar into the water in the vase. The sugar nourishes the cut flowers, prompting the buds to open and extending the "fresh-keeping period" of the flowers.
2. Vinegar for growing flowers
Vinegar contains 1-5% acetic acid, sugars, glucose, lactic acid and other beneficial substances. Spraying a vinegar solution in moderation can make flowers grow vigorously with many brightly colored blooms. The vinegar solution can inhibit the biological activity of glycolate oxidase in the "photorespiration" process, strengthen photosynthesis, and increase chlorophyll content. Remember, we mean edible vinegar, not industrial vinegar!
How to use: Spray leaves and flower buds with about a 40% edible vinegar solution to make plant flowers larger, leaves greener, and blooms more vivid; when watering the potting soil, mix in an appropriate amount of edible vinegar to improve the soil's pH value, thereby promoting the absorption of trace elements such as phosphorus and iron and preventing yellowing disease of branches and leaves. Note that cacti and succulents should be used with caution.
3. Salt for growing flowers
The main component of salt is sodium chloride, an indispensable inorganic salt ion in plant growth. It plays a supporting role in plant growth and can stimulate water transport, thereby making flowers look perky.
How to use: Mainly for hydroponic flowers. Add a little table salt to the water used for growing flowers. Alternatively, when the flower branch has just been cut, crush the cut end, rub it with table salt, which helps preserve freshness and can keep the flowers bright and long-lasting. However, flower branches with buds that have not yet opened should not be kept in salt water, otherwise the flowers will be very difficult to open.
4. Liquor for growing flowers
Most good baijiu is brewed from grain. In addition to alcohol and water, it also contains many trace elements, such as lipids, acids, alcohols and so on. The ethanol can be used for disinfection, and the other trace substances can also be absorbed by plants.
How to use: For the problem of Clivia miniata (clivia) failing to shoot its flower stalk, you can mix baijiu with water and pour it into the potting soil of the clivia, about once every two weeks. After sticking with it, it can help the clivia produce its stalk and bloom.
Besides these, there is also chili water. Boil chilies in water, let cool, then pour out the liquid and use it to wipe the leaves, which can control aphids and other pests.