Don't spend money on potting soil for your plants, 6 kinds of rich, good soil are right outside your door

For us plant lovers, potting soil is a big expense. Garden soil you dig up yourself has no nutrients, easily compacts, won't grow anything well, and carries lots of bacteria and insect eggs... Today Huahua is here to share 6 methods for making your own nutrient soil, so whatever you grow thrives, safe with no hidden risks!

Earthworm soil

Earthworm soil can be called the king of fertile soil, with comprehensive nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrients, and it's also airy. If you can get earthworm soil, you won't worry about anything failing to grow strong! Huahua used to be quite grossed out by earthworms, but for the sake of the plants at home, I went all out

Method 1: Find earthworm soil outdoors

From Huahua's experience, moist soil has lots of earthworms. Every time Huahua goes back to the hometown, I take a stroll around the front and back of the house. Wherever there are earthworms or earthworm holes, the soil quality is good, so dig some quickly to grow flowers!

There's also finding earthworm castings. If there are small clumps of soil on the surface, they're probably earthworm castings, no strange smell and very clean. What earthworms eat is soil and what they excrete is still soil, so dig it up and take it home quickly~

Method 2: Make your own earthworm soil

Gardeners who are brave enough can dig up some earthworms and take them home, find some soil to raise the earthworms, cover with a lid, no need to feed them, and after 2 months you can harvest ready-made earthworm soil!

Note that earthworms should not be put in flower pots, because earthworms moving around may hurt the flower roots. Gardeners who can't find earthworms can go to a fishing tackle shop and buy some bait earthworms, which are also very cheap!

Tea leaf soil

Used tea leaves can be used to grow flowers. Many gardeners don't dare use too much, afraid that the tea is too alkaline. Actually, after being soaked in water, the tea's alkalinity has already dropped a lot and tends toward neutral. To be safe, just compost the tea leaves first!

Method: Compost

After brewing tea, add water to the used tea leaves and boil them, which makes them softer and more mushy. During this process you can add a few eggs or quail eggs, and cook tea eggs at the same time.

After boiling, filter out the tea leaves, rinse once more with clean water, then mix into the soil, seal and compost for about 20 days and it's ready, then you can use it to grow flowers!

Faded flowers and fallen leaves

The leaf mold soil Huahua often mentions can be made by collecting pine needles and fallen leaves from outside, but outdoor leaves carry bacteria and insect eggs, so everyone should pay attention to disinfecting when composting the soil.

The flowers and flower branches pruned at home can also be composted into leaf mold soil, and this is safer!

Method: Bury in soil to compost

Find an open space and dig a pit, mix the fallen leaves and faded flowers with garden soil and bury them in the pit. After burying, no need to tend to it, and in 1 month it's fully rotted. After digging it out, sun it for 2-3 days, and be sure to spray carbendazim to sterilize, or put in a few mothballs, then take out a little when you need to use it.

Fruit peel soil

Everyone has probably made fruit peel enzyme, which flowers love to drink. Have you tried fruit peel soil? Same nutrients, and you can make it at home, with no bad smell!

Method: Soil composting

1. Take the leftover half watermelon rind and cut it into small pieces.

2. Find a big, thick plastic bag, first put a layer of soil at the very bottom, put in the watermelon rind, then put another layer of soil...

3. Once all the melon rind is in, cover the top with another layer of soil. Don't mess up the order, as this composts faster and better. Finally tie the bag shut, and at the current temperature it will be ready after composting for 1-2 months.

Soybean and mixed grain soil

At home there are often expired mixed grains, soybeans, corn kernels, millet and so on. Never throw them away when expired. They compost quickly and are highly nutritious, and flowers that use them bloom more and brighter.

Method: Boil and compost in soil

1. First boil the spoiled mixed grains, which both sterilizes them (mold and such) and speeds up rotting.

2. Find a large container, bury the boiled mixed grains with soil, tie the opening shut with a burlap sack or plastic bag, and after composting for 1-2 months it can be used.

Besides composting in soil, you can also put the boiled mixed grains into the pot soil. Because they haven't fully rotted yet, keep them some distance from the flower roots and bury them with soil.

Fish, shrimp and meat soil

Not only do roses love fish and meat, many flowers like them, but their tolerance is weak, so they need to be fully composted. Meat dishes are very good phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizer, except that composting them stinks. It's best to compost them into nutrient soil, which smells much less.

Method: Mix with soil and compost until rotted

1. Find a foam box, first spread a layer of soil, lay fish innards, shrimp shells and minced meat scraps on the soil, then cover with soil, put on the foam lid, poke a few holes with chopsticks, place it in a remote spot, and after composting for 2-3 months it's done.

2. Once composted, take it out and sun it first, or also spray some carbendazim to disinfect and sterilize, which is safer! After processing, it's not only good for growing flowers, but even better for growing fruit trees and vegetables~

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