Don't throw away fruit after eating it - let me teach you how to grow mini potted plants

The rolling heat waves day after day make the weather seem less lovely, but there are still countless reasons to love it, such as the fruit at this time being delicious, cheap and varied: no sooner have I eaten my fill of cherries than I start thinking about big watermelons and juicy peaches, and my mouth just won't stop watering...

Here's one more reason to love summer even more: how about growing potted plants from the fruit while you eat it? Just keep the pits and seeds, plant them in soil, and pots of petite, lovely and uniquely elegant bonsai will soon be within reach - it's very easy to get started~

Tropical style

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Pineapple

The pineapple crown itself is already beautiful, and making it into a bonsai gives it even more charm.

1. 

Choose a pineapple with a well-developed crown of leaves at the top, cut off the crown part, first remove the flesh from the crown, then tear off the leaves at the base of the crown to reveal the green stem, and cut off the skin to make a pineapple head with a green top and white roots.

2. 

Place it in a container with water and put it on a bright windowsill; change the water every day, and after two weeks white root buds begin to emerge from the base, and after 1 month root hairs will grow.

3.

 When the root hairs are long enough and the overall growth is vigorous, transplant it into a flowerpot, and the pineapple bonsai is complete.

After that, keep it in light, water it once every 3-5 days, and just let it grow freely.

 

Avocado

Such an expensive fruit - would you be willing to just throw it away after eating? Absolutely not; the kernel inside the avocado pit is a seed and can grow into an elegant small shrub or a towering little giant~

1. 

Cut the avocado in half, take out the intact pit, lightly score a line on it, and remove the kernel (be careful not to scratch it).

2. 

Insert four toothpicks into the side of the seed, about 5 mm deep, so that the pointed end of the seed faces upward and it can be placed in a container of water, with the water preferably reaching halfway up the seed.

3. 

Change the water once every one or two days, and after about one or two weeks the top splits open and begins to sprout. Wait another three or four weeks, and root hairs begin to grow from the bottom of the seed. Always keep the water level at half the height of the seed~

4. 

When the roots are long enough, move it to a flowerpot to plant, and crazy growth mode starts immediately. Remember to water~

Beautiful foliage type

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Pomegranate

Besides its crystal-clear, tempting arils, the bright red pomegranate can also grow into a beautiful little thicket when its seeds are planted.

1. 

Rub off the transparent membrane on the outside of the leftover pits (seeds). When washing the seeds, any that float on the water can be thrown away.

2.

 Soak the washed seeds in clean water for 6-10 days, changing the water every day, until the water is clear with no impurities, and then they can be planted.

3.

 Fill the pot with soil to nine-tenths full and spray water to moisten the soil surface; spread the seeds evenly over the soil without stacking them on top of each other.

4. 

Finally, spread a thin layer of wheat stone on top, water to moisten the soil, and after that spray water once a day.

5.

 After about 3 weeks, the seeds begin to sprout, and after 30 days they can grow densely packed; after 40 days they can reach 5-6 cm tall, with leaves filling the entire pot surface like a verdant carpet - absolutely beautiful.

 

Longan

The new leaves of a longan bonsai are red, then turn yellow, and only at the end turn green.

1.

 After removing the flesh and white soft tissue from the top end of the longan seeds, soak them in clean water for a week, changing the water every day.

2.

 When the longan seeds crack open with a slit, arrange them with the sprouting point facing up, from the outside inward, and plant them in a pot with soil (water the soil thoroughly beforehand).

3. 

Finally cover with a thin layer of soil, spray with water to moisten, and cover with some small stones, pressing lightly with your hand.

4. 

Spray water twice a day, and after a week they begin to sprout; after ten or so days, the young shoots start to "compete in height" and grow madly; it takes about a month or so to grow into a small forest.

Forest style

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Pomelo

The seeds of citrus fruits are all magical - bury them and they will give you back a dense little forest; it is a process of constantly harvesting surprises.

1. 

Soak the leftover pomelo seeds until soft, use tweezers to remove the outer shell, and soak them a while longer.

2. 

Fill the pot with moist soil, and place the seeds with the small end facing up, evenly arranged in the soil.

3. 

Cover the surface of the seeds with a thin layer of soil, then sprinkle a layer of small stones, and water once every two or three days.

4. 

After about three weeks, tender shoots will emerge from between the stones, and after that they grow faster and faster, looking different every day.

Dragon fruit

The tiny heart-shaped leaves of dragon fruit cluster together, very warm, and everyone who has grown it says it looks very girly~

1. 

A single dragon fruit contains thousands of seeds (the little black specks in the flesh). Scoop out the flesh with a spoon, put it in a large bowl, soak it in water and gently rub it with your hands to initially separate the seeds from the flesh.

2.

 Put the softened flesh (at this point most of the seeds are still attached to the flesh) into gauze and soak it in clean water for a day.

3.

 The next day, take out the gauze and squeeze out the water, then put it back in water, repeating several times until the flesh and seeds are completely separated, and drain the water with a strainer.

4. 

Prepare a pot with holes and good ventilation, put coarse sand at the very bottom, put the mixed potting soil (moist but not dripping) into the pot, and press it down lightly. Press the heart-shaped mold into the soil by 1/3, and spread a layer of white sand around the outer ring of the mold.

5. 

Evenly sprinkle the dried seeds into the mold, spray a little water to moisten the surface of the seeds. Cover the surface of the pot with plastic wrap (poke holes to ensure ventilation), place it on a windowsill with light, spray water once every two days, and keep the soil moist.

6. 

After about a week new shoots can grow; remove the plastic wrap, still spray water once every two days, and after about three weeks the leaves begin to grow larger, and after a few more weeks they can grow into a lush green patch. After about four months, the leaves will even grow small spines like those of a cactus.

With so many flowers and plants at home already, do I still need fruit bonsai? How could I not need them?

The point of fruit bonsai is that, although they are also potted plants, they are more refined and more elegant, and their unique leaves and plant forms can better show off how distinctive your home is

; of course, they are also very eye-catching placed on an office desk.

 

This article is reposted from: My Flowers and Plants Life (ID:

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