Sawdust has wonderful uses in gardening; experts use it to turn one pot into a hundred

After renovating a new home, quite a bit of sawdust and wood shavings are left behind. These inconspicuous little things are actually great helpers for growing flowers, and it would be a real shame to throw them away! Today, Huahua will introduce several wonderful uses of sawdust and wood shavings in gardening, so hurry up and learn them!

Wonderful use of wood scraps No. 1: Cutting medium

Many flower lovers enjoy taking cuttings, but what do you do when you run out of cutting medium? At times like this, sawdust can be a huge help!

1. Put the sawdust to be used for cuttings into a pot, add clean water and boil for about 10 minutes to sterilize and disinfect the sawdust.

2. Let the boiled sawdust dry, put it into a disposable plastic cup, insert the cuttings that need rooting into the sawdust, water thoroughly and place in a cool, ventilated spot.

3. After taking the cuttings, keep the sawdust slightly moist; if it dries out, spray a little water. Although roots form more slowly in sawdust than in vermiculite, as long as you care for them normally, it is still easy for big white roots to grow.

Wonderful use of wood scraps No. 2: Air layering propagation

After growing roses for a few years, many friends like to take on the challenge of air layering for propagation. You surely did not know that tiny wood shavings are a great helper for air layering!

1. Choose a rose branch of the current year (or another woody plant) and do a ring bark cut; a cut of about 1cm is enough.

2. Prepare a mineral water bottle, cut off the upper half, cut the remaining bottom part open along the bottle wall, and cut a small hole in the bottom.

3. Put the cut mineral water bottle over the ring-barked branch, mix wood shavings and sphagnum moss at a 1:1 ratio, water thoroughly, and then pack it into the mineral water bottle.

4. Wrap the mineral water bottle in a plastic bag and seal it well. In about 15 days, fine roots will grow on the branch!

Wonderful use of wood scraps No. 3: Seed germination

Huahua has found that many flower lovers are masters at growing clivia, and every year their clivia produces quite a few seeds. As long as these seeds are germinated properly, you will harvest quite a few small clivia plants!

1. Put the wood shavings to be used for germination into a pot, add clean water and boil for about 10 minutes.

2. Let the treated wood shavings dry, put them into a seedling box, and place the clivia seeds that need germinating flat on top. After placing the seeds, spread another layer of wood shavings and water thoroughly.

3. Put the seedling box in a cool, ventilated place and spray water once in the morning and once in the evening. In about 10 days, sprouts will emerge from the seeds.

4. When the sprouts have grown to 2-3cm, they can be transplanted. After transplanting, place them in a bright, well-ventilated spot and care for them normally.

Wonderful use of wood scraps No. 4: Growing orchid roots

Orchids count as one of the more precious flowers among all blooms. Because they are expensive, many orchid lovers buy plants with rather poor roots. Today, Huahua will teach everyone how to use wood shavings to grow roots!

1. First prepare some hard orchid potting medium and soak it in water for about 5 hours.

2. Put the soaked hard potting medium into the flowerpot, bury the orchid in it, with the depth depending on the orchid's specific condition; just keep the orchid from leaning.

3. Mix wood shavings and fine potting medium at a 1:1 ratio and spread it on top of the hard potting medium.

4. Finally, spread another layer of fine potting medium on top of the wood shavings, then water thoroughly and place in a spot with scattered light and good ventilation for care.

Did you ever imagine these wonderful uses of wood shavings?

Do not throw away the wood shavings at home as trash in the future!

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