Don't throw away foam boxes - use them to propagate gardenias and roses by cuttings, turning 1 pot into 100 pots, very practical

People who have been growing flowers for a long time have surely summed up quite a bit of experience, such as tips for rooting plants - crushing aspirin, dissolving it, and soaking the roots in it can promote rooting; and tips for watering flowers - using fermented soybean water or rice-washing water to water flowers can adjust the soil pH and benefit acid-loving flowers. There are many more tips, which we won't share for now. Next, we will mainly introduce a good tip for reusing waste. This trick is a great example for people who love growing flowers. In daily life, we have some garbage or old items, and if we use them to grow flowers, they can be quite valuable. For example, the "foam box" we are about to talk about.

Gardenia and rose are both very common ornamental flowering plants, and I believe many flower lovers are growing them too. Right now, it is autumn, and the weather is just right for propagating flowers by cuttings. As for gardenias and roses, generally everyone uses nutrient soil to root cuttings. In fact, rooting this way is rather slow. "To grow flowers, first grow roots" - the faster the roots grow, the sooner the flowers can be transplanted, and in a short time you can propagate dozens or even hundreds of pots. Flower lovers may ask, so how do you use a "foam box" to root flower cuttings?

Flower lovers with rich experience in growing flowers can actually understand just by looking at the two pictures above. The method is very simple, and it can be said to be even easier than using nutrient soil. After all, making nutrient soil requires mixing it yourself, which is very troublesome. Using a foam box to propagate gardenia by cuttings is equivalent to the category of soilless cultivation. To put it in more detail, you first fix the gardenia branches with the foam box, then just place them directly in water or nutrient solution. No need to fertilize, and no need to water - in three to five days they will grow big white roots! When propagating gardenia this way, in daily care you only need to pay more attention to light and ventilation. It is recommended to place it under scattered light or weak light for care. After the gardenia grows roots, you can pick suitable weather and transplant it directly into a flower pot.

Roses are very easy to grow. Generally, you cut off a branch with scissors and stick it in the soil and it can survive. But if you want to propagate dozens of pots of roses at once, that takes quite a bit of effort. Using a foam box makes it much easier. Fill a washbasin with water, and with three to five pieces of foam you can root 7 or 8 rose branches. Just like growing gardenias, no need to fertilize, no need to water, and in three to five days roots will grow. If it's fast, in one week they can be transplanted into new nutrient soil. Of course, if you want to speed up rooting, you can add rooting agent to the water, or directly crush small aspirin tablets and pour them into the water - the rooting effect is also very obvious.

Using this method to propagate gardenias and roses by cuttings, many flower lovers have already tried it, and it is very practical. Of course, besides propagating these two kinds of flowers, it can also be used to propagate pothos, kalanchoe, rubber tree and other flowering plants. Actually, the use of foam boxes is not limited to cuttings - they can also be placed under flower pots to provide air permeability. If you place them under flower pots, remember to make each piece of foam a bit smaller, and do not put too much at the bottom of the pot, otherwise it will not allow air through.

That's all for sharing the knowledge about reusing foam boxes as waste. Thank you for reading!

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