Sprinkle a little flour residue in the flower pot, and the flowers will grow strong and bloom abundantly year after year.

Autumn is the best time for repotting. When you change pots and soil, casually mix a little residue into the soil - expired cornmeal, leftover coffee grounds, Chinese medicine dregs... The effect on plants is excellent, effortless and money-saving! Now follow Huahua to learn about it!

Mix a little cornmeal into the Clivia pot, and the leaves will be green, the roots strong, and the blooms abundant.

Cornmeal is rich in lecithin, cereal alcohol, vitamins, cellulose and other nutrients, which can supplement nitrogen and phosphorus for plant growth and promote blooming.

Usage Tips

Some flower lovers bury a little cornmeal at the bottom of the pot every time they change soil - just one small spoonful is enough. Their Clivia grows extremely well, with thick, plump leaves and gorgeous blooms. Sprinkling a thin layer of cornmeal on the pot surface can also repel insects and eliminate ants.

Mix a little Chinese medicine dregs into the Christmas cactus pot, and it won't attract pests and will bloom profusely.

Chinese medicine is mostly made from plant roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and bark, as well as animal limbs, organs, shells, etc., so it is rich in organic and inorganic matter. It can be said to be an excellent nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compound fertilizer!

Usage Tips

The dregs left after boiling the medicine can be spread out on the balcony to dry and then used directly. Sprinkle a little around the edge of the Christmas cactus pot, and flower buds will quickly appear without attracting pests. When repotting, bury the Chinese medicine dregs at the bottom of the pot as base fertilizer - it drains well and allows air through, so root rot is basically unlikely.

Chinese medicine dregs that haven't been boiled much are best composted first. Mix them with garden soil, put them in a bucket and seal it, add some water and leave it in the sun, open the lid daily to release gas, and after 3 months it's ready to use!

Mix coal cinder into the succulent pot, and there will be no root rot or black rot.

Mixing coal cinder into soil can improve soil aeration and drainage, reducing the chance of root rot. Coal cinder also contains many mineral trace elements that can make plants grow vigorously.

Usage Tips

Place large particles of coal cinder at the bottom of the pot - the aeration is superb, and roots love to grow there, becoming thick and dense. Small crushed particles can be mixed directly into the soil. This is especially good for plants with sensitive roots like succulents and Clivia - no root rot no matter how long you grow them.

Mix pine cones into the Kalanchoe pot, and it will bloom more without black rot.

Pine cones are relatively loose in structure. Placing them at the bottom of the pot can prevent root rot. Mixing them into soil provides excellent aeration. Pine cones contain rosin and pine oil, which have great sterilizing effects!

Usage Tips

Choose pine cones with looser scales. No fermentation needed - just place them directly at the bottom of the pot or crush them and mix into the soil. Kalanchoe and Clivia grown this way have thick, plump, oily-green leaves, sturdy roots, and bloom every year. Pine cones from the current year have tighter scales and need to be left for a while before use.

Mix river sand into rose cuttings, and they will root quickly without rot.

River sand itself has no nutrients, but it has excellent aeration and drainage. It can be used as a substitute for vermiculite, and most flowers can use it - preventing root rot and black rot!

Usage Tips

Coarse-grained river sand mixed into soil is good for growing large plants like money trees and dragon trees - good aeration and fast growth. Finer river sand can be used directly for cuttings of roses, gardenias, etc., greatly improving the survival rate.

Mix wood shavings into the camellia pot, and it will grow vigorously without root rot.

Wood scraps left over from renovation can be used to grow camellias - loose and airy, insulating and moisture-retaining, and also supplementing trace elements to promote lush branches and leaves. For mail-order plants, adding some wood shavings when transplanting helps them establish quickly!

Usage Tips

Mix fresh wood shavings with garden soil, put them in a bag, wet them, and leave them in the sun to ferment for 1-2 months. After composting, dry them and mix into soil. Huahua has used this to grow camellias, asparagus ferns, and pothos - they grow very vigorously and never disappoint.

Mix eggshells into the jasmine pot, and it will bloom more with fragrant flowers.

The main component of eggshells is calcium carbonate, which can increase the calcium content in soil and also regulate soil pH.

Usage Tips

Wash eggshells clean, then leave them in the sun for 1-2 days, then crush them and mix into the soil. Acid-loving flowers like roses, jasmine, gardenias, and camellias especially love eggshell fertilizer - they bloom abundantly with captivating fragrance.

Mix coffee grounds into the spider plant pot, and the leaves will stay firm without burnt tips.

Flower lovers who enjoy coffee must not waste coffee grounds. They are a high-quality organic nitrogen fertilizer, beneficial for seedlings and growing plants, and can also make soil loose and airy.

Usage Tips

Coffee grounds cannot be used directly, otherwise they will burn the roots. First dry the coffee grounds, then put them together with composting materials (fallen leaves, etc.) and garden soil, add water to moisten, and leave in the sun. They will compost in 1-2 months.

Composted coffee grounds can be mixed into soil, but don't use too much at once. For nitrogen-loving and acid-loving plants like Aglaia, spider plants, and lucky bamboo, growing them with coffee grounds gives excellent leaf condition - green all year round, no yellowing, no burnt tips.

Mix okara into the pothos pot, and it will cover the wall in half a year.

Okara left over from making soy milk is rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. After composting, it becomes a high-quality compound fertilizer, better than many commercial fertilizers!

Usage Tips

1. Direct use

Dry the okara, then bury it in a larger, deeper pot, away from the roots. This way the okara's nutrients are released slowly and won't harm the roots. Pothos and spider plants can fill the pot in 1 month and cover the wall in half a year.

2. Use after fermentation

Put okara in a sealed jar, add 10 times its volume of clean water, and leave in the sun to ferment. Open the lid daily to release gas, and it will compost in 1 month. After composting, dilute with water and use to water the roots - it will make leaves oily-green and roots sturdy!

Mix rice husks into the orchid pot, and it will bloom abundantly every year.

Rice husks are rich in potassium carbonate and also contain trace elements like nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. They are a high-quality compound fertilizer that can accelerate leaf growth and promote blooming.

Usage Tips

First spread rice husks in the sun for 1-2 days to sterilize and disinfect. Then mix with composting materials to ferment. Adding some EM bacteria can speed up composting and also repel pests.

Mix a little rice husk soil into orchid and succulent pots - loose and airy, blooming every year, and no black rot even in summer.

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