Super simple tricks for making your own flower pots, prettier than the ones you buy
Collecting little tricks for growing flowers has become a habit, and today here comes a round of newly learned super tips!
1
Yogurt cups
There are also
coffee cups and ice cream cups
. In these little cups, put some peat soil, river sand, vermiculite, coco coir, and they are super handyfor raising seedlings
cups!
2
Old drawers
When moving house there are always pieces of furniture you want to throw away. It was only when there was nowhere left to plant the succulents that I remembered: instead of wasting money on a pile of pots and containers, using
two drawers
solves the problem, and gives an unexpectedly artsy effect too!
Of course, if you have one of these at home, an
old guitar
, then that is just perfect. I plan to place it up high and plant a hanging String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus) trailing down from it.
3
Keyboard
It is not about smashing the keyboard up to make fertilizer, of course. These lettered keys can be pulled off and glued to a bamboo skewer or half a disposable chopstick, then stuck at the edge of a pot as a fun marker.
Do not underestimate it. If there are little kids at home, it is a really good
educational tool
. Do you know what I planted in this pot?
peas
, that's right, peas!
4
Plastic milk jug
Do you know what this kind of milk jug can be used for?
A super practical
watering can
! Use a heated sewing needle or wire to poke twenty or thirty holes, and it works no worse than a spray bottle. When your spray bottle breaks, do you even need to buy one?
Cut off the bottom third, and it becomes a super handy
heat-retaining, moisture-retaining, light-boosting
little greenhouse, and the seedling-raising results are great!
5
Egg carton
Egg cartons are made of stiff paper, with breathable little hollows,
for raising seedlings
in large quantities, they are super useful!
6
Wine bottle
Make a
self-watering device
，holiday
When going out on a trip, you won't have to worry about your flowers dying of thirst! Long-necked bottles are most suitable. Poke a small hole in the bottle cap, insert it upside down into the flower pot, at least three centimeters deep, and the water seeps into the soil, an effect even better suited to absorption.
7
Cotton cloth strip
Another
automatic water replenishing
and humidifying method: place a cup of water next to the flower pot, soak a long enough cotton cloth strip, put one end in the cup of water and drape the other end into the flower pot, and it will automatically supply water to the potting soil! The cloth strip needs to be absorbent enough; a towel or strong paper towels also work.
8
Old newspaper
Homemade
seedling blocks
: tear the newspaper into shreds, roll into balls, soak in water, put into a small container (a yogurt cup will do), press firm, and wait for it to air-dry naturally. It keeps for as long as you like, and you can use it directly when raising seedlings, with pretty good results! You can also use it together with toilet paper!
9
Coffee filter paper
Small things have great uses
: coffee filter paper lets water through and is tough, so if you put it in a flower pot with a large drainage hole, soil crumbs won't fall out. It is clean and hygienic, and does not affect drainage or airflow.
10
Plastic fork
Every day
when ordering takeout
, the plastic forks that come with it are rarely used, but they can be used for growing vegetables and flowers. Have you ever had yourcat
wreak havoc onyour vegetable patch and seedlings
? Stick the forks upside down into the soil, and it won't go there again!
11
Toilet paper cardboard tube
Toilet paper can be used for layering to encourage rooting. Have you noticed the cardboard tube inside? I always feel it must be useful for something. Make four cuts at one end with scissors, fold it up, drip a little glue to secure it, and what a great
simple seedling box
！Life is full of surprises everywhere. What other little tricks do you have? Come and share them with us!
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