Sprinkle some food scraps in the flower pot, and the flowers will grow like crazy, blooming to bursting every year
Autumn is the best time for repotting. When you repot and change the soil, casually mix some scraps into the soil - expired cornmeal, leftover coffee grounds, Chinese herbal medicine residue... The results for your plants are amazing, and it saves both effort and money! Now follow Huahua to learn how!
Mix some 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 the growth of flowers and plants with
nitrogen
、
phosphorus fertilizer
，promotes blooming
。Usage tips
Some flower lovers bury a little cornmeal at the bottom of the pot each time they change the soil, just a small spoonful. Their Clivia
grows incredibly vigorously
，with thick, plump leaves
，and the blooms are also gorgeous
; sprinkling a thin layer of cornmeal on the surface of the pot can also repel pests and kill ants.
Mix some Chinese herbal medicine residue into the Christmas cactus pot, and it won't attract pests and will bloom profusely
Chinese herbal medicine is mostly made from the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and bark of plants, as well as the limbs, organs and shells of animals, so it is rich in organic and inorganic substances. It can be said to be a top-quality
nitrogen
、phosphorus
、potassium compound fertilizer
！Usage tips
Spread the leftover herbal residue from decoction in the sun on the balcony, and it can be used directly. Sprinkle a little around the edge of the Christmas cactus pot,
and flower buds will quickly emerge, without attracting pests
; when repotting, bury the herbal residue at the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer. It drains and breathes well, and root rot basically won't happen.Herbal residue that has barely been boiled is best composted first: mix it with garden soil, put it 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 is ready to use!
Mix some coal cinder into the succulent pot, and there will be no root rot or black rot
Mixing coal cinder into the soil can improve the soil's
air permeability
anddrainage
, reducing the chance of root rot; coal cinder also contains a lot ofminerals
and trace elements, which can make the plant grow luxuriantly.Usage tips
Place the large particles of coal cinder at the bottom of the pot,
the air permeability is superb, the roots especially love to grow, becoming thick and dense
; the small crushed particles can be mixed directly into the soil. It is especially good for plants with sensitive roots like succulents and Clivia,and no matter how long you grow them, the roots won't rot
。
Mix pine cones into the kalanchoe pot, and there will be more blooms and no black rot
Pine cones are relatively loose overall, and placing them at the bottom of the pot can
prevent root rot
; used in soil mixing, the air permeability is very good; pine cones contain rosin and pine oil, which have a greatsterilizing
effect!Usage tips
Choose pine cones with relatively loose scales. No fermentation is needed - just place them directly at the bottom of the pot or smash them up and mix them into the soil. Kalanchoe and Clivia grown with them
have thick, plump, oily-green leaves
，and sturdy roots, blooming every year
; pine cones of the current year have relatively tight scales, so they need to be left for a while before use.
Mix river sand into rose cuttings, and they will root quickly without rotting
River sand itself has no nutrients, but it has excellent
air permeability
、and drainage
, and can be used as a substitute for vermiculite. Most flowers can use it, preventing root rot and black rot!Usage tips
Mix coarse-grained river sand into the soil to grow large flowers such as money tree and Brazilian wood,
the air permeability is good and they grow fast
; 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
The wood scraps left over from decoration can be used to grow camellias:
loose and breathable
、insulating and moisture-retaining
, and it can also supplement trace elements and promote lush branches and leaves; for flowers and trees bought online, adding a little wood shavings when transplanting can help them quickly adapt to the pot!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 them into the soil. Huahua has used it to grow camellia
, asparagus fern and pothos, and they grew very vigorously
, not disappointing me at all.
Mix eggshells into the jasmine pot, and there will be more flowers and fragrant blooms
The main component of eggshells is calcium carbonate, which can increase the soil's
calcium
content, and can also regulate the soil'spH
。Usage tips
After washing the eggshells, leave them in the sun for 1~2 days, then crush them and mix them into the soil.
Roses, jasmine, gardenias, camellias
and other suchacid-loving
flowers especially love eggshell fertilizer,with abundant blooms
，and captivating fragrance
。
Mix coffee grounds into the spider plant pot,
and the leaves will be firm without burnt tips
Flower lovers who love drinking coffee must not waste coffee grounds. This is a high-quality organic
nitrogen fertilizer
, beneficial for plants during the seedling and growth stages, and it can also make the soilloose and breathable
。Usage tips
Coffee grounds cannot be used directly, otherwise they will burn the roots. First dry the coffee grounds in the sun, then put them together with compost materials (fallen leaves, etc.) and garden soil, add water to wet them, and leave them in the sun. They will compost in 1~2 months.
Composted coffee grounds can be mixed into the soil, but do not use too much at one time. For nitrogen-loving, acid-loving plants such as Milan, spider plant and lucky bamboo, growing them with coffee grounds keeps the leaves in especially good condition, glossy green all year round, without yellowing or dry tips.
Mix okara into the pothos pot, and it will cover the wall in half a year
The 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 fertilizers!Usage tips
1. Direct use
Dry the okara in the sun, then bury it in a larger, deeper flower pot, away from the roots. This way the okara's fertility is released slowly and the roots won't be harmed. Pothos and spider plants can burst the pot in 1 month, and cover the wall in half a year.
2. Use after fermentation
Put the okara in a sealed jar, add 10 times the amount of clean water, and leave it in the sun to ferment. Open the lid daily to release gas, and it will compost in 1 month. After composting, dilute it with water and water the roots with it;
it can make the leaves oily green and the roots thick and strong
！Mix rice husks into the orchid pot, and it will bloom to bursting every year
Rice husks are rich in
potassium carbonate
, and also containnitrogen
、phosphorus
、sulfur
and other trace elements. They are a high-quality compound fertilizer that can speed up leaf growth and promote blooming.Usage tips
First spread the rice husks in the sun for 1~2 days to sterilize and disinfect them; then mix them with compost materials to ferment. Adding some EM bacteria can speed up composting and also prevent pests.
Mix a little rice husk soil into orchid and succulent pots, and it will be loose and breathable, blooming every year, without black rot even in summer.
Flower lovers, have you all learned it?
What scraps do you have at home that can be used to grow flowers?
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