What to do when flowers have yellow leaves? Water them with this magic water and in 3 days they turn green, grow strong and get through winter easily
When leaves fall, autumn is known. As soon as the weather turns cool, flowers and plants turn yellow with the slightest neglect. Don't think that just because they are kept indoors nothing will happen. Many flower growers' plants have developed yellow leaves and dropping leaves. It seems that if you don't give the flowers some "tonic" soon, you will turn them into "bare-stem commanders"!
After pure milk is fermented, watering flowers with it makes them fat and thriving
Pure milk contains protein and calcium, which can make flowers grow sturdy. The expired milk powder and pure milk at home, hurry up and use them to grow flowers!
Correct method:
1. Whether it is boxed pure milk, expired pure milk, or baby milk powder, all must be mixed with water, poured into a plastic bottle and fermented;
2. Milk will separate into layers during fermentation. If you want to speed it up, you can sprinkle in some yeast powder, open it every 3 days to let air in, and it will be ready in half a month.
The fermented milk is even richer in nutrients. It not only supplements calcium, but can also serve as nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer. Each week take 5g and mix with 500ml of clean water to water flowers. Pothos, spider plant, Chinese rose, and hydrangea can all use it.
Soy milk and tofu water, green leaves keep sprouting
After a whole summer of activity, the nutrients in the flower pot are mostly gone, so yellow leaves appear easily in autumn. You must quickly give the flowers some nitrogen fertilizer. The soy milk we usually drink and the tofu we eat are both good nitrogen fertilizer materials!
Correct method:
1. Soy milk or the water used to soak tofu, do not add sugar, pour it into a plastic bottle. Do not screw the cap too tight, open it every 3-4 days to let air in;
2. Soy milk and tofu water will also separate into layers once fully fermented. After about 20 days, it can be mixed with water (3:100) to water flowers.
Soy milk and tofu water can be used on many flowers, such as pothos, spider plant, kalanchoe, clivia, money tree, bougainvillea and so on. They can not only improve yellow leaves and promote new leaves to emerge, but also encourage blooming.
Pour in beer water, and in 3 days yellow leaves turn green
Ever since Huahua said beer is good for growing flowers, many flower growers immediately grabbed the bottle and glug-glug poured it into the pot. Forget about growing flowers well, it would be a wonder if the flowers don't die on you! Hurry up and learn the correct method~
Correct method:
1. Open the beer and let it breathe overnight, so the bubbles disappear and the alcohol decreases;
2. After the gas has escaped, beer mixed with clean water at a 1:50 ratio can be used to water flowers, and mixed with clean water at a 1:20 ratio can be used to wipe flower leaves.
The amino acids and organic substances in beer are all good nutrients that make leaves glossy green, and can also stimulate growth. For pothos, Monstera deliciosa, spider plant, snake plant, ivy and so on, 1 small cup of beer water can last 1 month.
Autumn tea water, the effect is stronger than oil
Using tea water to water flowers in early autumn is especially effective. Some flower growers ask, isn't tea alkaline? Actually, tea water only becomes alkaline after being neutralized by certain secretions in the human body. For flowers, overnight tea water does not count as alkaline.
Correct method:
1. Tea water (black tea, green tea, scented tea, pu'er all work) should be left overnight, do not use it the same day;
2. After sitting overnight, the tea water can be used directly to water flowers, and the tea dregs can also be dried in the sun and buried in the soil as fertilizer.
The organic matter in tea water can supplement the nutrition of flowers and plants, and the weakly acidic tannic acid can also eliminate bacteria in the potting soil. For jasmine, gardenia, asparagus fern, azalea, and camellia, you can all water them with overnight tea water.
A few drops of rusty water, and yellow leaves are "cured as soon as the remedy is applied"
For flower growers in the north, the soil and water are quite alkaline, and when growing flowers you can best experience the distress of yellow leaves. Huahua suggests always keeping rusty water at home. Whether for soil culture or water culture, it is indispensable.
Correct method:
1. Find 3-5 iron nails, or scrap iron pieces from home, put them in a plastic bottle and soak them in water;
2. Once the water turns yellow it can be used to water flowers. For water culture, you can directly put iron nails in the container, but it must be cleaned once every 5-7 days;
Iron nail water can improve the alkalinity of soil and water, supplement iron and acid for flowers and plants, reduce yellow leaves, and can also turn hydrangeas blue. The large patch of blue hydrangeas tested by the flower-growing expert @Er Mu Hua Hua Nan used iron nail water!
(Image from @Er Mu Hua Hua Nan)
Vitamin water, give the flowers some nutrition too
The vitamin C and vitamin B you can't finish at home can also be used to supplement some nutrition for flowers, resist oxidation, prevent yellow leaves, improve the resistance of potted flowers, and safely get through autumn and winter.
Correct method:
1. One VC or VB tablet, wrap it in paper and crush it with a glass bottle, then mix with 1000ml of clean water and stir evenly;
2. Note that the mixed VC water must be used up within 3 hours, otherwise it will oxidize and lose effectiveness; VB water can be stored for several days as appropriate.
For flower growers whose soil and water are quite alkaline, you can always keep VC at home. Usually use an opaque large bottle (to prevent oxidation), fill it with tap water, add one tablet, and it can remove chlorine and neutralize alkalinity. Chinese rose, clivia, money tree, happiness tree, and Monstera deliciosa all cannot do without it!
Fruit peel water, a comprehensive organic nutrient
Flower growers who don't have vitamin C tablets at home don't need to spend money either. The fruit peels you usually eat are just as effective, and can also serve as organic phosphorus fertilizer. People who grow flowers absolutely must try it in autumn.
Correct method:
1. First air-dry the collected fruit peels for half a day, stuff them into a dry large oil drum, add clean water but do not fill it full, open it 1-2 times a week to let gas escape;
2. The fruit peel fertilizer water will have a sour smell. It is about ready after fermenting for 1-2 months. Mix with water at 1:500 to water flowers, and it can be used for more than half a year.
For flower growers who envy other people's flowers that bloom into giants as soon as they open, homemade fruit peel fertilizer can be considered beginner level. For climbing Chinese rose, bougainvillea, and large flowers and green plants, it is indispensable.
Egg water plus vinegar, leaves don't drop and growth is vigorous
Using eggshells to grow flowers is truly an old topic. But Huahua found that when eggshells are put in flower pots, the fertilizer effect is very slow, almost imperceptible. Actually, we forgot to add one seasoning, so the nutrients in the eggshells were not activated!
Correct method:
1. Dry the eggshells in the sun, crush them and put them in a cup or bowl, pour in an appropriate amount of white vinegar to submerge the eggshells, and wait 2-3 hours to let the white vinegar and eggshells react fully;
2. When there are no more bubbles in the cup, add clean water and put it into a large plastic bottle. Each time you water flowers, take 3-5ml and that is enough.
White vinegar can activate the calcium and organic matter in eggshells. The calcium carbonate and other substances formed by the chemical reaction can not only manage yellow leaves, but also neutralize the pH of the soil. For pothos, lucky bamboo, money tree, happiness tree and other flowers prone to yellow leaves, you can all give it a try.
Give the flowers some "oil and water", and in autumn you won't fear they won't grow vigorously
To fatten up flowers in autumn, it is best to give them some "oil and water". The oil and water here is water used to blanch meat, and you should choose large meat with bones for a good effect. In autumn you must give the flowers a bowl!
Correct method:
1. After blanching large bones or pork ribs, skim off the foam on the surface of the water and let it cool;
2. The cooled meat-blanching water can be used directly to water flowers, or stored in a plastic bottle.
Water used to blanch bones contains more calcium, and is especially good for watering woody plants such as grapes, pomegranates, lemons, oranges, persimmons, and camellias. If it is for herbaceous plants like pothos, spider plant, and peace lily, it is best to ferment it in a bottle for 2-3 weeks before use.
Ferment rice-washing water like this, and growing flowers gets twice the result with half the effort
Watering with rice-washing water has been mentioned N times too, and Huahua recently discovered an upgraded version, which is now shared with everyone!
Correct method:
1. Pour 500ml of rice-washing water into a plastic bottle, add 1 small pinch of yeast, place it on the windowsill, and remember to open the lid to let air in along the way;
2. Rice-washing water with yeast added ferments faster and more fully, and after at most 2 weeks it can be mixed with water to water flowers.
The flowers we commonly grow at home can basically all be watered with rice-washing water. Just mix with water at 1:100. For succulents, gardenia, Aglaia odorata, Chinese rose, pomegranate and so on, water once every 2 weeks, and they can stay lush green in autumn and winter too!
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