Add a little "fairy water" when caring for flowers: yellow leaves turn green in 3 days, and strong roots carry them through winter
Falling leaves signal autumn's arrival, and as soon as the weather turns cool, flowers and plants turn yellow at the slightest neglect. Don't assume houseplants are safe, many flower lovers' plants have developed yellow leaves and leaf drop. It looks like if you don't give your flowers some "tonic" soon, you'll turn them into "bare-stem commanders"!
Fermented pure milk: a rich and vigorous fertilizer for watering flowers
Pure milk contains protein and calcium, which help plants grow sturdy. If you have expired milk powder or pure milk at home, hurry up and put it to use for your plants!
Correct method:
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Whether it's boxed pure milk, expired pure milk, or baby formula, it must be mixed with water, poured into a plastic bottle, and fermented;
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Milk separates into layers during fermentation. To speed it up, you can sprinkle in a little yeast powder. Open the lid 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 supplies calcium but also acts as a nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer. Each week, take 5g and mix with 500ml of clean water to water your plants. 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 flowerpot are mostly used up, so yellow leaves appear easily in autumn. You need to quickly give your plants some nitrogen fertilizer. The soy milk we usually drink and the tofu we eat are both great nitrogen fertilizer ingredients!
Correct method:
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Soy milk or the water used to soak tofu, without adding sugar, pour it into a plastic bottle. Don't screw the cap on too tightly, and open it every 3-4 days to let air in;
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Soy milk and tofu water also separate into layers once fully fermented. After about 20 days, it can be diluted with water (3:100) to water your plants.
Soy milk and tofu water can be used on many plants, such as pothos, spider plant, kalanchoe, clivia, money tree, bougainvillea, and more. It not only improves yellow leaves and promotes new leaf growth but can also encourage blooming.
One pour of beer water: yellow leaves turn green in 3 days
Ever since Huahua said beer is good for plants, many flower lovers immediately grabbed their bottles and glug-glug poured it into the pots. Forget about caring for your plants, it'd be a wonder if you didn't kill them! Hurry up and learn the correct method~
Correct method:
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Open the beer and let it sit overnight to release gas, so the bubbles disappear and the alcohol reduces;
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After the gas has escaped, mix the beer with clean water at a 1:50 ratio to water plants, or at a 1:20 ratio to wipe flower leaves.
The amino acids and organic substances in beer are great nutrients for making leaves glossy green, and they also stimulate growth. For pothos, Monstera deliciosa, spider plant, snake plant, English ivy, and more, 1 small cup of beer water can last 1 month.
Autumn tea water: more effective than oil
Using tea water on flowers in early autumn is especially effective. Some flower lovers ask, isn't tea alkaline? Actually, tea water only becomes alkaline after being neutralized by certain secretions in the human body. For plants, overnight tea water is not alkaline.
Correct method:
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Let the tea water (black tea, green tea, scented tea, or pu-erh all work) sit overnight, don't use it the same day;
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After sitting overnight, the tea water can be used directly to water plants, and the tea leaves can also be dried in the sun and buried in the soil as fertilizer.
The organic matter in tea water can supplement nutrients for plants, and the mildly acidic tannic acid can also eliminate bacteria in the potting soil. For jasmine, gardenia, asparagus fern, azalea, and camellia, you can all use overnight tea water.
A few drops of rusty water: yellow leaves "cured the moment it's applied"
For flower lovers in the north, where water and soil are quite alkaline, the trouble of yellow leaves is felt most keenly when growing plants. Huahua suggests always keeping rusty water at home; whether growing in soil or water, you can't do without it.
Correct method:
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Find 3-5 iron nails, or scrap iron pieces from home, and soak them in water in a plastic bottle;
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Once the water turns yellow, it can be used to water plants. For water culture, you can put iron nails directly in the container, but you need to clean them once every 5-7 days;
Iron nail water can improve the alkalinity of water and soil, supplement iron and acid for plants, reduce yellow leaves, and can even turn hydrangeas blue. The large patch of blue hydrangeas tested by gardening expert @Er Mu Hua Hua Nan was achieved using iron nail water!
(Image from @Er Mu Hua Hua Nan)
Vitamin water: give your plants some nutrition too
The vitamin C and vitamin B you can't finish at home can also be used to supplement nutrients for your plants, providing antioxidant protection against yellow leaves, boosting the resistance of potted plants, and helping them safely through autumn and winter.
Correct method:
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Wrap one VC or VB tablet in paper and crush it with a glass bottle, then mix with 1000ml of clean water and stir well;
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Note that the mixed VC water must be used within 3 hours, otherwise it will oxidize and lose effectiveness; VB water can be stored for a few days.
For flower lovers with highly alkaline water and soil, you can always keep VC at home. Usually, fill a large opaque bottle (to prevent oxidation) with tap water, add one tablet, and it can remove chlorine and neutralize alkalinity. Chinese rose, clivia, money tree, Radermachera sinica, and Monstera deliciosa all can't do without it!
Fruit peel water: comprehensive organic nutrients
Flower lovers who don't have vitamin C tablets at home don't need to spend money either. The fruit peels from everyday eating are just as effective, and they can also serve as organic phosphorus fertilizer. Anyone who grows plants in autumn absolutely must try it.
Correct method:
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Let the collected fruit peels air-dry for half a day first, stuff them into a dry large oil drum, add clean water but don't fill it to the top, and open it 1-2 times a week to release gas;
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The fruit peel fertilizer water will have a sour smell. After about 1-2 months of fermentation, it's ready. Dilute with water at 1:500 to water plants, and it can last you most of the year.
For flower lovers who envy others' plants that bloom into giant specimens, homemade fruit peel fertilizer is practically beginner-level. Climbing Chinese roses, bougainvillea, and large flowering plants and greenery all can't do without it.
Egg water with vinegar: leaves don't drop and plants grow vigorously
Using eggshells for plants is truly a worn-out topic. But Huahua discovered that putting eggshells in flowerpots has very slow fertilizer effect, almost imperceptible. Actually, we forgot to add one ingredient that activates the nutrients in the eggshells!
Correct method:
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Dry the eggshells in the sun, crush them and put them in a cup or bowl. Pour in enough white vinegar to submerge the eggshells, and wait 2-3 hours for the white vinegar and eggshells to react fully;
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Once the foam in the cup is gone, add clean water and pour into a large plastic bottle. Each time you water plants, take just 3-5ml.
White vinegar can activate the calcium and organic matter in eggshells. The calcium carbonate formed by the chemical reaction can not only manage yellow leaves but also neutralize soil pH. Pothos, lucky bamboo, money tree, Radermachera sinica, and other plants prone to yellow leaves can all give it a try.
Give your plants some "oil and water": they won't fail to thrive in autumn
In autumn, give your plants some autumn fattening, and the best thing is a bit of "oil and water." The oil and water here refers to water from blanching meat; you need to choose large cuts with bones for the best effect. In autumn, you absolutely must give your plants a bowl!
Correct method:
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After blanching large bones or pork ribs, skim off the foam from the surface of the water and let it cool;
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The cooled meat-blanching water can be used directly to water plants, or stored in a plastic bottle.
Water from blanching bone-in meat has more calcium. It's especially good for watering woody plants like grapes, pomegranates, lemons, oranges, persimmons, and camellias. For herbaceous plants like pothos, spider plant, and peace lily, it's best to ferment it in a bottle for 2-3 weeks before use.
Ferment rice water this way: twice the result with half the effort
Using rice water for plants has been mentioned N times, but Huahua recently discovered an upgraded version and is sharing it with everyone now!
Correct method:
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Pour 500ml of rice 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;
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Rice water with yeast added ferments faster and more fully. At most 2 weeks and it's ready to dilute with water for your plants.
The common plants we grow at home can basically all be watered with rice water, just dilute at 1:100. Succulents, gardenia, Aglaia odorata, Chinese rose, pomegranate, and more, water once every 2 weeks, and they'll stay lush green even in autumn and winter!
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