These aquatic plants can decorate your home
In "Dream of the Red Chamber," Baoyu, who best understood how to cherish tender beauty, had a famous line passed down through the ages, which delighted girls past and present, at home and abroad: "Girls are made of water." Women seem to have a hydrophilic nature - they love drinking water, love soaking in baths, and pursue dewy skin and sparkling eyes...
This old farmer has always been best at making summaries: water-made girls love water-made flowers. Today, let us show you girls those flowers that can be grown simply and easily in "clear water" - let them decorate your home!
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Born "water plants" are the most hydrophilic
Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris)
Beauty rating: ★★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★★★
Indoor temperature: 10-26°C
The leaves of pennywort closely resemble ancient Chinese coins, hence its name. Its clearly defined stems spread gracefully and elegantly, very pleasing to the eye.
Hydroponic tips:
1. Give pennywort a little clean water and it can be kept for a long time.
2. There is no problem with fully submerging the whole plant in water; adding a couple of small fish adds even more charm.
3. Pennywort can take plenty of sunlight; adding silt and nutrient soil, pressing down with stones, it can even sprout and produce flower spikes.
Bowl lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
Beauty rating: ★★★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★
Indoor temperature: 23-30°C
The gracefully upright bowl lotus is small and exquisite, with elegantly pale flowers, possessing a scholarly charm. Plant one in a ceramic bowl at home, with a few small fish swimming about, and it is full of lively interest.
Hydroponic tips:
1. Add half a pot of garden soil or river pond mud to the container, soak with water two weeks in advance, do not fertilize.
2. Press the fine roots of the seedling into the mud, with water depth not covering the lotus leaves.
3. Sprinkle sand evenly in several rounds to keep the water clear.
4. Keeping small fish in the water can remove insects, and their waste can also fertilize.
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Bulb plants love to "take a bath"
Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta)
Beauty rating: ★★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★★
Indoor temperature: 10-20°C
In Greek mythology, narcissus is the incarnation of the beautiful youth Narcissus; in China, narcissus is called the "Fairy of the Waves."
Hydroponic tips:
1. Remove the brown outer coating, root-protecting mud, and decayed roots from the bulb.
2. Using a carving knife, make vertical cuts on both sides of the top of the narcissus bulb where no small bulbs or leaf buds have grown, to a depth of 1/3 of the bulb.
3. Place the bulb in a hydroponic vessel, pour in clean water to about 1/3 of the bulb for best results; quartz sand or pebbles can be used to stabilize it.
4. Sufficient light will make narcissus leaf buds thick and sturdy, with deep green leaf color.
Tulip (Tulipa)
Beauty rating: ★★★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★★
Indoor temperature: 13-18°C
Tulips with rich color and elegant flower shape growing from water are especially fresh and delightful.
Hydroponic tips:
1. Pour clean water into the pot so that the roots of the tulip bulb are submerged in water, and place it in a spot indoors that receives full sunlight.
2. Replace half the water or nutrient solution every 3-4 days; replacing all of it will make root growth less robust.
3. After the flowers open, move to a cool indoor spot to extend the blooming period.
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
Beauty rating: ★★★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★★
Indoor temperature: 5-18°C
Hyacinth has a healing appearance just like its name - plump leaves and flowers that you cannot resist touching!
Hydroponic tips:
1. Pour clean water into a glass bottle, keeping it 1-3 cm from the base of the hyacinth bulb.
2. Change the water for the hyacinth once a week; nutrient solution may be omitted.
3. Before leaves grow, provide no light at all; the root system will gradually develop.
4. After leaves emerge, you can begin giving sunlight - 1-2 hours initially, then gradually increase the light exposure time.
TIPS：
1. Narcissus, tulips, and hyacinths are all mildly toxic, unsuitable for direct contact or placement in the bedroom; they should be placed in a well-ventilated area. If there is a pregnant woman at home, it is best not to grow them.
2. Bulb plants grown hydroponically generally can only bloom once; if you want to reuse them, cut off the flowers and leaves, bury them in soil for re-cultivation, and they can grow again the following year.
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Potted plants also "soak their feet"
Many soil-loving plants, as long as they develop hydroponic roots, can also be grown directly in water!
Aloe (Aloe vera)
Beauty rating: ★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★★★
Indoor temperature: 15-35°C
Potted aloe is very common, and aloe can stubbornly survive with just a small pot of clean water.
Hydroponic tips:
1. Choose a narrow-mouthed bottle, prop up the aloe to avoid the roots touching the water, otherwise they will rot.
2. Pour water into the container, slightly below the roots; after a period of hydroponic growing, it will develop hydroponic roots that grow into the water.
3. After hydroponic roots grow, you may appropriately add nutrient solution, or you may not.
Anthurium (Anthurium andraeanum)
Beauty rating: ★★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★★
Indoor temperature: 15-30°C
Hydroponically grown anthurium can have a single flower lasting as long as 2-4 months, with rich and varied colors.
Hydroponic tips:
1. Dig out the potted anthurium, cut off rotten roots, fibrous roots, and old leaves, wash clean with water, and disinfect in potassium permanganate solution.
2. Change water frequently - every 3 days for the first half month, once a week for the second half month, adding nutrient solution with each water change. After one month, hydroponic roots will grow and leaves will begin to sprout new buds.
3. Put the separated roots into a hydroponic basket, place stones in the basket to stabilize the plant's position, and fill with half or 2/3 water.
4. Change water according to actual conditions, and do not add nutrient solution too frequently.
Money tree (Pachira aquatica)
Beauty rating: ★★★★
Beginner-friendliness: ★★★★
Indoor temperature: 18-30°C
The money tree is endowed with auspicious meaning in China, as can be seen from its name alone. Small money tree plants can be grown directly in water.
Hydroponic tips:
1. Choose a healthy plant, wash the roots clean, take a glass container, and submerge two-thirds of the money tree's roots in water.
2. Initially, change the water every 2-3 days; after half a month, when hydroponic roots grow, the water solution can be switched to nutrient solution.
3. Replace the nutrient solution about every 3 weeks; add water once every 4-5 days in summer, and once every 10-20 days in winter.
4. Usually sprinkle some water on the leaves to keep the air humid.
These water-made flowers may seem fragile and delicate, but as long as you get the balance right, they will grow vigorously! Grow one or two to "rehydrate" your little home!
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