Grandpa Picked Up 2 Kinds of Treasures, Using Them to Grow Flowers Has Amazing Effects, Green Plants Climb All Over the Wall, What Exactly Are They?

Many friends quite like flowers and plants, growing a few pots on the balcony at home, watching the plants they have worked hard to grow grow up, there is a feeling of happiness, but growing flowers or other plants all requires fertilizing, potted plants are very prone to showing nutrient deficiency symptoms and generally need topdressing. Many flower lovers want to make their own flower fertilizer, or nutrient solution, to let plants root faster, so I asked my grandpa, who has grown flowers and plants for many years, and he grows pothos, jasmine, money tree, orchids, spider plants and other plants especially well at home.

Grandpa Picked Up 2 Kinds of "Treasures", Using Them to Grow Flowers Has Amazing Effects, Green Plants Climb All Over the Wall, What Exactly Are They?

The first kind: use willow branches soaked in water to water flowers

Why use this kind of thing? Because willow branch water has the effect of rooting and sterilizing. Generally, willow branch water is used to help some cuttings take root and sprout, and is known as rooting water. For common succulents, when potting up, adding a bit of this water can speed up rooting and help succulents and other plants adapt to the pot and grow healthily.

Why is this kind of thing said to let plants at home root faster? Because willow branches contain rich salicylic acid, which is beneficial to the growth of green plants. We can cut willow branches into several sections, then mash them, put them in a container to ferment. What needs attention is that the container can hold some water, and generally after 7 days it can be used for flowers, and the effect is very good.

Some flowers at home may need cuttings, such as the common pothos, jasmine, spider plant, etc., and we can use this fermented water. Insert the cuttings we prepared into the willow branch rooting agent for about 12 hours, then into the cutting medium, and they can root in a week. Everyone can also wait until the cuttings have grown white roots in the extract before cutting, and the effect is even better.

The second kind: use red bricks to improve the air permeability of the soil

Air permeability can be used to measure soil quality, and is also one of the reasons affecting whether a plant's root system is well developed. Soil compaction and poor air permeability will cause poor root development of plants, affecting their quality and yield. So, how do we improve the air permeability of the soil? Knock the red bricks picked up into small pieces, and place them at the bottom of the flower pot when repotting or changing the soil. The large number of air holes in the red bricks can also help potted plants absorb impurities in the soil, and the effect is still quite good.

If growing succulents, it can be used, and of course other potted flowers are also fine. Succulents have relatively high requirements for soil air permeability, especially the succulent Haworthia cooperi, whose leaves are thick and root system is well developed, so they are afraid of root rot, and this is also a characteristic of succulents. I believe flower lovers who have grown them all understand.

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