To grow flowers, you don't need to buy fertilizer. Pick up these things and put them in the pot, and the flowers will grow vigorously and bloom abundantly.
Potted flowers and plants can make the balcony and room more beautiful. Growing flowers is a process full of joy, just like taking care of your own pet. Watering and fertilizing, every task is done carefully, immersed in the happiness of labor. People who grow flowers all know that whether potted flowers and plants grow well, whether they grow lushly, and whether they bloom much or little, fertilizer and soil are the key.
These things are really great for growing flowers. The soil becomes both fertile and breathable, the flowers grow vigorously, and it won't compact even after ten years!
If you don't want to buy fertilizer, many seemingly inconspicuous things in life are excellent for growing flowers. You definitely don't have to buy fertilizer. These things are very common and are perfectly suitable for growing flowers. They will make the soil more high-quality, nutritious, breathable and fertile.
Cow dung: if there is a river nearby, or when you go out to the suburbs to play, if you see some cattle and sheep, then there will definitely be a lot of cow dung and sheep dung nearby. Cow dung is generally dried by the sun and has no smell; it basically just smells like dried grass. Pick this dried cow dung back and add it to the soil in flower pots. Its texture is especially light and it will make the potting soil loose and fertile. It is very good for growing flowers and will not burn the roots. It can be used directly. Xiaoya has picked up some cow dung to grow flowers and vegetables.
Wood shavings and tree bark: these things are rich in humus. After collecting them, put them in a bag to ferment for a period of time, or directly pour them into a large flower pot, cover with a thick layer of soil, and after fermenting for a few months, they become very fertile and very useful soil for growing flowers. The soil is both fertile and not prone to compacting.
Sand and coal cinder are also good things for growing flowers. Fine river sand can not only be used for cuttings of small seedlings, but adding one tenth of it to the potting soil will also prevent compaction. In addition, adding coarse sand and crushed coal cinder to the soil increases the granular material, and the soil will not compact even after ten years.
Add some sand to the pot where Asparagus fern (Asparagus setaceus) is grown, and the potting soil will not easily accumulate water, and the Asparagus fern leaves will not turn yellow or drop.
It can be used to grow succulents as well, and the potting soil will not easily compact. Adding some to a snake plant (Sansevieria) pot is very suitable.
Leaf mold soil and pine needle soil: you can go directly to places with many trees, especially places where a lot of leaves fall as soon as autumn arrives, such as plane trees and some pine trees. The leaves that fall under the trees year after year mix with the soil and ferment into dark, nutrient-rich leaf mold soil.
Leaf mold soil and pine needle soil are soft in texture, loose and breathable, and are excellent for growing flowers. Growing spider plants, clivias, gardenias, and Asparagus fern is all very good.
Banana peels and fruit peels: these things are very common in the home. Just prepare an empty bucket or basin, put them in, then mix in a little garden soil, pour in some rice washing water, bean dregs, and so on, and they will also ferment into fertilizer. Dilute it to water flowers, and it is especially useful. Wood ash is also a very good fertilizer.
Tree leaves and dry grass: these things are very easy to collect in autumn. You can easily fill a lot with any bag and bring them back. Pour them into the bottom of a flower pot, cover with a little soil on top, and in a few months they become very good fertilizer. Some flower lovers also directly put dry grass at the bottom of the flower pot as a base layer. It is light and breathable. The soil on top is used to grow flowers and vegetables, and the dry grass and leaves below will quickly become fertilizer.
Growing flowers is just this simple. Many things can be used to grow flowers. After using these, you don't even need to buy fertilizer. You can mix your own soil for growing flowers. It is very simple. The flowers and plants grow more vigorously day by day!