Cut an empty oil drum with 2 cuts to grow vegetables from roots and tops, and you won't need to buy vegetables at home during the New Year
Cut an empty oil drum with 2 cuts, and it instantly becomes a vegetable-growing wonder!
Most households have empty oil drums, and leaving them lying around is a waste. We can modify them a little and turn them into a simple vegetable-growing setup. Throw in the leftover vegetable roots and tops, and as they grow, harvest and eat them whenever you like. It is convenient, simple, and healthy!
Specific steps:
1. First, scrub the empty oil drum clean. Oil drums are not easy to scrub, so you can put some sand in the drum, add 1/4 clean water, screw the lid on tightly, and shake hard. That way, the residue in the drum sticks to the sand.
2. Pour out the sand and water, add clean water again, rinse the oil drum thoroughly, then put it in a well-ventilated place to dry.
3. Use scissors or a knife to cut the oil drum open along the red line in the picture below. It does not need to be especially neat, but be sure to stay safe and avoid cuts.
4. After cutting, you can fill the oil drum with soil. It is best to find fairly fertile soil; soil dug up from the roadside also works. You can mix in some fruit peels, vegetable leaves, nut shells, and so on to compost into fertile soil.
5. Then you can plant vegetables. This way is cleaner and will not make the home messy, and it is also convenient and takes up little space. When watering, open the mouth of the oil drum, and it will not spill everywhere.
Throw water spinach roots into the oil drum!
Water spinach is a common leafy green, healthy and quite delicious. Huahua likes eating stir-fried water spinach. Throw the roots left over from everyday cooking into the oil drum, and it quickly grows into a big patch.
Specific steps:
1. When cooking normally, the water spinach leaves are eaten, but the roots and the stems at the bottom are thrown away. Actually, the roots or stems can be planted in the oil drum, and they will grow enough to eat with no effort.
2. If using water spinach stems, you can first soak them in water, and roots will grow in 4 or 5 days. After they root, just plant them in the oil drum. As for the roots, they can be planted directly in the soil.
3. After planting in soil, small sprouts will grow in 4 or 5 days. Spray the sprouts with water every day to keep them moist, but do not use too much water, otherwise the roots may rot.
4. Soon the water spinach sprouts grow lush and green, and then you can harvest and eat them whenever you like. After one crop is eaten, another will grow.
Throw cilantro roots and vegetable roots into the oil drum!
Cilantro is a very distinctive garnish. People who like it cannot go a day without it, but people who do not like it cannot swallow even one bite. Still, cilantro is quite nutritious, so you can grow some at home.
Specific steps:
1. When eating cilantro normally, collect the unwanted cilantro roots and stems, plant them in soil, and they will quickly grow. In the future, you will not need to buy cilantro to eat it.
2. Plant the cilantro roots, press the soil firm, then water thoroughly once. After that, put the cilantro in a cool place or a well-ventilated spot to recover for a few days, and do not water it for 5 days.
3. After that, put it on the balcony and water it a bit more often. Spray the sprouts with a little water every 2 or 3 days, and they will grow in just over 20 days. When cooking, just pull up what you want to eat.
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