I didn't expect that so many good things for growing flowers would be thrown away by me as garbage.

Regret throwing away all the rotten fruits and peels

Before growing flowers, my cousin would throw away all the fruit peels or rotten fruits when she ate them. She only regretted it after she started growing flowers, and realized that the fruit peels are really good fertilizer for growing flowers!

Why regret:

The fruit peel contains various rich elements of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The fermented fertilizer water is weakly acidic, which is suitable for the growth needs of flowers. Moreover, the fruit peel is very easy to obtain in life, and you can make flower fertilizer at home.

How to make fruit peel fertilizer:

1. Prepare an empty plastic bucket, then collect rotten fruits and various peels and put them all in the bucket.

2. Add clean water to the bucket, seal the bottle cap, and then expose it to the sun. Every 3-5 days, you need to open the lid to let in air to prevent the bottle from exploding.

3. It will take about 1-3 months for the peel fertilizer to be fermented. When watering the flowers, dilute the fruit peel fertilizer and clean water in a ratio of 1:50 and use it directly to water the flowers. It is simple, saves money, and can also make the flowers grow stronger!

I regret pouring out the water used to blanch the meat.

Huahua's brother-in-law likes to eat meat very much, so my sister's family eats meat almost all year round. In the past, my sister would just pour out the water used to blanch meat, and the water would eventually go down the drain. But after growing flowers, she almost regretted it to death. The water used to blanch meat has a great fertilizer effect when used to grow flowers!

Why regret:

The water used for blanching meat contains a lot of minced meat and fat, which is rich in protein and oil. Although these substances cannot be directly absorbed by the flowers, once they are fully decomposed, they will become various organic substances needed for the growth of flowers, which are very nutritious!

Directions:

1. Take out the meat, let the blanching water cool down, then put it in a plastic bottle and seal it.

2. In order to reduce the smell of compost, you can add some orange peel into the bottle to deodorize it.

3. Place the sealed plastic bottle in the sun and open the lid for air ventilation after about 5 days. It basically takes 1-2 months to be fully fermented.

4. Pour out the decomposed blanched meat fat from the plastic bottle, add clean water in a ratio of 1:100, and then water the flowers directly. The water used to blanch meat is rich in nitrogen. After using it, the leaves of green radish, spider plant, etc. will become greener and greener!

I regret throwing away all the fish intestines.

Huahua lives in Qingdao, so she goes out to buy fish quite often. Every time she does so, she asks others to process the fish and bring it back. The rest of the fish she doesn't want is basically thrown away at the fishmongers. But since I started growing flowers, especially roses, I regret it so much!

Why regret:

Fish intestines are rich in phosphorus and potassium. After being fermented into fertilizer water, they are very effective for flowers that bloom in many flowers and have long flowering periods, such as roses, jasmine, bougainvillea, etc.!

Directions:

1. Next time you go to the market to buy fish, remember to bring the fish intestines home, otherwise you will definitely regret it! It is best to use marine fish for fish intestines, because many freshwater fish are fed with feed and there may be toxins in the liver.

2. Prepare a few empty plastic buckets and stuff the fish intestines into them. To prevent the odor from being too strong, you can also add some EM bacteria, then add water and expose them to the sun.

3. Remember to open the lid and let it air out every 5-7 days. If the weather is hot, it can be fermented in about a month. When opening the bottle cap, you must open it slowly, otherwise the gas in the bottle will expand suddenly and the plastic bottle will explode.

4. Mix the fermented fish intestine water into a solution in the ratio of 1:50-1:100, and then water the flowers directly. For roses, jasmine, bougainvillea, etc., you can add sufficient phosphorus fertilizer to make the flowers bloom bigger and the colors more colorful!

I regret throwing away the moldy soybeans.

Huahua likes to drink soy milk every morning, so she often makes it herself. But sometimes she buys too much soybeans and the soybeans easily get moldy when left in the bag. Before, I basically threw it into the trash can downstairs, but since I started growing flowers, I have used it to make fertilizer!

Why do you regret throwing it away:

The nitrogen content in soybeans is very high. Huahua had read in a book before that farmers would plant soybeans to improve soil fertility, which shows how high the nitrogen content in soybeans is. When you water the flowers with fertilizer made from moldy soybeans, the flowers will grow rapidly and you can't stop them!

Directions:

1. If flower lovers want to shorten the cooking time of yellow tofu, they can put the moldy soybeans in the pot first and use them after they are cooked.

2. After the cooked soybeans have cooled down, put them in a plastic bucket that has been prepared in advance. Then pour in the water used to boil the soybeans and seal the bottle. If you want to speed up the composting of the soybeans, you can add 2-3 spoons of brown sugar into the plastic bottle at the end.

3. Then place it in the sun and open the lid to let it air out after about 3-4 days. It basically takes 1-2 months to ferment.

4. The fertilizer made from fermented soybeans is rich in nitrogen. It is usually diluted with water at a ratio of 1:50 and then used to water the flowers. It can keep the leaves green and the branches and leaves grow stronger!

I regret pouring out the rice water.

Before growing flowers, my cousin never thought that she would collect the leftover water from washing rice every day just to provide nutrients for the flowers. Just thinking about the rice water that she had poured out before, she felt heartbroken!

Why regret:

Rice washing water contains a lot of broken rice grains and bran, as well as a lot of nitrogen, phosphorus and other trace elements, which are very beneficial to the growth of flowers.

Directions:

1. Don't throw away the water used to wash rice. Just collect it in a plastic bottle.

2. When the rice water in the bottle exceeds 2/3 of the bottle, you can seal the bottle and expose it to the sun. Open the lid every 3-5 days to let it breathe. It will be fully decomposed in 20-30 days.

3. Mix the well-rotted rice water with clean water in the ratio of 1:50 and use it directly to water the flowers. If you grow flowers with rice water, there will be no problem in growing them into waterfalls!

Regret throwing away expired yogurt

All flower lovers know that the shelf life of yogurt is very short, mostly around 20 days. Sometimes the yogurt you buy will easily expire if placed in the refrigerator. My sister used to throw expired yogurt into the trash, but since she started growing flowers, she has turned it into a treasure!

Why I regretted losing it:

Like soybean water, yogurt contains a lot of nitrogen. Yogurt also contains many active bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria. When they are fermented, they are natural fermentation agents and the fermentation speed is very fast.

Directions:

1. If the yogurt is expired, you can pour out the entire yogurt, put it in a plastic bottle, add some water to seal it and ferment it.

2. You can also add some water or rice water to the yogurt you drink normally, and then expose it to the sun.

3. Because of the presence of various lactic acid bacteria, the fermentation speed of yogurt is relatively fast, and it can be fermented in 10-15 days. Water the flowers with a mixture of yogurt fertilizer and clean water in a ratio of 1:10 to add highly nutritious nitrogen fertilizer to the flowers and make them grow more vigorously!

I regret pouring out the water for boiling eggs.

Before growing flowers, my cousin would pour out all the undrinkable water. But after growing flowers, she found out that water used to boil eggs is the best for watering flowers!

Why regret:

The water used to boil eggs contains many minerals remaining in the eggshells. This substance can supplement trace elements for flowers. Moreover, the water used to boil eggs does not contain chlorine found in tap water, so it is much safer than using ordinary tap water to water flowers!

Directions:

After boiling the eggs, take them out and let the water cool to the same temperature as the room. Then you don’t need to do anything else and just water the flowers.

I regret dumping the water out of the fish tank.

My cousin has a big fish tank at home. I heard that the fish in it are very valuable, so the fish food used is very expensive. Before, my cousin’s mind was on raising fish, but now she looks forward to changing the water for the fish all day long, because then she can use the fish tank water to water the flowers!

Why regret:

The water in the fish tank contains a lot of leftover fish food and fish excrement, as well as certain trace elements, which are exactly what flowers need to grow. Therefore, using fish tank water to water flowers is very effective!

Directions:

When changing the water in the fish tank, let the replaced water dry for a while so that the temperature of the water can be close to the room temperature, and then you can use it directly to water the flowers.

I regret not collecting rainwater.

Every time I see my cousin, she always complains, why hasn’t it rained yet? Huahua was puzzled. Why was she looking forward to rain so much? Later, Huahua realized that her cousin wanted rain water to water the flowers.

Why regret:

Rainwater is formed by the condensation of water vapor in the air. During the formation process, a large amount of nitrogen is contained in it, which can provide more nitrogen fertilizer for flowers.

Directions:

1. If you have a yard at home, you can directly put buckets and basins in the yard to collect rainwater. Because air pollution is quite serious in many places now, you can wait for it to rain for a while and collect air after the pollutants have been significantly reduced.

2. If you don’t have a yard but only a balcony, you can turn the umbrella upside down and connect a plastic bottle underneath to let the rain fall on the umbrella and then drip into the plastic bottle.

3. You can use the collected rainwater directly to water the flowers. It is best to use it up as soon as possible and do not store it for too long, otherwise it will easily attract small insects.

I regretted throwing away the overnight tea.

Huahua lives in Qingdao, where green tea is produced, so she drinks some tea on a regular basis. I didn’t think much of it before, but since I started growing flowers, even the tea has been poured out. Thinking about all the tea I poured out before, I’m so angry that I beat my chest and stamp my feet!

Why regret:

Tea is weakly acidic if it is not drunk, and camellia, jasmine, gardenia, etc. like weakly acidic soil, so the leftover tea can be used for camellia and other flowers.

Directions:

1. Let the remaining tea cool down. Never use hot tea to water the flowers unless you don’t want your flowers. After cooling, filter out all the tea leaves and tea foam, leaving only the clear liquid.

2. You can directly use the clear liquid to water the flowers, or you can mix the clear liquid and water in a 1:1 ratio and then water the flowers. About 1-2 times a week will be enough.

ps: Although tea contains caffeine, it is weakly acidic. It becomes alkaline only after it is decomposed after drinking. The longer the brewing time, the more acidic it is, especially overnight tea, which is the most acidic!