Flowers grow strong and vigorous, all thanks to these 10 tricks!

1. Bury a quail egg at the bottom of the pot, and the pot will bloom even without fertilizer

Growing flowers requires fertilization. Using rice water and expired milk requires fermentation. It is not worth buying a bag of fertilizer to grow a few pots of flowers at home. So is there any other good way? Of course, a few quail eggs can solve the problem.

1. Go to the supermarket and buy a few quail eggs. The size doesn’t matter.

2. Gently crack the small end of the quail egg, or poke it with a bamboo stick.

3. Put two centimeters of soil in the flowerpot, then place the quail eggs on top of the soil in the flowerpot and secure them with the soil.

4. Continue to add soil to the flowerpot until the quail eggs are completely covered, and then you can plant flowers on top.

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Because the egg fertilizer composting process takes place inside the eggshell, you don’t have to worry about burning the roots. After the eggshell decomposes, it is also a good calcium fertilizer.

2. Toilet paper can help you switch from hydroponics to soil cultivation

It is easy to switch from soil culture to hydroponics, but as you may have discovered, it is very easy for roots to rot when switching from hydroponics to soil culture. What can you do? A piece of toilet paper is enough.

1. Prepare a piece of toilet paper and place the hydroponic branches in the middle of the toilet paper.

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2. If there is sphagnum moss, you can cover it with sphagnum moss.

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3. Wrap the hydroponic branches or plants with toilet paper.

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4. Plant the wrapped plants in pots. This way, there will be a layer of protection, which will not cause damage to the roots when potting, and can also prevent infection from some diseases.

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3. Sulfur powder treats root rot

When plants are overwatered, their roots are prone to rot, and many medicines are ineffective against them, but sulfur powder can have a very good effect.

Take Clivia root rot as an example:

1. When you find that the roots of Clivia are rotten, first take it out of the pot, remove the soil and cut off the rotten roots.

2. Rinse the roots of the Clivia with clean water and place them in a cool and ventilated place to dry for a while. When there are no obvious water droplets on the roots but they are still slightly moist, sprinkle sulfur powder on the roots.

3. Then replant the Clivia in sterilized soil and it will grow new roots in more than a month.

In addition, sulfur powder can also treat powdery mildew. First, spray the plants infected with powdery mildew with clean water, and then spray them with sulfur powder, or sprinkle it directly with your hands. After a few days, the powdery mildew can be eradicated.

4. If you want a long flowering period, aspirin can help

If you want to extend the flowering period and see the flowers bloom for a few more days, a tablet of aspirin can help a lot!

1. Hydroponic flowers:

Crush an aspirin tablet, add one kilogram of water, and then add it to the hydroponic flowers. This can effectively extend the flowering period of the hydroponic flowers, especially daffodils.

2. Soil-grown flowers

Watering flowers with diluted aspirin can make the flowers bloom bigger and brighter. This is because the salicylic acid in aspirin can effectively promote flower bud differentiation and flowering.

5. Use broken bricks and tiles to grow flowers, making them more colorful!

Do you always encounter root rot and yellow leaves when growing flowers? In many cases, it is because the soil in your pot is not breathable. Just add some broken tiles!

Just pick up the broken bricks and tiles on the road, and then break them with a hammer.

Larger tiles are used to pad the bottom of the flower pot, which is water-permeable and breathable.

Smaller broken tiles can be mixed evenly with the soil and used to plant flowers, and they can also play a good role in water permeability and fertilizer retention.

6. Put loofah in the basin, the leaves and flowers are green and beautiful

1. Take a dried loofah and remove the seeds inside.

2. Use scissors to cut the loofah into small pieces of about two to three centimeters. To make it easier to cut with scissors, you can flatten the loofah with your feet first.

3. Add two or three centimeters of soil in the flowerpot, then add a layer of loofah, and then fill it with soil. You can plant flowers normally underneath. The loofah will slowly decompose in the flowerpot and provide the plants with the right amount of nitrogen fertilizer, making the flowers brighter and the leaves greener!

7. Soapy water to kill insects, simple and practical

Summer is the season when insect pests are prevalent. People always worry about safety issues when using pesticides. In fact, most pests can be killed with soapy water!

Soak the soap in water to make soapy water. You don't need too much, a ratio of 1:60 is enough. It's best to use rainwater or river water. It's best to choose soap without adding fragrance or bleach to avoid causing additional damage to the flowers.

When the soapy water hits the pest, the fatty acids in it break down and turn into a wax coating, which causes the pest to die from dehydration.

The best time to spray is in the morning. Do not spray frequently because soapy water is alkaline and too much soapberry will cause certain damage to the plant. The next day after spraying with soapy water, rinse the plants again with clean water.

8. Sesame oil to prevent ants

Ants are really annoying in summer. Huahua's flowers attracted ants. She asked a flower-growing expert, and he told Huahua a little trick: using sesame oil works!

Method 1: Find the hole where ants come out and put a few drops of sesame oil at the hole.

Method 2: If your flowers are placed on a shelf, then apply sesame oil on the four corners of the shelf to leave no way for ants to go.

Method three, apply sesame oil on the edge of the flower pot and you can rest assured!

9. Mix white vinegar with water to prevent yellowing leaves

Yellow leaves have always been a big problem in flower cultivation. Some flowers have yellow leaves because people water them too much and lack ventilation, which causes root rot and thus yellow leaves. Some flowers have yellow leaves because the soil moisture is alkaline, such as gardenia, jasmine, and camellia.

Directions:

Dilute vinegar in a 1:50 ratio and use it to spray leaves or water into flower pots. Pay attention to the larger dilution factor. This is a long process, so don't rush for results.

10. Tips to prevent soil compaction

Many flower growers, especially novices, do not pay much attention to the problem of soil compaction. When the soil is compacted, the roots cannot breathe normally, which greatly affects the healthy growth of the plants. Here, Huahua will introduce several small methods to avoid soil compaction:

1. When watering, use more rainwater, fermented rice water, and then add one or two drops of vinegar, which can also effectively prevent the soil from becoming compacted. Put rotten apples, tomatoes and other fruits in water to ferment, then dilute them and water the flowers, which can play a certain role.

2. Use more organic fertilizers and use as little chemical fertilizers as possible.

3. Loosen the soil frequently to keep it loose.

Flower lovers, what other tips do you have for growing flowers?

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