If the roots of a flower rot, it will die, but if you sprinkle some of this, it can live for 20 years!

Succulent

1 Clay

Expanded clay is a relatively large granular soil with large gaps between particles and good water permeability. If the soil has good permeability, water will not accumulate easily, and the roots will not rot easily. Putting expanded clay at the bottom of the succulent pot is the secret to preventing the roots of succulents from rotting!

Directions:

1. Place a layer of gauze at the bottom of the succulent flower pot to prevent soil leakage, and then evenly spread a layer of expanded clay at the bottom of the pot.

2. Spread the succulent soil on the expanded clay. Add a certain amount of granular soil (vermiculite, perlite, etc.) to the soil to increase the air permeability of the soil.

It is best to keep the soil slightly moist, so that after the succulents are potted, you can wait 2-3 weeks before watering them, which will help the succulents adapt to the pot.

3. Dig a small hole in the soil, put the succulents in, and compact the soil slightly.

asparagus

1 Broken Bricks

Broken bricks from construction sites and red bricks from the roadside are both good things to use as a base for an asparagus fern pot.

Directions:

1. Prepare bricks and tools for breaking bricks, such as hammers. You don’t need a lot of bricks, one brick can support 3 or 4 succulent flower pots.

2. Smash the bricks into finger-sized pieces. After using bricks to pad the bottom of the basin, water can not only flow away through the gaps between the broken bricks, but the bricks themselves also have a porous structure and can permeate water.

3. Collect the broken bricks and soak them in water. It is best to add some carbendazim to the water to kill the bacteria.

4. Collect the bricks after they have dried. When using them, spread a layer at the bottom of the asparagus fern pot, and then put normal soil on top.

Clivia

1 Nutshell

Clivia particularly likes the shells of oil crops. Walnut shells, melon seed shells, pistachio shells, peanut shells, etc. can all be placed in the Clivia potting soil.

Directions:

1. Relatively complete walnut shells can be placed at the bottom of the Clivia pot as a water-permeable layer.

2. If flower lovers can find chestnut shells, they can also put them at the bottom of the pot. They are permeable to water and air, and will not damage the roots when they rot.

3. Smaller fruit shells such as peanut shells, melon seed shells, and pistachio shells can be placed in a sealed bottle. Add some rice water to the bottle and place it in the sun for about a month to successfully decompose. Mixing them into the soil of Clivia can not only allow water to penetrate and prevent root rot, but also provide nutrients for Clivia.

4. If flower lovers think that composting is too troublesome, they can directly cut the fruit shells into pieces and spread them on the surface of the potting soil.

2 Sawdust

If flower lovers have sawdust left over from renovation at home, don’t throw it away. It is a good planting material for Clivia, which is both loose and nutritious.

Directions:

1. Boil the sawdust with water for about 30 minutes and place in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

2. The cooked and dried sawdust can be directly mixed into the soil of the Clivia. It has good air permeability.

3. In addition to padding the bottom of the pot, sawdust can also be used to cultivate Clivia seeds, which have a very high germination rate.

Pothos

1 Coal ash

Coal slag, like broken bricks, has strong water permeability and can be used to pad the bottom of the pot of green radish to prevent its roots from rotting.

Directions:

1. Soak the collected coal in water for a day.

2. Use a hammer to smash the coal slag into small pieces, about the size of a fingertip. Use a sieve to remove the smaller particles and wash them 2 or 3 times with water.

3. Place a layer of gauze to prevent soil leakage on the water holes at the bottom of the green radish pot. Spread coal slag at the bottom of the pot, cover it with soil, and plant the green radish normally.

Gardenia

1 pine cone

Pine cones grown on pine trees are also good materials for padding the bottom of pots!

Directions:

1. Collect the pine cones.

2. Place the pine cones at the bottom of the gardenia pot, spread them in a layer, cover them with soil, and then plant the gardenia normally on the soil.

Chlorophytum

1 charcoal

Charcoal can be placed at the bottom of the flower pot or mixed into the soil. It is water-permeable and breathable, and has a certain disinfection and sterilization effect, which can effectively prevent root rot.

Directions:

1. Crush the charcoal.

2. Large pieces of charcoal (not too big, the size of a fingertip is more appropriate) can be used to pad the bottom of the spider plant pot. Small pieces of charcoal can be mixed into the soil of the spider plant and used as granular soil.

Rose

1 pine needle

There will be a lot of pine needles under mature pine trees. This is free nutrient soil with strong air permeability and can prevent root rot.

Directions:

1. When looking for pine needles, it is best to peel off the surface pine needles and use the old pine needles underneath. These pine needles are basically decomposed. After taking them home, they can be disinfected and used directly.

2. To disinfect pine needles, you can soak them in potassium permanganate solution or scald them in boiling water. After the sterilized pine needles are dried, they can be placed at the bottom of the rose pot or mixed into the soil of the rose.

Money Tree

1. Crushed Stone

The broken stones and pebbles picked up from the roadside can be placed at the bottom of the pot of the money tree. The roots of the money tree are prone to rot, but as long as the soil is permeable and breathable without water accumulation, it will not be easy to rot even if you water the money tree more.

Directions:

1. The hardness of the stone is relatively high, and it is difficult to break it, so when looking for stones, it is best to find smaller stones.

2. Place stones at the bottom of the money tree's pot, cover it with soil, and then plant the money tree normally.

orchid

1 Pine bark

The bark of old pine trees is a good planting material for orchids.

Directions:

1. When choosing pine bark, choose the ones from old pine trees with gray surface that can be broken into pieces with a slight break. After taking it home, soak it in potassium permanganate solution for disinfection, and then dry it.

2. If the pine bark is still very hard, you can add water, seal it and place it in the sun. It will be successfully decomposed in about 2 or 3 months, and the bark will turn black at this time.

3. You can place pine bark at the bottom of the orchid pot or mix it into the orchid soil.

Just do as Huahua says.

Keeping flowers from rotting for 20 years is not a dream!