The roadside cinders and sawdust can be used for cuttings, and roots will grow in minutes.

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Everyone knows that coal slag is best used as a pad at the bottom of a flower pot as it prevents water from accumulating. However, few people know that coal slag is also great for growing roots!

Treatment

1. Soak the large pieces of coal slag you picked up, then break them up with force, make the coal slag as small as possible and wash them with water 2 to 3 times.

2. Use a sieve to sift the coal slag. The smaller particles, about 1 to 3 cm in diameter, can be used for rooting. Put the larger particles aside and use them as bottom padding when repotting later.

(Source: Flower and Bonsai Network)

3. Fill the selected coal slag into the flowerpot and wet it with water.

(Author: Kite's Home Source: Sina Blog)

4. After disinfecting and drying the prepared cuttings, insert them into the coal slag.

(Author: Ao Tianxiong Ge Source: Rose Bar)

5. Keep the coal slag moist at ordinary times. It will take root in about a week in summer. The picture below shows the rooting 17 days after cuttings~ Such long white roots!

Sawdust

Sawdust is also a favorite place if it is fermented well.

Treatment

1. Choose clean, pure sawdust without any soil mixed in it.

2. Fill some sawdust at the bottom of the flowerpot, put the orchid that is to take root in it, hold the orchid with one hand and fill in sawdust with the other hand until the roots of the orchid are covered and the orchid no longer falls over.

3. Water thoroughly and place it in a cool place for maintenance. Make sure the sawdust is kept moist and not allowed to dry out. It will take about 1 to 2 months for white and tender roots to grow.

Sphagnum moss

Flower lovers who grow various orchids may have more sphagnum moss at home, such as Clivia, Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium, etc. In fact, in addition to growing orchids, sphagnum moss can also be used to induce roots. The main roots induced by sphagnum moss grow white and tender, which is very pleasing to the eye.

Treatment method - Clivia as an example

1. Cut off the rotten parts of the Clivia and cut the old stumps at the bottom in half.

(Author: liuxiang918895 Source: Clivia Bar)

2. Soak it in 1:2000 potassium permanganate water and place it in a cool place for two days to dry. Apply gentian violet to the wound at the bottom. If there is no gentian violet, you don’t need to apply it.

3. Wet the sphagnum moss in advance, to the point where it is moist, but not the kind that will produce water when squeezed. Then wrap the roots of the Clivia with the sphagnum moss and place it in the flowerpot.

(Author: Juanjuan860212 Source: Clivia Bar)

4. After potting, place it in a cool place indoors, away from direct sunlight. The sphagnum moss should also be kept moist. Wait until the outside of the sphagnum moss is dry but there is still a little moisture inside, then water it thoroughly.

In this way, in about a month, the Clivia will grow new roots.

(Author: Juanjuan860212 Source: Clivia Bar)

River sand

River sand is relatively common compared to the ones above. If you can't find the hair root material above. It is totally OK to use river sand.

Processing method - taking succulent plants as an example

1. Prepare a relatively large container. First, put a layer of expanded clay on the bottom to avoid water accumulation, and then put a layer of river sand on it.

2. Use a kettle to wet the river sand on the top.

3. Use chopsticks or your fingers to poke a hole in the river sand, and put the beheaded succulents or succulents whose roots have been trimmed into the hole. That's all!

4. In the future, remember to spray water on the river sand every day to maintain the air humidity.

Flower lovers who don’t have rooting powder at home

Go ahead and try these things out!

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