Can tea be used to grow flowers?

Is it good to use tea to grow flowers?

Water the flowers directly with tea

It is not a good idea to water flowers directly with leftover tea, because the leftover tea has not fermented, and pouring it in the flowerpots to ferment will burn the flowers. In addition, tea contains a large amount of alkaline, which will change the pH value of the soil (most flowers prefer neutral or acidic soil).

Watering flowers after tea fermentation

Put the leftover tea in a sealed can and pour ferrous sulfate on it. If not, you can add vinegar and orange peels, which can also change the pH value. After being fully fermented and decomposed, it becomes a very good fertilizer for flowers.

How to water flowers with tea

There is a rich source of fertilizer for growing flowers in household waste. As long as it is handled and prepared properly, you can get good fertilizer while maintaining good environmental hygiene. There are two common methods for making your own fertilizer:

1. Soaking liquid fertilizer

Put waste vegetable leaves, melon and fruit peels, chicken and fish viscera, fish scales and bones, eggshells and moldy food (peanuts, melon seeds, beans, etc.) into a small jar or even a wide-mouth bottle, add water (if conditions permit, sprinkle some pesticides), cover tightly, and ferment until it is mature (about 2 to 3 months) (if the temperature is high, the time can be shortened). Dilute with water when using, take the supernatant and use it as topdressing.

2. Waste composting

If the above waste is mixed with some old culture soil, a small amount of water, sprayed with pesticide, put into a large plastic bag and tied tightly, or placed in a plastic barrel with a cover, and fermented until there is no odor (about 2 to 3 months), it can be directly used as base fertilizer or top dressing. These homemade fertilizers are all organic fertilizers, containing a variety of nutrients and rich organic matter needed by flowers. In addition to being effective, it can also improve the soil, form a granular structure in the soil, coordinate the ratio of air and water in the soil, and is beneficial to the growth and development of the root system and the absorption of nutrients. It is an indispensable fertilizer in flower cultivation.