It’s a pity to throw away plastic bottles and plastic bags, but they are great for growing flowers!

Plastic bottles

Have you thrown away all kinds of plastic bottles? Like empty beverage bottles and oil drum bottles. Laundry detergent bottles, yogurt boxes...these plastic bottles are priceless treasures for flower growers! Even if you don’t have any plastic bottles at home, if you see others are about to throw them away, you can pick them up!

do what?

Make flower pots

The simplest use of plastic bottles is to make flower pots or seedling boxes. Just poke a hole in the bottom and use it! If you want to make do with it, you can cut the plastic bottle into two pieces, put the upper half upside down into the lower half, and a flower pot is ready. Note that the bottle cap can be left untightened or a few small holes can be poked on it.

Making a seedling box

Secondly, you can use plastic bottles for cuttings, rooting, and growing seedlings... There's nothing she can't do! As shown in the picture below, wash the yogurt box, poke a hole at the bottom, and use it as a seedling box! And the size is just right~

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Wine Bottle

(Author: Lu Hongwei, Source: China Garden Network)

Flower lovers who like to drink probably have a pile of wine bottles at home. If they think they take up too much space, you can drink a bottle and throw away the rest, or you can collect them and sell them. But you can’t make much money from them. So what should you do now? Use the money to grow flowers?

do what?

Make flower pots

Whether it is a red wine bottle or a white wine bottle, you can cut off the upper half and use the lower half to grow flowers. Of course, if you don’t want it to be so monotonous, you can learn from the picture below and make a unique flower pot, or bonsai!

If you think the technical level of the above picture is too high and you can't do it yourself, let's try something simple. However, to use a wine bottle to make a flower pot, you must first cut the wine bottle. Some flower lovers do not have a special cutting machine at home, so Huahua will introduce a very simple cutting method.

1. Prepare a bottle of wine that has been drained.

2. Tie a piece of rope to the wine bottle where you want to cut.

(Author: Dolphin Tiantian Source: Sina Blog)

3. Use a straw to drip alcohol, gasoline or other flammable substances onto the rope, being careful not to drip onto other parts of the bottle.

(Author: Dolphin Tiantian Source: Sina Blog)

4. When lighting a fire, pay attention to safety and avoid any flammable materials around.

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5. Wait until the fire is out or after the burning is finished, immediately immerse the bottle in cold water. If it is burned completely, it will automatically break when it enters the cold water. If it is not burned completely, there will be a very obvious circle of cracks on it. At this time, you can wrap it with a soft cloth and knock it against the corner of the table, and it will fall off.

(Author: Dolphin Tiantian Source: Sina Blog)

6. Grind and smooth the cut area, and you're done!

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Broken flower pot

Just throw away the flowerpot if it breaks? What a waste! Think about the flower pots made by those talented people that I have seen on the Internet before. They look so magical!

(Source: Changsha Flower Arrangement Training)

do what?

Make creative flower pots

Since the degree of breakage of flower pots varies among flower lovers, Huahua will only use the flower pots in the picture below as a demonstration~

If you think your craftsmanship is poor, it doesn’t matter. You can turn the flower pot upside down, as shown in the picture below, and plant flowers and plants in the holes, which will also be beautiful!

(Source: Changsha Camellia Training)

In short, if you want a beautiful fairy-tale "garden", go find those broken flower pots! Cough cough cough, be careful ~ don’t smash the nice flower pots at home!

plastic bag

Every time I go out to buy groceries, I always bring back a lot of plastic bags, some of which I can’t even use up after using them to hold garbage. What should I do? Use it to grow flowers!

do what?

Plastic bags can do so many things, such as keeping warm.

Covering the flowers and plants with a layer of plastic bags in winter can keep them warm and prevent wind.

Another example is moisturizing

You can water the wilted plants thoroughly, cover them with a plastic bag, and place them in a cool and ventilated place. This will help the plants recover from drought and water shortage more quickly.

Foam Box

I wonder if any flower lovers have a foam box at home? If so, you are blessed! This foam box is very useful! For example, it can be used as a greenhouse, composting, and cuttings... Of course, what Huahua values ​​most is its ability to keep warm.

do what?

Make a greenhouse

Use the wire to bend it into two semicircles, insert it into the foam box, and then fix it with another straight wire on the top. Finally, find a large plastic bag or film and put it on. Note that the bottom of the film should be tied tightly with a rubber band or tape.

Cutting rooting

We all know that the fragments of the foam box can float on the water. This is what cutting rooting uses. After disinfecting the selected branches, insert them through the small holes on the foam board, and then place the foam board directly on the water surface. If you want to see the rooting situation, just pick up the foam board!

Flowers and branches thrown away by others

I don’t know if this has happened to you, but I often see flowers and plants thrown away casually in the trash cans near me, including the pots and flowers; and the trimmed branches are also thrown outside casually... What a waste!

do what?

Even if the discarded flowers really cannot be saved, you can pick up a flowerpot and take it back ~ or choose the more robust branches of the plant, cut them off, and take them home for cuttings.

It is best to choose tender green branches for cuttings, that is, strong annual branches. The leaves on the branches should be relatively healthy so that they can survive more easily.

In addition, the selection of pruned branches thrown away by others is the same. Old branches, dead branches, and broken branches are definitely not suitable for cuttings. Even if you take them back, it will be a waste of time!

Leftover fruit peels and kitchen scraps

Do you just casually throw away the leftover fruit peels at home? And are those kitchen wastes also thrown into the trash can without any hesitation? For flower growers, this is simply a waste!

do what?

What can you do with fruit peels and kitchen waste? Of course it’s composting! Find a closed container. The plastic bottles and foam boxes mentioned above are great!

The operation method is very simple: a layer of soil, a layer of kitchen waste, another layer of soil, a layer of kitchen waste. After doing this three times, cover the top with a layer of soil to prevent the smell of compost from leaking out. Then cover the foam box with the lid and wait for 3 to 6 months for the fermentation to be completed. The higher the temperature, the faster the fermentation.