15 flower-growing tips that flower growers must know!

1. About watering flowers

① Use leftover tea leaves to water flowers. Leftover tea leaves can be used to water flowers, which can not only maintain moisture in the soil, but also add nutrients such as nitrogen to the plants. However, you should water the plant regularly and in moderation, depending on the humidity in the flowerpot, and not just pour in leftover tea.

② Use spoiled milk to water the flowers. After the milk has gone bad, add water and use it to water the flowers, which is beneficial to the growth of the flowers. But you need to add more water to make it more diluted. Unfermented milk should not be used to water flowers, as it produces a lot of heat during fermentation, which can "burn" the roots (rot the roots).

③ Watering flowers with cold boiled water. Watering flowers with cold boiled water can make the leaves of flowers and trees lush and the flowers bright, and can promote their early flowering. If used to water asparagus fern, its branches and leaves can develop horizontally and grow short and dense.

④ Use warm water to water the flowers. In winter, the weather is cold and the water is cool, so it is better to use warm water to water the flowers. It is best to place the water indoors and wait until it is close to room temperature before watering. It would be better if the water temperature can reach 35℃ before watering.

⑤ Use rice water to water flowers. Regularly use rice water to water flowers such as Milan, which can make their branches and leaves lush and the flowers brightly colored.

2. Five methods of fertilization

(1) Medical stone fertilizer: Sprinkle a layer of medical stone granules in the flower pot to promote the growth of flowers and prolong the flowering period.

(2) Crushed eggshell fertilizer: Crush the eggshells and bury them in flower pots. This is a very good fertilizer that can make potted flowers grow lush and have lush leaves and bright flowers.

(3) Cook a small amount of soybeans and set aside. Make three holes in each flower pot, put 3-5 cooked soybeans in, 2-3 cm deep, without damaging the flower roots, and cover with soil as usual.

(4) Roast the pork bones, fish bones, etc. that you would normally discard, pound them into small pieces, and place them on the bottom or surface of the basin.

(5) Use rice washing water to water the flowers. Rice washing water contains trace elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It is both a compound fertilizer and a mild fertilizer. It will not harm the roots of flowers and can be used at any time as long as the soil in the pot is not soaked in water.

3. Collect organic fertilizer for potted flowers

It is not advisable to use chemical fertilizers frequently when growing flowers at home. The main fertilizers needed for flower cultivation, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, can be collected in daily life. For example: moldy and inedible waste peanuts, beans, melon seeds, and grains are all nitrogen-containing fertilizers. After fermentation as base fertilizer or soaking into solution as topdressing, they can promote the healthy growth of flowers and trees. Fish bones, broken bones, chicken feathers, eggshells, and people's cut nails and hair are all rich in phosphorus. Mix these waste materials into old culture soil, add some water, put them into a plastic bag and place it in a corner. After a period of composting, they can become excellent organic fertilizer. If these waste materials are soaked into a solution and then used as fertilizer, the flowers in domestic pots can be made brightly colored and bear abundant fruits. In addition, fermented rice water, water from bean sprouts, wood ash water, rainwater and waste water from fish tanks all contain certain amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. As long as they are used in moderation, they will promote the growth and development of flowers and trees.

4. Fruit peel can neutralize alkaline soil

Some flowers from the south are difficult to survive or bloom in potted plants in the north because the potting soil is too alkaline. There are many ways to neutralize alkaline soil. One method is to soak the peeled apple peels and apple cores in cold water, and use this water to water the flower pots frequently to gradually reduce the alkalinity of the potting soil.

5. Flower disease prevention

In early spring, various flowers will enter a vigorous growing season. At this time, you can spray 1% Bordeaux liquid on the leaves and the back of the leaves 1-3 times to prevent diseases. The preparation method of 1% Bordeaux mixture is: 1 gram of copper sulfate, crush it and add 50 milliliters of hot water to dissolve it; then use 1 gram of quicklime, powder it with a few drops of water, then add 50 milliliters of water and filter out the residue; pour these two solutions into the same container at the same time and stir well, and finally you will get sky blue transparent Bordeaux mixture.

6. Six ways to kill insects and ants in flower pots

(1) When small flying insects appear in the flower pot, you can use three or four cotton sticks, dip them in DDT (diluted to a point that it does not drip), and then insert the handles into the soil around the plant. The flying insects will be eliminated.

(2) Laundry detergent: Dissolve one tablespoon of laundry detergent in four liters of water and spray it on the leaves and flowers every two weeks to completely eliminate white flies and bacteria.

(3) Milk: Mix 4 cups of flour and half a cup of milk into 20 liters of water, stir, filter with gauze and spray on the leaves and flowers to kill ticks and their eggs.

(4) Beer: Pour beer into a shallow basin under the soil of the flower pot. The snails will be drowned when they crawl into it.

(5) Garlic: Crush a head of garlic and mix it with a tablespoon of pepper powder in half a liter of water. After an hour, spray it on the leaves and flowers to prevent rat infestation.

(6) When ants appear in a flowerpot, soak cigarette butts and tobacco in hot water for one or two days. When the water turns dark brown, sprinkle some of the water on the flower stems and leaves, and dilute the rest and pour it into the flowerpot. The ants will be eliminated.

7. Three ways to keep flowers fresh

① Use fire to moxibustion the cut end of the rose flower, and then put it into the vase. Apply a little mint crystals on the cut ends of autumn chrysanthemums. Adding a small amount of urea or soil extract (a solution made by stirring fertilizer soil with water and then filtering it) to the clean water used to grow chrysanthemums can make the chrysanthemums in the vase take up to 30 days to wither, which is more than 10 days longer than using ordinary water. Wrap white jasmine flowers in wet cloth at night and uncover them during the day. This can delay the withering of the flowers by 2-3 days.

② When you are going on a long trip, take out the fresh flowers in the vase and store them in the fruit and vegetable box of the refrigerator. They can stay fresh for a long time without withering. When you come back, take them out and put them in the vase to make them come alive again.

③ Dissolve aspirin in water to prolong the flowering time of fresh flowers in vase.

8. Adjust flowering time

Put flower seeds, plant bulbs or branches for cuttings into plastic bags and put them in the refrigerator. Take them out and plant them at the appropriate time. You can adjust the flowering time at will.

9. How to revive frozen potted flowers

During the cold spring season, potted flowers outdoors will freeze. In this case, you can quickly wrap the potted flowers and the pots with three layers of absorbent waste newspaper. Be careful not to damage the branches and leaves of the potted flowers when wrapping, and avoid direct sunlight. Leave it like this for a day to allow the temperature of the potted flowers to gradually rise. After this treatment, frozen potted flowers can be revived.

10. Clivia summer heat relief method

In midsummer, the temperature is often above 30℃, which is extremely unfavorable for the growth of Clivia. For this reason, sheds are generally used to cool down. You can also bury the Clivia and its pot in the sand (cover the pot), and then sprinkle water on the sand once in the morning and once in the evening every day. In this way, the soil in the pot can be kept moist, and more importantly, the temperature can be reduced by absorbing heat when the water in the sand evaporates.

11. Hydrangeas turn blue

If you drive a rusty iron nail into the base of a hydrangea, the flower will turn noticeably blue.

12. Cleaning the dust from plants

When many families clean the house, whether in winter or midsummer, they usually rinse the potted flowers under the faucet. This often affects the growth of the plants due to sudden changes in temperature. If it is a foliage plant, you can dip it in water and clean it one by one along the veins of the branches and leaves. Other plants can be watered with a spray bottle.

13. Deodorizing with Flowers

If fermented solution is used as fertilizer for indoor flowers, it will emit an unpleasant odor. If you put orange peels into the fertilizer liquid, the odor will be eliminated. At the same time, orange peel itself is also an excellent fertilizer.

14. Four ways to make your own insecticide

① Take 200 grams of green onion, chop it into pieces and soak it in 10 liters of water for a day and night. After filtering, use it to spray the affected plants several times a day for 5 consecutive days.

② 200-300 grams of garlic, mash it to extract the juice, dilute it with 10 liters of water, and immediately use it to spray the plants.

③ Soak 400 grams of tobacco powder in 10 liters of water for two days and nights, filter out the tobacco powder, add 10 liters of water and 20-30 grams of soap powder when using, stir well and spray on the affected flowers and trees.

④ Add 10 liters of water and 3 kg of wood ash. Soak for 3 days and nights, then spray the plants.

15. Weed eradication

Weeds have strong reproductive capacity. The weeds in the yard have just been pulled out, but they will grow everywhere again in a few days. In this case, do not throw away the brine used to pickle duck eggs or pickles. In the season when weeds are flourishing, pour the brine on the weeds. Three or four times can curb the growth of weeds. In addition, the water used to boil potatoes can be used to remove weeds from the yard or walkway. Another effective way to weed is to use bleach water. The method is: sprinkle water on the ground where you want to weed, making the ground wet. After 24 hours, water it with bleach water again.