These two types of tree bark are the most suitable for growing flowers. They grow wildly in pots and flower buds pop out!

Use pine bark to pad the bottom of the pot to prevent your flowers from root rot!

If the flowers at home often suffer from root rot, it must be because the soil in the pot is not breathable. In this case, why not put some bark at the bottom of the pot, which has a great effect of water permeability and air permeability!

Steps:

1. When you have nothing to do on the weekend, you can just take a small bag and go to the park or the mountain to pick up some dry bark and take it home! For the pine bark at the bottom of the pot, Huahua recommends that you go to the old pine trees and pick up those with gray bark. You can use this kind of bark directly when you get home.

2. Throw the picked pine bark into a larger wooden barrel, then scald it with boiling water to sterilize and disinfect the bark, killing some bacteria and insects on the bark. You can also put it in a pot and boil it with water for a better disinfection effect.

3. When you change the pot for the flowers in spring and autumn, you can put pine bark directly at the bottom of the pot. The gaps between pine barks are relatively large, and putting them at the bottom of a pot can increase water permeability and air permeability. Pine bark also contains pine resin and pine oil, which can kill bacteria and disinfect, making it a great choice for growing flowers!

Applicable flowers: Flowers with large roots and prone to root rot, such as Clivia and orchid, can use pine bark as the bottom of the pot.

Pine bark mixed with soil makes it loose, breathable and nutritious!

In addition to padding the bottom of the pot, pine bark is also a good thing for growing flowers when mixed with soil! Especially for orchids, pine bark is a first-class planting material!

Steps:

1. Go to the wild and pick up some dried bark, take it home and scald it with boiling water. If you find it troublesome, you can also put it directly in the microwave and heat it for 1-2 minutes!

2. If the bark you picked up is fresh, you can find a plastic bag, put the bark in the plastic bag, add some rice water or something like that, seal it and ferment it. It will basically be fermented in one month.

3. When potting orchids, directly mix pine bark with other planting materials as nutrient soil. The bark is loose and breathable. Mixing it into the soil allows the roots to breathe and prevents compaction. Some flower lovers even use the entire bark to grow orchids!

Mix some sphagnum moss with pine bark and the Dendrobium will bloom more vigorously!

Dendrobium is a flower that likes a high humidity environment, so if you want to grow Dendrobium well, try to choose to plant it with tree bark or sphagnum moss, so as to avoid root rot and make it grow more and more prosperous!

Steps:

1. Dendrobium is an aerial root plant, and its roots need a sufficiently breathable environment, so you can prepare to use sphagnum moss and bark to plant it.

2. First wrap the roots of Dendrobium with wet sphagnum moss, then stretch the roots slightly, tie them to the bark, or put the bark in the flowerpot, and then plant the Dendrobium!

3. The climate in the north is dry in winter, and sphagnum moss can retain water for the roots. The bark is also loose and breathable, and can retain water, making it very suitable for use with Dendrobium.

Use willow bark to grow flowers, and the roots will grow quickly!

After talking about pine bark, let’s take a look at willow bark! Willow bark is actually a treasure for growing flowers, and it is easier to obtain than pine bark. It is simple and convenient!

Steps:

1. Take a plastic bag and go to the roadside to pick up some willow bark. After taking it home, put it in a pot, add water, and boil it for a while to sterilize the willow bark.

2. After disinfection, take out the willow bark, dry it in the sun or air-dry it, then directly place it at the bottom of the pot or mix it into the soil. They are all good planting materials that are loose and breathable.

3. Don’t throw away the water used to boil willow bark, because willow bark contains substances such as salicylic acid that can promote the growth of roots. So you can use the water used to boil willow bark directly to water the flowers, allowing the roots to grow more and more vigorously!