Can tree bark be used to grow flowers? It’s absolutely amazing!

Pine bark

Orchid lovers should be familiar with pine bark, because pine bark is also an important planting material for orchids! However, you can’t just use any pine bark you want. Especially the pine bark that you bring back from the mountains, it must be processed.

Old tree bark that has been dry for a long time

This kind of bark has completed the decomposition process in nature and can be directly chopped and used, for example, mixed into the original soil, or added with some coarse sand, broken bricks, or blue stone, or used as paving.

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New Bark

New bark cannot be used directly. It must be decomposed first, and insect eggs, bacteria, etc. must be killed.

Method: First, break the bark you got back into small pieces, then soak it in water until it is completely soaked, then seal it with a plastic bag, and place it in the sun during the hot season to keep it moisturized. After a summer, the bark will be fermented, then dry it in the sun and store it. Soak it in water before use.

Decayed bark

Please note that rotten bark cannot be used as planting material. Rotten bark can easily turn into powder and clog the orchid pot, affecting ventilation, air permeability, and water filtration, affecting the growth of orchids.

Bought bark

Soak the purchased, well-decomposed bark in clean water for 10 minutes to 1 hour. Change the water several times. The water to be soaked should be clear, the better! !

Willow Bark

All flower lovers must have seen willow trees. The willow branches are so beautiful with their fluttering swaying branches. I even used willow branches to make wreaths when I was a child! So what does willow bark do?

First, willow contains a substance called salicylic acid, which can kill bacteria and disinfect. Compared with the drugs we buy, willow bark is safer and more harmless.

Second, certain substances contained in willow trees can promote rooting!

Old willow bark

The easiest way to use old tree bark is to knock it off the tree, cut it into small pieces, disinfect it, and mix it into the soil!

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Fresh bark

There are two ways to use fresh bark, one is to use it before it is decomposed, and the other is to use it after it is decomposed.

① Use raw.

Take fresh, unrotten willow bark, cut it into small pieces, soak it in water for several days, and then use the soaked water to water the flowers.

Isn’t it super simple? Moreover, this method can be used many times. The remaining willow bark can be mixed into the planting material, but not in too much amount. Or you can directly mix the raw willow into the soil, but in small amounts.

Chopped willow bark

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② Use it well.

Cut the willow bark into small pieces and cook them. The cooked willow bark has been sterilized and is safer and more efficient to use. Add the boiled juice to clean water and use it to water the flowers. It can be diluted about 5 to 10 times. During the high-temperature boiling process, willow bark releases a large amount of nutrients in the water, so this method is more efficient.

Cooking willow bark

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Boiled water

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After adding 5 times water