This way of growing flowers doesn't cost a penny. Don't be frugal to grow flowers anymore.

1. You can also have beautiful flower pots without spending money

Loser Case

Flower pots are also one of the big expenses in growing flowers. The wide variety of flower pots are really beautiful, but they are also not cheap. Usually, the money you spend on flower pots can buy a lot of flowers.

Money-saving tips

Empty plastic bottles, laundry detergent buckets, cans, wooden wine boxes, conch shells, and even stones on the road can be made into perfect flower pots. If you don’t believe me, let me give you 3 examples!

Can flower pot

1. Prepare two beer cans.

2. Cut an oval out of scratch paper and use it as a template to cut a window on the side of the can.

3. Use scissors to trim along the window on the surface of the can as shown in the picture, and fold the cut part inward. This way you don't have to worry about scratching your hands.

4. Wash the discarded cans and paint them with a white base color after drying.

5. Then, use other colors to draw your favorite patterns. Simple dots or lines are actually pretty good.

6. This is what the can flower pot will look like after painting.

7. Add soil and plants. Isn’t it beautiful?

Stone flower pot

1. Use a paintbrush to mark the size of the flowerpot mouth on the stone to facilitate excavation

2. Use an electric drill to drill a hole in the stone along the route drawn by the brush and clean it.

3. The stones that have been dug can be used to make flower pots.

4. When planting flowers in stone pots, pay attention to the size of the pots and plants. If there are no holes drilled under the stone pots, try to choose water-resistant plants, such as moss, pennywort, etc.

Wine bottle flower pot

1. Choose a wine bottle, either a porcelain bottle or a glass bottle, and then soak the bottle in water for about a day.

2. Take out the soaked wine bottle and place it on the ground. It is best to put a piece of cloth under the bottle to prevent it from sliding and to reduce shock.

3. Use a cutting machine to gently cut a line around the bottle!

4. Continue deepening until the bottle breaks! During this process, it is best to wear gloves to prevent bottle fragments from scratching your hands.

5. Turn the cut bottle upside down, prepare the drill bit, and drill a hole at the bottom of the bottle.

6. When drilling, the drill bit should be perpendicular to the bottom of the bottle. Similarly, a piece of soft cloth should be placed under the bottle to reduce shock and ensure safety!

7. The drilling is completed and the flower pot is ready. It is cheap and practical!

2. Make your own nutrient soil, save money and use it easily

Loser Case

Although soil is everywhere, it is not easy to get for people living in cities. Even if they can find it, it is basically loess and clay. Therefore, many people directly buy bags of nutrient soil, which is not expensive at only 15-20 yuan per bag!

However, if you are planting large potted plants, 2 bags of soil may not be enough. If you are planting a lot of flowers, you will have to keep buying soil! purchase! purchase! Believe me, one day your kidneys will hurt.

Money-saving tips

We can collect the fallen leaves, fruit peels, leftovers and other things that others throw away, bury them with soil, and after a few months, we will have black, oily nutrient soil. If you live in a building, you can find a vacant lot in the community, collect the leaves and bury them, and after a while, you will have soil to use!

Collect coal slag and improve soil

Coal furnace ash contains nutrients such as phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, copper, manganese, and zinc. In winter, you can save the coal slag from burning coal, soak it in water and mix it into the soil. It can not only improve the soil, but also completely replace ordinary culture soil when combined with nitrogen fertilizer. Pick out the large pieces and put the soybean-sized ones at the bottom as a drainage layer, which is very effective.

Make good use of the soil piled up in front of and behind the house

1. Collect the accumulated soil on the roadside, roof tiles or the leeward side of the house.

2. Add 20% coal ash and 10% to 20% sawn wood, then add some finely chopped egg shells, bean skins, fruit peels, hair, bone meal, etc.

3. Keep it moist by piling it up for a while, or seal it in a plastic bag to make ordinary culture soil with good fertility.

Homemade kitchen waste compost

Kitchen waste compost soil is rich and balanced in nutrients. When mixed with sandy soil for planting flowers, it is both fertile and well-drained. The flowers will be strong and disease-resistant, grow very fast, and have lush flowers and leaves.

Production steps

1. Collect leftovers, fruit peels, melon seed shells and other kitchen waste and try to crush them.

2. Prepare a larger flower pot or bucket and some ordinary garden soil.

3. If you use a flower pot, block the water hole at the bottom with something.

4. Spread a layer of ordinary garden soil on the bottom of the flower pot.

5. Then add kitchen waste. If you have pets at home, you can add some pet feces. If it's too dry, add some water.

6. Cover with a layer of soil and then a layer of kitchen waste. And so on. If you compost indoors, don't make it too wet, and don't put too much high-protein kitchen waste (such as meat and fish), otherwise it will easily attract flies and insects.

7. Finally, cover with a thicker layer of dry garden soil to block insects and odors.

8. After it is done, place it in a sunny, temperature-rich, well-ventilated place. Do not turn it over in the first month, and then turn it over every 2-3 weeks. The soil will be well rotted in 2-3 months in the summer.

3. Homemade flower fertilizer is effective and free of charge

Loser Case

There are so many kinds of flower fertilizers, including nitrogen fertilizer, phosphorus fertilizer, potassium fertilizer, compound fertilizer, calcium, magnesium... Some laymen buy a lot of fertilizers for just one flower. And for those big flower growers, the amount of fertilizer is really large, of course! If you are rich, feel free to...

Money-saving tips

Egg shells, fish intestines, fruit peels, melon seed shells...all kinds of garbage can be made into flower fertilizers, and these flower fertilizers are all organic. Fertilizing flowers when they are fully decomposed will make the flowers grow fast and strong. So, why do you still need to buy some when you already have a bunch of good flower fertilizers at home?

Fruit peels and rotten vegetable leaves can be used as fertilizer for flowers

Fruit peels and rotten vegetable leaves can be directly mixed into two-thirds of sandy soil or put into small buckets, pots and other containers and sealed with mud to form humus soil. It can be used to plant flowers directly or as a topdressing fertilizer.

Eggshell flower fertilizer

You can collect the eggshells of the eggs you usually use.

Place on the balcony or other sunny place to dry

Crush the eggshells

Crush the eggshells and mix them into the soil.

4. Spend the least money and grow the most flowers

Loser Case

Many novice flower growers just fall in love with flower growing and want to grow all kinds of flowers, so they buy a lot of flowers and take them home. As a result, all of them die in less than a month! Especially for those friends who like succulents, who have just started and have never raised common plants, they directly buy expensive ones worth hundreds of dollars, and they are bare-root seedlings! Even a master with 10 years of experience can fail, how can a newbie like you expect to succeed?

Money-saving tips

NO:1 Start with cheap flowers and accumulate experience

Novice flower growers must not get carried away and like succulents. That’s okay. We can start with the simplest white peony and black prince, and understand their habits step by step. They will be thin and ugly in a cool place, but will be fat and beautiful in a well-lit place. If you water them too much, their roots will rot, but if you water them less, they will become healthier.

OK! Once you have mastered the basic habits, you won't feel sad even if the first two pots die heroically. After all, they only cost 10 yuan at most. The key is that you know what succulents like and dislike, so you will have confidence when you buy them next time!

NO:2 Ask friends around you for some seedlings and leaves

Most people who like to grow flowers are infected by their friends around them, so if your friends are dividing pots, you might as well ask for some seedlings to try; if your colleagues are picking leaves, you might as well ask for a few succulent leaves to grow. I believe that if your request is not excessive, they will generally give it to you! (Of course, if they’re a little reluctant, you can just go buy some yourself!) Not only does this save you money, but most importantly: you can ask them for advice.

I have a colleague who became a big succulent farmer with the help of the leaves I gave him. The succulents he grows now are more beautiful than mine!

NO:3 Flower lovers share what they have

If you have been growing flowers for a long time and get to know more and more flower lovers, you are good at growing gardenias and she is good at growing osmanthus, then you can share branches with each other and exchange what you have. Over time, except for the postage, there is basically no cost.

Okay, that’s it for the money-saving tips!

If you guys have more good ways to save money, please share them with everyone in the comments!