Planting flowers is actually very simple. There are many things that can be used to grow flowers at home. Five practical "small tricks" for planting flowers not only help novices to plant flowers, but also save money, which can better cultivate flowers.
1, vinegar to adjust acid
Many people are from the north, and most of their plants like slightly acidic soil. The water quality and soil quality in northern China are alkaline. After plants are raised for a period of time, the leaves will appear blue veins, and other places will turn yellow, which is caused by the alkalinity of the soil. If the flower cultivation in the family is not improved, the plants will have yellow leaves and stiff seedlings, and finally the leaves will die seriously, so the pH of the soil can be adjusted.
For example, once every half month, when watering, drop a few drops of vinegar in the water to make the water slightly acidic, which can improve the soil quality and make the soil slightly acidic. The leaves of the cultivated plants are oily green, so there will be no problem if the roots are developed. Remember never to water this water every time, because the soil is too acidic for plants to grow. If you want to use vinegar, it is recommended to use rice vinegar, because rice vinegar belongs to organic vinegar and is easier to work.
2. Fans blow plants
Many people plant flowers indoors in an unventilated environment. Even if there is a balcony, if most plants are in a closed unventilated environment, the soil will slowly dry after watering and the whole plant will rot completely, which requires that they be placed in a well-ventilated position. If there is no well-ventilated place, it can be improved manually.
There will be an electric fan at home. If not, you can buy one, a ventilator or a circulating fan. After watering, blow the whole space with an electric fan for several hours to make the water on the soil surface evaporate and be in a slightly moist state, so as to ensure that the cultivated plants will not rot roots and leaves. If the humidity of the whole environment is high, it is recommended to open it regularly for several hours every day, so that the cultivated flowers will not have problems.
3, the bottom of the shell
Most existing flowerpots are very tall, such as gallon pots. If these high pots are used for planting flowers, the roots of plants are easy to rot and need to be filtered. What is a filter layer? Just add some particles to the bottom of the flowerpot and raise the flowerpot so that the soil is only on it, so that there will be no problem when the soil is dry and watered in time.
If you don't go to the bottom to make a filter layer, the top is dry and the bottom is still wet, and watering is easy to rot the roots. Collect the shells of nuts such as walnuts and peanuts, make them into small pieces, put them at the bottom of the flowerpot and filter the water layer. Of course, some very tall flowerpots should also be used as water filtration layers, and foam boards can be chosen, which is all possible.
4, orange peel to adjust acid
Vinegar can adjust acidity, but many people will say that vinegar contains salt. In fact, vinegar is acidic, with little salt content, which will not cause problems to the soil, and it is diluted and watered, as long as the soil remains acidic. If you think vinegar is alkaline and salty, you can use rutaceae plants, such as oranges, lemons and bergamot.
After eating these peels, collect them and dry them. When it is dry enough, cut it into pieces and put it in a big oil drum for sealing. Ferment for more than a week, and add some when watering to ensure that the soil is acidic. Moreover, it can also contain certain nutrients and various trace elements after fermentation, which can supplement trace elements for plants. However, it has few nutrients and can be used once every half month.
5. Waste plastic flowerpots
Some flower lovers keep a lot of flowers and don't want to spend money on flowerpots. They think it's a waste of money, but they can actually make it themselves. There are no flowerpots, only some small milk cartons or oil drums. When raising more meat, use yogurt boxes one by one. It is also very beautiful to remove the plastic outside to expose the white plastic box, directly grow more meat, and punch holes at the bottom to raise more meat together.
There are also many people who use beer cans to trim them with large oil drums, and even use some bottles and beer bottles after drinking white wine to cut them off as containers for growing flowers. It's great to use them as flowerpots. Of course, many people use laundry detergent now, and the price of the remaining barrels after the laundry detergent is used up is also very low. It is better to design them, make a handmade DIY, and then make beautiful flowerpots of various shapes and color them.
These five things are available at home, so you can make proper and reasonable use of them. This is the trick of growing flowers. If you have just started planting flowers, you can have a try. It's absolutely helpful and economical, and you can find it at home.