Don't worry about a plastic straw. The soil is loose and breathable.

The condition of the basin soil directly affects the growth of flowers. Many flower friends have yellow leaves, leaf tips dry and other problems, to a large extent, after watering, water can not be drained in time, resulting in stagnant water, root problems, feedback to the leaf surface. What if the weather is hot and you don't want to change the basin? A small plastic straw can solve it! Let's have a look!

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Basin soil consolidation "

-Pool soil consolidation-

Usually, the most common soil consolidation is that the basin soil is in the shape of a block, and the soil surface hardens and cannot be drained. Once the water is poured on, it cannot seep down. The main reason for the consolidation of basin soil is due to the low content of organic matter and heavy viscosity of the soil itself. After hardening, the root system is easy to stuffy, impermeable, and then the root rot phenomenon occurs.

In addition to the soil hardening caused by the low content of organic matter in the soil itself, it is also easy to harden when chemical fertilizers are used alone for a long time. The advantage of the use of organic fertilizer is that it can supplement soil organic matter and make the soil more loose and breathable. Many florists have not noticed this either.

In addition, fertilization should also be careful not to use raw fertilizer, soy milk and other substances, to ferment and then use, otherwise long-term use will also have the problem of consolidation. Watering should also pay attention to the use of soft water, that is, river water, Rain Water and other surface water, if it is underground well water, the mineral content is high, long-term use will easily cause basin soil consolidation. In areas with serious salinization of water quality, attention should be paid to the improvement of water quality, otherwise the basin soil is also easy to follow salinization.

-what if the basin soil hardening occurs? -

Change soil

The best way to deal with hardening is to change the soil and replace it with some basin soil rich in organic matter and loose and breathable, which will soon produce new branches and shoot up new buds.

Flower friend said that the weather here is too hot, or do not want to change pots, is there anything I can do?

Skillful use of straw

Poke several holes in the flowerpot with chopsticks, find some thicker straws, insert the straws into the soil, pour coarse sand into the straws, and then pull out the straws, which can increase the air permeability of the flowerpots, and water can infiltrate into the soil through sand.

Some flower friends cut some small holes in the straw and insert them into the basin soil, which can increase the air permeability of the basin soil.

Insert a straw into the rose soil

Insert a straw into the orchid soil

You can also put a few slow-release fertilizers in the straw every half a month or a month to effectively supplement nutrition. It is widely used in the fertilization of some hydroponic plants.

Turn the soil and loosen the soil

You can also use some small forks or rakes to loosen the surface soil around 2.5cm, prepare some bean cakes or peanut cake powder, mix in rotten leaf soil and peat soil, and then sprinkle in the loose basin soil, a thin layer can be used every 2 months, each time the amount of cake fertilizer can not be much, to prevent burning seedlings and roots.

Small straw

It turns out that it can still be used in this way.

If your basin soil is hardened,

Why don't you try it too!

Show it to the flower friends who need it!