You don't have to buy your own strawberries, figs and other 4 kinds of fruits. You can grow them on the balcony.

Grow strawberries on the balcony

Strawberries are now the most suitable fruit to grow on the balcony. Small species are suitable for flowerpots. More importantly, strawberries grown at home are healthy and pollution-free and sweeter than ripening strawberries sold outside.

Step 1 of Strawberry seed sowing

If you buy seeds, it is best to choose foreign seeds, the budding rate is guaranteed, there are many varieties, there are white flowers, there are safflower. The most popular varieties should be those that blossom and bear fruit in all seasons. Now they can eat strawberries all year round.

Step 2

Prepare a flowerpot or large container and fill it with planting soil. The planting soil can be prepared according to the ratio of peat soil: perlite: vermiculite = 3:1:1. After loading, sprinkle water on the soil and soak the soil.

Step 3

Flatten the soil surface and poke several 5-6 mm deep holes in the surface with sticks or chopsticks, each with a spacing of more than 10-15 cm.

Step 4

Hold the strawberry seeds in a clip and put them in the hole. Gently cover the hole with soil, do not press too much soil, nor too hard, otherwise the seeds will be difficult to grow.

Step 5

Seal the flowerpot mouth with cling film and put the flowerpot in a place with astigmatism and ventilation. Open the film every day to ventilate, spray some water, do not let the soil dry, after spraying continue to cover the cling film.

Step 6

You can uncover the cling film after the seeds germinate, but always be careful not to let the soil be too dry and keep it moist all the time. If the germination rate is high, pinch off the thin plant in each cave, leaving only the strongest one.

Stolon propagation of strawberry

When strawberries grow up, they grow some stolons, which can be propagated into a new strawberry seedling, which is the most commonly used method of strawberry propagation.

Grow dragon fruit on the balcony

If you want to plant dragon fruit that can bear fruit on the balcony, you still have to plant it through branch cuttings, and do not consider sowing seeds.

Step 1

Cut the 5-6cm cuttings from the dragon fruit mother plant with a sharp knife, and cut the base of the cuttings obliquely, leaking out the xylem, about 1cm in length.

Step 2

Soak the cuttings in carbendazim solution for 10 minutes (without carbendazim), then take them out and leave them in a cool and ventilated place for 5 days.

Step 3

The nutritious soil was prepared according to the ratio of peat soil: vermiculite = 3:1, and watered in the flowerpot, and the dried dragon fruit cuttings were inserted into the flowerpot.

Step 4

After planting, put the branches in a place with astigmatism and ventilation for maintenance, no rain or watering for a month.

Step 5

After the cuttings take root, let the dragon fruit bask in the sun hard, the temperature can not be lower than 10 degrees, blossom and fruit can be achieved! Look at the dragon fruit of the flower friend's house. are you greedy?

Grow figs on the balcony

Growing figs at home can not only satisfy the appetite, but more importantly, the broad leaves of figs can also decorate the home, killing two birds with one stone. The best cutting time for figs: from early March to early May, now is the right time.

Step 1

Fig cuttings to choose adult trees, strong disease-free branches, each branch length of about 15-20 cm, retain 2 bud points.

Step 2

Soak the branches in clean water for 2-3 hours, remove the dirt from the surface, and then soak the lower end of the branches in the rooting agent solution for 5-10 minutes.

Step 3

Cutting soil can be used either with river sand or with nutritious soil, but it is best to spray potassium permanganate or insolate in the sun and sterilize before use.

Step 4

Prepare a plastic bottle, cut off the upper part of the plastic bottle, leave only half of it, fill it with river sand or nutritious soil, and water it thoroughly.

Step 5

Poke several small holes in the surface of the river sand with a stick, gently insert the branches into the small holes, then compact them with soil, put them in a place with astigmatism and ventilation, and wait for the roots to grow.

Step 6

After a few weeks, the branches will take root, and through the transparent plastic bottle, we can see that the root system has grown all over the bottle.

Step 7

The rooted fig branches were transplanted into flowerpots with the original clods. Be careful not to be short of water

If you see that the leaves are slightly wilting, you should water them in time, of course, you can't water too much, pay attention to ensure sufficient light.

Grow pineapple on the balcony

Step 1

Buy a few pineapples on the market, choose the big ones, and the leaves are relatively fresh and green.

Step 2

Cut off the top flower of the pineapple with your big kitchen knife.

Step 3

Wash the pineapple meat and excess leaves in the lower part of the top flower, clean it up and leave the top flower in an astigmatic and ventilated place to dry for 2 days.

Step 4

Prepare a hydroponic bottle or plastic bottle, pour some water, do not fill, put the top flower on the mouth of the bottle, pay attention to the distance between the bottom of the top flower and the water 1-2cm, to ensure good ventilation, easy to induce roots.

Step 5

After a few weeks, the top flower of the pineapple will take root and continue to add water if the water level is low, always keeping a 1-2cm interval between the bottom of the top flower and the water level.

Step 6

After rooting, the top flower can be planted directly into the flowerpot! The mixed soil can be prepared with the ratio of rotten leaf soil: garden soil = 2:1.

Step 7

Pineapple is a tropical plant, must be placed in the warm and well-lit south balcony maintenance, watering to keep dry. You should be patient in the process of maintenance, although it is not 100% able to get results, but it is no problem to survive.