8 plastic bottles to build a three-dimensional vegetable garden
It's good to plant some green vegetables on the balcony in summer, which can be eaten and cool. But what if some families don't have a place to grow them? Today, I'll teach you a good way to plant small vertical gardens with plastic bottles. Spinach, celery, lettuce, coriander... Can be planted, which saves land, money and looks good p>
1. Find a plastic bottle Cut off the bottom p>
2. Use the tip of scissors to poke 4-6 water holes on the upper part of mineral water to facilitate drainage, and the bottle mouth should be covered p>
3. Prepare nutrient soil according to the proportion of peat soil: vermiculite: Perlite = 4:1:1, mix evenly, and fill the nutrient soil into the plastic bottle p>
4. Put the plastic bottle filled with soil upside down next to the wall and guardrail of your house, and fix it firmly with rope and iron wire p>
5. As in the above steps, screw off the cap, cut off the bottom and fill the prepared plastic bottle with soil without drilling a water hole p>
6. Pile up the plastic bottles one by one as shown in the figure below p>
7. Put the plastic bottles stacked together in the plastic bottle placed at the beginning of the bottom p>
8. Or fixed to the wall or guardrail with rope or wire p>
9. For the top plastic bottle, keep the bottle cap, and drill a water outlet hole on the bottle cap p>
10. Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle and put it upside down on the top of a string of plastic bottles p>
11. Pour water on the top of the plastic bottle p>
12. In this way, the water gradually flows through the small hole of the bottle cap to the lower plastic bottle to soak and wet the soil p>
13. With a sharp knife, cut the other plastic bottles except the first plastic bottle at the top into a small square window. Be careful not to cut them off completely. Only the left and right sides are cut off, and the lower part is not cut off. This plastic bottle is equivalent to a switch, which closes the vegetables and soil so as not to fall out p>
14. Open the plastic sheet, poke a hole with your finger and plant the vegetables, flowers and seedlings you want to plant p>
15. By analogy, other plastic bottles are planted with similar vegetables or flowers. Note that the 1-2 plastic bottles above can be kept for water storage without holes, and can be watered automatically at ordinary times p>
16. In this way, an automatic watering vegetable wall will be planted. The watering will be added to the plastic bottle at the top. If fertilizing, the fertilizer can be dissolved in the water and into the soil with the water. A month later, the vibrant vegetable wall was planted. It's convenient to pinch and eat p>
Plastic bottle high altitude pressing strip
High altitude layering is a method with high survival rate and low risk in flower reproduction. High altitude layering sounds troublesome. In fact, it only needs a plastic bottle to solve it. Basically, this method is applicable to all woody flowers p>
1. Select a strong and healthy branch and use a sharp knife to cut two circles on the bark of this branch. The width of these two circles is about 1-2 cm p>
2. Peel off the cut bark p>
3. Prepare a plastic bottle, cut off half at the lower part and cut off the bottle mouth at the upper part to make the plastic bottle funnel-shaped, and then cut a vertical seam in the middle p>
4. Break the vertical cut seam, put the plastic bottle around the peeled bark, and then wrap it around with iron wire to fix it p>
5. Fill the plastic bottle with sand, vermiculite or nutrient soil, and then pour it with water. Wrap the outside and up and down of the plastic bottle with plastic bags to try not to leak soil or water p>
6. Water the soil in the plastic bottle when it is dry. After 1-2 months, we will see that white roots will grow in the plastic bottle p>
7. Cut off the rooted branches and plant them in the flowerpot p>
Plastic bottle cutting artifact, 100% rooting
Plastic bottle cutting is basically applicable to all flowers, especially rose and gardenia. The rooting rate is higher than other cutting! Specific methods, Huahua takes Gardenia as an example to explain in detail p>
1. Don't throw away the plastic bottle you usually drink. No matter what model, you can use it for cutting p>
2. Cut a section of woody branches of gardenia, about 1 year old. Cut the bottom at an angle of 45 degrees to increase the contact area with water, promote rooting, cut off the leaves at the lower part of the branches, and cut off half of the leaves at the upper part to reduce nutrient consumption p>
3. Find a piece of foam and cut it in a circle according to the diameter of the plastic bottle. p>
4. Drill a small hole in the middle of the foam and insert Gardenia branches into the foam. p>
5. Use a wallpaper knife to cut the transverse surface at the position of 1 / 3 - -- 1 / 2 of the upper part of the plastic. Be careful not to cut it completely, leaving part of it connected together p>
6. Insert the foam of Gardenia branches and fill the bottom part of the plastic bottle with half full. p>
7. Place the foam with gardenia branches into the middle part of the lower plastic bottle and immerse the lower part of the foam into the water. p>
8. Cover the top of the plastic bottle back, then seal the incision with tape, and open the plastic cover on the top at the same time p>
9. Put the plastic bottle in a place with astigmatism and ventilation. There is no need to add additional water. White roots will grow in about 2-3 weeks p>