How to grow ornamental plants in bottles
Today's plant experience shares knowledge about home flower cultivation, specifically how to grow ornamental plants in bottles. Next, the editor will introduce the topic to netizens.
Growing ornamental plants in bottles is a new method of flower cultivation. It involves planting ornamental plants in transparent, large glass containers. With minimal management, the flowers can grow lush and bloom, creating a beautiful "glass garden". This method of raising flowers offers high ornamental value, long viewing time, and is convenient, simple, and hygienic to manage. The steps for planting are as follows:
One, choosing the bottle. The planting bottle should be a transparent, light-transmitting large glass container, such as cylindrical, spherical, culture boxes, or goldfish tanks.
Two, plant selection. The plants to be planted should be small-sized, moisture-loving ornamental foliage plants suitable for bottle planting, such as stone arum, small-leafed ivy, Selaginella, Adiantum, orchid banana, and Oxalis.
Three, planting method. First, place a layer of pebbles or broken tiles about 10 centimeters thick at the bottom of the glass bottle, add a little charcoal, then add a mixed matrix (vermiculite or perlite mixed with mountain soil or peat soil), gently shake the bottle or use a hard cardboard to level the soil inside the bottle, and slightly compact the matrix with a bamboo pole. When the container opening is small, use tweezers or other long clips to place the plant inside, and use a bamboo chopstick to straighten and plant it. When using a culture box or goldfish tank, shape the soil surface according to the viewing needs, and finally plant different ornamental foliage plants with various shapes and colors. After planting, cover it to form a miniature greenhouse landscape, creating a "bottle garden" for viewing.
Four, post-planting management.
(1) After the plants are planted, add a small amount of water several times, allowing it to slowly flow along the bottle walls to moisten the bottle soil. For bottles with small openings, use a cork to seal the bottle mouth. For large-mouth containers like culture boxes and goldfish tanks, cover them tightly and place them in a bright area with scattered light for maintenance. If the room where the bottle is placed is dim, a 60W light bulb can be installed on the bottle cap, fitted with a beautiful lampshade. This lighting is beneficial for plant growth.
(2) After the bottle mouth is covered, a humid microclimate will soon form inside the bottle. The water evaporated from the leaves will condense on the bottle walls, flow down, and supply the plant roots. This constant cycle maintains the humidity inside the bottle, which is suitable for plant growth. If you find that the bottle has fog every morning and evening, and the duration exceeds an hour, it means the bottle is too humid, and you need to open the bottle cap for a while to ventilate before covering it again. If there are no water droplets on the bottle walls for a long time, you need to pour a small amount of water along the bottle walls, allowing it to flow down slowly.
This method of managing ornamental foliage plants in bottles can generally be enjoyed for 3 to 4 years.
The above-sharing of how to grow ornamental plants in bottles hopes to provide you with some help after reading this article!