How to Make Acidic Soil for Home Flower Cultivation
Today, I will introduce some knowledge about home flower cultivation, specifically how to make acidic soil for home flowers. If there are any mistakes, please feel free to correct them!
General home flower cultivation requires timely, suitable location, humidity, temperature, and light for the plants. This means different maintenance and management methods should be established based on the habits of each type of flower, including watering, lighting, fertilizing, pruning, and changing soil or pots.
1. The Magic Use of Vinegar
1. When watering southern flowers in the north, adding a proper amount of vinegar to the potting soil can promote the absorption of trace elements such as phosphorus and iron, preventing yellowing diseases of branches and leaves. 2. Spraying leaves and flower buds with a 40% vinegar solution can increase the accumulation of photosynthetic products, making flowers larger, leaves greener, and blooms more vibrant. 3. Potted flowers that have been fertilized with organic matter may have a fishy smell indoors; adding a proper amount of vinegar solution can eliminate the odor and disinfect the soil. 4. Dabbing a cotton ball with some vinegar and wiping the leaves can make pests like scale insects, red spiders, and aphids restless, making it easier to sweep them away and eliminate them. 5. If there is a drug damage after spraying alkaline substances (such as lime sulfur, thiophanate-methyl, and carbendazim), spraying an appropriate amount of vinegar solution on the branches and leaves can reduce the damage. 6. When preparing or applying alkaline substances, washing hands and rinsing containers with vinegar water can remove any remaining drugs and act as a disinfectant.
2. Make Your Own Acidic Soil
The acidic potting soil needed for raising southern flowers in the north can be made at home. In autumn, collect pine needles, willow leaves, and poplar leaves, and place them separately or mixed in large flower pots or black plastic bags. Layer the leaves with peat or garden soil, add a little iron sulfate or ferric citrate, soak thoroughly with water, seal, and press down. After a fall and winter of fermentation, acidic soil is formed; for flowers like米兰, gardenia, osmanthus, Chinese primrose, begonia, chrysanthemum, and cyclamen, willow leaf fertilizer is most suitable. For regular maintenance, a mixture of iron sulfate, ferric citrate, and water can be used. In spring, prepare the mixture in a ratio of 12:6:100, and in summer, in a ratio of 6:4:100. Then, pour the mixture into a soft plastic bottle, bury the bottle upside down in the soil, and twist the cap slightly to allow the fertilizer solution to slowly seep into the soil.
The above methods for making acidic soil for home flower cultivation are provided as reference suggestions.