Can tree bark also be used to grow flowers? Absolutely amazing!

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Recently, flower friends often ask, can flowers be grown from tree bark? If it can be used, how to deal with it? Today, Huahua will introduce the wonderful uses of pine bark and willow bark~

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Pine bark

Flowers who grow orchids should be familiar with pine bark, because pine bark is also an important planting material when growing orchids! However, pine bark cannot be used casually~ Especially the pine bark brought back from the mountains by flower lovers must be processed~

Old bark that has dried up for a long time

This kind of bark has been matured in nature In the process, it can be chopped directly and used. For example, it can be mixed into the original soil, or some coarse sand, broken bricks, orchid stones can be added, or it can be used as paving.

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New bark

New bark cannot be used directly. It must be decomposed first and insect eggs, germs and the like must be killed.

Method: First cut the recovered bark into small pieces, then soak it in water to soak all the bark, then seal it in a plastic bag, and put it under the sun to moisturize and expose it during high temperature seasons. After a summer It is fermented, and then the bark is dried and stored. Soak it in water before use~

Rotten bark

Note that decayed bark cannot be used as planting material. Decayed bark can easily pulverize and block the orchid pot, affecting ventilation, breathability, Filtering water affects the growth of orchids.

Bought bark

Soak the purchased bark that has been decomposed in water for 10 minutes to 1 hour. Repeat the water changes several times. The water to be soaked in should be clear! !

Willow Bark

Willow Tree Dear Flowers Friends must have seen it, how beautiful the willow branches are fluttering. When I was a child, I even used willow branches to make garlands! So what does willow bark do?

First, willow trees contain a substance called salicic acid, which can sterilize and disinfect. Compared with the drugs we buy, willow bark is safer and more harmless~

< p>Second, there is a certain substance contained in willow trees that promotes rooting!

Old willow bark

Old tree The easiest way to use the bark is to knock it off the tree, cut it into small pieces, sterilize it and mix it into the soil!

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Fresh bark

There are two ways to use fresh bark, namely undecomposed and decomposed.

① For raw use.

Take fresh, unripe willow bark, cut it into small sections, soak it in water for a few days, and then water the flowers with the soaked water.

Isn’t it super simple? And this method can be used many times ~ and the remaining willow bark can also be mixed into the planting material, but the amount should not be too much, or raw willow can be mixed directly into the soil, but in a small amount.

Chopped willow bark

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(Author: Writer and Dramatist Source: Hua Bar)

② Familiar use.

Cut the willow bark into small pieces and cook it. The cooked willow bark has been sterilized, making it safer and more efficient to use. Add the boiled juice to clean water and water the flowers. It can be diluted about 5 to 10 times. During the high-temperature boiling process, willow bark precipitates a large amount of nutrients in the water, so this method is more efficient.

Boiled willow bark

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(Author: Writer and Dramatist Source: Hua Bar)

Boiled water

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(Author: Writer and Dramatist  Source: Hua Bar)

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Bought bark

willow bark

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