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Keep Gardenia with kitchen waste

Jane Margolis
2020-01-09 13:05:37
Many flower friends are prone to physiological yellow disease when raising Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, resulting in yellow leaves, less or no flowering. So Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, like people, need to be nurtured. What do you use to recuperate? Kitchen waste to help!

Small leaf Gardenia bean milk dregs fertilizer production

Material selection

Many of our family breakfast will beat soya bean milk, beat soya bean residue is not thrown away, in fact, fermented soya bean residue can be used as fertilizer yo. Choose to beat the rest of the soybean milk dregs, control the water, slightly dry, do not stick to the hands.

Cultivating gardenia microphylla with soybean milk residues

Fermentation

Put the soymilk dregs into a thick transparent plastic bucket or glass tank, with a little gap at the bottle mouth to prevent the gas produced from exploding. Cover the top with a plastic bag and put it outside for fermentation. When bubbles are observed to come out, the fermentation is good. In order to avoid the stink of fermentation, you can add some orange peel.

Cultivating gardenia microphylla with soybean milk residues

How to use the dregs of Gardenia

1. Make several holes around the flowerpot with chopsticks, put the fermented bean dregs in, cover the top with soil tightly, and water normally, which can play the effect of slow-release fertilizer. In the picture below, draw a black circle to apply fertilizer. Don't lean too close to the main root to avoid burning the root.

Fertilization schematic diagram

2. Ferrous sulfate and fermented soybean dregs were mixed and irrigated in the proportion of 1:30. Pay attention to two times of water pouring after use.

3. The fermented soybean dregs are rich in nutrients and humus, which can adjust the pH value of soil with ferrous sulfate and improve the soil.

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