Gardening Tricks You Didn't Know (Maybe)

[icyfroth]

1. Make biodegradable planters out of toilet paper rolls

Recycle your old toilet paper rolls when you are finished with using them. Then convert them into pot plants, which is also great for holding moisture!

2. Start planting your seeds in a lemon rind

 Just poke a hole in the bottom of the peel for drainage, fill with potting soil, then add two seeds and some water. The peels will compost directly into the soil to nourish the plants as they grow.

[icyfroth]

9. Vodka can help cut flowers stay fresh longer.

Alcohol helps flowers stay fresh…surprising we know!

10. Give broken pots a new lease on life by turning them into plant markers

Do you already use these tips? If not, what are your tricks to gardening?

[aps1080]

Sugar in fresh flower water keeps them fresh for longer.

As does a little bleach.

Plus cutting the stems off on an angle, about an inch every few days / week depending on how long they are supposed to last.

[imastawka]

For the vegie garden

Crushed (not powdered)  eggshells do 3 things-

!.  They add calcium to the soil

2.  Snails don't like to move over them, it hurts them.

3.  They deter white cabbage moths. 

     They see all the white and think it's a plague and move on

[polksaladallie]

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@imastawka wrote:

I have a giant blue/white  Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) like that.

Sitting in the garden bed, still in it's pot,  waiting patiently.

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Best place for it.  They can become huge and a pest.

[cmcoins2000]

This should be : -

Change the water in the vase.

Drink the Vodka

OOps

Drop the cup.

[cmcoins2000]

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@imastawka wrote:

For the vegie garden

Crushed (not powdered)  eggshells do 3 things-

!.  They add calcium to the soil

2.  Snails don't like to move over them, it hurts them.

3.  They deter white cabbage moths. 

     They see all the white and think it's a plague and move on

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Do you have a good recipe for 'eggnog'.

Could do with the shells.

[aps1080]

Helen

I like your style !

[lloydslights]

I use a shadecloth lined shower caddy near the main garden tap to hold hose fittings/nozzles, etc.

I have a shadecloth drawstring "purse"with a cake of sunlight in it, to wash my grubby hands ( it hangs from the shower caddy).

DEB

[cmcoins2000]

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@aps1080 wrote:

Helen

I like your style !

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Not good enough Aps.

I have been told I am 'alluring'.

Do better.

(Am doing my letters bigger for Stawka. don't want to get into trouble again.)

[imastawka]

Hi Helen    thanks for the larger type.

No eggnog recipe.   Nice try though.   Save ya shells from brekkie

Spoiler

alluring.........nah, won't comment              'Tis the festive season 'n all