Hello everyone! This is Mo Lan. This channel is dedicated to sharing home barrel planting.
What I want to share with my friends today is the benefits of using buckets, flower pots, planting bags, sacks, tires and other containers to grow vegetables.
In recent years, there have been more and more friends who grow vegetables at home, and various potted vegetables are also very popular. Many containers suitable for growing vegetables are not only beautiful in color, beautiful in shape, and pleasing to the eye, but also use barrels and other containers to grow vegetables. There are many benefits and methods. simple.
There are so many benefits, so I will just talk about the 10 most obvious benefits.
1. It can be planted without vegetable plots. Many young friends live in apartments, and there is no land where they can grow vegetables. Many friends have changed their residences from houses with yards to apartments after they retired, but they still want to grow their own vegetables. Various buckets, flower pots, planting bags, etc. solve this problem very well. Plant vegetables in containers and put them on the balcony, and they will grow well. Without a vegetable field, you can still get the joy of a bumper harvest.
2. Reduce pests and diseases. When you grow vegetables in containers such as buckets, flower pots, etc., you can accurately control the composition of the soil. You can use bagged flower pot soil with very little insect eggs and germs for planting. Using these unused new soil will not look like There are many potential pests and diseases like the soil in the vegetable field. In this way, you can save a lot of time spent on preventing and controlling pests and diseases. Moreover, you can easily turn the flowerpot to observe the growth of vegetables in all directions, effectively controlling pests and diseases.
3. Simple planting. Use a variety of containers to grow vegetables, you can simply go to the store to buy potting soil and fertilizer, and put them directly in the flower pots. These bags of new soil contain no grass seeds and will not stop like in the vegetable field. There are weeds growing out. Therefore, planting vegetables in this way does not have to spend a lot of time and effort to turn the ground, dry the soil, and weed the grass. You can save a lot of time to enjoy the flowers and plants quietly.
4. Save money. The first is to save the cost of buying special tools in vegetable plots such as shovel. Moreover, many of the containers used for growing vegetables are bought at no cost. You see, these big buckets that I grow tomatoes are the buckets left for drinking water, free of charge. Look at the flowerpots of these broad beans. They are the flowerpots brought by buying roses before. You don't need to spend money to buy them. The turnover box for growing taro is also a waste utilization. Let’s take a look at the planting bag I used to grow lettuce.
5. The quantity is arbitrary. You can plant dozens or hundreds of pots of vegetables, or just plant one vegetable. Plant as many as you want. This is very convenient for friends who often grow vegetables. You can make precise plans in advance according to your preferences. For novices, it is a good start. You can start with a small number of varieties and try to grow your own vegetables, eliminating a lot of complicated preparations. Once you are familiar with the growth characteristics of vegetables and the methods of taking care of them, you can gradually increase the variety and quantity of vegetables.
6. Increase the planting area. Many friends like to grow vegetables in the yard. The more you plant, the more you plant. One day, the vegetable plot will not be enough. At this time, you can use these barrels, flower pots and other containers. You will be surprised how so many vegetables are grown in these unremarkable old containers! Incredible. In fact, the vegetable itself does not occupy a large area of ​​land. In the vegetable field, in order to allow the vegetable leaves to stretch out, receive sufficient sunlight, and ventilate, it is necessary to leave a portion of space between each vegetable. Use flower pots and other containers, just wait for the plants to grow larger and move the container apart, and it doesn't take up so much soil.
7. Easy to move.
8. Make full use of space.
9. No water will accumulate.
10. Save water and fertilizer.