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10 Awesome hacks for maintaining houseplants on a low budget

 hacks for maintaining houseplants on a low budget



Growing houseplants can help make your living space more fresh and green, however, if you do not know how to do it properly, maintaining them can be a daunting and expensive task. Don’t worry, in this post today we will share 15 amazing hacks for maintaining houseplants on a low budget. Check them out!


Do not use pesticides or chemical fertilizers, but you have a perfectly healthy indoor garden with a wide range of nutrients. All these can be easily solved by these hacks here. Give them a try for the first time and you will find that they are not only effective but also very safe, economical, and environmentally friendly. Besides, simple items like eggshells, coffee grounds, wine bottles, and a few steps can be easily made ... To know more about them, read now!


1 Use Chopstick to Support Vine or Young Plants


You can use wooden chopsticks to support small plants.


2 Use eggshell parts or blank cardboard egg box for seed


You can use half of the eggshells or egg cartons and then sow the seeds instead of buying small pots to grow the seedlings.


3 eggshell tea



Eggshells are high in plant nutrients such as 3% phosphorus, .3% magnesium, sodium, potassium, zinc, manganese, iron, and copper. Boil the eggshells and make their tea, cool it, and pour water over the plants.


4 beers for fertilizer


Beer contains many nutrients such as phosphorus, calcium bacteria yeast, magnesium, and potassium, which can increase the fertility of manure and return those nutrients to the soil. Therefore, when you use it as an additive to increase the decay rate.


5 coffee grounds


Coffee plantations are also rich in nutrients such as nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, and calcium, all of which are good for plant growth. Simply spray the ground with soil.


6 Use  layers of old sponges



For older sponges, this can be used to stack the bottom of pots to prevent root rot.


7 DIY Wine Bottle Self-Irrigation


Pour water into the mills using empty wine bottles when you are busy in business. Fill with water and punch into the pot, upside down, after making small holes in the cap. Water leaks, watering the plant!


8 Use vinegar to clean old clay pots

After growing indoor plants for a long time, clay pots absorb calcium, salts, minerals, and fertilizers from the water, making them look ugly over time. You can make vinegar because it is as clean as the original look.


How to make: Mix 1 cup 5% acid white vinegar with 3-4 cups of water and soak your clay pots for 20-30 minutes. Then, rub gently with a brush with soft bristles.


9 Charcoal 



Charcoal has many benefits in horticulture because of its high potassium content. For example, it can be used as mulch. Helps to detoxify the soil when used with water. Also, thanks to the absorption properties of the pesticides, you can use them to neutralize the harmful effect.


10 eggshells as compost


Eggshells are high in calcium carbonate (37%), which is an essential element for plant growth by fixing nitrogen (N), and also provides potassium and phosphorus.

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