This tip is not only great for ensuring that your plants get enough water, but it’s also a terrific way to recycle and reuse old plastic bottles. Save up your old water or soda bottles and poke holes all over the entire area, aside from the neck. Holes should be about two inches apart.
After you’ve planted your bottles, each time you water your garden and/or fill them manually with the pot, the water in the bottles will empty slowly, keeping your plants consistently hydrated for a longer period of time. This is a great hack for someone who doesn’t get the chance to water their garden as much as they’d like.
Fork It! Try this Hack if Fido Keeps Peeing in your Prized Garden
Is your four-legged furry friend a little too interested in the rose bushes? Maybe they’re trying to eat the veggies you’ve been working so hard to grow? Whatever the case, sticking upside-down plastic forks around the area can deter your pets from coming near.
Of course, if your garden is visible to your neighbors than you may want to reconsider trying this little trick. The forks may be helpful, but maybe less aesthetic. But hey, you just have to ask yourself how important it is to keep those animals away from your prized plants. Don’t worry, there’s a much easier way to the situation.
Hydrogen Peroxide for Root Rot
Everyone should have at least one bottle of hydrogen peroxide laying around the house, if not an entire case of it. This stuff has so many wonderful uses for around the home, it’s crazy. It can be used for everything from cleaning out wounds, to lifting stains from fabric, to boosting dish soap in dishwashing cycles. But it can also be used directly outside of the home, too – to prevent and cure root rot in your plants!
To prevent root rot in your garden, mix a solution of one-part hydrogen peroxide to 5 parts water (about 3-5% hydrogen peroxide only) and shake up in a water bottle. Then, insert a spray nozzle and spray the solution directly on to the roots of your plants once per day. Another good thing about this solution is it’s not harmful to other plants, so if you accidentally spray it on anything else in your garden, all is well.
The Water in the Pot
Next time you boil vegetables, or eggs, don’t just get rid of the water right away when you’re done. Instead, let the water cool and let your plants drink it. The nutrients leftover in the water will give your plants an extra boost, and they’ll love you for it.
This hack helps you to cut back on waste while delivering essential vitamins to your garden. It’s best to keep up the fertilization process in your garden for the first 45 days after you’ve planted veggies and herbs since it’s when they need the nutrients most. Of course, you can keep it up if you wish, since it isn’t like the vegetable water can hurt them.
2-Liter Greenhouse
Well, when we said this can be achieved with any plastic container, we weren’t exaggerating. The same effect can be reached using any old 2-liter bottle that has been properly rinsed out. This one works a bit differently but still works to create a barrier that protects your seedlings from harsh winds and weather. Cut the bottom quarter off of your 2-liters and push them down into the soil so that the neck of the bottle is facing up towards the sky.
Depending on the size of your seedlings, you can also use a 1-liter and other smaller bottles. Or, you can start off with smaller bottles and switch to 2-liters as the seedlings mature, much like you alternate your child’s shoes every few months when they’re growing up. Yes, I just compared your kid to a seedling.