NOTES ON HOW TO MAKE RICE WATER FOR PLANTS
Rice water is a good organic fertilizer that has many uses in life as well. Today, let’s talk about rice water as fertilizer.
1. ABOUT NUTRIENTS
Rice water contains a certain amount of protein, vitamins, and trace elements, rich in phosphorus, nitrogen and trace elements and other nutrients needed for the growth of flowers, the application of rice water watering is very beneficial to the growth and development of flowers and trees for Watering cans.
Especially the first one or two rice water contains potassium, rice water will show a PH value of about 5.5 weak acidities, rotted for flower watering vegetables is a very good organic fertilizer.
2. USE METHOD
After rotting and fermentation, the nutrients can be successfully absorbed by plants. The method of fermentation is very simple: put the rice water in an empty jar and seal the mouth tightly.
A large Coke bottle will also work. After about two weeks, which can be shorter in summer and slightly longer in other seasons, you can use it.
Remember to give the sealed bottle some air. When watering, take the clear liquid, dilute and mix with water, 70% to 80% water is recommended.
Be careful not to drench on the foliage. Use it up at once and replenish it in time. If the odor is produced during fermentation, add some orange peel to reduce it.
3. WATERING FLOWERS
Rice water is weakly acidic after fermentation, which can neutralize the alkaline nature of tap water. After the composted rice water, in addition to the rich nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other elements.
It also contains a large amount of iron, magnesium, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and other trace elements, is a kind of pollution-free, non-polluting, comprehensive nutritional compound fertilizer.
It can be used to water the flowers and trees that like acidic soil (such as azalea, Milan, jasmine, gardenia, camellia, osmanthus, etc.) can not only promote the growth of strong plants, branches, and leaves, more flowers, bright flowers but also extend the flowering period and prevent yellowing disease.
4. FERMENTATION
But directly watering flowers with rice water is not good. For a long time, it will cause the soil of the potted flowers to be caked, hindering the breathing of the plant’s root system, and too much watering will also burn the plant’s root system. Therefore, if you want to use rice water to water flowers, it must be fermented.
TIPS
1. Fermented rice water diluted fertility more moderate, can replace the tap water watering flowers, improve the soil quality is also good, but can not completely replace the full effect of organic fertilizer, mainly a complementary role, the fertilizer when you have to fertilize.
2. Note that not all plants are suitable for watering fermented rice water, for example, cactus type alkaline plants are not suitable. The iron fern is also not suitable.
3. Rice water is also good for skincare.
RICE WATER FOR FLOWERS PRECAUTIONS
1. First, we need to understand rice water
For example, if you accidentally water a cactus and other plants that like alkaline soil, you can also wait for the corpse …… Simply put, rice water should be fermented and diluted to water plants that like acidic soil.
2. Why can rice water be used to water flowers?
Rice water is mixed with bran and a small number of broken rice grains, which are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen and trace elements, and other nutrients needed for the growth of flowers.
However, if the rice you eat is “selected rice” or “free ride”, this kind of nutrient is greatly reduced, so you can forget about watering flowers with rice water.
After the fermentation of rice water watering flowers, in fact, is to play the role of organic fertilizer. Organic fertilizer needs to be decomposed and fermented so that the nutrients can be absorbed by plants.
Moreover, the rice water is fully fermented before watering the flowers, but also to prevent fresh rice water fermentation in the pot, producing heat to burn the plant’s roots.
3. Second, how to turn rice water into organic fertilizer
Amoy water into organic fertilizer is very simple, as long as the full fermentation is good.
Use a plastic beverage bottle to collect the first rice water, cover the cap, and put it in the sun for about a week.
Note that the cap can not be screwed too tightly, to ensure that the best air, otherwise the fermentation of a large amount of gas will be deformed or even burst the bottle, so you can not use glass bottles.
4. How to grasp the fermentation time?
The temperature difference between the north and the south and the four seasons may affect the length of fermentation time.
You can judge whether the fermentation is completed by observation – when the white sediment at the bottom of the bottle is gone and the water turns yellow or yellow-black, it is OK.
5. What if the fermentation process is smelly?
Rice water fermentation process may be very smelly, before fermentation, add chopped grapefruit peel, orange peel, orange peel, etc., can reduce the odor, because these peels, in addition to themselves is also a good fertilizer, but also contains a large number of volatile aromatic substances.
6. Fermentation
When you already own a bottle of fermented rice water, you can easily make a lot of organic fertilizer, pour a little fermented rice water into a newly filled rice water bottle, shake well and let it sit for about three or two days before you can use it.
7. rice water pH tips
Some people have done a test, the first and second rice water is about 5.5 pH weakly acidic, after washing twice, the pH is about 7.2 weakly alkaline.
Some people’s test results, on the contrary, the pH of the first rice water is 7.19, and tap water 7.15 is not much different.
This point is mentioned to tell you not to be influenced by the online discussion of the pH of rice water, no matter what the pH of fresh rice water is, it is best not to use it to water flowers directly.
8. How to use the fermented rice water correctly and effectively
Fully fermented rice water is weakly acidic, plus four or five times the dilution of tap water, can neutralize the weak alkaline tap water, instead of tap water to water flowers, but also to improve the alkaline soil.
However, it should be noted that often use diluted rice water watering flowers to thin fertilizer less, too much fertilizer will cause the soil to too acidic, is also not conducive to plant growth.
Fermented rice water is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other elements, as well as a large amount of iron, magnesium, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and other trace elements, is a kind of pollution-free, non-polluting, comprehensive nutrient compound fertilizer.
It can be used to water plants that like acidic soil, such as jasmine, azalea, Milan, camellia, greenery, white palm, hairy tree, etc. It can promote the growth of strong plants, flourishing leaves, colorful flowers, and help prolong the flowering period, and prevent yellowing disease.
