Matches in flower pots: why and how to insert them

04.12.2023 20:56

On the Internet, you can often find advice to insert matches into flower pots.

Why it is worth following this advice is explained by the expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .

Why are matches needed in flower pots

With the help of matches you can quickly and effortlessly get rid of midges.

You just need to take a few matches and insert them into the soil, heads down, at a distance of about 5 cm from the edge of the pot.

After three weeks, we take out the matches and check the soil for sulfur. If there is none left, we insert a new batch of matches.

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Photo: © Belnovosti

Matches should be inserted into the soil until the sulfur stops disappearing from them.

Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti