I am a flower planted by the sea, a who refuses to talk at length and only talks about practice.
In our family flower raising, we often encounter a headache. That is, after every watering, there will always be standing water in the receptacle of the flower pot.
If you pour out the water one at a time. It is time-consuming and laborious to move the pot, then pour out the water from the saucer and then put the pot back in place.
However, there are always people who think that standing water is okay and will not have an effect. But is this true?
Is this really the case?
Water accumulation in flower pots can easily cause a series of problems:
Bacteria and mosquitoes: Long-term standing water provides a breeding ground for bacteria and pests.
Root suffocation and rotting: Stagnant water clogs the vents of the pot, causing the roots to be unable to breathe and then rot.
Persistently moist: An excessively moist soil environment can nourish bacteria, leading to root rot or poor plant growth.
In order to solve this annoying problem, the sea has not been tossed less.
At first, I tried to pump water manually with a large syringe, but soon found that the front end of the syringe was not long enough to go deep into the tray to draw out all the standing water.
I continued to improve it, adding a straw extension to the syringe and fixing it with hot melt adhesive. Although this dealt with the problem of water absorption length, it encountered a new challenge: the straw was too thin, and the stagnant water in the tray often contained dirt and sand grains. Straws are particularly easy to clog and are particularly troublesome to clean up after each blockage.
A magic straw that solves big problems with ease
Until one day I found this "flower artifact", thinking that I tossed and turned before, but I didn't get it done. It's easy to do it for a few bucks, and it's much better than doing it yourself.
It is made up of a needle-nosed straw at one end and an elastic rubber suction capsule at the other. First of all, its length is very long, and when it comes to use, even the receptacle that is far away from us can be well taken care of.
The second is that this elastic suction capsule is much better than the principle of my syringe, the syringe also needs two hands to cooperate, and the elastic suction sac can suck out the water lightly as long as it is held and loosened.
What's more, the capacity of this artifact is a full 100 ml, which solves the frequency of our water absorption, sucking once each time, turning the straw upside down, and then sucking again, which can be operated many times. We don't need to pour it out until the straw is almost full.
It is also very simple to use, just go deep into the tray with one end of the straw, and gently suck the other hand, and the water in the tray will be sucked into the straw.
After repeating it a few times, the water in the tray was cleaned. No more wasting time by moving around every day. A few yuan not only helped me save a lot of time, but also solved the hidden danger of water accumulation in the flower pot, which is really cost-effective.