Of the many uses for aluminum foil, one that few people know about is its ability to be used in flower pots. The reason will amaze you.
Anyone who loves plants and cares for them daily knows that it’s not easy to keep up with the needs of every flower or plant species. Each has unique characteristics that require special care . You can’t give all plants the same amount of water or expose them to sunlight without considering their biological needs .
There are many ways to care for your beloved plants, many tricks that will help them grow properly and vigorously. Today we’ll explain a new and surprising method to stimulate proper and healthy plant growth and flowering.
Tinfoil
Tin foil is a tool that doesn’t even make us think of gardening . In fact, it’s an item we use almost exclusively in the kitchen. Useful for proper food storage, it ensures that food lasts longer. It can also be used directly when cooking certain dishes by wrapping them in this insulating paper and putting them in the oven. There are dozens of other possibilities.
What we’ve never considered is its use in the garden : It can become your faithful ally in plant care . Let’s take a look together at how to best use it.
Use it for your plants
Using plastic sheeting for gardening only requires a few simple steps. You can even reuse small torn pieces that you’ve already used for other purposes. Whether it’s new or perfectly smooth, it will still serve its purpose and you’ll avoid waste.
Using these aluminum foil tears, you need to create a small ‘bed’ . On top of this foil, we need to place some soil with the seeds we’ve chosen to plant. The presence of this paper will significantly improve the growth and flowering process , even accelerating it. You may be wondering why.
Seeds flower faster when placed under foil because this type of paper has extremely good reflective properties. It reflects sunlight and creates an additional heat source from below , which promotes germination .
