There are many benefits to having plants and trees in the home. Where their presence creates an atmosphere of freshness and comfort, but the agricultural requirements can be expensive at times, so it is useful to make home planting ponds, whether by reusing some household tools or by making them from raw materials from the beginning, which is often easy and inexpensive.
Steps to making a home planter
Making a planting basin is easy and fun, by following these steps:
- Preparing a piece of clay: you can bring the amount of clay of the appropriate size to the size of the basin in which you plan to plant it, and press it hard to empty all the air in it, and then roll it to form a regular ball.
- Formation of the basic structure of the planting basin: This is done by pressing the finger in the middle of the ball so that a non-perforated hole is formed from the other direction, with a focus on keeping the other end closed to form the base of the basin.
- Thinning the pelvis: It is an enjoyable stage by passing the basic structure of the pelvis between the thumb and forefinger with equal pressure until all sides and the base are thinned.
- Smoothing the planting basin: When completing the formation of the basin, it must be smoothed so that its appearance becomes flat and free of kinks or bumps, and this is done by passing a wet cloth over all parts of the basin or by wetting the finger and wiping it over the basin completely.
- Drying: The tub is left to dry in the open air, then it is put into the oven to harden and get rid of all the moisture present in it. The high temperature also works to lighten the pores required to aerate the soil.
- Painting the planting basin: After making sure the basin is dry, it is painted with the appropriate and preferred colors. After the colors are dry, it can be painted with a glossy paint to give a more elegant appearance.
Other materials that can be used to make planters
Cement can be used to form agricultural ponds of various shapes and styles. All that is needed is a quantity of cement and water, and a mold to form on, such as a cylindrical carton box and a paper cup. After mixing the cement and water, the cup is placed inside the milk carton and fixed with a group of pebbles inside, then the cement is poured around The cup, and left to dry for a whole night, then both the cup and the milk carton are removed to leave us with the cultivation basin.
Recycling household waste to make planting ponds
There are many things that we do without daily and that can be useful in creating modern and sustainable agricultural ponds, including:
- Wooden crates: Valuable wooden crates can be cleaned and made sure that some holes are formed at the bottom, then filled with soil and planted directly with it, and they can also be painted with bright colors.
- Burlap bags: It looks like a beautiful and unconventional idea, and it is also environmentally friendly, as these bags are made of natural materials that are degradable and allow the soil to ventilate, so it is only necessary to fill them with the appropriate type of soil and plant them directly.
- Glass containers: They are known as jars. Small and medium-sized plants can be grown due to the small size that these plants need. These containers can be colored with favorite colors and artistic decorations can be added to them.
- Teacups: especially those whose mouths are wide and spacious, and give a nice view of small plants.
- Hanging frames: They can be used as planters hanging on the wall, and they can be painted in multiple colors and add decorations and flowers to beautify them and make them look more elegant.
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