Over the past two years, it has been no surprise to grow vegetables and flowers on the balcony, and what really brightens a lot of people's eyes is iron and stone。
Some call it “soft gold”, others call it “soft gold” and the merchant directs it to a selling point。
On the face of it, it's like a small, low-threshold, high-reward business, as if the money could grow itself once the seedlings were put in the pot。
But the truth is the opposite: iron rock is not a “slugger-rich grass”, but it is more like a long test of the environment, patience and detail。
It's often more critical to grow than to sell。
Many people were attracted to “high value” from the outset, ignoring one of the most fundamental issues: iron platinum is not an ordinary plant, but an applicated plant。
In nature, it grows on the trunks and walls of trees, and the roots are customarily “wet, no water; light, no sun; air, no cans”。
That is why it is the most vulnerable to death on the balcony of many families — water that is too heavy, sun that burns too much, and ventilation that gets dark。
In other words, it tends not to be careless, but to be overworked。
The first step is not to buy fat or medicine, but to look first at the conditions of the balcony。
Iron platinum is more suitable for positions that are east, north or south but far from the sun. The light is scattered, soft, and is similar to those under the forest。
It would be preferable to maintain humidity at 50 to 70 per cent, with an appropriate increase to 60 to 80 per cent over the long term, but not the same as boredom, with ventilation always first。
Many families fail to grow, not with the wrong foundation, but with the summer heat and the air not moving, the basin becomes a “stealing cage”, and it is almost sooner or later。
The experience of family farming in recent years has also repeatedly confirmed this: continuous ventilation is the bottom line compared to the simple pursuit of water spray and moisture。
It's not as complicated as it looks。
Iron platinum is the most afraid of slabs, so the idea of the “bugger” is often the most practical one: a pine bark with shreds of bricks, rough sand or peanut shells, walnut shells, supplemented by a little coconut, moss or root, with only one focus — air。
Some people like to bury the earth thick and so steady; for a stoned plume, the base is buried deep and the air is blocked。
In the last two years, there has been a marked increase in the use of coconuts, which many see as a substitute or mixed material for pine barks, with the advantage of being more evenly wet and better suited to the volatile watery environment of the balcony。
Just remember one thing: the base is not as thin as possible, but as loose as it is。
The choice of seedlings is equally a matter of success。
Many of the newcomers bought them cheaply to make them weak, yellow and tattered, and eventually reduced the problem to a “silent rock”。
In practice, preference is given to white obese, leaf blades, root systems or group seedlings, with a much higher survival rate。
In recent markets, three years of production, such as goose mountain, have seen the growth of small-scale family start-ups, with a generally more stable resilience and subsequent growth despite higher unit prices。
Pre-plant cleaning, simple disinfection, with root treatment or microbial microbacterism leaching can lead to much slower periods。
As a matter of fact, the pebbles were prepared not for handwork, but for preparation。
Watering and fertilizer, more like walking wires。
Many people are not watered, but are so “loveful”。
The surest way to do that is really dirt: the bottom line。
The basin is clearly lightened and watered; drying the surface of the matrix does not mean that it is dry inside。
The same applies to fertilization, which is more effective than a surge。
Long-term life helps long-leave roots with a little nitrogen bias; a moderate increase in the percentage of potassium fattening occurs when the flower is close to blooming or when the tubing is prepared。
Winter temperatures are low and metabolisms slow, and diets are often safer than the continued pursuit of obesity。
Experience with commercial cultivation also shows that the most comfortable range is between 18 and 30°c, and the most comfortable range is between 16 and 21°c, which is the most stable range, with environmental regulation to compensate for the excess。
The advantage of breeding this piece of iron and stone is obvious. It's well-fed and slowly becomes a row。
The key is to be patient。
When the sprouts occur, the humidity is in place and it tends to grow itself into new seedlings; the strains are suitable for spring operations, which are sterilised and humid after cutting; and the old part can be tested, but the success rate is more environmentally affected。
In recent family practices, the success rate is indeed higher with the use of coconuts and high-wet environments for breeding。
There is also the idea of simulating a near-field tree-bearing ecology that binds seedlings to woodboards, barks or imitation of trunk material, which, while seemingly “scrambling”, is often more friendly to quality and subsequent growth。
In the case of pests and diseases, quartz is not particularly delicate, but it is the environment that is afraid of being out of control。
Rotten roots, black spots, soft decomposition, in many cases not first-come, but first-served environments。
The rotting roots cut out the roots, disinfected them and replaced them with a gas matrix; black spots cleared the leaves in time to keep ventilated; snails, molluscs, and molluscs can be physically protected by grasswood ash and egg-shell powder。
The green-control approach of the past two years has also emphasized that household cultivation tends to be less dependent on strong stimulants, with environmental alignment combined with plant sources and microbiological products, and often more stable。
For an ordinary balcony, the most effective “medicine” is in fact ventilation, water control and isolation。
As for the realization that is of the greatest concern to all, there is indeed room for imagination, but it should not be divine。
In the industry, prices for fresh strips, dry strips, mammograms, deep-processed products vary widely, brand areas and wild-quality premium are evident, especially in areas such as zhejiang goose mountain, where market recognition has been relatively high。
However, the fact that family balcony cultivation is based on it is unrealistic, and its small size, limited yield and unstable quality make it more “small and lean”。
The real value is to grow it into a sustainable small balcony economy: can see, can eat, can make tea, can make soup, and lucky enough to make a small amount of high-quality fresh strips or maple。
For ordinary people, perhaps the greatest return is not book profits, but the sense of stability that “self-supporting a hard plant”。
The meaning of iron platinum is long overdue。
It reflects a new trend in family cultivation today: people began to move from mere consumption to participation in production; from buying ready-made to hand-made creation。
The balcony looks small, but it is ecological, patient and a little business logic。
It is not luck, it is respect for the rules。
For ordinary people, this is more important than the words “green banking”。
Because what really is worth is never a pot of stone per se, but you finally learn how to get along with a plant。
