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Here is an article I found in a magazine. Sounds practical and resonable. Also frugal!! If Compost consists of rotted veggies it seems like this would work just fine. I am going to try it on my houseplants.
"I began saving the water from boiled vgetabls to water my houseplants. Boy, are they happy! I have never seen them grow so well. And there's no need for expensive fertilizer."
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I didn't think of that! And, the article didn't mention any complaints. But...it's veggie water, not fruit water. Would that make a difference to the fruit fly?
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I just read something similar about willow water being used to help cuttings take root. It sounds like the theory was to use the water that was used to root willows was used to help air layering or other rooting actions and it potentially helped a bit.
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On a similar note ...a potato cut in half (or a piece of it-raw) and placed under the cutting in the soil works the same as rooting hormone. I read that somewhere and then tried that with a plant that was very hard to root and I thought the plant died, but came back strong and grew and grew and so apparently it worked, nothing else had worked when I had tried to get one of these plants to root before.
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That sounds great! I'm going to try that too!
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Shirley, I never thought of using vegetable water for my plants, but I would assume it would be wonderful for the plants. Sounds like a good idea to me! I have used the water from a friend's aquarium before and I thought that worked really great. I don't think the water from cooking your vegetables would attract fruit flies, especially since it would all be going down in the soil. Well, guess I won't know unless I try it.
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1.This method MUST be treated as nutrition not watering ! You can easily overdose. 2. The more various veggies the water is better. 2. This method cannot be used with any boggy plants eg. papyrus - it stinks all around 3. but it can be used with cacti and succulents as you can see below:
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I don't think the water from cooking your vegetables would attract fruit flies, especially since it would all be going down in the soil. Well, guess I won't know unless I try it. ![[dunno]](graemlins/dunno.gif)
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