Wooden stick in flower pots no longer rots so easily

07.04.2012 1 minute read From Editorial team

Household tips - wooden stick in the flower pot

Flower pots can be decorated with very beautiful things. In many garden centers, there are wooden sticks with funny and beautiful motifs that are simply stuck into the potting soil. Unfortunately, the flower stick rots over time. Here I have a practical tip so that this no longer happens:

Nail polish for the wooden stick

So that the Wooden stick from decorations in the soil of flower pots does not rot, paint it with a clear nail polish.

Photo by Sabine, meinhaushalt.at

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Behind meinhaushalt.at is Sabine Ostheimer. She collects practical household tips here – preferably using natural home remedies instead of pure chemicals –, money-saving ideas for everyday life and tried-and-true tricks from grandma's days. As a mother of twins she also writes honestly and without filters about family life; baking and seasonal table decoration are among her favorite topics.More about the site

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