Use this kitchen seasoning for your plants: it sterilizes and disinfects so they do not get sick, and blooms last several times longer
Baking soda is very common in the kitchen. We usually use it at home when steaming buns or mantou, or when making soda drinks. In fact, baking soda works amazingly well for growing plants too. It can extend the flowering period, and it can also sterilize so potted plants are less likely to get bugs. Take a look.
1. Baking soda extends the flowering period
Baking soda is used to extend the flowering period, generally for cut flowers, such as the fresh flowers you buy at the flower market, or fresh flowers a friend gives you. Although these flowers have floral foam at the bottom, they still cannot be kept for more than a few days before gradually wilting. Do not you think that is a pity? In fact, if you want to make cut flowers last longer, baking soda can help!
Method: Find an ordinary regular glass, pour in more than half a glass of water, then take about a small spoonful of baking soda, put it into the water and stir slowly and evenly, then pour this water mixed with baking soda into the flower vase. Slowly you will find that the flowers that used to wilt quickly now stay open much longer.
2. Baking soda sterilizes potted plants
The proper name of baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. It is an alkaline substance and is a relatively healthy kind of disinfectant, with a certain effect on sterilizing potted flowers. Generally, if potted plants are infected by fungi or bacteria, they easily develop spots or yellow leaves. In fact, we can also try baking soda.
Method: We can use baking soda diluted with water to deal with this. Generally the ratio of baking soda to water is 1:1, which means 1 L of water mixed with a small spoonful of baking soda. After stirring fully and evenly, put it into a spray bottle and use it to spray infected leaves, and it can effectively remove bacteria.
In addition, using baking soda water to clean some plant-growing tools is also very effective and convenient. However, when using baking soda for plants, you must pay attention to the amount. At the beginning, be sure to use less, then slowly see the effect before using more, and do not drown the flowers.