Buying flowers is also a skill; only by mastering the tricks can you avoid getting ripped off

I believe many people have encountered this situation: a potted plant that was blooming beautifully at the market, once you bring it home, blooms less vibrantly, does not look as good, and may even die within a few months. Is it really that we do not know how to grow flowers? Actually, that is not necessarily the case!

In fact, some unscrupulous sellers, in order to make the flowers look better, often spray on some leaf shine. This makes the leaves look glossy and bright, but after you bring them home, if you do not remove it in time, the leaves are prone to turning yellow, because the leaf shine sticks to the leaves and clogs the stomata.

Of course, we are only talking about a portion of unscrupulous sellers who do dishonest things. In fact, many sellers are still very trustworthy. When buying flowers, we just need to keep our eyes open.

1. Potting soil mixed with foam

Adding a small amount of foam to a flower pot can increase the soil's drainage and aeration, but many sellers, in order to reduce costs, add a relatively large amount of foam to the pots of large flowers, which reduces the amount of nutrient soil. So when buying large flowers, you need to pay extra attention.

2. Watering

In flower markets and flower shops, they mostly spray water on the leaves of the plants. Flower markets generally use greenhouses, where the humidity is much higher than at home, so the leaves absorb water relatively well. Therefore, during the day you can spray water on the leaves more often; this provides water to the plant while also raising the air humidity, and it can also wash away the dust accumulated on the leaves. In many cases, one of the main reasons people cannot grow flowers well at home is also that many households cannot reach the humidity level of a flower market.

3. Falsely claiming rare plants

Grafting technology today is very mature and does not require anything too complicated or too much effort. For example, the bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) sold in flower markets that can bloom in multiple colors will be sold at several times the price. Moreover, most bonsai are achieved through grafting, especially grafting different flower colors onto the same plant, which can double the price. So when buying flowers, you can try to bargain a bit more.

Growing flowers requires some skill, and buying flowers also involves a lot of knowledge. Generally speaking, when growing flowers, you can chat more with the seller about the habits of the flowers and the methods for growing them. This will also make you seem more professional, and whatever flower you want to buy, you need to learn more about the habits of the plants and flowers.