Don't Buy These 5 Potted Plants - See Through the Flower Seller's Tricks in One Move

With economic development, people's living standards have gradually improved. Nowadays, almost every household keeps some potted plants to cultivate their mind. It is said that growing flowers is like raising a person - through growing flowers you can see a person's character, and you can also understand this person's true nature.

Where there is demand, there is a market. As people's demand for potted plants increases, the potted plant market also gradually grows. Where there is good, there is also bad, so when choosing flowers and plants you must be very careful and never act rashly. You must observe carefully and not just believe the flower shop owner's one-sided story - you must judge for yourself, otherwise you will suffer a loss and be cheated.

Also, in the market or online, those potted plants that look like they are growing very well often die easily after being brought home and kept for only a day or two. Why is that? Let me tell you, there are many tricks involved. Below I will share my own personal experience to tell you about some of the methods used by vendors.

With some newly potted plants, merchants will take some freshly potted plants and sell them. If, when buying potted plants, you find that the potting soil is new, then you need to pay attention - especially those where the plant wobbles as soon as you lift it up. It is best not to buy potted plants like this, because such plants may have just been potted not long ago and have not yet grown roots, or the plant's root system may already be rotten and it was trimmed and repotted. Plants like this are not easy to keep alive; even if you take them home and care for them well, they will still easily die.

Do not buy potted plants with compacted soil. This phenomenon occurs because many merchants do not pay attention to management. If the potting soil has already become compacted and very hard, there is no need for us to buy it. Potted plants in such an environment have no nutrients, and the branches and twigs they grow will gradually turn yellow and dry, becoming thin and bare, with the flowers growing smaller and smaller, and they are also very prone to withering due to lack of nutrients. When you go to argue with the merchant, you may even get blamed in return, and that would be a loss not worth suffering.

When flower shop owners stock flowers, there are often some damaged flowers and potted plants. It would be a pity to throw these away, so merchants will carry out rescue sales. And so they turn these damaged flowers and potted plants into newly potted ones. These flowers that have just been potted and whose roots have not yet grown well, once bought and taken home, wilt before long.

Many flowers are artificially tied into a fixed shape with wire. Although this is beautiful and attractive, over time the shape will certainly change, and it is extremely harmful to their growth. Moreover, binding all the branches of the plant together not only disrupts photosynthesis, but may also very easily cause pests and diseases if you are not careful. By then, not only will the money you spent have gone down the drain, but your other flowers may also suffer losses. That would be a loss not worth suffering.

When you are buying flowers and plants, if you find that the flowers and plants you have your eye on show yellow spots, yellow leaves or a lack of luster, you must be careful and ask carefully. Do not ask about the price directly, because once the merchant knows you are a layman, they will only perfunctorily chat with you about how beautiful and how easy to care for the flower is,

and will also say that this kind of plant is just naturally like this. So you definitely must not buy it - if you do, you may easily suffer a huge loss.

Also, you must clearly ask what kind of soil is used, because many flower merchants, in order to save costs and reduce weight, pad half of the flower pot with waste newspaper, foam, cardboard, or even plastic bags. I once bought a Pachira aquatica (money tree), and it died not long after I kept it. Then, when I dug the money tree out, I discovered that only a tiny bit of the top was nutrient soil, and everything below was yellow mud. I was furious.

Of course, not all flower sellers are unscrupulous vendors!

Some good merchants are also very honest and genuine,

Moreover, when flowers bought and taken home often die, we ourselves are also responsible!

Watering randomly, not providing ventilation, not understanding their habits...

In short, when buying, use a keen eye + when growing, be scientific and reasonable. Combine the two, and there is no flower you cannot grow well! Mm! Keep it up!