Never use it to grow spider plants or clivias, or they will turn yellow and die the very next day.

These days, many flower lovers grow spider plants and clivias. These two plants are very common and easy to care for. Spider plants stay lush and green all year round and are natural air purifiers. Clivias, on the other hand, bloom in bright, showy colors and have high ornamental value when grown in the living room.

There is another point: spider plants and clivias have almost identical growing habits, so they can be grown together. Whether it is soil, watering or light, the requirements are about the same. Even repotting is the same, because both have fleshy roots that are well developed and grow fast. When it comes to tips for caring for them, many flower lovers say fermented rice water works well, and it is indeed worth recommending. But you must not use the thing below to grow spider plants and clivias.

"It" is "plant ash".

In the past I shared a piece of knowledge: "When growing flowers in the north, use more rice water; when growing flowers in the south, use more plant ash." The reason for this view is that the soil in the north is alkaline, and many commonly grown flowers (mostly southern flowers) prefer an acidic environment, so when they are grown in the north, the soil is hard for them to adapt to. So watering with rice water can lower the soil's pH value, making the potting soil slightly acidic, which benefits the growth of flowers and plants.

The most representative acid-loving flowers among them are: spider plants and clivias. Of course, there are also gardenias, jasmine and camellias, and so on.

Spider plants and clivias like best to grow in loose, fertile, well-aerated soil rich in humus that is "slightly acidic". If you grow them with plant ash, things go wrong. Why? Plant ash, to put it plainly, is the ash left after plants and trees are burned. This substance contains quite a lot of potassium, so it is a very good natural potassium fertilizer. But it is "alkaline". When alkaline plant ash is put into the pots of spider plants and clivias, it raises the soil pH, and in large amounts it will cause spider plants and clivias to turn yellow and die the next day.

When growing flowers in the south, you can use more "plant ash", because the soil in the south is acidic, and some northern flowers, when they arrive in the south, generally find it hard to adapt to the local soil pH, so you need to use the alkaline substance plant ash to adjust it. Only then will potted flowers grow better and bloom more.

In fact, in the process of growing flowers, there is a lot of knowledge and learning that flower lovers need to understand. If you just copy techniques rigidly, you may well kill the flowers. Having finished talking about plant ash, let me say one more thing about rice water.

Can rice water be used to water flowers without being fermented? Remember, unfermented rice water easily burns the roots of flowers. Because when rice water is poured directly into the pot without fermentation, it ferments in the potting soil and gives off a large amount of heat. Although the heat is not much, it is enough to burn the root cells to death. So when watering flowers, seal the rice water in a mineral water bottle or container for a week, and only after it has fermented this way will watering with it have a good promoting effect!

That is all for sharing knowledge about growing flowers. Thank you for reading!

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