When growing flowers in autumn, you must loosen the soil; if the potting soil is so hard you can't even dig into it with a shovel, the roots will rot sooner or later.

Whether a potted flower grows well depends not only on the three key factors of watering, fertilizing and light, but also on the potting soil. Only when the nutrient soil is loose and fertile will the roots grow well. If the soil in the pot has become compacted and is so hard you can't even dig into it with a shovel, then the flower's roots will rot sooner or later.

It is now the Start of Autumn, and the weather will gradually cool down; this is also the peak growing season for potted flowers. Whether you are doing cuttings or repotting and changing the soil, this is a season when plants take root relatively easily. At this time you should "loosen the soil" in the flower pot. If you don't loosen it, the soil will compact into clumps.

Look at the nutrient soil above: after I dug it out, it had all turned into clumps. How could soil like this ever grow a flower's root system well! Moreover, once it is compacted like this, the nutrients in the nutrient soil cannot be absorbed either, and over time the roots will become poor, unable to supply nutrients to the stems and leaves of the flower, which naturally causes yellow leaves and withered branches. So loosening the soil regularly must be taken seriously.

The purpose of "loosening the soil" in autumn is also to check whether the potting soil still has usable value and whether there is still enough room for the roots to grow. With plants like clivia (Clivia miniata), spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) and orchids, the roots grow very fast; if you don't repot for three to five months, the roots go wild. The soil in the pot is completely used up - can you get away with not repotting at this point? Of course not, otherwise the flower's roots will sooner or later rot or shrivel from lack of nutrients. The growing space will also be restricted.

How do you loosen the soil? It is actually very simple: just find a morning or evening when the weather is not too hot, and use a wire or a small bamboo stick to loosen the soil along the edge of the flower pot. When loosening the soil, be sure not to get too close to the base of the flower, so as not to injure the roots. Also remember to stop watering two days before loosening the soil, otherwise the potting soil will stick together because of the moisture, pulling on the roots, and they will be torn when you loosen the soil.

In fact, loosening the soil in autumn is for those gardening friends who find it a hassle. A better care method is "repotting and changing the soil." Only this can ensure the flowers grow more healthily. It is just that repotting and changing the soil takes more effort. Not only do you have to take the plant out and check the roots, you also have to mix the nutrient soil yourself, which is quite troublesome. Then again, only by being diligent when growing flowers can the flowers grow sturdy. Autumn is a good time to repot; if you don't do it now, you can only wait until next spring.

The purpose of repotting is to reduce root rot, and everyone must take it seriously.

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

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