Growing flowers isn't just about watering; you need to control humidity well to grow them successfully

[59] If all you know about growing flowers is watering and nothing about humidity control, no wonder your flowers never thrive!

This is day 969 of Blue Demon's daily original article

Before today's article begins, first let me apologize to everyone. Due to the severity of Blue Demon's cervical spondylosis during this period, which has affected the shoulders and arms with soreness and pain, I can't type on the keyboard, so updates have been delayed somewhat. I'd like to say sorry to everyone here!

In previous articles we discussed the relationship between potted plant care and ventilation. Today Blue Demon will introduce the relationship between potted plants and humidity.

Potted plants and humidity

When it comes to humidity, many people's first reaction is air humidity. In fact, humidity doesn't only refer to air humidity; the humidity of the potting soil is even more important.

Potting soil humidity refers to the water content of the potting soil, which is directly related to watering.

In the previous chapter on watering, it was mentioned that if the potting soil stays in a moist state for a long time, it easily causes root rot.

This is because plant roots also need to breathe. Under aerobic conditions, plants oxidize and break down substances such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, thereby producing water, carbon dioxide, and releasing energy. Respiration is exactly the opposite process of photosynthesis.

If the potting soil is too moist and oxygen is insufficient, then the plant's respiration proceeds in an anaerobic or oxygen-deficient environment, and can only be anaerobic respiration, which can only partially break down organic matter and cannot fully decompose it, and will produce large amounts of alcohol molecules.

In other words, if the potting soil is too moist, the plant carries out anaerobic respiration, which is a fermentation process, and this easily causes root rot.

The above is the relationship between potting soil humidity and potted plants. Besides potting soil humidity, there is also air humidity.

The relationship between air humidity and potted plants

Air humidity refers to how much water vapor the air contains.

Air humidity has a great influence on plant growth, mainly affecting the transpiration of plants. And transpiration can also play a role in dissipating heat and regulating plant body temperature.

If the air humidity is too high, the transpiration of plants weakens, less water is lost, and this easily causes scorching of the plants.

In addition, air humidity being too high or too low will affect the opening and closing of the stomata on plant leaves. The opening and closing of stomata directly affect plant photosynthesis, so air humidity actually affects the entire life activities of potted plants.

If air humidity is too low, it will cause the leaf tips of plants to dry up, and it also easily triggers red spider mites.

So air humidity should be properly controlled. As for methods of controlling air humidity, Blue Demon will share them again in the future. Due to health reasons, the series of articles for flower-growing beginners will temporarily be updated up to here. Thank you all for your continued support.

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