No Matter How Cheap These 2 Kinds of Flowers Are at the Flower Market, Don't Buy Them - They'll Wither and Die Once You Get Them Home

Potted flowers and plants have become part of everyday life for many people. They don't just beautify the home environment, they also lift your mood, and tending a few plants when you have spare time each day is naturally a nice way to pass the time. People who grow flowers often have a favorite place to go: the flower market. Every time you go to the flower market, you get drawn in by all kinds of beautiful plants and flowers, and you end up spending a bit of money to bring a few pots home. But for beginners at growing flowers, buying flowers is a skill in itself. After all, some flower vendors at the market won't necessarily tell you the truth, and you don't want to buy a plant only to have it wither and die once you get it home. This is especially true of the "2 kinds" of flowers below - you need to be on your guard when buying them.

Flowers and Green Plants Sprayed with Brightening Agent

With foliage plants, what you're looking at is the plant's lush green leaves. If the leaves are yellowing or dull and lackluster, no one would take them home. But some green plants, in the large greenhouse environment of the flower market, will occasionally still develop yellow leaves. To make the flowers instantly look revived, besides needing superb flower-growing experience, some flower vendors will go so far as to use a chemical agent. This substance is the so-called "brightening agent," also known in the trade as brightener. Its advantage is that it makes plant leaves more glossy. Its drawback is that it only makes the leaves look better for a short time, but over time it blocks the leaves' respiration, and the leaves will gradually develop rotten holes.

How do you tell whether a potted flower has been sprayed with brightening agent?

When you go to buy flowers, you can check two details to see whether brightening agent has been sprayed. First, touch the plant's leaves with your hand. If the leaves feel noticeably smooth, or feel slightly greasy, that means the plant has been sprayed with the agent and should not be bought. Or just ask the vendor directly what's going on. Second, check the shine of the leaves. With most plants, such as pothos, spider plant, money tree (Pachira aquatica) and clivia (Clivia miniata), if all the leaves have roughly the same level of shine and don't reflect light, that means no brightening agent has been sprayed. If the top leaves are shiny while the leaves at the base of the pot are dull, that means some leaves have been sprayed with brightening agent, and you should not take it home.

Flowers and Potted Plants That Have Just Been Repotted with New Soil

When buying flowers, always remember: don't casually buy the ones that have just been switched to new nutrient soil, because these flowers are very likely ones with rotted roots or trimmed roots, or ones whose potting soil had become compacted and caused yellow leaves and dropped flowers. The vendors at the flower market had no choice but to quickly switch them to a new pot and soil. And when we buy flowers, we can only see the leaves and stems, not the root system. Nor can we ask the vendor to dig up the soil to check. So as long as a flower looks like it's in new potting soil, it's best not to buy it; it's better to buy ones that aren't in new soil. Or repot with nutrient soil on the spot.

The 2 situations mentioned above are both very common. When flower lovers buy flowers, they just need to pay a little attention. Don't buy a flower and then have it develop yellow leaves or wither and die once it's home. Of course, if a flower bought from the flower market develops yellow leaves within a few days, besides being cheated, whether you're caring for it properly yourself also matters a great deal.Generally, for a flower you've just brought home, be sure not to rush to "change the pot and soil", as changing it means it dies. It's best to wait until after a month or two of care before repotting. And repotting should also be done in a suitable season, such as spring and autumn each year.

In short, whether buying flowers or growing them, you have to put your "heart" into it, and only then will they thrive more and more!

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