3 misconceptions in flower-growing secrets that you must avoid

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People who grow and love flowers often look at some flower-growing secrets and tips. Some are indeed very practical and save us a lot of money on growing flowers, but some of the flower-growing "secrets" you believe in may contain one misconception after another. Xiaoye will explain them in detail for you.

Misconception one: watering flowers with leftover tea can supplement nutrients

Although leftover tea can loosen the soil and raise the soil's pH, it can also cause flowers to turn yellow and even die. The correct approach is to let the leftover tea leaves decompose before watering the flowers with them, otherwise it will also attract insects. Flower lovers must not listen to only half of it; this also includes rice-washing water and soybean water, which must all be decomposed first, otherwise you would be better off not using them at all.

Misconception two: if a plant is sickly and weak, apply some fertilizer and it will quickly recover

Many flower-growing tips mention that if a plant is sickly and weak, it is because of insufficient fertilizer, and applying some fertilizer will make the plant strong again quickly. This is completely wrong. When a plant is sickly and weak, its metabolism and photosynthesis are both weak. Fertilizing at this time cannot be absorbed, and instead increases the burden and causes fertilizer burn.

In addition, some people think that the more fertilizer you apply, the faster the plant grows. In fact, fertilizer is not better the stronger it is; light fertilizer applied frequently is best.

Misconception three: flicking cigarette ash into the flower pot to sterilize and promote growth

Many people say that cigarette ash is a good material for growing flowers, and that as long as cigarette ash is not flicked onto the plants, it will not harm them. Actually, this is not the case. Cigarette ash contains a large amount of alkaline substances, while most plants are suited to growing in weakly acidic soil. Flicking cigarette ash into the flower pot will only make it harder and harder for the flowers to adapt to the soil, leading to their final withering.

The correct approach: collect the cigarette ash, and once you have collected enough, pour it into an airtight container, add some water and some vinegar, and adjust the pH to neutral. After soaking for 1-2 weeks, add this nutrient solution when spraying water. Spraying this nutrient solution, which contains relatively high potassium, is beneficial to plant growth.

There are also many flower-growing "secrets" that everyone believes in which are actually wrong. Flower lovers should not blindly trust them, so as not to kill their flowers. In fact, if you want to grow flowers well, decomposed fertilizer, nitrogen fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer can all be replaced by it. One bag of special microbial fertilizer for flowers can replace them all. It is green and safe, and many professional flower growers use it.

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