Even If These 3 Kinds of Flowers at the Flower Market Are Dirt Cheap, Don't Buy Them - You Simply Won't Keep Them Alive at Home
As more and more people take up growing flowers, business at the flower market is getting better and better too. There is a dazzling array of flower varieties, and sometimes buyers are so spoiled for choice their eyes glaze over. But often a plant that looked lush and green at the flower market dies just a few days after you take it home. What is going on here?
It turns out there are tricks at the flower market too. Many small vendors play sly games with their flowers, and the plants we buy end up looking bright and fresh on the surface only, while in fact they simply cannot be kept alive. Huahua knows that if you go to the flower market to buy flowers, there are 3 kinds you should not buy no matter how cheap they are, so you don't get fooled!
1. Those whose leaves look glossy and reflective
When we grow plants, we always want them to bloom profusely with glossy leaves, so when we go shopping at the flower market we feel an inexplicable fondness for plants with shiny leaves. But many of the plants with glossy leaves at the flower market have been treated by artificial means. If the shine is glossy enough to reflect light, don't waste your money buying them!
That is because these plants that look glossy and reflective have been sprayed by the seller with a brightening agent. As the name suggests, a brightening agent is used to make plant leaves look brighter, but when this solvent is sprayed on the plant's surface it forms a waxy substance, and over time this affects the plant's respiration, so it cannot absorb nutrients and its growth naturally runs into problems. So here is a reminder to everyone: don't buy plants that are excessively glossy!
2. Those that feel too light when you lift them
Anyone who grows flowers knows that a pot of flowers, plus the pot and the soil, is generally not very light in weight. But many flowers at the flower market feel surprisingly light when you lift them. Unless the volume is quite small, that means someone has tampered with it. Nowadays many unscrupulous sellers like to put foam at the bottom of the pot to replace part of the soil, which saves on cost and naturally brings in higher profits. But if a flower lover buys one and doesn't check it, and then waters and fertilizes and cares for it as usual, keeping it alive is simply impossible.
3. Those that have just been repotted in nutrient soil
When we go to the flower market to pick out flowers, we see some that have just been repotted in nutrient soil. At this point quite a few flower lovers, to save trouble, choose to buy a few pots of these freshly repotted ones. What they don't realize is that plants that have just been repotted in nutrient soil are very hard to keep alive. That is because repotting a plant has requirements regarding season and temperature, and some plants may die as soon as they are repotted. So next time you see one that has just been repotted in nutrient soil, be sure to choose carefully.
Right now there really are plenty of tricks at the flower market. If you like buying flowers there, you had better keep your eyes open. If you know of other tricks used by unscrupulous sellers at the flower market, you are welcome to share them with Huahua in the comments section.