How to fertilize a rubber plant? Fertilizing position and care precautions
The rubber plant's leaves are bright and glossy, it looks beautiful, and it has the effect of filtering dust. If you want to grow a rubber plant, fertilizing is key; if the nutrients cannot keep up, naturally it will not be able to grow. This is the fertilizing technique for rubber plants!
Rubber plant fertilizing tips:
(1). Summer is the peak growing season for rubber plants. Because of the high demand for water and fertilizer, it is necessary to appropriately increase the amount and frequency of fertilizing. Phosphate cake water can be mixed with phosphorus-potassium liquid fertilizer. It can be applied once every 2 weeks, together with watering.
(2). In spring and autumn, it is usually applied once every 3 weeks, together with watering, which can make the rubber plant stronger, with thick and green leaves.
(3). Change the pot every year in early spring, otherwise the nutrients in the soil will be depleted, which is not good for the plant's growth. Changing the pot ensures that the potting soil is fully nutritious. It can make the rubber plant grow fuller.
(4). The rubber plant is a heavy-feeding plant, but attention should be paid to the application of nitrogen fertilizer. Excessive nitrogen fertilizer will cause leggy stems and affect the plant's appearance.
(5). Rubber plant seedlings need to be given decomposed liquid fertilizer once every 20 days.
(6). After it goes dormant, fertilizing the rubber plant should be controlled, or even stopped entirely, which helps the rubber plant survive the winter.
The rubber plant learns to fertilize this way, with thick branches and bright leaves! Fertilizer is generally applied at the roots, without touching the leaves, otherwise it will damage the leaves! Do not touch the root hairs either, as it will also harm the root hairs!
Potted rubber plants are used in indoor greening environments; their leaves are thick, and the leaves are broad and glossy, and they can purify the air. If you want your rubber plant to grow well, you must learn the fertilizing technique. Let's take a look!
Rubber plant care tips:
(1). When the rubber plant is producing new leaves, its demand for nutrients is very high at this time. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the amount of fertilizer; a quick-acting compound fertilizer balanced in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium can be used to balance the nutrition.
(2). Dilute half a portion of compound fertilizer with 500ml of water, and apply a top dressing once every 15~20 days during the growing season. When not fertilizing in the pot, the concentration and fertilizing frequency can be increased once every 1~2 weeks. Apply top dressing once to ensure the plant's growth; the fertilizer can be reduced into fertilizer water, poured into a spray bottle, and sprayed on the plant as fertilizer.
(3). When fertilizing a rubber plant, do not apply too much nitrogen fertilizer, as it will cause the plant to become leggy, with long stem segments, affecting its appearance.
(4). Rubber plants are not tolerant of raw manure and fertilizer, which will burn the seedlings' roots and is not good for the rubber plant's growth. In the season when the rubber plant grows slowly, fertilizing should be reduced or stopped after it goes dormant.
(5). When applying organic fertilizer to a rubber plant, it can be diluted with water and then watered on. It can be buried around the plant, avoiding the roots and stems.