Is it good to apply liquid fertilizer to flowers too concentrated? Effects of excessive concentration you need to know
Whatever it is, there is a limit; you cannot be too freewheeling and without rules. As for whether it is good to use liquid fertilizer that is too concentrated on flowers, here is the answer below.
Applying liquid fertilizer at too high a concentration often causes the branches and leaves of flowers to turn yellow and wither, and can even kill the whole plant. What is the reason for this? Because under normal conditions, the concentration of the cell sap in the plant's root hairs is greater than the concentration of the soil solution, and thus the two have different osmotic pressures; at this time the soil solution can continuously seep into the root hair cells, and the root hairs can absorb water and nutrients from the soil to supply the growth and development of the flowers. If the liquid fertilizer is applied at too high a concentration (its concentration greater than that of the cell sap), the opposite phenomenon occurs, that is, the cell sap instead seeps into the soil solution, causing the root cells to lose water and triggering plasmolysis, and in severe cases causing the plant to wilt and die. The principle is similar to pickling vegetables at home: put salt and vegetables into a water vat, and before long the salt water becomes diluted and the vegetables become wilted. This phenomenon mostly occurs when too much chemical fertilizer is applied; a similar phenomenon also occurs if composted liquid fertilizer is applied too concentrated. Therefore, the concentration of chemical fertilizer solution for potted flowers must not be too high; generally about 0.1% is appropriate. When applying composted liquid fertilizer, it should also be diluted 5 to 10 times to be safe.