We figure out how not to ruin your favorite plants and give them all the right nutrients correctly.

1 Forget about the schedule

A common mistake is to add additives to the soil spontaneously when remembered. In fact, it’s not so scary to delay with fertilizer. Much less useful for the plant is too frequent top dressing and a downed mode of using mineral and organic additives (usually they are introduced in turn).

How to make it better

Those who fertilize indoor flowers, you definitely need to have a notebook or make a separate note on your phone, where you can record each entry. It is also convenient to prescribe a schedule of watering and transplants, as well as to note when the plant was sick and how it was treated.

2 Measure the proportions by eye

Fertilizers are most often sold in liquid format. This is a concentrate of active substances that needs to be diluted with water before watering the soil. If this is not done or too little water is added, there is a risk of burning the roots.

How to make it better 

Do not ignore the instructions on the package. Buy a plastic measuring jug and a cup so it will be much easier to measure the right amount of water and concentrate. 

3 Fertilize the diseased plant

There is a myth that a diseased plant just needs to start feeding more actively and then it will defeat any fungus, bacteria or parasites by itself. In fact, this approach does not work: sick plants are weakened, so they simply cannot actively absorb top dressing.

How to make it better 

The diseased plant must first be treated, as well as find and correct the reason why the problem occurred. For example, unsuitable temperature conditions or irrigation regime. And only after that you can start feeding the flower so that it gains strength again. 

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