Overdosing on Fertilizers for Houseplants: Main Symptoms
As you know, plants need fertilizer for active growth and lush flowering.
However, an excess of nutrients in the soil can lead to a sad ending, assures the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
At the first stage, the plant roots are burned by the burn. At the second stage, they become unable to absorb moisture, which is why the situation is aggravated by root rot.
Due to a series of diseases, the flower's immunity decreases and it has no strength left to fight for survival, as a result of which the green pet dies.
You can understand that you have overdone it with fertilizing if the plant has stopped growing.
Another telling sign is the shedding of buds and flowers.
In some cases, yellowing of leaves and paleness are observed, while in others, on the contrary, the foliage becomes excessively bright, and the shoots become unnaturally thick.
Finally, you can judge that something has gone wrong by the black tips of the leaves. As a rule, they appear at the second stage, but can also occur when the root system is burned.
