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3 Mistakes That Cause Houseplants to Wither: Stop Making Them
06.03.2023 11:47
Updated: 14.04.2023 12:17
Have you noticed wilting flowers on your windowsill? Start correcting your mistakes in care immediately.
Create suitable conditions for plants to grow at home.
Caring for house plants
Plant care – rules that, when followed, create the most favorable conditions for growth, development, flowering and fruiting.
The basic rules for plant care are:
- in fertilizer;
- watering;
- weeding and loosening;
- protection from pests,
- pruning;
- treatment and recovery.
Mistakes in caring for indoor flowers
In the process of care, flower growers make 3 obvious mistakes, avoiding which will help to avoid ruining the flowers.
- Incorrect temperature. Each plant requires a certain temperature in the room. Select plants according to this principle so that they are comfortable in the same room. The optimal temperature in the room for flowers in winter is 18-20 degrees, in summer - 22-24.
- Excessive watering and fertilizing. Lack of watering and fertilizing, as well as their excess, will negatively affect the growth and development of plants. Consider these factors for each plant.
- Lack of protection from pests. Flowers will suffer from an invasion of pests, including aphids, spider mites, scale insects, thrips, whiteflies, sciarids, mealybugs. If pests are found on flowers, the plants are isolated from others and treated with an insecticide.
Benefits of Plants
Flowers bring significant health benefits, have noticeable healing properties, saturate the air with oxygen and destroy bacteria.
