What to Add to Water for Watering Houseplants: Winter Tips

11.12.2023 09:10

Caring for indoor plants in winter requires special attention from the gardener.

If you do everything correctly, then every gloomy morning, ornamental crops will delight you with lush flowering or at least bright greenery.

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told what to add to water for watering indoor flowers.

Succinic acid

The product is inexpensive, and one tablet is enough to prepare a nutrient solution. It works without fail, stimulating flowering.

But besides everything else, feeding protects flowers from infectious diseases, stimulates growth, flowering and strengthens the root system.

Flowers
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To prepare, you will need 1 gram of succinic acid per 5 liters of water.

Stir until completely dissolved and use for treating flowers and watering.

Banana peels

This remedy can be found in any home. Banana peels are usually thrown away. But it is better to pour water over them (4-5 pieces per 1 liter of water).

The fertilizer is infused at room temperature for 3 days.

The concentrate must be brought to a volume of 5 liters of water, poured out and stored in a bottle.

Used for watering once a month.

They say that you can add a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide to this solution - this will enhance the effect.

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti

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  1. Succinic acid
  2. Banana peels