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How Not to Water Indoor Plants: These Mistakes Even Professionals Make
15.12.2023 19:40
Watering can be called a fundamental procedure that is used in the process of caring for plants.
For this reason, most of the problems that owners of “green pets” may encounter are somehow connected with watering, or more precisely, with errors in its implementation, says Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication “BelNovosti”, agronomist and landscape designer, who listed them.
Water quality control
If unpretentious plants like ficus or fern do not show you their “fi” in case of using tap water, then other “individuals” will definitely demonstrate their dissatisfaction – with their appearance.
Remember, the best option for watering indoor plants is rain and melt water, as well as distilled or reverse osmosis filtered water.
Insufficient watering
As a result of this mistake, the plants will lose turgor, which means that their leaves will wither or even fall off. Again, it depends on the viability of the flower, whether it will be able to cope with a short-term drought, or it will be fatal for it.
Overflow
If you forgot to water your plants for a while, do not rush to replenish all the missing liquid at once.
As a result of excess water, the roots cannot breathe. For this reason, choose pots that have a drainage hole, and do not forget to promptly get rid of water that has flowed into the trays.
Previously we wrote about how to properly water orchids .
