Buy pots without drainage holes, check the wand humidity of the soil and water all the colors in one day - we tell you that you do not need to do that the plants feel well.
Listed bad habit in caring for plants in video
1 Buy pots without drainage holes
In stores for the house there are often very beautiful pots without any holes at the bottom. We are attracted by appearance, and we buy them for their home plants. However, there will be bad in these, as the drainage is needed even in moisture-loving plants. Through the hole at the bottom, the potted pot is exhausted. If it is not, wetlands and raw soil will not benefit any flower: his roots will quickly get. Therefore, it is worth abandoning the habit of buying beautiful but unsuitable pots.
2 Check the wand humidity of the soil
Popular advice, how to check the humidity of the soil in a pot, to stick in it a long wand. However, so you can bring much more harm than good. Many plants have a fairly fragile root system, so regular levels of moisture levels can damage it. Even if you do it very carefully, it is easy to disrupt the balance. Broke the earth with the same reason.
It is better to buy an inexpensive humidity sensor that will signal the lack of moisture in the soil. Usually it is plugged into the ground once and leave in a pot.
3 Water all plants in one day
A common habit is to allocate one day a week and water all plants immediately water. Often we do it on weekends, as free time appears. However, each flower in your apartment should have its own irrigation schedule. It depends on the type of plant, the substrate in which it is located, the magnitude of his pot and even location in the house, as a large amount of sun dry the soil faster.
It is best to make a schedule, you can even draw a table on paper in order not to forget to water the right plants. And on the weekend, when the time appears, check how much moisture is missing, what you need to transplant or cut. With this mode, they will feel much better.
4 worry because of each yellow leaf
Expect that living plants will always look perfect, quite difficult. They, like other organisms, are developing and susceptible to aging. Therefore, one should not once again experience due to the dropped or yellowed leaf. The habit immediately look for the problem and try to solve it will lead to the death of the plant. It is not necessary to urgently water it, make fertilizers or trimmed - all this may worsen the situation. Everything that is worth do, if you suspect the wrong - it is carefully watching the flower, while adhere to normal care.
5 Use automatic watering systems constantly
Automatic irrigation system is a remarkable solution that can be used during long trips and vacations. However, apply it on a permanent basis is a bad habit, it will not help solve the problem with regular irrigation. There are many factors that the system cannot take into account. Each plant in the house needs its irrigation schedule and different frequency. Set these parameters perfect for all colors will fail. Therefore, it is better to monitor watering yourself - so plants will feel better.
6 Pour water in a pot in a cup
Another habit that harms plants is to pour out the remnants of water from a cup or a children's bottle into a pot, and not in the sink. Many sorry to spend water wasted, so they think that an additional watering in the colors does not hurt. However, with this approach, plants can receive too much fluid or, on the contrary, to experience a shortage if you decide that such watering is enough. Ultimately, the flowers will die.
7 Trust advertising and bloggers
On beautiful pictures on the Internet or on professionally shot videos, indoor plants are often used as a decor. They put them in the frame to revive the image and add bright colors. However, most of the photogenic plants can not be kept in those conditions that we show.
Repeating the plot from the pictures at home, we often make a mistake: put flowers to the place where they will feel bad. For example, in the bright sun, they will receive burns, and in the corner of the living room they do not have enough light. Do not trust photos, it is better to study the peculiarities of a plant care and independently adapt it to your home conditions.
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