4 Must-Know Flower Care Tips for Beginners
Let's talk about the introduction of green plants and flowers for the four essential flower care tips that every beginner must learn. Next, the editor will introduce some information to the netizens.
With the New Year approaching, many flower enthusiasts are preparing to buy potted plants to decorate the festive atmosphere. However, for some beginner flower enthusiasts, buying a potted plant is simple, but taking good care of it is not an easy task. So, what are the techniques for raising potted plants? Here are four tips for新手 flower enthusiasts to care for potted flowers, hoping to help you.
Essential Techniques for Caring for Potted Plants
The techniques that are crucial for the survival of potted plants mainly include the following four aspects.
1. Watering - Watering is one of the essential care techniques that directly affects the life and death of potted flowers and is unavoidable. It can be said that 80% of potted plants die from watering. People who care for flowers often say: "Three years of watering skill!" This shows how difficult it is to master watering.
When we ask our predecessors for watering techniques, the answer we often get is only four firm words: "Water thoroughly when dry!" So, what does "dry" mean, and what does "thoroughly" mean? For most beginners, these four words are very difficult to fully understand.
My personal experience is that when the top 2-3 cm of the potting soil dries out, it's time to water. This condition applies to any type of flower. This is the most effective way to avoid overwatering. Moreover, this level of dryness will not cause the plant to dry out too much. No matter what type of plant it is, if the top 2-3 cm of the potting soil is dry, it will not reach the point of dying from dryness.
This is the simplest standard for judging plant watering. Of course, if you want potted plants to grow well, you must adjust the amount of water based on the season, the growth rate of the potted plant, and the water affinity of various plants. This is what we call the "skill" of watering for three years. Here, we will not elaborate further. Everyone can gradually explore this in their own care process.
2. Light Control
Different plants have different light requirements. Some plants enjoy sunlight, while others cannot be exposed to direct sunlight. If you don't know how to distinguish, some shade-loving plants, such as green vines, white palms, red palms, and other green plants, can easily be sunburned if directly exposed to strong sunlight.
Before buying plants, you should consult the boss about the light requirements of the variety or search online for related variety information and care points.
3. Fertilizing
If you want potted plants to thrive, fertilizing is indispensable. However, many beginner flower enthusiasts don't know how to fertilize, and they are even less aware of how to control the concentration of fertilizer water, often causing fertilizer damage to the potted plants as soon as they fertilize.
Different plants have different fertilizer tolerance levels. When fertilizing, you should first check the recommended concentration of the fertilizer and use a more diluted fertilizer than the recommended concentration, which is relatively safer. For example, with "Flower More 1," the recommended concentration is 1000 times, and in practice, we can use a concentration of 1200-1500 times, which is relatively safer. This is because the potted plants we raise may not be very strong, and their fertilizer tolerance may be weaker. If we follow the recommended concentration, it is easy to cause fertilizer damage.
4. Temperature Control
Temperature also has a huge impact on the growth of potted plants and can even directly affect the life and death of the plants. For example, buying green plants in winter can easily lead to frostbite and freezing to death.
Therefore, when buying potted plants in late autumn and winter, it is recommended that you avoid buying green plants, as most green plants are not cold-tolerant. Low temperatures in winter can easily cause frost damage, and severe cases can lead to freezing to death.
When buying flowers, you should try to buy seasonal flowers. In autumn and winter, you can buy some seasonal flowers like orchids, cyclamen, longevity flowers, cattleya orchids, begonias, and narcissus, which are easier to care for.
The above is a comprehensive introduction to the four essential flower care tips for beginners to say goodbye to plant killers, hoping to bring some knowledge about green plants to green plant enthusiasts.