Five Unknown Habits of Potted Plants
The editor explains the experience of green plant maintenance concerning the five habits of potted plants that you may not know, and next, the editor will introduce to netizens.
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In the previous article, it was mentioned that different plants have different water preferences. How should we correctly understand this preference for water?
Let's specifically talk about the water preference of plants.
Water preference, simply put, is the varying degrees to which different flowers like water.
Just as many of us enjoy spicy food but each person has a different tolerance level, restaurants and hotels will provide a standard for the degree of spiciness, such as mild, medium, spicy, and extra spicy.
Plants are the same. Different plants have different preferences or tolerances for water.
For example:
Lotus, lotus needs to grow in water and cannot survive without it.
Copper coin grass, it can grow in soil as well as in water.
Rose, roses grow in soil and do not tolerate excessive moisture or drought.
Succulents, most succulents are very drought-tolerant.
From the water preferences of these four plants, we can roughly understand the concept of plant water preference.
Next, we will classify them based on different plant water preferences.
According to the different water preferences of plants, we can divide them into five major categories.
1. Aquatic Plants
Five Unknown Habits of Potted Plants
Aquatic plants generally refer to those that cannot leave water or must maintain very moist soil to grow normally. For example, lotus and water lilies.
When raising aquatic flowers, it is only necessary to keep water available, or at least the soil should be in a very moist state, such as a muddy consistency.
2. Hygrophilous Plants
Hygrophilous flowers require a relatively humid growing environment, and this humidity refers not only to the soil but also to the air humidity, meaning the entire growing environment must be very moist. For example: sweetflag, calamus, and Monstera deliciosa.
Those who have raised sweetflag know that it is necessary to place a water tray under the pot and often spray water to make the plant grow well. If the humidity is insufficient, the leaves can easily turn yellow.
When watering hygrophilous flowers, it should be "better to be wet than dry." However, attention should also be paid to "dry-wet cycles" and not let the hygrophilous flowers stay in water all the time, as this can also cause problems.
For hygrophilous flowers, spraying water around the environment is a very good method of replenishing water.
3. Drought-Tolerant Plants