How to water a potted plant?
About the small experience of watering this potted plant, please correct me if there is anything wrong!
How to water a potted plant? Different plants have different watering directions.
In the Aiwen Circle, some flower enthusiasts say: it's too difficult, the cutleaf cattleya managed to survive the summer, but why does it shrink in autumn? Cutleaf cattleya will enter a semi-dormant state in summer, and if the water is not controlled properly in summer, it is easy to cause root rot. This flower enthusiast's cutleaf cattleya was normal in summer, why did it shrink in autumn?
Observing the picture above, you can see that not all of this pot of cutleaf cattleya have become shrinked, but only one is shrinked, and the other leaves are in a normal plump state, and the potting soil does not look dry.
This can be judged that this pot of cutleaf cattleya did not become shrinked due to lack of water in the potting soil, but because the corresponding roots rotted and could not absorb water, causing the branches to lack water and become shrinked.
Presumably, it was because the flower enthusiast strictly controlled the water in summer, but after entering autumn, they thought that the cutleaf cattleya should resume growth and increased the amount of water, which caused some root rot.
This phenomenon is not uncommon, and many of our flower enthusiasts have had similar experiences, such as geraniums, which are well-cared for in summer and even keep flowering, but shrink in autumn. For example, the zonal geranium is fine in summer, but becomes shrinked with leaf drop after entering autumn.
This is all due to our early increase in watering amount when entering autumn. We think the plants have woken up from dormancy, but in fact, they may not have.
How to water a potted plant?
Therefore, at the beginning of autumn, for some plants that are dormant in summer, we should continue to control water and fertilizer for a period of time, and only increase the amount of water when these dormant plants show obvious signs of growth. This can avoid as much as possible the problems of root rot and black rot caused by misjudgment.
In addition to plants that are dormant in summer, plants that are in a period of vigorous growth in summer also need to adjust their watering after entering autumn. For example, the following pot of hanging basket.
It is obvious that root rot has occurred, and only a few branches are still alive. In summer, the plant is in a period of vigorous growth, and due to the hot weather and fast evaporation of water, a lot of water is consumed, so it may be necessary to water once a day.
But after entering autumn, the weather gradually cools down, the evaporation rate decreases, and the potting soil dries up slower. If we still follow the summer's schedule of watering once a day, the plant will quickly have problems.
For example, like the potted chrysanthemum, in summer, the potting soil dries up quickly and needs to be watered once a day. After entering autumn, the temperature drops, the potting soil dries up slower, and at this time, the amount of watering needs to be adjusted, possibly watering every two days.
If, due to black spot disease, the chrysanthemum loses all its leaves, the transpiration is reduced, and at this time, the potting soil may still be moist after three or four days.
Therefore, when watering potted plants, we must adjust the proper watering timing based on the actual situation. Especially when the seasons change, we need to pay more attention to timely adjustments, because the watering frequency experience we accumulated in summer may not be applicable in autumn. If we do not adjust in time, new problems will quickly arise.
That's all about how to water a potted plant. I hope this article can help you with green plant management!