The Correct Way to Water Spray:
About the function of watering, are you still watering potted flowers? Please see the detailed introduction below for related experience in flower planting.
Many flower friends have the habit of watering potted flowers, and it's not clear where this method of growing flowers comes from. However, such scenes can often be seen on TV, with the elderly taking a spray bottle to water the potted plants on the balcony, making the leaves of the flowers wet, as if it had just rained.
I think everyone should feel that watering flowers is a good thing for the growth of potted flowers, right?
There is a friend like this. I gave him several potted plants, and I didn't see him water them. Instead, I often saw him spraying water on the potted plants with a spray bottle. In his mind, spraying water equals watering, which is of course wrong.
What is curious is why do people like to spray water on potted plants? Is it really good for potted plants?
Let's talk about this issue today.
The Functions of Water Spraying
First of all, let's analyze what functions watering potted plants can achieve.
1. -- Increase Air Humidity --
Watering potted plants can indeed increase air humidity to some extent because the water sprayed is in the form of mist, and the evaporation of excess water can also increase air humidity.
2. -- Clean the Leaves --
During the maintenance of potted plants, there will definitely be dust on the leaves. If a lot of water is sprayed, it can indeed clean the leaves to some extent. However, if the amount of water is not enough, or if the water sprayed does not have pressure, it is difficult to achieve significant cleaning.
Moreover, when the leaves are wet, it is easier for dust to settle, and watering may also cause the accumulation of dust.
3. -- Increase Interest --
Increase interest in life. People who enjoy spraying water on potted plants are definitely very passionate about life and have a strong interest in living.
In modern popular terms, it is about "showing one's presence."
After all, we can't keep too many flowers at home, and most people who keep many flowers don't often spray water on potted plants. Because they don't keep many plants, the time required for regular maintenance is relatively low. So what should they do when they have nothing to do? They have to find something to do. If watering is not possible, then spray water, play around, and enjoy the hobby.
So is it really good to spray water on potted plants?
Water spraying is not as good as we imagine for potted flowers. In fact, many potted plants do not need to be watered, and some cannot be watered.
First of all, watering potted plants can increase air humidity, but most potted plants do not require high air humidity, only some green foliage plants like high air humidity.
For example: Epipremnum aureum, Chlorophytum comosum, Monstera deliciosa, Spathiphyllum, and Zamioculcas zamiifolia, etc., watering is beneficial for the growth of these plants.
For some plants that love sunlight, most of the time, watering is completely unnecessary. Watering not only fails to have a good effect but may also cause excessive humidity, leading to diseases or burns.
For example, roses. If you often spray water on roses, it is easy to cause diseases such as black spot and powdery mildew.
Also, if you spray water on plants in strong sunlight, the remaining water droplets on the leaves can easily cause the leaves to be burned.
For some plants with hairy leaves, watering can be even more fatal.
For example: Sinningia speciosa, Plectranthus coleoides, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Begonia, and African Violets, etc., these plants have hairy leaves. After watering, excessive humidity and difficulty in evaporation of moisture can easily cause leaf rot and even lead to the death of the plant.
Some plants' flowers should not be watered, such as the common cyclamen. The flowers of cyclamen can easily rot and mildew after being watered.
The Correct Water Spraying Method:
Water spraying is not beneficial for most flowers, but can have some risks. For some indoor foliage plants, it is more useful, so we also need to apply it appropriately in the process of growing flowers, rather than spraying water on any kind of flower.
If you want to increase air humidity, in addition to directly spraying the foliage of foliage plants, it is recommended that you do not directly spray water on the leaves of other potted plants, but change to spray the air around the potted plants.
Spraying the surrounding air can also increase air humidity but does not cause the problem of moisture residue and excessive humidity on the plant leaves, thus avoiding diseases caused by excessive humidity.
Have you learned the correct posture for watering potted plants? If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
In the maintenance of potted plants, it is difficult to avoid diseases and pests. So how should we deal with them correctly? Please continue to follow tomorrow's sharing.
The above sharing about the functions of watering and the correct watering method is provided for everyone's reference and operation.