Taking care of plants is therapeutic. Aside from its health benefits, plants can also improve your ambiance and producing oxygen. Growing your plants is fulfilling. Not only it will help you save money, but it is also environmentally beneficial to have plants around. It is an excellent natural ornament in your home to uplift the ambiance and give colors to your home. Plants are also giving off fresh oxygen for us to breathe and absorb harmful air.
Here are some elements to express your plants your tender loving care:
Grow Light
A grow light or a light plant is an artificial source of light to stimulate plant growth. These growing lights are specially created as substitute natural sunlight, stimulating photosynthesis, and providing the right color spectrum where the plant can grow and bloom. With the right fixture or bulb, you can have delicious tomatoes in the dead of winter or and beautiful blooms year-round.
Right Soil
It is advisable to get a soil that is specialized to the particular plant you are growing. An excellent indoor potting soil mix is usually composed of peat moss, vermiculite, and perlite. These soilless mixes take moisture remarkably well and resist compaction, but they can dry out very fast. During summer, you can get a soil that can absorb a lot of water to prevent your plants form drying.
Water
Houseplants mostly die from over-watering than from anything else. The best advice is always to check your soil and water only if it feels dry to a depth of half to an inch. When you do water your plant, drench the root ball until you can see some water seep out the bottom of the pot. This will ensure that the entire root ball gets moistened. Small pots will benefit from being soaked in water for about an hour, once a month.
Fertilizers
You need to be careful when you want to use fertilizer. You must do the necessary research to make sure that you maximize the benefits of using fertilizer and not the other way around. The most crucial thing is not to put too much. Always water your plants thoroughly before placing any fertilizer. Supplementing with an organic amendment such as liquid seaweed or fish emulsion, or a biostimulant, will provide some of the trace nutrients lacking in inorganic plant fertilizer. A top-dressing of compost or worm castings is another effective way to add organic nutrients.