Sugar: the best winter dressing for Indoor flowers. Learning to feed properly together

The other day my friend called me and asked to come to her on urgent business. When I entered the room, I immediately noticed the depressed state of her indoor flowers.

Some of them stretched out, and their foliage became pale, some - completely dropped their leaves and looked like an autumn garden. I asked her why she doesn't feed them.

The friend replied that she had read that in winter the plants are in a dormant period and cannot be fed. I had to explain to her how to care for plants at home in winter.

Should the plants be disturbed during dormant periods?

Indoor plants need constant care. Whether in winter or summer, they need attention and nutrition. And my friend is right about not giving plants much energy to grow in winter.

That is, they do not need to apply nitrogen fertilizers, which could cause a strong increase in green mass, but due to the lack of light, they stretched out and spent a lot of energy.

But you still need to fertilize them, because except from a pot, they have nowhere to take nutrients!

So what way can you find so as not to overfeed the flowers in the house, but also prevent them from reaching a state of exhaustion?

The best kind of feeding

Sugar is best for winter feeding. Yes, plain white granulated sugar. Dissolved, it decomposes into simpler sugars - glucose and fructose.

It is glucose that is necessary for indoor plants as a source of organic matter, a building material for cells, strengthening blood vessels and obtaining energy.

Having received such a "tasty" food, plants better tolerate the lack of heat and light.

How to feed properly

To prepare fertilizer, you must:

· 0.8 liters of warm water;

1 tablespoon of sugar;

1 gram of dry yeast.

This mixture is infused for about half an hour and then applied under the plants. Yeast is essential for the absorption of sugar. Indeed, in order for plants to be able to carry glucose through their cells, carbon dioxide is required. This is what yeast gives.

The frequency of feeding

Sugar should be fed no more often than once every 20 days. And after top dressing, make sure that the soil is not too wet and acidic. It is necessary to loosen it after watering in order to increase air access to the roots.

Sugar dressing should be done regularly. They are especially popular with large plants, ficuses and cacti. But, other indoor flowers will not refuse to "sweeten" their winter life.

That's the whole wisdom of using sugar for indoor plants. You can do top dressing right now and mark on the calendar that the next one will be in 20 days.