Harmful tips for caring for indoor flowers

In my social media feed, there are always a lot of articles about a garden, a vegetable garden and indoor flowers, because I open such content with interest and am interested in this topic. That is why the algorithm recommends to me everything that is needed and not needed in this direction.

Don't trust bad advice

But sometimes you start reading, and you realize that the people who write this saw the vegetable garden only in the form of carrots and potatoes packed in nets on the supermarket counter. And indoor flowers for them are limited to a stunted cactus, bought to absorb radiation from a computer. Therefore, I want to warn readers not to use all sorts of advice that is sucked from the finger. There are serious resources on which they value their reputation and do not entrust writing articles to low-level copywriters. Although on the sites I previously respected, the quality also falls. You need to write something for the money to drip. And everything seems to have already been described. So let's go hype.

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My top 5 harmful tips for caring for indoor flowers

I want to give those things that I never do and I do not advise you to use them in your house for indoor flowers. I have tried all these tips in my long floriculture career and am fully convinced of their harmfulness. Let's start with more or less acceptable advice and end up with complete nonsense.

• Sugar water. I tried to water my plants with sugar water. It seemed to me that they were more cheerful, but at the same time a whitish crust appeared on the surface, and, of course, midges appeared. I do not advise. And if you do this, then you need to immediately cover it with ash or fresh soil.

• Banana peel infusion. It is said to be a super feed that causes abundant flowering and increases yields when fed to vegetables. I tried it a couple of times. The effect is one - the clouds of fruit flies, which readily multiply in this tincture. And also - the disgusting smell of excrement. No bloom is worth tolerating this smell. I also did not see any result for vegetables. The advice is not effective.
• Sleep tea. Tea dust from bags and tea leaves are poured directly into flower pots. It is believed that it loosens the soil, making it more airy. But, at the same time, he acidifies it, and acidic soil for plants is death. If it's a shame to throw away the tea leaves after use, then you can mix it with soil and use it in compost. But do not pour a thick layer into flower pots. The advice is not helpful.
• Ashes from cigarettes are allegedly a plant growth stimulant. I must say right away that I did not use this advice myself, and did not intend to. But somehow I visited the apartment where they do it. The flowers there were stunted, but the smell was just disgusting - as if the room had not been aired after 50 smokers. And it's mixed with a moldy smell. Horror. Advice is harmful.
• Water after thawing meat. Well, who came up with it? It must be understood that organic matter is processed in the soil by worms and bacteria, of which there is a minimum in indoor pots. And the smell... I guess nobody likes the smell of rotten meat.

This is my rating of bad advice. Therefore, I try to use ready-made fertilizers for each flower crop separately. They are cheap, and the effect is excellent. What do you think about this?