Flowers - what could be more beautiful? Perhaps that is why we are summer residents, we grow them not only on our own garden plots but also at home. It is especially pleasant when snow sweeps outside the window, and beautiful flowers bloom on the windowsill in the room, isn't it?

Today I propose to talk about important nuance, without which it is problematic to grow healthy, beautiful ones - about natural dressings. And if in the country we always fertilize the plantings, then when it comes to home flowers, some top dressings are neglected. But in vain.

When to feed

Home flowers should be fed much more often than we sometimes think. This need is caused, first of all, by the limited area of ​​plant nutrition. And even if your flowering pet grows in a large, spacious pot, this does not mean that it lacks minerals. The plant in any case strongly depletes the earth, therefore, it needs additional feeding.

Part of the way out of the situation will be a periodic transplant into a new nutrient soil substrate. But the supply of nutrients contained in this very substrate will be enough for about two months, but not for six months or a year, as many beginner flower growers believe. And after these very two months, the plant, especially if it begins to bloom or actively grow, must be fed. The only exception will be specimens that have entered a dormant period: they temporarily do not need additional nutrition.

The signal that you need to urgently start feeding home flowers will be the following signs:

• slow growth;
• weak elongated stems;
• pale, slightly colored, excessively small, drooping leaves;
• unwillingness to bloom;
• low resistance to diseases, yellowing and dropping of leaves, the appearance of various spots on them and other signs of ill health.

Of course, it is better not to bring green pets to such a state. Therefore, let's talk about what natural fertilizers we can use for our pets, and how exactly.

Sugar

Perhaps the most popular natural fertilizer for feeding indoor flowers - ordinary sugar. Yes, yes, it is sugar, I did not make a reservation!

Who first guessed to use it as a fertilizer for plants, history is silent, but we can successfully use it to feed our own flowers.

What are the benefits of sugar supplements?
We remember from chemistry lessons that sugar breaks down into fructose and glucose. The first one is useless to us, but the second, that is, glucose, performs 2 functions at once. First of all, it serves as a source of energy for all life processes of plants (respiration, absorption of various nutrients, and so on); secondly, glucose is a building material necessary for the formation of complex organic molecules.

True, there is one caveat: glucose is an excellent builder only if it is well absorbed, which, in turn, requires carbon dioxide. With insufficient concentration carbon dioxide sugar from a builder will turn into a food source for mold, root rot, and so on. Therefore, together with sugar dressings, it is very desirable to use one of (for example, "") - such a combination will be 100% good.

How to feed plants with sugar?
To prepare top dressing, dilute 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar in 0.5 liters of water, or simply sprinkle sugar on the ground in flower pot and then water.

How often can you use sugar for top dressing?
Such top dressing of home flowers should be resorted to no more than once a month, so do not overdo it.

When feeding house plants, do not overdo it-everything is good in moderation

Sugar or glucose?
Instead of sugar, you can also take ordinary glucose, which is sold in a pharmacy - such top dressing will be even more effective. One tablet of glucose should be diluted in a liter of water. It is also necessary to water or spray the plants with “glucose” water no more than once a month.

drunk coffee

An excellent fertilizer for all home (and not only) flowers - it is all the more convenient because it does not need to be specially prepared. Just after drinking a cup of fragrant drink, do not pour coffee grounds, and mix it with the earth in a flowerpot.

Thanks to this simple technique, the soil will become looser and lighter, the acidity of the soil will increase, and there will be more oxygen in it.

What flowers love coffee?
When using spent coffee as a top dressing for home flowers, remember: the increase in soil acidity does not work well for all plants. And do not forget about the green pets in the flower garden: this fertilizer will benefit:

• all kinds;
• and other evergreens.

Not just coffee...
For dressing home flowers, they often use not only sleeping coffee, but also tea brewing. Unfortunately, it can give not only a positive, but also a negative effect. Undoubtedly, such additives will make the soil in the flower pot looser, but do not forget that black flies (sciarids) simply “adore” tea leaves in the soil, so be careful.

Citrus and other fruits

The peels of tangerines, oranges and bananas can turn into an excellent fertilizer for houseplants. True, for this they will have to “conjure” a little.

To prepare fertilizer from citrus fruits, their peel must be crushed, filled by about a third liter jar and top up with boiling water. Having insisted on such a “citrus” fertilizer throughout the day, we take out the peels, again bring the water in the jar up to a liter in volume, adding clean water and water our flowers.

Fertilizer from banana peels is prepared in approximately the same way: grind them, fill a liter jar to half and fill it to the top with water. We insist for a day, after which we filter, discard the peel, and fill the jar again to the top clean water.

Unlike citrus fruits, it can also be mixed directly into the ground substrate. When transplanting house flowers, add some pre-shredded and dried banana peels to a pot of nutrient soil. Over time, they will rot and feed the plants with microelements, which will favorably affect the growth of green mass.

And from the zest of citrus fruits and banana peels, you can prepare a nutritious mix for feeding plants. To do this, crushed zest and banana peel (in equal proportions) fill a third of a three-liter jar. Add 2 teaspoons of sugar, pour everything warm water, let it brew for 3 weeks in a warm place. From time to time, the nutritional mix needs to be shaken, but don't worry - a very decent aroma comes from it :) After the specified time, you will get a light yellow cloudy liquid that is perfectly stored in the refrigerator. For top dressing, it must be diluted with plain water 1:20 and safely used once a month.

Ash

The benefits are underestimated by many, but in vain. After all, it contains potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc and even sulfur.
Moreover, potassium and phosphorus are in a form easily accessible to plants, which makes ash one of the the best fertilizers for flowers.

How to use ashes for dressing home flowers?
To feed the flowers, the ashes can simply be mixed with the soil when transplanting plants. So you will not only make the soil substrate more nutritious, but also disinfect it, so that the roots damaged during transplantation will definitely not rot. And you can also prepare liquid top dressing from it: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of ash is diluted in a liter of water.

Yeast is an excellent growth stimulant for house flowers

Did you know that yeast can be used not only to make delicious kvass and yeast dough? It turns out that they can be used to make an excellent stimulating solution for plant nutrition.

Yeast-natural growth stimulator

By the way, unlike most fertilizers home cooking have been repeatedly studied by scientists. As a result, it was proved: thanks to them, the activity of microorganisms in the soil increases sharply, there is a rapid mineralization of organic matter and the release of carbon dioxide is significantly enhanced. Therefore, top dressing of plants with a yeast nutrient solution is equated to top dressing with a complete mineral fertilizer.

How to prepare a nutrient solution from yeast?
To prepare top dressing, dissolve 10 g of yeast and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar in 1 liter warm water. If there is no ordinary yeast at hand, you can also use dry ones, taking 10 g of dry yeast and 3 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar per 10 liters of water. Regardless of which yeast you use to prepare your nutrient solution, let it sit for about 2 hours before using. Then dilute with clean water in a ratio of 1:5 and water the plants.

onion cocktail

Such a familiar and beloved onion, without which it is simply impossible to imagine our cuisine, can be successfully used not only in cooking. A "life-giving" cocktail made from will favorably affect the growth of all domestic plants without exception - after all, it contains a complete set of trace elements.

How to make an onion cocktail?
There is nothing complicated in preparing an onion peel cocktail, the only nuance that needs to be taken into account is that it cannot be stored for a long time, so this top dressing must be prepared anew each time. So, to prepare an onion cocktail, you need about 50 g of onion peel, pour 2 liters hot water, bring the broth to a boil and, after boiling for about 10 minutes, let it brew for three hours. After the broth has cooled, strain it and spray the plants.

Humus

- a truly universal fertilizer, which is used with equal success both for feeding plants in the garden, and for feeding indoor flowers. That is why many flower growers rightly believe that better fertilizer you simply will not find: nutritious and easily accessible, it has a lot of advantages.

However, humus is different from humus: if the main qualities of the varieties of this fertilizer are approximately the same, then different houseplants as top dressings are strictly preferred. certain types. For example, palm trees, citrus fruits, and love humus based on bird droppings, the effect of which is much higher than that of fertilizing with mullein. This is due to the fact that bird droppings are several times more nutritious than mullein. That is why apply it to fertilize most indoor plants need to be very careful, using only for large and fast growing species.

Before using humus with bird droppings, it should be diluted with water (10 g per 3 liters of water) until a liquid of a faint, cloudy greenish tint is obtained, and before fertilizing the flowers, the potted soil should be slightly watered with ordinary water.

To feed the rest of the indoor flowers, it is best to use it, for example, by adding it to the ground substrate during plant transplantation. Leaf humus contains a number of elements necessary for plant nutrition. In addition, it significantly affects the structure of the soil, improving it at times.

You can also feed the flowers with humus based on cow (pig and so on) manure, for which 100 g of humus is diluted in 10 liters of water.

Using humus for feeding home flowers, be prepared for the fact that for some time a not very pleasant smell will come from the pots, which will disappear within a few hours. There will be no smell only if you use humus prepared using accelerated technology, which does not contain weed seeds and pathogens. True, it is not recommended to use it as liquid top dressing, it is better to mix it with the ground during plant transplantation, using it as a baking powder for heavy soils.

Vegetable decoctions

The use of decoctions fresh vegetables for top dressing it is doubtful enough, but many believe in the miraculous effect of such an unusual fertilizer, arguing that a decoction of vegetables is very nutritious for domestic plants and can only benefit them. Whether this is so, I personally can’t say - this top dressing did not affect my flowers in any way, but I could be wrong. I will be glad if you convince me.

aquarium water

Ordinary aquarium water can be an excellent alternative to purchased fertilizers. It contains a large number of substances that perfectly stimulate the growth of plants, it is very soft, with a neutral pH. But it is recommended to use it for top dressing only in spring or early summer - when the plants begin to actively grow leaves and shoots. But starting from the middle of summer, it is better not to use aquarium water for fertilizing home flowers.

Again: everything is good in moderation, so you need to feed the plants with aquarium water no more than once a month, otherwise a lot of microscopic algae, once in the soil of a potted flower, will multiply greatly, as a result of which the soil will turn green and sour.

succinic acid

Succinic acid is obtained after processing natural amber, has a mass useful qualities, due to which it is widely used, including for dressing home flowers.

To prepare a nutrient solution, dilute 1 g of the drug in 5 liters of water. This liquid can not only be watered, but also sprayed with houseplants. Especially love such dressings, citrus fruits, ficuses, haworthia, prickly pear and fat women. Please note: you can use succinic acid for dressing home flowers no more than once a year, otherwise you risk getting the opposite effect.

besides the 10 most popular fertilizers for home flowers, there are several more options that are used less often, but, according to their supporters, are no less effective:

• filtered water left after washing meat and fish, is also considered a good flower fertilizer. True, I could not find scientific confirmation of this fact. Maybe you are luckier? If you are already convinced of the miraculous power of such dressings, please tell us about it in the comments;

• some flower growers use to feed home flowers cereal washing water: buckwheat, rice, millet and so on which contains iron, silicon, phosphorus and magnesium;
• eggshell, according to many lovers of home flowers, is also very useful. It is buried in the soil during plant transplantation, the water that is used for irrigation is insisted on it, but whether it is actually top dressing is a question. Yes, it contains a large amount of calcium, but it is practically inaccessible to plants, and then what is the use of it? Moreover, a very limited number of indoor flowers differ in love for calcium, and its excess in the soil only contributes to the fact that chlorosis begins in plants. So it turns out that the benefit eggshell as a fertilizer is very doubtful, except that it can be an excellent drainage;

• toothpaste and tooth powder can also become fertilizers for house flowers. To prepare a mix with tooth powder, you need 3 tbsp. spoons of powder, 3 tbsp. spoons wood ash and 1 tbsp. spoon blue vitriol dilute in a liter of water. It is not required to insist this fertilizer, it can be applied immediately after preparation. You can make fertilizer with toothpaste very easily and quickly: dissolve a third of a tube of toothpaste in 1 liter of water. Such top dressing will give nutrition to the roots of flowers, as a result of which the plants will become healthier. appearance.

And the last thing: before using fertilizers for home flowers, remember a few simple rules:

• do not feed plants transplanted into new soil earlier than after 2 months, because fresh soil also contains nutrients, an excess of which will only lead to the death of a green pet;
• before fertilizing, spill the soil with plain clean water, this will help you not to destroy them if the fertilizer is concentrated;
• all weakened or diseased plants must be fed very carefully, using a fertilizer solution of a much lower concentration for this purpose;
• no need to fertilize all year round, home flowers need fertilizer only in the spring-summer period.

When using various fertilizers for home flowers, try not to overdo it, because everything is good only in moderation, and an excess of nutrients will disrupt the even development of your plants and can cause their death. That is why top dressing should be correct and as balanced as possible, only in this way they can be beneficial.

Well, it seems that I have listed all the most popular natural top dressings for home flowers, although I may be wrong. Maybe I did not mention the fertilizer that you successfully apply? Please tell us what you use to feed your houseplants, and why?

People who carefully take care of a small garden on the windowsill, for the most part, are well aware of the characteristics of their pets, their preferences in soil, fertilizers and irrigation regimen. But not everyone knows how to feed indoor flowers in winter. And therefore, mistakes are sometimes made that lead to growth retardation, lack of flowering, or diseases of the inhabitants of window sills. Our article is designed to help you avoid such missteps and help you choose The right way maintaining your plantings.

General feeding rules

Before we figure out how to feed indoor plants at home, let's recall how this is done in principle. There are not many rules, but it is worth remembering them.

1. Top dressing is not applied to dry land! Even in a diluted state, they can burn the roots. First, the plant is watered in a slightly smaller volume than always, and only after a couple of hours fertilizer is given.
2. It is better to feed flowers in the evening, when active solar exposure subsides, evaporation is less and the flower can fully receive
3. Do not violate the recommendations for diluting fertilizers. More than prescribed by the instructions, the plant will not be able to absorb top dressing, and it is quite possible to burn the roots.

When not to fertilize

There are often situations in which top dressing is strictly prohibited or, in any case, strongly not recommended. Firstly, this is the period or time of attack by its pests. First, this problem is solved, and only after complete recovery do they begin to carefully and carefully maintain the weakened flower.

It is not necessary to fertilize only purchased plants: during their industrial breeding, so many stimulants and minerals are introduced into the soil that they need time to master the existing top dressings. The first time you can feed such flowers only after a month, when they will surely take root in your home.

You need to pause after the transplant. If you have correctly selected the soil, it contains everything necessary for the survival and comfortable well-being of the plant. In addition, the roots are damaged during relocation, even if you were extremely careful. Fertilizers in such a situation will not only not be absorbed, but can also harm.

There are also special rules about how often and how to feed indoor flowers in winter: during this period, plants are especially vulnerable, so we will talk about this in detail and separately.

When fertilizer is needed immediately

If you rarely remember that plants need nutritious soil, that they cannot survive on water alone, then over time you will observe the sad consequences of your forgetfulness:

• flowers stop growing or growth slows down very much;
• the stems are strongly stretched, become thin, brittle and weak;
• the leaves become small, pale, lose their color and droop, they are often shed or the appearance of unhealthy spots;
• theoretically refuse;
• plants almost do not resist diseases (if you regularly have to treat them, it's time to think that you are doing something wrong).

If you find such symptoms, you will have to fertilize as quickly and gently as possible, otherwise you risk being left without a home garden. If starvation is noticed out of season, you will have to rack your brains over how to feed indoor flowers in winter at home so that weakened plants can absorb fertilizers. In summer, spring and autumn, you can use universal top dressing as usual.

Refinements for the winter

Most flower growers believe that plants should not be fertilized in the cold. But professionals think that this is not entirely true. Of course, the frequency of application of fertilizers changes, in no case are growth stimulants given; and before feeding indoor flowers in winter, you will have to think in advance and change the composition of dressings. However, you should not completely stop supporting, especially if there are flowering plants. Nevertheless, they spend a lot of energy on flowering and draw everything that it can give from the earth. So such specimens feed normally until they fade.

It is enough for the rest of the plants to give fertilizers in a much lower concentration (it is halved) and much less often. Once a month will be enough - and so on until spring.

It also depends very much on the variety of the plant how to feed indoor flowers in winter. Lily, for example, is resting during this period. If it has been living with you for more than a year, then the above-ground part of it dries up, and the underground part is gaining strength. The pot is placed somewhere cool, it simply maintains soil moisture until spring. If you just planted an onion (in autumn), then it is settling in a new place, and you should not stimulate it with anything until March. The same considerations apply to all flowers that have a pronounced dormant period.

How to feed indoor flowers in winter: folk remedies

Many generations of plant growers who cared about the health of their pets have come up with a significant number of “recipes” for how to feed indoor flowers in winter as gently but nutritiously as possible. The most successful are the following:

1. Juice of the well-known aloe. A teaspoon of this substance is diluted in one and a half liters of water. Once a month, it is used as a top dressing. Suitable for all plants.
2. Infusion of pomegranate and citrus peels. You have to wait for days. Suitable again for all colors.
3. Banana skins, infused for the same time.
4. When washing cereals (buckwheat, pearl barley, millet, rice), do not pour out the water, but use it for irrigation. The perfect mild fertilizer! The same applies to the water in which dried peas were soaked.
5. If the house has an aquarium, the water from it (when changing) is used to water the plants. Then chemical fertilizers will not be needed.

getting ready in advance

In order not to guess how to feed indoor flowers in winter, you can do something ahead of time. During spring transplant you can go for some tricks that will provide your plants with everything they need until the spring. They will also help a lot if it becomes necessary to transplant in the fall.

1. Forest soil. It must be taken under the oaks, only upper layer. For a year, all that is contained in it is enough.
2. When transplanting flowers that prefer acidic soils, chopped fern is laid at the bottom of the pot.

When choosing how to feed indoor flowers in winter, remember that they need soil of different acidity. Do not add egg shells to plants that need an acidic environment, and coffee grounds to those that love alkaline.

Indoor plants always bring joy, peace and comfort to the home of any person. In order for the flowers to be healthy and beautiful, they must be looked after. The main component of care - timely and proper feeding fertilizers. In response to these actions, flowers generously endow their owner with rapid growth and abundant flowering.

Since the nutritional area of ​​\u200b\u200bhouseplants is limited to the outside of the pot, they need fertilizer like no other. Without them, flowers quickly deplete the soil and take away all the nutrients from the soil, as a result, nothing remains for further good growth.

To date, there is a huge variety of fertilizers for indoor plants, each of which has a certain benefit for flowers.

The organic ones are all that is created by nature itself.

These include:

• humus
• mullein
• bird droppings
• animal urine
• compost and other plant and animal residues

All organic supplements are of great benefit. They are contain all the necessary substances for nutrition and healthy growth.

Without organic dressings minerals cannot be absorbed independently. Therefore, they should always be combined together.

Phosphoric

This is one of the most popular types of mineral or, as they are also called, "chemical" fertilizers. They contain such important substances as ammonium and calcium salts of phosphoric acid.

Phosphorus is needed for proper nutrition indoor plants, improves metabolic processes, promotes metabolism, reproduction and division. Without phosphate fertilizers photosynthesis cannot take place. Phosphorus is of particular importance for fruits and flowers.

In addition, phosphorus helps the development of the root system, increases resistance to harsh weather conditions and diseases.

natural

When it is not possible to buy specialized complex top dressings, despite the fact that their effectiveness may have a dubious result, natural ones come to the aid of flower growers, which can be prepared at home on their own with their improvised means.

In addition to the fact that such additives do not incur material costs, they have proven themselves well, and their positive effect has been tested for years.

natural fertilizers can be made from a variety of products and media, for example, food and their waste, remnants of processed raw materials. Various decoctions of vegetables and herbs, fruits serve to increase immunity, growth and strengthening of flowers.

Sugar

Experienced flower growers often use sugar as a top dressing. For example, cacti and ficus just need sugar and glucose, which is obtained as a result of the breakdown of sugar.

Glucose helps form complex molecules that serve building material for plants, and it also serves as a source of energy.

To feed green plants with sugar, you can dilute it in water and sprinkle them with sweet water or sprinkle granules on the ground and then water. This procedure should be carried out once a month.

Aspirin

Medicines can also be used as fertilizer. For example, a solution of one aspirin tablet and one liter of distilled water applies as a leaf spray.

It helps boost immunity.

vitamins

As a rule, vitamins are drugs bought in a store that have chemical composition. Exist different kinds vitamins, each of which is aimed at solving certain problems or complex restorative.

They include nitrogen-containing fertilizers needed for the growth and development of greenery, potash- for budding, fruits and immunity. Phosphate- contribute to reproduction, metabolic processes and strengthening.

The use of all vitamins must be strictly according to the instructions so as not to harm the flowers.

drunk coffee

Drinking coffee is considered a good supplement. And most importantly, it does not need to be prepared, it is enough to take the remnants of processing from the drunk drink and mix them with the soil.

Method increase the acidity of the soil, will make it loose and saturate with oxygen.

Citrus and other fruits

Zest of tangerines, oranges and lemons serves as an excellent fertilizer. To do this, fruit skins are poured with boiling water and insisted for a day. Water the flowers with the resulting solution.

It boosts immunity and promotes rapid growth. The same can be done with any fruit skins.

Ash

Ash contains many useful elements, such as potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, iron and sulfur. Therefore, it is rightfully considered one of the best.

The ash is mixed with soil or dissolved in water for irrigation.

Yeast

To stimulate plant growth, it is necessary to apply yeast supplements. Consisting of hormones and vitamins help tissue regeneration and cell division.

To cook on your own, mix 10 grams of yeast with a spoonful of sugar and a liter of water.

onion cocktail

onion peel solution able to accelerate and improve growth any plant.

Making your own food is very easy. The husk is poured with boiling water and insisted for several hours. After that, they spray the soil.

This is a universal fertilizer that is used for home and garden. It can be dissolved in water and used to moisten the soil, or applied neat by mixing with the soil.

Vegetable decoctions

Decoctions in which vegetables, such as potatoes or carrots, have been boiled, can be used for flowers. In them contains sugar which is useful to them.

Any vegetable broth should be diluted with water before watering the bushes with it.

aquarium water

Aquarium water with particles of decay products from fish will well replace purchased fertilizers. It contains many substances useful for growth, it soft and has a neutral pH balance.

The optimal time of application is the stage of active growth, in most plants this is spring.

succinic acid

The substance that is obtained as a result of processing amber is called succinic acid and can be used as a fertilizer. The acid contains substances useful for growth and immunity. You can buy the product at a pharmacy.

You can use succinic acid no more than once a year.

Eggshell

Crushed eggshells help strengthen the green friend. The resulting powder is mixed with soil or infused in water for several days, and then watered with flowers.

banana peel

In banana peel lots of magnesium, phosphorus and potassium. These substances are necessary for flowers for proper and high-quality growth. An infusion is made from the skins, and then used for irrigation.

Garlic

If the plant is weakened and outwardly looks untidy, you can put a clove of garlic into the soil. After a few days, the flower will improve its appearance.

Aloe juice

Aloe and its juice are used not only for medicinal purposes, but also as a fertilizer.

To prepare top dressing, dilute a spoonful of juice with a liter of water. The tool is universal and acts to improve the condition of plants as a whole.

tea leaves

The brew left from tea has a great effect on the appearance and enriches the soil useful substances needed for flowers. tea leaves poured over the soil and left to rot.

Fertilizer for flowers

When caring for home flowers, do not forget about top dressing. They only need to be entered healthy plants during the growth period.

Any flower reacts positively for such procedures. In contrast to vegetable crops, for example, additions can be made more frequently and more. The focus of flower fertilizers is more diverse than for others.

While vegetables are fertilized only to form a richer crop, houseplants are fertilized to improve appearance, to help bloom, develop greenery, brighter color, and for other decorative purposes.

How to water flowers for rapid growth and abundant flowering

Any flower in the apartment exists for decoration, and only then to purify the air. In order for the decorativeness of the flower to be at its best, plants grew fast and bloomed a lot use the following fertilizers:

1. Nitrogen
2. phosphoric
3. organic
4. vitamins for growth

What to fertilize in autumn

The period in autumn is very important for plants, many of them go into a dormant state at this time and their further growth depends on how they survive this time.

To prepare and strengthen them before winter, organic fertilizers are needed, for example, manure, humus and ash.

What to feed in the winter and is it worth it

Since many plants hibernate in winter, they do not need to be fertilized at all.

But there are plants that remain active throughout the year. They need nitrogen fertilizers at this time, as well as vitamin complexes for immunity.

Folk remedies

Since ancient times, people have learned to use folk remedies for fertilizing plants. For example, using the usual garlic can improve the appearance of the plant, and eggshell strengthen stems and roots.

Various vegetable broths will help growth, and the ash left from the fire will increase immunity.

DIY supplements

In the absence of store-bought ones and if you want to make them yourself, you can help flowers using tools such as:

1. Prepare vegetable decoction
2. Use crushed eggshells
3. Fertilize with tea leaves or sleeping coffee
4. Fortify with Aloe juice or aspirin and sugar solution

Thus, almost all the fertilizers necessary for flowers you can cook by yourself.

When do plants need to be fed?

Indoor flowers themselves give signals to their owner about the lack of fertilizer.

These “calls for help” include the following symptoms:

1. Yellowed or fallen leaves
2. Spots on trunk and leaves
3. Growth arrest
4. No flowering
5. thin stem
6. pale plant color
7. Frequent flower diseases

In addition to these phenomena, one should not forget that all plants need to be fed during the period of active growth- This is the spring and summer period.

Basic rules for fertilizing indoor flowers

Any grower must learn the rules:

1. Do not fertilize dormant flowers
2. The less light, the less fertilizer consumption
3. Do not fertilize unrooted flowers
4. Use additives only on the basis of their purpose.
5. The younger the plant, the weaker the feeding
6. Do not apply to dry ground
7. Consider the composition of fertilizers depending on growth stage

If you apply fertilizers correctly in accordance with their purpose, then the plant will always thank you with the splendor of forms and bright generous flowering.

Every gardener dreams of big harvest vegetables: so that the carrots are large, cucumbers are crispy, beets are sweet, tomatoes are juicy, broccoli are with large inflorescences. Fruitful success can be achieved through the appropriate feeding of vegetables. When do vegetables need top dressing and how to fertilize them? Here, each plant has its own schedule.

Tomatoes need a nitrogen-type fertilizer, especially when the fruits begin to form. You can also feed the tomatoes with humus and biohumus. But phosphorus fertilizers are undesirable: when it is cold outside, tomatoes do not absorb such top dressing well.
The first time you need to fertilize tomatoes when planting seedlings: humus or biohumus is mixed into the ground, decorated with holes. The second fertilizer - 2 weeks after the first: it should be a solution of mullein or bird droppings. The third dressing of a vegetable - also with mullein or droppings - is carried out 2 weeks after the second. Then continue to fertilize with mullein every 2 weeks.

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cucumbers

These vegetables are very whimsical: they need to be fertilized during each watering. The first top dressing of cucumbers is during sowing seeds in the ground. At this time, 10 g of nitrophoska or 500 g of humus per meter of furrow should be added to the ground.
The second fertilizer - after the appearance of two leaves of the plant. Mullein or bird droppings must be mixed with the ground. The third fertilizer is also made with mullein or bird droppings. Such top dressing is needed when the plant blooms. Then the cucumbers are fertilized with droppings or mullein every 5 days.

You need to be very careful with beets: if you fertilize this plant with nitrogen fertilizers, the vegetable will accumulate a large amount of nitrates. The first time the beets are fertilized before sowing: they give nitrophoska to the soil (20-30 g per 1 sq.m).
You can fertilize the beets a second time when two pairs of leaves appear above the ground. Here you will need foliar top dressing with humates with microelements. The third dressing of the vegetable is 20 days after the second, also foliar.

Carrot

In no case should you fertilize carrots fresh manure: This will deform the roots of the plant. In addition, because of the manure, the carrot fly can damage the carrots.
The first dressing of carrots is needed after the first leaf grows. During the loosening of the earth, you need to mix nitrophoska with it - 1 tbsp. l. per 1 m row of carrots. The second top dressing is exactly the same as the first, in a month. The third top dressing - again with the help of nitrophoska, a month after the second. Fertilize carrots every month until autumn.

The best fertilizers for ordinary cabbage- organic. Therefore, the first time the cabbage is fertilized during planting (humus is mixed into the wells). The second feeding is possible approximately 2 weeks after the first. Either mullein or chicken manure is brought into the aisles, and fertilizer is planted in the ground.

Further, such fertilizers are repeated every 2-3 weeks. The last time cabbage is fertilized at the end of August with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers. 10 g of potassium sulfate superphosphate will be needed for 1 sq. m cabbage ridge.

Cauliflower and broccoli

In order to get a crop with large cauliflower or broccoli inflorescences, you need to fertilize these plants with nitrogen, boron and molybdenum. The first feeding of these vegetables is during planting seedlings in the ground: humus must be added to each hole (50 g each).
10 days after the first fertilizer, a second one will be needed. For him, you need to take a solution of mullein and chicken manure and seal it in the ground. After 10-15 days - repeat (third cabbage fertilizer). Before inflorescences are formed, it is also necessary to have time to carry out foliar top dressing with micronutrient fertilizers.

Zucchini, zucchini, squash

In general, these plants are known for their unpretentiousness. But during sowing, it is better to add 2-3 g of nitrophoska to each well. You can replace nitrophoska with humus (50 g per well), but this fertilizer must be mixed very thoroughly with the soil.
The second fertilizer - after 3-4 leaves grow. You can fertilize at this time with mullein or litter. The third top dressing (also with mullein or droppings) will be needed when the plant blooms. Then zucchini, squash and zucchini can be fed with droppings or mullein every 10-15 days until the end of the growing season.

Eggplant

It will not be possible to grow eggplants in poor soil: this plant loves soil rich in minerals, black soil. The first top dressing is needed for eggplant during planting in the ground: it should be nitrophoska (2-3 g per hole) mixed with the ground.
Two weeks after the first fertilizer - the second. Here it is better to use fermented mullein or bird droppings. The third fertilizer is during the formation of eggplant buds (fermented droppings or mullein). The fourth top dressing is with fermented droppings or mullein, after harvesting the fruits. And so - until the end of the fruiting of the plant.

Pepper

Pepper is better to fertilize little by little, but often. Feeding peppers with large doses of fertilizer can ruin the entire crop. In the case of peppers, as with most vegetables, you need to choose a nitrophoska for the first top dressing. During planting, it is necessary to add 2-3 g of nitrophoska to each well and mix with the ground.
The second top dressing is needed by the plant 2 weeks after the first. It can be rotted mullein or litter. The same fertilizer should be used for the third top dressing during bud formation. Further, the pepper is fertilized with mullein or fermented droppings after each harvest.

The peculiarity of this vegetable is that it does not tolerate fresh organics very well, therefore, onions need to be fertilized only with fermented droppings or mullein. Feed for the first time onion stands after the appearance of two green leaves. 10-15 g of ammonium nitrate are added to the row spacing per 1 sq. m beds.
The second onion fertilizer is when 4 onion leaves grow. Fertilize with fermented manure. No more fertilizing onions.

Garlic

The first time you need to fertilize garlic is in the fall during planting. To do this, use 2 tbsp. nitrophoska per 1 sq. m beds. If you plant garlic in the spring, then use ammonium nitrate (1 tablespoon per 1 sq. M). After 2-3 weeks, top dressing must be repeated - fertilize the land with fermented mullein or droppings. The last top dressing for garlic planted in the spring will be needed in mid-May.

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Indoor plants delight the eye with fresh greenery and bright colors, they decorate any interior, make the atmosphere in the house or office cozier and more positive. But decorativeness and aesthetics are far from the only functions of a home flower garden. Indoor flowers can be of great benefit, sometimes they are simply necessary indoors. But, like people, plants need food: proper feeding is the key to health and flowering. Fertilizers for indoor plants can be mineral or organic, they are purchased in specialized stores or prepared independently.

Absolutely all indoor plants need regular fertilizer.

Top dressing for flowers grown in indoors, are necessary, since the conditions here are not in themselves optimal. They need to be adjusted and supported by various additives to ensure lush flowering, good growth and development. Without top dressing, it is difficult for some specimens to survive a frosty winter or a dry summer.

Fertilizers for indoor flowers are selected individually, it is impossible to say which one is the best and most effective. This will be the composition that is suitable for a particular variety of indoor plants. At the same time, it is very important not only to choose it correctly, but also to apply it so that the plant receives everything it needs, but does not suffer from an excess of nutrients.

Let's take a closer look at which fertilizers are suitable for certain colors, and how to use them correctly. We will also study fertilizer recipes for indoor plants that can be prepared at home.

How to feed cacti

Cacti are popular with many home gardeners. And if we are talking about landscaping an office or an office, then they are simply necessary. Many believe that fertilizers for indoor plants of this species are not needed: cacti are unpretentious in care, do not die from drought, and do not require frequent soil replacement. But if you do not choose an effective nutritional composition for these crops, they will not develop well and fully, and even more so - bloom. IN flower shops you can buy ready-made mixtures for succulents. And you can prepare fertilizers for indoor plants yourself. Experienced flower growers recommend this composition.

1. Prepare an alcohol mixture - for this, 10 ml of food (not technical, this is important!) Is diluted in 10 ml of drinking water.
2. Then one tablet of any multivitamins (for example, Vitrum, Complivit) is dissolved in the resulting mixture.
3. Add 10 ml of sugar syrup (or molasses) and urea here.

Top dressing for cacti and succulents is prepared using multivitamins.

In the resulting mixture, a tissue swab is impregnated and all growth points of the home cactus are treated. In this way, it can be fed only if the thorns have already made their way. For seedlings and "children" it is better to use a different composition based on a solution of vitamin B6 or B12.

How to care for violets

Violets are very delicate flowers, quite capricious in their care, therefore, fertilizers for plants of these varieties must be selected with great care. Many people like violets, but not everyone decides to get them precisely because of the difficulties in caring for them. In inexperienced flower growers, violets either die or grow very slowly, rarely bloom.

There is little secret, which will ensure good flower growth and a great appearance. Fertilizer for indoor flowers at home can be prepared from ordinary banana peel. For this you should:

• dry two banana skins in the oven or on the battery;
• cut them into large pieces, put them in a container and pour 1.5 liters of warm water;
• insist for several hours - you can all night;
• the resulting infusion is filtered and used for watering plants, diluted in equal proportions with water.

Flowering houseplants (violets, orchids) can be fertilized using banana peels.

If you start feeding the violet with an infusion of banana peel immediately after the release of the buds, it will very soon please you with large and beautiful flowers to the envy of all the neighbors.

What fertilizer do roses need?

If the florist sets out to create a beautiful flower corner at home, he will not be able to resist the temptation to decorate it with indoor miniature roses. This ornamental plant Not in vain is considered the queen of flowers. Roses are a win-win option to decorate window sills and shelving in the house. But they are capricious, require a lot of attention and regular feeding.

What a rose needs to bloom and not get sick:

• convenient location, where there is a lot of warmth and natural light- best on the southern windowsill;
• regular watering, but without abuse - this is the main rule in caring for a rose at home;
• soil recharge, intensive fertilization of the soil and plants.

Foliar top dressing for indoor roses are carried out in the form of spraying the leaves with Epin diluted in water.

Roses need both foliar top dressing and root. Ready-made can be added to spray water mineral fertilizer from the store "Epin". One ampoule of this top dressing is diluted in a liter of water, the liquid is poured into a spray bottle and the plant is carefully treated. This should be done at least once a month. And if the rose is stressed after moving or transplanting, then you can spray it more often.

For root dressing, any compositions that are offered in stores for garden roses. But only concentration ready solution should be twice as small. The most popular and effective fertilizers are: "Pokon", "Weaving", "Garden of Miracles", "Good Power".

How to feed deciduous houseplants

If you are already planting flowers on the windowsill, then you definitely need to add a sprawling fern or luxurious dracaena to your home collection. There are many types of indoor plants that are bred not for the sake of flowers, but for the sake of very beautiful leaves.

These are a variety of palm trees, creepers and ficuses, asparagus, chlorophytum and ivy. And for them, too, there are fertilizers. Nitrogen top dressing will help to quickly revive the flowers, make them brighter and thicker. It is best to use solutions based on liquid vitamins B6, B12. Until the plant comes to life, you need to spray it with such mixtures at least twice a week. As soon as the appearance improves, it is enough to feed him once a week.

Also for top dressing decorative deciduous plants suitable solutions and compositions:

• store-bought mineral or organic mixes containing potassium;
• aquarium water;
• cooled potato broth;
• water left after soaking or boiling cereals: rice, buckwheat, barley or oats.

Such top dressings are especially needed and effective in winter period when the plants receive little light and the air temperature is lowered.

Fertilizers for medicinal plants

In what house do you not see a pot of aloe, kalanchoe or golden mustache on the refrigerator or windowsill? This tradition originated in the Soviet period, when various medicinal tinctures, ointments and rubbings based on these plants were in vogue.

Today it is supported by adherents of alternative medicine, and it should be noted that both aloe and golden mustache can be very useful. In particular, aloe and kalanchoe are used to treat colds, rhinitis and sinusitis, problem skin, and poorly healing wounds. But the golden mustache is able to work wonders for articular pathologies, arthritis, arthrosis, and sciatica.

For aloe, not only properly selected top dressings are important, but also suitable soil. It should be loose enough and pass air well. Its basis is turf or leaf ground, to which a little peat, expanded clay is added, charcoal. Watering aloe is not often needed: in winter once every three to four weeks, and in summer - as the earthen clod dries up.

Aloe or Kalanchoe need organic fertilizer such as manure or bird droppings.

Aloe needs to be fertilized about once a month. If the leaves of the plant are to be gathered for cooking medicines, top dressing is stopped 1.5-2 months before the planned collection. Use better mixture organic type:

• manure or bird droppings - one part is diluted in ten parts of water;
• eggshell - the raw material is poured with water so that it covers it completely, and left for three days. Then the liquid is drained and used for irrigation;
• banana peel - first the skin is dried, then ground in a blender or coffee grinder, diluted with two parts of water and insisted for a day. You can combine an eggshell infusion with a banana mixture and fertilize with this composition of aloe.

Aloe itself can also be used to treat and fertilize other indoor plants. To do this, it is enough to squeeze the juice from the fleshy, old leaves and dilute it with water.

Golden mustache is recommended to be fertilized with mullein or chicken manure, if it is possible to purchase them. IN winter time for top dressing, you can use a mineral solution - Agricola Green Belt or Sotka. Do this not more than once every 1.5-2 months.

How to feed trees and shrubs grown in pots

In offices, restaurants, hotel lobbies, spacious living rooms, you can find miniature fruit trees and shrubs in tubs. What fertilizers to choose for such crops so that they do not get sick, grow well and bear fruit?

• "Ammofoska" - 25 g.;
• wood ash - 25 g;
• water - 5 l.

It is necessary to mix the dry ingredients, then dilute them with a little water and stir with a mixer. After that, pour in the remaining water, leave the mixture to swell for several hours, stir again with a mixer before use. It is necessary to water the soil in a tub with a tree until it is well moistened throughout the entire depth.

Large indoor plants are fed using complex mineral fertilizers.

Without top dressing, indoor plants cannot fully grow, and even more so - beautifully and for a long time to bloom, bear fruit and multiply. But their excess is also fatal. You should not uncontrollably water indoor flowers with nutrient compounds, especially of mineral origin. Only by following the rules of care for each individual type of indoor plants can you create a lush and attractive flower garden in your home greenhouse.