HOW TO GET RID OF WHITE FLOOR AND MOLD IN FLOWER POTS?
White mold in a flower pot - not just an annoying nuisance It can kill a houseplant, and also - harm human health. How to get rid of her?
Where does potted mold come from??
Mold can appear for many reasons. Due to improper care, eg, watering with cold water. Or too much moisture in the pot. Because of, that there are many disputes in the air, which, at high humidity, begin to multiply rapidly and threaten not only the plant, but also to the household. Sometimes the reason can be trivial: there is no drainage hole in the pot, so the water stagnates. This leads to decay and death of the roots..
Mold starts to wither, since fungi prevent entry to the stems, leaves and flowers of nutrients and oxygen. And if you don't take action in time, then the houseplant may die.
On a note
Thinking wrong, that mold in a flower pot is only white. Sometimes it even takes on a black color. And this is especially dangerous. If mold comes out on the soil, you need to take action right away. After all, her fungi can cause not only allergies in humans, but also lead to lung disease. The best way – replace potting soil.
White mold is like table salt. But if it has a crystalline base, then the plaque from the spores can be easily rubbed with your fingers. You need such a flower 2 pour with acidified water once a month. Take 0,5 h. l. citric acid in a glass of water, thoroughly dissolve and irrigate the flower.
Sometimes the soil in the pot is covered with various stains from the application of fertilizers. Their growers are often confused with mold., but such manifestations of salts have nothing to do with her. They can harm the plant only if, if they penetrated deep into the soil.
What an unpleasant smell will indicate
Whatever color the mold is, if she performed on the ground, unpleasant immediately appears, specific smell. In this case, you need to analyze, is the diligence shown too much when watering the flower. If the plant is waterlogged, means, watering should be reduced.
Flower rescue measures
If the flower – vodohleb, it is necessary to alternate its watering with loosening. This will allow the plant to breathe., which will have a beneficial effect on the root system.
You can also remove the topsoil in the pot immediately.. And you need to have time to do it before, how the fungus gets to the roots of the plant. And add new earth, filling it with a natural bactericide: it can be sphagnum moss or charcoal.
Then you need to acidify the water with citric acid and wet the bottom soil in the pot well.. This procedure will stop the spread of the fungus..
After all these procedures, the soil in the pot can also be shed with a solution of "Fundazole": 2 d preparation of 1 l of water. By the way, this remedy should be sprayed on the plant itself, if it has been attacked by molds.
On a note
You can improve the soil in the following way. Get the plant out of the pot, and spill the earth with boiling water. Then place it on a baking sheet and bake it in the oven.. Treat the pot with a disinfectant. And only after that, plant a houseplant in the prepared soil again.
To prevent mold from growing in flower pots, you need to loosen the soil, feeding plants with wood ash or activated charcoal, once a month, treat the soil with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. You can also cut the garlic cloves and place them on the potted soil around the plant., changing every two days.
© Author: Lidia Iosifovna KUNITSKAYA, Vitebsk region, r. Orsha
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