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The failure of almost 75 percent of all the plants that eventually find their way to the dustbin can be traced to the over-indulgent housewife who is ever ready with the watering can. Strangely enough, it is misguided kindness on the part of the householder to feel that the plant needs a little something almost every time he or she has a cup of coffee. Much of the damage can be also be attributed to the oft-repeated advice, ‘Drop it in a bucket of water,wait be sufficiently moist’. To ones mind ‘sufficiently water logged’ would be a better interpretation of the plant’s condition.
This treatment may be all very well for the dry azalea, hydrangea, or even the house plant of the aphelandra type which has been allowed to become cery dry, but for the majority of plants it is not advisable. In the greenhouse, however, where moisture in any shape or form is a blessing on a hot day,plunging pots in a bucket of water can have its advantages.
Intelligent questioners say they have purchase a particular plant and would appreciate being told exactly how often it will require watering, and one get the impression that an exact answer of 10:15 am on Tuesday and 3 pm on Friday would be quite acceptable.But such a reply would be ,of course , be ludicrous.Plants are very much like human beings, and , as with humans, no two identical plants reared in smilar conditions would require exactly the same treatment in respect of food and liquid nourishment.
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So what is the answer? First, there is little doub that it is best to err on the side of dry conditions rather than wet and with the average house plant, to allow the compost to dry out a little between watering. Bear in mind that roots in a permanent wet compost become lazy and inactive, there being no need for them in forage in search of moisture. An active root system is perfect anchor for well-furnished plants, and healthy roots are much more capable of withstanding the indifferent treatment that many indoor house plant are often subjected to.
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