Foliar Feeding African Violets
What spray fertilization?
Spray fertilization on plant leaves, but not to the roots. Non-root feeding can be a powerful stimulus for growth of plants, leaves take up to 95% of the nutrients in manure. Root eating much less.
Why do leaves a channel?
There are many cases where the non-root eating very profitable:
To perk up wilted or damaged plants, whose roots in poor condition
If too varied and white, non-root eating fish emulsion or other nitrogen fertilizer will be high? Green up to? leaf
For a new leaf stems, spray fertilizing plants helps child development. Baby plants have almost no root system, so that the spray fertilizers provide nutrients to help build a strong root system.
Show plants can also benefit from additional food to improve leaf
As the foliage Feed
Choose a fertilizer that is recommended to spray fertilizer. Use 1 / 8 up to? teaspoon per gallon of hot water. Your dispenser should provide a good, even spray. Mist the entire plant easily, early in the morning, the leaves can be dried with low temperature at night sets in. If the water accumulating in the middle of the plant, a place with dry cloth.
There are no leaves to feed more than 2 times a week and not at the hot months, when the more active the soil bacteria.
Spray fertilizing advantage can be seen 2-3 week.