It is always said that watering flowers should be "dry and wet". What is dry and wet? What are the benefits of watering like this?

Many flower lovers don't know how to water flowers when they grow flowers, so they will read some articles on flower cultivation. It is often mentioned in the article that watering should be "dry and wet". For flower lovers who have just planted flowers, this term of flower cultivation is not easy to understand. What is dry and wet? Next, I will talk about my judgment, hoping to help the needy flower friends.

What is dry and wet?

Seeing dry and wet is a way of watering flowers, that is, we often say that the soil is dried before watering, not what we often say. Usually, what we call watering after drying, that is to say, watering after the soil surface turns white and the pot soil is 2/3 dry, has not reached the dry situation, so it is necessary to water the flowers. Moreover, it needs to be watered once when watering, and it is good to wait for the drainage hole at the bottom of the basin to flow out.

Generally speaking, we say that watering depends on drying and wetting, which is different from intermittent drying and wetting, because intermittent drying and wetting refers to watering after the surface of basin soil is dry. This watering method is suitable for flowers such as green radish, sorrel, smiling face and gardenia. In the vigorous growth period, that is, watering the pot soil after drying.

And what we call seeing dry and seeing wet can be said to be applicable to many succulent plants, as well as to many woody plants and some plants with succulent roots.

What are the benefits of using dry and wet watering?

Using the method of watering when dry and wet alternate can not only meet the need of water shortage of flowers, but also help the roots of flowers absorb more oxygen and make flowers grow better.

In addition, in the case of high temperature and high humidity in summer, watering by the method of seeing dry and seeing wet will not lead to high temperature and high humidity, various pests and diseases and root rot.

How to tell whether it is dry or wet?

Different flowers have different ways to judge whether the soil needs watering. Generally, we can do it by looking, knocking and weighing. We often say that waiting for the leaves of flowers to wither is like watering bougainvillea, waiting for the leaves of bougainvillea to wither. However, the fleshy leaves will wither and then water them. The second tap is to tap the outside of the flowerpot by hand. When a crisp sound is heard, it means that the soil in the flowerpot is about 2/3 dry and can be watered. The third step is to weigh the flowerpot by hand, because the flowerpot that needs watering will be much lighter than the flowerpot after watering.

How to water when dry and wet alternate?

If you want to water the flowers until they are wet and dry, you need to wait for two-thirds of the soil in the basin to dry before watering. Instead of pouring half the water, it will only make the surface of the pot soil wet for a long time, and the root system below will be short of water, which is not conducive to the growth of flowers.

There is also watering when the flowers are wet and dry, which is also related to the size of the flowerpot. In order to make flowers dry and wet quickly, it is necessary to choose suitable flowerpots for flowers, that is, we often say that big flowers use big pots and small flowers use small pots. The flowerpot for small flowers is too large, and the soil will slowly dry, which is not conducive to the growth of flowers. If this happens, you need to change pots and raise flowers in spring and autumn.

In addition, in the rainy season, or when the air is wet, reduce the number of watering, and don't let the basin soil be wet for a long time, resulting in stagnant water and rotten roots.

What other ways to water the flowers?

We watered the flowers, not only dry and wet, but also dry and wet. Dry and wet, and dry and wet have been introduced above. Let me talk about dry and wet.

The watering method of drying and pouring is mostly used in the dormant period of flowers, that is, watering the pot soil after drying. Because flowers grow slowly during dormancy, the demand for water will also decrease. Or for flowers with fleshy roots such as orchids and clivia, you can use the method of drying and watering thoroughly. Too much watering can easily rot the roots.

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It is always said that watering flowers should be "dry and wet". What is dry and wet? What are the benefits of watering like this? The above is Sister Rong's understanding and usage of seeing wet and dry. I hope I can help the needy flower friends. See you next time!