Whatever modern science has come up with. Florists can make their pets grow faster, receive more flowers or fruits. Biostimulants help root cuttings. These drugs can be bought. It is easy to make plant growth stimulators at home.
Phytohormones and their role in plant life
Phytohormones are substances produced by plants. Different groups are responsible for different processes in their body. So, auxins direct the formation of the root system and distribute nutrients. Gibberellins are responsible for flowering and fruit formation. Cytokinins regulate shoot growth.
For a long time people were not opposed to lead these processes, but they just didn’t know how. With the discovery of phytohormones, they got this opportunity. By studying their structure and mechanism of influence, scientists were able to create synthetic hormone substitutes. They, like natural ones, are divided into groups according to the principle of influence on the plant organism. These are plant root growth stimulants, and drugs that accelerate flowering and obtaining fruits.
Synthetic Growth Stimulants
The most famous among them is heteroauxin, phytohormone. It was developed first among other stimulants. Sowing seeds treated with this drug, you can get friendly shoots faster. Seedlings better tolerate transplantation in open ground. Helps heteroauxin in rooting cuttings.
Plant root growth stimulants “Kornevin” and “Etamon” have approximately the same spectrum of action. But the first of them is introduced under the root, and the second - by spraying leaves and stems.
Zircon, in addition to root formation, also increases the resistance of plants against fungal diseases of plants.
The Epin stimulator helps plants to take root faster after transplantation.
You can accelerate both the flowering process and the process of fruit formation. For these purposes, use the "Ovary" and "Bud", respectively. The first is treated before the start of the process of bud formation, the second - after flowering and the formation of the ovary.
"Athlete" - plant growth regulator
In addition to growth stimulants, its regulators are used. They enable one part of the plant to grow faster at the expense of others.
The representative of this group of drugs is Athlete. It does not accelerate plant growth, but rather inhibits the increase in the visible part. The stem becomes thicker, the leaves wider. The drug redirects the bulk of the nutrients from the ground to the roots. And they, in turn, make the plant stronger. It begins to bloom earlier, increases the number of buds. If the drug is used in gardening, then the yield increases by a third.
For processing seedlings, the Athlete tool is often used. The plant growth regulator (one and a half milliliters) is diluted in 1 liter of water and watered when they have 3 or 4 leaves.
When processing the preparation of indoor plants, you can both add the solution under the root and spray it. The concentration is the same as when processing seedlings. But the procedure must be repeated as many times as indicated in the instructions. If you reduce the number of treatments, the plant will begin to develop rapidly. That is, the drug will work as a growth stimulator.
It is necessary to dose the regulators according to the instructions. If you take less than the drug, then you will not wait for a positive effect.
Exceeding the dose will lead to the opposite result. The plant will weaken or disappear altogether.
Scheme of the use of stimulants
Use biostimulants of plant growth when growing seedlings can be as follows:
- Soak the seeds before sowing a heteroauxin solution for quick and friendly seedlings.
- Spray seedlings with Epin.
- When planting in the ground, spill with a solution of heteroauxin for quick rooting.
- Spray seedlings with Ethamon solution for faster and more abundant flowering.
- Before flowering, treat the plants with “Bud”.
Rapid growing seedlings of indoor flowers
Plant growth biostimulants will help to quickly get seedlings of indoor plants:
- Cut the desired number of cuttings.
- Treat them for 10 hours with a solution of heteroauxin.
- Plant in the greenhouse.
- Spray every two weeks with a solution of "Zircon" or "Etamon."
These drugs accelerate the formation of formed plants almost twice.
Cooking Growth Stimulators at Home
Plant growth stimulants at home are easy to prepare. For this, you can use bee honey or aloe juice.
Growth stimulator from honey to cook much faster. You need to stir half a teaspoon of honey in a half-liter jar of slightly warm water. The solution is ready to use. If you want to process the cuttings, then they need to be soaked for 4-6 hours. Bulbs of plants are kept in the stimulant solution for longer - from 10 to 12 hours. Do not forget to rinse them with water before planting.
To prepare preparations for plants from aloe, first squeeze the juice from its leaves. A tablespoon of juice is mixed with a glass of water, as in the previous case. But the solution is not ready yet. It is cleaned in a cool dark place, having previously closed the lid. After a week, dilute with boiled water so that the solution becomes 5 liters. Only now can you process plants. Soaking time for bulbs and cuttings is the same as when using a solution of honey. Just rinse in this case is not necessary.
Another way to use aloe juice: pour five drops of juice into a glass with a handle. Juice improves the protective functions of the cuttings, contributes to a more rapid appearance of the root.
Plant growth stimulants at home can be prepared using water in which willow or willow has sprouted before. Water does not need to be changed.
You can root the cuttings with the help of potatoes. To do this, eyes are cut out of it so that it does not germinate, a stalk is inserted into the incision and watered every day. The cutlery feeds on starch, vitamins, and takes root faster.
Baker's yeast - an excellent biostimulant and fertilizer
Plant growth stimulators at home can be prepared from yeast: dilute 100 grams of this product in a liter of water and place cuttings there for a day. Then they are spilled with water to wash off the remnants of the yeast, and put on germination in clean water. The remaining solution with yeast can be used as fertilizer for the beds.
Fertilizer for plants at home
Fertilizers for plant growth can be made at home. Nettle top dressing is easy to obtain in spring and summer. Collect the stems until the seeds appear. Grind, fall asleep in a non-metallic container, fill with water and leave to ferment. After two weeks, the process is completed, and the resulting liquid can be used to fertilize the plants. Before watering, dilute with water in a ratio of 1: 9. The disadvantage is that it cannot be cooked in the apartment due to the strong smell. Do not water the beans.
Onion husk infusion contains many trace elements needed by any plant. Yes, and destroy harmful bacteria for them. Boil a handful of husk for two minutes in a liter of water, let it brew for two hours and spray the plants.
Usually, after eating a banana, the skin is thrown away. It turns out that for growth, the plant needs the elements contained in it, in particular potassium. It is crushed and added to the ground when transplanting plants. The skin under the influence of moisture rots, giving its trace elements to the flower. If you are not going to transplant soon, dry and grind it with a coffee grinder. Dilute the resulting powder with water and water the plants.
Coffee grounds (no sugar!) - A good fertilizer for flowers that need nitrogen. It not only fertilizes, but also improves soil quality.
Roses need iron for normal development. A rusty nail carefully tucked under the root will help saturate them with this element. You can use other metal objects (but not stainless steel). Roses will thank you with bright colors.
Fertilizers for plants from the store
A large number of them are on sale. For example, dry fertilizer "Agricola". Long saved due to the form of release. Before use it is soluble in water.
Using these tools, you need to remember a few rules:
- Before use, the soil under the flower must be watered.
- Do not feed newly transplanted plants.
- Do not fertilize dormant flowers.
- The stronger the flower grows, the more it needs fertilizing, and vice versa.
- Better to apply less fertilizer than an overdose.
- Do not often change the type of fertilizer.
If you still have mineral water in the bottle, you can water indoor plants with it, especially tropical ones. It contains many biologically active substances. If you water often, the pot will not be covered with limescale.