Everything you should know about fertilizing your indoor plants

Indoor plants are the best and ideal option for those people who do not have a garden space. Decorating your home with indoor plants can add rich colorful texture to your home. The beauty of these indoor plants not only improves your interior decorations, it also helps to uplift your mood.

Indoor plants are very easy to maintain, but it is also important to make sure that they are healthy. However, indoor plants usually cannot always get the proper nutrients they need to grow. All plants need fertilizer for the proper health and growth.

Most of us believe that fertilizer is the food for plants, but practically it is not. Trees or plants produce their own food through the photosynthesis process. Minerals in soil degrade overtime, and fertilizing your soil gives your plants all the necessary nutrients they need.

Fertilizer contains all the vital plant nutrients, such as phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium, that will help to improve the development and productivity of your plants. Spring is considered as the growing season, therefore you should fertilize your plants in the spring or summer. Remember, fertilizing your plants when they are dormant might lead to foliage burn, and kill them.

Indoor plants mainly require all general-purpose fertilizer as they contain all the basic macronutrients and micronutrients. Different macronutrients work as a solution for different issues. For example, potassium helps in healthy bloom, nitrogen helps in healthy growth of the foliage, and phosphorus helps to strengthen roots. Here are a few things you should know about before fertilizing your precious plants.

• Fertilize your plants in spring or summer, as these are the main seasons when plants grow the most.
• Fertilize your fast-growing plants more often than dormant or slow-growing plants.
• Use fertilizer diluted with water because excessive fertilizer can burn the leaves.
• Indoor flowering plants will require more fertilizer.
• Plants need smaller amounts of micronutrients than macronutrients.

Make sure to read all the necessary information and instructions on the fertilizer labels, because too much fertilizer can kill your plant. Also remember that along with fertilization, proper watering schedule and bright sunlight are essential for a healthy indoor plant.