Spray baking soda onto aerial roots
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:06 am
THIS RECIPE IS N O T FOR CARNIVOROUS PLANTS!
Has anyone that own vine plants (e.g. golden pothos, heart-leaf philodendron, etc.) ever spray a mixture of water/baking soda onto your vining plants and their aerial roots? What were the results? Aerial roots being the roots that grow at each node alongside a leaf to help it climb and catch nutrients from the air.
I read that a cocktail of ammonia, epsom salt, and baking soda is great source of nutrients for aerial roots. So being the amateur among amateur, and laziest among the laziest, I filled a spray bottle with iodized table salt, windex, and baking soda...then sprayed a small area of my vine plants to see what happens.
I put literally a pinch of salt, maybe a a teaspoon of windex, and a tablespoon of baking soda into a pint of tap water. I'm a little surprised though that the leaves of my plants were coated and slippery from the baking soda. I figured it would be too dilute to really do anything.
Has anyone that own vine plants (e.g. golden pothos, heart-leaf philodendron, etc.) ever spray a mixture of water/baking soda onto your vining plants and their aerial roots? What were the results? Aerial roots being the roots that grow at each node alongside a leaf to help it climb and catch nutrients from the air.
I read that a cocktail of ammonia, epsom salt, and baking soda is great source of nutrients for aerial roots. So being the amateur among amateur, and laziest among the laziest, I filled a spray bottle with iodized table salt, windex, and baking soda...then sprayed a small area of my vine plants to see what happens.
I put literally a pinch of salt, maybe a a teaspoon of windex, and a tablespoon of baking soda into a pint of tap water. I'm a little surprised though that the leaves of my plants were coated and slippery from the baking soda. I figured it would be too dilute to really do anything.