Besides Being Good For Health, Here Are 4 Benefits Of Using Milk For Outdoor Ornamental Plants

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JAKARTA - Just like humans, indoor plants also need the right vitamins and minerals to thrive. Who would have thought that natural treatments such as milk can help improve plant health because it contains calcium, nitrogen, and vitamin B. Where everything is needed to support the growth of your plant in various ways.

Let's look at the various benefits of milk for gardening purposes, especially for indoor plants adapted from the Balcony Garden Web, Thursday, October 24.

Milk contains high amounts of calcium and even low amounts of nitrogen due to its protein content. While you can't obviously water the plant with milk, you can add a little milk to the plant's fertilizer for leaf growth.

In order for the benefit of milk for outdoor ornamental plants to be felt, a good comparison is to dilute 1 part of milk in 4 to 6 parts of water to avoid excess fertilizer on plant roots. Because milk is a low dose fertilizer, the risk of over-fertilization is very small. Use this mixture every 6-8 weeks to give your plant a balanced dose of nutrients.

Milk can not only clean the leaves of your ornamental plants, but also prevent problems such as dew and pests such as mealy leaves and spider mites. You can use dilute milk solutions in spray bottles for leaf fertilization, so that micro and macro nutrients can be absorbed easily by the leaves.

For the best results, mix 1 part of the milk with 3 parts of the water and spray a little on the leaves, make sure all parts are closed properly. Spray the milk solution into your plant from top down, especially at the top and bottom of the leaves.

After being left to dry for 30 minutes, clean the remains of the liquid from the leaves with a soft and moist cloth. Easy, right? Here are some other milk uses that you should try!

Thanks to its nutritional content, adding milk to ornamental plant soil and even your vegetable garden can provide tremendous benefits. Milk and molase are a better combination, although they may sound opposite to intuition.

Molese is full of nutrients such as potassium, magnesium, and more. Which, when mixed with milk, can help improve the quality of the soil and, as a result, the growth of your plant.

Prepare and mix 1 piece of milk and 3 parts of water, then add 1 tablespoon of molasse. Pour this mixture into the soil, focus around the base of the plant, and let it absorb. To avoid excessive nutrition in plants, use this mixture every three months.

Note: This solution is best suited for fast-growing plants and vegetables such as nightarily. However, avoid using this solution in plants that prefer neutral to base neutral soil, such as succulents or cacti, because molase acidity can affect its growth.

Similar to how nutritional deficiencies can cause harmful disease in humans, the same applies to plants. Ornamental plants will experience stunted growth and interest tips will rot if they don't get the right nutrition, especially in pepper plants, tomatoes, and labus. In such cases, milk can be a savior for plants.

To overcome the lack of calcium, dilute the milk with a comparison of 1 part of milk and 2 parts of water, then pour it into the ground once a month. The efficacy of antijamur milk also helps overcome dew and other fungal infections. To use it as a fungicide, mix 1 part of milk with 3 parts of water, then spray on areas affected twice a week until the problem is resolved.

While milk can be a good help, milk is not a solution to every problem. If plants are badly damaged by pests or mushrooms, milk can worsen the situation by encouraging bacterial growth. In addition, the fat content in milk can cause a foul or decaying smell. Here are some important things to keep in mind when using milk for plants.