How do sudden changes in temperature affect plants?

Avoid moving your plant around so it doesn't have a bad time

In the same way that we can get a cold if, after having been at a pleasant 25 degrees Celsius, we expose ourselves without any protection to the ten degrees that the thermometer can mark outside, the plants can also have a very bad time if they we move from a warm place to a cold one without having acclimatized before.

It is very common for problems to appear the day after the purchase or within a few days. But why? To find out, we will also see how sudden changes in temperature affect plants.

A plant moves from the production greenhouse, to the nursery and then to the home. The conditions you have in each of these places is very different. In the first, it is cared for and pampered to such an extent that a pleasant temperature is maintained so that it grows and has excellent development; and it is watered and fertilized regularly so that it is perfect. In the second, the situation changes a lot: it is not fertilized, but only watered, and the temperature is lower.

When he finally reaches a house, the temperature is still somewhat lower. Your reaction is not long in coming: the tips of the leaves dry out, the flower buds do not open, and the plant may even look sad from one day to the next. Without a doubt, when this happens we will have to do everything possible so that his condition does not get worse. But what about?

Young potted plants need more protection and pampering

Well, very simple:

  • Know the needs of the plant that we have bought: location, irrigation, subscriber. If you have any questions, write to us and we will help you.
  • Choose a place where we will have it and not move it: once we know how much natural light it needs, we have to put it in a place or leave it there.
  • Remove flower buds: Yes, I know. It is a pity. But to produce flowers and open them, the plant needs to consume a lot of energy, energy that at this time it is better to spend on its acclimatization.
  • We will not transplant it until a month has passed (and only if it is spring): This way, you can recover from the change.

Thus, sooner rather than later we will have a plant that will not only be beautiful, but also healthy.


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