Ficus benjamina is a rather capricious houseplant. If you overwater it or place it in a draft, it immediately begins to turn yellow and shed its leaves.
However, do not rush to panic and run to the store for expensive chemicals. There is an easy way to give your green handsome man back his full head of hair.
Miracle remedy from the trash can
It turns out that salvation lies in ordinary onion peels. This “waste” turns into an elixir for resuscitating the ficus. Just one handful can replace expensive fertilizers from a flower shop.
How to brew “medicine” directly on the stove
Take 1.5 liters of water and throw in a handful of dry onion peels. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes on the stove. Wait until it cools completely and strain thoroughly.
Pour the prepared decoction under the ficus root. It is enough to water the ficus with this fertilizer once a month.
Why does it work
The secret lies in quercetin – it is a powerful flavonoid, the “sibling” of dihydroquercetin. And the latter is just part of the popular preparations for feeding ficus plants.
It turns out that for almost pennies you make a fertilizer that will instantly stop leaf fall, nourish the plant with strength and return it to a thick green crown without any chemicals.
Advice: It is better to use onion skin tea leaves immediately. If the fertilizer is left for a couple of days, the infusion will ferment and lose all its beneficial properties, notes an experienced florist on the Klumba-plus channel (18+).
