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title: "When adding liquid fertilizer to plants, how do you know how much to…"
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# When adding liquid fertilizer to plants, how do you know how much to…

_Publicado por Lori el 2025-05-11_

When adding liquid fertilizer to plants, how do you know how much to add, and do you add it directly to the pot or dilute with water?

## 7 comentarios

### fuey comentó el 2025-05-11

dilute with water, and there should be a label with directions on your bottle.  
all fertilizers are a little different

#### Victoria Maddison respondió el 2025-05-11

👆🏼👆🏼

#### Lori respondió el 2025-05-11

Ok, thank you. The reason I ask is because with this app, it will tell me it’s time to water my plants, then two days later it tells me to fertilize them. I worry about giving them too much water and causing root rot. I’m usually not very successful with plants, so I’m trying real hard to keep them alive!

#### jonadin respondió el 2025-05-11

You should absolutely hit snooze or “skip until next time” if you know it’s not time to water yet! You can always go to the plant and choose water or fertilize as an action without using whichever one is prompted today. So for example, if it has a task for today to water but you’d rather fertilize because you haven’t done it in a while, going to the plant and choosing the fertilize action should reset the watering without impacting your schedule. (But it sounds like you want the schedule to be slowed down anyway, so choosing “soil is still wet” when you try to snooze is also good.)

#### Lori respondió el 2025-05-12

Thank you!

### Dondoo52 comentó el 2025-05-11

I agree with fuey…I usually mix it by the gallon and use that to water my plants that need fertilizer

#### Lori respondió el 2025-05-11

Thank you. See my response to comment above. I appreciate your input.

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