--- title: "So, i am a bit of a newbie to properly caring for my house plants. I…" description: "So, i am a bit of a newbie to properly caring for my house plants. I need to fertilize soon. Should I be using different fertilizer based on the type of plant?…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/Fom9P398TziBIdNiD2Zong?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Kathleen" published: "2024-04-09T13:43:47.763359Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # So, i am a bit of a newbie to properly caring for my house plants. I… _Kathleen님이 2024-04-09에 게시함_ So, i am a bit of a newbie to properly caring for my house plants. I need to fertilize soon. Should I be using different fertilizer based on the type of plant? What about plants that have been recently repotted? I am seeing a task to fertilize, but am a little nervous about it. Any advice? ## 9개의 댓글 ### RoseRed님이 2024-04-09에 댓글을 남겼어요. I’m mostly a newbie too, and I’ve just started trying different types of fertilizer for categories of plants. So, I’ve got a general one for foliage plants, one for succulents, an orchid mix, and a fertilizer for fruits and veggies for my outdoor plants. I don’t know if it will make a difference, but I figure it’s worth a shot. Happy growing! 🪴 #### Amy님이 2024-04-09에 답변했습니다. I use fertilizer sticks a lot if I’m worried about getting fertilizer on the leaves or roots; I follow the instructions on the back of the pack. I use Miracle Grow single packets which I mix with gal water-super easy, already measured-for everything else. I rely on Planta to tell me when. So far, so good. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lyHX10d3xbzqkrjL-z6GXk6T_cqSC-Vb4D4nH4KteB4/LpX--8kGRuieKiB9DUDY0w.webp?size=large) #### Amy님이 2024-04-09에 답변했습니다. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lyHX10d3xbzqkrjL-z6GXk6T_cqSC-Vb4D4nH4KteB4/fzpQtZjRSNWqfoLzTtj50Q.webp?size=large) ### Mandy님이 2024-04-09에 댓글을 남겼어요. Honestly you can get really specific with the type of fertilizer and the type of plant but a good general rule is finding one is having equal or close to equal ratio of what’s in the fertilizer. I have a liquid concentrate that I add to water for my plants. It has a 6-4-4 ratio. From Fox Farm. If you have more flowering plants you can get a plant food that is specific to flowering or tailor to what you need. Hopefully that helps! #### Kathleen님이 2024-04-09에 답변했습니다. So, here is how much of a newbie I am. I had to google 6-4-4 ratio. I had no idea what that meant! 😄 No wonder my kids always called my houseplants “victims”. Really trying to do better with my green babies. ### Mandy님이 2024-04-09에 댓글을 남겼어요. The easiest/laziest fertilizer is a liquid or they have sticks you can put/replace in the soil too! ### Maya님이 2024-04-10에 댓글을 남겼어요. i got this fertilizer off etsy for like $10/$15, and i had a couple struggling plants, but when i watered them this, they perked right up. maybe look into it? ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2gSIBra3_usvNeyd1UHq38UR7tkpd5fsJTvCjYvQljU/OFt_xyISSVG8fBZrsq2Bbw.webp?size=large) ### K님이 2024-04-10에 댓글을 남겼어요. A few tips: \- If you use a commercial soil (like miracle gro) then there’s already fertilizer in there. Usually no need to fertilize for the first 6-9 months after repotting. \- if you’re fertilizing with watering, start with half the strength recommended. Full strength is too much for a lot of houseplants. \- if you use something more concentrated, like granules/drops/pre-mixed solution, put around the perimeter of the pot and not next to the stem \- just generally avoid getting fertilizer on stem/leaves. If you’re worried about it, consider bottom watering with fertilizer #### Amy님이 2024-04-10에 답변했습니다. Those are great pro tips to add to Planta instruction for fertilizing and repotting. I didn’t even think about the soil being fertilized. --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_