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title: "My plant app is telling me to fertilize a few of my plants, but water…"
description: "My plant app is telling me to fertilize a few of my plants, but water different ones. I have gotten some liquid fertilizer that I assumed would put in when I…"
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# My plant app is telling me to fertilize a few of my plants, but water…

_Nichole님이 2024-03-29에 게시함_

My plant app is telling me to fertilize a few of my plants, but water different ones. I have gotten some liquid fertilizer that I assumed would put in when I watered.. this may be a silly question, but how to I fertilize without watering?

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gM5NhkLcmIzwlf64QIo_RTg58-3aqR_CK39VTGEesg/Wm9EmUzMTVanuV2X9h2Ntg.webp?size=large)

## 6개의 댓글

### Big Apple Plants님이 2024-03-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Planta recommends to water with fertilizer every few waterings. What I do, is dilute the my fertilizer about 2 tsp (SuperThrive Foliage Pro) in a gallon of water.

#### Nichole님이 2024-03-29에 답변했습니다.

Ahhh so it’s telling me to actually water all of these, but add just add fertilizer to the bottom ones.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gM5NhkLcmIzwlf64QIo_RTg58-3aqR_CK39VTGEesg/zLzRDOlYRU2ldn9LYxaiVg.webp?size=large)

#### Big Apple Plants님이 2024-03-29에 답변했습니다.

Yes exactly!

#### Nichole님이 2024-03-29에 답변했습니다.

Makes total sense now..lol..obviously new on my plant journey

### Timtimface님이 2024-03-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You’re “watering” both categories. The fertilizer needs to be diluted in the water for that category. Instructions on the package for dilution. Don’t apply concentrated liquid fertilizer to plants since it usually burns them.

### MudSkipper Jnr님이 2024-03-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I was getting confused with the watering \& fertiliser schedule as I often found I was watering them being advised to fertilise too soon.  
As now clarified to you, good also watering at the same time because it’s diluted into water. However.

I’ve taken to using a weaker mix of fertiliser with every watering \& only water (with the much weaker mix of fertiliser already diluted down to 1/4 strength) only when the plant actually needs to be watered.

To assess that, when the water suggestion pops up, I check the potting mix with a thin wooden kebab skewer \& kind of think about the way you do when checking a cake before taking it out of the oven. How much moisture/soil remains on the skewer when you ‘stab’ the potting mix right down to the bottom of the pot.

All that said, I try to consider the water requirement for each plant while doing my kebab skewer test. Is it a plant that likes consistent moisture or one that likes to fully dry out between watering.  
Hope that makes sense.  
It makes sense in my head but I’m not sure I actually explained it all that clearly sorry

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