What are the benefits of watering flowers with laundry detergent? What are the effects of watering flowers with laundry detergent on plants?

The benefits of using laundry detergent to water flowers

Because laundry detergent contains a large amount of active substances such as alkylbenzene and sodium sulfonate, these active substances have wettability and adhesion. If you use laundry detergent to water the flowers, these substances will come into contact with pests and can quickly decompose the pests' protective film, causing the pests to lose their resistance.

In addition, laundry detergent can form an airtight mucous membrane on the surface of pests, and then enter the pests' bodies and block their pores. The pests cannot breathe and thus suffocate to death.

The disadvantages of using laundry detergent to water flowers

Because most laundry detergents are alkaline, if you use laundry detergent to water flowers frequently, it will cause serious salinization of the soil, thus affecting the normal growth of flowers. And if you use laundry detergent to water flowers for a long time, it will cause the soil to become hardened, the roots of the flowers will lack oxygen, unable to breathe, and finally suffocate and wither.

How to water flowers with laundry detergent

Laundry detergent is suitable for watering flowers that grow better in alkaline soil. The method of watering the flowers is to first spray the flowers with a solution diluted with laundry detergent and water, and then wait 24-48 hours before spraying the flowers with clean water. Pay special attention to spraying the leaves of the flowers, which can neutralize the alkalinity of the laundry detergent and is beneficial to the growth of the flowers.