Friday, July 22, 2011

Promoting Healthy Floral Aroma

Whether you’re growing flowers at home or running a commercial garden, you probably want a stronger sweeter aroma from your flowers. There are several ways to help your plants develop that sweet floral aroma that you’re after.

When plants are healthy, their cells are active and doing their jobs correctly, ie. producing the oils that are responsible for the natural aroma of your plants. Stress or harsh growing conditions can inhibit the formation and development of aroma producing compounds and oils. Reducing stress and optimizing growing conditions is one of the ways to help your plants behave normally. 

A key factor in stress reduction and healthy cellular activity is vitamin B: Lack of B vitamins may stunt cellular activity. Consequently, healthy levels of B vitamins promote strong healthy cell growth, which helps the plant produce the compounds and oils that smell sweet. Most rooting compounds and enhancers have B vitamins as do other additives like SuperThrive.

Another contributor to floral aroma is sugar: There are many products on the gardening market that will help to introduce sugar to your plant’s system. Alternately, watering with sweet things like molasses, corn syrup, and other sugar sources are a more natural way to add sugar to your plants’ diets. Within these sugars are bio chemicals like polyphenolics, terpenoids and anthocyanins.

Finally, amino acids help your plants to process and use the B vitamins and sugars that they are eating and helps boost plant growth and bloom size. Products like Organa-ADD contain high levels of these essential elements.

These three points should be taken into consideration when you decide what nutrients, fertilizers, or additives to use in your garden, when trying to boost and promote the floral aroma in your garden.


http://www.hydroponicsnutrients.co/blog/hydroponicgrowing/aroma-enhancer-the-facts-you-need-to-know-in-hydroponics/#comments

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