Succinic acid is an irreplaceable substance that has numerous beneficial properties and is used in plant growing and houseplant care. It has a beneficial effect on the soil microflora, promotes the acceleration of growth and the full development of crops, better assimilation of nutrient dressings, facilitates the process of adaptation of plants in a new place, increases their productivity, as well as resistance to various weather and climatic conditions.
The acid got its name back in the seventeenth century, when it was obtained by distilling amber. This substance is found in humans and animals, in plants and brown coal, in foods and food supplements. In living organisms, succinic acid enters with food and is spent on the "needs" of organs that produce vital energy. Many athletes use this substance on the recommendation of their mentors to increase activity and endurance during vigorous training and other increased loads. It can be purchased from pharmacies or flower shops if you need it to care for your plants. When using acid as a biostimulant for various plants (including indoor flowers), you should not fear for family members or our smaller brothers. Succinic acid is non-toxic and safe for people around.
The use of succinic acid in crop production
In plant growing, the substance has long been appreciated and is often used due to its many positive qualities. The value of succinic acid, which is not a fertilizer, consists of several points:
- In many plant crops, the substance helps to speed up and bring ripening and harvesting closer;
- To obtain the desired result, you will need a very low concentration and minimal processing costs;
- It stimulates the development of soil bacteria and improves plant life, as bacteria renew and improve the composition of the soil, and also help plant crops to absorb useful nutrients;
- Promotes accelerated biological processing of dressings;
- Increases the activity and spread of beneficial microorganisms in the soil;
- It is a growth stimulant for agricultural plants;
- Increases the resistance of crops to sudden temperature changes, severe waterlogging and prolonged droughts, develops endurance and immunity;
- Improves resistance to various climatic conditions and weather changes;
- Increases the quantity and quality of the crop;
- When using succinic acid in equal parts with potassium humate, the effectiveness of the substance increases several times; these two components work well together and have tremendous energy potential for most plants.
The use of succinic acid when caring for indoor flowers
The acid will be useful and effective for indoor plants.It is used for watering and spraying, for soaking and as additional food. Its advantages:
- Promotes healing and complete recovery of diseased cultures, which have begun to lose their decorative qualities, vitality and basic external characteristics;
- Helps to adapt indoor plants during short daylight hours with low illumination, and also increases resistance to high or low air temperatures;
- Restores indoor crops after stress from transplanting, pruning, damage, disease, or a change in growing location;
- Promotes rapid seed germination and the formation of new roots in cuttings;
- Increases the resistance of crops to fungal, bacterial and various other infectious diseases.
A solution of succinic acid is used to treat the root of indoor flowers when transplanting or dividing an adult plant into divisions. Spraying with this solution in a low concentration is recommended for weak and unhealthy representatives of the flora as a growth stimulant. Under the influence of the substance, cultures will begin to acquire a lost healthy appearance and begin to form many new shoots.
Transplanting ampelous indoor plants and large flowers (shrubs and trees) is very rare due to the risk of damage to roots, delicate shoots or other aboveground parts. This procedure not only causes stress for indoor pets, but also can cause irreparable damage to their appearance. Naturally, after some time, it will be necessary to update the soil mixture in the flower pot, and ordinary fertilizers will not save the situation. Then a weak solution of succinic acid will come to the rescue, which is applied by irrigation and helps to normalize the microflora of the soil, after which the indoor flowers will begin to absorb well the introduced nutritious dressings.
Methods and methods of treating plants with succinic acid
The concentration of the prepared solution depends on its purpose, which parts of the plant will be processed, and in what quantity. Since the beneficial properties of such a solution are retained only for three days, you should not prepare an excess amount of it.
Succinic acid in the form of a powder or tablet is combined with water at a temperature of about 35-40 degrees, stirred until completely dissolved, and then brought to the required concentration with cooler water (with a temperature of about 20 degrees). Most often, a very weak solution of succinic acid is used for indoor plants. To get it, you must first prepare a one percent solution. This will require one liter of water and one gram of the substance. Gradually dissolving the powder (or tablet) and getting a highly concentrated solution, you need to take about 200 ml of it and add up to 1 liter (or up to 10 liters) with ordinary room water. The resulting liquid can be used to treat the shoots or the root part to stimulate their growth, as well as soak the seeds.
- Two procedures for spraying the aboveground part of the crops with an interval of one month are recommended to restore the vital activity of weakened and diseased specimens.
- A solution of succinic acid must be used when transplanting plants to soak the root collar and the entire root system. When transplanting flowers together with an earthen lump, watering with a solution is recommended after transplanting directly under the root or moistening an earthen lump by spraying.
- With the cuttings method of propagation, it is recommended to lower the cut cuttings into a vessel with a weak solution to a depth of 2-3 cm and leave in it for 3 hours to stimulate root formation. After saturation with the solution, the cuttings need to be dried a little and can be immediately planted in the ground.
- The solution also effectively affects the planting material. Before planting, the seeds must be soaked in it for 12 or 24 hours, and then slightly dry.This procedure increases and accelerates germination.
Succinic acid in the weakest concentration does not lose its basic properties and has a beneficial effect on the growth and development of crops. An excess of a substance does not pose any threat or negative consequences to plants. They themselves take the volume of the substance necessary for them, and the surplus is used by soil microorganisms. It is very important to remember that succinic acid is not a fertilizer and cannot replace it. Top dressing for indoor flowers is very necessary, and the acid will only make them easier to assimilate.
In the plant industry, the "amber" solution is recommended to be used for cultivating the land area immediately after planting crops in the spring, before flowering (approximately in the middle of the summer season) and before harvesting. More frequent use will not bring any meaningful benefit.
