Keeping indoor flowers healthy and vibrant during the summer months can be challenging, especially in July when high temperatures and increased sunlight can stress plants. To ensure your home flowers receive the necessary nutrients, you can use a simple yet highly effective top dressing made from two pharmaceutical tablets. This method not only promotes lush, bright flowering but also helps cure common plant ailments like chlorosis (interveinal yellowing of leaves), improves plant respiration, enhances photosynthesis, strengthens the root system, and accelerates metabolic processes.

Why This Top Dressing Works

This homemade plant food provides three crucial macroelements: potassium, magnesium, and calcium. Each of these plays an essential role in plant health:

• • Potassium is responsible for bud formation and flowering, ensuring that your plants produce vibrant and long-lasting blooms.
  • Magnesium is a key component of chlorophyll, which makes photosynthesis possible. Without adequate magnesium, plants struggle to produce energy from sunlight.
  • Calcium is crucial for root development, strengthens cell walls, and increases plants’ resistance to diseases and pests. It fortifies intercellular walls, making them more durable and resistant to pathogens.

The Two Pharmacy Tablets You Need

To prepare this top dressing, you will need:

1. 1. Calcium Gluconate Tablets – This supplement provides calcium, which is essential for strengthening plant tissues and ensuring robust growth.
   2. Asparkam Tablets – This medication contains both potassium and magnesium, making it an excellent choice for improving flowering and overall plant health. If Asparkam is not available, you can use a similar supplement that contains the same nutrients.

How to Prepare and Use the Top Dressing

Step 1: Gather the Ingredients

• • 1 tablet of Calcium Gluconate
  • 1 tablet of Asparkam (or an equivalent potassium-magnesium supplement)

• • A mortar and pestle or a small spoon for crushing the tablets
  • Watering can or spray bottle
  • A small trowel or spoon for mixing into the soil

Step 2: Crushing the Tablets

• • Take one tablet of Asparkam and one tablet of Calcium Gluconate.
  • Crush them into a fine powder using a mortar and pestle, or simply place them between two sheets of paper and crush them with the back of a spoon.

Step 3: Applying to the Soil

• • For small plants (such as violets, succulents, or young seedlings), sprinkle the powdered tablets directly onto the surface of the soil and gently mix it in.
  • For medium-sized plants (such as orchids, geraniums, or spathiphyllums), divide the powder into four parts and sprinkle it evenly around the base of the plant, gently incorporating it into the soil.
  • For large plants (such as ficus, monstera, or hibiscus), use two to three tablets of Asparkam and one to two tablets of Calcium Gluconate, spreading the powder evenly around the plant’s base.

Step 4: Watering

• • After applying the crushed tablets, water your plants with plain water. This helps dissolve the nutrients and allows them to be absorbed by the roots more efficiently.
  • Avoid overwatering; use enough to moisten the soil but not to cause waterlogging.

Alternative Application: Dissolving in Water

If you prefer a liquid fertilizer, follow these steps:

1. 1. Dissolve one tablet of Calcium Gluconate and one tablet of Asparkam in one liter of water.
   2. Stir well until the tablets are completely dissolved.
   3. Use this solution for watering or foliar spraying (spraying the leaves) once every two weeks.
   4. For weak or diseased plants, apply once every 7–10 days until the plant shows improvement.

Benefits of Using This Method

• • Cures Chlorosis – If your plant’s leaves are turning yellow but the veins remain green, it may be suffering from chlorosis. This top dressing replenishes magnesium and iron levels, helping leaves regain their rich green color.
  • Improves Root Health – Calcium gluconate promotes strong root development, ensuring that plants absorb water and nutrients more effectively.
  • Encourages Lush Flowering – Potassium is essential for flowering plants. Regular feeding with this method ensures abundant blooms.
  • Boosts Disease Resistance – Strengthening plant cell walls with calcium makes them more resistant to fungal infections and pests.
  • Safe and Natural – Unlike synthetic chemical fertilizers, this method provides essential nutrients without the risk of burning or over-fertilizing your plants.

Which Plants Benefit Most from This Top Dressing?

This top dressing can be used for all indoor and garden plants, including:

• • Flowering plants – Roses, geraniums, orchids, violets, hibiscus
  • Green plants – Monstera, ficus, spathiphyllum, dracaena
  • Succulents and cacti – Aloe vera, jade plant (money tree), echeveria
  • Herbs and vegetables grown indoors – Basil, parsley, cherry tomatoes, peppers

Precautions and Best Practices

• • Do not overuse – Apply this top dressing no more than once every two weeks to avoid over-fertilization.
  • Avoid direct application to leaves – When using the powder method, always mix it into the soil rather than placing it directly on leaves.
  • Use clean, filtered water – If possible, use room-temperature, filtered, or dechlorinated water to dissolve the tablets.
  • Observe your plants – Every plant reacts differently. If you notice any negative changes, reduce the frequency of feeding.

Conclusion

Using simple pharmaceutical tablets like Calcium Gluconate and Asparkam is a highly effective, budget-friendly way to boost plant health, cure chlorosis, encourage lush flowering, and strengthen roots. Whether you dissolve them in water or mix them directly into the soil, these two tablets will give your indoor and garden plants the essential nutrients they need to thrive.

Try this easy homemade fertilizer and watch your plants flourish in July and beyond!