{"id":924,"date":"2022-09-10T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantdegree.com\/?p=924"},"modified":"2022-09-10T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T14:36:39","slug":"is-sugar-water-good-for-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantdegree.com\/is-sugar-water-good-for-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Sugar Water Good for Plants? (Answered)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
When it comes to choosing the perfect water for your plants, you have many options, including tap water, distilled water, reverse osmosis water, and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there’s one water option gaining popularity lately on social media: sugar water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve seen way too many social media posts talking about sugar water hacks for plants that will make your plants grow faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, is it true? Is sugar water good for plants? Turns out the answer is a big no.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Generally, you don’t want to use sugar water to water your plants. This is because sugar in sugar water can harm your plants instead of make them thrive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s the science behind it? Keep on reading as we will dive deep into this discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n One thing that will most likely happen when you add sugar water to plants: your plants will suffer from it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you give sugar water to plants, it can hurt them in many ways, like making them unable to take in water because of the sugar in the sugar water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, sugar water will also leave sugars in the plant’s soil, which might attract insects and pests very close to your plants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s break it down further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you water your plants with sugar water, you bring unnecessary sugar to your plants’ environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we all know, plants do photosynthesis to stay alive and grow. As a result of this process, plants will produce their own sugar.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n So when we add sugar water to plants, we are actually adding more sugar to the plants’ environment, particularly to the soil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This caused a lot of problems for our plants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n First, the sugar in the soil will not allow water to get into the roots of our plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat happens when you add sugar water to plants?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n