Blog — Nutrient Toxicity

The reason behind a *Euphorbia milii* (Crown of Thorns) plant shooting straight up as a single, unbranched stalk—refusing to spread out—is actually a "biological battle" between plant hormones and internal energy allocation. Let’s dive into the secrets of plant physiology and discover four brilliant hormone-hacking tricks to wake up dormant buds, encouraging them to sprout branches and form a perfectly lush, bushy shape just the way you want.

Phosphorous toxicity. I have seen posts on social media of Crown of Thorns that are sick because they are over fed and most of the time, the owner does not even know it. Also, I have been asked too many times by my customers of what is wrong with their Crown of Thorns. On this post I will tackle Phosphorous toxicity and I will address the other nutrient toxicities in my next posts. Many gardeners seem to believe that fertilizers that contain high amount of phosphorous will make their plant bloom like crazy. Examples of high Phosphorous fertilizers are 10-30-20,...