Mom shares an incredibly simple trick to save sad indoor plants

If you are trying to turn your house into a jungle, with leafy plants covering all free surfaces, you must be ready to care for your plants.

You should keep them watered, make sure they have enough light – but sometimes even the most protective parents of the plants are facing grief over losing one of their plants.

But before you write and go to the gardening center to buy a new one, it might be worth trying a little trick first.

An Australian mother shared the very simple way she managed to revive her drooping and sad plants.

And all you have to do is a very specific thing: Epsom salts.

In an article on Facebook, she revealed that she was giving a bath to her plants and that she was mixing some of the salts.

She shared several photos of the plants, providing a before and after to show how much the magic ingredient made the difference.

The unnamed woman titled the post: "A few inches of water in the bath with Epsom salts and I give a shower to the leaves to remove dust, etc. and keep it happy."

She adds: "I have to use them myself (the salts) and the stock has always been sold as gardeners use it for their plants, so that's what gave me the money." ;idea."

The woman added that she usually used a handful of salts in a few inches of water and that she then let the plant soak all night if it seemed particularly sad and dehydrated.

A plant specialist told Metro.co.uk that Epsom salts could be helpful in treating a plant with a deficiency of magnesium – but added that most plants have fallen to the ground to drip. other reasons, which will not be helped by the salts.

You may give too much or too little water to your plant and adjust it accordingly.

They recommend to completely evaluate the symptoms of your plant before you try home remedies yourself.