Can you give house plants or flowers gatorade?

Question

If it helps hydrate humans why not plants?

Answer 1

plants don't need anything other than water and sunlight.  the way their systems operate is completely different from humans.  the reason why gatorade is good for humans is the electrolytes, that help balance the amount of salt and water in your body.  plants don't need to do this.

Answer 2

It won't hydrate plants ... just the opposite. When you drink gatorade it goes *inside* you ... when you pour it on a plant it goes to the roots, outside the plant. Plants get their water from the soil by utilizing the gradient between the the inside of the plant and the outside. Adding electrolytes to the soil will make it harder for the plant to take up water and the plant could possibly dehydrate if the outside concentration of salts was too high.