How to grow orchids

Orchids are very delicate plants. They won’t bloom even if they lose their temper.

1. First of all, the environment for growing orchids should be transparent and bright, with good ventilation. If you can grow it outdoors, do it outdoors. Don’t be bored indoors. Orchids growing outdoors will grow much stronger, which is not easy. Get ill.

2. Secondly, soil is very important. Orchids basically have fleshy roots and have very high requirements for air permeability. The soil must be loose, not hardened, and not allowed to accumulate water. Otherwise, the roots cannot breathe normally, which will cause many problems. question.

In our country, alkaline soils such as loess and hardened soil are not suitable for planting. Ordinary vegetable garden soil can be made more loose by adding river sand, bark, pine needles, peanut shells, melon seed shells, egg shells, etc.

But generally speaking, vegetable garden soil is not a good soil. For orchids, it is best to use plant materials with a matching thickness. The melon seed shells, nut shells, peanut shells, etc. we usually collect belong to orchids. Fine planting materials; cinders and red bricks are coarse planting materials.

When mixing soil, use part of each thick and fine planting material, and add some humus soil to increase nutrients. It is perfect for orchids! There are a lot of leaf humus, pine needle humus, bamboo humus, etc. on the mountain, all of which can grow orchids.

3. Next, let’s talk about watering. Watering has always been the indicator of orchid growth. Orchids will die, mostly because we water them. Watering them too frequently is definitely not a good thing.

Although orchids like to grow in a humid environment, they have a certain degree of drought tolerance. If you water too much, the roots cannot drain in time or the orchid does not have time to absorb it, it will easily cause stuffy roots and yellow leaves.

When we usually water, we should water according to the ambient temperature at that time. After watering, we should maintain appropriate lighting and ventilation to speed up the absorption and evaporation of water. Usually spraying water on the leaves of orchids can also provide reasonable water replenishment for orchids.

Watering an orchid not only depends on the environment and temperature, but also depends on its growth stage, such as the stage of sprouting and growing leaves. It’s okay to water more, as long as it doesn’t accumulate water and suffocate the roots; but when it comes During the flowering period of pregnant buds, you must control watering. Controlling water will help promote the flowering of orchids. This is true for any plant. Lack of water will give the plant a crisis signal: flowering, because flowering can reproduce offspring.

4. Finally, let’s talk about fertilization. Orchids are not plants that like fertilizer very much. For novices, you don’t need to fertilize at all in the first two years of growing orchids, as long as the plant material itself has certain nutrients. It is enough for orchids, but improper fertilization will easily burn the roots and seedlings.

Don’t fertilize the orchids you just bought in the first year after you grow them at home, because this is the orchid’s adaptation period and the roots cannot accept fertilizers.

In the later stages of maintenance, when you are confident, you can occasionally apply a thin layer of water-soluble fertilizer to it. There is no need to use fermented organic fertilizer.