How to water orchids (how often) how to fertilize orchids

The ball orchid just like its flower language generally reveals the beauty of a young girl. Flowering ball orchid is very unique, but also accompanied by a touch of aroma, deeply loved by the public. Many let you raise a pot of orchids at home to decorate the home, but the maintenance process often leads to all kinds of plant problems because of mastering IBU watering.

How to water orchids (how often)

1. Watering frequency

Summer: can be watered once a day, spray 2-3 times, to ensure that the ball orchid growth environment has enough humidity.

Winter: the temperature is low, properly reduce the amount of water, to ensure that the basin soil is properly dry can avoid frost damage.

2. Watering time

Summer watering: usually spray at 7am, open the window after 10:00 for ventilation, and close the window at 4pm. Then you can start watering, first wetting the surrounding environment, and then watering the flowerpot.

Winter watering: the steps are about the same, spray around 8 o'clock in the morning, then let the orchid fully enjoy the morning sunshine, around 11:00 noon, open the window for ventilation. Of course, this method is suitable for sunny days, rainy weather and ventilation to avoid rain.

How to fertilize ball orchid

1. Fertilization during the growing period

Its growing period is from May to August, when fertilization can be carried out once or twice a month, or once every 15 to 20 days, but the concentration of fertilizer should not be too strong, rather light than thick, fertilizer can choose fertilizer containing nitrogen and phosphorus.

2. Fertilization in summer

In summer, fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium can be used once every 15 to 20 days.

3. Fertilization in autumn and winter

From autumn, the growth rate of orchid will slow down, and the demand for water and fertilizer will naturally decrease, so fertilizing can be carried out every 40 to 45 days. At this time, do not apply too much fertilizer, when the fertilizer accumulates too much, it will cause fertilizer damage. In the spring of the following year, we can slowly return to normal fertilization.

4. Fertilization before flowering

When the flowers bloom, they can be fertilized with more phosphorus, which is very beneficial to the flowering.

The culture method of ball orchid

1. Soil requirements

Pot ball orchid had better choose loose and fertile slightly acidic rotten soil, you can add an appropriate amount of vermiculite to the soil, you can also apply a little calcium superphosphate as base fertilizer, or you can use 7 parts of rotten leaf soil mixed with 3 parts of coarse sand as culture medium, the effect is very good.

2. Light intensity

When the family maintains the ball orchid, the spring and autumn season will put it on the south-facing windowsill to ensure that the leaves are green; in summer, the ball orchid should be moved to the indoor shade to avoid direct sunlight, otherwise it will easily cause the leaves to turn yellow. But can not be over-shaded, long-term lack of light, ball orchid leaves will become dull, flowers are few but not gorgeous.

3. Temperature requirement

Ball orchid is cold-resistant, and the most suitable temperature for growth is 15-28 ℃. It can also grow well in high temperature environment. Winter ball orchid will enter a dormant state, at this time the ball orchid should be put in a cold, slightly dry environment, let it completely dormant. The dormancy temperature was controlled about 10 ℃ earlier, and frostbite was easy to occur when the dormancy temperature was lower than 5 ℃, and then the leaves fell, and finally the whole plant died.

4. Pruning in time

In the process of growth, orchid should pick the heart in time to promote the better germination of new branches, and set up flower racks in time to promote its upward climbing growth. When the orchid is about to wither, don't cut off the stem and let it wither naturally. Because the ball orchid blossoms in the second year will germinate in the same place of the flower stem, if the flower stem is cut off, it will affect the number of flowers.

Ball orchids will blossom after a few years.

Of course, although it is known that the ball orchid will begin to bloom in May every year, some flower friends' ball orchid will not bloom. This is because the orchid may not be old enough to blossom.

Generally speaking, the ball orchid that carries on the cuttage will not blossom in the same year, and the well-raised flowers will bloom in the second year, but most of them will blossom in the third year. In a few cases, the cuttings of that year will blossom, but this is still rare, unless the branches have already shown signs of flowering at the time of cutting.

In addition, it is possible that Huayu's ball orchid has not blossomed after being cultivated for a year or two, which may be because it has not been cultivated well, so we must pay attention to the light and ventilation when raising it. Poor light will cause it not to blossom, so we need to pay attention to it when breeding.

It is said that watering is a very troublesome problem for breeding ball orchids. I hope the experience shared by the editor above can help you. If you can raise a pot of such strange and beautiful flowers and plants at home is very good, to improve the home environment has a good effect.