The things about raising orchids on the balcony

Raising orchids on the balcony is a trend. How to use the balcony to grow your favorite orchids is the tireless pursuit of orchids. But many flower friends are novice, blind orchid cultivation may take detours, this article will talk about some things about the balcony orchid, hoping to help orchid friends.

First, seed selection is the first element.

Many orchid friends made a lot of mistakes in the first step. the balcony area is very small and there are many orchid species, and there are few fine products. It is a pity that some varieties are lost, and it takes a lot of work and water to plant. Varieties should be selected according to regional characteristics, such as Shandong and Jiangsu choose cymbidium, Zhejiang choose spring orchid, Fujian and Guangdong choose cold orchid and ink orchid, Guangxi choose Jianlan, Sichuan and Guizhou choose spring sword and Siji orchid, Yunnan chooses lotus petal orchid.

Orchids should also follow the crowd, choosing local popular orchids is conducive to communication and trading, according to the choice of the public, from ordinary to high-quality products is actually a wrong choice! Always give priority to high-quality products! Adjust your own orchid species in time according to the improvement of market and appreciation level!

I think from my personal experience: orchids should choose strong seedlings, give up introduction seedlings and dragon seedlings, gamble grass and downhill grass as far as possible, after all, the balcony is limited, planting and maintenance fees and hours, of course, some varieties are expected to be planted according to their own situation!

The so-called fine goods: the composition of the market price and appreciation value of this kind of varieties, we should choose varieties that are not out of date for three to five years, orchids should communicate with each other, and we should not stick to them. The purpose is to promote our own varieties and introduce the varieties we like.

Second, the planting and breeding technology should be determined according to the balcony environment of the region.

The balcony is generally dry, the temperature difference is small, the light is weak and the ventilation is poor. The transformation of the balcony environment is conducive to orchid planting, which is the premise of orchid cultivation. It is a sick orchid planting way to do orchid rack and fan ventilation, to raise temperature during the day and to cool down to 8 to 10 degrees at night, to maintain the healthy growth of orchids, to transform the balcony environment to facilitate the growth of orchids, and to unilaterally pursue natural cultivation. The cultivation with high healthy growth and seedling rate of leaves is absolutely better than natural cultivation, and some of the so-called natural cultivation of black spots and stiff buds is actually destroying orchids!

Third, about the basin equipment

Tile basin with soft plant materials, purple sand basin and plastic basin with granular materials, no matter which kind of pots and do not make the basin wall to accept strong light, balcony is different from the greenhouse cultivation, the environment is small, so it should be watered frequently, more ventilation, especially the bottom of the basin is the weight of ventilation, do not dry and re-irrigate, strong ventilation after watering, do not be exposed to the sun, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter to keep moist.

Fourth, planting and breeding should be few and fine, less is easy to manage, and similar varieties should be selected for high-quality planting!

Fifth, to prevent anthrax black spot disease should be prevention-based, to kill pests should be mechanical insecticide-based, such as armyworm board, fertilizer to avoid high temperature, do not apply fertilizer during the day.

Sixth, watering conditions can hoard water, watering is thoroughly, do not pour half water, face-to-face watering must be forced ventilation, do not make the blade tube stagnant water!

Seventh, fertilization is mainly based on basin fertilization and foliar fertilization, no matter what kind of fertilization is only for strong seedlings, small and weak seedlings must not be fertilized.

Eighth, the phototropism of the balcony orchid is easy to cause the orchid seedling to grow obliquely, so the pots should be adjusted in time, and the hidden bud can grow after the new bud is unearthed.