Application of willow bark orchid plant material

Author: Fushi

The bark of willow is the bark of willow. There are records of putting willow bark into medicine in both ancient China and western countries. Willow bark contains natural salicylin, which is converted into salicylic acid by enzyme after absorption, which is a natural painkiller. Before the popularization of modern pharmaceutical technology in the West, "willow bark extract" (Willow Bark Extract) was the only painkiller at that time.

The salicylic acid contained in willow bark is a natural plant hormone, which can promote roots and seedlings as an orchid plant. It is also seen that many orchid friends use willow bark, and the effect is mixed. Is the willow bark good or not?

As a discussion post, I also talk about how I use willow bark. Let's all talk and complement each other.

In 2008, I went to my local brother Jinlingshan. See him turn the basin, one of which is a large piece of willow bark at the bottom, at that time to see Langen directly through the willow bark, I was dumbfounded. I fell in love with this plant material at that time. It takes a lot of time to collect. Later, I bought several woven bags in the medicine market in Bozhou, Anhui Province, and the local best Lan you divided them. The result of direct use is seedling inversion. Summed up two reasons, 1 is no rot at all, 2 is too much proportion. When it comes to the growing season, the mycelium is full of beneficial bacteria, but the seedlings have fallen, and more is not better.

Slowly adjust the proportion, but also slowly handy. This is how I use it now. The semi-rotten willow bark accounts for 5 to 8 percent, no more than 10 percent. Two reasons, one is the willow bark in the bark is more active, easy to breed fungi. On the contrary, it affects the permeability of the basin, and the fungi dominate the host. Second, if fully mature, then the salicylic acid that willow bark is proud of will also pass away.