Key points of novice orchid cultivation in orchid cultivation

"Many books are useless, and the superior is deeply hidden." Many new orchid friends find it difficult to find the way to orchid. Do many new orchid friends often ask questions about the way to raise orchids sincerely and modestly? And how many of them got real answers?

Of course, this article provides some references for new orchid friends. These methods are the method of feeding, not the method of nourishing, and are the most basic entry.

This article chooses question-and-answer style, so that people can read more easily.

I. The "heart" that the orchid should have_

Remember in a book had seen "Yanglan Xinjing" article, said very exquisite, amazing, but for the new Lanyou, can not help but some too profound. In fact, for new Lanyou, the most important thing is perseverance, as for love, patience, confidence, responsibility, etc., should all be the necessary companion of perseverance, if there is no perseverance, I am afraid it is difficult to talk about other. Orchid cultivation is a long-term process, not because of a dead pot of interest, and even to "orchid is not good to raise" the excuse to give up completely. People always shift their responsibilities to foreign affairs, but they do not reflect on themselves. "Orchids can't be raised well, not because orchids aren't easy to raise, but because you haven't mastered the method to raise them yet. It's the people, not the flowers." This is what I have told many flower buyers.

II. The most important goal of orchid cultivation_

Orchid points different people have their orchid different goals, such as edify sentiment, improve quality, add interest, decorate the hall, etc., there are also hold rich mentality, but all of these do not exceed the "feed" two words, flowers do not live, but also talk about what? Thus,"feeding" is the most basic first gist. My view is: "The new hand orchid, to feed first, and then consider raising good, and then consider raising sperm, so follow the rules, not anxious, can enter the orchid road." Anxious will lead to change, anxious will lead to no interest."

III. Creation of Environment_

For example, the environment such as geography and climate cannot be changed by manpower, and some small environments, such as home structure, orientation, balcony, etc., cannot be changed. They can only be transformed according to local conditions and within the controllable range. In orchids placed on the issue, generally or raised indoors, in the face of harsh environments will be less, but also not easy to lose. In adapting to orchid habits, general ventilation and temperature are no problem, the common problem is humidity. In areas where humidity is not enough, many methods can be adopted to humidify. The investment is large and the equipment is not mentioned. Generally, the easiest method is to keep water in the water tray at the bottom of the orchid basin. The water should not overflow the ventilation port at the bottom of the basin to ensure ventilation at the bottom. It is best to place a bowl of water at the edge of the orchid basin. The humidity of such a small environment can generally reach the humidity requirement of about 60. If it is still too dry, you can place a small modeling atomizer (not a humidifier sold on the market) beside the blue basin.

IV. Selection of orchids_

To the mountain mature grass-based or varieties of grass in the grass, from the cheap price. When choosing grass, it is best to choose large grass with a large number of seedlings, at least not less than 3 seedlings with 1 leaf bud. The reason why at least one leaf bud should be taken can ensure that not all old seedlings are old seedlings, because some old seedlings are more difficult to sprout again. The more roots the better, the thicker the better, no empty roots, no black roots, no rotten roots, apical zone crystal head for the election. The thicker the reed head of the orchid seedling, the better. It's best not to have any spots on the orchid leaves. There is no black-brown leaf heel in the leaf core. Leaves thick and hard, shiny. Leaf length, leaf width, leaf posture and overall plant type are selected according to personal preference. After all,"flowers are enjoyed for a while, leaves are observed for a long time".

V. Choice of orchid basin_

Considering the comprehensive situation of beauty, price and practicality, it is recommended to use black plastic pots with wall holes. Transparent plastic pots in actual use conditions, thermal insulation, heat absorption is not as good as black pots, and the so-called plant humidity observable effect is not as ideal as expected, and the beauty is not as good as black pots. If you really feel that the beauty is not enough, it is recommended to plant it in a plastic pot and cover it in a suitable purple sand, sweat sand or pottery pot. Porcelain pots must not be used.

VI. Matching of plant materials_

Orchid can be used plant material is the most extensive, individuals after long-term experiments, feel the best effect (mainly refers to the follow-up management) with the proportion is: 50% of volcanic stone, 40% of the pond foundation, 5% of snake wood and 5% of coconut skin, bottom pad large or medium particles of coke or furnace ash. If you can't buy the above plants, you can replace them accordingly: volcanic stone-red brick particles, pond cornerstone-plant stone, light stone, snake wood can be bought on Taobao, there is no substitute, coconut skin can be replaced with peanut skin, but the effect is not as good as coconut skin, generally in Fujian, Shantou and other places to buy orchids, you can ask for gifts (more practical than giving orchids).

7. Planting methods of orchids_

Generally orchids are divided into two categories: deep planting and shallow planting, roughly based on the standard of reed head. All of the reed heads buried under the surface of the plant material are deep planting, and most of them exposed on the surface of the plant material are shallow planting. The advantages and disadvantages of deep planting: the new buds will grow stronger, and the new roots will grow faster; but the germination rate is lower, and the buds are easy to wet during the bud period, causing the flowers to rot before they are pulled up. When the summer is humid, if the ventilation is poor, it is easy to suffer from stem rot and soft rot. Advantages and disadvantages of shallow planting: high germination rate, but no deep planting seedlings grow strong, but basically can avoid the disadvantages of deep planting. What I use is shallow planting, which feels much simpler than deep planting from a later management point of view, so I would recommend shallow planting.

VIII. Use of Orchid Fertilizer_

There are many kinds of orchids, but many problems arise when applying fertilizer, such as easy to cause fertilizer damage due to accumulation of fertilizer, excessive fertilizer and so on. Therefore, I have always adopted a clean cultivation method, that is, no fertilizer is used. Orchids sprout and bloom at the same time, but they are not easy to get sick. The leaves are smooth and there is no discomfort. They live entirely on plant materials and nutrients in water. This fully proves that orchids do not like fertilizer very much. After that, from an old orchid there to learn a way to supplement fat, that is, with medical stone soaked in tap water to irrigate orchid. Because medical stone belongs to natural ore, rich in more than 30 kinds of trace minerals, soaked in water, will release trace minerals into the water, so that tap water into micro-fertilizer water, but also can play a role in softening water. After use, the effect is very good, and it will not cause fat damage. In fact, we sell bottled mineral water, mineral pots, tap water purifiers, etc. have medical stone effect in them. Therefore, after a year of experiments, this so-called fertilization method has been adopted so far.

9. The method of putting orchids into pots_

The method of the basin no longer say anything, because this textbook are explained more professional, such as soaking roots, drying roots and the like, in this not much said. However, it is necessary to mention the issue of bactericidal drugs. It is generally recommended to use "carbendazim" or "thiophanate-methyl". Some friends who do not want to spend money, especially those who smoke, can also use water soaked in cigarette butts. The effect of disinfection and sterilization is also very good. This has been mentioned on many occasions. And I used it myself, and it was really good. However, it should be noted that cigarette butts are best soaked one day in advance, and the time is too short, and the effect is poor; if the time is too long, the taste of water and some sticky feelings make people dare not use it. A day in advance is best.

X. The method of watering orchids_

Orchids watering method is more exquisite, generally is to take the best method, that is, with the corresponding apparatus will be poured water to the basin surface. In the actual situation, found that watering by the appliance or have good or bad points. If you use a cola bottle or a cup, it often appears that the water flow potential is relatively strong, it is not easy to make the plant absorb as much water as possible, and such large-diameter appliances are easy to pour water onto the leaves, causing the leaf core to enter the water. It is best to use a special watering can, adjusted to trickle when watering best. In order to prevent splashing of planting materials, slow watering should be carried out close to planting materials. As for the method of soaking in pots, it is true that plants can absorb enough water, but if one pot of orchids can be used with one pot of water, otherwise it is better to adopt the watering method, because no one knows which pot of orchids has virus diseases and insect pests, and then infect other orchids, it will not be worth the loss.

Eleven, blue leaf decontamination method_

Generally, orchid leaves are relatively easy to fall dust, so it is very undesirable to use water spray to decontaminate them, because it is easy to let the leaf core enter water, thus causing stem rot and soft rot, which is a pot. Even in the summer shower. Although it is possible to take cotton swabs or twisted toilet paper to stick water after spraying water, considering the simplicity and safety of operation, it is most appropriate to wipe the leaves with dry toilet paper, but be careful not to pull the leaves to prevent the leaves (especially the heart leaves) from being pulled off.

Twelve, orchid watering time interval_

This seems to be a difficult question, and almost no book can give a clear answer. Indeed, given the circumstances, there was no way. But because I do orchid business, meet customers ask me this question, if according to the truth and answer, I am afraid it will be difficult to walk 99% of customers. Fortunately, I have been raising orchids at home for a few years before, because I belong to the kind of person who likes to simplify things, so if I strictly follow the above orchid cultivation method, I can say a relatively accurate time, that is, once a week permeable. (It needs to be noted that at present, it is only feasible to try it out in Beijing, and I do not know whether it is feasible elsewhere). Water in the morning when it's hot and water at noon when it's cold.

XIII. The Role of Orchid Books--

Orchid cultivation focuses on hands-on practice, but we can't ignore some of the functions of books. For example, novice orchids must know how to distinguish between orchids-that is, Chinese orchids and orchids. Because this article is about Chinese orchids, you should know that Chinese orchids are divided into several categories-namely spring orchids, cymbidium, jian orchids, ink orchids, cold orchids, spring swords, lotus petals, watercress, and spring. You know the habits of each of these categories? How do you distinguish between different species? How to distinguish petal type? How many tongue flaps are there? How many kinds of petals are there? What does Ye Yi have? How to distinguish different flower diseases according to the appearance of leaves? Wait a minute. These need to be read.

These are the things that are often explained to customers. According to the above method, no one has raised a dead tree. But my method has only been tested in Beijing, and its feasibility in other regions remains to be tested. In addition, orchid cultivation really needs to treat others 'orchid cultivation methods and skills dialectically, and needs more self-exploration.