I have to raise orchids occasionally.-say dry cultivation.

I have to raise orchids occasionally.-say dry cultivation.

After sending a post about clear cultivation, I think we have to talk about dry cultivation, because with the combination of clear cultivation and dry cultivation, orchid cultivation will get twice the result with half the effort.

Clear cultivation is related to fertilizer, dry cultivation is related to water, fertilizer and water are the two major elements of orchid cultivation, grasping the two elements of fertilizer and water can solve the key problems in orchid cultivation.

It is not a bad thing to have controversy. Disputes can tell the difference between right and wrong, gain insight, and still want to say, because it is a personal point of view, throwing bricks to lead to jade, please add those left behind, and correct the axe if you are wrong.

Dry cultivation is a management method of less water than usual orchid cultivation. The number of drying, length, season, environment, plant material and bluegrass are different. The general management is dry-dry-wet, dry-dry-wet, or dry-dry-wet.

Zheng Tongmei's ((dill orchid experiment)) has a chapter on dry mud, which is about the cause, function and method of dry cultivation. " Every orchid is better than drying pot mud once or twice (one is dry enough before hay, the new bud must be thick, and the other is only potted noodles after mildew), to the degree of drying to the bottom of the root (to test the method of drying roots, use thin bamboo slices to slowly remove the cracks in the dry mud). When Gailan is dry in the mountain, he is always sick in the basin, which seems to be unsuitable for nature, so he has the trouble of being thin and small. Poor its dry basin source, probably dry mud whenever wet, root dry every tide will bite mud, so it can start effectively, but after the basin dry must get the best rain. If there is no rain, the pot will be placed in a shady place until the rain is clear, and then Yang (when the stamens rise again in autumn, it should be wet rather than dry, if dry, it will damage the flower tyre).

I dry than Zheng Tongmei's dry mud is a mistake, summer and winter is dry management, often dry mud, spring and autumn is slightly dry management, dry mud once or twice, bluegrass can not be dried. In the summer and autumn of 2004, our land was hot and dry, and there was no rain for more than two months. when we went up the mountain to find the orchid grass, we saw that the mountain mud under the orchid grass was very dry, and the orchid root dug out was all dry. The bluegrass not only didn't get sick and died, but the basin was faster and grew better. More than three years of dry farming practice has proved that dry cultivation has five advantages: strong bud, flower promotion, rooting, sterilization and disease prevention, and easy management.

The most important thing in dry farming may be the question that Lanyou is most concerned about and wants to know, when it is dry or dry, and how to handle it. Zheng Tongmei introduced using thin pieces of bamboo to poke away the dry mud and see that the foundation is dry and ready to be watered. I am lazy people have their own lazy way, do not dry mud, but look at the roots growing on the basin outside the plant, dry cultivation to see the roots on the basin dry, watering, dry mud and so on on the roots dry, and then two or three days to water. This method is simple, practical and easy to grasp. There has been no problem for more than three years. Orchid friends with sexual interest can also have a try.

Dry cultivation should pay attention to the bluegrass without new roots in the pot, single seedling, weak grass, bluegrass with poor root system should be treated differently, should not be too dry, and should not be too dry in spring and autumn.