The feeling of raising orchids on the balcony

Raising orchids on the balcony has been common in real life. With the rapid development of economy, the improvement of household conditions and the general improvement of the quality of life, orchid culture has entered the leisure life of urban people like the spring tide, and the dining table and tea room have become popular. Lanfang has been smelled in the study and hall. However, how to raise orchids on the balcony and how to raise orchids well is an urgent but difficult practical problem that Ailan people care about.

I have been raising orchids on the balcony for 7 years. In the past few years, it can be said that the experience gained from the painful lessons of failure is also quite profound. When first raising orchids, there are three common misunderstandings:

1. The understanding of plant materials. Always can not get rid of the traditional soil cultivation, that Lanxi fertile soil, whether downhill grass or mature grass, are raised with the same substrate, and continue to fatten, supply nutrition, pull out seedlings to encourage. As everyone knows, downhill grass, just on the pot of bluegrass is not suitable for fertilization. In this way, it is easy to produce white silk disease and root rot, and the result is that the valuable native species excavated down the mountain die in the hands again and again, the new seedlings rot in the core, seriously appear a large area of rotting roots, and even die in the whole basin.

2. The understanding of light: when raising orchids for the first time, it is difficult to master the preference of orchids and how to shade properly. Some people think that Cymbidium likes the sun, so they put it on the balcony and let it be exposed to the sun. As a result, the orchid leaves are withered and yellow, but they are full of black spots; while they think that Chunlan likes shade, they dare not put them on the balcony and keep them indoors for a long time, lacking moisture, ventilation and ventilation. Affect its healthy growth.

3. The understanding of spray watering: in the first cultivation, water supply is the most difficult link to raise orchids. It is true that "for orchids to be successful, water supply for at least three years." But it is often neglected, alas, when raising orchids, no one fully realized its importance, and they were all guided by "famous books", "once in summer, once in the evening, once every three days in autumn, and so on", dogmatic and bluntly copied according to their own orchid environment and orchid growth conditions, as well as lighting, ventilation and other plants to be treated flexibly, the results can be imagined.

Now I have a few years of balcony orchid cultivation has achieved more successful cultivation methods and orchid friends to discuss, may have a little inspiration or reference for friends who have just raised orchids.

I use the north balcony on the fifth floor as an orchid place, and close it with aluminum alloy and glass to form a high-grade small warm room. Two ventilators are arranged on the east and west sides, and a small ceiling fan is installed on the top, mainly to keep the air fresh, ventilated and breathable. In addition, when spraying water, the leaves can be dried in time to avoid black spots, and at the same time, stainless steel is used to make multi-column adjustable brackets according to the size of orchid pots. The bluegrass is raised in the air, about 70 centimeters high. In order to increase the humidity of the orchid room, five large plastic buckets for selling fish in the market were placed under the bracket and filled with water, and the aeration pump for the fish tank was opened for 24 hours, so as to increase the flow of moisture and the penetration of humidity. In this way, the humidity can reach about 70%, which basically meets the requirements of bluegrass. Huilan's focal point problem has also been solved. Plant material I use gold plant stone with large, medium, small and medium-sized No. 3, plus 1/5 pine bark, put a breathable cover at the bottom of the basin, and then fill it layer by layer according to the large, medium, small and medium-sized ones. Some of the varieties that are easy to rot roots, add a little charcoal in the middle to act as a brake on bacteria. When planting Huilan and Meilan, the small size of the gold plant is not used. Foliar fertilizer is the main fertilizer for fertilization, and in the beginning of spring, B1 produced in Taiwan, blue fungus king produced in Sichuan and potassium dihydrogen phosphate are used to replenish the bluegrass after flowering, and at the same time promote the differentiation of buds and produce more seedlings. Starting from April, spraying multi-element foliar fertilizer once a week, such as Australian Xishuo, Nissan, American Shida, root promotion, and so on, are all ideal and safe foliar fertilizers. As long as palm quot; is applied thin and frequently, it will not cause any drug damage, and it will have a good effect on rooting, strong stems, sprouting, leaf thickening and virus inhibition. Bluegrass grows green and strong. From early summer to late autumn, carbendazim, thiophanate and chlorothalonil are sprayed alternately once a month, and once or twice in the rainy season, which is indispensable to the prevention of diseases and insect pests.

With the continuous progress of orchid cultivation technology, the interest of orchid cultivation and confidence in orchid investment have greatly increased. In recent years, the introduction of famous orchid Wanzi, Lvyun, Da Xuesu, Cheng Mei, old dyed words, as well as many excellent products such as new lycopene, plum, lotus, tree-shaped strange flowers, lotus butterflies, color flowers, etc., are also taking root and sprouting on the balcony, vigorous growth, lovely and gratifying.

Since 2000, air conditioning and fully automatic plasma ultrasonic sprayers have been added to the orchid room. The sprayer is designed and developed by Lanyou in Linhai City. It is completely atomized and has no droplet shape. The present orchid room basically achieves automatic light supply, temperature supply, moisture supply and air exchange, effectively avoiding external interference and diseases and insect pests, the effect is very good, although the cost is high, but the orchid plant growth is very strong, and the seedling rate of spring orchid reaches 90%. Cymbidium, lotus petal orchid and so on reached more than 100%, the return is rich, and one investment, can avoid many years of trouble, long-term benefit.

It is worth mentioning that "Orchid appreciation 600 questions" compiled by Mr. Xu Dongsheng is indeed my guide and mentor for orchid cultivation, and it is an indispensable reference book for orchid cultivation. Mr. Ding Yongkang's "Yilan 300 questions" enriches and broadens my knowledge of orchid art. It is suggested that friends who raise orchids should seriously absorb and study its spiritual connotation and believe that they will benefit a lot.