Water Irrigation method of Orchid

Natural spring water is the best for orchid water, and Rain Water is the best. Secondly, if the water does not contain jelly or its groceries, the well water, river water and pool water are all said to be good, but tap water is not suitable because of the different treatment methods in different places, such as clear water, bleach, and so on.

Often, the success or failure of orchid plants is often determined by the amount of water used for irrigation. Most people will irrigate the daily work, and make quantitative habitual watering, for a long time, resulting in too much water in the plant, or too little to realize it. This point is often sighed by orchid farmers-it is not easy to raise orchids. But the most common failure of orchid cultivation occurs when the owner leaves home and commits the care of the orchid plant to others.

What are the essentials of irrigation? how many times a day or once a day? "Water for the doer" will be the basic principle. The dry leakage judgment of its orchid bowl needs to be informed by experience. For those who are placed in the same pot in the same place, the degree of dryness and wetness is not the same. If there are a variety of different orchid pots, it is a different matter. That pot needs more watering, and that pot only needs the degree of wet leaves. There is nothing to do but patient observation and experience. The ancients said: "Lanxi moist and long wet, like dry and afraid of dryness", the lack of dry and wet are inappropriate. According to the orchid elders' decades of experience in orchid cultivation, please consider the following standards.

Three "April, two" three days watering, or a small amount of water once a day. When the orchid plant enters the development period in May and June, it needs to be watered every day. In case of light rain, it can be placed outdoors for several hours. Yilan plant method can also be placed all day. After the rain, wait for the plant to dry up and run out of water, then water it. In July, August and September, in the evening, full shallow water. But for the storm, it would be good for the orchid plant to sprinkle Rain Water. However, for the short-term steamed rain, it needs to be watered again after clearing up, because the heat in the bowl is stagnant, and some are in the orchid plant. You can water it once a day in October or November. In December, January and February, it is the hibernating period for the opening of the plant, which can be watered once every four or five days. If you want to irrigate more water, it is appropriate to choose rainy days to avoid frostbite.

Lanzhu likes spring rain, in addition to omitting the smooth of artificial watering, it can also clean the leaves, stimulate stomata, increase the functional activities of the leaves, and can also drive away the evil gas in the bowl, so it should be used more. If there is little rainfall, it can be irrigated on the leaves with a sprayer, but it is appropriate to do it on a cloudy day or in the evening to avoid operation in the summer. Some people say: orchid leaves can not be watered, that is superfluous concern, Gailan plant is hit by wind and rain to a certain extent, it should contribute to the strong development of orchid plant, and can prevent the occurrence of dry-like insect pests. But we should pay attention to watering the leaves for a small amount of time, do not direct sunlight, so as to avoid birthday fever.

The use of water for orchid plants is not only carried out by a watering device, but also a simple and effective irrigation method by immersing the whole planting bowl into a bucket. In short, the watering of orchid plants should be determined by planting bowls, using soil, planting methods, and placing places to know the degree of dryness and wetness. If you want people to tell you the secret recipe, it is not as practical as your own experience.

Bu Jinzhen