Orchids turn over basin skills

Due to the limitation of potted orchids, orchids grow year after year and the soil nutrients are exhausted. The root system is too dense, there are too many plants, it is difficult to grow luxuriantly, but also unsightly. In order to promote better growth and reproduction, pots must be turned to change soil or ramets must be carried out.

Turning the basin can be carried out in spring, autumn and winter of the year, as long as extreme heat and freezing are avoided. The most appropriate period is after "the Spring Equinox" and before "the Beginning of Summer", or after "the Autumn Equinox" and before "the Beginning of Winter".

The method of turning the basin is basically the same as the split method. Before turning the basin, take the green cloud grass on the basin and shovel it down, and put it aside. Then invert the orchid basin, hold the base of the leaf bundle with two fingers in one hand, hold the mud pile, the thumb rests on the edge of the basin, and the other finger taps gently along the edge of the basin. After the mud pallets and pots are loose, sit them out of the mud pallets and sit flat or on the side on the operating table and break them apart. If the root system is knotted, it is not easy to disassemble the mud stack, you can use a blunt bamboo stick or other suitable tools to carefully remove the mud layer. Then choose the appropriate height and size of the basin, cover the bottom hole with two clam shells facing upward and parallel, and then stack the other two pieces in the opposite direction to a certain height to form a cone (the height of the whole basin is about 1x4, the highest can not exceed the depth of the basin). Then pour in the coarse mud grains, about 1 cm thick, and add some fine mud particles like soybeans until the clam shell is not covered. Then fill in the fine mud (the depth can be determined according to the length of the report system and the root potential), then put down the washed and dried root system and sit evenly on the tapered mud pile. At this time, press the stable Langen on one hand, and gradually add mud with a mud shovel. After filling up, press the solid soil along the root system with your fingers to prevent the root from nesting. After pressing, use horn to pick pieces or elastic bamboo, steel, etc., press along the edge to the inside to form the desired basin shape. Then lay the muddy green grass evenly, sprinkle some sparse fine mud on it, and then press it gently. Then trim the basin with the edge of the spray pot with a long neck and thin hole head until it is drenched. Wait for the drain to drain, maintain for more than ten days, until the tender tip of the green cloud grass is fresh, and when the green is straight and straight, it can be transferred to the orchid platform.

Lin Qingde, Mu Wei