One method of cultivating orchid and breathable air

Orchid raisers are doing everything possible to protect their orchid roots. The ventilation of the basin body is one of them. Lan basin ventilation through the method, the newspaper introduced a variety of, after reading a whim, put oneself now use a method to write out, to Lan friends reference.

The method I use has some similarities with the perforated bottle basin method introduced by Mr. Chen Gui of Yunnan Province, both of which use perforated bottles. The difference is:

One, the bottom of the basin more than chisel or more than a few holes, with foam as a cushion, I use earthen basin, plastic basin. They all have an internal diameter of 20cm to 22.scm(or 8 inches 9 inches) and a height of 20cm. Therefore, use more than 600 ml beverage bottles, because the height is appropriate. When planting orchids, stand the bottomed, uncovered, perforated bottle in the center of the basin. Its large pores can be appropriately enlarged. Put a layer of foam particles about 2cm X 3cm between the pot wall and the bottle wall. Both fixed eyelet bottle, also used as cushion. The foam cushion layer is used to prevent the plant material from blocking the air inlet of the basin bottom, so as to facilitate ventilation and prevent the occurrence of ponding and excessive humidity. To a certain time the phenomenon of plant material decline in the basin, it is necessary to add plant material to the basin, which is later, but also porous deficiency.

Second, the porous bottle to the bottom to cover, the height of the bottle is not lower than the planting material surface, so as not to plant material cover the air outlet, reduce the ventilation effect. The porous bottle is bottomed and capped to form air convection. Its function is to form a natural exhaust channel in the basin, so that the ventilation in the basin is smooth, easy to drain, and conducive to heat dissipation. When orchids are cultivated in the open air, they play a great role when humidity is high or rainfall is high. Excessive moisture in the plant material can volatilize rapidly in a short time, reduce the phenomenon of excessive water damage to the roots of the plant material, and reduce the breeding of germs in the pot.

The plant materials I use are loose plant materials, such as peanut shells, small pieces of sawdust (or called machine chips), rice husks, etc.(not burned and carbonized). Because of the use of perforated bottles for ventilation and loose planting materials, the root growth effect is ideal. I have used this method for many years and it works perfectly. Because I use 8-9 inch diameter earthen basin or plastic basin mainly, other caliber basin effect, other areas effect, waiting for you Lan friends to continue to explore.

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