Zhenhai people's experience of raising orchids on the balcony

Almost all the orchid friends in Zhenhai are balcony farmers. Orchid farmers can only display their talents in the small world of the balcony. Through the practice of raising orchids on the balcony for many years, orchids are pleasantly surprised to find that they can not only raise orchids in this small world, but also have the advantages of easier management and appreciation and good security than orchids in large courtyards.

The key point of raising orchids on the balcony is to enhance their strengths and avoid weaknesses and adjust measures to local conditions. The biggest advantage of balcony is good lighting, good ventilation, orchid diseases and insect pests are relatively less, reducing the trouble of disease prevention and pest control. Most orchid friends choose to raise orchids on the balcony facing south or east, and the change of the sunshine of the four seasons coincides with the habit of orchid growth on the balcony. Orchids need sun and warmth in winter and spring, just as the balcony avoids the attack of the northwest cold wind and frost and snow, and the warm sun shines from morning to night; orchids like to avoid the sun in summer; but it is the season when the sun shines least on the balcony, and the balcony is in the middle of the day. The balcony top blocks the midday glare. Raising orchids on the balcony is like semi-indoor orchids, which can be protected from wind and rain in the four seasons, reducing the trouble of moving in and out. Some orchid friends seal the balcony with aluminum alloy windows. and add some orchid facilities to become a real orchid room, but also Lanyou use anti-theft windows to expand the field of orchid cultivation. Have received good results.

The space for raising orchids on the balcony is limited, so orchid friends are very particular about the artistry of raising orchids on the balcony. The number of pots does not lie in much, but lies in refinement. Most people master it in 20 or 30 pots, especially those who play with orchids of high grade. Never let orchids of no top grade enter the balcony with limited space. Choose pots with elegant and exquisite Yixing purple sand and pottery pots, good flowers match good pots and complement each other. Even if the mud basin is used, it is one out of ten in the purchase, with good annealing, beautiful body and no broken top. And use coarse sand skin to remove hair processing. The basin surface is the same, there is a kind of Cuiyun grass to modify the basin, the basin and the basin are connected, green fluffy, set off the scattered blue leaves, evil spirit is good-looking. There are also those who use immortals, stone plants, wind fossils and brick grains to make basin noodles, which are of the same size and different colors, which are pleasing to the eye. As a whole, it looks like a green landscape. Looking at it basin by basin, each box is an orchid pot.

King. Orchid friends say that what we pursue in raising orchids is this realm, which not only raises orchids, but also beautifies the balcony. Orchids themselves are a kind of art and a kind of enjoyment of beauty.

In raising orchids on the balcony, orchid friends find that because the balcony is far from the ground and the humidity is low, it is often difficult for newly planted orchids to accept the basin. After years of exploration, according to the characteristics of orchid "moistening", orchids try their best to do a good job in each link of cultivation. First of all, the basin is run, the new basins are used after a long period of soaking. The second is to cultivate and moisten, and the selection of materials is generally made of fairy soil. Wind fossils, broken bricks, infiltration time are all more than a week, removed and leached and sealed with plastic bags for a period of time before use. if mountain mud humus is used, it should also be stacked with a certain humidity for a period of time and fermented. No matter what kind of plant material is used, it must be deheated, dried and moistened before use. When cultivating, sift out three kinds of large, medium and small, big bottom, medium bacon, small cover, and then modify the basin. After cultivation, the fixed root water is watered several times, from less to more, so that the soil in the basin is moist and consistent with the orchid root, so that the orchid will be potted soon after planting. Usually, the orchid is watered twice, the first time is thoroughly watered, and the second watering ensures the uniform distribution and thorough moistening of the water in the plate.

The amount of fertilizer needed to raise orchids on the balcony is relatively large. According to many years' experiments, many orchids have listed different formulations according to the growth of orchids in different seasons. in principle, they insist on applying thin fertilizer frequently, and the ratio of water to water is often doubled according to the dosage requirements. and the increase in the number of times, generally every four or five times watering on a fertilizer, over the years, found that the effect is good.

In recent years, because the balcony raises the orchid successfully more and more, the method is also more and more simple, therefore the balcony raises the orchid to push quickly, the orchid has become the resident beautification balcony first choice. It has been estimated that at least 1/3 of the balconies of Zhenhai residential buildings are planted with orchids, and some traditional varieties such as Laimei and Dafuigui are also accepted by people and enter the homes of ordinary people. It is more common to plant orchids in the balconies of government organs and corporate offices. For example, the balcony of the second floor of the Labor Bureau of Zhenhai District has 60 or 70 pots of orchids of different varieties, growing very well, and the fragrance of flowers is full of buildings every year. The balconies and offices of district food companies, aquatic products companies and vegetable companies all grow orchids only. Zhenhai orchid friends on the balcony is in addition to orchids or orchids, even if there are several pots of exquisite bonsai, it is also used to block the sun and set off for orchids. In the words of orchid friends, other flowers are only suitable for planting in flower beds, and only orchids can be potted on the balcony. When you see the balcony orchid friends holding a cup of tea, or lighting a cigarette in the balcony leisurely enjoying their careful collection and cultivation of orchids, the air of self-satisfaction will make people feel that life is so sweet and beautiful. This is the great pleasure that orchids bring to us.