A New method of Orchid Water supply

Orchids are easy to grow but difficult to irrigate. This was an old saying that was circulating among the friends of Lan Jie. Therefore, many orchid friends think, as long as master good watering skills, then, even if the orchid door. However, how to master watering skills, but it is a difficult thing, predecessors even have "three wet seven dry","autumn is not dry winter is not wet" and many other tips, but in practical application is difficult to master. Because each place climate condition is different, the family cultivates the environment to be different, each person uses the basin to have, the substrate is different, therefore, the orchid basin inside the water storage, the water retention ability, the moisture evaporation ability also has the place to be different, this has brought the very big difficult problem to orchid watering, most people are afraid. Water irrigation frequently caused rotten roots and dead seedlings, so in line with the tradition of "dry orchid wet chrysanthemum" as little as possible watering, little do you know, orchids are also living plants, once the water supply is insufficient, they will also be undernourished, poor growth. The author's home is located in the northeast cold region, the wind is dry, can not apply the watering experience of many southern orchid friends. Orchid cultivation for more than ten years has also been confused by watering problems for more than ten years.

A few years ago, the author found a plastic flowerpot with two sections, porous bottom and two absorbent cords among the products purchased from the south, and was attracted by this flowerpot at that time. After repeated consideration, I think this kind of pot should be good for raising orchids. If it is successful, it can solve the key problem of difficult watering of orchids.

The flowerpot consists of an upper part and a lower part, wherein the upper part is a flowerpot body with a porous bottom and two absorbent cotton ropes, and the lower part is a 3cm high water storage tray. When in use, flowers are planted in the flowerpot body and then placed on the water storage tray. During daily maintenance, as long as the water storage tray is filled with sufficient water, the water can be absorbed and conducted by the absorbent cotton rope through the siphon principle and slowly supplied to the flower cultivation substrate, and then the substrate will supplement the water to the flowers. And adjust the thickness of absorbent cotton rope length can control the amount of water supply.

At that time, I moved two pots of Jianlan into this kind of flower pot for experiment. All daily management (except watering) was the same as other orchids. After one year, the inspection and experiment effect was obviously better than other orchids. Not only did the leaves flourish, but also the roots were white and strong when turning over the pot. And grow a lot of velvety root hairs tightly adsorbed on the cultivation substrate. At the same time, it was found that many flower roots drilled down through the bottom holes of the flowerpot body and stuck into the water storage tray. This phenomenon, I was overjoyed, so I moved all the orchids into this pot. The following year, two pots of orchid actually three flowers, the last flowering is in December of winter, the most pot of jade girl actually a seven arrows; dozens of flowers, fragrance floating outdoors. The rest of the orchids are growing well.

Since this method of water supply is not the traditional watering from above, it seems inappropriate to use the word "watering". So I call this method "automatic bottom water supply method."

Summing up the experience of "automatic bottom water supply method", I think there are several advantages as follows.

1. Uniform water supply, can always keep the orchid basin tide and not wet and not dry for normal respiration and vigorous growth of orchid root.

2. Save the amount of labor, add water once, can maintain several days or even ten days, for busy work, do not have too much spare time to take care of orchids is a great blessing.

3. As water from the bottom of the pot upward to lead, then induce the orchid root to continue to grow upward, root long and strong.

4. solves the problems of soil erosion and muddy water overflowing at the bottom of the basin caused by watering from above, and makes the environment clean.

5. Solved the "orchid easy to water difficult" long-standing problem, orchid friends no longer have to master the degree of dryness and wetness in the orchid basin and headache.

It should be noted that it is necessary to keep the water quality in the water storage tray clean and pollution-free. Can also be added regularly in the water a small amount of high-quality quick-acting water-soluble fertilizer (such as flower treasure, Huiyou cloud big Zhongtian, etc.) better effect.

Since last year, I felt that the pots I used to use for water supply at the bottom had a simple and indecent appearance, and the pots were short and did not match the orchids very well. Therefore, after careful study and improvement, I used beautiful and elegant ceramic, plastic and other flower pots, equipped with ventilation tube covers and self-made absorbent cotton ropes.(can absorb cotton string, nylon rope, etc. can) and a water can be held without losing the beautiful combination of water storage tray, into a set of automatic water supply at the bottom of the orchid basin, the use of the effect and the original use of the same, the majority of Lan friends, if interested, may wish to try.

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