Four Secrets of Orchid cultivation

Carry forward Chinese orchid culture and spread orchid knowledge

Most of the orchid, have to go through from will not, from raise bad to good, from raise good to raise fine process. The "orchid age" of my orchid is not too short, but the level of orchid cultivation is still in the "initial stage". After visiting the orchids and orchids that are well raised and refined, look at your orchids. It is really inferior. For this reason, combined with your own orchid cultivation practice, I have thought and summarized some "thick lines" and realized that to cultivate orchids well, we need to deal with four relationships, namely, the relationship between orchids and the environment, the relationship between root cultivation and seedling protection, the relationship between groups and individuals, and the relationship between management and timeliness.

In orchids environment, both wet and ventilated, should deal with the relationship between good orchids and the environment. Each plant has its own unique ecological habits. Orchids are semi-shade plants, wild orchids grow in scattered light, damp, ventilated and loose soil, fertile, permeable semi-hillside, so to cause direct economic losses orchids on a light and not exposed to the sun, both wet rain and water, both fresh air flow and avoid evil wind microclimate environment.

Building orchid cultivation, not only by the west sun drying dead orchid seedlings experience, but also rainy season too wet, poor ventilation and pest breeding, leading to orchid seedlings "rotten heart" death lessons. Accordingly, union expands repair balcony, add raise orchid facility. East balcony, there is shade, there is a pool below, can bask in the morning light, and prevent smoke; west balcony, covered with movable fiberglass tiles, but also surrounded by bamboo curtains, both rain and shade, but also cold storm blowing, thus improving the conditions for orchid cultivation.

In orchid cultivation, the pot soil should be moderate, handle the relationship between root cultivation and seedling protection, and cultivate the root first. This is the consensus of orchid cultivation. Orchid root and orchid leaf are interrelated, injured roots will hurt seedlings, the author in the beginning of orchid cultivation, found that orchid seedlings die, turn over a pot to see, orchid root rot, the reason is basin soil hardening water, orchid root hypoxia. After changing humus soil cultivation, some orchid pots due to too fine quality, watering after the skin wet and water penetration can not go down, causing orchid root dry death and seedling death. In order to cultivate orchid roots, according to orchid varieties, humus soil is used with different proportions of red soil, so that the soil is both ventilated and permeable to water, and moisture and water retention, and according to orchid roots, suitable orchid pots are selected, and the cultivation soil at the bottom is empty, loose, tight, and the pot mouth is "steamed bun shape" to ensure orchid roots and orchid stems and accumulated water.

In the propagation of orchids, pots should be careful, deal with the relationship between orchids and individuals, orchids like to cluster, often "three generations of grandchildren", relying on "collective strength", overcome the harsh environment, the descendants of the system, I have been eager to succeed, want to "rapid development", sub-seedlings transplanted frequently, too single, the results of orchid seedlings thin, successively died. Practice tells us that it takes at least three to five years to cultivate a pot of orchids. During this period, do not turn over the pots and plant them separately, especially when the orchids are flourishing, let alone turn over the pots, so as not to hurt the muscles and bones, but supplement the lost soil according to the situation. Of course, when the diseases and insect pests are serious, they must be turned over.

Management should work hard and handle the relationship between management and timeliness. Orchid has water damage, fertilizer damage, insect damage and cold damage, etc. "Three species, seven branches", management work is very important, orchid management experience, both universal and special, can not be "uniform". Take spring orchid as an example, the whole process of growth is divided into November to April of the following year as dry season, May to October rain as rainy season. Dry season is dormant, flowering period, rainy season is the most prosperous period of spring orchid growth, in the same season of rain and heat, seedling growth, spring bud, autumn bud germination and bud opening Chengdu in this period, this period is also the most likely period of orchid diseases and insect pests, so it is the most important key period of orchid management, it is self-evident that orchids in these two periods of management, should be different, some emphasis, dry season watering should be dry, but to prevent over-drying; The rainy season should be wet, but it should be prevented from being too wet.

Fertilization in winter is not applied, thin fertilizer should be applied frequently in rainy season, winter temperature is cold, which is conducive to orchid dormancy, but it is necessary to prevent freezing and damaging orchid seedlings and buds; summer heat is conducive to orchid growth and development, but it is necessary to prevent overheating and damage seedlings. Diseases and insect pests should be prevented mainly in winter and treated mainly in summer and autumn.

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