The midsummer is coming and the fertilizer and water management before the summer dormancy period of crab claw orchid is beneficial to safely spend the summer.

Flower friends who often cultivate crab claw orchids all know that crab claw orchids like hot or cold climate, and the most suitable growth temperature is 15 ℃ ~ 28 ℃. In the high temperature season in midsummer, when the temperature exceeds 35 ℃, the crab claw orchid will stop growing and enter the dormant period due to temperature discomfort, and the ability of plants to absorb water and nutrients will greatly decrease during the dormant period, so it is not recommended to fertilize and water the plants during the dormant period. Until the temperature drops in early autumn, crab claw orchid will enter a new round of vigorous growth period, at this time timely fertilizer and water management, can promote late autumn and early winter bud flowering.

At the beginning of June, the average daily maximum temperature in most parts of the country has reached about 30 ℃. At this time, the last wave of fertilizer and water management was carried out before the dormant period, so as to make the branches and leaves of the crab claw orchid more robust and enhance the ability of disease resistance during the dormant period, which can not only help the crab claw orchid spend the summer safely, but also help the crab claw orchid to sprout and blossom in autumn and winter.

Generally speaking, we mainly fertilize plants with three kinds of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Nitrogen fertilizer promotes the growth of plant branches and leaves, phosphate fertilizer promotes flowering, and potassium fertilizer can make plant stem growth more robust and enhance plant disease resistance and lodging resistance. Crab claw orchid mainly grows branches and leaves before the dormancy period in midsummer, so it is recommended to apply nitrogen-based fertilizers, such as rotten soybean water or burying a few grains of organic available nitrogen fertilizer around the basin, in order to promote more exuberant growth of branches and leaves. In order to make the crab claw orchid spend summer safely in the dormant period, it can also be combined with nitrogen fertilizer to increase a small amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to make the growth of branches and leaves more robust and avoid being disturbed by diseases during the dormant period.

Some flower friends do not know how to judge whether the crab claw orchid has entered the summer dormancy period, if the growth temperature around your crab claw orchid is more than 35 ℃, and under the condition that there is no shortage of water and fertilizer, you can obviously see that the crab claw orchid leaves have stopped growing or even slightly shriveled or wilted, indicating that the plant has entered the summer dormancy period. At this time, the crab claw orchid should be moved to a cool and ventilated place to reduce watering and stop fertilization. In order to prevent the surrounding air from getting too dry, spray water on the leaves of crab claw orchid in the morning or evening to cool down. If your crab claw orchid grows in a cooler environment or in an air-conditioned room, it will not dormant in summer and can carry out normal fertilizer and water management.