Why do I like to grow orchids with such pine bark? There is another reason in addition to water retention and ventilation.

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Friends who raise orchids all know that pine bark is a good plant material for growing orchids. It has the characteristics of absorbing water, moisturizing and breathable. Many orchid friends also bought pine bark online, but why can't orchids still grow well? In fact, there is another important reason that you don't understand.

Good farmer also likes to use pine bark as planting material, but I don't know how to use the processed pine bark on the Internet. Why? First of all, the pine bark as a plant material needs to be fermented, otherwise it will naturally ferment in the flowerpot and generate heat, which will burn the orchid root. On the other hand, most of the products sold online are purchased in bulk by processing plants, and there is no time to mature naturally.

The pine bark chosen by the farmer is the stump from which the pine tree has been cut down for more than six years. The pine bark peeled off from these stumps has naturally rotted after several winters, and the oil in the pine bark has evaporated. Orchids planted in the last pot will not generate heat and burn roots.

Those who have looked for orchids on the mountain know that orchids like to grow in pine woods. Why?

After many observations, the good farmer feels that the decay of pine bark or pine needles will produce a fungus that is beneficial to the growth of orchids, just like Poria cocos grow on the roots of pine trees, just because Poria cocos like the elements produced after the decay of pine bark, or orchid probiotics.

The growth of orchids needs fungi, which are beneficial bacteria, of course. If the pine bark is cooked at high temperature, it will wipe out all the beneficial bacteria, which is extremely disadvantageous to the growth of orchids. If the pine bark is fresh bark removed from the tree, the unfermented pine bark will naturally ferment in the basin, generating a lot of heat, and the farmer's orchid friend has suffered this loss.

Therefore, there are two advantages for a good farmer to choose only this naturally fermented pine bark:

First, there is no need to rot, it can be used after killing insects.

Second, it does not need to be cooked at high temperature and will not destroy the beneficial bacteria carried by the pine bark.

Orchid friends, do you grow orchids with raw pine bark? Welcome to share your experience and experience.

Orchids, you are a good teacher on the way to raise orchids.