Orchids can't grow. A lot of people make the same mistake. This kind of plant is hard to grow orchids.

Planting materials play an important role in whether orchids are raised well or not. If the plant material is prepared correctly, the orchid can get twice the result with half the effort; if something goes wrong with the plant material, it is very difficult to feed the orchid, let alone raise it well.

What kind of plant is used for orchids? There used to be articles and videos to explain these good farmers, which can be read by Lan you who are interested. Today is a real case. A few days ago, an orchid friend communicated with a good photographer. Almost all of his orchids (10 pots) died in about a period of time. He talked in detail about the process from introduction to planting, and factors such as watering, fertilization, ventilation and diseases were ruled out.

So I asked him to turn the basin and look at the plant material, only to see that I was something I dare to believe. There is half the charcoal in his orchid pot, not plant ash but charcoal left over from firewood. He said that the charcoal was added to make the orchid basin drier, and the other plant material was humus soil. From the root, we can see that the root near the Reed head is growing well, and most of the roots have rotted. Because this is the first time that a good farmer has encountered such a situation, I am not sure if it is the charcoal problem.

The neighbor who just took good pictures of the farmer also likes orchids. He is a rural bricklayer. After the farmer told him about this, he smiled and said, "your friend is very naive. How can charcoal grow orchids?"

People who have lived in the countryside should know that to build houses in the countryside (regardless of yin and yang houses), in order to prevent grass roots and tree roots from growing into the house, they will bury a circle of charcoal around the house foundation, which is called a "charcoal ditch." Once the grass roots and tree roots reach the charcoal ditch, they can no longer move forward, so we can see how much damage this kind of charcoal ditch does to plant roots.

When the farmer explained the orchid plant material before, he also said that there are several principles for the preparation of orchid plant material: soft and breathable, non-toxic, with its own fertilizer effect, and vitality. Plants like this kind of charcoal obviously do not have the above points, so good farmers think that orchid plants can not use charcoal, even the bottom of the basin will do more harm than good to the orchid.

Finally, the good farmer believes that orchid plants can be used randomly everywhere while following the above principles. For example, some orchid friends do not have pine bark, so he uses willow bark, coconut shell and so on instead, and the effect is also very good.

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