How to deal with the old seedling of orchid (cover the old seedling)

The original title of this article is "how to cover the old seedling". Many flower friends need to know how to deal with the old orchid seedling. This article is about covering the old seedling. The author enumerates three situations. Flower friends can compare them according to their own actual situation for reference.

1. The old seedlings are not old, the roots are good and the seedlings are strong, and most of them are Gladiolus and Gladiolus. This kind of old grass has good roots, mature bulbs and seedling emergence rate, which is not second to the new seedlings. It is the best choice for lovers of covering old seedlings.

(1) the first thing to do is to take care of the wound when receiving or cutting the grass.

The wound is small, don't worry about it, just leave it in the shade for two hours, and the callus of plants and people will work.

If the wound is large, apply some cigarette ash or healing ointment (wait for the wound to dry, usually leave it in the shade for an hour or two).

(2) frustrate the roots, reduce the flow of the tap water pipe, gently rub the roots with your fingers in the running water, rub and rinse the things attached to the roots at the same time, you will feel slippery, some are sticky, rub for a while, and stop slippery. Just stop slippery.

(3) the water basin on the root can be dried (the pot should be small rather than large), and the upper basin should refer to the normal orchid pot procedure.

2, the seedlings are old, but the roots are few.

(1) refer to the AB steps in the first category.

(2) after drying the water on the root, the one planted in the pot is a little deeper than the first one.

(2) the pot should be small rather than big. If possible, several such old seedlings can be planted in one pot.

3. For a rootless old seedling, it is difficult for this kind of old man to realize the bud, but it is not impossible to cover it.

(1) to take care of the old with the new is to find a healthy orchid and plant it in a pot with this rootless old seedling.

(2) when planting, the old seedlings should be buried a little deeper than the healthy grass. after planting, gently pat the basin wall to make the plant materials fit better with the grass. When the ancients planted trees, there was a saying: if you smash it deep, even a mallet can sprout. )

(3) after covering the emergence of the seedling, do not be impatient to turn the pot to check, you must wait for the new seedling to check, otherwise it will fall short of success.

(4) the basin should be small rather than large.

4. Special hints:

(1) No fertilizer can be applied in the above three cases.

(2) there is no relationship between seedling emergence rate and plant material, but it is proportional to watering frequency.

(3) pay special attention to the fact that if there is a plant material with white hyphae at home, it will be more effective if it is mixed into the new plant material to cover the old seedlings. Refer to the following figure.

(4) when it is best covered, the root is longer than the bud.