How to water cold orchid

Summer is the growing period of cold orchid, once the lack of water, the plant will grow poorly. Watering should be eight minutes dry, two minutes wet, dry and wet. But many flower friends can not grasp the measurement of watering, the following is to explain the watering method of Hanlan!

Watering principle of Hanlan

Cold orchid watering should be strictly controlled, it is best to do basin soil tide but not wet, dry but not dry. Watering can see dry and wet, that is, watering thoroughly, usually slightly dry as the principle, so that the cold orchid root system is developed, the growth is robust, and there are few rotten roots and premature senescence.

Many flower friends who have just begun to learn to raise orchids are afraid that orchids are short of water and will be watered whenever they are free, resulting in over-wet soil and rotten roots of orchids, which leads to the failure of the first attempt.

Cold orchid watering method

Watering mode

It is usually watered every 15 days in late spring, every 6 days in summer, and every 10 days in autumn. In winter and early spring, there is often no watering for more than 20 days or even more than a month.

Watering is usually carried out in the early morning or evening. Do not water and pour at noon.

Watering cycle

In order to facilitate the relatively unified management of large and small pots, reasonable pots were used according to the number of seedlings and the developed degree of roots, that is, more seedlings were planted in large pots, fewer seedlings were planted in small pots, large pots were used for developed roots, and small pots were used for root differences. Strong seedlings with weak seedlings can also be used, and rare and famous products can be planted with general varieties, which is not only in line with the habit of orchids, the accumulation of orchids is conducive to growth, but also basically achieve the same watering cycle of large and small pots.