Is it better to cultivate orchids in hydroponics or in soil?

For the elderly, raising some flowers and plants such as hanging orchids at home can not only cultivate self-cultivation, but also achieve the purpose of physical exercise to a certain extent. Therefore, people who like to raise hanging orchids are often tangled because of whether hydroponics or soil culture is better, so is it better to cultivate orchids in the end? We might as well first take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of water culture and soil culture.

The advantage of hydroponic culture is that compared with soil culture, hydroponic culture can often keep the environment cleaner and more ornamental; the disadvantage is that hydroponic plants need to change water frequently and add an appropriate amount of nutrient solution. It is more time-consuming and time-consuming to take good care of these flowers and plants. Different from hydroponic culture, the advantage of soil culture lies in the convenience of maintenance and management, the disadvantage is that it is easy to breed diseases and insect pests, and the cultivation environment is also easy to get dirty. This is the case with hanging orchids, but there are other differences.

For hydroponic hanging orchids, the water exchange work in different seasons is often affected by specific time and temperature. In summer, water can be changed once for 3-5 days, while in spring and autumn, water can be changed once a week or more. After winter, it is usually possible to change water every half a month or so. And each change of water should be dripped into the appropriate amount of nutrient solution to meet the growth needs. And in terms of water temperature and water quality, there are often strict requirements.

For the soil culture orchid, it is usually required to prepare a fertile, porous and permeable basin soil, and the original flowerpot should also choose ceramic or purple sand material to improve the air permeability effect. And whether it is on the basin or maintenance management, all have to master certain skills, the method of operation should be scientific and reasonable, so as to ensure that the orchid can thrive.

Of course, for the green plant with strong adaptability to the environment, hydroponic culture and soil culture can be converted into each other as long as the conditions are met. As for whether hydroponics is better or soil cultivation, or whether water culture is better or soil culture is better, the advantages and disadvantages are already very obvious, which can be carried out according to your own preferences. However, no matter whether we adopt the way of hydroponic culture or soil culture, we should create a suitable growth environment according to its growth habits, so that we can raise it well and reflect its own value.

According to the characteristics of hydroponic culture or soil culture, we can first choose the way of planting and breeding according to our own needs. if this way is boring, we can also choose another way to raise it according to the characteristics that hydroponics can be transferred to soil culture and soil culture can be transferred to hydroponics. Although it seems a little troublesome, but one of the purposes of raising hanging orchids is to exercise, isn't it? What's more, in the process of planting and raising Cymbidium, we can feel the experience of different styles. We can not only reap happiness, but also improve our potted skills or skills.

Time: 2019-05-22 Click: