How to change the pot of rotten roots of orchids

Orchids are very easy to appear rotten roots, especially in the process of novice maintenance, improper soil, improper watering or poor ventilation effect, will lead to rotten roots of orchids, rotten roots are easy to appear on the leaves, including a large number of black spots on the leaves, and rotten leaves, etc., if found, timely to change the pot.

For the rotten root orchid, we should first take it out of the pot soil, check the root system, completely cut off the rotten root, do not keep any rotten place, after pruning is completed, sterilization work, we can apply plant ash on its pruning position, can also apply carbendazim, or directly use the ratio of 1:800 carbendazim mixed with water, put the root system of the orchid inside to soak for about an hour, and then take it out.

The second step is to dry the roots. Under normal circumstances, orchid drying roots can be covered with sunshade nets or gauze. The leaves of orchids can be wrapped. Give it two or three hours of light in the morning or afternoon. The roots can be dried. Ventilation is better. The main purpose of drying roots is to make its roots more flexible. When we put them on the pot, it is easy to straighten out its roots. It is not easy to break, causing new wounds.

Before we clean its roots, or use carbendazim to soak the roots, it will cause its roots to absorb water, very fragile and easy to break, if it breaks after the pot will cause the situation of rotten roots again, through drying, the roots become a semi-dry state, so that the roots are relatively soft and flexible, flexible, when the pot is not easy to break, and then through drying to activate its vitality, improve its growth force role. In the process of drying, it will also make its wound in a semi-healing state, there is a feeling of scab, reduce the number of new rotten roots, but also increase the probability of germination, the probability of new roots.

Then go to it to configure new planting materials to plant, planting materials must be loose and breathable. Is the original pot working? You can use it, but before using it, it is best to thoroughly clean the inner wall of the basin, blanch it with boiling water, or put it under the sun to expose it, because if there are fungi or bacteria in the basin, cleaning it will cause it to rot again. After the basin do not rush to water, give it slow on two or three hours later to give it to pour through the root water can be.

Then put it in a bright place to keep the pot soil moist, to slow the seedlings on it, slow the seedlings in the process must remember, pot soil is about to dry when it is watered thoroughly, or dry to half of the time to irrigate it. Ventilation is guaranteed, do not fertilize, watch the obvious leaves recover or start to grow obviously, return to normal watering maintenance and fertilization.