Hydroponic culture methods and matters needing attention of orchids

Orchid is a very delicate flower, soil-cultivated orchid conservation is not a simple thing, let alone hydroponic culture? If you have enough patience and have been raising orchids for a long time, you might as well try hydroponics and follow these six steps!

Choose the flowerpot of hydroponic orchid

Hydroponic orchid cultivation uses a special hydroponic flowerpot with no hole at the bottom and a double-layer net screen inside and outside. Put the nutrient solution on the outside, put a grid inside, and then choose some ceramsite or sponge to fix the plant.

Remove the orchid from the pot

Pluck up the orchid plants planted in the soil to remove rotten roots and old roots. if there are too many roots, you can cut off part of the roots with scissors close to the bulb, and then rinse the mud and dirt on the roots with clean water.

Disinfection of the root of orchid

Soak the cleaned roots in disinfectant, soak in the solution for 10 to 15 minutes, then rinse with clean water.

Move the orchid to a hydroponic container

Put the orchid into the basket of the hydroponic container, divide the roots into 2-3 groups, insert them into 2-3 sieve holes, and pull the roots that have passed through the sieve holes slightly by hand, so that the bulb clings to the cross ribs in the middle of the sieve holes.

Fixed orchid

Hold the orchid in one hand and put in clean ceramsite or stone in the other and fill it around the plant. Fix the orchid in the central position.

Add nutrient solution

After fixing the plant, rinse the roots and pebbles with clean water, then put clean water in the outer basin and add nutrient solution. In this way, the transplant is complete.

Note that the hydroponic culture of orchids needs more nutrition, and the water should be changed frequently to replenish the nutrient solution.