How to water orchids during disease period

Orchids watering during illness is indeed not the same as during normal growth. Proper treatment of watering problems can help improve the disease or alleviate the disease problem, and can also stop the rapid spread of the disease, so that we have enough time to treat it. If the sick orchids are still watered during normal growth, the harm is great, the disease spreads quickly, and it will cause other new problems with serious consequences. I have the following suggestions for watering orchids during the disease season.

1. Appropriate control of watering frequency

Orchids will inevitably be affected after the disease growth, slow metabolism, less demand for water, to properly control watering, to avoid pot soil too wet caused by rotten roots. In addition to this reason, many germs are more active in humid environments and reproduce faster. Orchids control watering during illness to keep the pot soil slightly dry, especially if the pot surface is dry, which can slow down the reproduction and spread of germs, thus slowing down the development of the disease and winning treatment time for us. Therefore, orchids during illness, watering must be properly controlled, must not be irrigated with water.

common misunderstandings

Many flower friends always feel that illness is caused by insufficient watering after orchids fall ill, or think that watering can make orchids quickly become fresh and eliminate germs, thus not only reducing watering, but increasing watering frequency, which is wrong operation. Especially in hot summer, when the orchids that have produced diseases are watered too much, it is difficult to cure them, the survival rate is low, and it is difficult to recover in the later growth period.

2. Do not spray leaves and surroundings

When an orchid is sick, do not spray leaves or around it except by spraying (leaf spot, stem rot, etc., if not root rot). There are three reasons: one has been said before, the air is humid, the basin surface humidity is large, the bacteria are easy to reproduce and spread, the activity is enhanced, and the treatment difficulty is increased. Another is that many germs will spread rapidly with the mist, causing healthy orchid leaves to follow in a short time. The third is that the resistance of orchids during illness is very poor. When spraying, the mist condenses into droplets and flows into the leaf core, which is easy to cause the leaf core to rot, thus causing more serious problems.

common misunderstandings

When orchids are sick, most of the leaves have no spirit, look dejected, the luster becomes weaker, and the leaf color becomes lighter. At this time, the flower friends are anxious and always can't help but want to spray, increase the air humidity to enhance the color of the leaves. Do not know that you do this, is to provide a shortcut for the rapid spread of bacteria, but also let them become more active, breeding more offspring to harm orchids. So keep your hands off sick orchids!

3. Water the pot surface

Orchids in the sick period, watering should stick to the pot surface watering, and do not let water and mud splash to the leaves. Healthy orchid water, mud stay on the leaf surface for a long time, still may leave plaque, disease resistance is weaker, leaving plaque possibility is greater. In addition, water the orchids during the illness along the edge of the pot. If you are worried about not watering thoroughly, you can water them again after about five minutes.

common misunderstandings

After some flower friends 'orchids fall ill, watering is still a ladle. When orchids are healthy, they have good ventilation and good resistance. It may not be a big problem to pour them on the head. It is very undesirable to pour them on the head during illness. In addition, some flower friends used to watering orchids slowly with fine water, and after they fell ill, they still watered like this, which was the same as the harm of foliar spray, which would accelerate the reproduction and spread of germs, and it was not advisable.

4, do a good job of ventilation and shading work

No matter what disease orchids have, after watering during illness, we must ventilate more, so that the excess water in the basin can evaporate quickly, and also keep the basin surface and leaves dry, otherwise it is very unfavorable for recovery. Even after each spray, strengthen ventilation. In addition to ventilation, orchids during illness have poor resistance, shading efforts should be slightly larger, and they cannot be exposed to direct light for a long time, or exposed to strong light.

common misunderstandings

After some flower friends 'orchids get sick, they will strengthen the light, thinking that this can kill the germs. Indeed, when the light is strong, the activity of the bacteria becomes worse, the reproduction speed slows down, and some may really be killed by the sun. But as well as sunning the germs, it's also likely to sunburn or sunburn the orchids. Multi-ventilation combined with medication can play a role in getting twice the result with half the effort. Some orchids can recover by themselves even if they are not treated with medicine and carefully cared for in a well-ventilated place.

's summary

Orchids in the period of illness, to reduce the watering frequency, so that the pot soil dry a little bit, keep the root breathing unimpeded at the same time, reduce the activity and spread speed of bacteria. Maintenance of sick orchids, should stop foliage and surrounding spray, but also more ventilation, proper shading maintenance, watering should be attached to the pot surface irrigation, avoid leaves and false bulbs directly in contact with water.