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How to plant orchids in pots

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, How to plant orchids in pots

Apply thin fertilizer once 5~6 days before pot division of orchids to ensure that the pot soil is dry during pot division; after the orchids are removed from the pot, separate the roots forcefully, trim the roots once, and then soak them in 800 times of carbendazim or thiophanate-methyl disinfectant for half an hour; hold the orchids with one hand and fill the soil with the other hand when putting them into the pot, compact the soil, pour water thoroughly and slow down the seedlings for 3-4 days, and maintain them normally.

Prepare before changing pots

The quality of sub-pots directly related to the growth of orchids, must not be taken lightly.

5~6 days before pot division, apply a thin fertilizer, which is beneficial to nutrient supplement of plants after pot division and accelerate recovery.

Do not water 2~3 days before the pot, ensure that the pot is dry, so as not to hurt the orchid roots and flower buds. In the process of sub-basin, do not pull hard, tap the basin wall, so that the soil off the basin.

disinfection

After the orchid is removed from the pot, shake off part of the soil and cut off the residual leaves and roots with sterile scissors.

Then grab the roots with your hands and force them apart, without hurting the leaves.

After clustering, trim the roots again, and cut off the diseased roots and old roots hidden in the middle.

After pruning, soak in 1:800 times carbendazim or thiophanate-methyl disinfectant for half an hour. Rinse in clean water. Dry in a cool and ventilated place for 1 to 2 hours. When the orchid root is slightly white, apply charcoal ash or sulfur powder to the incision of the orchid to prevent infection.

upper pot

Orchid in the basin, as if people live in the room, pay attention to comfort and orchid.

First of all, according to the size of seedlings, how much to prepare flower pots, avoid small seedlings in large pots.

One hand holds the orchid plant, the other fills the soil, compacts the soil, one pot a plant. After placing, gently shake the orchid pot so that the orchid roots have a slight contact with the plant materials.

Maintenance after pot division

According to the actual situation of conservation, if there is some moisture in the soil, then slow seedlings for three or four days, and then irrigate water, which is more conducive to the recovery of orchid incision.

For newly planted orchids, there is no need to spray water. They are placed in a cool and ventilated environment for 7 to 10 days, and then transferred to normal maintenance.

 
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