Can I water the flowers with warm water? How about watering orchids with warm water in winter?

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Flower friends in winter with warm water orchids, perhaps some flower friends see this title, may be surprised. Water orchids, always with cold water, how can you water orchids with warm water? Isn't that a perverse, gross violation? And guess what? There are really some unexpected points. Let's take a look at the experiment of watering orchids with warm water:

1. The effect of warm water on orchids

As we all know, orchid leaves need water and nutrients mainly rely on orchid roots and false bulbs supply. Orchid leaf photosynthesis and respiration and transpiration, cell activity faster, need orchid root to provide sufficient water and nutrients, orchids can grow well. Generally speaking, the temperature of orchid root is always lower than the average temperature of upper part of orchid plant. Orchid root temperature is too low, orchid root is difficult to provide sufficient nutrients for orchid leaves and affect the growth of orchid leaves. Irrigation orchids with warm water can increase the soil temperature, and the organic fertilizer in the soil can accelerate the decomposition, promote the absorption and division of orchid root cells, and provide sufficient nutrients for orchid leaves.

2. What kind of warm water?

Warm water can be used to water orchids, one is heated but not boiled warm water. The temperature of this water can be adjusted to the desired temperature as required. If the water temperature is high, add the right amount of cold water to adjust. Second, well water. According to thermometer tests, the natural temperature of well water in winter is 10~13℃ higher than that of outdoor ground water. According to experiments, winter is not too cold when watering orchids with well water can play a role in raising the temperature of the soil, the use is also more convenient, but it is appropriate to use heated warm water to irrigate orchids in cold, because the natural temperature of well water in cold can not reach the required water temperature.

3. Control of water temperature

The results showed that warm water temperature for irrigating orchids in winter should be between 30 ℃ and 40℃. Water temperature lower than 30℃ can not effectively improve the role of soil temperature, water temperature higher than 40℃ will scald orchid roots, affecting the growth of orchids.

4. The results of experiments with warm water on orchids

The observation winter often uses 30~40℃ warm water irrigates the orchid, may cause the orchid root to be strong, the leaf luxuriant, the flower to be gorgeous, but also may promote the winter flowering orchid kind to put on the flower early. From the observation of orchid root exposed on the topsoil of orchid basin, no sign of scald was found, and from the appearance of upper part of orchid plant, no abnormal phenomenon of orchid leaf caused by scald of orchid root was found.

Well, did it turn out differently than you thought? Most people must have thought orchids would die, but unexpectedly, orchids are not only alive, but also alive!