Many orchid friends generally believe that the difficulty of raising orchids is the difficulty of watering;If you water too much, it is easy to rot the roots. If you water less, it is easy to empty the roots. As the saying goes, "raising orchids is a little clear, and watering takes three years". The reason for the difficulty of watering lies in the selection of planting materials for our orchid raising.
Are orchids well raised?The key is whether you choose the right planting material for you. Everyone's environment is different. The planting materials used are also different. Some orchids take their own planting materials on the spot, such as granular soil, humus, bricks, tree bark, peanut shells, etc. Some buy all kinds of planting materials online. No matter what kind of planting material. The cultivation substrate of orchids is a material that needs to be aerated, soft, breathable, and slightly acidic.
Some Lan friends wondered, what kind of substrate should be the best?Before choosing a planting material, we must first understand the characteristics of orchid roots. The roots of orchids are fleshy and characterised by storing water and absorbing nutrients. The roots of orchids, like the leaves, need to be respirated. Therefore, the planting material itself must have natural nutrition and good aeration conditions.
In the past, the traditional orchid cultivation used humus (orchid mud) as the planting material, which had very poor air permeability, difficult watering, and easy to cause root rot. In recent years, according to some characteristics of orchids, the method of raising orchids with granular planting materials has been adopted. The problem of nutrition and ventilation is better solved. Let Langan breathe smoothly and make it easier to raise orchids. Granular planting materials usually include pine bark, phytolite, fire soil, perlite, charcoal, red jade soil, orchid stone, ceramsite, etc. The granular planting material is divided into large, medium and small specifications. Different planting materials contain different nutrients and trace elements. It can also be mixed and matched according to your needs. It has achieved the effect of learning from each planting material. The general formula is 50% pine bark, 20% phytophyll, and a variety of different planting materials, accounting for between 20% and 30%. You can also take your own planting materials according to your own conditions, such as pine needles, corrupted leaves, rotten peanut shells, corrupted bark, and add some granular planting soil to mix, which is also a very economical and affordable ideal orchid planting material.
Everyone's environmental conditions are different, so the planting materials used are also different. It is necessary to explore a unique planting and breeding substrate that is suitable for oneself in continuous practice. I have two orchid gardens, one on the hill and one at the bottom of the mountain. In the past, it was a unified planting planting and unified management method. Later, it was found that the two gardens had different droughts and floods, and the orchids grew poorly. The orchid garden on the mountain is relatively windy, the sun is sufficient, and the water volatilizes quickly. Planting that requires more water retention and moisturizing. The orchid orchard at the foot of the mountain is more sunny and has more shade, so it needs planting material with relatively large particles and good drainage. After continuous exploration and practice. The orchid orchards on the hill are planted with smaller granular planting materials and a mix of grass with better water retention. Yamashita orchid orchards are planted with coarser grains. Each one chooses the right planting material for them. Therefore, there is no best orchid planting material, only the most suitable for yourself is the best.
There are a variety of orchid planting materials, whether you buy them online or use them locally, as long as they can meet the requirements of hydrophobic and breathable orchid roots, they can be used to grow orchids. The root of raising a good orchid is to raise a good root, and the foundation of raising a good heel is to choose a good substrate, if you want to raise an orchid well, it is very important to choose a good planting material, have you chosen the right one?