Orchids, do you have trouble watching them grow? Only if you plant them like this, they will never rot and will bloom all year round. Here is the secret that no one has ever told you.
Do you also know the method to make orchids grow quickly and prevent them from rotting? Follow these steps. You will thank us for the fabulous tip that will save your plants.
Orchid, the most delicate plant to care for
Deciding to bring a plant home is like adopting a puppy: you will always have to take care of it. These green jewels represent the green heart not only of the world, but also of the home.
It’s nice to have lots of little pieces of nature on the balcony, on the terrace or in the dull and dead corners of our house . But caring for plants is not as simple as many believe, especially if you were not born with the gift of a green thumb. Certainly, among the most difficult plants to manage, orchids are included . Beautiful, with splendid colors and flowers, they are among the most sought-after green jewels, bought and gifted but, unfortunately, they are also among the plants that are most likely to die or not catch flowers when they should. If these last two conditions are true, it means that you are doing something wrong. Have you noticed that your orchids are also rotting or struggling to bloom ? Read on, we reveal the trick that will allow you to revive your wonderful plants in a nanosecond.
The technique for flowering and healthy orchids
Caring for orchids is not as simple as it might seem. These plants grow differently than others , their roots , for example, tend to rot quickly if not properly cared for.
Is this exactly what is happening with your plants? Don’t worry, we have a system for you that will make you have beautiful and healthy orchids all year round. First of all, you need to get a 5-liter plastic bottle from which you will remove the cap and on which you will make a fairly large square opening (keep in mind that our plant will have to fit inside). At the bottom of the bottle, you need to create drainage holes using a small knife. Instead, you can pierce the bottle cap and insert an iron wire or a hanger inside it that you will eventually need to place your orchid wherever you prefer, even hanging from the balcony. At this point, we take our orchid out of its pot and begin to remove the old planting material and then cut off the damaged roots. In the meantime, let’s prepare this compound that will serve as a natural fertilizer for our orchid. In a bowl we add 500 ml of water to which we will add two cloves of garlic previously crushed in the mortar. Mix everything. We filter the water which in the meantime will have absorbed the antiseptic properties of the garlic and with a cotton pad that we will have dipped in this solution, we begin to clean the leaves of our orchid. Why do we make this change? To ensure that our plant is effectively protected from fungi : the smell of garlic and its properties are able to work as a fungicide. At this point, we put the roots of our orchid in the water and garlic and let it soak for 15 minutes. In the meantime, get some pine bark that you can buy at nurseries. Let’s move on to the final step. Take your previously sectioned transparent plastic bottle again and put inside it a sponge made into small pieces , of the classic green or white ones that you can also find in flower shops. Then add the pine bark and finally your orchid , the one you had soaked in water and garlic. Cover the roots again with pine bark . Then water the soil with the same water and garlic solution in which you had dipped your plant. This operation should be repeated once every two weeks . You will see that by doing so, your orchid will bloom and maintain healthy and robust roots throughout the year.
