Sakura is most often associated with Japan and its culture. Picnics in the canopy flowering trees have long become an integral attribute of welcoming spring in the Land of the Rising Sun. Financial and academic year here it starts on April 1, when the magnificent cherry blossoms bloom. Therefore many significant moments in the life of the Japanese are marked by their flowering. But sakura also grows well in cooler regions - certain species can be successfully grown even in Siberia.
Agriculture is one of these types human activity, the successful outcome of which is not always directly proportional to the efforts made. Unfortunately, nature does not necessarily act as our ally when growing plants, and often, on the contrary, even throws up new challenges. Increased reproduction of pests, abnormal heat, late return frosts, hurricane winds, drought... And one of the springs gave us another surprise - a flood.
Let me confess my love today. In love with... lavender. One of the best unpretentious, evergreen and beautifully flowering shrubs that can be successfully grown in your garden. And if anyone thinks that lavender is a Mediterranean or at least southern resident, then you are mistaken. Lavender grows well in more northern regions, even in the Moscow region. But to grow it, you need to know some rules and features. They will be discussed in this article.
Once you have tried such an invaluable product as pumpkin, it is difficult to stop searching for new recipes for serving it to the table. Korean pumpkin, despite its pungency and spiciness, has a fresh and delicate taste. After cooking, you will need to cover the salad and let it sit for at least 15 minutes. My nutmeg pumpkin is very juicy and sweet, so there is no need to mash it. If the pumpkin is of a different variety, you can mash it with your hands so that it slightly releases the juice.
Lettuce, as the earliest and most unpretentious green crop, has always been held in high esteem by gardeners. Spring planting Most gardeners usually start by sowing lettuce, parsley and radishes. IN Lately desire for healthy eating And big choice greens in supermarkets make gardeners wonder which of these plants can be grown in their beds? In this article we will talk about nine of the most interesting, in our opinion, varieties of salad.
Pollock is best prepared as a casserole, separating the fillet from the skin and bones. Pieces of fish are mixed with a colorful assortment of vegetables and topped with a sauce of cheese, sour cream and eggs. This fish casserole has a presentable appearance, and its taste is a bizarre mixture of subtle nuances. Vegetables and fillets will be soaked in sour cream, the cheese will harden into a golden brown crust, and the eggs will bind all the ingredients together. Pieces of fish are generously sprinkled with Italian herbs, and pollock acquires an unusual piquancy.
Despite the fact that calendar spring begins in March, you can truly feel the awakening of nature only with the advent of flowering plants in the garden. Nothing signals the arrival of spring as eloquently as clearings of blooming primroses. Their appearance is always a small celebration, because winter has receded and a new gardening season awaits us. But, besides the spring primroses, there is still something to see and admire in the garden in the month of April.
Rapidly growing and turning into wild thickets, hogweed disrupts the existing ecosystem and suppresses all other plants. Essential oils, contained in the fruits and leaves of hogweed, cause severe forms of dermatitis. At the same time, it is much more difficult to control than other common weeds. Fortunately, today a product has appeared on the market that can short term rid your area of most weeds, including hogweed.
Carrots come in different colors: orange, white, yellow, purple. Orange carrots contain beta-carotene and lycopene, yellow due to the presence of xanthophylls (lutein); White carrots have a lot of fiber, and purple ones contain anthocyanin, beta and alpha carotenes. But, as a rule, gardeners choose carrot varieties for sowing not by the color of the fruit, but by the timing of their ripening. About the best early, middle and late varieties we will tell you in this article.
Recommended enough easy recipe pie with a delicious filling of chicken and potatoes. Open chicken and potato pie is great hearty dish, which is suitable for a hearty snack, it is very convenient to take a couple of pieces of this pastry on the road. The pie is baked in the oven for one hour at 180 degrees. After that we put it on wooden surface, having previously released it from the mold. It is enough to slightly cool the baked goods and you can start tasting.
The long-awaited spring for many indoor plants is the period of the start of active growing season, and for the majority - the return of their decorative effect. While admiring the young leaves and emerging shoots, you should not forget that spring is also a great stress for all indoor plants. Sensitive to changes in conditions and universal, all indoor crops face much more bright lighting, changes in air humidity and temperature conditions.
You can easily prepare homemade Easter cake with cottage cheese and candied fruits, even without any pastry experience. You can bake Easter cake not only in special form or in a paper form. For your first culinary experiences (and not only) I advise you to take a small cast iron frying pan. Easter cake in a frying pan will not turn out as high as in a narrow pan, but it never burns and is always well baked inside! Cottage cheese dough made with yeast turns out airy and aromatic.
It is also interesting because its fruits (pumpkins) are used for food by young, not ripe ones (greens). This means you don’t have to wait for the harvest to ripen, and from late spring to autumn you can have fresh vegetables on your menu. In your garden beds, it is better to grow varieties and hybrids of zucchini that are resistant to disease and change. weather conditions. This eliminates unwanted treatments and allows you to get a harvest in any weather. It is these varieties of zucchini that will be discussed in this article.
IN middle lane April is the time when the first flowering of plants in gardens and parks begins. The constant soloists of the spring that has come into its own are the bulbous primroses. But also among ornamental shrubs you can find those that will delight you with fragrant flowers that enliven the still inconspicuous garden. The main riot of beautifully flowering ornamental shrubs occurs in the month of May, and most of them, as a rule, bloom in mid-May.
The orchid is probably the only flower that absolutely everyone likes. Walking through the shop windows where pots with these wonderful flowers are located, everyone begins to be touched and receive incredible pleasure. In fact, you can grow orchids yourself at home, although you will need to put in the maximum amount of effort, but the result will definitely please you.
There are about 25,000 species of orchids on the planet, and about 90,000 various hybrids. However, you need to know that for home breeding Not all flowers are suitable.
Much depends on the room temperature. Varieties such as cutleys, dendrobiums and phalaenopsis bloom beautifully in warm rooms, but paphiopedilums and coelognias, on the contrary, prefer cold.
If this is your first time deciding to grow an orchid at home, then it is best to give preference to phalaenopsis. This flower is less picky than its other relatives and is ideal for the climate of our country.
IN natural environment the orchid grows on other plants, which means that at home it also needs to be planted in a special substrate. But at the same time, it is always worth considering recommendations for choosing soil depending on the selected subspecies of plant.
What to choose for the block? The most suitable various options. This can be tree bark, ferns, and even various driftwood. The choice must be made based on the size of the flower, as well as depending on the recommendations put forward for its subspecies.
The landing itself is not that difficult. First you need to take a suitable flowerpot and cover its bottom with high-quality moss. Then place the selected block in it and, using a special thread, tie the root of the plant to a snag or bark.
It is best to purchase a substrate for orchids ready-made, but if this is not possible, you can prepare the soil at home.
Option #1
All you need is to take pine bark and moss. First you need to pre-treat the pine in order to destroy all insects. To do this, the bark needs to be boiled for 10 minutes, then dried well and repeated the procedure several more times. As soon as the bark is ready, it needs to be crushed, mixed with moss and then flowers can be planted.
Option No. 2
We take equal parts of fern, moss and earth. Mix well and, if possible, add oak leaves that have already fallen.
Option No. 3
You need to take pine bark and peat, depending on the ratios in which they are suitable for the selected type of orchid. Mix well and the substrate is ready.
You can use a wide variety of containers for flowers, but now the store has a large selection of flowerpots designed specifically for orchids. Also, flowerpots must have drainage holes so that excess moisture does not accumulate and the soil does not begin to bloom. You also need to take care of a perch in advance that can support the flowers.
We put drainage at the bottom of the peas, it can be either special or the most ordinary broken shards, tiles, etc. We plant the flower itself in the pot and cover everything with substrate, but so that part of the stem is not sprinkled.
Orchids love light, but only if Sun rays not straight, but scattered. If the windows are located on different sides light, it is best to give preference to the eastern side. But in winter time it is necessary to create artificial lighting, since the orchid’s daylight hours must be at least 12 hours. Otherwise, the leaves of the flower will simply begin to wither and fall off.
Now about the air temperature that is suitable for plants. The minimum possible temperature can be 12 degrees, but it is better not to let it get to that point. The most optimal temperature should fluctuate around +20 - +25 degrees.
Air humidity should be optimal, approximately 50%. At all ideal condition- this is when the air humidity is 70%, but such numbers are only possible in a greenhouse. Therefore, it is still advisable to artificially humidify the air, at least periodically. In addition, it is imperative to ventilate the room so that the air does not become stagnant, otherwise the plant may become ill with a variety of diseases. infectious diseases. In addition, under no circumstances should drafts be allowed to appear, otherwise the plant will die immediately.
It is worth humidifying the air by spraying so that the water does not fall on the flower of the plant. The procedure should be carried out at least 3 times a day, especially in summer time. You should not spray orchids at night if they are in a well-ventilated area so that they do not freeze from temperature changes. In winter, even when the air is humidified, spraying the plant itself is not recommended.
To prevent the water from being too hard, it is also softened artificially. To do this, take peat, wrap it in a bag made of natural fabric and lower it into water. Peat should be taken at a ratio of 1:1, that is, per 10 liters of water, 10 grams of peat.
As for the watering regime, it is individual for each subspecies separately. It is worth remembering one rule that applies to all orchids. You can water them only when the substrate dries completely, otherwise the root may dry out. If suddenly there is a flowerpot excess water, it must be able to exit through the holes, otherwise the plant will simply die.
You can water flowers only in the morning. The water temperature should be no less than +30 and no more than + 40 degrees. In summer, you need to water every two days. In winter, no more than 2 times a week. And if the air humidity is high, then watering can be done once a week.
From time to time you can create souls for an orchid from hot water. It should last no more than 2 minutes. It is very effective for the flower, especially during its flowering period.
Of course, it is difficult to carry out all these actions. But if you love orchids and give them due attention, they will repay you in kind and will delight you with their exquisite blooms for at least 6 months a year.
Ecology of knowledge. Home: Growing an orchid at home is not an activity for the lazy; an orchid requires special care, but it gives the owner real magic. How to properly maintain and care for an orchid.
Growing an orchid at home is not an activity for the lazy; an orchid requires special care, but it gives the owner real magic. How to properly maintain and care for an orchid.
Remember that an orchid is an epiphyte. That is, in natural conditions it lives on other plants, usually trees. Therefore, it should be planted not in the ground, but in a special substrate. You can buy orchid substrate ready-made, or you can prepare it yourself. Take dry pine bark and boil thoroughly. Dry. After a couple of days, boil again. This is necessary to destroy harmful insects. Cut the finished bark into small pieces (pieces 1.5-2 cm in size). Mix with dried, crushed sphagnum moss. The substrate is ready.
A few words about the orchid pot. When choosing a pot for an orchid, experts recommend a white one or, even better, a transparent one - this one will not heat up in the sun and will not overheat the roots of the plant. Interestingly, a plastic pot is better - in a clay pot, the roots of orchids grow to its porous walls and are therefore severely injured during transplantation. There must be holes in the pot, because one of the main conditions for the healthy well-being of orchids is excellent ventilation. In addition, water will not stagnate there.
The pot is ready. Now, to make caring for the orchid easier, we place drainage on the bottom, which is necessary for good water movement. Small pieces of polystyrene foam (0.5-1 cm) can be used as drainage. The drainage layer should occupy a little less than one-fourth of the pot, then lay the prepared substrate on three-quarters and place the orchid. Do not press down the roots under any circumstances! Having arranged the plant, fill the pot with the remaining substrate.
And remember - an orchid is replanted once every 3 years, not more often.
Orchid is very light-loving plant. The availability of the required amount of light determines whether the orchid will bloom and for how long. But at the same time, she cannot stand the bright midday sun. So it is better to place the pot with the beauty on a western or eastern window. If this is not possible, provide the flower with additional light. You can determine how an orchid is feeling by looking at the leaves - if they have become very dark, then there is not enough light, and if they turn yellow or become covered with spots, then you have too much light.
The orchid should be watered every 2-3 days in summer, and 1-2 times a week in winter. Make sure that the substrate dries out significantly in between waterings; orchids do not like waterlogging. Water the orchid by placing the flower pot in a bowl of water for 10 minutes, and the substrate collects water through the holes in the pot. Then drain the water, and let the plant stand in an empty container for the same amount of time.
There is no point in watering the plant from above, like all other flowers, required quantity The flower will not receive moisture in this way. For watering, use warm, settled water. An indicator of a lack of moisture is wrinkled leaves and pseudobulbs, and an excess of moisture is darkened or, especially, rotting roots.
Orchids do not like dry air, so do not forget about humidification. Spray your orchid periodically warm water, especially in hot weather or if the flower is located next to heating batteries. But do not do this at night, at night the stems and leaves must be dry, better in the morning or during the day.
An interesting idea is to arrange for an orchid from time to time warm shower. It is believed that in this way we remind the plant of warm tropical showers and, as lovers of this flower note, after this procedure they grow more cheerfully and bloom more actively. But you don’t need to do this when the orchid is already blooming - after all, indoor plants are weaker than in nature and can shed their wonderful petals. It all happens like this - the flower is placed in a bath and watered with a weak stream from the shower for several minutes. The water temperature should be about +40C, that is, slightly warmer than body temperature. Let the water drain and “cool” the flower, blot the middle of the plant with a napkin so that it does not rot.
In addition to regular watering, orchids need additional feeding. Use specialized fertilizers for orchids; feeding epiphyte orchids with residual fertilizers from other indoor plants is not only useless, but also dangerous, because they clog the air spaces of the roots that orchids need. During growth and flowering, this should be done once every two weeks. The rest of the time, 1-2 times a month and in smaller quantities is enough.
In nature, orchids are epiphytes, that is, they grow on trees where air circulation is much higher than on the ground. Therefore, in stuffy, unventilated rooms, orchids grow poorly and bloom worse. If you are interested in making your orchid happy in your home, create a little air movement. But not a draft - orchids don’t like it, they quickly drop their flowers. Professional orchid growers periodically (for an hour or two) turn on a weak fan in the room with orchids, not directed at the flowers.
As for air temperature, the overwhelming majority of orchids come from southern countries and love warmth, so the optimal temperature for their maintenance and care is +20C-+25C. And if the temperature drops to 17 degrees and below, the chance of seeing an orchid bloom is minimal.
The blossoming of an orchid is the most joyful moment in the life of any gardener. The orchid blooms at the age of 1.5-2.5 years. It can be very difficult to wait for it to bloom. It would seem that you are caring for her with all your might, but she, ungrateful, does not want to blossom. And you leave her alone! To release beautiful flower, the orchid needs a little stress. A sharp temperature change can speed up flowering. For example, keep the whim all night at a temperature of +18C, and in the morning move it to warm room. A reduction in watering can also serve as an impetus for flowering. In winter, there is no point in driving out an orchid at all - it is better to put it in a cool place, let it wait there for spring. published
Growing an orchid at home is quite painstaking work.
Orchid loves light, but not direct rays of the sun. Therefore, in terms of lighting, windows on the western and eastern sides are suitable for it.
in winter natural light This is not enough for a plant at home, because it needs light for at least 12 hours a day. It is easy to see from an orchid whether it has enough light: no, if the leaves have darkened, become soft and elongated greatly.
The temperature at home is usually from 18 to 25 degrees Celsius. A favorable environment for a heat-loving orchid. The plant should not be allowed to remain at temperatures below 12 degrees Celsius: it will die.
Before opening the window in winter to ventilate the room, remove the orchid from the room. If already disabled central heating, and the house has become very cold, optimal temperature conditions for a tropical plant can be created using an air heater.
Perfect option - grow an orchid in a greenhouse, where the humidity can be more than 70% (as in the tropics).
There is no way to create such air humidity at home. But even at 50% at home, the plant feels normal if it is sprayed with water three times a day (morning, lunch and evening).
When an orchid blooms, all its parts except the flowers are sprayed. At night, the leaves of the plant should be dry, so the last spraying is not recommended late. If the orchid is grown in temperature conditions below 18 degrees Celsius (for example, on a veranda), it does not need to be sprayed.
Ventilating the room where the orchid grows, definitely. Lack of air circulation can lead to... There should be no drafts during ventilation, and the orchid should not be overcooled in winter period.
soft and warm water (40°C). Ideally - rain. For watering tap water can be settled, filtered or boiled.
To make the water softer, peat wrapped in a rag bag is placed in a container with it for a day. The calculation is as follows: 10 liters of water - 10 grams of peat. There is no need to water frequently, only when completely dry. Water should not stagnate in the pot. For summer optimal mode watering - after 3 days; for winter - after 7 days.
Ordinary soil is not suitable for growing orchids. As a rule, the pot in which the shoot is sold does not contain soil. There are pebbles (expanded clay) and bark. The fact is that the roots of a tropical epiphyte need air, and ordinary soil is too dense a substance for them.
How to grow an orchid from seeds? Orchid seeds are very small. They are like dust: 15 thousand times smaller than a wheat seed. They lack endosperm, which makes the seeds extremely vulnerable when they germinate.
Everything that comes into contact with the seed during its germination must be sterile, otherwise it will be destroyed by pathogenic microorganisms.
A special mixture with agar-agar is sold in stores. for growing orchids from seeds.
It needs to be diluted as written in the instructions and sterilized in a saucepan with a tight-fitting lid for 20 minutes.
The resulting substance is in the form of jelly; it is placed in jars (30 milliliters each) and seeds are sown in them. The jars are hermetically sealed. After 9 months the seed will germinate. Transplanting into a pot will be possible only after 3 years.
How to grow an orchid from a bulb? Orchid pseudobulbs are sold in flower shops. They are called bulbs.
Using a disinfected knife, we free the bulbs from the small pseudobulbs that form on the roots.
Sprinkle the sections with crushed coal or lubricate them with potassium permanganate. and plant pseudobulbs in moss.
How to grow an orchid from a baby? Orchids usually have babies in the spring. But they can also form at other times of the year.
How to grow an orchid from a root? The method is often used at home to propagate orchids.
Successful propagation of an orchid using this method is only possible if the mother plant is large and has grown greatly.
It is carefully removed from the pot and shaken a little to release the roots from the substrate. Using pruning shears, rhizome divided so that each part has at least 2 pseudobulbs. There is no need to divide it smaller: you will have to wait a very long time for new orchids to grow.
To prevent the plants from getting sick, the cuts are sprinkled with charcoal. Parts of the roots are distributed individually into pots. The pots must contain substrate for growing orchids (you can buy them in the store).
It is better not to water the delenki, but to spray them 2 times a day. A sign of plant adaptation is the appearance of roots and leaves.
How to grow an orchid from cuttings at home? 
Using a sterile knife, cut off a shoot from the side of the orchid, approximately 15 cm in length. The sections are sprinkled charcoal. The cutting is placed on sphagnum moss and greenhouse conditions are created for it until it takes root.
Cuttings can be made from faded peduncles. It is cut off at the base and divided into parts so that each has a bud in the middle.
The cuttings are placed horizontally on moss in a plastic container, covered with film, and the container is placed in a room where it is warm (about 25°C) and light. Watering - after 4 days. When the roots appear, the cuttings need to be transplanted into pots.
Flower shops offer orchids in vases filled with hydrogel beads. It looks beautiful, but you cannot grow an orchid in hydrogel.
By the way, even the manufacturers of this material themselves write about this. The orchid does not like frequent watering, and the hydrogel was developed specifically for growing moisture-loving plants.
With prolonged contact with the beautiful balls, the orchid roots die. Experience shows that this usually happens after 6 months.
A simple worker in Wales in the 19th century could only buy a potted orchid after working for 10 years and saving his entire salary for this purchase.
Then it was believed that the orchid was not suitable for growing at home, because it lives only on tropical trees and feeds on them. In fact, this is not so: this plant needs trees as support, but not as a source of nutrients.
We talked about several ways to grow orchids at home. If that worker had known even one of them, he would have become one of the richest men of his time.
The exotic beauty and sophistication of orchids amazes people even who are far from floriculture. Is it difficult to tame a tropical beauty? What are the rules for caring for an orchid so that it pleases with its lush greenery and luxurious inflorescences?
Many lovers of indoor floriculture, who have not previously grown these unusual plants, there may be a misconception about caring for an orchid at home as being overly painstaking and labor-intensive process. But having gotten to know flowers better, it turns out that keeping an orchid of one of the common types in a room is not so difficult.
How to care for an orchid at home, what conditions are required for an exotic crop that has ended up in an indoor pot?
Properly organized care involves creating conditions close to natural. An orchid will remain healthy and decorative for a long time if:
When choosing an orchid for home grown It must be remembered that the plant has many varieties, differing in appearance, natural growing conditions, and needs.
Without leaving this fact unattended, you can significantly simplify the care of orchids for beginners and for flower growers who already know a lot about the maintenance of this crop.
Most of the plants found in interiors are epiphytes that arrived from the tropics. They are easily recognized by their succulent aerial rhizomes, which not only provide the flower with moisture and nutrition, but also take part in the process of photosynthesis. There are orchids that are accustomed to living on rocks, where the soil layer, like on trees, is extremely small.
For such plants, air humidity and looseness of the substrate are important. And here soil species, except usual care for an orchid, they also need nutritious soil.
In the tropics, where the vast majority come from indoor species, orchids grow in conditions of long daylight hours and moderately bright, diffuse lighting. The same conditions are recreated in a situation where the orchid is cared for at home.
The optimal duration of daylight hours for actively growing and blooming orchids is 13–15 hours, practically not decreasing in winter. Therefore, additional lighting will not be superfluous when caring for an orchid.
You should not place pots on south-facing windows without well-thought-out shading. Bright sunlight may leave brown or yellow marks on the foliage, and the buds will completely fall off under direct hot rays. The best place– is it the east or west side. On north windows lighting will be required even in summer.
If the place for the plant is chosen incorrectly, even with proper care at home, the orchids, as in the photo, turn yellow, their leaves lose their elasticity, dry out, flowering becomes rare or does not occur at all.
Increased air humidity is extremely important for successful cultivation tropical plant. And if in the summer it is quite possible to achieve the desired 60–70%, then in the winter the gardener will have to try.
How to properly care for an orchid while working heating devices mercilessly drying the air in the room? To maintain such air humidity, electric humidifiers and household products are used.
The container in which the flowers are grown can be placed on damp moss placed in a shallow tray. If you don’t have sphagnum moss on hand that retains moisture for a long time, expanded clay is used in the same way. The plants feel best in a florarium or indoor greenhouse, separated from the rest of the room by plastic or glass.
When a gardener uses foliar spraying for care, this should be done regularly and carefully. Try not to get on the flowers. It is extremely undesirable to allow a still wet orchid to cool. Because this will lead to the development of fungus on succulent leaves and aerial roots.
You need to irrigate the flower in the first half of the day with water. room temperature Until the foliage has dried, the pot is protected in every possible way from cold air and drafts.
When studying information on how to care for an orchid at home, a novice gardener should not ignore the issue of watering these natives of the tropics.
Already alone appearance plants can tell a lot about his preferences and needs. Powerful aerial and underground rhizomes are designed to obtain and store moisture. In addition, the flower can save a certain amount of nutrients and water in the leaves, which are noticeably thicker in some species.
All orchids are moisture-loving and require abundant watering, in which the soil lump or loose coarse-grained substrate poured into the pot is completely wet.
But how to care for an orchid at different times of the year? Does the frequency of watering change? How can you find out about the “thirst” of a flower located in a mixture of bark, expanded clay, pieces of foam plastic and other materials that bear little resemblance to traditional soil?
The watering schedule, as well as other orchid care procedures, must be adjusted when the season changes. IN warm time of the year potted orchid receives water more often than in winter. But it is better to underwater the plant than to overwater it.
Thick leaves and roots will help the orchid survive short-term drought, but excess moisture, and especially its stagnation, is the right step to root rotting.
Tropical guests at home are planted in transparent plastic pots or containers with special slots. This makes it possible to monitor the condition of the root system. The rhizomes themselves participate in photosynthesis and are easier to consume nutrients and moisture. But how to care for an orchid in a pot of such an unusual design?
It is necessary to water the flower in a continuous container from above. It is convenient to immerse pots with slots in prepared water for 4–6 minutes. During this time, the substrate will be saturated with moisture, and the excess will drain freely.
In summer, the substrate is moistened 2-3 times a week, when the surface of the soil feels dry to the touch. In the cold season, the frequency of watering is sharply reduced.
The need for water is recognized by rhizomes that have lost their elasticity, slightly shriveled and drooping leaves. A healthy plant quickly recovers after moistening the soil.
Limp foliage on regularly watered orchids should alert the gardener. Perhaps the roots were once flooded and now need sanitization. 
Like other indoor crops that are forced to grow in a limited volume of substrate, orchids need regular feeding. But these plants should not be fertilized too often. It is optimal if specialized liquid formulations are paid no more than twice a month. This is done only during the period of active growth and flowering.
Increased content salts in the soil negatively affect the condition of the plant. How to care for an orchid if there are traces of salinity on the surface of the filler in the pot? It is better not to fight this phenomenon, but to prevent its occurrence. Therefore, they alternate with washing the root system, for which the pot is immersed in warm, soft water for several minutes.
If the feeding included in caring for an orchid is excessive, the flower will tolerate temperature changes less well. The plant is more often affected by pests and fungi.
The wilting of flowers on an orchid is a sure sign that the plant is preparing for a dormant period. It will not lose foliage, but it will develop and feed significantly less until the future appearance of buds. How to care for an orchid at this time?
First of all, it is worth paying attention to the peduncle that remains without bright corollas. While he saves green color and juiciness, it is left.
In some cases, buds are formed again on the same peduncle. Daughter plants are also formed, tiny rosettes, which, when their own roots form, are cut off and planted in separate pot. Choose a loose substrate for orchids. But signs of withering of the peduncle suggest that it is time to cut it out.
If indoor orchid bloomed long and profusely, it is not right to allow reappearance buds, as happens on certain plant varieties. This will only further weaken the flower.
In order for the culture to quickly and well regain its strength, caring for the orchid after flowering includes fertilizing or replanting the flower. However, the latter procedure can be stressful for the plant, since the roots not only tightly wrap around the substrate, but also penetrate the holes and extend beyond the pot.
A video about caring for an orchid at home will explain all the intricacies of handling this spectacular tropical flower. If you follow rules that are simple even for a beginner, your indoor collection will grow amazingly beautiful plant. The plant, feeling cared for, will respond with long, bright flowering.
