How to Fertilize a Chinese Orchid
The editor introduces to you the small experience of plant care for fertilizing Chinese orchids and the techniques for maintaining and caring for Chinese orchids, as follows:
Chinese orchids are native to the tropical regions of southern Africa and are famous greenhouse flowers, suitable for indoor cultivation. Chinese orchids attract many people with their beautiful flower shapes. They are sensitive to heat and不耐 cold, preferring a semi-shaded, humid, and well-ventilated growing environment, and thrive in fertile, loose, slightly acidic organic soil. Next, let's understand the fertilizers suitable for Chinese orchids from the aspects of fertilizer selection, application methods, and precautions.
1. Fertilizer Selection
In the growth process of Chinese orchids, they need nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium fertilizers, which can be prepared on their own. Using soybean cake fertilizer mixed with legumes becomes a nitrogen fertilizer; phosphorus fertilizer can be prepared with fish scales, bone meal, and poultry manure; potassium fertilizer is prepared with plant ash and rice straw ash. Using the above fertilizers to fertilize Chinese orchids is sufficient.
2. Application Methods
The fertilizers for Chinese orchids are composed of a combination of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus fertilizers, so there is some specificity when fertilizing Chinese orchids. Nitrogen fertilizer is used for Chinese orchids with less than three years of growth, which can make the orchid branches and leaves strong and can also induce flower buds; phosphorus fertilizer is used before flowering, which can make the appearance of the orchid flower buds earlier; potassium fertilizer is mainly used after the orchid flowers are successfully pollinated, ensuring the development and better growth of the Chinese orchid embryos.
3. Precautions
While Chinese orchids like fertilizer, too much or too little fertilizer will affect their growth. Excessive fertilization will cause the leaves of Chinese orchids to turn yellow, affecting their appearance, but too little fertilizer will result in poor development of the orchids. In addition, when fertilizing Chinese orchids, the principle of applying thin and less fertilizer should be followed, and proper control of fertilizer use will make the orchids grow better.
The above is a specific introduction on how to fertilize Chinese orchids and the techniques for fertilizing and caring for Chinese orchids, hoping to bring some plant knowledge to plant enthusiasts.