One should be cautious when watering orchids with yogurt.
For many girls, the content about orchids, which belong to the Orchidaceae family, is to be careful when watering orchids with yogurt, followed by a comprehensive introduction.
Some orchid enthusiasts have come up with the idea of watering orchids with yogurt, or have seen online that orchids grow better after being watered with yogurt. It needs to be told to orchid friends that one must be cautious in this regard, as methods that work for others may not be suitable for oneself, and the improved growth of orchids after being watered with yogurt may not necessarily be due to the yogurt itself. Let's look at two cases.
Case 1: During the National Day in 2013, I gave my father-in-law a pot of ordinary spring orchids and planted them for him. When I went back home during the Qingming Festival in 2014, I found that he had nearly killed them, with hardly any grass left. I replanted the few remaining sprouts and overall, they were barely alive. When I went back for the Spring Festival in 2015, I was surprised to see that the pot had turned into a large one! I asked my father-in-law if it was the same orchid, and he said yes, but he had watered the orchids with yogurt from washed bottles a few times! I don't know if yogurt has such神奇 effects! Today, I suddenly remembered this and decided to try it to see the results!
Ps: Perhaps this is just a coincidence, as mentioned in the first paragraph, perhaps the improved growth of orchids is not due to the yogurt.
Case 2: About 6 or 7 years ago, I saw someone on the forum say how good it was to water orchids with yogurt, so I tried it. I first experimented with common grass, and after half a year, seeing no problems and the orchids growing well, I expanded the range of application the following year. In the meantime, I continued to strictly follow the fertilization requirements for orchids: no watering in summer, no watering in winter, no watering for newly potted plants, young plants, or weak plants, controlling the concentration. After another half year, by autumn, I noticed that several pots were not right, so I quickly turned them over. The result was bad, most of the orchid roots had turned black and rotted, and some were hollow. The heartache and regret were indescribable. I quickly turned over the pots, changed the soil, and took measures to save them, but several varieties of spring orchids died, and two pots of Hui orchids didn't recover until the following spring. More than 10 years of accumulated orchids almost suffered a catastrophic disaster. This is my experience and lesson, for everyone's reference.
If you really want to try, here are some tips: 1. The concentration must be low, preferably 0.5%; 2. It must be fermented and ripe; 3. It is only suitable to water once every 15-20 days in April, May, October, and November; 4. The soil in the pot should have a medium or lower nutrient level before watering, and no watering in the first year after potting, only in the second year if the nutrients are insufficient; 5. Water the plants the day after fertilizing. These are my experiences, for your reference.
In fact, we do not lack fertilizers and there is no need to apply unverified organic matter to orchids. I hope orchid friends can be cautious!
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