How to water the orchid plant
The editor answers your questions about common flower care knowledge and introduces the orchid plant, how to water it, and the specific content is as follows:
Watering orchid plants is a profound science. Some people have been raising orchids for more than ten years and still do not know how to water them properly. Not knowing how to water is one of the important reasons why many orchid enthusiasts cannot raise them well. Excessive watering can cause root rot and yellow leaves, while too little can cause yellowing of the tips and drooping.
Learning how to water requires a heartfelt understanding. Experienced orchid enthusiasts have their own watering methods, and we must find the ones suitable for ourselves from what they share.
Generally, orchid enthusiasts use several watering methods such as immersion, heavy watering, light watering, floating water, and spraying. How to water orchids depends on the looseness and permeability of the medium, the aeration and water permeability of the pot, the temperature, the humidity of the air, and the environment, etc. Anyone's experience can only be used for reference. How to water still needs to be explored and summarized by ourselves.
In addition to what has been mentioned, watering also needs to master the size of the orchid, the size of the pot used, and the health of the orchid's growth. Normally growing seedlings and young plants should not lack water, and a healthy mature orchid requires even more water. For orchids with diseases or rotting roots, it is necessary to control the watering time and amount.
As for when to water an orchid, it mainly depends on the moisture level of the medium. You should be aware of whether the medium is short of water and whether it needs to be watered. Do not be too diligent or worried, and always remind yourself that overwatering or underwatering is not conducive to the growth of orchids.
In summer, due to high temperatures and fast evaporation, watering is more complicated than in other seasons. The surface soil of larger pots evaporates faster, while the lower layer of soil is still relatively moist. This requires us to adopt a "combination of large and small water" watering method, which means that we should conduct floating water every day to prevent the surface soil from becoming too dry and forming an air layer that blocks the evaporation of the lower layer of soil.
In general, watering should not always use the same method. It should be flexible. In summer, with high temperatures and easy breeding of bacteria, immersion is not suitable as it can easily cause cross-infection. Neither should we always use heavy watering or floating water, as this can cause the orchid to either drink too much or not enough, which is not conducive to healthy growth.
The most feared question is when orchid enthusiasts ask me how often to water. I don't know how to answer. If I say it, I'm worried they will do it that way. If I don't, I'm worried they will misunderstand. Watering is a science that requires slow exploration by oneself. This topic has also been discussed many times in the past, and interested orchid enthusiasts can search for and refer to good methods!
(Floating water means that you do not need to water it through like immersion or heavy watering. You only need to spray water on the surface of the potting soil to prevent the surface soil from becoming too dry, forming an air layer that blocks the evaporation of the lower layer of soil, and keeping the lower medium of the potting soil moist.)
The above is a specific introduction on how to water orchids (experience sharing), hoping to bring some flower knowledge to flower enthusiasts.