How to grow orchids in summer? Revisiting the key care points

Revisiting the topic of growing orchids in summer We can now say that summer has arrived. I remember there used to be a lot of talk online about growing orchids in summer. As for me, I have nothing better to do anyway, so I will tap on the keyboard a bit more and ramble on for a few lines, revisiting the topic of summer orchid care with orchid-growing beginners.

Getting orchid plants through the summer can be said to test the skill of an orchid grower, because in the hot and humid summer, if you fail to manage things well, it is easy for orchid plants to develop diseases. In milder cases, the orchids grow poorly; in more serious cases, it causes the plants to collapse and die. Therefore, when growing orchids in summer, I personally think the following points need attention:

1. After all is said and done, it still comes back to strengthening ventilation. In the hot summer, the only way to lower the temperature of the orchid-growing environment is to strengthen ventilation. Of course, those with air-conditioning equipment can use it to cool things down, but ventilation is still indispensable; otherwise, a long-term closed space will instead make orchid plants more prone to disease. In addition, after watering the orchids, strengthening ventilation will quickly dry the moisture on the leaf surface, especially the moisture in the central leaf of new shoots, so as to avoid soft rot as much as possible. I have always believed that what many veteran orchid growers say - that ventilation is the first priority - is not idle talk, but a famous saying accumulated from their long experience of growing orchids.

2. Provide appropriate shading from sunlight. In fact, many orchid growers in orchid-producing areas can notice that in summer, where orchid plants grow, the area above the orchids is already densely covered with tree leaves, and when a person walks in, it is incomparably cool. It can be seen that tree leaves not only block sunlight but also absorb a lot of heat. Therefore, for us orchid growers, simulating a natural shading method for orchid plants is a task that must be done. Because the shade netting we use now is black, although it can block sunlight, since it is black, it absorbs even more heat. Under the irradiation of sunlight, the temperature near the shade netting is relatively high. Therefore, when I shade orchids in summer, I use several layers of shade netting and leave a certain distance between them, so as to achieve the purpose of shading and cooling.

3. Be mindful and careful when watering. As for watering orchid plants, I personally follow the principle of not watering if not dry, and watering thoroughly when I do water. And after watering well, strengthen ventilation to dry the moisture in the central leaf of new grass as quickly as possible. When watering, try to avoid doing it when the temperature is at its highest. Generally, early in the morning before the sun comes out or after ten o'clock at night is best.

4. Fertilize with caution and avoid repotting. Fertilizing and repotting in summer, I personally think, are great taboos in orchid growing. Because summer temperatures are relatively high, orchid roots are in a semi-dormant state. If you fertilize, the orchid roots will not absorb it and convert it into nutrients. It easily causes fertilizer damage and burns the roots, so fertilizing at this time is counterproductive. As for repotting, after an orchid plant is repotted, its previous small environment has already been destroyed, and to let the orchid roots adapt to the new environment, that is, to settle into the pot, takes half a month to a month or even longer, and it is easy for stunted buds and plant collapse to occur.

5. In addition, growing orchids in summer requires more observation and frequent attention. As soon as signs of disease are discovered, they must be dealt with immediately; in this way, losses can be reduced to the lowest possible degree.

If this is showing off one's slight skill before an expert and makes other orchid masters laugh, please do point out corrections, so that new orchid growers and other orchid-growing beginners can learn and benefit. Thank you.

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