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Can rice water, baby bottle rinse water, and tea water be used to water orchids?

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Can rice water, baby bottle rinse water, or tea water be used to water orchids?

Traditional belief holds that rice water, baby bottle rinse water, and tea water have certain nutritional value, so people often casually pour them into flower pots as fertilizer to giveorchidsextra nutrients. This is absolutely not advisable, because:

1. Tea water is alkaline, and applying it will cause thegrowingmedium to become alkaline, which is extremely harmful to thegrowth and development of acid-lovingorchids;

2. Rice water and baby bottle rinse water are organic substances. If applied directly without sufficient fermentation, the heat generated by fermentation will directly burn the plant's root system, affecting orchid growth or even causing death;

3. After fermentation, the organic fertilizer from rice water and baby bottle rinse water gives off a foul odor, making its use in the home extremely unhygienic and uncivilized.

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