The correct way to care for an orchid's three meals and nutrition

CareOrchidsIt is just like taking care of yourself. Today you find your throat itching and start coughing, so you take medicine in time at night, and by tomorrow morning you may be slightly better; take medicine for one more day, and the cough is cured. If you take no medicine at all, after coughing for three months it will still get better, but a person who has coughed for three months is much weaker than one who has coughed for one day.OrchidsThe same principle applies to handling diseases. Once a disease occurs, legal low-toxicity pesticides should be used immediately to suppress the disease, and when the potency of the pesticide declines, organic fertilizers and beneficial microorganisms (Lan Shijie Live Enzyme Bacteria Fertilizer or Aisheng Lanmandian 18) should be applied to supplement the nutrients and beneficial microbial community the crop needs. Operating this way can help the plant quickly recover its health and increase disease resistance. Continuing this routine regularly can enhanceorchids'disease resistance and reduce the frequency of disease. This is the principle of "take medicine when sick, nourish the body when not sick" for plants. Wait untilorchid plantsare strong, and then do not habitually apply pesticides when unnecessary, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of no pesticide use. The meals we eat three times a day are all organic matter. Humans have digestive fluids that can break it down into simple substances, such as amino acids or glucose, before it can be absorbed and enter the blood for the human body to use. Plants also need organic nutrients, but orchids do not have digestive fluids, so they must rely on microorganisms to break them down into amino acids, glucose, or simpler substances, and only then can orchids absorb and use them. In addition to needing balanced nutrition from three meals, humans would be better off supplementing a little vitamins every day, and orchids are the same. Their main nutrition must rely on organic fertilizer, and then a small amount of chemical fertilizer can be used to adjust fertilizer management, so that orchid growth can be regulated more satisfactorily. If you want orchids to produce leaves and grow, then add a little chemical nitrogen fertilizer. For orchid growth, use the ratio of the three elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) to regulate it, just as humans use vitamin C to treat bleeding gums. Vitamins are good for human health, just as NPK is for plants, but we cannot give up three meals and just eat vitamins every day to get by; doing so would instead harm health. Orchids are the same. If you give up organic fertilizer and rely entirely on chemical fertilizer, then over the long term the potting medium will deteriorate and orchid growth will be poor. Caring for orchids is like caring for humans: three meals must be nutritious, and it is even better to take a little vitamins. In organic farming, in addition to using organic fertilizer, combining it with some chemical fertilizer is quite beneficial. For a person with a strong body, whether or not they take vitamins makes little noticeable difference, so as long as the three meals are nutritionally balanced, that is enough. After organic farming has been practiced for a period of time and orchids are growing healthily, as long as the balance of crop nutrition is taken into account in the organic fertilizer, then chemical fertilizer is no longer absolutely necessary, and in this way the goal of organic farming without chemical fertilizer can be achieved.