Remember these 3 points when growing orchids, and new shoots will sprout quickly and they will bloom and fill the pot every year

When it comes to orchids, friends both love and fear them. What they love is the fresh fragrance that fills the house when they bloom, and what they fear is that every pot they grow dies, which really hurts their pride. Are orchids famously flowers that can only be grown well with "skill"? Actually not. As long as you bury a little "it" in the pot, new shoots will sprout quickly and they will bloom every year!

First, let us analyze the causes of orchid death. It can be said that more than 80% of orchid deaths come from the growing medium used for orchids. There is one fact that friends cannot deny: why do wild orchids on the mountain, with no one caring for them, still send out new shoots every year and still bloom every year? But after being brought down from the mountain, orchid lovers pamper them like "treasures" every day, yet they easily die?

Not long ago I went to the countryside, and accidentally discovered that in a rural market town, a farmer had actually placed more than 10 pots of orchids on his balcony. Although they were not any rare orchids, they grew vigorously, with leaves so green they shone with oil, and every pot had sent out new shoots. It just so happened that I met the old man watering the orchids, so I went over and chatted with him for a while.

I found that some of the old man's orchid-growing experience is worth learning from. Let us take a look together.

The old man had been growing his orchids for nearly 5 years. He had originally been an employee of the county supply and marketing cooperative, and after restructuring he returned to his hometown in the countryside. When he went home, he also brought back the 2 pots of orchids he had originally kept at his workplace. The villagers laughed at him, saying there were plenty of these worthless grasses on the mountain, yet you still treat them like treasures?

The old man took the hint, so he went up the mountain to look for orchids. It was indeed as the villagers said, they were everywhere on the mountain. The old man dug back a whole basketful at once, but after less than half a year of growing them, only one half-dead plant was left! The old man realized that the cause of these orchids' death must have been unsuitable potting soil, because the mountain was only a few kilometers from his home, so the environmental difference would not be too great.

The old man kept exploring, and finally formulated an excellent orchid growing medium. Using this medium to grow orchids, every pot he grew survived, they sprouted quickly, grew vigorously, and bloomed every year!

The growing medium is formulated as follows:

1. Collect pine bark, break the collected pine bark into small pieces, not too crushed, boil it in water for 20 minutes, then pour it together with the water into a large barrel, place the barrel outdoors, seal the barrel opening with plastic film, and tie it as tightly as possible. Leave it outdoors to ferment for half a month and it is ready.

2. Collect crushed weathered stone fragments, and try to collect small and broken weathered stone fragments.

Mix the fermented pine bark and weathered stone fragments at 1:1, and that is the good orchid growing medium the old man mentioned. This kind of medium is loose and breathable, almost restoring the soil in which wild orchids grow. When potting, throw some pine nut shells at the bottom of the pot to increase drainage and breathability.

The old man said that preparing the medium like this is only the first step to keeping orchids alive. If you want to grow orchids until they fill the pot, you still have to bury a little "material" in the pot every 2 months! What material?

The material the old man mentioned turned out to be soybeans. Cook the soybeans until done, but not mushy. Likewise put them into a container, cover the container opening with plastic film, tie it tightly, leave it outdoors for a month, then sun-dry it and put it into a bottle for later use. Every 2 months, bury about 10 beans in the orchid pot, as close to the edge of the flower pot as possible.

Alright, that is all for today's sharing. Thank you for reading!