Sprinkle a little of this on your orchid potting soil, and you'll get thick, sturdy big white roots with fewer mosquitoes and bugs. Sister Zhang from Anhui has a trick.

Orchids are a flower loved by many gardening enthusiasts. Their leaves are slender, their blooms are delicate and charming, and they give off a plain, quiet, elegant and noble air, making them perfect for cultivating one's character.

There's a saying that to grow orchids you must first grow the roots; when the roots are strong, the leaves thrive. Meet Sister Zhang from Anhui. The orchids she grows are very lush and bloom abundantly. She says that to grow orchids there's a trick: sprinkle a little of "it," and the root system becomes thick and sturdy, mosquitoes and bugs all steer clear, and naturally the orchids grow well, with glossy green leaves and delicate, charming blooms!

Orchids look very delicate and dainty, but they have fleshy roots, and the root system is quite thick and plump, yet rather fragile, making it very easy to cause root rot and attract mosquitoes and bugs, which ultimately leads to poor plant growth, few blooms, or even no blooms at all.

The "it" that Sister Li mentioned sprinkling is actually plant ash, because the main component of plant ash is potassium carbonate, and it also has a sterilizing and disinfecting function, and can have a certain effect on mosquitoes and bugs. After the roots absorb potassium ions, they can increase their own resistance and promote growth. Plant ash also has a moisture-retaining function, especially in the rainy season, when it can protect the roots very well. You can sprinkle a thin layer of plant ash in the orchid pot.

Plant ash is an inorganic fertilizer and is alkaline, so it must not be overused, otherwise it can easily cause the soil to become compacted, and it will also make the orchid's growing environment alkaline, which is not conducive to growth. So after sprinkling plant ash, each time you water, you can drip a few drops of ferrous sulfate into the water to increase the soil's acidity, or use some fermented rice-washing water, fish intestine water, and other such acidic fertilizers when fertilizing, to ensure the orchid's normal growth and blooming.

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