Scientific orchid-growing techniques: Five steps to growing old, weak, diseased and young orchids well; an old plant can produce 4 new shoots

Apart from the "cancer" of orchids - the viral disease "Baras" - how do you grow the old plants, weak plants, diseased seedlings and young seedlings of orchids well? Practice shows that if you use scientific methods for rapid cultivation, one old plant can produce 4 new shoots in a year; weak plants can be rejuvenated in only 1 to 2 years; diseased seedlings can be virus-free through tissue culture, and young seedlings can also mature after 2-3 years of rapid cultivation. It seems that growing old plants, weak plants, diseased seedlings and young seedlings of orchids well is not really difficult. However, most orchid growers today still do not have the conditions to grow orchids with modern science and technology. Even if old, weak, diseased and young orchids are grown well with advanced science and technology, when they are exchanged as commodities and cared for in the hands of the broad community of orchid friends, not everyone will necessarily be able to grow them well. This is because modern advanced scientific orchid-growing techniques have not yet become widespread. So what should be done?

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First, for the broad community of orchid lovers, it is necessary to change outdated ideas, learn a little knowledge about scientific orchid growing, do some experiments and sum up some experience. This is absolutely beneficial for growing old, weak, diseased and young orchids well. Some orchid growers often apply some mistaken ideas to the management of old, weak, diseased and young orchids, just as people think that for the elderly, the sick, young children and the physically weak, it seems that simply "taking tonics" will make them well. This idea is wrong for people, and when applied to orchids it is even more harmful. For the elderly and the sick, if you speak of "tonifying", you must first regulate their absorption function, and only then can you "tonify" gently. For orchids this is even more so, and this is the key to growing old, weak, diseased and young orchids well.

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First, the correct approach should be to grow orchids cleanly, first regulate the root system well and strengthen its absorption function, and then gradually increase the nutrient supply in sequence during each growth period.

Second, the growing medium for old, weak, diseased and young orchids must be clean, light, fine and well drained.

Third, regulate the temperature so that it is neither too hot nor too cold, and the dry and wet levels should not vary greatly; keep it moist. Extend the light duration so that photosynthesis is sufficient, enabling more nutrients to be produced and accumulated. Place the orchids in a wind-sheltered but well-ventilated spot so that they are not constantly swaying in the wind.

Fourth, repot in good time, remove hollow and rotted old roots, and keep the pot clean. When repotting, judge by root length: if the new roots are longer and more numerous than the new shoots, then fertilization can be increased; if the ratio of root length to leaf length is 0.7:1, then "tonifying" at this time is most reasonable.

Fifth, in late autumn and early spring, heated cultivation can be used to extend and advance the growth period and shorten the relative dormant period in winter. This encourages it to produce new shoots twice a year and speeds up the rejuvenation cycle of old, weak, diseased and young orchids.

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