When watering orchids, you cannot water on a fixed number of days; you need to look at these 4 aspects

We all know that to grow orchids well, watering is crucial. Water is an important raw material for orchid metabolism. A large part of the reason many people fail to grow orchids well is that they have not mastered the tricks and timing of watering, causing orchids to die from too much or too little water, or they grow orchids according to what is said online, "water once every so many days." This is wrong.

Growing orchids and watering takes three years of skill. This saying is not said casually. There are many factors to consider when watering orchids, and you cannot water simply by following the method of watering once every few days, otherwise it will be very difficult to grow orchids well. So what factors should watering depend on? Today Huahua will tell everyone: when watering orchids, you must start from the following 5 aspects.

First: look at whether the temperature is high or low

We also feel this in daily life: when the temperature is too high, we always unconsciously want to drink water. This is because the temperature affects water evaporation, and the same is true for orchids. When the temperature is high, the rate of water evaporation speeds up. At this time, you need to water the orchid more to meet its water needs; when the temperature is low, the diffusion of water slows down, and the evaporation rate also decreases accordingly, so you should water less.

Second: look at light intensity

The strength of light also affects transpiration. When the light is strong, the rate of water evaporation in the orchid pot speeds up, and the amount of water the orchid needs also increases accordingly. At this time, flower lovers should water it more; when the light is relatively weak, water evaporates slowly, so the amount of water given to the orchid should be a bit less. Also, when light intensity differs, you should water according to whether the orchid faces the sun or is shaded from it: water more when facing the sun, and water less when shaded from it.

Third: look at humidity level

Orchids like a growing environment with moderate humidity, and everyone's orchid-growing environment is different. Some have higher humidity, some lower. When humidity is high, you should water less, otherwise it is easy to leave the orchid in a high-humidity state; when humidity is low, you should water more, and do not let the inside and outside of the pot face a dry state, otherwise it will cause the orchid to wither. At this time, when watering, you should appropriately add some nutrient solution to improve the orchid's resistance and maintain its growth.

Fourth: look at different weather

The weather is different every day. The impact brought by the greenhouse effect is becoming more and more obvious, and the weather is even more changeable. Today it is still sunny, and tomorrow there is heavy rain. This leads to differences in transpiration. But no matter how it changes, flower lovers only need to water more on sunny days, water less on cloudy days, and not water on rainy days, and it will never go wrong. Do not think that watering on rainy days is fine; it is very easy to cause too much water accumulation in the pot and make the orchid suffer from suffocated roots.

Flower lovers should pay more attention to these 4 aspects when watering orchids, so that they can grasp watering well and grow orchids well!