How to grow orchids? Sharing orchid planting experience for the tenth lunar month
The tenth month
In the tenth month, yang is born and warm air returns (the rhyme on "returns" is read as "huai")
Next year the flower shoots will conceive again
Jade roots are exposed and must be earthed up
When the pot is full you must urgently repot
In the tenth lunar month, winter begins and it starts to get cold. On the other hand, yang energy begins to rise again, hence "the little Indian summer in the tenth month." At this time, the new buds growing on the pseudobulbs begin to "conceive." Orchid roots that are exposed on the surface must be covered with soil to prevent them from being damaged by frost.
In some orchid books the third line is "hidden roots do not reveal their true nature," and in others it is "emerging roots do not reveal the truly wondrous method." Both lines are ungrammatical and may contain errors or omissions. But the meaning is clear: in winter, orchid roots must not be left exposed.
For Cymbidium ensifolium, in the eighth and ninth lunar months, the flowers finish blooming one after another. After flowering, a fertilizer application should be given immediately, with a fertilizer ratio of one part nitrogen, two parts phosphorus, and one part potassium, to replenish what was consumed during flowering. Some people call this fertilization the "confinement fertilizer."
After flowering, orchid leaves generally look haggard, and after fertilizing they gradually turn green again. At this time, orchids whose pots have already become full should be repotted, also called changing the pot.
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