How to grow orchids well? Basic knowledge for cultivating orchids well

(1) To cultivate orchids well, the first thing to do is to properly sort out the site and environment for planting orchids. Orchid planting can be divided into courtyard planting and large-area field planting. Generally, households growing orchids can choose a balcony or rooftop, or build a small shed on a windowsill. If conditions permit, a glass greenhouse can be built. However, for the growing site, whether it is a balcony, rooftop or windowsill, appropriate shade netting must be installed, good ventilation conditions must be present, and appropriate humidity must be maintained; this is the foundation for growing orchids well. For those planting on a balcony, choose a balcony facing south from the north, and fish netting or movable shade netting can be used to block wind and heat. If the roof uses a metal roof, it is best to replace it with imported transparent plastic tiles to maintain sunlight. For rooftop orchid growing, water pipes can be used as supports, with 80% shade netting around the sides and on the top to block sunlight and wind heat. When it is too hot in summer, an additional layer of movable shade netting should be added on top of the shed. Overall, environmental modification should be adapted to local conditions and should be continuously explored and improved through practice. Only in this way can growing orchids well be guaranteed.

(2) Choose good growing media and pots for orchids; this is the basic condition for planting orchids. The orchid pot is the orchid's living space and has a relatively large influence on orchid growth. In the past, traditional orchid growing used large clay pots; now most high-grade orchids are grown in small flared pots. There are also ceramic pots and plastic pots, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Which pot is good to use depends on individual habits and the cultivated varieties. However, within one orchid shed it is best to use the same type of orchid pots in different sizes, so that unified management is convenient in the future. Growing media: in the past, orchid growing media (base material) mostly used pond mud; now for growing premium varieties, media such as pond mud stone, floating stone, weathered stone, water-absorbing stone, and ceramic media are used. For field-grown household orchids, most use soft media such as sawdust, rice husks, medicinal residue, coal cinder, sea sand, and peanut shells, with foam plastic used as a bottom layer, etc. Mixed use is relatively common. Using these media each has advantages and disadvantages. Which media are better to use also depends on individual habits, the cultivated varieties, and the pots used (pots and media must work together).

(3) If you want to cultivate orchids well, you must continuously sum up experience in practice. Practice yields true knowledge. To improve the artistic level of orchid growing, you must personally take part in orchid-growing practice. At the beginning, you should read more, visit more, ask more, and ask when you do not understand, and continuously explore and sum up experiences and lessons in practice; only then can you continuously improve your technical level in orchid cultivation.

(4) You must master watering, fertilizing, and the management of disease and pest control well; this is an important key to cultivating orchids well. Fertilization is generally best done on sunny days. The principles of fertilization are light application, frequent application, and no application during the winter dormancy period.