Phalaenopsis Sphagnum Moss Culture Watering Techniques: Can You Spray Water on Leaves After Over-Fertilizing?

I believe no one can resist the flower posture of Phalaenopsis after it blooms, like butterflies dancing at home, which not only carries an auspicious meaning but also enhances the home decoration atmosphere. Generally speaking, Phalaenopsis bought from the flower market is mostly grown in sphagnum moss medium, so how should you scientifically water it in daily care? When it comes to fertilizing, do you need to spray fertilizer on the leaves?

With the above questions in mind, it is not hard to find that when caring for Phalaenopsis, the most important step is watering. If you cannot master it, you may water too much, causing the leaves to become soft and rotten, and the roots to rot and turn black, leading to death. As for watering, the most common situation is that the surface medium feels dry to the touch, but through the transparent pot you can see that it is soaking wet. In this case, should you continue watering, or only wet the dry part?

In fact, under normal ventilated conditions, it is normal for sphagnum moss to be wet below and dry on top. You can do nothing and wait until the medium is slightly dry before watering, or you can immediately spray an appropriate amount of water on the surface of the medium.

As for fertilizing, if you also spray fertilizer on the leaves, it is very easy to prevent the plant from absorbing nutrients, so it is recommended that beginner flower growers do not do this, because when we live in cities, indoor ventilation is usually not very good, and this can easily cause the leaves to become diseased. In daily care, you only need to use special Phalaenopsis fertilizer according to the instructions, dilute it and apply it to the medium, and fertilize a small amount at a time, multiple times, which is enough.

Finally, there are also many leaf diseases caused by incorrect watering. Once they occur, do you need to use medicine immediately? On this point, the operations for different diseases are actually quite different. If it has leaf rot, at this time you should not immediately think about using medicine, but immediately use scissors to cut off the diseased leaves, as only this can cure it at the root. If the leaves have a white disease called white silk disease, this also does not require immediate medicine. This situation is mostly caused by unclean medium. This kind of fungus can coexist with orchids, so there is no need to specifically use medicine to eliminate it. Then when should medicine be used? That is when there are already pests and diseases, such as a large number of aphids, then applying medicine on a quarterly basis can effectively remove the pests.