Such a culture, as garlic is used by man, not only in the food, for the treatment of various ailments, but also improve the growth of orchids. To stimulate lush flowering Phalaenopsis is necessary to prepare a specific mixture. On what ingredients are required, how to do it and to apply, you need to stop in more detail.
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How to care for orchid in a pot
Growing orchids at home requires timely care for the plants. Only in this case, you can count on the abundant flowering, the absence of diseases and pests on a flower. Without exaggeration, we can say that garlic - salvation for orchids. Apply the solution on its base for feeding and orchids disinfection should be 1-2 times per month, it is necessary not to forget about the usual watering with soft water. Otherwise during frequent humidification garlic soil water oversaturated with vitamins and minerals, whereby the plant becomes worse and it will start to hurt.
One of the most common methods of treatment of the flower is its immersion in garlic solution, and spraying the surface. You need to know and remember that this glaze composition is carried out only after complete drying of the soil substrate in the pot, and the condensation on the walls of the container should be absent. Water the orchid garlic solution as follows:
- With a flower pot was placed in a large container.
- Garlic solution warmed to + 30... + 35 ° C.
- Shed the substrate, filling the pot 2/3.
- Flower left in the solution for 0.5-3 hours, depending on the size of orchid and the container in which it is located. The bark is used as a substrate, must be thoroughly impregnated the treated liquid.
- Take out the pot, allow to drain excess fluid, and then transferred to a flower to a permanent place.
When used for foliar spray, after they are wiped with a cloth procedures, removing any moisture from the sinuses. When used correctly, garlic solution is literally in 2 weeks orchid should discard stems.
preparation
Garlic water for orchids can be prepared in the form of infusions and decoctions. In the first case, you need to perform the following steps:
- Purified 150 g crushed garlic and finely cut it either.
- The glass jar of capacity 2 liters is poured defend the water.
- Garlic poured into the jar.
After cooking, the mixture was removed in a dark place for 3 days after which the filter means and is used for watering orchids. If required a small amount of garlic to prepare a solution in a short time, in this case hold a sequence of actions:
- Cleaned and crushed 2 garlic cloves.
- Pour garlic cup of hot water.
- Wait until the infusion has cooled, and then use it for other purposes.
It should be noted that the first version of the preparation of garlic water while longer, but by the number of useful properties significantly outperforms the second recipe. As an additional ingredient in the garlic solution may be added one tablet of succinic acid, which had previously been diluted in hot water. Succinic acid improves the rooting and improves plant resistance to pests and other negative factors.
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