Good day to all those who love flowers! Many of us are addicted to the wonderful cultures - orchids. We acquire most of their own and inspect their roots too. Even if the appearance of the flower is beautiful, poor root system is an indication that in the near future will leave its decorative appearance, and you have to plant a lot to strive. Not everyone will be able to defeat this attack, being inexperienced and does not have the information on the necessary measures.
How to grow a flower in favorable conditions, how to properly take care of it?
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Why orchid roots emerge from the pot and dry?
The cause of such troubles is illiterate hydration. The culture grows wild in the trees, the air absorbs moisture from the root system environment.
If the orchid aerial roots develop rapidly and begin to "get out" from the tank, then wetting the plant insufficient. When there is very dry, flower starts increasing area from which it can receive moisture. For this reason, the air root system growing out of the container, lengthening and elongating.
Such a process is not painful. This is the normal way to adapt the plants to the environment (in this case - the lack of moisture). Do not cut off the green aerial root system.
Transplant a flower into the larger container and make a comfortable humidity for orchids. Otherwise, one day the plant will not stand the constant shortage of water, its development stops.
Things are different when it is dry, the dying root system.
Dry the root system has two causes:
- lack of moisture (culture little water content to the roots, some of them began to die off);
- an overabundance of moisture (the root system begins to wither away, because "do not need").
Assess your watering, understand the reason. Find your way out of this situation.
How to get rid of dry roots
First, normalize watering. Do not think that orchids like to be often "bathed". It is not watered as other domestic culture. About once every seven days. However, when you water, assess the condition of the root system - when it needs moisture, forms a white coating.
Some even bathe these flowers once in thirty days, immerse them in a container of water and are sprayed plus upper roots and tree bark.
There are other good methods to increase humidity. For example, using a special dampening device which will operate from the power supply. You can also post about pot container with water. Slow steaming, it will moisten the flower.
Now for the big question: cut, not cut? Undoubtedly, the dry root system is not needed, and we should get rid of it. Cut it with a sharp blade disinfected. And it is necessary to sprinkle the cut potolchennym activated carbon.
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