Caring for orchids – the garlic will help you

2018-01-25 21:22

Caring for orchids – the garlic will help you
The benefits of garlic to human body even a schoolboy knows. But not all owners of epiphytic orchids know that this bulbous plant can have a positive impact on the growth of their plants. In particular, garlic helps to stimulate lush flowering of Phalaenopsis.

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To achieve this effect, neede to cook a special mixture of garlic, water and succinic acid.

The last ingredient will help to stimulate the rooting process of the plant will increase its resistance to pests and other adverse factors. If done correctly, within 14 days you should see a new flower stalk.

It is worth considering one important point — succinic acid is diluted with hot water. Only after complete cooling of the liquid, you can add garlic pulp. It is also important to understand that the common garlic water for watering orchids can be stored for quite a long time, but with the addition of succinic acid you have to use the infusion within the next three days.

How to care for orchids in a pot

You need

1 liter of water

3 cloves of garlic

glass jar

1 tablet of succinic acid

Cooking

Dissolve a pill of succinic acid in hot water.

Grind the garlic with a knife or a garlic press. When the liquid has cooled, add the garlic..

Put the liquid in a glass jar, and then leave it for 24 hours to infuse.

Before you start watering orchids, garlic water must drain through a strainer. Then dilute the resulting liquid in a bucket of settled water and to water the plants by the method of partial immersion. This method need to be alternated with regular watering, but not more than 1 time per month.