Pine bark
The flower buddies who raise orchids should not be unfamiliar with pine bark, because pine bark is also an important plant when raising orchids! However, the pine bark can not be used casually ~ Especially the pine bark that the flower friends have made from the mountains must be processed ~
Old bark that has been dry for a long time
This kind of bark has completed the process of rotting in nature, and can be directly chopped. For example, mixing into the original soil, or adding some coarse sand, brick, orchid It’s all possible.
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New bark
New bark cannot be used directly. It must be rotten first, and it must be killed, and the insectic eggs, germs and the like.
Method: First make the bark that is returned into small pieces, then soak the water, soak all the bark, and then seal it with a plastic bag. Put it in the high temperature season to moisturize and expose it. Dry the bark and store it, soak water before using it ~
Decaying bark
Note that the decaying bark cannot be used as plant materials. The decaying bark is easy to powder and block the orchid pots, affecting ventilation, breathable, filtering, and affecting the growth of orchids.
Buy the bark
The bark that has been cooked is soaked in water, and the interval can be 10 minutes to 1 hour. Repeat the water repeatedly. Water to be soaked is better! Intersection
Willow bark
The flowers of the willow tree should have seen it, the willow branches are fluttering, how beautiful it is ~ when I was a kid, I even used the willow branches to make a flower ring! So what is the effect of willow bark?
First, the willow tree contains a substance called salted acid. This substance can sterilize and disinfect it. It is more safe and harmless than those drugs we bought.
Second, a certain substance contained in the willow has a role in promoting rooting!
Old willow bark
The use of old bark is the easiest to use it directly from the tree, cut into small pieces, and mix it into the soil after disinfection!
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Fresh bark
There are two types of fresh bark, which are not rotten and used.
① Use.
Take fresh, there is no rotten willow bark, cut it into a small section, soak it in water for several days, and then pour the flower with soaked water.
Is it super simple? And this method can be used many times ~ and the remaining willow bark can be mixed into the plant, but the amount should not be too much, or it is possible to mix the raw willow directly into the soil, but it must be small.
Chopped willow bark
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② Cooked.
Cut the willow bark into a small section and cook it. The cooked willow bark has been sterilized after being cooked. It is more safe and efficient to use. It can be diluted for about 5 to 10 times. During the boiling of high temperature water, a large amount of nutrients in the willow bark are in water, so this method is more efficient.
The willow bark that is cooked
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Boiled water
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After adding 5 times water