Hello everyone, today is February 22, 2022.
It's a very special day.
Today's temperature will reach 18 degrees at most.
This is a rare weather in February.
So I took out all my plants
to let them breathe.
I've been in the house all winter.
Look at these plants.
All very happy.
Today's video
I mainly want to talk to you about
how to take care of orchids.
I'll also answer some questions from netizens.
The orchid trees you see now
were picked up by me last year
with high-pressure fertilizers.
Look at these two trees.
They are more than one meter tall.
I've cut them short.
I'm going to plant this one in the ground.
I'll take care of the rest.
First, let's take a look at the high-pressure fertilizers.
100% real life.
Look, it's three centimeters.
Three centimeters is no problem at all.
I was a little worried at the time.
But look at the sprouts now.
Very healthy.
This one is also alive.
It's just that doing this fertilization
is far from high-pressure fertilization.
These are all growing very well.
This little one
was dug out from this orchid tree.
One with a small root.
You see, this one is also growing very well.
Now let's answer some questions from our netizens.
By answering these questions,
I hope you can understand
some of the things to pay attention to
when planting orchids in winter.
First of all,
in our 7A area,
orchids can be planted outdoors in winter.
But the first year
you do the high-pressure fertilization of the orchid,
its roots are not very strong.
So in the first year,
I have to let it grow indoors in winter.
Some netizens asked
You see, this tree is very big.
I used a flower pot of San Jialong.
This is really far from enough.
But I'm just temporary.
I'm going to plant it in the ground this year.
There's another one.
We do high-pressure fertilization.
Its roots are very small.
You don't need a big pot.
But as the plant grows bigger,
you change the pot.
The biggest one is enough for Shi Jialong.
Because the orchid in the pot is not good.
It's very tiring to move it out and in in winter.
The roots of orchids grow very fast.
Maybe it's just one or two years.
The whole plant is full.
When you change the pot,
you can remove some of the roots and add new ones.
That should be no problem.
Then let's take a look at this one.
This one.
This branch is thicker.
You see, this one is bigger.
This is a flower pot of Shi Jialong.
This flower pot is actually a bit big.
It's not that big.
This tree
is placed next to the north window.
You see, it's growing very well now.
We need to cut these off later.
We will cut them off later.
The second point is about watering.
I watered it today.
Don't water it too much,
I usually water it
when it's about 3 inches dry.
If you water it too much,
the roots will rot.
As for the problem of losing fertilizer,
orchids are in a state of sleep in winter.
You don't need to water it too much.
For example,
I cut down this tree last year.
I planted it in this pot.
It's almost autumn.
At the end of September and early October,
when I was planting it,
I added some organic fertilizer to the pot.
So you don't need to water it in winter.
You can water it in spring.
Especially this small tree,
its roots are not very strong.
Don't water it too much.
It will burn to death.
It won't starve to death,
but it will die.
The fertilizer must be fertilized.
If you can afford it,
put it next to the window in the south.
It will get some sunshine.
But it's not a big problem if you can't afford it.
Like these two,
I put them on the north window.
It doesn't matter.
Look, it's got a little sprout.
I put these in the south.
They all look pretty good.
There is another question that everyone is very interested in.
It may be the most asked question.
When did the high-pressure-replenishing orchid start to bear fruit?
Let's take a look at this tree.
This is the high-pressure-replenishing orchid I made last year.
Look, it's already bearing fruit.
Let's pull it in and have a look.
It's very beautiful.
I don't have to answer this question.
Let's talk about it here.
Let's plug it in again.
The vast majority of orchids bear one season of fruit.
They are all autumn fruits.
Usually on the heart,
the fruit will grow between the leaves and the stem.
The fruit will grow between each leaf.
More than 90% of orchids bear one season of fruit.
Individual orchids bear two seasons.
Spring and autumn.
Spring is usually when the fruit is picked from the old branch.
Look at this orchid.
This small fruit
comes out from the middle of the old branch and the new branch.
In fact, the root is the old branch of the lotus.
Let's take a look.
This is a picture of an orchid from last year.
The large orchid in my hand
is the spring fruit.
Look, the fruit is picked from the old branch.
The three darker ones
come from the new branch.
The three darker ones
are the autumn fruits.
The fruit is darker
and smaller.
By the end of autumn,
it will still grow this big.
The color is so light
because it's time to pick it.
This is a typical picture of an orchid
that bears two seasons of fruit.
I made dozens of high-pressure fertilizers one after another.
Its survival rate is basically 100%.
And it will definitely bear fruit in the first year and the second year.
Look, after the new branch grows in the second year,
it can bear fruit on the branch.
This year, when these orchids bear fruit,
I will make videos for you.
Next, let's talk about the planting and trimming of orchids.
I made a video on the trimming of orchids.
You can take a look.
I put the link in the description box below the video.
How to trim the orchid.
After one orchid comes up,
I let it grow three branches.
One, two, three.
Then let it be divided into two to three branches on each branch.
Look, this is one, two.
This is one, two.
This is also one, two.
According to this principle,
one, three, two, three.
This principle goes up.
After it grows so high,
we cut off the top.
We cut off the top to make it look better.
Anyway, it's not easy to do.
Like this orchid,
it came up with one branch.
We cut off the top.
Now there are three branches.
Look, these three branches are far apart.
They don't look good.
I just leave this one.
I'm going to remove this one.
This one is too far away.
It doesn't look good.
At least it keeps growing to this side and to this side.
So it's possible that this place will sprout.
Then we'll have to wait a little longer.
Let's take a look at this one.
This plate is also a branch.
We cut it off.
This kind of branch is generally not very easy to manage.
Let's take a look.
It's three.
One, two, three.
These three are not in the same direction.
The direction is pretty good.
Look at this one.
There are three on it.
We're going to remove this little one.
Let it leave two thicker ones.
One in this direction and one in this direction.
These two are OK.
One on each side.
This one has grown one.
It's still relatively small now.
It's not very easy to trim.
That's it.
Let's take a look at the main stem.
This one on the main stem is not bad.
It just sprouted.
So the main stem has a half-century waist.
It grows like this.
This must be removed.
I don't want this one.
I'll keep the top one.
Let's take a look at the main stem.
Look at these two branches.
This one has grown so much.
This branch is in the north window.
This branch is so long.
This must be trimmed.
There is too much distance between the leaves.
This is because it has grown.
There is no sunshine.
Look at this one.
You can't pick it up at all.
It can't be picked up now.
It can't be picked up anymore.
These are all unhealthy.
And don't let it grow so strong in the first year.
Let it mainly grow roots.
As for these two branches,
I have to trim it.
After cutting it off,
let it grow next to it.
Let it grow next to it.
Don't let it grow too long.
The fruit of the orchard is small in size.
It has to be denser.
So that there are more fruits.
So that it looks good.
Let's cut it now.
I didn't use a tripod.
I just cut it directly.
It's more convenient.
I will leave one or two leaves.
Cut it off from here.
This one is too weak.
I will leave one or two leaves.
Cut it off from here.
What you see is the fruit of the orchard we cleaned.
There is one leaf.
There are also buds next to it.
This is the node.
This will grow.
I will leave two leaves.
Let it grow from here.
From this direction.
This one too.
Leave two leaves.
Today, I will use this opportunity
to talk to you about
the winter of high-pressure fertilizer fruit
and the attention of the orchard fruit.
Including watering, fertilization, light,
and trimming.
That's all for today.
Wait until the new branches grow in the spring.
That's all for today's video.
I hope this video
will help you manage the orchard fruit.
Thank you for watching.
See you next time.