Knowing This, Your Orchid Will Bloom Every Single Year

You have seen me use rice water, banana peels, eggshells, wood ash, milk, and garlic. Then someone asked me a question I should have answered a long time ago. In what order should they be used? How often? Can they be mixed together? Today, I will give you a care schedule, what to use, in which month, and which things must never be mixed together. Follow this order, and your orchid will bloom every year instead of just once. These three principles are more important than any ingredient. 1. Diluted and frequent is better than concentrated and infrequent. Orchid roots burn easily. 2. Fertilize instead of watering once. Do not add it on top of your regular watering. If you water and then fertilize on the same day, the roots will receive too much at once. If you water and then fertilize on the same day, the roots will receive too much at once. Water with clean water first, wait 10 minutes, then fertilize. Spring, March to May. the plant wakes up this is the growth stage new leaves new roots rice water belongs in this stage apply it every two weeks then switch to weekly as the weather warms up summer june to august the strongest growth period fertilize weekly always diluted this is also the time to flush out salts once a month let clean water run through the pot for one minute to wash away accumulated salts autumn september to october everything changes stop nitrogen switch to potassium, banana peels, and wood ash belong in this stage. So this is what encourages flower spikes and this is also the month when most people get it wrong. Winter, November to February, the plant is flowering or resting. Fertilize at most once a month. When the flower spike appears, stop fertilizing completely until the flowers bloom. Someone asked me whether yeast solution can be combined with rice water. Here's the rule. Never mix two different fertilizers in the same container. each one affects the water differently and when combined they often cancel each other out wood ash and lemon are the clearest example wood ash raises ph while lemon lowers it using both in the same week is like doing nothing at all keep at least seven days between different types and one type at a time is enough more ingredients do not make the plant healthier they only create more residue and attract mealy bugs and fungal diseases first after repotting the roots have tiny wounds and fertilizer on fresh wounds will cause burns wait two to three weeks water with clean water only you can use a very diluted vitamin B1 solution during this time it helps reduce shock second a newly purchased orchid stores often apply heavy doses of fertilizer before selling give the plant one month of clean water only let it adjust to your home and monitor it for pests and diseases that alone will keep the plant alive longer than any fertilizer a beginner asked me How do you know when to water and when to use a solution? Here is the answer. Watering depends on the plant. Lift the pot If it still feels heavy, wait. You can also insert a wooden stick into the growing medium. If it comes out damp, don't water yet. If the wooden stick comes out dry, the growing medium is dry and you can water the plant. If the stick is still damp, do not add any more water or fertilizer. Fertilizing depends on the schedule. Check the month, look at the chart and follow that schedule, but only on a day when the plant also needs water. If the plant doesn't need water yet, skip that feeding and do it a few days later. In short, the plant tells you when to water. The schedule tells you what to add to the water. One, fertilizing more when the plant looks weak. Weak roots burn more easily. Use less, not more. Two, never flushing out salts. Salts accumulate in the growing medium and the roots turn black. Once a month, use clean water for exactly one minute. Three, fertilizing throughout winter at summer doses. The plant isn't growing so it can't use it all and the leftovers turn into salts. Four, don't change the formula every week. Stick with one type according to the season to evaluate its effectiveness. That's the entire schedule. Spring and summer are for growth. Autumn is for flower spikes. Winter is for rest. That's the entire schedule. Spring and summer are for growth. Autumn is for flower spikes. Winter is for rest. Now tell me, what month is it where you are and what are you using to fertilize your orchids? I read every comment and I'll tell you whether the timing is right. Thank you for watching the video and being part of the Happiness Garden family. Subscribe to the channel and I'll see you in the next video.