explain here why you put baking soda in your orchids.
If, like me, you always take great care of your orchids, you will love these tips.
Above all to make them flourish again.
It was my nurseryman who told me about the benefits of bicarbonate for this type of plant.
Since I gave them as gifts, they are really beautiful.
Here are 4 good reasons to put baking soda in your orchid vase. I wait :
1. Baking soda stimulates the flowering of orchids
Orchids bear beautiful flowers.
But once deflowered, they lose some of their decorative interest.
And getting them to bloom again is no picnic.
Everyone has their own secrets or personal granny tips.
But my nurseryman gave me what he uses in his greenhouses.
I called: baking soda.
To stimulate the flowering of your Bamboo, Phalaenopsis or Cambria orchids, prepare this mixture:
– 1 tablespoon of bicarbonate in 1 liter of water at room temperature.
Mix well and water at the base of the plant. Preferably spraying about 1 month after defloration.
Some people add a little dish soap to bind it all together, but personally I don’t find it very natural.
2. Serves as a natural fertilizer
Orchids have beautiful flowering branches, but they are plants first and foremost.
And like all plants, they sometimes need a little fertilizer to grow.
Mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda per 1 liter of water and water the plant.
The right frequency is 3 or 4 times in a row about 1 month after defloration.
To be renewed once a year if necessary.
Bicarbonate acts as a fertilizer, but 100% natural.
But do not abuse this mixture. He must remain an occasional fertilizer. And above all, never put it when the plant is in bud or flowering!
3. Prolong life
Like any fertilizer, baking soda prolongs the life of plants.
As ?
Because it provides important nutrients for the longevity of the orchid. Especially sodium and carbon.
These plants need it once or twice a year.
It is therefore interesting to plan a little care outside the flowering period.
4. Corrects the pH of the substrate
Another important element, bicarbonate improves or corrects the pH of the soil or substrate.
It is very important for the life of the orchid.
Because it loves slightly acidic environments, around 5 or 6 pH.
If you water your flower with tap water, it may be too acidic or too soft depending on where you live.
Test the quality of your water with test strips.
If the pH is too low, add a little baking soda to your watering water to rebalance it.
It is best to prepare water for watering the day before and let it dissolve overnight.