Many people tend to make their home cozy andbeautiful, in this very help house plants. But one should not think that they will stand silently on the windowsill. Green pets require special attention and care. To very capricious and demanding colors is an orchid. The transplantation at home is carried out approximately every two years, but it all depends on the substrate. For example, if a flower is planted in the soil from pieces of bark, then in one pot it will feel fine for five years. Planting an orchid in moss, you should replace it every year. And if the composition includes expanded clay, then the transplant is carried out every 18 months.
Со временем субстрат уплотняется, плохо Passes air, retains moisture, accumulates mineral salts, so it needs to be replaced. In addition, it can simply grow from an orchid pot. Transplantation at home is usually done in the spring, but there are emergency cases when roots start to rot or they grow so much that they get out of the pot, and the leaves turn yellow and fall off, exposing the stem. In any case, you need to know the basic steps of the procedure so as not to damage the plant.
First you need to drop the pot in half an hourwater to more conveniently pulled orchid. Transplanting at home requires special care, because the root system of the flower is very delicate and fragile. If the pot is plastic, then it must be squeezed from different sides, so that an earthen clod falls out, it will be more difficult with a clay pot, since a wooden stick will have to separate the ingrown roots from the walls, sometimes you even have to break it.
Пересадка и размножение орхидей требуют особого approach. After removing the roots from the pot, shake them off the ground and clean them by rinsing with water. Then you need to carefully examine them, remove the rotten areas, and sanitize the slices with green paint or sprinkle with crushed activated carbon. To thin out and propagate the orchid, you can divide it. A plant with too tangled roots can simply be turned into a larger pot and filled with a nutrient substrate.
Orchid transplant in a glass pot is notrecommended, although the flowers need plenty of light, but they need to breathe. Wicker baskets, which allow air to pass through, are considered ideal for them. In any case, the pot should be with a hole, about half of the total volume is drainage, and an orchid is placed on it. Home transplantation involves a uniform distribution of the substrate between the roots. The soil should be chosen special, light and breathable, it should contain particles of rhizomes of fern, sphagnum moss, polystyrene and pine bark.
In no case can the substrate be compacted,so as not to reduce its air and water permeability. Sometimes all the roots do not fit in the pot, they do not need to be put there by force, let them remain on the surface. To maintain the necessary moisture, moss can be laid out on top of the substrate. After transplantation, it is not necessary to water the flower, simply spray its leaves and leave it in a shaded place for two weeks, then transfer to the window sill and care as usual.
