Lilac flowers like wet, but more resistant to drought, watering does not need too much, usually after the soil is dry to give water. Under normal circumstances, the spring and autumn season interval 7-10 days watering, summer 1-2 days watering, winter water demand is greatly reduced, can be watered once every two weeks. Watering must pay attention to watering thoroughly, so that the roots can not absorb water. In addition to normal root watering, when the air is relatively dry, it can also cooperate with water spraying.
1. whether it can be used
Orchids like acidic soil, so they can use rice washing water.Washing rice water contains a variety of nutrients needed for plant growth, the correct use of its growth is helpful to prevent the occurrence of leaf yellowing.Moreover, the phosphorus element rich in it can promote the formation of flower buds, which will be beneficial to its flowering.
However, before watering orchids, we should first ferment the rice washing water, and we can't directly use the rice washing water to water, because it is easy to burn its roots.Put the rice-washing water into a plastic bottle, add some crushed orange peel to it, and finally seal it and put it in a sunny place to ferment.Generally, it takes a week to ferment when the sunshine is good, and it takes about 15-30 days to ferment when the sunshine is slightly worse.
2. Water mixing ratio
Before watering flowers, it must be fermented, and after fermentation, it also needs to be watered directly by adding water, usually in the ratio of 1:4.When watering the flowers, we should pay attention to stirring the rice washing water first, and then carefully pouring it on the potting soil.Don't pour rice washing water on the leaves of plants, otherwise it will pollute the leaves, thus reducing the ornamental value.
3. What other plants can be watered
In fact, there are many plants that can be watered with rice-washing water, not only orchids, but also other plants that like acidity, such as jasmine, gardenia, green radish, azaleas and other plants.
