A widespread method and at the same time a wonderful hobby is to use the greenhouse in winter to exotic orchids to cultivate. For this fine art of gardening, you don't even need a particularly large house, but a good and even temperature it should never be below 10 ° C. And some special features must also be taken into account in the more than 20,000 different species, even if many of them are fairly easy to care for.
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Equipment and climate - orchids love it humid
Especially the busy orchid grower can lose their sweat, because they Exotics love temperatures between 20 and 28 ° C and that with a humidity of more than 60 Percent. Their critical heat value is 30 ° C, so not in winter, but during the summer months effective ventilation and shading devices required are. Although they are cost-intensive, fully automatic humidifiers contribute significantly to healthy growth of the plants and reduce the manual effort for watering or spraying even in winter essential. Professional breeders also use some
special sprinkler hosesinstalled between the orchid plants.The type of planting in the orchid greenhouse
There are several options for planting orchids. Depending on their size and type, they can either be planted directly in the base bed, or individual pots that are placed on tables or can be used. hanging traffic lights that look particularly decorative. The buten exotics become an attractive eye-catcher when they are attached to tree trunks together with their pots.
Special plants need special fertilization
If you use your greenhouse in winter to grow orchids, the composition of the substrate must be very careful. Inexpensive if the pH is between 5 and 5.5, which is usually the case with commercially available orchid soils. Do-it-yourself also works, if mature compost soil from the garden is mixed with finely ground fern roots, leaves or other organic plant material. In the months of November to February you should avoid the orchids at all if possible fertilize. Only when the growth phase begins again in March can liquid fertilizer mixed with irrigation water be administered in moderation.
Tips
Orchids love water at room temperature. For this purpose, the installation of a storage container, which is ideally connected to your rainwater collection point in the field, is ideal for the plants and the environment.