Saving the orchid from rotting. practical advice

Day by day orchid buds do not cease to delight its amazing beauty, but there comes a time when they start to wilt and Florist notice that the plant begins to rot from the middle.

If such happens, then the core of the flower is damaged and this can lead to death, and the reason is only one - the orchids have one point of growth.

If this point is killed, the orchid dies with her. How to find a way out of this situation, let's look at below.

Any physical environmental effects, whether hypothermia, excessive heating, high or too low air temperature, as well as mechanical damage requires immediate cutoff of dead tissue orchids, as well as further processing plants - slices must cover the layer of activated charcoal or coal.

If the spike released buds, it is necessary to cut off the stem and leave with a few buds.

If the root system has a total damage, you can try to grow new roots. But the prerequisite is the use of high-quality landing ground, which should have a good structure and the required density.

In order to avoid rotting of the new, it is necessary to water the roots as little as possible.

How to rescue the orchid from decay:

1. Damaged plants need to get out of the pot, the whole appearance roots should be thoroughly washed with running water. After which the roots is thoroughly dried at room temperature.

2. All the dead roots must be removed before the living space, slices sprinkled with charcoal, or nalichiiKornevinom after process alcohol.

3. Since at rotting roots orchid goes to sleep, it should awaken. This is done by good lighting, but need to be careful with direct sunlight.

4. The plants with roots should be placed in a pot filled with soil and substrate. You should definitely make sure that at the bottom of the pot does not stagnate water, and the earth itself must be constantly moist.

5. Orchid can fully recover if she stayed a couple of whole, intact root length of about 5 cm.

6. Transplanted the plant, which was held manipulation, it is not necessary to water immediately, so as not to provoke a new process of decay. Orchid should tighten all received slices. Watering should start only after six or seven days after transplantation in the cooler periods of time, and after a few days in the summer.