Orchids are certainly among the most cultivated and appreciated flowers of this year.
But now, with the arrival of summer and high temperatures, we need to know how to best manage them.
The risk of drying out the plant, or the proliferation of molds, are always around the corner.
In fact, many have planted orchids, but few know that to keep them healthy in the summer, these basic rules must be followed.
Sun exposure
In autumn and spring, as we all know, it is advisable to keep orchids indoors. In fact, these plants would not resist too cold temperatures, or with adverse weather conditions.
In summer, however, it is possible to move them outside but only by respecting some conditions.
A fundamental factor not to be overlooked is direct exposure to sunlight.
In fact, orchids resist outdoors only if they are placed in cool and shady areas.
How to water orchids
Another crucial issue is watering.
In nature, orchids grow in tropical environments and invigorate during the rainy season, where temperatures and humidity levels are high.
Therefore, even in our gardens or balconies at home, it is necessary to reproduce the same conditions.
This means that you need to water the plants constantly, at least once a week.
It is also important to keep the microenvironment around the plants moist. To do this, we leave some water in the saucer, previously filled with expanded clay.
In this way, even the roots will not remain in contact with the water too much.
Having understood this, now we will give one last piece of advice to follow. In fact, many have planted orchids but few know that to keep them healthy in the summer you have to follow these basic rules.
Natural fertilizer
To guarantee a 360 degree cure, we can use a natural fertilizer. We will try to follow an effective method of our grandmothers, who knew how to reuse all kitchen scraps well.
Let’s get some onions and remove the skins. Now let’s boil the latter in 500 milliliters of water for about ten minutes. After that, we let it cool and filter the mixture, diluting it with another 500 milliliters of water.
This liquid will be poured into the soil and will give the nutrients necessary to keep the plant healthy.