How to Use Activated Carbon to Make Orchids Bloom Beautifully and Lushly
Orchids are very capricious flowers that require careful care.
To make them delight you with frequent and abundant flowering, you can use a cheap pharmacy product - activated carbon.
Even though this product is cheap, it is very useful for orchids.
When to use activated charcoal for orchids?
Activated carbon should be used when the flower is sick. Its leaves have withered, mold has appeared and the flower stalk has fallen off. In this case, it needs to be replanted.
The flower should be carefully removed from the pot and its roots examined. All dried and rotten parts should be cut off, and the affected areas of the roots should be sprinkled with activated carbon ground into powder.
After this, the orchid can be planted in new soil. Activated carbon will act as an antiseptic that will protect the flower from the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms.
Also, activated carbon must be added to the substrate for orchids. To do this, the tablets should be evenly distributed around the pot, in no case should they be put in one place, because such manipulations will not give results. Also, activated carbon ground into powder can be sprinkled on the surface of the soil.
Activated carbon will improve soil air exchange and reduce excess moisture, thereby reducing the risk of rot and fungal diseases.
Activated carbon can also be used when watering a flower. If you regularly water an orchid with such a solution, it will bloom lushly and beautifully.
You need to water the flower using the immersion method once every few months, and you should definitely add a few tablets of activated carbon to the water. This method of watering will help prevent root rot, because healthy roots are the key to a strong flower and good, abundant flowering.
