Fruit Feed for Orchids, or a Simple Way to Make a Capricious Plant Bloom: Advice from a Floriculture Pro

05.02.2024 15:20

Did you know that indoor flowers and citrus fruits are friends forever?

And yet, this is true: oranges are rich in vitamins C and P, as well as potassium, magnesium, calcium and iron, reports the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .

Hence the conclusion: feeding based on these fruits will certainly allow you to see the beautiful flowering of your houseplant (let us remember, today we are talking about orchids).

To make citrus water, you only need one orange.

Peel it and place the orange peels in a blender to grind.

Orchid
Photo: © Belnovosti

After this, fill the basin with clean water at room temperature and add the crushed citrus peel.

Let the mixture sit for 24 hours, then strain it through cheesecloth.

Place the clear pot with your orchid in the basin and water its roots with orange tincture.

Leave the plant like this for 10 minutes so that it can absorb all the necessary vitamins and microelements.

Earlier, the expert told how to propagate the Decembrist at home.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti