How Using Milk Helps Restore Orchid Bloom: A Simple and Effective Method

29.01.2024 14:56
Updated: 08.05.2024 11:42

There is an effective method that can help restore your orchid's flowering.

This method is the use of milk. The expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh will tell readers how to properly use milk to restore orchid flowering.

Prepare a milk solution

To begin, you will need 0.5 liters of settled water at room temperature and 1 tablespoon of unpasteurized milk.

Mix them together to make a milk solution to feed your orchid.

Watering an orchid

Place the orchid in a suitable container and carefully water it with the milk solution.

orchid
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Make sure the solution is evenly distributed over the entire surface of the pot and the roots of the plant.

Allow the plant to soak in the solution for 15 minutes and then return it to its original location.

Regular meals

For best results, repeat this procedure every 14 days.

You can also carry out foliar feeding by wiping the orchid leaves with a damp sponge soaked in a solution of 1 tablespoon of milk and 2 tablespoons of water.

This will help the orchid stay green, firm and stimulate the flowering process.

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Author: Sergey Tumanov Internet resource editor
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti

Content
  1. Prepare a milk solution
  2. Watering an orchid
  3. Regular meals