After the orchids they were given have finished blooming, many housewives wait a long time for the plant to produce a new flower stalk.
It is believed that if the plant does not bloom, it means that the owner does not care for it properly or keeps it in the wrong place. But if everything is as written, then it is necessary to stimulate flowering.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to make an orchid bloom.
You need to prepare a fertilizer from available means, which will make the orchid bloom for almost months.
You will need onion peel and rice.
How to cook
1. Peel about 5 large onions and collect the husk. It contains calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, antioxidant, antibacterial substances.
2. Pour into a jar and add hot water – you will need 0.5 liters. Let it brew for a day.
3. Take another jar, add 5 tablespoons of rice and fill it with water at room temperature. Leave it to brew for 24 hours.
4. The next day, strain both infusions and mix them in one container.
How to use
First, wet the leaves of the plant with a damp cloth and water the orchids in the usual way.
Next we add fertilizer.
To do this, soak a cotton pad in rice-onion infusion and wipe the leaves with it.
Add 5-8 teaspoons of fertilizer to the substrate. Fertilize once a month before flowering.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
