How To Repot An Orchid
admin March 5th, 2010
Every orchid lower knows that when it comes time to repotting orchids, you need to take extra special care.
How to repot your orchid is a question you definitely need to ask at least once. The most important thing to remember is that orchid need a new pot every 18 – 24 months. There is no way around this, if you love your orchids (and I"m sure you do) repotting is an essential part of their growth. Never wait more than 2 years to repot your orchid, that is too long.
You will be interested in what type of pot you need to use. The simple answer is, it doesn’t really matter because orchids can grow well in plastic clay or ever decorator pots. What is important to remember though is that the type of pot will effect the amount of times you need to water your plant. Some pots dry out quicker than others. There are no hard and fast rules to this, you will need to water a few times and learn to get a feel for how long water lasts in your pot (for tips on watering click the link at the end of this article).
Just like keeping pets who need food, young orchids need fertilizer and fresh food in their pots. This is perhaps the most important reason to continue to repot your orchid. The new media in the pot provides new nutrients for the plant to use. This single step is perhaps the most important in keeping your orchids blooming.
Some people will change their orchids pots randomly, simply because they don’t like the look of the old one. I do not advise this and it is a good way to severely harm your orchid plant. You should only repot your orchid when it needs it. Think of the flower as a sleeping baby, they are so beautiful when they lay asleep, but if they stir they could start to cry and this isn’t good news for anyone, especially the baby (or in our case the orchid).
When I’m sleeping I like to be nestled in tight, but not too tight. Orchids are no different, they like to be nestled into their pot so that their roots are nice and close. However its important they aren’t squashed. The good old common sense approach is the best here, if you can fit the orchid inside the pot without too much squashing, you are on the right track.
Orchids like to be very snug. A small plant in a big pot means that all the orchids effort is taken up in trying to build a larger root system and it will not flower properly. Make the pot snug, but not too snug.
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How To Repot An Orchid
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