Pine bark

Orchid lovers should not be unfamiliar with pine bark, because pine bark is also an important plant material when raising orchids! However, the pine bark can't be used casually. Especially the pine bark that you flower friends get back from the mountain must be treated~

Long dried old bark

This kind of bark has completed the process of decay in nature and can be directly chopped for use. For example, it can be mixed into the original soil, or it can be added with coarse sand, brick and bluestone, or it can be used as pavement.

(author: soberrock; source: hummingbird)

New bark

If the new bark can't be used directly, it should be decomposed first, and insect eggs and germs should be killed.

Method: first make the bark into small pieces, then soak it in water, soak it all, and then seal it with plastic bags. Put it in the sun for moisturizing and exposure in high temperature season. It will ferment after a summer. Then dry the bark and save it. Soak it in water before use~

Rotten bark

Note that the rotten bark cannot be used as plant material. The rotten bark is easy to pulverize and block the orchid basin, affecting ventilation, ventilation and water filtration, and affecting the growth of orchids.

Bought bark

Soak the rotten bark bought back in clean water at an interval of 10 minutes to 1 hour. Replace the water several times. The water to be soaked becomes clear!!

Willow bark

Willow flower friends should have seen it. How beautiful the willow branches are! When I was a child, I even made a wreath of willow branches! So what does willow bark do?

First, willow contains a substance called salicylic acid, which can sterilize and disinfect. Compared with those drugs we bought, willow bark is more safe and harmless~

2、 It is a substance contained in willow that can promote rooting!

Old willow bark

The usage of old tree bark is the simplest. Knock it down directly from the tree, cut it into small pieces, disinfect it and mix it into the soil!

(author: xiangyin56589; source: Netease blog)

Fresh bark

There are two ways to use fresh bark, one is not rotten, and the other is rotten.

① For raw use.

Take fresh, not yet rotten willow bark, cut it into small sections, soak it in water for several days, and then water the flowers with soaked water.

Is it super simple? And this method can be used many times ~ and the remaining willow bark can be mixed into the plant material, but the amount should not be too much, or it is also possible to directly mix raw willows into the soil, but a small amount.

Chopped willow bark

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(author: writer, playwright, source: Flower bar)

② Familiar.

Cut the willow bark into small sections and cook it. The boiled willow bark has been sterilized, which is more safe and efficient to use. Mix the boiled juice with clean water and water the flowers. It can be diluted about 5~10 times. In the process of high-temperature boiling, a large number of nutrients are separated from willow bark in water, so this method is more efficient.

Willow bark being boiled

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(author: writer, playwright, source: Flower bar)

Boiled water

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(author: writer, playwright, source: Flower bar)

After adding 5x water