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- Plant and care for orchids in Lechuza - this is how it works
- This is how you can skillfully plant orchids in Lechuza
- How to maintain orchids in Lechuza
- Tips
Lechuza provides orchids with nutrients for six months
Plant and care for orchids in Lechuza - this is how it works
As epiphytes, orchids do not like potting soil, they only need very little fertilizer and can not stand waterlogging. With the Lechuza system, you can offer the demanding plants ideal conditions. How to properly plant and care for an orchid in Lechuza is explained here.
This is how you can skillfully plant orchids in Lechuza
The Lechuza system comes as an all-in-one set that makes gardening easier. In addition to the decorative plant pot you will receive a plant liner and an earth irrigation system with water level indicator and filler neck. The set includes PON, an inorganic substrate consisting of zeolites, lava granules, pumice and long-term fertilizer. How to plant an orchid professionally:
When planting, please make sure that the root neck is about a finger's width below the edge of the vessel.
How to maintain orchids in Lechuza
For the first few weeks, pour the soft water directly onto the substrate until the roots have reached the water reservoir. As a result, fill up to halfway up the water through the spigot. When the water level drops, the roots have reached the water. Now fill the water reservoir to the maximum. After a few weeks, the minimum is reached, followed by a dry phase of 4 to 8 days, as PON stores plenty of water.
Nutrient supplies are included for 6 months in fresh PON. When these are used up, administer the special Lechuza fertilizer. The organic resin coated beads are dosed directly into the water reservoir to release the nutrients to the roots. Due to the special nature of fertilizer and substrate, overdose can not occur.
Tips
Regardless of whether you care for your orchids in bark substrate, hydroponic culture or Lechuza, the daily shower should not fail. Spray the leaves regularly to simulate the humid and warm climate in the rainforest. Please only use decalcified tap water or filtered rain water at room temperature.