How to transplant an orchid: step-by-step instructions at home

The prima of flower shops, phalaenopsis orchids, cymbidium or dendrobium, firmly won the hearts and windowsills of plant growers. However, getting into a house or city apartment, a flowering plant without timely transplantation may wither away. But how to transplant an orchid correctly? After all, disturbed flowers can be sick for a long time and even die.

The main reasons for transplanting orchids

An orchid is not always transplanted. For this, certain conditions and reasons are needed:

• rotted, deteriorated soil mixture;
• the pot has become too tight for sprouted roots;
• a baby has developed on the mother plant;
• decay of the roots of the orchid due to excessive watering;
• infection of the substrate with fungal diseases or pests.

Orchid in nature

An orchid transplant is a serious matter. You can not disturb the plant with this process, simply because you so wanted. This can cause serious damage to the flower.

When to transplant

Indoor plants should be transplanted in accordance with the natural cycle. With the advent of spring, they end a period of rest. Orchids are gradually entering the phase of active growth - vegetation. This process makes it possible to relocate indoor flowers painlessly, without fear of losing or delaying luxurious flowering.

The need for orchids phalaenopsis and arboretum in the replacement of soil on average is once every 2-3 years. Depends on the quality of the soil mix. The substrate, which consists mainly of moss, is depleted faster. In this case, the orchid is transplanted in 1.5-2 years. The bark contains significantly more nutrients, so the shelf life of such a soil can be extended to 3 years.

The signal for the change of "place of residence" is aerial roots, who are looking for support, towering above the tank. The roots, huddled in a tight container of orchids, do not receive the required amount of nutrients.

Winter transplant

With a reduction in daylight hours, the metabolic processes in any plants gradually slow down. The flower goes into a resting phase. It is not advisable to disturb the plant during this period. It is necessary to transplant it from November to March only in emergency cases.

The color of the roots of a healthy orchid is light green. If the color has changed, turned gray or brown, drying on some roots is noticeable, this means that the plant needs to be examined by the roots and, possibly, treated.

There are frequent cases when pests of indoor plants settle in a pot or spores of a fungal disease develop. To treat with the medicine only the aerial part of the plant is not enough. To get rid of pests, you need to do this:

1. The flower is removed from the planting capacity.
2. Inspect the roots, trimmed rotten, sick and dried.
3. The plant is treated with a fungicide or insecticide, depending on the lesion.
4. The sections are disinfected (phytosporin, foundationazole), the sections are powdered with crushed charcoal.
5. The flower pot is disinfected, if necessary, drainage is changed.
6. The soil for landing is replaced with a new one.

Orchid dendrobium

Transplant after purchase

For the first time, a flower is transplanted after purchase. Transport containers for plants are too compact, they are designed for short-term maintenance. The roots in the containers quickly displace the soil and grow through the drainage holes.

For adult large plants, disposable containers are dangerous for their instability. They can easily roll over, break a flower stalk or damage a leaf outlet.

Transplanting a Blooming Orchid

Transplanting a flowering beauty without good reason should not be. At the time of flowering, all the forces of the plant go to the nutrition of flowers, so careless trauma to the root system can result in a long illness and even death of the flower.

Transplanting a flowering plant is justified only in cases:

• disease lesions (phylostictosis, leaf deformation);
• pests (ticks, thrips, mealybugs, nematodes, bugs)
• rotting of the roots due to stagnation of moisture.

In case of emergency transplant:

1. Peduncles shorten by 2-3 cm.
2. To less injure the roots, the plant together with the pot is soaked in warm water for half an hour. You can use a bucket or a tall basin, water should cover the container with roots at 2/3 of its height.
3. If the roots fill a plastic pot, it is gently broken and removed, being careful not to damage the roots.
4. The roots are inspected, if necessary, trimmed, disinfected sections.
5. If the cause of the transplant is a disease or pests, the rhizome can be kept in a bath with a solution of the necessary preparation, and the leaves and peduncles can be treated with a spray bottle.

You need to plant the plant in clean soil, having previously processed the planting capacity.

Sanitary pruning

Transplant at home

Inexperienced amateur growers are recommended to plant orchids in transparent plastic pots. In them, it is easier to monitor the condition of the roots and the need to water the plants.

Pot selection

It is interesting that they live best in containers made of plastic. Glass pots are poorly ventilated and can quickly heat up. Ceramic pots for orchid roots are traumatic. When extracting a flower from a clay container, you can find roots adhered to the walls.

An ideal pot for an orchid should be well ventilated and prevent overheating of the roots. Drainage holes are mandatory, because the orchid does not tolerate rootbiting.

To remove excess moisture, the bottom of the pot is laid out with a drainage layer of 5-7 cm. For this, fine pebbles, sand, and crushed foam are used.

Soil selection

The usual soil for growing orchids is not good.

A quality mixture for orchids consists of:

• crushed pine (spruce, oak) bark;
• peat moss (sphagnum);
• peat;
• charcoal;
• roots of fern, its leaf humus;
• crushed foam

You can prepare pine bark for orchids yourself:

1. Peel pine bark from a fallen tree. Wet, with signs of rot in this case will not work.
2. Harvested bark is cleaned of foreign particles, crushed. The optimal fraction has a size of 1.5-2 cm. For large plants, the size of the pieces can be doubled.
3. Disinfect the bark with an insecticidal solution. This is necessary so as not to transfer pathogens of fungal diseases or larvae of pests from the dead tree. The bark is poured with a solution diluted according to the instructions and it is heated.
4. Next, the bark is boiled over low heat for an hour under a little oppression, so as not to emerge. For boiling, you can use a galvanized bucket.
5. The boiled bark is left to cool completely, after which the water is drained.
6. The resulting raw material is left to dry.

Orchid in a close pot

Step-by-step transplantation sequence

Since you will have to transplant an orchid at home once every 2-3 years, you should get the right equipment, purchase the preparations necessary for disinfection and treatment of plants. To work with the roots you need medium-sized sharp scissors or a pruner. The tool must be sharp, it must be disinfected before use, and after work it is cleaned of plant particles.

For the disinfecting treatment of plants, you can use bio- and chemical preparations, a solution of potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate) and tablets of activated carbon.

Since one of the key tasks is to transplant an orchid at home and not damage the roots, a soft planting container is removed with scissors.

Orchid planting is carried out as follows:

1. The root system is cleaned of old soil under running water, conduct inspection.
2. Dry, rotten and darkened roots are removed with a sharp garden tool.
3. If there are traces of parasitic activity on the root part, before planting, the root is immersed in standing water for 3-4 hours. After the orchid is laid out on a napkin, for drying for 6-8 hours.
4. In order to prevent the spread of possible pests, infections, the plant is treated with antifungal and insecticidal drugs.
5. Places of cuts on the roots are treated with antibacterial agents.
6. The prepared flower is placed in the center of the pot, gradually filling the soil so that there are no voids between the roots, the pot is shaken from time to time, but not tamped.
7. It is not necessary to fill the upper part of the rhizome with a substrate; the root system must have access to air.

After planting, it is necessary to provide the plant with good care.

Further flower care

For acclimatization, the orchid is kept away from sunlight for 7-10 days. The best place to place orchids is windows where there is enough light, but direct rays are dangerous for them. Leaves of orchids with direct exposure to ultraviolet receive burns.

Phalaenopsis orchid

Watering and soil

After planting, you can water the plant after 4-5 days. Water for watering is upheld or boiled. A container with a plant is lowered into prepared water for 30-40 minutes. Thus, the plant receives the right amount of moisture every two weeks.

Temperature and humidity

In the room where the orchid lives, it should not be dry and hot, the optimum temperature for these flowers is 20-23 ° C. Orchid leaves are gently wiped with a damp cloth or sprayed out of a spray bottle. The main thing is to prevent the accumulation of fluid in the outlet.

Top dressing

Orchids feed the first time a month after transplanting. Complex organic and mineral fertilizers are applied every 20-25 days.

Keeping an orchid at home is not at all difficult; in gratitude, the tropical beauty will delight refined clusters of flowers for a long time. And if you know how to transplant orchids at home, you can extend the life of these beauties.

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