How to plant dendrobium on a balcony?

If you just plant for ornamental use, you can follow the method. But if you want to eat it, it's best to buy natural ones, not artificially grown ones with poor efficacy. However, due to the harsh growing conditions of natural wild Dendrobium, the natural yield is extremely scarce, and the wild resources are on the verge of extinction due to long-term excessive mining by the people.

There are only a few big brands on the market, such as FLM and Beijing Tong Ren Tang, which are really selling wild dendrobium. The price of Fulinmen Dendrobium officinale is relatively affordable, and it is suitable for long-term use by people who treat diseases and health care.

Dendrobium officinale can also be planted on your balcony or in your yard, and you can plant it well as long as you grasp the following points when planting.

1. Choose a good "species".

At present, there are many enterprises that produce Dendrobium officinale seedlings, and there are seedlings for sale in the flower market and Taobao. For home growers, it's best to buy from a reputable or reliable unit. Generally speaking, it is more reliable to buy from a national research institute or university.

When buying seedlings, try to choose varieties (strains) with good quality, high yield, obvious rust-like spots, suitable for local climatic conditions and easy to plant.

2. Choose a good "place".

When planting at home, the balcony is an ideal place to plant, but it should be shaded and protected from direct sunlight. When planting on the roof or in the courtyard, there should also be shade and rainproof facilities to avoid direct sunlight or rain during the planting process. If you choose to plant with flowers, there should be drainage holes at the bottom.

3. Choose the "mud".

When growing at home, chopped coconut shells, coarse wood chips, shavings, crushed tree bark, peanut shells, etc. are all suitable planting substrates.

4. Skillfully cure "disease".

When watering, pay attention to the principle of "not drying, not watering, watering thoroughly", and keep the substrate "moist but not wet"; Foliar sprays can be applied with fertilizers commonly used when growing vegetables, and a small amount of slow-release fertilizer can be applied to the substrate. If a disease is found, it can also be sprayed with some fungicides commonly used in growing vegetables, such as methyl tobuzin or agricultural streptomycin, and if insect pests are found, they can be captured manually.

If you plant on the balcony, you can only use potted plants, but potted dendrobium is more troublesome to manage, especially the moisture in the pot will form signs of dry up and down. It is more suitable for this to use shallow pots, and the cultivation substrate is slightly rougher and has slightly lower water retention, such as broken sawdust and broken coconut shells, and it is best to add some brown silk on the coconut shells, which is not easy to plant too deep and cannot be pressed too tightly.

It needs to be placed in a well-lit place, but it should be avoided from direct sunlight, so it should be placed on a balcony to avoid direct sunlight.

It is not good to plant dendrobium on the balcony, and dendrobium has high requirements for the environment.