Garlic is a natural antiseptic and antifungal agent. In addition, it contains many useful substances. Flower growers make infusions from it for the green inhabitants of window sills. Watering orchids with garlic water allows you to feed them, protect them from diseases and help them adapt after transplantation.
Benefits of garlic for orchids
Garlic is known as a disinfectant that benefits both humans and the home flower. It contains minerals, acids, antioxidants. And the phytoncides and essential oils it secretes repel pests. That is why garlic can be a salvation for orchids in the following cases:
- yellowing and wilting of leaves;
- slowing down the growth of the above-ground part and the development of roots;
- appearance of signs of fungal infection;
- attack by insect pests;
- lack of flowers.
The result of using garlic infusion for orchids is expressed in:
- maintaining plant immunity, increasing resistance to diseases;
- trouble-free adaptation after being at rest;
- stimulation of root development;
- restoration of leaf turgor;
- protection and treatment of fungal infections;
- removal of insect pests;
- stimulation of flowering.
Garlic water also has a positive effect on the substrate in which the flower is contained. It kills the larvae of harmful insects, fights harmful microorganisms, and saturates it with useful substances for a long time.
Important! Orchid growers warn that garlic infusion can be used no more than 2 times a month. You cannot water plants with fermented liquid.
Garlic dressing: why is it useful?
Garlic is an excellent antiseptic that can help both people and plants. One clove contains a large amount of organic acids, mineral salts, sulfur, and antioxidants. All the presented components are well absorbed, so phalaenopsis will quickly absorb all the necessary substances. Watering an orchid with garlic means forgetting about many problems with the plant that regularly make themselves felt.
When watering, you can:
- Destroy small but dangerous pests.
- Get rid of bacterial and viral diseases.
- Prevent the appearance of a large number of fungal diseases.
- Disinfect the soil that was compiled and made with your own hands.
- Strengthen a flower that has just been transplanted, help it quickly take root in a new place.
Conduct soil disinfection, destruction of infections and pest germs.
Garlic water for prevention
Garlic infusion serves as a good, natural way to fertilize plants, especially after the winter months. In the spring, 2 waterings are carried out with an interval of 2 weeks, using ordinary water between them. The result is not long in coming: after 3-5 days the leaves become denser and the roots thicken. After about 15 days, flower stalks may appear.
Important! During the dormant period, flowers should not be fed. And during flowering, the product should be used with caution, as there is a risk that the orchid will drop its buds.
Reviews
Natalya Nikolaevna, 32 years old
I'm a real fan of orchids. There are so many beauties that live on my windowsills. But it so happened that I had to leave for two weeks. When I returned home, I saw that my favorite flowers had drooped and began to fade. And at some of the bases of the leaves either larvae or eggs appeared. The first thing that came to my mind was to prepare garlic water. I poured 1 crushed clove of garlic into a liter of water, left it for 20 minutes, then diluted the resulting infusion in half with ordinary distilled water and dipped each pot in it for half an hour. I simply wiped the leaves with a clean damp sponge, then didn’t touch them, just waited. On the third day, changes appeared, the orchids began to come to life and became noticeably stronger. And after 10 days, new flower stalks appeared on some of them. Now in my house, garlic water is used regularly for orchids, but only as a preventive measure.
Victoria, 28 years old
I use garlic infusion to treat almost all of my indoor plants, but I only learned from your article that it is so beneficial for orchids and I will definitely try it. Thanks for the recipes. No matter how much I try to breed them, the experience is still unsuccessful. Many have already died.
An infusion of garlic can have a truly magical effect on an orchid. Don't wait until your beauty gets sick or is attacked by pests. Use it regularly for prevention and you will enjoy the lush flowering of your pets.
How to prepare garlic infusion
You can make garlic water for watering orchids in the form of a concentrate, or ready for use.
Concentrated solution
Garlic concentrate for orchids is taken in a proportion of 170 g per 1 liter of water. The cloves are cleaned, crushed, placed in a container and filled with water. Leave in a warm place for 5 days. The finished product is diluted with water at the rate of 60 g per 1 liter of water. It is prohibited to use undiluted liquid; it burns leaf blades, shoots and roots. Getting pieces of garlic into the substrate and onto the leaves also leads to unpleasant consequences.
Instant concentrate
Concentrated products can be used immediately after preparation. To do this, you need to use a special recipe with hot water. In it, the above amount of garlic is infused for 20 minutes and filtered. Then 3 tbsp. l. concentrated infusion is diluted in 1 liter of clean water.
Garlic water for irrigation
To quickly make an aqueous solution, take 6 cloves and 3 liters of water. Pour crushed garlic, let it brew for a day in a warm place, filter. The liquid can be used immediately for watering and spraying.
Errors
The benefits of garlic water for orchids are undeniable. But many gardeners make a common mistake and begin to treat it as a way to overcome any problems, as a panacea. Remember, no matter how good the tincture is, orchids need constant high-quality and comprehensive care.
No stimulants, fertilizing or fertilizers can compensate for errors in plant maintenance. If there is not enough light or, on the contrary, there is an excess of it, if the air is too dry, if the temperature does not meet the requirements, and also if the recommendations for the composition of the soil are not followed, the plant will die, even if you fill it with garlic water.
How to water with a watering can
The watering procedure is simple:
- The flower pot is placed in a wider container.
- Water the substrate with garlic solution so that it fills 2/3 of the pot’s volume.
- Leave for a period of 30 minutes to 3 hours, depending on the size of the plant and the amount of soil.
- The planting container is removed and the moisture is allowed to drain. Do not exceed the dosage when preparing garlic infusion. Increased concentration is dangerous due to burns. By following these rules, within a few weeks after starting to use garlic water, you can get a healthy plant with a young peduncle.
Watering methods
Succinic acid for orchids: examples of dilution and application
The usual way to water orchids is to immerse the pot in a container of water. Watering orchids with garlic water is done in the same way. You should take a container into which the pot with the plant will fit, pour garlic solution and place the flowerpot so that it is 2/3 in water. After time has passed, the pot is placed in another container or sink to allow excess liquid to drain. Depending on the purpose of such baths, the pot is kept in water for 15 minutes. up to 3 hours. If watering with additives is done as a preventive measure, a minimum amount of time is needed. If the roots are being treated or getting rid of parasites, a maximum stay in the medicinal solution is necessary.
Note! The amount of watering time depends on the size of the pot and the root system of the plant.
It makes no sense to water the orchid in the usual way, since the loose and dry substrate for these exotics does not have time to get wet. It is better to use spraying to wet the top layer of soil. This method is used for diseases of the roots and leaves of the plant.
Spraying is used for problems with the elasticity of foliage and stems, yellowing of leaves and poor root growth. Also, spraying is an excellent prevention against external pests that can migrate from neighboring flowers.
Important! When spraying the plant, you need to make sure that water does not flow into the base of the leaf or accumulate at the stem. It can contribute to the appearance of rot and mold on the flower.
The need for watering is determined by the drying out of the soil in the pot and the change in color of the roots. A plant that is saturated with moisture will have bright green roots; if there is a lack of moisture, they turn gray. Disturbed watering regimes are also caused by leaves that become limp and stringy. Garlic water should not be used for irrigation more than twice a month.
Note! It is better to use a freshly prepared infusion for each watering.
Advantages and disadvantages
Like any other remedy, garlic solution has a number of significant advantages and some disadvantages.
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Correct use of fertilizer
Despite all the benefits of garlic-amber fertilizer, it must be used wisely. This is especially true for vigorous vegetables. You can water the orchid with garlic water in the morning. It is not recommended to do this more than once a month due to the risk of root burns. For the same reason, the concentration of garlic in the fertilizer should not be exceeded.
Experiment on watering orchids with amber-garlic infusion
When changing soil
When transplanting an exotic flower, flower growers carefully examine its root system, cutting off damaged and dried roots. As a result of this process, in some cases the plant loses 50-70% of its root system. This is a lot of stress for the orchid; it does not sprout leaves or form buds for a long time, spending all its energy on growing roots.
When transplanting, the root system suffers greatly
To prevent this from happening, after removing the orchid from the pot and clearing the roots of the soil, you should immerse the flower in a solution for 30 minutes - 0.5 grams of a product based on natural amber per glass of water . Remove and air dry. Then place it in a new substrate, pour over the garlic-amber infusion. Therapeutic feeding helps stimulate the growth of a healthy root system.
During treatment
If pests are found in the soil, it is necessary not only to water the soil, but also to treat the leaves of the plant. It is better not to spray them, but to wipe them so that the liquid does not get on the buds, flowers or accumulate at the base of the leaves. The result will be noticeable after 3 uses of garlic water.
If the plant suffers from improper care, has become lethargic, the leaves have lost turgor, wither, turn yellow, new leaf blades do not appear, the roots do not grow, buds do not form, it needs fertilizing as a medicine. The result will be noticeable after several waterings; in especially severe cases, restoration of the flower takes more than 2 months. To restore leaves, they are treated every day with a standard solution until the leaves become dense again.
The orchid needs to be regularly inspected for diseases.
To treat foliage, a solution similar to that prepared for watering is used. But the plant cannot be sprayed. This will lead to damage or death of the leaf blade. The solution, once at the base of the leaf, causes the neck of the plant to rot. The foliage is wiped with a cotton pad soaked in a solution of succinic acid or garlic water. After a day or two, remove the remaining solution with a damp soft cloth.
Succinic acid without garlic water is used to revive orchids without roots. Wipe with concentrated amber-based acid (the dose is increased 3 times) the places on the trunk where roots should appear. After a couple or three months, roots should appear. As soon as they grow to 5 cm, the flower is transplanted into a pot.
To stimulate flowering
After a long period of hibernation, the exotic beauty of the orchid must be stimulated to grow and bloom . Garlic-amber infusion is used twice for watering with intervals of 15 days (at this time regular watering with plain water is required).
During awakening, the exotic beauty needs special care
After the first watering, after 3 days, you can already notice that the leaf blades become shiny and dense. After a week, roots are actively formed, after 14 days flower stalks appear. To stimulate flowering, the base of the leaf blades and wilted flower stalks are treated with the working solution.
To stimulate bud growth , after flowering the arrow is cut at the root and divided into cuttings with 2 buds. The shell is removed from one. Place the blanks in a container that does not allow light to pass through; there should be damp moss at the bottom. The cuttings are watered with the working solution, the container is sealed and left at a temperature of +30 degrees. After some time the buds will swell.
For prevention
As a preventative measure, flower infusion is used as soon as signs of deterioration in the health of the plant appear. Leaf blades become soft and limp.
Orchid needs constant attention
To prevent viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases, 10 grams of garlic peel are infused in a liter of water for 24 hours . Filter, add dissolved succinic acid to the solution, spray the surface of the soil and the plant itself from a spray bottle.
How to combine with other means
Garlic water combines well with other means for feeding and treating orchids. It is used as a basis for the preparation of complex preparations.
succinic acid
In combination with garlic, it can strengthen a weak plant, increase its immunity, give strength to the roots and stimulate the process of photosynthesis. Use in the proportion of 1 tablet per liter of garlic tincture. First, the acid is dissolved in hot water and cooled to room temperature, and then combined with the tincture.
The drug "Kornevin"
When transplanting a young plant, comprehensive support is used. To speed up the adaptation process, before planting the roots are impregnated with the preparation, and after a few days the orchid is fed at the root or outside with garlic water.
