Garlic water for orchids - how to apply

Traditional methods are often used by housewives when caring for indoor flowers. Some of them actually help plants to cure certain diseases or to bloom. However, these are mostly ineffective recipes that can be harmful. Among the positively acting folk remedies, there is one that has proven itself well - garlic broth. The orchid is fed and watered with this solution in order to increase its immunity and cure diseases.

What is this top dressing

Every florist has heard about the healing properties of garlic. Even if you eat one slice daily, your immunity improves and the cold disappears. Therefore, garlic is very often used in the production of cosmetic and medical products.

Garlic water boosts flower immunity

Garlic water for orchids is prepared from garlic and ordinary drinking water, sometimes succinic acid is added. This common and readily available solution is used as a fertilizer for a flower, it is watered with soil in a pot. Garlic for orchids is also used as a prophylaxis against pests and diseases.

Useful properties of infusion

Garlic orchid tincture in combination with succinic acid can quickly get rid of problems in growing a flower if prepared and used correctly. The bush will quickly regain its strength and continue its active development.

Why are garlic and succinic acid useful for orchids:

• high efficiency in the treatment of diseases of the bush;
• cheapness and readiness of ingredients;
• garlic tends to give all its nutrients to water when insisted;
• the solution has a detrimental effect on even the most dangerous parasites;
• the agent can be used as a prophylaxis against diseases and improving the general condition of domestic plants;
• stimulates orchid flowering;
• disinfects the soil in the pot, destroying infectious microorganisms.

Garlic Water Has Many Benefits

Indications for use

Experienced flower growers advise using garlic infusion for orchids at the first sign of deterioration. It is also recommended to carry out regular preventive treatment with a solution in order to prevent the appearance of diseases and pests.

Indications for use include:

• wilting of the bush;
• stunting;
• delayed flowering;
• the appearance of black rot around the trunk areas;
• damage by insect pests;
• yellowing of leaf plates;
• the appearance of moss or mold on the surface of the soil.

To prepare the infusion, you need garlic and water.

How to make garlic infusion

Despite the apparent simplicity, it is not so easy for a beginner to prepare a decoction on his own. It is necessary to take into account everything: what kind of garlic is suitable for orchids, how to make a solution, the proportions of ingredients. Water should be used clean and not hard, it is not recommended to take tap water. And the garlic should be fresh and juicy, without dry and rotten areas.

To prepare a garlic solution for orchids you will need:

• 70 g peeled garlic;
• 1.5 l of water
• 3-5 drops of succinic acid.

How to make garlic water for orchids in stages:

1. Rub the garlic on a fine grater or pass through a crushing machine.
2. Pour it with clean water at room temperature. Leave to infuse for several days.
3. Strain through cheesecloth and add a few drops of succinic acid.

Succinic acid improves the effect of the solution on the plant. It stimulates growth and flowering and helps the leaf blades regain their rich color and healthy appearance.

How to use garlic orchid solution as a top dressing

The broth is used as a fertilizer that can be used to feed a flowering bush, but this must be done strictly following the dosage so as not to harm delicate orchids.

Top dressing with garlic solution during the active growth period is carried out twice a month. During the rest period, 1 feeding in 1.5 months is enough. The soil is thoroughly processed, and then it is loosened. If the water was stored in a cool place, it should be slightly warmed up to 25-27 ° C.

After watering and spraying, it is necessary to remove the water collected in the axils of the leaves.

Watering after transplant and during flowering

Watering orchids with garlic water immediately after transplanting is carried out to disinfect the soil in the soil. Flowers are vulnerable after planting in a new location. Moreover, there is a possibility that an infection could have gotten through with poor-quality planting material or through non-disinfected gardening tools. Only in this case, the garlic infusion will become a real salvation for indoor plants.

How to water an orchid with garlic water? There are no special rules here. The procedure is carried out in the usual way, when the liquid is poured into the soil, or by spraying the bush and soil from a spray bottle. After the procedure, it is necessary to remove the accumulated fluid from the leaf axils with a cotton swab.

If the procedure is carried out in the spring, then it must be done regularly twice a month before the orchids have time to release flowers. Subsequent watering during flowering is reduced to 1 time per month. When buds appear, the concentration of the infusion is reduced. To do this, it is diluted with clean water in a ratio of ½. No spraying is carried out during this period, and during watering, the broth is poured exactly onto the ground, without falling on the inflorescences.

Contraindications and errors

Garlic solution is a perishable product, so it cannot be stored for a long time, much less used for watering.

A detailed list of the most common mistakes in using garlic infusion and contraindications for use:

• in the hot summer period, the jar with the solution should not be stored in an ordinary room. Due to the high temperature, the liquid begins to ferment. Better to put the tincture in the refrigerator;
• methods of using garlic water must be alternated. After watering, you need to spray the bush or wipe the leaf plates. If you only constantly spray the bush, there will be no effect from the remedy. The roots also need nourishment;
• the dosage of the ingredients must not be changed. Too concentrated solution should be diluted with water and not used in pure form;
• during flowering, the bush is only watered, it should not be sprayed with a solution of garlic. And irrigation water should be of low concentration;
• if the diseases of the bush are associated with damage to the leaf plates, it is worth postponing the spraying, it is better to first process the roots so that the flower will increase immunity.

Garlic water has a beneficial effect on plant immunity

It turns out that garlic benefits not only the human body, but also plants. The culture rich in essential oils, minerals and vitamins has a beneficial effect on the general condition of orchids.Spraying and treating with garlic water increases the immunity of flowers and resistance to diseases.