Green pharmacy for orchids - succinic acid
For the recovery of sick orchids, succinic acid is one of the most effective remedies. Even healthy flowers respond well to acid fertilization, which helps them maintain a beautiful decorative appearance and influences growth and flowering.
What is succinic acid?
In industry, this acid is extracted from brown coal. For flowers, it is a type of biostimulant and cannot completely replace mineral fertilizers.
Interestingly, succinic acid is not capable of doing harm orchids even in case of overdose, since the plants themselves will not take too much. In addition, amber does not accumulate in the soil; under the influence of air and light, it quickly evaporates.
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Effect of acid on orchid development
After treatment of plants with succinic acid:
- orchids begin to actively grow leaves;
- turgor is restored;
- new roots appear;
- flower stalks are laid;
- increased resistance to various diseases of orchids.
Magic tablets act as a growth stimulant for all types of plants. In addition, they have the property of neutralizing toxins in the soil.
How to use the drug?
Orchids can be fed with a solution based on succinic acid tablets using one of three methods, or alternating them:
- Wipe the leaves with a sponge or cotton pad moistened with the solution (including the lower part of the leaf plate).
- Spray the green mass, avoiding the liquid getting into the growing point.
- Water the flower. Part of the preparation settles on pieces of bark, and even after the excess liquid drains into the pan, it nourishes the lower roots of the orchid, stimulating their growth and the formation of new shoots.
To restore orchids after transplantation or illness, amber dressings should be used at least 2 times a week.
After spraying the orchid, blot the central part of the flower with a dry cotton pad to remove moisture from the outlet.
To prepare a working solution, it is necessary to grind 1 tablet of succinic acid and dissolve it in 0.5 l of settled water at room temperature. If the preparation is in powder form, 1 g is enough for a given amount of water. You cannot store such a product for reuse.
Thank you very much for the video about the suction of succinic acid. My orchid has come to form a root, a sluggish turgor. I bought acid and for (your video help) rubbed the leaves, poured it, and I hope you will come to life. Dyakuyu