Dendrobium candidum can be raised in water and soil, both of which can survive and maintain, but the soil is not ordinary soil.Water culture is more convenient and easy to operate, Dendrobium officinale has strong vitality and likes a humid growth environment, so water culture is also easy to survive, a transparent glass bottle can be prepared, washed and disinfected in advance, the selected plant is cleaned, the soil on the plant is washed off, the old roots are cut off and then soaked in a carbendazim solution for disinfection, and then the water culture can be carried out after drying.
Soil culture is also not troublesome. In maintenance, we should pay attention to regular watering to ensure good water supply. Soil culture has a higher probability of occurrence of diseases and insect pests, so we should also prevent and control diseases and insect pests.
The roots of Dendrobium officinale are not suitable for ordinary soil. Its roots are shallow aerial roots. Ordinary soil will make it difficult for the roots to breathe.For the choice of substrate, first of all, it needs to be breathable, loose, good drainage, but also needs to be acidic, you can use sphagnum moss, fungus chaff, wood chaff, bark, peat and so on.After selecting the matrix, it can not be directly used, it needs to be disinfected first, the matrix can be boiled in boiling water, and then fished out to dry for use, or it can be disinfected with chemicals.
