How to make orchids last a long time naturally? Here’s the budget-friendly trick to keeping your plants strong and lush.

Orchids are undoubtedly among the most beautiful and elegant houseplants. Keeping them beautiful and lush requires careful care, the use of fertilizers, and the right doses of water and light. Not to mention flowering, which only appears if the plant is in excellent condition. They are not plants for everyone, that’s for sure, but with the right precautions it is possible to make them last a long time. Let’s see how to do it with a do-it-yourself method.

Orchids, fascinating houseplants

Until a few years ago, the cultivation of orchids was intended for a few, since the plants had considerable costs and above all required a greenhouse.

Over the years, numerous varieties of orchids have been imported, even from colder countries, which are therefore very well adapted to cultivation in apartments without the need for specific equipment. This, coupled with the hybrid species created by the researchers, has made orchids much more popular and less expensive. In fact, orchids are originally tropical plants from Asia and America and can reach heights of up to 60 cm. Their care does not require daily attention but that does not mean that it is not easy.

In fact, there are many orchid fertilizers on the market to keep them at their best.
For a more economical solution you can opt for a homemade fertilizer. You will only need one main ingredient: a small potato.

Make an economical and effective fertilizer.

To give your orchids the right vigour you will only need a small potato (you actually need 20 grams) and a litre of water.

But why a potato?

Perhaps few people know that potatoes are tubers with excellent properties even outside the kitchen. In particular, they are widely used in gardening for their excellent fertilizing properties. For example, potato peels can be added to common soil as a natural fertilizer.
Potatoes contain potassium, which helps plants grow strong and lush but, above all, helps them during flowering.

Even potatoes cut in half are often used to create cuttings from other plants such as roses or geraniums, thus acting as a real “incubator” for the development of the cutting’s roots.
But now let’s see how this tuber with numerous properties can help us grow our orchids luxuriant.

How to use a potato to make fertilizer for orchids.

To make your own orchid fertilizer, simply cut 20 grams of potato into pieces, put it in the blender and add a liter of strictly non-calcareous water.

Turn on the blender until smooth. With the help of a strainer, filter the liquid to remove possible residues and pour it into a spray bottle.

Now all you have to do is sprinkle the mixture liberally on the leaves and roots of your orchids 2 times a month so that the plant grows stronger and healthier.

The best times for this procedure are in the morning or early afternoon. Obviously what is left over from our homemade fertilizer can also be used for other plants, they will undoubtedly benefit greatly from it.