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One of the flowers favorites of gardening lovers are orchidswhich stand out wherever we place them thanks to their indisputable beauty and their characteristic petals and colors, although it is well known that it is one of the plants to which we must offer greater care, since they require much more than others as they tend to easily die or wither.
This flower that projects quite a bit of elegance needs care very basic to more specific things like a correct amount of water, being in the shade, but also a few hours receiving natural sunlight without going too much so as not to burn.
That is why one of the most essential things for our flowers is to offer them the nutrients correct through fertilizers or, of fertilizers And what’s better when we can make them ourselves at home and with natural ingredients that we have in the kitchen or garden.
That is why today we will use a plant that many usually have in their homes, since it is usually used for health or aesthetic purposes, it is the aloe vera or aloe verawhich has great properties and nutrients that will give our plants many benefits.
Aloe vera will help us so that orchids can burst into flowers and look more beautiful than ever thanks to the fact that it has some vitamins such as A, B1, B2, B3, C and E, that is, folic acid, thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, ascorbic acid, among others, which will help with good growth and reproduction.
How to use aloe vera on orchids
Ingredients
- A branch or leaf of aloe vera
- Cotton
Step by Step
- Take the aloe leaf and get as much of the pulp as you can, since it will be the only thing we will use.
- Place the pulp in a deep plastic container and mash it with the help of a spoon.
- Take a cotton ball and wet it with aloe vera on each leaf or petal of the flower, but mainly on the stem, which you can do once a month.
- In case you have left aloe vera, you can add water and obtain a mixture to use as fertilizer.
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