Organic Nutrient Solutions for Commercial Cultivation of Orchids

Abstract

Organic farming indicates a traditional food production systems such as crop rotations, mixed cropping, mixed farming, organic manuring, residue recycling, agro-forestry systems which are amalgamated with modern practices of crop cultivation and livestock management to enhance profitability without dependence on off-farm resources. In orchid cultivation, organics are used as substrate media, as a component in plug plant production, in preparation of nursery for hardening of tissue culture plants, to improve the soil physical properties, as a soil drench of bulb soaking or foliar spray, in propagation of ornamental crops, and as  a plant protection.