Orchid care: Simple trick to revive yellowing leaves with cinnamon

To ensure that your orchid brightens up your space, you need to provide it with appropriate growth conditions. If we neglect this rule, its flowers will not bloom, and the leaves will turn yellow. Fortunately, you can restore its former glory even in such a situation. It's worth trying a trick that costs less than fifty cents.

An orchid is quite demanding and capricious. It doesn't forgive mistakes in its care. However, taking care of it is not as complicated as it might seem. You just need to stick to a few principles and follow them consistently. Sometimes, the flowers refuse to bloom, and the leaves start turning yellow. What should you do then?

Yellowing orchid leaves indicate that you are making serious mistakes in its care. The most common ones include overwatering the orchid, lack of drainage, poorly chosen soil, or insufficient light. An orchid should grow in a clear plastic pot with drainage, and the soil it grows in should be a mix of perlite and compost. The flower should be placed in a well-lit spot.

If you notice that the orchid leaves are yellowing, it means the plant doesn't have the right conditions for growth. However, this situation does not have a solution. There is a simple and effective trick that will restore the orchid's yellow leaves to their former colour.

All you need to do is sprinkle the soil with cinnamon! Yes, it's not a joke. Cinnamon has antifungal and anti-mould properties. Adding it to the soil will protect it from bacteria development and, consequently - the numerous diseases that orchids are particularly susceptible to. Simply sprinkle a teaspoon of cinnamon on the soil and gently mix it - unless the leaves are already very yellow. In that case, you should remove them and repot the orchid in new soil. If you have a cinnamon stick at home, you can place it right next to the roots - just not too deep to damage them.