What soil is used for growing cymbidium orchids?

Soil selection principles for Cymbidium

When growing cymbidium orchids, in principle, you should choose fertile acidic soil with good drainage, and generally do not choose mud.

When making soil, generally multiple types of soil are mixed twice, and the soil should be kept loose and breathable during the mixing process.

Soil configuration for cymbidium

Generally, when preparing the soil, you can use sphagnum moss, coconut coir, bark, peat, broken bricks, etc. as the substrate to grow cymbidium.

After cleaning the soil, mix it according to different needs, ensuring that it is loose and breathable, contains moisture and is moisturizing.

In fact, when growing cymbidium, you can choose orchid soil, which is the soil where orchids have been planted before. Such soil contains orchid-associated bacteria, which play a very important role in the growth of cymbidium.

If you feel that you don’t know how to match them, you can buy some special soil for growing orchids yourself.