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COMMUNITY POTS: How to Accelerate Growth

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Under lights leave Gro-Lux on all night until plants reach flowering size, then reduce to 13 to 14 hours daily. A71-783 Read More

COOL-GROWING CONDITIONS: Temperatures

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago General understanding is that night temperature should be between 50 and 60 deg.F. (13 to 15 Celsius); day temperatures, at midday, 75 to 80 deg.F. (24 to 27 Celsius). OD77-91; for dendrobiums and ... Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: In Florida

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Success reported with miltonias, odontoglossums, cochliodas and their bigenerics such as odontiodas and odontonias and vuylstekearas; media: 1 pt. chopped osmunda, 1 pt. sphagnum moss; water daily;... Read More

TEDION: As Miticide

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It controls not only mites but also their eggs and newly hatched larvae. OD65-169 Read More

COOL-GROWING PLANTS: In Victoria, Australia

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Incredible variety of genera can be grown outdoors: various kinds of ada, bifrenaria, brassia, cirrhopetalum, coelogyne, dendrobiums (native), dendrobiums (soft cane dendrochilum, gongora, laelia, ... Read More

CORK BORERS: Insects Bore Into Slabs and Corks

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago They leave a dusting as evidence of their inroads; they attack corks in storage; spray with Malithion where the holes appear in the slabs; for corks, place them in a plastic bag with some insectici... Read More

SHEATHS: Cattleyas

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Buds rotting inside can be caused by an accumulation of moisture in the sheath; caused by excessive watering, high humidity or rapid temperature change; do not overwater; cut off the tip. F77-16Do ... Read More

GREENHOUSES: Cheap and Effective

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Construction details for a basic house sized 10ft by 8ft. by 8.25 ft. high; expandable type, refer to AU82-127 Read More

CORK SLABS: For Mounted Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is better than redwood, cedar slabs, oak branches or tree-fern; it cuts easily and plants can be tied to it with nylon fishing line, six to eight pount test, or for very large plants, nylon stoc... Read More

CORK SLABS: Plants That Like it

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Include Cattleya skinneri, C. forbesii, which thrive on it, Schomburgkias grow well on it but their spikes get very long, Oncidium maculaturn grows easily on it as it does on other things, however,... Read More