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SAPROPHYTIC FUNGI: Living on Dead Tissue

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It sometimes occurs on single plants; thrives under humid, dead air conditions; not a threat but its presence indicates poor culture. N319 Read More

SARAN SHADE CLOTH: For Shading

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is most effective as an outside cover especially when supported by a framework that raises it above the glass and thus enables air to circulate between. A63-1012 Read More

SEAWEED: Fertilizer

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Is a favourite of some growers because it has a good complement of trace elements. OIE86Jy-10; in England seaweed derivatives are used by many growers because they supply both major and minor nutri... Read More

SEED BANKS: Cryogenic Gene Bank

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago At the University of California, Irvine, CA 92717, the Arboretum is developing facilities for preserving seed for the distant future; it requires assistance. A86-249 Read More

SEED: Irradiated

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Use of X-rays, gamma and beta-rays on orchid seeds to produce mutants may have discouraging effects as the surviving plants may not produce recognizable or desirable ones. A59-688 Read More

SHADING: For Phalaenopsis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In California use 73% for both them and Paphiopedilums. A86-719In New York State in winter use not more than 25%. A81-688 Read More

SOAPS: As Insecticides

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Detergents are as good as soaps; liquid soap is as good as dissolved chips from bar soaps, any popular brand of soap is as good (almost) as a commercial soap insecticide but they must be used with ... Read More

SPIDERS: In the Greenhouse

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago They are mighty hunters of insects; Miturga lineata with a three inch leg-spread, brown and gray, moderately hairy is very useful; enough of them can keep a house free of insects; they hide during ... Read More

SPIKE WEIGHTS: To Pull Flower Spikes Upright

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The retractable rollers are popular in places but they lose their springiness; a substitute can be rigged by placing a thin pipe horizontally about four feet above the flower spikes, and hanging ov... Read More

SUGAR: Added to Fertilizer

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Do not use; it supports growth of saprophytic fungi on leaves and media. A66-842Sugar mixed with a foliar fertilizer applied with a Hozon; it will attract ants and cockroaches unless mixed with an ... Read More

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