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NEW PLANTS: Treatment After Buying

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago First watering in the greenhouse should be water with 3ttpg. sugar dissolved in it; or crush a Stress Tab (B-complex vitamin) or, apply Superthrive, in water; place plant fol a Week or so in a shad... Read More

PAPHIOPEDILUMS: Temperatures to Set Bulbs

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago The time of year to set low temperatures varies with the species; some need 55 deg.F. nights for two to three weeks beginning in March; December and January types need 55 deg.F. for two to three we... Read More

SOW BUGS: In Fir Bark

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Control by dusting the surface of the pot mix with Sevin dust 5%. A82-1061 Read More

HUMIDIFIERS: Portable Unit Develops Fungus Growth

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago To control this, use Physan 20 one drop in three-quarters of a gallon of water. A78-698 Read More

BARK: Potting Mix

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago A typical mixture would have about 15 parts medium bark, 1-1/2 parts coarse Perlite, 174 part charcoal chips (quarter-inch size). OR87-173For cymbidiums in a high humidity area near the ocean in Ca... Read More

RING SPOT: On Odontoglossums

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago A virus disease caused by Tobacco Mosaic Virus -- Orchid Strain, one of the two viruses common in orchids; Odontoglossum ring-spot virus is the same thing. A73-818 Read More

RING SPOT: Virus

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Shows up on leaves of Dendrobium antennatum but produces no floral abnormalities; a bacilliform virus. A74-529 Read More

ROCK, LANDSCAPING: As Potting Medium

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Various forms have been used, especially lightweight lava aggregates used in the manufacture of concrete products; similar products go under different names such as Holite, Solite, Herculite; they ... Read More

SAND, SHARP: Meaning

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Refers to the purity of the sand and not its abrasive quality. A74-713 Read More

OUTDOORS GROWING: In Miami Area

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago "grow or go" applies to orchids of minor importance in a large garden; plants are attached especially to oak trees on the east side at a point where water sprinklers hit a window-screener pouch wit... Read More