Category: Orchid Doctor

FERTILIZERS: Mix Your Own

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago 3 oz. of potassium nitrate (saltpetre; sodium nitrate) and two oz. ammonium phosphate dissolved in three gals. water; one ounce to one gal. water for application to plants. OR77-30330-10-10 type, a... Read More

FERTILIZERS: Mixed Fresh Each Time

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Inorganic fertilizers keep well if light is excluded so algae does not grow in it. A67-901 Read More

FERTILIZERS: Mixed with Pesticides

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Mixture of Benlate, Cygon and fertilizer is not recommended; don't do it. A73-503 Read More

FERTILIZERS: Mixing 20-20-20 with Ammonium Nitrate to Get 30-10-10

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Mix one ounce of 20-20-20 plus one and one-tenth ounces of ammonium nitrate to get 30-10-10; apply at 1/2 tpg. A75-35 Read More

FERTILIZERS: Mode of Application

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Liquid application is most efficient and effective; should be composed of completely water-soluble elements. OD67-220 Read More

FERTILIZERS: Organic or Inorganic

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Bacterial activity is low at 50 deg.F. (10 deg.C.) so it is better to use inorganic types of fertilizer in cold weather;use an organic in warmer temperatures. AU73-185Both can be used; liquid organ... Read More

FERTILIZERS: Organic Types

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Made of relatively insoluble materials as bone meal, dried blood, hoof meal, rock phosphate, etc.; must undergo decomposition before nutrients can be released; the materials slowly decompose; apply... Read More

FERTILIZERS: Organic, Made From Living Organisms

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Animal manures, fish emul- sion, seaweed emulsion; bone meal, cottonseed meal, etc.; strengths vary and most require dilution; believed to contain natural salts and hormones which cannot be synthes... Read More

FERTILIZERS: Overhead Sprinkling of Soluble Type

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is feasible to do so especially for a large commercial range, but application may be irregular and wasteful. F81-65 Read More

ACID OR ALKALINE: Changing the Values

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Various means can be used: tufa, a limestone form, can be added to paphiopedilums from limestone cliffs; bark composts acidify with age; peatmoss, pine needles, oak leaves in the mix produce acidit... Read More