Category: Orchid Doctor

HOOF AND HORN MEAL: Characteristics

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Produced from hoofs and horns of cattle; ground to the consistency of coarse meal; 13% nitrogen which is slowly released to plants; never causes root burn; odorless. A78-716 Read More

HORMONES: For Keikis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Used for stimulating dormant buds into growth as new plants or roots; sources and prices. A85-362 Read More

HORMONES: For Node Culture on Phalaenopsis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago On an immature stem remove the bract covering a node; with a razor blade cut down the center of the bract and pull the two sides apart; brush the paste around the node; next day it starts swelling;... Read More

HORMONES: To Produce Small Numbers of Mericlones of Phalaenopsis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Hormonal preparations involving application of a cytokenin, which acts as a cell-divider; a commercial paste is sold as Keikigrow; refer to A80-1123 Read More

HOT TUBS: Area Used for Growing

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Chlorine or bromine used to sanitize hot tubs should not harm plants in the area; people grow them around swimming pools which emit chlorine fumes; do not close-in the area. A84-819 Read More

HOT WEATHER: Treatment of Orchids

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In unusually hot summer weather the things to do to help plants : sprinkle or syringe (do not water) the leaves to reduce their temperature and increase the humidity around them; shade them more da... Read More

HOZON DEVICE: For Fertilizing

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A proportioner, it delivers one part of the stock, or siphoned solution, for every 15 or 16 parts of water coursing through the hose; dissolve two ounces of a 30-10-10 solution in 3.5 gals, of wate... Read More

HUMIDIFIERS: Automatic Unit Accumulates Mineral Deposit

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago There is no easy remedy as to how to counteract this. A77-798 Read More

HUMIDIFIERS: Make Them Yourself

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Using a bucket, some aquarium tubing, an air pump, nylon sheeting, plus the indespensible water and a pan to hold it, an effective humidifier can be assembled and operated; refer to Ca81-9; micro-o... 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