Category: Orchid Doctor

PLANTS: New to Your Greenhouse

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Welcome them with an invigorating libation of a sugar solution at the rate of 3ttpg. and moisten them with the spray; or, crush one Stress Tab (B vitamin) in a gallon of water and anoint them; or, ... Read More

PLANTS: Rootless

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago To hold them steady in the pot, take a wine cork and attach a wire to it and to the middle of the plant rhizome so that it hangs down like a boat anchor in the middle of the potting mix when the po... Read More

PLANTS: Survival Insurance for the Grower

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Divide each valuable plant, arrange with a growing mate to exchange cherished items and by means of these back-ups act as mutual insurance agents for each other; you could also have it mericloned t... Read More

PLANTS: Tying Them Up

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Any method of keeping plants upright is beneficial, especially for people to see the flowers; use stakes, string, coated wire, clothes hangers cut to size, weighted fishline strung over a high hang... Read More

PLANT-TREES: Design of a Vertical Type of Plant Holder

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago To take plants in pots; use of pipe and spacers threaded over with 15 spacing blocks; can be as high as allowable; takes 12 to 35 platform sticks on which pots can be set; refer to ODA69-128+ Read More

PLANTVAX 75W: A Fungicide

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Used for control of rust fungi. AH15 Read More

PLASTIC BAG TREATMENT: For Ailing Pseudobulbs and Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Place them in plastic bags in a moist place away from the sun or bright light; when the new roots or shoots with roots appear in a few weeks or a few months they can be potted up. ODA76-36 Read More

PLASTIC BAG TREATMENT: For Rootless Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Put the potted plant in a large enough plastic bag to close off the top, place it under the bench and open it every 12 days to ensure it has not dried out; roots should form and then over a week ro... Read More

PLASTIC STRING: As Potting Material

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Bundles interspersed with polystyrene create much drier conditions than other media; use with plants requiring little water -- leptotes, diacrium, brassavola. OR69-275 Read More

PLASTIC, GREEN: For Greenhouse Shading

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It can be used to reduce the light up to 65%, but it removes good plant-growing red light from the plants, and some heat rays on clear days that might otherwise be useful. A74-502 Read More