Category: Orchid Doctor

POTTING MEDIA: Media Ingredients Mixing

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Place all the materials in a plastic bag with sufficient water then roll it around to mix them well; set the bag aside for three to four days. A69-577 Read More

POTTING MEDIA: Physics and Chemistry

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The basics of aeration; insufficient oxygen as against abundant water; the problem of excess salts in lava rock and the like; the advantages of plastics; the pH rating is not critical; refer to OA8... Read More

POTTING MEDIA: Re-use

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Never, under any circumstances use old potting media to re-pot your good plants. A75-481Opinions may vary as to the advisablity of using old media on good plants; material accumulated from old catt... Read More

POTTING MEDIA: Survey

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A prize-winning essay study of all the materials widely used in the U.S., with concerted opinions and judgments on their current uses, likes and dislikes for each one, advantages and disadvantages ... Read More

POTTING MEDIA: Table for Beginners

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Actually a sophisticated tabulation and arrangement of about 25 ingredients of mixes arranged in three categories and from the least-absorbent to the most so; and then keyed to recipes deemed suita... Read More

POTTING MEDIA: The Best by Test

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Of crushed granite, coarse bark, charcoal, peach pips, peanut husks, peat, perlite, polystyrene, vermiculite, coarse sand, broken brick, pine needles, foam rubber, etc., and "flaky" bark and the be... Read More

POTTING MEDIA: The Fine Ingredients Can Be Harmful

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In an open mix do not add such things as peat moss, or sand as they cause rotting of the roots, excess water retention, salts retention, and black rot. AU84-202 Read More

POTTING MEDIA: Water Retentiveness

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago To reverse the usual levels of wetness try large polystyrene chunks at the bottom of the pots, large cork bits or wine corks in the middle and top it off with an inch of peat and perlite; it is enh... Read More

POTTING MEDIA: What's Best for the Plant?

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is not the medium that grows the plant but the grower. A83-470 Read More

POTTING MEDIA: White Fungus Growth

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago When they appear in the mix they will not likely harm the plant but they can be controlled by means of a Physan drench at the rate of 1itpg.; do not repeat it for two or three weeks. A82-920 Read More