Category: Orchid Doctor

SLUGS AND SNAILS: Potato as Bait

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Slice raw potato into pieces one inch square by a quarter inch thick and place on staging; slugs like it above all other food; change every few days; kill them early in the morning. OR70-80 Read More

SLUGS: Control

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Get rid of them by using Slug-Geta pellets, or a similar formulation consisting of metaldehyde and Mesurol. A77-108; use Slugit, A79-1112Use of arsenate and hydrated lime causes no injury to plants... Read More

SLUGS: Table Salt Kills Them on Contact, Why Not Use it as a Drench?

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Do not use table salt as it may also kill the plants; use Slug-Geta pellets. A75-876 Read More

SMOG: And Phalaenopsis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It destroys the buds, the blooms and the seed capsules; evaporative coolers wash a lot of impurities out of the air. A88-20 Read More

SMOG: Damage to Flowers

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Cattleyas and phalaenopsis especially are damaged. OIE85Sept-13 Read More

SMOKE: As Stimulant to Flowering

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Many terrestrials burst into bloom in nature after a ground fire; caused by smoke which contains ethylene and carbon monoxide among other gases, which break the dormancy in corms and bulbs in the g... Read More

SNAILS: Tiny Ones in Pots

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Spray or dust bush snails with a metaldehyde preparation. A73-208 Read More

SNAILS: Treatment

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Use Sevin or Zectran. A77-314 Read More

SOAKING PLANTS: In the Same Solution as for Others

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Fungus and bacterial diseases can be spread thus; use normal watering techniques but improve on them by watering only, or by watering a second time with a liquid fertilizer in the water. A69-614 Read More

SOAPS: A Detergent as a Pest Control

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For scale on a small number of plants soapy water and a toothbrush can be used effectively for spider mites; a soapy spray will control them for a while but will not eradicate them. A83-600 Read More