Category: Orchid Doctor

SUNBURN TREATMENT: For Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago An old remedy is to saturate water with sugar and thickly cover all the plant ; it seals the tissue from fungi and bacteria and stops dehydration. AU88-23 Read More

SUNLIGHT: Why Morning Sunlight Is Preferable

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Most plants are more active photosynthetically in the early morning; humidity is usually more favorable; temperatures are more conducive to efficient photosynthesis; morning sunlight in many places... Read More

SUN-LOVING PLANTS: For Outdoors in South Florida

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Listed: Arachnis, Broughtonia sanguinea, C. guatemalensis. C. skinneri, Dendrobium pierardii, Encyclias, such as tampense, Epidendrum ciliare, Epi. radicans, Grammatophyllum scriptum, Oncidium luri... Read More

SUPERPHOSPHATE: A Fertilizer

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago On cymbidiums and cattleyas use a heaping teaspoon spread evenly over a 10-inch pot surface, or half that for an eight-inch pot of a cymbidium; for cattleyas use five level teaspoons in five gals, ... Read More

SUPERPHOSPHATE: What Is It?

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is the end product obtained when rock phosphate is mixed with sulphuric acid but not phosphoric acid; it contains about 16 to 20% of P205 (means soluble phosphate), A61-981; single super-phospha... Read More

SUPERTHRIVE: Additive to Fertilizer

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago On vandas, used once a month as an adjunct to the regular fertilizer at the rate of 1/4 tpg; Florida. A85-816 Read More

SUPERTHRIVE: Is it Fact or Fiction?

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Six months after trials began all suspicions virtually disappeared as dramatic results were obtained, as claimed; especially in the vandaceous genera; mixing it with fertilizers, insecticides, etc.... Read More

SUPERTHRIVE: Its Ingredients

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Its ingredients are Vitamin B1 and Naphthyl-acetic acid, a plant hormone; use one drop to a gallon of water. OIE86Jan-12; May-15 Read More

SUPERTHRIVE: Recommedned as a Plant Starter

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago On repotted divisions, add 5 to 6 drops in a solution of Peters 18-18-18 at 1/4 tpg. and mist or sprinkle onto the plants; a hormone product. A82-1140; it encourages root activity. F86-118 Read More

SUPERTHRIVE: Use of

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Soak moss in one pint of distilled water with a teaspoon of it, squeeze out the moss, wrap it around the rootless base of the plant, spray the contents with Superthrive solution, seal and hang. OIE... Read More