Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Bark removed from a tree by mechanical means rather than by the jet process has too much wood mixed in; it causes mycelium mold to form rapidly in the pot; it is possibly injurious to the plant; it...
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WOOD: Pieces of Wood for Mounting
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
How to clean it is to strip the moss off the wood, spray it with Cygon 2E, Diazinon or Malathion, and then use it. A77-449
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WORK ROOM: Clean Air Station
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Make your own, with illustration, diagram for a box 36x48x24 inches; refer to A86-924; advert. A84-1352
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WORK ROOM: Sterile Box
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
An adjacent flasking box 3x3x3 ft can be:construe ted from a cardboard box cut to shape,- lined with aluminium foil and covered with Saran Wrap, with a sloped opening and hand holes at the bottom; ...
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WORMS: In Compost
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Their casts cause breakdown of the compost by reducing the air flow and it sours, the pH increases and it becomes more acid; water wi th Malathion to control them. OR82-102
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WORMS: Medium
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
The best substrate for Cattleya labiata; it is a fern trunk fiber Dicksonia sellowiana, native to Brazil's Atlantic forest; now endangered. OD87-147
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XEROPHITIC ORCHIDS: Some Examples
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
The genera include Angraecopsis, Cyrtorchis, Jumellea, Microcoelia, Rangaeris, Tridactyle and Ypsilopsis; plus Oncidium onusturn and Epidendrum boothianum. A80-1140
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ZECTRAN: A Carbamate Insecticide
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
It is no longer made. OWD
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ZINC: Galvanized Lined Water Tanks
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
If you are in doubt about possible damage, paint the coating with a pure-asphalt paint such as Gilsonite. A81-526
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