Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
It is reported that spraying flowers with a weak solution of silver nitrate can prevent damage; no source given. 0IE85Jy-13
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ETHYLENE: Controls
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
A product called "Ethysorb", a granular mix of Aluminum oxide and Potassium permanganate, placed in a quilt or a perforated tube absorbs ethylene; a tube costs 25 pounds and lasts three months, wit...
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ETHYLENE: Damage to Plants
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Orchids are the most sensitive of all plants to ethylene; 1 part in five hundred million will injure opening flowers on cattleyas; references given. 72-534; mature flowers are more resistant than b...
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ETHYLENE: Effect on Buds
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
It does not affect buds or sepals before the flowers open (it says right here); other factors cause bud drop, such as paint inside a water tank (what?). A81-150; bud drop.A82-487
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ETHYLENE: Effect on Cymbidiums
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Plants subjected to ethylene showed leaf yellowing after two days and were completele defoliated within one week; plants were placed close to a stack of ripening apples. AU81-101
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ETHYLENE: Filter Systems
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Activated charcoal in filter systems have proven successful in protecting greenhouses in San Francisco area from "oxident" and ozone damage but even brominated charcoal has failed. OD65-402; bromin...
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ETHYLENE: Fireplaces
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
A source of ethylene which affect plants grown in the home. A77-702
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ETHYLENE: Flower Damage
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
In a 1,000 cu.ft. closed greenhouse a 100-gram apple producing 10 grs. ethylene (C2H4) per ton per day would produce in one day .03 parts per million, at which damage to flowers would occur; a dama...
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ETHYLENE: From Natural Gas Leak
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
It took four or five days for the effect to show as bud drop and flower loss on phalaenopsis, OD69-272
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ACID OR ALKALINE: Changing the Values
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago
Various means can be used: tufa, a limestone form, can be added to paphiopedilums from limestone cliffs; bark composts acidify with age; peatmoss, pine needles, oak leaves in the mix produce acidit...
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