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STAKES: Copper Wire

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago It is uncertain whether enough copper comes off the stakes into the pot to do damage; be safe and use steel which is cheaper; metal coat hangers are good and can be readily cut and shaped; green pl... Read More

STERILIZATION: By Microwave Ovens

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago Flasks with agar medium and stoppers can be qui ckly processed, but care is necessary, for details of two methods, refer to OR86-334 Read More

STERILIZATION: Pots

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago With a pressure cooker: they should be sterilized this way as a matter of course, if of clay. A73-615 Read More

INSECTICIDES: Wettable Powders (w.p.)

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago Contact sprays with W.P. are often safer to use because less easily absorbed by both humans and plants; they are effective where they are carried by water droplets so a sticker/ spreader/wetting ag... Read More

IODINE: Produces Streaking in Cymbidiums

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago A fertilizer derived from seaweed produces symptoms almost identical to Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) and can be harmful, AU81-109; g'day mate, but it is a necessary and beneficial element and is cont... Read More

IRON: Characteristics

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago As a growth element it is used in the formation of chlorophyll; it is an assumed antidote against chlorosis; colors flowers darker; in many cases Iron chelate makes whites turn pink; a trace elemen... Read More

IRON: Functions in Fertilizer

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago Vitally important in the formation of chlorophyll but it is not a part of it. AU75-47 Read More

IRON: Stains

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago Red-brown iron stains can be kept off the leaves only by keeping the water carrying the iron from dripping there. A86-42 Read More

IRON: Well Water Contaminant

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago Leaves of plants get rusty; rust removal filters charged with potassium permanganate are not safe to use with plants. A72-151 Read More

KEIKIS: Appearing At Base of Angraecum

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 8 years ago It should be removed when its roots appear; otherwise cut off and discard. A75-876 Read More