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SLUGS AND SNAILS: Controls

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Deadline, a metaldehyde preparation has proved effective in potting media of inert materials; Mesurol is also recommended but is restricted to California. A86-506 Read More

CATTLEYAS: Control of Blooming Time

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Flowering control must be started before buds are initiated. A69-524 Read More

SOW BUGS: In Fir Bark

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Control by dusting the surface of the pot mix with Sevin dust 5%. A82-1061 Read More

BOTRYTIS: Cause and Cure

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago An ever-present fungus; causes small round brown spots on flowers; decaying organic matter under the bench is a good source; best control is to keep water off the flowers; give good air circulation... Read More

HUMIDIFIERS: Portable Unit Develops Fungus Growth

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago To control this, use Physan 20 one drop in three-quarters of a gallon of water. A78-698 Read More

PHALAENOPSIS: Growing Pots in a Pipe-rack on a Vertical Plane

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In South Flor- ida growers improve on the growth and flowering by racking pots on shelves of parallel pipes adjusted to take different size pots; all face south; pots are tipped slightly to shed wa... Read More

BARK: Potting Mix

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago A typical mixture would have about 15 parts medium bark, 1-1/2 parts coarse Perlite, 174 part charcoal chips (quarter-inch size). OR87-173For cymbidiums in a high humidity area near the ocean in Ca... Read More

ANTHRACNOSE, AMERICAN: Glomerella Sp. + Colletotrichum Sp.

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The latter stages attack above-ground; brown discoloration, round or irregular, more or less sunken, rather sharply defined; spore pustules show in dead areas on leaf or flower. AH29 Read More

CAULKING COMPOUNDS: For Greenhouse Use

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Most latex compounds should be safe for the plants. A87-53; they are rated as highly efficient and cheap. RMH Read More

OUTDOORS GROWING: In Miami Area

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago "grow or go" applies to orchids of minor importance in a large garden; plants are attached especially to oak trees on the east side at a point where water sprinklers hit a window-screener pouch wit... Read More

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