Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
An air conditioner is needed, but plants prefer high humidity, with good air movement and with fans acting against condensation, which might favor the development of disease A67-139
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BARK: Potting Mix
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 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...
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OUTDOORS GROWING: In Miami Area
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 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...
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HERBICIDES: Use in Greenhouse on Plants
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
They seem to have a cumulative residual effect harmful to the plant; use only under benches. F79-154
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HOOF AND HORN MEAL: As a Fertilizer
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
Has the same general analysis as blood meal; its odor in the greenhouse is less objectionable than blood meal; apply it one teaspoon per six-inch pot; on cymbidiums once or twice a year; now scarce...
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HOOF AND HORN MEAL: Characteristics
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
Produced from hoofs and horns of cattle; ground to the consistency of coarse meal; 13% nitrogen which is slowly released to plants; never causes root burn; odorless. A78-716
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DIVIDING CATTLEYAS: Minimum Number of Pseudobulbs to Keep on a Division
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
Four or five give the best results. A70-55
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HOT WEATHER: Treatment of Orchids
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
In unusually hot summer weather the things to do to help plants : sprinkle or syringe (do not water) the leaves to reduce their temperature and increase the humidity around them; shade them more da...
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BREEDING: Elementary Genetics
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
Understanding the basis of inheritance; chromosomes, genes, gametes, DNA, etc., and how they affect hybridizing; refer to SA84Sept-lll
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BEGINNERS: Best Plants for South Florida
Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 years ago
In South Florida the first choices would be vandas, cattleyas, ascocendas and dendrobiums (evergreen or cane types) and secondly would be oncidiums (particularly equitants) and phalaenopsis. F84-147
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