Category: Culture

MAGNESIUM SULPHATE: Epsom Salts

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Can be applied twice a year to cymbidiums grown in full sun in California; it aids in photosynthesis and helps the plants to withstand the heat of the bright sun. OA87-93 Read More

MAGNESIUM SULPHATE: Optimal Amount to Apply

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago 25ppm, which is low, can be applied to cymbidiums and phalaenopsis. SA85Dec-168 Read More

MAGNESIUM SULPHATE: Purpose in Plant Nutrition

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is an essential and serves the same purpose in the plant as iron in the human blood stream; dolomite lime has some in it; also know as Epson Salts, it can be applied at the rate of one pound per... Read More

MAGNESIUM SULPHATE: Supplementary Fertilizer

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago One teasoon spread around the top of an average sized pot is sufficient in the summer months; it can also be applied as a spray, Au87 Read More

MANURES: Tea Time

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Make it with Super Manure (4-4-2) at the rate of 10 tablespoons to a haIf-galIon of water in a jar, shake it, let it stand a day, pour two measures of it into a five-galIon bucket and fill the rest... Read More

MARBLE CHIPS: For Compot Seedlings

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago One to three mm. size of grit chips are first boiled in water for 10 minutes and then cooled; cymbidiums out of flask then can be planted into it, watered with a weak fertilizer, placed under light... Read More

MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS: Rated 175 Watt Bulbs

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago These are of doubtful value for culture because they generate heat and can burn the plants. A82-392 Read More

MOUNTS: Advantages

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago After much experimentation cork bark was preferred for a large collection in California for the following: small cattleyas, dendrobiums, oncidiums, coelogynes and barkerias; much cultural advice th... Read More

MOUNTS: Advisability of Using

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Every one of your plants should be mounted if space allows; place the plant in an empty pot where it gets only humidity until its roots break out,then place it on cork bark, or locust bark, or sass... Read More

MOUNTS: Materials for Them

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Slabs of cork bark, sassafras wood, aged hardwood, western cedar; coconut husks, palm-frond stems, styrofoam sheets, (believe it); they should also have pads of osmunda, husky fiber, sheet moss, sp... Read More