Category: Culture

ROOTS: Cattleyas Growing Out of the Pot

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago They can be cut off with a sterile knife so that they branch out again inside the pot; roots from the old rhizome should not be cut. OR81-143 Read More

ROOTS: Cattleyas and Phalaenopsis

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Their tips on the surface of the medium rot off; the plants should be leached several times with water within thirty minutes, then fertilized with f tpg of 30-10-10. A80-850 Read More

ROOTS: Dying of Mycelium in the Center of the Larger Pots

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago The cure is to drench them with lttpg of Benlate together with 1 tpg. of Truban, or lttpg. of Banrot. (RMH) Read More

ROOTS: Indicators of Good and Bad Culture

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Commentary on aspects of root behavior: green tip growth, corregations in root growth, green tip stoppage, adhesion to outside of pot, etc., refer to A85-122 Read More

ROOTS: Lack of Same

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago If they are lost the first thing to check is the humidity level, the fresh-air level, the medium itself; carbon must be available for cell sugar use in the plant which it normally obtains from the ... Read More

ROOTS: Old Ones

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Experiments with root absorption of a trace element: showed that old roots continue to function and are of value to the plant. ORII-210. Read More

ROOTS: Outside the Pot

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Actually an indication of good culture of epiphytic types of orchids, also an indication that cutlure of that particular plant on a mount, on a block, or in a basket would be appropriate and succes... Read More

ROTATORS: Plant-turners

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago There are both standing and hanging models which will rotate your plants so that they can be exposed on all sides to the light-source and they come with a solar panel for revolving them at the idea... Read More

SAND: In Cymbidium Mixes

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago As a mineral component in mixes, sand has diminished in popularity as it slowly sinks down and layers at the bottom of the container; it has largely been replaced by Perlite . OA82-5 Read More

SAND: In Potting Mixes

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Beach sand can be used if it is more than normally coarse and does not obstruct water flow through the pot; Monterey washed sand comes in various sizes in bags from cement companies; it also can be... Read More