Category: Culture

SOLARIUMS: For Growing Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago 600 sq. ft. of space attached to house is provided with an area for fluorescent lights; has separate heating system; 45 plants mostly in tree-fern; kinds listed; refer to A75-678+ Read More

SOLITE: Aluminum Slag

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Used as lightweight concrete aggregate, adaptable for Florida to add to potting media; has appearance of small clods of baked mud; its pH changes little; little accumulation of salts; holds 30% of ... Read More

SOLITE CULTURE: Vandas

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Best results are achieved with it over tree-fern or large fir bark in Florida; use larger than the three-eights inch, mesh size. F68-14 Read More

SOLITE CULTURE: Yellowing of Cattleyas

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Minor elements are usually supplied as impurities in commercial fertilizers or in water or in additives; spray plants in solite with minor elements as a foliar feed weekly. F70-132 Read More

SPHAGNUM MOSS: A Blessing to Many Growers

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Good for transplanting seedlings; live sphagnum is hard to get, milled sphagnum is easier to get and as satisfactory; place it one-half inch on top of seedling bark before planting seedlings, then ... Read More

SPHAGNUM MOSS: As Potting Media

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago It is the best; use it coarse, the dried packaged type; use it alone or mix it at one cup redwood bark, 1/4 cup perlite plus enough moss to fill a five or six inch pot; the secret is to avoid too t... Read More

SPHAGNUM MOSS: Harmed by Fungicides

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The live kind is sensitive, so apply with great caution. AU76-75 Read More

SPHAGNUM MOSS: How to Water It

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Chlorine in the tap water kills it unless the water stands in a pail for 12 hours before use; tap water and well water may contain bicarbonates of magnesium, or of calcium, the latter being the one... Read More

SPHAGNUM MOSS: In Potting Mixes

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Growers used to place it on top of paphiopedilum media; green live sphagnum indicated the paphs. were adequately watered; if it dried, conditions were too dry; a good idea but it should not be appl... Read More

SPHAGNUM MOSS: Killed by Fertilizers

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Use them at one-quarter regular strength and the sphagnum will continue to grow. AU76-75 Read More