In a message dated 8/6/05 6:03:57 AM, Jim Brasch writes:
I have several customers who use Keikiroot for day lily propagation.
Because the IBA is in lanolin it will not wash off easily.
There's an idea. I'll see if any of them make roots on their own this year. If I have any that are worth the
Some Paphs partially close their Stomata. They don't all act the same way.
I am only speaking generally about fixed open stomata and orchids. I will
foliar feed especially in spring when there is a huge light change due to
my location in Minnesota. The intense and rapid increase in light after
Jerry,
I have often wondered that since foliar feeding trains the plants to
start absorbing through their leaves, might it also be a greatly
increased vector for pathogens? Are you also using any anti-pathogen
chemicals in addition to the paph mix?
ST
Orchids Some Paphs partially
Hello everyone!
As amember of the "Some andIrrationalGroup" (
"...same that 99% of all commercial growers use and most rational hobby growers
..." - as quoted), I must protest the assumption that I wet only leaves, when
watering or feeding my plants.
I have never used a garden hose to water
kyso-aku [mgl] wrote :
after checking google for the obvious keywords [???], I couldn't find any
care/culture sheets for Vanilla planifolia
Have you checked the following web page :
http://www.sherrysgreenhouse.com/oldsite/vanilla.html
?
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John Stanley wrote: “What puzzles me is that most orchid leaves seem to
have a pretty impermeable, if not waxy, outer layer (at lest on their
dorsal surface) and I would have thought the stomatal pores to be too
small for the ingress of water (unless assisted by a wetting agent that
would
please see :
Grossman, Janette
1997Foliar fertilization of orchids, pp. 38-43
cochran-tx.tamu.edu/publications/plant%20nutrition.pdf
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