[OGD] RE: Foliar Feeding

2005-08-07 Thread Matt Wolfe
With all this talk of foliar feeding Im curious how many of you are using any of the newest delivery agents (aka. adjuvents) on the market. I am currently using a product produced under the Dutch Master brand name. Just curious if anyone else has bought into the hype. Matt

[OGD] re foliar feeding

2005-08-06 Thread Orchids Limited
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

Re: [OGD] re foliar feeding

2005-08-06 Thread Steve Topletz
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

[OGD] Re: Foliar feeding

2005-08-06 Thread Nabday100496
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

[OGD] Re: Foliar Feeding

2005-08-06 Thread PainterArt
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