Orchid Care

[orchids3]

Ross I read the 5 articles by Dr Argo about three years ago and agree completely the the MSU fertilizer should be the basis for a good fertilizer program. Rays website did me a great service whenit posted those articles. The quality of my plants also improved.

[Des]

Originally Posted by Leisurely

I agree with what Ross has said. I began using MSU about two years ago and my orchids are doing so well but I still keep wondering when something bad is going to happen. At one time I had so many problems that I think I became a littla paranoid and I don't know how to accept everything going so well.

At the same time that I started using MSU I also began paying close attention to PH and adjusted my watering and fertilizing regimen accordingly. I always strive for a Ph between 5.5 and 6.2. Something has paid off and it is either the MSU or the correct Ph or perhaps a combination of both. There is something else that I started doing at about the same time and that was the use of a product called HB101. It is very expensive but I am afraid that if I quit using it, it will show. The only thing that I know about it is that it is an extract from certain juniper and pine and it is supposed to better enable the plant to use nitrogen.

Hb 101 < sounds to me like what is referred to as snake oil so often on this forum . Check the ingredients and you will most probably find some humic or fulvic acid in there somewhere. which when puchased without fancy packaging costs very little.