baking soda on orchids?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

new Christmas recipes... :-))))

Love it!!!

[johnblagg]

Originally Posted by Ray

I would think that baking soda would force the pH too high for the well-being of the plant, and all that sodium can't be good, either.

with out a doubt Ray

[Donald]

Why are so many people interested in chemicals. Orchids don't get them in their natural habitat. I'm no professional and all I feed my small collection is Neptune Fish & Seaweed and occasionally when I want to "bud up" an oncidium or cymbidium I'll give them 6-30-30. It's unbelievable how many orchid concoctions are out there. Sorta like fishing lures in a sportiing goods store. The fisherman gets "lured in" and the true fisher of man is the store itself. Same with orchid fertilizers. I guess whatever floats one boat. Go for it. Happy Growing and upcoming Holidays.

P.S. Oh yea! Then there's the epsom salts,listerine,409 and now on another thread beer and lord only what else.

[stefpix]

Probably a smoothie of bird droppings, decomposing leaves, some insects with rain water would be the natural fertilizer...

I am going to the kitchen and grab my blender now!

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Donald

Why are so many people interested in chemicals. Orchids don't get them in their natural habitat.

You're kidding, right?

The minerals absorbed by plants are ALL chemical ions, whether they be "natural" or "purified", or "synthetic", the ions in solution that are absorbed are the same.

[Donald]

As I stated I'm not a professional like you are. Nor do I sell fertilizers. To each his or her own. Have fun with all your additives. I'll continue to go au naturale.
Always great threads and info.

[greenmom]

I have used baking soda, oil, dish soap and water on my vegetable garden.

It helps with fungus, bugs and blight.

I have never tried it on my orchids though, but if you use cinnamon, dish soap and water you can create the same effect but its been proven safe for orchids (lots of people use it as a bug killer and fungicide).

[angeleyedcat]

All the constant rain last summer led to lots of powdery mildew on all of my 13 rose bushes, baking soda mixed with water and dish soap took care of all of it very quickly in one application and it didn't come back, roses look good. Desperation drove me to experiment on my roses, but I'm not brave enough to try it on any indoor plants or orchids. No clue but just a guess that something that effective might be a bit harsh for small containered plants in my home. I generally use cinnamon on my orchids.

[Oscarman]

What about beer? Does it really work? The only time I every used it with orchids was after a hard day of watering.

[OrchidSue]

Originally Posted by stefpix

Probably a smoothie of bird droppings, decomposing leaves, some insects with rain water would be the natural fertilizer...

I am going to the kitchen and grab my blender now!

Tastes like .

Susan