baking soda on orchids?

[Cym Ladye]

Joseph, I am not sure how your post connects with the topic at hand. That said, I have dealt with Brookside for years with no problems. Hopefully you have contacted them and found a satisfactory resolution to your problem.

[Joseph Siddron]

My bad..I was just making a statement..my other staments is basically baking soda reduces the pH level in the growing medium for Orchids. I guess I have to learn to open a new topic on this forum..
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[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Joseph Siddron

What ever you do ... don't purchase your Orchids from Brookside Orchids..they arrive with crown rot..sure they r nice at first...like cut flowers,but in time they die off and you have to nurse them back...

Is it the conditions that occur during shipping? A dark box - no air-circulation, plant packed with wet or soggy roots inside the box for a few days or more.

When the plants arrive, regardless of how it looks - I just have my own habit of unpotting and Mancozeb'ing the whole plant - and then a repot into my own growing media of choice (into a clean sterilised pot).

[Joseph Siddron]

Yes..lack of air..very soggy... shipped withe wrong growing medium.. especially with oncidiopsis and oncidium..Vanda in basket can't go wrong..but try a Vanda in gravel medium for Max air but have to water everother day.

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Brookside ships with NZ or sphagnum moss and or a mix with bark

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Joseph Siddron

Brookside ships with NZ or sphagnum moss and or a mix with bark

Definitely - shipping in quite wet media - and with the plant stuck inside the box for a while (from several hours up to days) - can be a problem. The experienced shippers tend to avoid soggy roots. Slightly moist (damp) but not soggy. Actually - I think that even slightly damp for quite a while inside a box isn't fantastic. That's why I Mancozeb my incoming plants (and repot) - just in case. But - in any case - I grow most of my orchids in scoria anyway - so it gives me a chance to both repot and inspect the roots and do a fungicide pre-treatment etc.

[Joseph Siddron]

Yes Exactly..use hydrogen peroxide to kill fungus..
Csino joe

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Joseph Siddron

Yes Exactly..use hydrogen peroxide to kill fungus..
Csino joe

Hydrogen peroxide is problematical around roots - it attacks the tiny hairs on growing root tips. For fungal problems in the medium or on roots, a fungicide is much better for the plant - repotting into fresh medium is the best, of course.

[Joseph Siddron]

Yes ..repotting is the best..but do a lite spray of hydrogen peroxide on the crown..if no bubbles no issue..then rinse with filtered water..report with the medium of the specific Orchids..
Joseph Siddron

[Joseph Siddron]

Originally Posted by Cym Ladye

Joseph, I am not sure how your post connects with the topic at hand. That said, I have dealt with Brookside for years with no problems. Hopefully you have contacted them and found a satisfactory resolution to your problem.

Yes I did..thank you.

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I will continue to use Brookside Orchids for past success..I just had an issue with the untimely manner in which they responded to my email regarding my oncidiopsis Nellie isler Swiss beauty..

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Joseph Siddron

Baking soda deplete the pH level

Wouldn't it raise the pH?