Buying From a Greenhouse

[RJSquirrel]

dont know if any of you ever got home with your nice new orchid and thought "Where does this go? how much light how much etc etc etc..I think we all been there


But I want to add a tip I saw,heard or made up from plain common sense taking over on occasion.

When you purchase a plant(s) from your local greenhouse you are visiting note where the plant was. East, West, South, North facing..Ask if you have to, as they wont mind telling you if your bio-compass is off. How much light was it grown in? Some have maps of whats growing where and how much shade or light is available..60% shade..30% shade, whatever it is they know..Ask..

Note the temps of the greenhouse. Some don't feel hot bec they have lots of air flow, or swamp cooler blowing on you. If you stand there long enough in my experience you will start to sweat profusely. Some plants while in high light are kept very cool by the fans and live in quite high humidity. The ones in the very back under high light and low temps high humidity vs the ones up front in high light and higher temps and lower humidity.

So you see in one greenhouse you can have very different environments. It will help the success of your new plant if you place it in an area thats as closely simulated to where it was grown as possible.

Hope this helps someone as much as its helped me notice more about where I'm buying from and placing plants when I get them home!!

thanks you

[sailortom2]

i think it all depends on if the greenhouse you are buying from is the actual grower of the the plant or just the end retailer type nursery like most are.

[RJSquirrel]

I see all the above may not be of assistance to you then personally...but indeed all depends

thank you and good luck

The most important idea is too not get locked into shopping so hard, get home to find out you cant provide for the plant you just bought whether retail green or grown green the same rule applies...You have to be able to provide for the plants. Willy nilly buying like I've done and then get home and figure out I dont have the room or the sun or the coolness for it...trying to be helpful