Suspicious webs on miltoniopsis

[bil]

Originally Posted by Iray

@bil: sorry I'm not understanding what u said,but it sounds very interesting!! Can you please elaborate? Thank you!

When I lived in the UK, we had a problem with honey fungus, an incurable and aggressive fungus that kills trees. If you plant a replacement tree there within some time after, I can't remember how long, but I think it was a couple of years, odds were the replacement would die too.

The assumption was that you needed to keep the area scrupulously clean, with no material that might rot and provide a locus for the honey fungus. Then I read that a treatment was to mulch elaborately, as that provided such a good fungal breeding zone that they would outcompete honey fungus, and eliminate it. So, we tried it and never had another problem with it.

I did post here some references to discussions on a marijuana board. Those people are very serious soil condition advocates, and I shall be trying out some of their ideas with orchids this year.

I think these are the references. I know they grow in soil, but where there is media around orchid roots, the same rules apply..

If you try to keep a sterile environment, you risk a single pathenogenic oorganism taking over and creating problems. If you keep a vibrant, disparate population going, then the harmful ones are less likely to dominate.

Probiotics For the Soil: Brew Your Own Local, Indigenous Microbes - Organic Gardening - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

http://www.rollitup.org/t/making-you...c-brew.743941/ lactobacillus

So who here is growing in true organic living soil? | Rollitup

Brewing a lacto fermented beverage with probiotic cultures.

How to Make Compost Tea & Why You Should : TreeHugger

[Iray]

I was looking at the bottom of the pot and I saw those 'webs' there as well.. I'm a bit concerned,would a diluted hydrogen peroxide get rid of it? I drilled some extra holes on the side of the pot for extra ventilation. In a few days I will be abroad for three months leaving my beloved plants with my father...any suggestions???

[bil]

Hydrogen peroxide is an indiscriminate oxidiser. I suppose you could use a fungicide, but just like antibiotics upset your gut flora, I wonder if treating the medium with them won't upset the bioflora of the medium. If you do dose, in your shoes I would follow up with a dose of beneficial bugs.

[Iray]

Question: this miltoniopsis has tree buds that opened at the same time but not fully,like half way...they have been like that for a couple of days now.is that normal? Will try they fully open at some point?
My growing conditions: low/ medium light, 50 to 65% humidity, 16 to 18 Celsius..