Monthly Status Reports - April 2008

[cb977]

Originally Posted by cowboy51278

this time last year I can remember thinking 60 is way to many I should cut back. I went through and counted while I watered thurs morning. I was shocked at 171. I really need to update my list on here. I think when I hit 200 I need to stop til next spring.....hopefully thats when a greenhouse will spring out of my yard and I can move all my chids out there.

I need to stop til next spring

Silly man!

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[cowboy51278]

I know reality check. Maybe just one my shelving unit to tide me over till next spring. That'll be 24 square feet of growing room I don't have now....right.... and maybe that cool growing area in the basement for some cymbidiums. And if I move the cymbidiums that I have now down there that'll open up more space in the grow room. Oh this disease!

[kiki-do]

With me, it's not the space so much as the TIME!!!!!! Everyday I haul to the sink! I was looking for buys online this morning. Somebody knock some sense into me, will ya?????

[cowboy51278]

Originally Posted by kiki-do

With me, it's not the space so much as the TIME!!!!!! Everyday I haul to the sink! I was looking for buys online this morning. Somebody knock some sense into me, will ya?????

why not get a five gallon bucket with some egg crate to lay over the top that way you just have to make a couple trips to empty it, rather than a hundred trips to the sink. just use a pump sprayer or a watering can. a friend of mine was doing the trips to the sink thing and his wife "accidently" rinsed off a plate while he was heading back to get a few more plants. well she left the water on HOT and he came back and forgot to check the temp before sticking the plant under it. poor little Epidendrum never saw it coming. scaleded the roots right off him.

[cb977]

Was he (and are you, kiki?) soaking all the chids in the same water?

That's a

[cowboy51278]

nah, reggie had the tap water running while he toted orchids back and forth from the sink. the mrs' just adjusted his temp while he was out of the room. i learned the hard way not to reuse orchid water. really messed up my first two phals. one is still having issues. the other went to chid heaven. so now i have about a hundred house plants that get my recycled orchid water. and let me tell you, my violets have never NEVER looked so good as they do now! they seem to agree with the MSU

[Grandma M]

[QUOTE=cb977;102506]I distinctly remember being asked how many chids I had about 2 yrs ago...and my answer being 58! I thought then...This is getting crazy!

Susanne

What is the count now? Do you dare count?

[cb977]

370

[kiki-do]

370!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, you must have a really really really big sink!

In answer to your question about watering them in the sink all together, I change the water every 8 plants or so. If I have a suspicious plant, it gets watered last. So far so good.
I know, it's not the perfect scenario.

[gmdiaz]

370!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so impressed!