Help! Persisting Mold in All repotted Phalaenopsis and Cattleya

[Mr.Fakename]

Originally Posted by Roberta

One thing that could be killing root is that peroxide. Roots have microscopic hairs (lots of surface area) and the peroxide destroys them. It can take a long time for an orchid to recover from even one peroxide attack on the roots... to do it repeatedly is likely to kill it. I know there are plenty of YouTube videos that recommend it... don't fall for that!

I really don't understand where that peroxide craze comes from, and why people refute simple science, in the name of "I've always been doing it".

I've been told I don't know sh*t because I said to someone on Reddit that peroxide wasn't the solution to their problem.

Amazing how some persons ask for help and insult you when you provide it.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by Mr.Fakename

I really don't understand where that peroxide craze comes from, and why people refute simple science, in the name of "I've always been doing it".

I've been told I don't know sh*t because I said to someone on Reddit that peroxide wasn't the solution to their problem.

Amazing how some persons ask for help and insult you when you provide it.

A perfect example of why I don't post about orchids on Reddit, or only rarely on FaceBook. If I wanna be slapped in the face, I can easily do it myself.

[Orchidtinkerer]

I don't think the slap in the face phenomenon is exclusively linked to reddit or facebook. Seems to happen all over.

I'm back on this forum after a different forum got annoying. The annoying people come and go. I find it interesting how orchid growers "like" to disagree far too much though.

I just used some Hydrogen peroxide this morning to get rid of some mold. It does work fine without doing any damage but I dilute it.

What rubs me up the wrong way is laziness to find out any better and laziness to change existing practices. I see it on this forum all the time too.
At least if someone is being lazy I would appreciate them being honest about it, being lazy is fine but being lazy and claiming to be a good orchid grower just rubs me up the wrong way as growing orchids is something anyone can do, it just requires effort so for someone to come along and say they know best when putting in minimum effort - it just won't work and is basically "fake news". I have gotten annoyed with people like that.

I've also come across racists and I've been banned on a foreign forum for being foreign.

I know I prefer orchids, plants and animals in general to people, it's why I started growing orchids and I would guess it is similar with most other people, you need to be a little bit antisocial to grow orchids - or at least a lot of orchids so I understand there might be disagreements but I have seen too much disagreements from orchid growers, sometimes I have seen jealousy and also sheer boredom that has led to pointless arguments.

But this is going way off topic and could even cause an argument in itself which I hope it doesn't.

I do always have to ask myself "am I going to offend anyone with this post" as someone always seems to get offended about something these days