Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup?
Login
User Name
Password   


Registration is FREE. Click to become a member of OrchidBoard community
(You're NOT logged in)

menu menu

Sponsor
Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.

Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup?
Many perks!
<...more...>


Sponsor
 

Google


Fauna Top Sites
Register Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup? Members Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup? Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup? Today's PostsFungus or Fertilizer salt buildup? Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup? Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup?
LOG IN/REGISTER TO CLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT
Go Back   Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! > >
Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 06-14-2015, 04:52 PM
kmccormic kmccormic is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Sep 2011
Zone: 8b
Member of:Heart O Texas
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Posts: 123
Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup? Female
Default Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup?

Hi Guys:

I just got this plant in 2 weeks ago, won at a society raffle! It was clearly repotted into fresh sphagnum moss, still somewhat green. It may have been in a greenhouse before, but when I took it home I hung it in my house on a north/northwest facing window. I've since watered it twice because it seemed dry in the medium and felt light. When I went to water it again, I noticed white along the tops of the medium. I'm a little nervous about this, because I don't know if it will damage the plant. So far, the plant looks unchanged from when I received it. When I water I flush first to get rid of old salts, then water with new liquid fertilizer, at 1/4-1/3 strength, Dynagrow and kelp to promote root growth in the new environment.
Attached Thumbnails
Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup?-fullsizerender2-jpg   Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup?-fullsizerender-jpg  
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 06-14-2015, 06:21 PM
Nexogen Nexogen is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 675
Fungus or Fertilizer salt buildup?
Default

Everything seems normal, is only a difference of moisture from shpagnum...
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 06-15-2015, 12:49 PM
isurus79's Avatar
isurus79 isurus79 is offline
Senior Member
American Orchid Society Judge
 

Join Date: Sep 2007
Zone: 8b
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Age: 44
Posts: 10,218
Default

Some fungus on new media is very common. It will go away on its own.
__________________
Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis

Pics on Flickr

Instagram

YouTube
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
water, plant, fertilizer, medium, nervous, noticed, light, white, tops, strength, 1/4-1/3, liquid, dynagrow, kelp, environment, growth, root, promote, salts, unchanged, received, flush, rid, damage, watered


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Amazing New Fertilizer ronaldhanko Scientific Matters 120 06-12-2015 01:20 PM
Fungus, salt, or other? Also, two rot questions JKeys Pests & Diseases 7 01-05-2014 08:32 PM
How do I bounce back from fert salt buildup NewBloom Beginner Discussion 2 06-06-2011 02:35 AM
how to remove fertilizer buildup dan d Beginner Discussion 4 03-10-2010 07:35 PM
Best orchid fertilizer , orchid fungus ... gore.m Beginner Discussion 4 07-28-2007 02:06 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:45 AM.

© 2007 OrchidBoard.com
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.37 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Feedback Buttons provided by Advanced Post Thanks / Like (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Clubs vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.