Right now I have:
LECA, Charcoal, perlite, rockwool cubes, and dry spag. ..
I do have Better-Gro Special Orchid Mix bark,
it looks coarse. I really prefer to use anything but bark. I will try to provide the orchids with the right watering and fertilizing demands. If needed, I'll repot ones that aren't happy with the leca mix.
I can use both tap and RO water, and I have: Dyna Gro liquid rooting hormone, liquid 7-9-5 fertilizer, Better Gro solid 20-14-13 fertilizer, physan 20, Copper Fungicide spray, and generic Cleary's Systemic Fungicide.
I'm experiencing multiple bug issues, and some fungal or bacterial problems with some orchids. Some of these just need to be repotted because the medium is decomposing. I have most of my orchids separated by where/when I got them.
I am repotting my
Paph. Ho Chi Minh today or tomorrow. I have it unpotted, and I removed the infected leaf (suspected erwinia.) I also cut some of the short roots that were rotted to the top as best as I could. There's a couple of long roots with brown near the top, but they feel firm; I'm not familiar with paph roots, so I won't cut them unless they become mushy. The medium was fine bark at the top, but mainly spag. There were some springtails too..
Does this sound okay for the Paph HCM?
50% leca
25% fine - med. perlite
10-15% rockwool
10-15% charcoal
I'm not really sure what ratio would be best, and this definitely won't be precisely measured or anything.
I'm also seeing some wet red areas on my
phrag fritz Schomburg. It really needs to be repotted anyways because the bark is decomposed, and I suspect bugs. The good news is that I see new root growth coming out of the bottom
Not sure of the ratios I will use or if it needs a 3" or 4" pot. (currently in 2.5")
Will also be repotting these soon:
Darwinara: currently in 3-3.5", has bugs and decomposed bark.
Phal NoID: 4" moving to 5", has springtails, either mealies or scale, and decomposed medium.
Paph. Sukhakulii: Bud blasted about a week ago, and seller said repotting 1" up in size will be fine after it is done blooming.
I'm open to suggestions, and corrections of course! Sorry if this was all disorganized. My head is all over the place right now.
Thanks guys, I'm sorry for having so many threads up.. and being so thorough!
Repotting several orchids.
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