compot containers

[Craig]

hey im happy i met all of you,,, its good to make freinds, maybe someday i can hopfully do somthing nice for all of you all,,, you are all good people im sure of that, i think my little ones are doing good ,,thanks to everyones advice,, i must have had over 50 orchids in that flask, some are only a half inch total and some were 6 or 7 inches long,, i planted them all,, i will do what it takes to get them grown,, maybe i will order some KLN tommorow or tonight next web site stop, i think if i get all these grown Adelemsi, Orchidoholica, Royal, im gonna send you each one or two in the mail, i wont probably quite need 50 so i will look you all up when i get them a bit bigger and established K,,, unless you dont have room or somthing,, you all helped me on my first flask, they and I,,wouldent have made it without you all!!!oh thats ,, if i dont killem yet!!oh i just turned senior member on here, cool,,, i talk alot, im glad to have met you guys,,, and ladies!! thanks again

[Swamper]

How's the Springer?

[coirchoir]

as a novice, I wish I had orchidaholic's advice the first time - I left mine in soggy sphag moss, but watched out for what was happening, and graduated them in a week to a bed of sphag on coir in a tray then a rack. The important thing orch'ic said was to squeeze the excess water off the sphag moss, just leaving it moist but with roots getting enough room to breathe - soggy moss will get them root bound and mushy. I was told you do not even need to fertilize much in the first couple of weeks or so, you might even see browning if there's too much fert.; treating the moss with some very diluted fungicide might be a good preventative medicine, or you wait and watch as act when needed.
some quotes for orch growing that stuck in my head:
"weakly weekly" (that's for fert)
"if it's too dry it's too dry" or something ambiguous to that effect

[adlemsi]

That's a very sweet offer, Craig!

[coirchoir]

Sorry - I messed up that last quote -
""Wet is too wet and dry is too dry"

[Royal]

Hey Craig and adlemsi,

I'm glad you got some good info here. Don't get discouraged if people don't respond instantly. The bulk of these posts went up way past my bedtime here, and probably some others' too. Some really knowledgeable and helpful members are scattered across the globe and in different time zones, so you have to take that into account. Also, guests can read your posts but can't respond, so the # of views is misleading sometimes.

There is lots of good info in older posts that you can search, or just browse the propagation forum. Sometimes a question I ask has already been answered. Lucky for us, Dorothy the "Super Moderator" will post a link to an old thread that totally answers our questions.

[Royal]

Originally Posted by adlemsi

I think some people are hesitant about giving advice on compots because not many have experience, and some that do might not want to be held responsible if the seedlings don't make it to maturity.

Oh, pshaw! We all know that only we can be responsible for the health of our own plants.

I can't speak for Orchidoholic, but there are MANY, MANY people here with WAY more experience than me. There are commercial growers, breeders, AOS judges, propagators, and life long hobbyists here on the OB. Just be patient, or ask a specific question. Sometimes it's easier to respond to a quick question instead a broad request for help. You won't get everything from one thread. Just a tip.



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[Orchidaholic]

Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

Oh, pshaw! We all know that only we can be responsible for the health of our own plants.

I can't speak for Orchidoholic, but there are MANY, MANY people here with WAY more experience than me. There are commercial growers, breeders, AOS judges, propagators, and life long hobbyists here on the OB. Just be patient, or ask a specific question. Sometimes it's easier to respond to a quick question instead a broad request for help. You won't get everything from one thread. Just a tip.



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I appreciate everyone enjoying my advice! I am in no way a true expert but I do tend to think outside of the box and have done many personal experiments to see what works and what doesn't. For me, even if an experiment leads to the demise of a plant it is absolutely fine so long as I learn a thing or 2 from it! This is the main reason I love responding to seedling questions ( the propagation forum is my 1st to read every time). When you have a mass of plants of the same kind is gives us a chance to change 1 factor with each plant to learn what will do best with them. For example with 50+ of the same plant, what' loosing 2-5 to experimentation if you learn how to properly grow the rest! With every species and hybrid there are always particular factors that can make or break the plant( Light, temp, air movement, humidity, potting media, fert's & the watering scheme). a change minorly or majorly can be what grows a plant better or worse so as they always say, "don't keep all your eggs in one basket".

[Royal]

Ahh, the sink or swim technique. I like your style.

[adlemsi]

I'll keep that in mind