[QUOTE=Dail;254989]
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Originally Posted by flyfishdoc
I have repotted all my orchids into semi hydroponics this month....I am amazed and absolutely sold on hyroponics!!!!![/U][/U][/I] /QUOTE]
Hi Jerry:
I'm happy you are having such good results. I too am sold on hydroponics BUT only from what I see in the literature. I have tried this method twice but I haven't caught the hang of it.
Would it be too time consuming for you to describe exactly how you went about setting up your plants using the semi - hydroponics method? If I can master this, I think my plants would actually speak and thank me for a better life!
Best of luck,
Dail
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I bought this oncidium 2 days ago. It was packed in moss. I watered it when I got it home, and this morning I had a hard time popping it out of the pot.
The first picture is the pot as i got it. In the next you can see the roots tightly bound by the moss.
I removed the moss, trimmed up dead roots and removed the remainder of the organic material. I did not try to trim each root individually, but did remove the mass of bad roots.
Then I tried the pots on for size. I personally do not like small pots (plants). They dry out too fast for me to keep a handle on. I like the larger pots. I think this onc could go in either size pot, but I chose the larger due to the growth ability of the bulbs, rather than to fit the roots in tightly.
I put in LECA pellets (two 24 hour soaks and one 8 hour KLN soak) an inch or so above the drain holes. then I put in the plant and placed pellets in. You can see it 3/4 done with some roots showing. I filled it up, tapping the pot along the way to settle the pellets, and then I pulled the plant up to the height I wanted. I topped off the pellets where needed.
The final step, plug the hoes with a finger or 2, fill with the KLN solution, let drain, and bring upstairs.
I hope this is clear. This may not be the ideal time or to see a plant with adequate root growth, but in my eyes, if a plant will struggle and put out roots, it will do it in LECA also. The roots I have here are still good, as I saw the plant perk up after the initial watering (2 days ago).
I also bought 2 paphs in flower, that have no new roots, but good roots. I think I will wait a few weeks before I repot, but that could change (I hate to stress my plants, and non semihydroponics in my hands is stress on the orchid)
But I'd be amazed if the flowers stayed on the plant after cutting off that many roots, but Idk? Don't think I'd be that lucky tho... Lol
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