Vanda overnight soaks - add physan

[estación seca]

Don't your plants fit in smaller buckets? There's no point to submerging the whole plant. The roots absorb water.

[guccisimo85]

The roots on some of them are 3-4 feet long

I’ve tried shallower vessels but the roots inevitably start to split from being contorted so regularly. I soak for a full 10 hours every night.

Originally Posted by estación seca

Don't your plants fit in smaller buckets? There's no point to submerging the whole plant. The roots absorb water.

[hypostatic]

Originally Posted by guccisimo85

How does that normally manifest in vandas?

"The primary symptom of iron deficiency is interveinal chlorosis, the development of a yellow leaf with a network of dark green veins." - USU Forestry

On trees it looks like this:


I can't really find anything on iron chlorosis in orchids, so I wouldn't really worry too much about being
affected by it.

As long as you refresh the bucket solution with some frequency, you should be fine.

[guccisimo85]

This is so very helpful! My hibiscus looked like this for most of the spring and I wondered what was going on ... it’s a lot better but now I know! Thank-you.

Originally Posted by hypostatic

"The primary symptom of iron deficiency is interveinal chlorosis, the development of a yellow leaf with a network of dark green veins." - USU Forestry

On trees it looks like this:


I can't really find anything on iron chlorosis in orchids, so I wouldn't really worry too much about being
affected by it.

As long as you refresh the bucket solution with some frequency, you should be fine.