promoting new roots on a vanda.....

[lupita]

Hello Jasen.

Do you use the same cocktail on bare root cattleyas?.
Thanks.
Lupita.

Originally Posted by gixrj18

You can get the molasses at the health food store, and I would imagine you can get "Jack's Classic" fertilizers and K-L-N on line if you search them. K-L-N is made by Dyna-Gro, who also carries a high-nitrogen foliar spray that makes a really good additive to your "growth" fertilizer while in the vegetative cycle:
20-20-20 fertilizer + foliar spray = vegetative
10-30-20 blossom booster + molasses+ K-L-N = bloom/root growth. Let me know how it works for you.

[cb977]

Jasen,
How often do you spray the cocktail?

[gixrj18]

Susanne,
I sent you a PM.

[Shirley]

This all sounds very intriguing. Perhaps we can come up with some sort of rooting cocktail mixture here in Canada. I KNOW that I can find molasses and bloom boosters! :

[orchidtrader]

Well in Dr Martin Motes book on Vandas he suggest to hang the plant upside down this causes the plant to put energy in to producing roots. He also suggest to make a mixture of sugar water and spay your plant down with. I do use a suger water mixture on my vandas every once in a while and it has good results.
Darwin

[Buds!]

I am a vase grower. This summer has been extremly hot and dry.
I have been soaking my Vandas for 4-6 hours alternatively in water with/without fertilizer (125ppm N) everyday.
Surprisingly the roots are growing at a good steady rate.
Over four months the longest root measures 10cm (4inches) long. No flowers yet.

[Tindomul]

Does that sugar water formula work on related genera? I have two Dyakia hendersonianums that I would like to get them root growing.

[gixrj18]

It's good for any plants, they need sugars the same way we do.

[cneos]

I've tried the 'upside down treatment' and it has worked with some success ... depends on the vitality (or what's what's left of it) of the plant to begin with.

[orchidtrader]

Yes you are right it does depend on the vitality of the plant. I tried to save my favorite V javierae but I was to late. Yes the sugar water is good for the ones growing well but be careful with it as it can attract ants. It basically works the same as Super thrive which works great.... but can get to be expensive if you have lots of orchids but I use to treat all my stuggling plants with this and for the most part worked wonders.