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Old 05-01-2004, 03:04 PM
Rob Halgren
 
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Default cleaning orchid leaves

Ray wrote:

More often than not, it's the mineral deposits from hard water that have to
be removed, not just dust -- that's easy.



A friend (and very good grower) uses that CLR cleaner stuff. I suspect
the "Lime-Away" brand would work just as well. I used to use acetic
acid at about 10% concentration. I don't know how this would work on
thin leaved orchids...

Rob

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