In an open room, it is unlikely that you're building up a sufficient
concentration of ethylene to cause bud blast, and at 5 feet distance, that
would have to be a huge bowl of rotting apples!.

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"kenty ;-)" wrote in message
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How far away would the fruit have to be away from the orchids to cause bud
blast + which fruit? I have a new phal which is dropping its buds,none
have
progressed since I got it 2 weeks ago,but this of cause is likely to be
down
to new conditions/humidity etc.the phal is also about 5 ft away from the
fruit bowl.
Thanks Keith