On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:06:51 GMT, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

In the "Wish I'd Thought of This" category: A wonderful lady in our society
uses oxygen occasionally. In June she came to the board meeting with all
kinds of narrow plastic tubing that she doesn't need. She uses it to cover
wire hangers that might burn tender leaves and inflors in our hot FL
summers.

Along the same lines, I have a cat with kidney problem that I have to
give daily sub-q fluids. The iv-set line (the tubing the runs from
the fluid bag to the needle) is probably about the same size or
smaller than the tubing you describe. I've used it over wire as a
cushion when wiring plants into baskets and slide it over the hook in
wire flower stakes to avoid damage to the spike.

Some else mention bamboo stakes previously and they have all sorts of
uses from a quick flower stake for small plants, to propping up a new
leaf that is flopping over, to steadying rootless pseudobulbs potted
in sphagnum, to removing scale in hard to get to places. And they are
cheap.

Also, I keep a spray bottle of Ray's alcohol-based cinnamon extract on
hand. Sprayed on a Q-tip, it can be used to treat scale and mealies,
and it's handy to treat fungal / bacterial problem.

And the most important thing I learned about growing plants inside -
put a fan in your growing area and let it run continuously. It helps
prevent a host of problems.

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