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Old 29-04-2006, 11:26 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
Diana Kulaga
 
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Default Ocidiums in Baskets?

Currently, we have it set to come on twice daily for five minutes at a clip.
It has been so dry here for the last couple of months! It's a spray; Frank
used ordinary sprinkler heads and PVC pipe to install it. We have not hooked
it up to a fert feeder, so twice a week we take a hose end bottle and feed
in lieu of the second watering. At some point we'll need to add fert to the
system. The Vandas and their cousins love it. We avoid the hangers-on as
much as possible, but they don't seem to mind the overflow.

In the lanai extension there is also an overhead watering option, but we
haven't put it on a timer yet. Eventually we will, but for now it's easy
enough to just turn it on. Under the porch, where the Phals live, I water
with a hose.

Diana