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On 6 Jul 2006 20:36:25 -0700 in .com Nancy G. wrote:

There was one grower that told me, he doesn't feed his orchids if it is
raining. The atmosphere is 70% nitrogen, and for some reason a rain
drop captures it and the plant can use it more efficiently than pouring
a bucket of water over the roots. True? Beats the heck out of me, but
I do know that one good rain will do the orchids more good than all the
water I can pour or spray on them. Maybe it's the microdust in rain...

Lightning storms do fix some nitrogen, plus some components of smog are
high in nitrogen and are readily dissolved in water.


--
Chris Dukes
"The key to effective management is properly timed hovering."

Talk about clean rainwater! My plants all have been is at least 10
inches of rain over the last few weeks. Real frog stranglers, but, when
they dry out the leaves are heavily streaked with deposits that
resemble hard water marking. They are under trees so much of that
comes from them but you would think the trees would be clean by now.
Joe T
Baytown Tx