On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:58:52 GMT, "Jane Doe"
wrote:

Picked up a hydroculture orchid kit at a garage sale for five bucks. It
came with the media (fired up clay), the culture pots and interior pots, as
well as the water level indicators. The instructions called for an
overnight soak in a rooting compound/nutrient mix. But there was no rooting
compound or any other fertilizer-like powder in the kit.

Trying to understand whether any ordinary rooting compound would work the
same?
Can I substitute a GrowMore 20-10-20 and soak the clay media in this?

Assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Mariana


Instead I would go read the Semi-Hydro Method work on FirstRay.Com
There is a good description. You have the hardest, most costly
ingredient (Clay media). This method is well loved by Phrags, Paphs,
Oncidium, Brassia, Summer or Chinese Cymbidiums and many others. Less
likely to cause you to cross contaminate the plants. Virus control in
a full hydro system is difficult.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php