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BrownFingers wrote:
symplastless;770744 Wrote:
"Johnny Borborigmi" wrote in message
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On 2008-01-15 21:03:45 -0500, "symplastless"
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Please click the link to read article about Light, Humidity, Feeding
and Tempature : http://tinyurl.com/2z26da
tips for your orchid.htm-
I know very little about orchids. What kind of food do you feed a
orchid?
Do they store their food? In what form and where? I thought they
were
autotrophs. Shows how much I know.
BTW the ghost flower is a heterotroph.
http://tinyurl.com/yo38zt-
You can use regular miracle or any 10-10-10 food. No "special"
ferti;izer
is needed.-
Oh, so you really are not feeding the plant. Just applying N-P-K. BTW
there are 14 other essential elements. Some more important than others
in
different amounts for different plants. 14 From the soil.
They are C; H; N; O; P; K; S; Mg; Ni; Fe; Ca; Zn; Mo; Mn; B; Cl; Cu
I guess that the orchid must be an autotroph. Autotrophs manufacture
their
own food and we do not feed them. That is the case for most plants. I
say
most because of exceptions like Ghost Flowers. They have no
chlorophyll to
trap sunlight energy and manufacture food. They are more like a
heterotroph. Humans are heterotrophs. The chemical companies trick
you to
believing their product is food.
Food is a substance that provides and energy source, mostly. Nutrient
is a
substance that provides an energy source, elements, and other
substances
essential for life, in types and amounts that can provide a healthy
life.
Fertilizer is a substance that provides elements, as salts mostly, or
in
bonded forms, that require microorganisms to alter to forms that can be
absorbed or taken in by plants. They are not absorbing in the sense of
a
Bounty paper towel.
--
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Arborist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep
reminding us
that we are not the boss.
I eat chips and Battered Fish in the yard cause i live above a chippy
so the yard is a messy hole. one of you might want a little project to
come and sort the damn thing out if you want?
many thanks
(its a bloody mess)
Wot? Greasy newsprint? Either mulch it and prepare to plant in May or
stick a match to it (once it dries it some, say in July or August) and
keep a garden hose handy (at hand). You do have garden hoses don't you?
So many Europeans (May I call you an European? I mean you all did come
over from the Continent after migrating from Africa.) rely completely on
the vagaries of the weather for their watering needs. I mean, what the
bloody hell is a garden hose manufacturer supposed to do anyway?
Well, tootleloo and do give my regards to Attila-the-Hen;-)
--
Billy
Bush & Cheney, Behind Bars
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...490698,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemen...George_W._Bush