Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
bromeliads
What a complete waste of time and effort that was!! (At least you were
getting paid to do it, eh?) In a greenhouse or outdoors, you could simply flush out the water reservoirs by watering them until they overflowed!!! Mogie wrote in message ... Worked in a greenhouse with Bromeliads for about a year. The owner always had us change the water in the reservoir. Frogleg wrote in message ... On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:00:01 -0800, "Mogie" wrote: Cereoid-UR12- wrote Bromeliads that have a water reservoir in the center should always have it filled with water and the whole plant misted every few days. Those that don't have the water reservoir also should be misted every few days. Most use the soil, if any soil at all, for support not nutrition and that should be moist not wet. We mist everyday and remember to change the water in the reservoir or it can get scummy. Change the water?! What, turn the plant upside down? I never changed the water in mine, nor did I notice it becoming "scummy." I just topped it up when it got shallow. In fact, (help me here, Cereoid) I thought decaying insect and leaf bits provided nourishment for the plant in the wild. I used to take small bromeliads out of their pots and let them "vacation" in the hollows of big crape myrtle. Unless it was *very* dry, I didn't even need to water them all summer. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
bromeliads
Not when the plants are being used in a business. Paid to weekly maintain
these. Can't let them overflow there. But the ones in the greenhouse you are right about. Cereoid-UR12- wrote in message om... What a complete waste of time and effort that was!! (At least you were getting paid to do it, eh?) In a greenhouse or outdoors, you could simply flush out the water reservoirs by watering them until they overflowed!!! Mogie wrote in message ... Worked in a greenhouse with Bromeliads for about a year. The owner always had us change the water in the reservoir. Frogleg wrote in message ... On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:00:01 -0800, "Mogie" wrote: Cereoid-UR12- wrote Bromeliads that have a water reservoir in the center should always have it filled with water and the whole plant misted every few days. Those that don't have the water reservoir also should be misted every few days. Most use the soil, if any soil at all, for support not nutrition and that should be moist not wet. We mist everyday and remember to change the water in the reservoir or it can get scummy. Change the water?! What, turn the plant upside down? I never changed the water in mine, nor did I notice it becoming "scummy." I just topped it up when it got shallow. In fact, (help me here, Cereoid) I thought decaying insect and leaf bits provided nourishment for the plant in the wild. I used to take small bromeliads out of their pots and let them "vacation" in the hollows of big crape myrtle. Unless it was *very* dry, I didn't even need to water them all summer. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
Reply |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
bromeliads in indoor plantscaping | Gardening | |||
bromeliads | Orchids | |||
bromeliads - info links | Orchids | |||
Bromeliads - Pineapples | Plant Science | |||
beginner questions about bromeliads | Gardening |