Ray's Hydroponic's - what not to plant?
I have done some hydro with orchids for a couple of years but only with a
few plants. Any plant that looks like it is dying gets moved to hydro. This has mixed results. I do think it has saved some of them. The others may have been doomed anyway. I even planted a garlic clove in one of Ray's small hydro pots about a week ago and it is growing. I havent checked for root growth yet. I expect they will do ok. I will post the final results of this for those who may be interested after the possible harvest. Fresh garlic grown all year long on the windowsill. My real question is what orchid wont do well in hydro? I have some Oncidiums and Dendrobiums that I was considering potting up to hydro. And a Cattleya CTNA "Why Not" that never looks happy in conventional mix so I moved it back into hydro. It was my origional "saved by hydro" plant. I even put Mary's Vanilla (she just had to have it) into hydro. My present media is a silica rock. It has excelent water holding and capilary action. I have some Aliflor I picked up at Habitat for Humanity's store here in Indy. I plan to make a hydro mix that may be improved over using either media by itself. I have thrown in some Perlite on top with very small plants to get more root contact. My origional hydro was a ceramic pot with a small cup in the bottom to hold water. Filled with perlite and then pea gravel on top to keep everything in place. I also have noticed some of the media turning green from? Moss? Is that good/bad? So anyone hve any bad experience with hydro? Or even good ones. If it works for you it may work for others. Thanks Roger in Indy All see thru heavy plastic container's in my house have mysteriously developed 2 holes in their sides. Mary is under the impression that I did it! Thanks Ray! |
Ray's Hydroponic's - what not to plant?
Roger Boughner wrote:
..................... ................................... My real question is what orchid wont do well in hydro? Well, Stanhopias might be a problem if you want to see the flowers. :-) I think you will find that your Oncidiums and Dendrobiums will do surprisingly well in Semi-hydro. I don't have all that many plants in semi-hydro at this time so I won't try to make any broad claims, but I haven't had a bad experience yet. Steve |
Ray's Hydroponic's - what not to plant?
Thanks Steve
Still wondering why my post is not showing up. I dont post often so it's probably something I did. Hope I didnt spam the whole group. Roger In Indy "Steve" wrote in message ... Roger Boughner wrote: ..................... ................................... My real question is what orchid wont do well in hydro? Well, Stanhopias might be a problem if you want to see the flowers. :-) I think you will find that your Oncidiums and Dendrobiums will do surprisingly well in Semi-hydro. I don't have all that many plants in semi-hydro at this time so I won't try to make any broad claims, but I haven't had a bad experience yet. Steve |
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