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cleaning orchid leaves
I guess somebody else will have to try it, I can't get ABPO. *grin* Grin right back at you! I would be more than happy to post for you! ;-) Hmmm. What other lame excuse can I come up with... Actually I don't have any hard water marks on my cattleyas... There, that is a good one. And true, since I use only RO water... And I don't really have that many cattleyas. Although since I've been called out on it, I will donate a plant to science and see what happens. I'll even wear gloves. So, with a low number of replicates (1) it counts for beans, but how about this for an experiment... One leaf washed with 1N sulphuric acid (battery acid - IIRC, although to be a true test I should use the same concentration as in a car battery. Anybody know?) One leaf washed with 0.1N sulphuric acid One leaf washed with 1N acetic acid One leaf washed with 0.1N acetic acid One leaf left unwashed Observations at 0,1,3,7, and 14 days. I can't get sulphamic acid (actually I can, but I'd have to wait several weeks to get it), and I don't think I have any oxalic acid. I think I have an old Hausermanns yellow cattleya that has enough leads on it to try the experiment, although it isn't particularly well grown. Any other conditions I should try? Rob -- Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a. See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase more orchids, obtain more credit |
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