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Horse manure?
Subject: Horse manure?
From: "RPM1" Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 7:38 AM Message-id: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6917/manure.htm What do y'all think about growing orchids in horse manure? Ruth CM Having read about this over the past year or two, I decided to give it a try with cymbidiums, where it had been suggested in the first place. By way of background, I have grown cymbidiums for several years, won ribbons at shows, and twice won for best cymbidium in an annual society show. Last spring I started with three plants, each of which had previously flowered. They were repotted, with cleaning off all old media and being careful not to damage the roots. They were repotted using only fresh horse manure. They were watered every day as advised, and fed additionally, once a week with 100pp N/gal of a balanced fertilizer. In my opinion, they grew very well, but no better than previously, in a bark mix. They are in flower, now, but each has the same number of inflorescences that they produced last year. The horse manure worked quite well, but no better than my bark mix. Will I use it again? I doubt it as it is not as convenient; but there was no odor, and I did not find it messy-just not as convenient. |
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