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My golly, that's the truth. Of course, until the yearly repotting chore
takes a full month or more, you had better not be heard complaining about it in my earshot. ;-D. I have been repotting Phals for a solid month and still have a month more work. I have orchid bark splinters and I am sure I am developing sporotricosis (?) from the moss. Each year I promise myself I will start this project earlier so i am done by the end of august but each year I always find myself working like a madman to get done before they start spiking. The weather has been cool here for about three weeks and I am seeing a lot of early spiking. The orchid demon stands behind me with a whip and laughs as I trudge through the repotting chores that I alone, in my orchid addiction, am responsible for creating. And at least twice a week I have people calling me up who are going on vacation, (Vacation!) and want me to board their plants while they are away and think I could also repot them while they are here. Like my greenhouse is a spa for well-to-do plants or something. I think people like this should not be allowed to own orchids. ;-) It makes the orchid demon plot revenge. And, if I am going to take care of it, it should be mine. But seriously, there are potential customers out there for this service for vendors who think they can handle the pressure. And if I paid somebody to repot, I would have to stand there and watch them do it to make sure they did it right. (Next time you come by Joanna, you will have to talk to me about .asp for my website. I have a mysql database and php something but I can't figure out how to connect the website/pages to it or use it in any real way. I am working to complete a miva merchant changeover and redesigning the ancient site but html without any bells and whistles is about all my brain can comprehend long enough to make a website do anything. And then there is this never ending repotting chore to deal with and splinters in my typing fingers.) "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... Joanna, Until you do the repotting with your own hands you will never conquer the orchid demon. Mick |
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My golly, that's the truth. Of course, until the yearly repotting chore
takes a full month or more, you had better not be heard complaining about it in my earshot. ;-D. I have been repotting Phals for a solid month and still have a month more work. I have orchid bark splinters and I am sure I am developing sporotricosis (?) from the moss. Each year I promise myself I will start this project earlier so i am done by the end of august but each year I always find myself working like a madman to get done before they start spiking. The weather has been cool here for about three weeks and I am seeing a lot of early spiking. The orchid demon stands behind me with a whip and laughs as I trudge through the repotting chores that I alone, in my orchid addiction, am responsible for creating. And at least twice a week I have people calling me up who are going on vacation, (Vacation!) and want me to board their plants while they are away and think I could also repot them while they are here. Like my greenhouse is a spa for well-to-do plants or something. I think people like this should not be allowed to own orchids. ;-) It makes the orchid demon plot revenge. And, if I am going to take care of it, it should be mine. But seriously, there are potential customers out there for this service for vendors who think they can handle the pressure. And if I paid somebody to repot, I would have to stand there and watch them do it to make sure they did it right. (Next time you come by Joanna, you will have to talk to me about .asp for my website. I have a mysql database and php something but I can't figure out how to connect the website/pages to it or use it in any real way. I am working to complete a miva merchant changeover and redesigning the ancient site but html without any bells and whistles is about all my brain can comprehend long enough to make a website do anything. And then there is this never ending repotting chore to deal with and splinters in my typing fingers.) "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... Joanna, Until you do the repotting with your own hands you will never conquer the orchid demon. Mick |
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:06:26 -0700, profpam
wrote: It would certainly be a trick to repot without hands. Gloves are even too cumbersome for me. Best to repot when the plant is in need of repotting rather than waiting. Pot larger if roots are in the out-growing mode; pot smaller when roots are few and the plant is not doing well. . . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html I find that I get slivers from the potting mix and small cuts if I don't wear gloves. Either kitchen rubber gloves or the craft gloves work well. I can not use gardening gloves. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:06:26 -0700, profpam
wrote: It would certainly be a trick to repot without hands. Gloves are even too cumbersome for me. Best to repot when the plant is in need of repotting rather than waiting. Pot larger if roots are in the out-growing mode; pot smaller when roots are few and the plant is not doing well. . . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html I find that I get slivers from the potting mix and small cuts if I don't wear gloves. Either kitchen rubber gloves or the craft gloves work well. I can not use gardening gloves. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:06:26 -0700, profpam
wrote: It would certainly be a trick to repot without hands. Gloves are even too cumbersome for me. Best to repot when the plant is in need of repotting rather than waiting. Pot larger if roots are in the out-growing mode; pot smaller when roots are few and the plant is not doing well. . . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html I find that I get slivers from the potting mix and small cuts if I don't wear gloves. Either kitchen rubber gloves or the craft gloves work well. I can not use gardening gloves. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Al wrote:-
"The orchid demon stands behind me with a whip and laughs as I trudge through the repotting chores that I alone, in my orchid addiction, am responsible for creating". Too true indeed Al, but seems like we are all in the same boat but on different levels, as far as the number of plants? I am so far behind with my repotting it's getting out of hand & would be broke if I had to get help! But all in all, this doesn't seem to be a bother when we go shopping! *g* -- Cheers Wendy Ps....Take care of those hands, they are the only pair you have! Remove PETERPAN for email reply Al wrote: My golly, that's the truth. Of course, until the yearly repotting chore takes a full month or more, you had better not be heard complaining about it in my earshot. ;-D. I have been repotting Phals for a solid month and still have a month more work. I have orchid bark splinters and I am sure I am developing sporotricosis (?) from the moss. Each year I promise myself I will start this project earlier so i am done by the end of august but each year I always find myself working like a madman to get done before they start spiking. The weather has been cool here for about three weeks and I am seeing a lot of early spiking. The orchid demon stands behind me with a whip and laughs as I trudge through the repotting chores that I alone, in my orchid addiction, am responsible for creating. And at least twice a week I have people calling me up who are going on vacation, (Vacation!) and want me to board their plants while they are away and think I could also repot them while they are here. Like my greenhouse is a spa for well-to-do plants or something. I think people like this should not be allowed to own orchids. ;-) It makes the orchid demon plot revenge. And, if I am going to take care of it, it should be mine. But seriously, there are potential customers out there for this service for vendors who think they can handle the pressure. And if I paid somebody to repot, I would have to stand there and watch them do it to make sure they did it right. (Next time you come by Joanna, you will have to talk to me about .asp for my website. I have a mysql database and php something but I can't figure out how to connect the website/pages to it or use it in any real way. I am working to complete a miva merchant changeover and redesigning the ancient site but html without any bells and whistles is about all my brain can comprehend long enough to make a website do anything. And then there is this never ending repotting chore to deal with and splinters in my typing fingers.) "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... Joanna, Until you do the repotting with your own hands you will never conquer the orchid demon. Mick |
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Al wrote:-
"The orchid demon stands behind me with a whip and laughs as I trudge through the repotting chores that I alone, in my orchid addiction, am responsible for creating". Too true indeed Al, but seems like we are all in the same boat but on different levels, as far as the number of plants? I am so far behind with my repotting it's getting out of hand & would be broke if I had to get help! But all in all, this doesn't seem to be a bother when we go shopping! *g* -- Cheers Wendy Ps....Take care of those hands, they are the only pair you have! Remove PETERPAN for email reply Al wrote: My golly, that's the truth. Of course, until the yearly repotting chore takes a full month or more, you had better not be heard complaining about it in my earshot. ;-D. I have been repotting Phals for a solid month and still have a month more work. I have orchid bark splinters and I am sure I am developing sporotricosis (?) from the moss. Each year I promise myself I will start this project earlier so i am done by the end of august but each year I always find myself working like a madman to get done before they start spiking. The weather has been cool here for about three weeks and I am seeing a lot of early spiking. The orchid demon stands behind me with a whip and laughs as I trudge through the repotting chores that I alone, in my orchid addiction, am responsible for creating. And at least twice a week I have people calling me up who are going on vacation, (Vacation!) and want me to board their plants while they are away and think I could also repot them while they are here. Like my greenhouse is a spa for well-to-do plants or something. I think people like this should not be allowed to own orchids. ;-) It makes the orchid demon plot revenge. And, if I am going to take care of it, it should be mine. But seriously, there are potential customers out there for this service for vendors who think they can handle the pressure. And if I paid somebody to repot, I would have to stand there and watch them do it to make sure they did it right. (Next time you come by Joanna, you will have to talk to me about .asp for my website. I have a mysql database and php something but I can't figure out how to connect the website/pages to it or use it in any real way. I am working to complete a miva merchant changeover and redesigning the ancient site but html without any bells and whistles is about all my brain can comprehend long enough to make a website do anything. And then there is this never ending repotting chore to deal with and splinters in my typing fingers.) "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... Joanna, Until you do the repotting with your own hands you will never conquer the orchid demon. Mick |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:56:19 -0400, Rob Halgren
wrote: . I took a cymbidium in a 12" pot in for them to do for me when I was first starting out. It was more than I could handle. I think they used a hacksaw... More than I want to handle now, frankly. You need a jungle Machete for that. That and a good strong wrist.. W H A C K. Best way to split an over grown cym. Let the back bulbs fall where they may. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:56:19 -0400, Rob Halgren
wrote: . I took a cymbidium in a 12" pot in for them to do for me when I was first starting out. It was more than I could handle. I think they used a hacksaw... More than I want to handle now, frankly. You need a jungle Machete for that. That and a good strong wrist.. W H A C K. Best way to split an over grown cym. Let the back bulbs fall where they may. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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All,
See... the Orchid Demon does really exist. And in another two or three years Al will have conquered him (or her)... and then he can take his vacation. Mick |
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Clearly you guys gotta get better at killing your plants. I've found it
a great alternative to repotting. I can give lessons if anyone's interested. Let's see, Overwatering 101, ... wendy7 wrote: Al wrote:- "The orchid demon stands behind me with a whip and laughs as I trudge through the repotting chores that I alone, in my orchid addiction, am responsible for creating". Too true indeed Al, but seems like we are all in the same boat but on different levels, as far as the number of plants? I am so far behind with my repotting it's getting out of hand & would be broke if I had to get help! But all in all, this doesn't seem to be a bother when we go shopping! *g* |
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"mg" wrote in message ... Clearly you guys gotta get better at killing your plants. I've found it a great alternative to repotting. I can give lessons if anyone's interested. Let's see, Overwatering 101, ... Not in my thread you won't! I would even be willing to repot more orchids myself if the only alternative was killing a single one. Sue said in her response to me that "You have so few that you worry over them like a mother hen." Well, that may well be true, I do worry at any sign of anything being wrong with my orchids and try to counter-act it as best as I can, but as a result it's been 3 years or even almost 3.5 years that I have been into orchids, and I have not killed a single one yet. And one of those two that I was repotting, it was because it's not doing so well, loosing leaves more rapidly than gaining them, but it's got healthy roots, and now it's in a bark mix instead of in moss and it's standing by a different window, and I will be watching it to make sure it gets better because I can't break the 0 orchids killed rule. Just can't. Won't happen. Joanna |
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"mg" wrote in message ... Clearly you guys gotta get better at killing your plants. I've found it a great alternative to repotting. I can give lessons if anyone's interested. Let's see, Overwatering 101, ... Not in my thread you won't! I would even be willing to repot more orchids myself if the only alternative was killing a single one. Sue said in her response to me that "You have so few that you worry over them like a mother hen." Well, that may well be true, I do worry at any sign of anything being wrong with my orchids and try to counter-act it as best as I can, but as a result it's been 3 years or even almost 3.5 years that I have been into orchids, and I have not killed a single one yet. And one of those two that I was repotting, it was because it's not doing so well, loosing leaves more rapidly than gaining them, but it's got healthy roots, and now it's in a bark mix instead of in moss and it's standing by a different window, and I will be watching it to make sure it gets better because I can't break the 0 orchids killed rule. Just can't. Won't happen. Joanna |
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"J Fortuna" wrote in message news:OVRWc.1374$OP2.793@trnddc01... [snip], and I will be watching it to make sure it gets better because I can't break the 0 orchids killed rule. Just can't. Won't happen. Joanna There she goes! She's done it now!! If the orchid demons won't get her the orchid gods sure will. Oh tempter of fate! K Barrett |
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"J Fortuna" wrote in message news:OVRWc.1374$OP2.793@trnddc01... [snip], and I will be watching it to make sure it gets better because I can't break the 0 orchids killed rule. Just can't. Won't happen. Joanna There she goes! She's done it now!! If the orchid demons won't get her the orchid gods sure will. Oh tempter of fate! K Barrett |
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