Micro-Nutrients??? ... revisited
The answers to my inquiry thread last May seem to have helped.
Helpful_1's information, while beyond my scope as merely an enthusiast window-sill grower, has been most enlightening. After instituting a major change in my watering and feeding regimen there has been a profound improvement in the health of many if not most of my plants. Several that were acquired as "sickly" plants, that have resisted all attempts to improve their health and have slowly declined for several years, are now showing spectacular improvement in their growth this season. The best ever under my care. I hold high hopes for their future with me. Others, while not exactly improving, have stopped their rapid decline. I am hopeful for a better growth season next year. Time will tell. Now, to the reason for my posting this time around. A few of my plants that have struggled along through the years are now growing much more vigorously. So much so that, now that they are aproaching the culmination of this season's growth, they are now putting out new basal growths. If it were not for the fact that my passion is for Dendrobiums requiring a cool-dry winter rest, it would not be a problem. It is now closing in on time to begin restricting water and lowering temps for the winter. The new basal growths are causing me much consternation. I want them to grow and develop into viable p/b's. But, I do not want to negatively impact next spring's bloom! After all, their blossoming is the reason I keep and care for them all year. Maintaining them in good health and increasing their size is aimed in that direction also. After all, the more blossoms the better! Question #1: Why would they begin to produce new basal growths now instead of next spring as they usually do and probably will? Question #2: What recommendations can anyone give for nurturing and maximizing the new growths to maturity while not negatively impacting next spring's bloom? Thx for any feedback. S V |
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