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"I've just started a new project management job on overseeing the construction of a $53 million shopping mall" Cheers and here's to your success Mick.
I have found that a mixture of orchid rock, diatomite, bark, perlite, and charcoal work for most species. Someone mentioned Brassavola nodos --"Brassavola nodosa is one of the few cattleyas actually worth collecting... And Laelia purpurata. All those non-pouched, so called 'orchids' tend to be a bit boring to me. *grin* (I'm pushing somebody's buttons, I'm sure...)." These do well for me (on the edge of the desert and the foothills of the mountains) mounted on cork. They do well with some shade. .. . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://home.earthlink.net/~profpam/page3.html Mick Fournier wrote: Rob, I haven't reverse engineered the mix www.aussie-gold.com It looks like some of that brick peat moss mixed with diatomite chips the size of a dime. I haven't really looked all that close at the total mix to figure out the other ingredients... I've just started a new project management job on overseeing the construction of a $53 million shopping mall and the pay is so good I haven't been too concerned on what I pay for compotting material lately. Maybe next year I will figure the mix out if I get some free time. I must say though... this mix is the best I have seen in years for new seedlings fresh out of the flask. I am amazed at how good it works. I also like it because the bugs don't want to settle on or in it. Mick PS, Cattleyas rule. =================== "Rob Halgren" wrote in message ... Mick Fournier wrote whim for $18. It is primarily the Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix... I tried it on seedlings coming right out of the flask and I want to tell you all this stuff is gold. Great drainage, Cattleyas (which is the only orchid really worth collecting incidentally) and Phals love it, you can't overwater this mix for some inherent reason in its natural make-up, it appears pH So Mick, what is Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix? Do you know the recipe? I can't afford the Aussie stuff and they ain't sayin'. Brassavola nodosa is one of the few cattleyas actually worth collecting... And Laelia purpurata. All those non-pouched, so called 'orchids' tend to be a bit boring to me. *grin* (I'm pushing somebody's buttons, I'm sure...). Rob (paph-rat) clip |
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Does anyone know if diatomite chips are synonomus with diatomacious (spelling ?) earth? Somewhere in the very back of my memory, I learned that bugs don't like habitating on diatomacious earth, again, because of the sharp edges/points. Good growing. Chris In article , "Mick Fournier" wrote: Rob, I haven't reverse engineered the mix www.aussie-gold.com It looks like some of that brick peat moss mixed with diatomite chips the size of a dime. I haven't really looked all that close at the total mix to figure out the other ingredients... I've just started a new project management job on overseeing the construction of a $53 million shopping mall and the pay is so good I haven't been too concerned on what I pay for compotting material lately. Maybe next year I will figure the mix out if I get some free time. I must say though... this mix is the best I have seen in years for new seedlings fresh out of the flask. I am amazed at how good it works. I also like it because the bugs don't want to settle on or in it. Mick PS, Cattleyas rule. =================== "Rob Halgren" wrote in message ... Mick Fournier wrote whim for $18. It is primarily the Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix... I tried it on seedlings coming right out of the flask and I want to tell you all this stuff is gold. Great drainage, Cattleyas (which is the only orchid really worth collecting incidentally) and Phals love it, you can't overwater this mix for some inherent reason in its natural make-up, it appears pH So Mick, what is Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix? Do you know the recipe? I can't afford the Aussie stuff and they ain't sayin'. Brassavola nodosa is one of the few cattleyas actually worth collecting... And Laelia purpurata. All those non-pouched, so called 'orchids' tend to be a bit boring to me. *grin* (I'm pushing somebody's buttons, I'm sure...). Rob (paph-rat) clip |
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Very fresh diatomaceous earth - the skeletons of ocean diatoms- have lots of
really sharp spikes on them. That is what discourages snails and slugs. Diatomite is a mud of freshwater diatoms that has been pumped and calcined and crushed, and is in the form of large chunks. All the sharp spikes are long gone, if they existed in those species in the first place. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "Chris Savas" wrote in message ... Does anyone know if diatomite chips are synonomus with diatomacious (spelling ?) earth? Somewhere in the very back of my memory, I learned that bugs don't like habitating on diatomacious earth, again, because of the sharp edges/points. Good growing. Chris In article , "Mick Fournier" wrote: Rob, I haven't reverse engineered the mix www.aussie-gold.com It looks like some of that brick peat moss mixed with diatomite chips the size of a dime. I haven't really looked all that close at the total mix to figure out the other ingredients... I've just started a new project management job on overseeing the construction of a $53 million shopping mall and the pay is so good I haven't been too concerned on what I pay for compotting material lately. Maybe next year I will figure the mix out if I get some free time. I must say though... this mix is the best I have seen in years for new seedlings fresh out of the flask. I am amazed at how good it works. I also like it because the bugs don't want to settle on or in it. Mick PS, Cattleyas rule. =================== "Rob Halgren" wrote in message ... Mick Fournier wrote whim for $18. It is primarily the Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix... I tried it on seedlings coming right out of the flask and I want to tell you all this stuff is gold. Great drainage, Cattleyas (which is the only orchid really worth collecting incidentally) and Phals love it, you can't overwater this mix for some inherent reason in its natural make-up, it appears pH So Mick, what is Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix? Do you know the recipe? I can't afford the Aussie stuff and they ain't sayin'. Brassavola nodosa is one of the few cattleyas actually worth collecting... And Laelia purpurata. All those non-pouched, so called 'orchids' tend to be a bit boring to me. *grin* (I'm pushing somebody's buttons, I'm sure...). Rob (paph-rat) clip |
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And anyone who has had a fish tank whose filter used diatomaceous earth
probably knows that breathing in even tiny amounts of the stuff will shred your lungs like ground up glass. Murri "Ray" wrote in message ... Very fresh diatomaceous earth - the skeletons of ocean diatoms- have lots of really sharp spikes on them. That is what discourages snails and slugs. Diatomite is a mud of freshwater diatoms that has been pumped and calcined and crushed, and is in the form of large chunks. All the sharp spikes are long gone, if they existed in those species in the first place. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "Chris Savas" wrote in message ... Does anyone know if diatomite chips are synonomus with diatomacious (spelling ?) earth? Somewhere in the very back of my memory, I learned that bugs don't like habitating on diatomacious earth, again, because of the sharp edges/points. Good growing. Chris In article , "Mick Fournier" wrote: Rob, I haven't reverse engineered the mix www.aussie-gold.com It looks like some of that brick peat moss mixed with diatomite chips the size of a dime. I haven't really looked all that close at the total mix to figure out the other ingredients... I've just started a new project management job on overseeing the construction of a $53 million shopping mall and the pay is so good I haven't been too concerned on what I pay for compotting material lately. Maybe next year I will figure the mix out if I get some free time. I must say though... this mix is the best I have seen in years for new seedlings fresh out of the flask. I am amazed at how good it works. I also like it because the bugs don't want to settle on or in it. Mick PS, Cattleyas rule. =================== "Rob Halgren" wrote in message ... Mick Fournier wrote whim for $18. It is primarily the Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix... I tried it on seedlings coming right out of the flask and I want to tell you all this stuff is gold. Great drainage, Cattleyas (which is the only orchid really worth collecting incidentally) and Phals love it, you can't overwater this mix for some inherent reason in its natural make-up, it appears pH So Mick, what is Van-Rolen Horticultural diatomite mix? Do you know the recipe? I can't afford the Aussie stuff and they ain't sayin'. Brassavola nodosa is one of the few cattleyas actually worth collecting... And Laelia purpurata. All those non-pouched, so called 'orchids' tend to be a bit boring to me. *grin* (I'm pushing somebody's buttons, I'm sure...). Rob (paph-rat) clip |
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Lady Blacksword wrote: And anyone who has had a fish tank whose filter used diatomaceous earth probably knows that breathing in even tiny amounts of the stuff will shred your lungs like ground up glass. Murri And anyone familiar with diatomite knows the likelihood of breathing in rocks is just about zero. Diatomite is rinsed before use. J. Del Col |
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I believe she was referring to the powdered diatomaceous earth, not
diatomite. However, as diatomite is also essentially pure silica, and when dry is quite dusty, especially after shipping, breathing the dust from that can be damaging as well. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "jadel" wrote in message ups.com... Lady Blacksword wrote: And anyone who has had a fish tank whose filter used diatomaceous earth probably knows that breathing in even tiny amounts of the stuff will shred your lungs like ground up glass. Murri And anyone familiar with diatomite knows the likelihood of breathing in rocks is just about zero. Diatomite is rinsed before use. J. Del Col |
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Thanks Ray. And yes, I was.
Murri "Ray" wrote in message ... I believe she was referring to the powdered diatomaceous earth, not diatomite. However, as diatomite is also essentially pure silica, and when dry is quite dusty, especially after shipping, breathing the dust from that can be damaging as well. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "jadel" wrote in message ups.com... Lady Blacksword wrote: And anyone who has had a fish tank whose filter used diatomaceous earth probably knows that breathing in even tiny amounts of the stuff will shred your lungs like ground up glass. Murri And anyone familiar with diatomite knows the likelihood of breathing in rocks is just about zero. Diatomite is rinsed before use. J. Del Col |
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Thanks Ray. And yes, I was.
Murri "Ray" wrote in message ... I believe she was referring to the powdered diatomaceous earth, not diatomite. However, as diatomite is also essentially pure silica, and when dry is quite dusty, especially after shipping, breathing the dust from that can be damaging as well. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "jadel" wrote in message ups.com... Lady Blacksword wrote: And anyone who has had a fish tank whose filter used diatomaceous earth probably knows that breathing in even tiny amounts of the stuff will shred your lungs like ground up glass. Murri And anyone familiar with diatomite knows the likelihood of breathing in rocks is just about zero. Diatomite is rinsed before use. J. Del Col |
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