Hi Kathy,
At risk of sounding grumpy, would you please call the plant by its
name. You sound like a gushing and swooning Dave's Garden perpetual novice
when you use Pk. Every time somebody uses that abbreviation I think:
reaction equilibrium constant, pK spell check corrected by Microsoft. (can
you tell I have a sometimes miserable day job in the chemical industry?)
I am treating my seedlings from Alfredo Manrique only slightly
different than normal Phrag seedlings. I do top dress my potting mix with
crushed oyster shell. My mix for some is diatomite, for some it is bark,
perlite & charcol and I stand all the pots in individual shallow trays of
water. There seems to be no big difference between the seedlings in bark
mix versus diatomite. Otherwise they are being treated just like seedlings
of Don Wimber or Jason Fisher. OK, I do admit I look at them daily, which
is attention the other seedlings don't get. But that is all. I am watering
with municipal tap water (about 225 ppm) to which 1/2 teaspoon per gallon
MSU Fertilizer has been added. Temps intermediate to warm.
Hope this helps
Leo
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Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:48:58 +0000
From: K Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OGD] Pksychology
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So, how's everyone treating their Pk seedlings? Do you take a 'devil may
care' attitude and treat them the same as any other phrag seedling or are
you taking care to give them extra special water & care? Are you doing
that only because they are Pk? Are you not going to answer this message
because you don't want anyone else to know you have Pk? *G* If so answer
me privately. I don't recall many plants having this sort of cache or
mystique. If there are they certainly aren't in my collection. I wonder
if people think, 'jeepers I'd better not mess these up!' Might be an
article in this somewhere. Orchid Fever part deux.
K Barrett
N Calif, USA
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