Re: [OGD] Bush Snails, Caffeine and a Bit of Rambling History

Martin writes: Those pesky critters! I used to have them, and slugs as well, but now they seem to have disappeared and I really don't know why. When this thread was re-opened I decided to scout again. No slugs or bush snails on 40 potato slices!!! I still have a bottle of unused caffeine sol

Re: [OGD] Snails and Merusol

Hi, Marianne; I trust your reference below was a typo, and you will be looking for Mesurol. I concur with Iris that this seems to be the only stuff which works with bush snails, but it seems to have disappeared off New Zealand shelves, too. Someone just told me that it should still be available

Re: [OGD] Re: WS International

Hi, Christina; I understand your impatience! However, if you wait long enough, you might get some useful replies to your posting - there is a large membership here, and some don't get OGD messages until after some delay as they receive theirs in digest form. Bear in mind the .ws thing was rela

Re: [OGD] IOSPE Brazil Trip

Thanks, Jay, for one hell of an armchair trip. I returned tired but curiously rested. I like to see how orchids are growing in their natural surroundings, and found your pages fulfilling in that respect. Thanks for sharing your journeys with us, and I'm sure others on OGD would appreciate this

RE: [OGD] Weird Terrestrials

>Dear OGD's In my travels to Brazil and Europe this year I came across a bunch of odd terrestrrial orchids and must say that they are not my specialty. I need some help in any identifications anyone may be able to make. >They are all listed at this page http://www.orchidspecies.com/weirdterrest

Re: [OGD] Calcium

Hello Horacio; >Hello I have a question: >Actually my plants grown very well with foliar fertilizers(Wuxal, Nitrofoska), but these fertilizers do not contain calcium. it is necessary to apply calcium to the orchids? The calcium is associate to the flowering?< Both calcium and magnesium are nec

Re: [OGD] Horse Manure

Des Pike the following writeth: >He assured me that Cattleyas grown in this media would probably do quite well for a while, but would soon jump out of their pots and record twenty seconds over their first quarter mile down the road. However I am sure that this eventuality is restricted to the Dar

Re: [OGD] Davek re perlite and Vermiculite

>Hello Davek, I read in OGD 328 that you are promoting perlite and vermiculite as a holding medium for soil-less orchid growing. Can you get the same results with this method as you can with horse manure?< I wouldn't know, Nic. The site I referred to above was just a reference to

[OGD] Perlite & Vermiculite Site

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Re: [OGD] Nutrient Levels

Thanks, Martin >My impression is that plants in the wild grow much more slowly than those >in cultivation. When you see a large plant in the wild it may have taken >10 or 15 years to get to that size. > >As far as the length of roots go, putting a plant in a pot limits what the >roots can do.

[OGD] Re: Orchids, *please*/Nutrient Levels

Thanks for the vindication, Phil - I had a faint suspicion I was going a little nuts, here. Oliver's combining the same principle with higher light levels - while plant appearance may not be as 'aesthetic' by conventional standards, the system emulates Nature which satisfies one of my eccentric

[OGD] Re: Orchids, *please*/Nutrient Levels

Hello; A brief introduction here, and a belated reply to Oliver Sparrow's comments as below. I live in Tauranga, New Zealand and "across the river" from another member here knowledgeable in Disas... Been growing cacti, orchids, bromeliads etc for about 45 years at a hobby level. Many of the