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All about orchid culture and how to grow them - The North of England Orchid Society
... culture demands daily waterings. Cymbidiums, and Cattleya varieties do well in a mix of bark chippings, mixed with a little perlite, and charcoal to keep ... happy in this mix, but when deciding whether or not to use a large, medium or small variety of bark chippings, consider ... for plants potted in a bark mix, as the bark will neutralise the nitrogen, and a well balanced 20/20/20 mix for most others. ...
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all about Cattleya Orchids and how to grow them
... as the plants can stand neglect more than over watering! Compost and potting A medium bark mix will do well with added polystyrene spheres or perlite to keep it open. Chopped sphagnum ...
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all about Miltonia Orchids and how to grow them
... any build up of salts, which will damage the roots Compost and potting A medium bark mix will do well with added polystyrene spheres or perlite to keep it open. Chopped sphagnum ...
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all about Odontoglossum Orchids and how to grow them
... as the plants can stand neglect more than over watering! Compost and potting A medium bark mix will do well with added polystyrene spheres or perlite to keep it open. Chopped sphagnum ...
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Paphiopedilum orchids - The North of England Orchid Society
... not to let the plant dry out completely because bark becomes very difficult to re-wet. Water will ... and wettability have been restored. Fertilising Plants growing in bark need a high nitrogen fertiliser (30-10-20 or ... bark to one part Perlite is excellent. Finely chopped fir bark (l/8th to 1/4 inch) is preferable to the medium or large chunks used for Cattleya and Cymbidium. Moisten the bark mix ...
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How to pot orchids, orchid composts - The North of England Orchid Society
... compost more water retentive, by doing a little mixing orchid grade bark chippings come in differing sizes, if the plant roots are ... plants requiring a little more moisture retention. sphagnum moss, bark & foam mix a good starter for seedlings or very thinly rooted plants, ... mixed with a little perlite, and can be a good mix for Phragmipediums, advantages, is an inert medium, and certainly contains ...
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all about dendrobium Orchids and how to grow them
... Dendrobiums like to be in small pots with their roots confined. Bark, perlag and charcoal make up an open mix which drains easily. Repot when either the compost becomes acid and soggy ... mountains of New Guinea like a little moss mixed with the bark or they can be grown on slabs of bark or treefern on a mossy bed. Such slabs need daily misting ...
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Phragmipedium orchids - The North of England Orchid Society
... . Smaller growing types such as Hertzii or slightly older plants seem to prefer a mix of small bark, perlite and a little wettable rockwool roughly 40/10/40. Large plants we pot ... when we aquired them and seem happy or our more favourite lump peat and foam mix. (Waterting tips for rockwool, as rockwool can appear deceptively dryon the surface, shove a little ...
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