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CMOS Newsletter September 12, 2004
... . Pot in a terrestrial mix of 7 parts fine fir bark, 1 part peat or rock wool, 2 parts coarse perlite, and 1 part medium charcoal. Junction of stem and rots should ...
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How to pot orchids, orchid composts - The North of England Orchid Society
... thinly rooted plants, will dry out very fast, so watch out for under watering Rock wool Usually rock wool is mixed with a little perlite, and can be a good mix for Phragmipediums, advantages ...
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Soil FAQ
... and minerals well but slowly releases alkali like lava rock. Its fine pore size may suffocate roots except where the smallest cubes of rock-wool are used for seedlings. In hydroponic use, larger plants are allowed to arrange their roots on the surface of a rock-wool slab while plant support is provided from above. Bulk rock wool ...
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Linda's Orchid Pages - Coconuts-Not Just For Pies And Cookies
... all over the world to look for alternative products to use as orchid media. Sponge rock, rock wool, vermiculite, shredded tires, and others have been tried. Unfortunately, each of these alternative products have ...
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CULTURE OF CATASETINAE
... mixes work well also. I know one grower who uses "rock wool insulation". Other people use cork or tezontle (crushed volcanic rock) and some people attach the plants to tree fern plaques or ...
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Linda's Orchid Pages - Repotting Orchids
... . Cork slab, wine corks, fir bark (small, medium, and large), osmunda, rock wool, New Zealand Sphagnum moss, tree fern, lava rock, soilless mixtures, and, I know you won't believe this, but I ...
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Orchid Societies Council of Victoria Inc
... roots totally immersed in weak aqueous nutrients do not drown in hydroponic culture and that rock wool culture also involves immersion in aqueous nutrients without detriment to root tissue. Living plants are ...
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Oncidiinae Intergeneric Hybrids
... cooler months. Potting As a rule, repot every two years. Exceptions are those plants in rock wool or mounted on tree-fern slabs or cork bark; these should be repotted only when ... preferred medium is rock wool, an inert material made from molten spun rock. We combine two parts Grodan Stone Wool with one part expanded perlite with excellent results. The advantage to rock wool is that it ...
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Newsletter
... away". Few horticultural specialties focus so strongly on species as orchids do. Cactus, succulent and rock garden specialties are a few of the other hobbies with species in mind. Some of ... arrive. Most growers use bark mixes, but some exceptional results have been seen lately using rock-wool blends. You may want to try this mix, but do not change your whole collection ...
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Scottish Rock Garden Club - Main Index Page
... (Fig.102 p.381) which looks like a ball of cotton wool on top of dark green spiky leaves. Here also we find ... large old plants growing in good fertile soil in rock crevices. This is sandstone rock, a quartz matrix with some minor feldspar and dark ... , not calcareous as conventionally associated with paraquilegia, (a little piece of rock was brought back and studied by a geologist friend). ' REST DAY ...
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