My first deflasking

[MaxC]

I really wanted to get the full experience of growing phrag. besseae. One week in and they are all still alive and seem to be doing well. There seemed to be a myriad of options but I opted for a compot with orchiata, perlite, charcoal mix and a little dash of oyster shell. The annoying part was I the medium I ordered seemed to be several different sizes and I did not have time to get more uniform bag. Big thank you to Tom at Fox Valley and Ray at First Rays. This community has been a great resource for delving deeper into phrags.

 

[tomkalina]

Lookin' good, Max!

 

[xiphius]

Nice one! They look quite healthy!

 

[KateL]

Congratulations, orchid daddy!

 

[Djthomp28]

Looking good. Be care though... success can be addictive.

 

[Ozpaph]

looks good

 

[MaxC]

Today has been one month since going into compot, thankfully all still here.

 

[abax]

Grow, babies, grow!

 

[awesomei]

Hey,
Looks great! Be careful of dampening off. Good luck.

 

[MaxC]

Hey,
Looks great! Be careful of dampening off. Good luck.

And sure enough... dampening off. Lost all the smaller ones. Leaves were looking fine and roots were separated. Cleaned everything up and repotted in new compot. I am hoping I caught it in time for the rest to recover.

 

[awesomei]

There are fungicide sprays that work well to prevent that. I use Ridomil Gold

 

[BrucherT]

I’m a fan of Captan.

these are beautiful.

 

[Ozpaph]

is a long, slow road.................keep going.

 

[MaxC]

It sure is, it is looking like things have stabilized but about half the flask was lost.

 

[NYEric]

Yeah, you have to really baby them. Good luck.

 

[BrucherT]

Next time, instead of repotting, I would just remove the dead and drench in fungicide. This has worked for me with cacti.

 

[Phred]

Some might disagree but I have used Physan-20 on thousand of deflasked orchid seedlings. I only spray if they need it and I spray as often as I need to. Some say it sets them back... I have not experienced that not even a little,,,

 

[Ozpaph]

Some might disagree but I have used Physan-20 on thousand of deflasked orchid seedlings. I only spray if they need it and I spray as often as I need to. Some say it sets them back... I have not experienced that not even a little,,,

what dilution do you use on the 'de-flasklings'?

 

[Phred]

what dilution do you use on the 'de-flasklings'?

1/2 tsp in 28oz spray bottle. Lasts a long time. If you shake the spray bottle and it foams it’s still good. I water with peroxide when I deflask and spray with Physan if I see anything abnormal. I also use Phyton-27 on seedlings with no adverse effects.

 

[Gerryhain274]

Good info Phred just deflasked two different crosses....