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Hi Gary, thats good to know. I soaked my bark mix in a solution of Greenfuse Root solution and also incorporate into my watering to have promote rooting. I have not used Orchiata as I have read on varying success with it on many threads and especially with Sam who has veered away from it and I am using the mix of bark+Charcoal+perlite (I substitute it with Growstone instead) which Sam has advised the plants were growing in before he bare rooted them. I grow mine plants almost exclusively in the home and they seem to be getting on well and the new leaves are coming out too...so far so good.....I think you mentioned to me before that you use pure R/O water mixed with Akerne whereas my water is laden with lots of calcium so contains quite a bit of calcium in it so I guess the supplementation of a occasional magnesium sulphate does help. I will start with a 1/5 strength of Akerne once they settle in a bit given its winter now and they are still a bit traumatized.I have still another 3 flasks of roths, 1 sanderianum and 1 haynaldianum to deflask but waiting till my live sphag arrives in a few days. I have used it in the past for my newly deflasked plants and they really seem to like it esp with root growth and I will transfer them to seedling bark after 9 months or so but in the meantime will be using a higher proportion of my hard water to offset the acidity in the sphag when watering....I see you are in Nottingham. If I do have any surplus roths and sanderianum seedlings which I cant accomodate and am giving away would you want them? (have some more kovachii flask to collect at the RHS Show from Peruflora next months too.)Lee
Hi Gary, thats good to know. I soaked my bark mix in a solution of Greenfuse Root solution and also incorporate into my watering to have promote rooting. I have not used Orchiata as I have read on varying success with it on many threads and especially with Sam who has veered away from it and I am using the mix of bark+Charcoal+perlite (I substitute it with Growstone instead) which Sam has advised the plants were growing in before he bare rooted them. I grow mine plants almost exclusively in the home and they seem to be getting on well and the new leaves are coming out too...so far so good.....I think you mentioned to me before that you use pure R/O water mixed with Akerne whereas my water is laden with lots of calcium so contains quite a bit of calcium in it so I guess the supplementation of a occasional magnesium sulphate does help. I will start with a 1/5 strength of Akerne once they settle in a bit given its winter now and they are still a bit traumatized.
I have still another 3 flasks of roths, 1 sanderianum and 1 haynaldianum to deflask but waiting till my live sphag arrives in a few days. I have used it in the past for my newly deflasked plants and they really seem to like it esp with root growth and I will transfer them to seedling bark after 9 months or so but in the meantime will be using a higher proportion of my hard water to offset the acidity in the sphag when watering....
I see you are in Nottingham. If I do have any surplus roths and sanderianum seedlings which I cant accomodate and am giving away would you want them? (have some more kovachii flask to collect at the RHS Show from Peruflora next months too.)
Lee
