thanks. I tried DE and didn't have much success. It made a mess after too, maybe I did it incorrectly. I tried to let stuff dry out and it made things worse. I finally figured out to put a yellow sticky trap in each pot. Not ideal as the sticky stuff is getting on my cover crop and has stuck to some of the plants, but I see way less adults. I've been using Dr. Zymes and mixed in Gnatrol a few times. I've only seen a few adults recently. The Dr. Zymes took out the thrips super easily. I was going 5-7 days between application and 3-4 is better to eradicate with Dr Z. Also, I didn't have enough sticky traps to take out the adults. As always I should clean more...but I don'tJust a tip from a guy that grows orchids also. Any clue and you know how much fungus Gnats love that medium and watering routine. But Food grade diatomaceous earth dusted on top of the medium after lighter waterings and those dollar store yellow, non baited sticky mouse traps work wonders. Will put a hurting but not fix on thrips. Best of luck and ease up on the water. LOL. View attachment 5023855View attachment 5023856
Gorgeous, have 2 that just went into flower. Best luck with those!
I also went through an orchid phase. Only down to about 10 now. Once weed became legal to grow in VA, all my other growing hobbies are taking a break. I can still scratch my bonsai itch by growing mj which I love!The most important thing I've learnerd about orchids is dont ever let them sit in water
Are you noticing any difference between the horizonal pots and the regular ones?ok so 3rd time the charm, this time i'm satisfied with my scrog screen, i'm going to keep adding some bomboos as needed
the old soul #6 that was all pale, purple veines and droopy, it regained it's green color 4 days after a top dress, not bad!
anyways, first day of 12/12! i'd like to veg 'em out a bunch but i gotta be on the safe side cause i only have 6ft total of vertical space
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the os6 that ran out of food is in a horizonal pot (gravel and sand at the bottom) that's what i notices so far, there is less soil so less foodAre you noticing any difference between the horizonal pots and the regular ones?
Interesting, are you going water only or ???the os6 that ran out of food is in a horizonal pot (gravel and sand at the bottom) that's what i notices so far, there is less soil so less food
kinda, i have top dressed some in the begining but not much... untill now i gave 'em a heavy pre flower top dressInteresting, are you going water only or ???
It's a valuable trick. I'd seen it before, but didn't use it back then. I was reminded of it here, and now I use it.5/5 Guava Wookie up in red Solos (with clear cup inside so as to see the root growth. Picked this up somewhere here.
Apologies for my delay. Enter at own risk thing. LOL. Always trying to spread organic anything. TY for the interest.Just started to do orchids myself as well. Just learning but I’ve got a decent collection so far. May have to pick your brain one day @MICHI-CAN