RE: orchids, but new thread

that's it. there are several formulations. almost any of them will hold wood to bark for a time long enough for an orchid to settle in.

At 07:42 PM 12/30/02 -0600, you wrote:
Goop.... as in the stuff from the hardware store in the squeeze tube for
repairs??? Just curious... it would never work here :(

Donna


>
> for those with short [or disinterested] memories, i ordered a gouge
from
> lee valley. well, it arrived over the weekend. i took it to the
nursery
> today and, on my way out, i stopped by the native orchid and gouged
two
> pups off the oak tree. tomorrow, i will "goop" them onto another oak
tree.
> their new home will be the live oak that is nearest to the entry of
our
> new
> office. i should know by, say, april if the gooped-on transplant has
> taken.
>
> i will know the transplants have taken if the roots of the pups have
> spanned their original chips [and goop crevices] and affixed
themselves to
> the bark of their new home. if it works--there are many more pups--the
> next
> transplants will be made to my old grapefruit tree. the grapefruit
tree
> has
> already proven to be an acceptable home for a few hybrid orchids.
>
>
>
>
>
> jsinger@igc.org
>
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