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[INDOOR-GARDENING:130] Re: orchids

In a message dated 2/8/99 6:39:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, Gesneriads@AOL.COM
writes:

<< Inadvertently, I forgot to talk regarding ventilation.  We have large
ceiling
 fans in our greenhouses which are on 24 hours a day and all year long.  This
 is most important for orchids -- that they have "moving" air around them just
 as they would in their natural habitat.  We mist frequently, also . . . here
 again, just like they would be misted in the rain forest.  (Misting, always
on
 a rising temperature in the morning so the plants can somewhat dry off before
 the temperature falls and evening comes on with darkness.  We mist with a bit
 of fish emulsion in the tepid water. >>

Jim,

Thanks again.  Misting with fish emulsion.  Aromatic?  I mist the ivies and
ferns so can easily add the orchid.  Hmmmm, misting with fish emulsion!

Is it also true that any amount of fish emulsion is non-damaging to an indoor
plant.  I have been careful to follow instructions but have read somewhere
recently that it is hard to overdo fish emulsion.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
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