by Phil Spence It is hard to know what to do with your orchids for example when to feed and when to water what to spray with etc., as every one and every book has a different way. After 40 years of experience I feel I can give the amateur and expert some guidelines to...
Plants use inorganic minerals for nutrition, whether grown in the field or in a container. Complex interactions involving weathering of rock minerals, decaying organic matter, animals, and microbes take place to form inorganic minerals in soil. Roots absorb mineral...
Repotting Time Late September or early October in Sydney is the time that you should be doing the majority of your potting as most of the spring flowers have finished and all the young plants are starting to put on new growths, or will be soon. It’s time to look at a...
Here are a few toxic recipes for the nasty bugs. GARLIC SPRAY Is for small pests and general plant protection. Chop 90g of raw garlic and soak in 2 tablespoons of paraffin oil for 24 hours. Slowly add 600ml of water into which 7 g of soft soap has been dissolved. Stir...
All plants inhale carbon dioxide through their leaves. This gas is used in photosynthesis. As the plant opens its leaf pores to take in carbon dioxide, some of the moisture in the leaf can escape. Thus the plants sweat water vapor into the air whenever they breath....
To fully understand the answer to this question one must first understand a fungus – plant relationship called “mycorrhiza association” , mycorrhiza is a nutritional relationship between certain fungi and the roots of plants including orchids....
