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Post by RuBisCO on Sept 24, 2016 18:42:44 GMT -5
Hey everyone. In anticipation for the upcoming Wistuba and BCP arrivals I had a questions to pose.
Any advice or tips on prep and potting of the plants as they arrive. Specifically I was hoping people could comment on a few specific points that they employ.
1 - what are peoples media choices?
2 - do you soak the plants in water before potting? If so, how long?
3 - does anyone soak with Mycorrhiza/beneficial fungi? Are there risks to this with some preparations?
4 - do you put in full light right away or transition?
5 - what are you max/min temps and max/min humidity in your heli growth neighborhood?
6 - any words of the wise appreciated!
For me... I have prepped 1:1:1 perlite:peat:orchid bark I was planning on doing a soak for 24h unless people advise otherwise. I have a container that I picked up that has some sort of beneficial fungus (not around the bottle and cant recall the details), it was as a garden store and I think is intended for orchids? I am not sure if I will add this to the soak. I was thinking of having lights at half power for a little while for transition. My current setup gets temps of 25C highs, and 19C lows. Humidity is ~85% lights on, 100% lights off - no natural light where they are growing. I do have plans to fiddle with some DIY cooling modalities on a smaller terrarium project.
Hope to see lots of input/feedback!
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Post by lloyd on Sept 24, 2016 19:33:34 GMT -5
I think all of your suggestions are quite reasonable and should be successful.
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Post by cory on Sept 26, 2016 19:54:38 GMT -5
You plan seems fairly acceptable. I bag mine off for a few weeks until they start growing again (especially helis) I then will acclimate them down with cuts in the corners until they are near open air conditions and remove the bag
Might be a bit over kill but I haven't lost a single plant in 4-5 years doing it this way
I haven't ever put my lights at half power they will be ok without doing that if they are kept in super high humidity for a spell
I would also suggest keeping the pitchers full of water
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Post by Justintime on Sept 30, 2016 20:57:33 GMT -5
Wow I was going to just toss them into my live sphagnum dome and transfer them a little while afterwards.
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Post by RuBisCO on Sept 30, 2016 21:07:11 GMT -5
I am just looking for advice!
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Post by Justintime on Sept 30, 2016 21:31:12 GMT -5
I understand all to well what your saying I too (and to some degree still do) feel under prepared for plants about to arrive.(my Hamata and Raja are two such plants) but some one I meet on my travel to BC told me " you'd be surprised how tuff plants are" which makes sense they deal with a lot in the wild. I gave both no specific treatment and there still alive and kicking. Every thing you said here looks like amazing steps to try to prevent shock hopefully everything will be fine. just remember packageing of the plants was done with the upmost care and is the most important step. If conditions to what there use to is givin they should bounce back.
You got this!
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Post by briar on Oct 2, 2016 17:42:43 GMT -5
Wistuba's plants are sometimes small, weak and very stressed upon arrival. Cory's recommendations are spot on and prudent. My recommendations mirror Cory's: Link: caring for new heli divisions
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Post by RuBisCO on Oct 2, 2016 18:12:20 GMT -5
Wistuba's plants are sometimes small, weak and very stressed upon arrival. Cory's recommendations are spot on and prudent. My recommendations mirror Cory's: Link: caring for new heli divisionsI came across that in my online searches previously. I studied it lol. As far as the beneficial funghi, I was wondering if what I picked up would be good or bad? I am hesitant to use it unless I hear otherwise. The product I got is marketed as MYKE, and says to contain Glomus intraradices (I apologize for the lack of italics for genera/species but I am writing this from my phone). Is Trichoderma atroviride in some commonly available product that I can find? Did a quick Google and didn't get far. Thanks for feedback!
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Post by briar on Oct 2, 2016 18:20:14 GMT -5
What I find works best is a proprietary strain only available from ampacbiotech.com
Just ask for Kelly when you call, she is familiar with the needs of cp'ers They do ship north of the border
I am unfamiliar with your product, sorry.... I don't know what to tell you on it.
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Post by RuBisCO on Oct 3, 2016 12:46:52 GMT -5
What I find works best is a proprietary strain only available from ampacbiotech.com Just ask for Kelly when you call, she is familiar with the needs of cp'ers They do ship north of the border I am unfamiliar with your product, sorry.... I don't know what to tell you on it. Thanks again for info and thoughts. I took a closer look through your website and found it very well done and quite helpful. As far as the funghi - I think I will just soak in water and use the other MYKE product in the veggie garden next year.
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