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Excellent information! I am am a novice orchid grower and ma going to be repotting my 2 orchid plants next week with media that has larger pieces of bark. This video helped me with my planning on what to use and how to do it. Thanks for posting! Much appreciated.
A North American midwestern botanic garden showcasing the best that Eurasia has to offer…imagine how beautiful it could be if you focused on native North American prairie and woodland botany. 😒
For all of those curious about the virucide solution she is soaking the roots in around the 4:20 mark, another viewer pointed out that you see a bottle (4:40 mark or so) in the background that looks like a Physan 20 bottle (8 oz) with a mostly yellow label with the Physan name in a teal oval. I think she purposely edited out the brand name and in so doing you can barely make out "virucide". Also note that the dipping / soaking sequence is an insertion of the dipping of a different plant since the root ball is tight and not pulled apart as it is in the rest of the video. Hope this helps.
When she said what was in the water before she soaked the roots for a few minutes the video glitched, and I didn’t hear what she put in the water. Can anyone fill me in please?
Love your video. I’ve got a stupid question please. I’ve got a little bluestem variety “Standing Ovation”. If I were to collect seeds from it and plant the seeds would it be like its parent, that is would it have the same traits or does only division ensure the same traits? Thank you!!!
This video is somewhat helpful but also lacking in explaining some things. For example, why did she add sphagnum moss to her potting medium after saying that sphagnum retains too much water and is condusive to root rot - even if it was only a small amount?? She also didn't explain cutting the stems off that have flower buds on them... only saying that she didn't want the plant to make new flowers right after being repotted. Why not?? She did mention that cutting extra stems off helps with plant balance, but why doesn't she want it to flower at this time?
What kind of solution? The video wasn't clear. (The rest of the video is fabulous, but despite using closed captions, I couldn't figure out what was in the water.)
