My Orchid Toolkit: Semi-Hydroponics 

I don't comment usually but I have to say you are fabulous! Clear, detailed, organized, knowledgeable, and sharing! You have done a wonderful job and I am so glad I found you. Thanks for all you do Michael .

I am so glad I found your RU-vid, I am a new orchid lover and have a few now. Your videos are clear, quick and to the point compared to other Orchid RU-vidrs. So appreciative!

I find this tutorial to be very helpful. thank you. I loved your passion for the plant. That makes me smile.

Gosh this is such an excellent resource on all things orchids!!! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos and share all of your valuable info!! Vicki

I absolutely LOVE how thorough you are. Thank you for this video!!

I appreciate how clean and organized you are. Great video!

That is a kickass toolkit. Feel alot more confident about taking care of my orchids now, thank you

Great videos. I learned so much from the three I watched today. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

Very helpful Michael! Just got my phals put into semi hydro today! Thanks for all your help through the videos!

You have inspired me with your videos, thank you.

Informative video! It answered so many of my questions. Thank you!

If you add cinnamon to your alcohol/dawn mix it will help with spider mites too. I make a tea with (1)cinnamon sticks and add the alcohol and dawn. The powder will clog the spray tube. A horticulture professor at USF here in Tampa clued me in on this. Cool video too, always neat to see what others use. Keep up the great work & happy growing! Now off to check my orchid's seed pods, I got her pregnant..lol

You are amazing thank you sooo much for all you do! And alll the help you give

Very good video Michael👍🏻

Wonderful channel Michael!! So glad Danny from Orchid Nature (Miss Orchid Girl) recommended you! You two are such a huge help!! The orchids in my care would have struggled way more & likely not made it this far. So excited to try semi hydro & glass containers. Thanks a Million!!

I use and love the 20-20-20 fertilizer that you do! 🙂

Thank you for sharing! I only have one orchid right now and if I succeed on this one they might grow to a family!

another nice video Michael, I will try this on the tomatoes

Hi, great video very informative.

Just found your video. Looking forward to learning from you. 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you! Great information

good morning Michael, Nice video as always profesional neat structured and I formative ❤ serious fan for live.. i did not know about the dividing 10 through your nitrogen amount and use that as a teaspoon measure per us gallon for weakly weekly feeding. I to have a 20-20-20 fertilizer and I'm afraid I over did it. the recommended dose is 1 teaspoon per liter per 2 weeks. to halve that I now use halve a tsp. per 2 liters weekly 3 weeks in a row and flush the fourth week. a gallon was I think 4 liters so I use rubble the amount of fertilizer🙊. I'm gonna look that up again. ps I do have a kelp based root booster it's from plagron cana has the rizotonic so there are substitutes for kelpmax for those in Europe who can not get our hands on kelp.max. I want it.soooo bad but ray does not ship outside the USA. 😭 ow ps would you be so kind to check out me verry first videos... I do not have a camera or a tripod or dashing good looks but I do have a passia for orchids and plants and I wanted to share that so I start recording 2 weeks ago posted my first vid last week with my daughter and after that I'm back tracking edeting or just pasting vids together so you get a coherent film. and I am a but OCD about things in chronological order so I'm working treu some vids to post it as I filmed it. so i stil have 3 or 4 to post. anyway I rattle on even more then usual when im nervueos 😅😇 so if you could spare a few.minutes of your day and check out what you inspired me to do that would be amazing. I also wanted to thank you for encouraging me and giving me the guts to just go for it and be me and film my journey I to this hobby. you are an I aspiration and such a warm loving person and I needed that said ❤ happy hump day (i hope I spell that correct soon did not just say sineying inappropriate 🤔🙈 anyway it's Wednesday here so that's what I meant 😂😂

Thank you.

Good work. Knowledgeable guy. How about a few words about Leca pellets?

Nice video! Thanks!

Thank you thank you for a detailed description of the items you described in the potting to semi-hyro. This will make the process much easier. I've got several orchids that seem to be hanging around but a couple of others that are straining to stay alive so I'm going to try on one of each and see how they do. Can't thank you enough for you help and guidance.

Thank you!

Hi Micheal, I am pretty new to your video's and really enjoy them and have used a lot of your instructions...that being said, I am wondering if you still use Physan 20. I watched your tool kit video and bought some..used it once then watched a video where I think you said you don't use it monthly any more....a wee bit confused. I know you are on a learning curve like the rest of us, but I certainly run to your video's when I have a question...thanks again for all you do!!

The reason why they say do not use fertilizer with urea is because the plant can not break it down. The plant needs help from the soil bacteria, which can break it down so the plant can now absorb the nitrogen

Love your videos thanks for sharing, I wanted to ask you where do you purchase the jars you use to put your Orchids?

You should keep hydrogen peroxide in a dark container if not it loses its properties. Great video!

Thank you for all the great information. Can you use clear plastic jars?

What type of leca beads do you use? I've been looking online and in stores and there are so many different kinds that look so different from yours. Any help would be amazing. Thank you!

Hi there! I love your videos, they’re super helpful and your energy is great! In you Orchid care for Beginners, you had a watering tool that has a hooked spout to indirectly water the orchids by watering the surrounding medium rather than the roots, can you give us a link or the name of the tool, please?

Hi Michael, the peroxide is what kills the snails, not the alcohol? I brought home 3 rescue phals today and one while soaking in tea and lemon had a snail crawl up on a leaf! Ugh

Great vids! Can I use physan as a fungicide? Also, do you have any semi-hydro videos other than orchids?

Very helpful videos but I am not seeing if you have a recommendation for a germination mat.

Hi there, I really like your video, it’s very helpful. And I just try the alcohol iso. solution on my orchid that’s I leave them outside in summer. And you mentioned about water purifier and I would like you to talk about it, which brand do you recommend? And which tool you use for testing the water ph and other residue? Thank you

Great video-I didnt hear the recipe for the peroxide mix. Thank you

Hi Michael, what size glass drill bit do you use? The link goes to a 1/2 inch drill saw, but I'm not sure that is the size you use. Just double checking!

Do you only use the yellow fertilizer for all orchid types and times of year/cycles? I've seen a blue, green and red by the same company. What are your thoughts? And finally, what is your process for treating the beads? I just discovered and subscribed to your channel :) Very informative so far and heading back to watch more videos. Thanks Michael!!

Hi. Thanks for creating this video. Very helpful. I just wanted to clarify your physan solution, you said use as directed which is 1 tsp per gallon but my physan bottle said 2 tsp per gallon for orchids. Can you confirm for me please? Thank you.

Michael I am a nubie, I agree with C. Johnson how though you are, thanks.

I just started watching your videos ... so helpful. A quick question ... the 50/50 alcohol and water with 1 tablespoon of Dawn ... are we supposed to be making one gallon total? Just wanted to be sure to get liquid correct for 1 tablespoon of Dawn. Thanks

I love your videos but I'm overwhelmed. Don't know where to start. I have two min phall that i revived. They have new roots and leaves. They are sitting in glasses no medium. Don't know when or what to pot them in. I live in so cal and they are in a southern exposure. Any suggestions?

Ditto you are great! What is blue dawn?

Great videos, Michael! So excited to move my orchids to hydroponic using your method. On toolkit, I'm still confused about mix for 50% rubbing alcohol to 50% water to 1 tbsp blue dawn. Is that 50/50 of the spray bottle to 1 tbsp or a larger container to 1 tbsp? Also when you use water are you always using distilled?

What quantity do you mix for the ISO solution; 1 T of blue dawn in how much 50/50 ISO/water?

Hi Michael! great channel! It seems Kelpmax isn't named that anymore with that company. I am unsure what to buy to replace it? Any ideas? Thanks so much!

Hi Michael, how many time do you fertilize your orchids per month? Also you mentioned that you were doing a kelp treatment...so do alternate kelp and fertilizer ? Like few days after each other..?

Can you recommend the quart size in stainless steel pot please? 😊

50% Alcohol, 50% water and 1 Tablespoon of blue Dawn. Is this to make a gallon of the treatment? I could use 1 cup alcohol and 1 cup water would I still need 1 Tablespoon of blue dawn or is this too much??????

Love you and your videos. New at growing orchids so starting with rehabbing the ones I have. I can’t see the name of the fertilizer you’re recommending at the end. Can you give me name of it please?

There are a couple other "tools" that you use that I would love some links to (or just your recommendations on): What size leca bead do you use? Type of germination mat? Type of glass pot you use for the orchid? Perhaps this information is contained in a different video?

Hi Michael, Love your videos on taking care of orchids. I would like to know where you can find the clay beads in your videos? And if I can't find them, is there anything to replace them? Thank you

I thought you used Dynagro orchid pro fertilizer in another video. Which one?

Do you use the hydrogen straight out of the bottle or do you dilute it?

Is it a good idea to add H2O2 to fertiliser to boost oxygen for the roots and remove pathogens?

FYI - your Kelpmax link goes to your cart, which of course is not available.

Hello Michael, I am a new subscriber, love your videos, great info. I have question on hydrogen peroxide, do u just use it straight from the bottle or have to mix with water like alcohol ?

2 Questions: (1) the alcohol mix of 50% alc, 50% h2o and 1 tbl spn of dawn-Is that per gallon or 16 oz container? (2) the peroxide-Is that used straight or diluted? Thanks Micheal!

Where do the pods come from?

Hi there, anyone knows how I can substitute Physan20? I live in Germany and cant find it anywhere, it is probably not allowed in the EU (?) Thanks in advance!

What size is the drill bit? The link doesn’t work anymore...

What are the hydrogen peroxide solution mix measurements?

Kalpmax, where do I buy it?