To all of you folks who are watching this for the first time and find it hard to understand. It drives me CRAZY if you tell Rick that he's talking too fast or too slow for your ability to absorb. There is nothing wrong with his speed. And please keep your unhelpful comments about being bored or under stimulated by the content or administration of these videos! They are VIDEOS for Pete's sakes! That means you can stop them. or slow them or review them EASILY on your own, if you think you missed something! Please ask your questions respectfully and please have some patience. You know who you are...
The color of my circle has changed from blue to green I don't know how that happened... But I listen to Rick's videos over and over again not because he talks too fast or is boring because he gives us such a wealth of information but sometimes we can't remember every detail but that's our fault not is. He has taught me so much that also carries over into caring for my house plants in my garden. I just wish he was able to come back to us for a while. God bless him and God bless his wife and family
@@nanetteorchid6680 I hope it's always there and I often pray for Rick and his wife and ask God to give him back to us or at least give him back to his family! I've learned so much from him and I've tried to impart it on my channel when I talk about my houseplants my orchids xcetera. My houseplants have benefited because after I soak my orchids in the nutrient solution I feed it to my house plants and to my flowers outside. I am 71 years old and I loved it when Rick answered a question I had. He has a wonderful way of answering questions and not acting like he knows everything he had a passion for the orchids and just such a short part of his life
@@kathleenmurphy450 Yes, what you say is so true! My houseplants are also thriving because of Rick and what leftover I feed to my potted plants after my orchids are done eating. I have seen the blooms on all of my begonias, clivia, Citrus, Coffee tree go crazy from the additional cal/mag that I give them. My husband is thrilled, as he watches them double their size during the summer. Wherever you are Rick L., we miss and love you! Much love to your family as well...Thanks Kathleen for opening up this conversation...you are a kindred spirit!
Those last two phalaenopsis that were on camera before you put the lens cap on your camera we're absolutely fabulous the deep purple color of the one on the left and the painting and the red lip on the one on the right absolutely fantastic!
Absolutely brilliant video Rick.... just my type of watching material and I'll take some of your ideas om board. Thanks for doing this and I wish you good health and prosperity in the coming year.Take care my friend. Ed.
All looking really good Rick, lots of new growths and all looking exceptional healthy. Love the blooms you have........hope you and your family had a great Christmas
Hi Rick! I can't believe I'm just now seeing this video! (How did I miss this one?!) What a great video, it was really interesting watching you mix up this "orchid tea"! Breaking all this down and explaining how to create your own mix is just awesome. I completely agree with fertilizing in small amounts and not burning any roots! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise with the orchid world, it has truly made a huge difference in my collection. Have a great day and happy growing! :)
.....Amy, I have always been a big fan of your shows, your a wonderful host, and you explain things so well, comments from you just make my day....thank you for the kind words....all my best to the Tennessee orchid Growing crew.........
Hello Rick, Indeed is really good to see it, ofc we need to see this one Rick. This is very important to know. I enjoy how speedy you get in a min. :D Thanks again.
Hi again I watched and took diligent notes. Yes, Rick, I for one wanted this tutorial! You didn't leave anything out! Amazing! Merry Christmas to you and yours and a very Happy Happy New Year! We love you! Rita
Thank you Rita, all your kind words have really touched my heart this year, thanks again, and have a very Merry Christmas.........lots of love from Alabama...
Rick, all the best to you and your family for a wonderful Christmas! Your knowledge and generosity has helped me bring my orchid growing to a higher level, and I am very grateful.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well 💞 Looking forward to another year of videos from you! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family! Thank you for your inspiraling videos, I'm learning a lot. I bought my RO system and ready to grow my orchids!
God bless you and bless you forever, Rick. Love having you as a remote teacher in this awesome hobby...I hope you get to enjoy your family over the holidays...
Merry Christmas Rick! I hope that you and your family and everyone close to your heart has a wonderful holiday and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. I'm looking forward to many more of your awesome videos in 2018. 💖
Rick, yes, this video was very valuable. Even if I don't do things exactly the same way, the principles and guidelines in your videos are extremely important for orchid growing. Your videos demonstrate and reinforce those principles better than any others I have seen, and I greatly appreciate that. Your blooming phals are gorgeous. I think phals are greatly under-appreciated and taken for granted, but their blooms are the prettiest in the orchid world. Merry Christmas to you and your family and thanks for producing your channel this year. 🎄🎄🎄🎇🎇🎇
Merry Christmas to you as well 🌲🙏💜 and yes!!! Thank you I like to see exactly what you do and thoughts while getting to the solution... Thank you for sharing. Those flowers and new growths looking awesome 😁😄
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you, family and friends. May your new year be prosperous in all areas. Thank you sir again for another great video, and YES, we want more information and videos like this! It's been a game changer.
Thank you for sharing your nutritional recipes with us. I'll definitely be trying it out. I look forward to seeing the other ways you mix nutrients. Happy growing 😊
Merry Christmas SueLee.......you have been great to watch all year, and I look forward to your 2018 shows, thanks for all the kind words and making us stop and think about how we grow............luv from Alabama.....
Hi Rick, I love Cal-Mag plus others nutrients that I have. I want to thank you, because some of your viewers are becoming my customers, they love my baskets. Thank you, keep passing on your knowledge. Always praying for you and your wife. God bless.
That stripped Phal is stunning!!! More excellent information, thank you for sharing. I've been experimenting with my fertilizer lately so this was useful for my current thought process. 👍🏻
....your doing great, your plants are responding and doing well........keep making your shows and updates........input from many helps so much.......Merry Christmas!
Thanks a lot for this video. I will have to check and listen to what you are explaining here a couple times more but I will do it after the holidays. Have a very good festivities time and wish you a wonderful 2018.
Hi Rick. I’m a new subscriber and a newbie on Orchids. I vote yes, yes and yes continue to show all your wisdom on orchid maintenance. I’m so glad that I found your channel. You’re a wealth of information.
Be sure to watch all his videos there should be a degree at the end of it after we watch all of them because we've just had a class by a great professor
To you and yours Ric, may you both enjoy this festive season with good cheer🎄Great video and I'm just beginning to appreciate the importance of good nutrients for your orchids; not too dissimilar from my way of thinking about the nutritional value of good food (and the odd drink)! 😁
......Margaret, thank you for always having a kind word and being such an inspirational grower......I like your way of thinking......healthy body and healthy nature around us.......Merry Christmas to you and Keith, and a wonderful New Year....
Just did my cal mag feed while listening to your video! I agree, small amounts with high frequency is the way to go for sure. Rick you're the best, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
........I wish i had you for a neighbor.....not only are you a great grower and gardener, but your just too cool.........you always make me laugh and want to get out and grow something..........thanks Jeff for all the wonderful shows and all the uplifting, kind, words..........T & P......Merry Christmas my friend
Ricky thank you so very, very much for this video, showing us how to use our TDS meters!! I understood how the ph meter worked but didn’t know how to use my TDS meter! I’m probably a bit thick/slow but once shown it all fell into place and is now simple to understand!! This video has made the world of difference to me , and as to how I give my orchids the nutrients they need correctly! Thank you again Ricky your a brilliant teacher! Lots of love as always from across the pond😘😘 ps although I grow in water culture, seeing your success with river rocks as they are a non organic medium I’ve added some to my vases with the water only just covering them and let it evaporate before topping up, and it seems to be working well, even with two cymbidiums I’ve just converted 😊😊
Chris......such kind words, thank you my friend.....its an odd concept to follow, but once you use a little bit, it becomes second hand......your plants will love you!
Hi Rick. I'm brand new with growing orchids, and am just so thankful for your informational videos. You have a wealth of knowledge, plus you present it in a great way...so easy for even a beginner to understand...thank you! I look forward to watching and learning from you. God bless you and yours.
Wow, what a great video. I appreciate you taking the time to show us different ways you feed your plants. Your orchids are looking might happy. You were right about my ph meter being off. It's since been recalibrated. I hope you had a warm and happy Christmas with your family. Wishing you the best to you and yours in 2018.
Thank you Thank you.. for your knowledge. I just ordered cal mag an will have to order the other 2 . You explain so well even I understood the breakdown. Merry Christmas my friend have a Blessed holiday with your family
I have been growing orchids for almost 25 years and until 2 years ago I had only wasted my time, when I started watching your videos. With you came in my life my first RO plant and Calmag. Thanks for making such a great difference in my orchid growing experience. Love from karachi, pakistan.
Rick. It’s wonderful that you’re showing us methods to using fertilizers and supplying the nutrients needed by our flowers. In the past videos you had shown signs the orchids displays when it’s malnourished. This you’ve provided the fix in a flexible way with different available fertilizers often on store shelves and how to use them. Though there is a MSU formulation, can be inflexible if it’s the only food we have in our arsenal. For a lack of a better analogy it’s like supplying a gun with different bullets 😬. Thank you for your shared knowledge and experience and taking time in develop methods for us, while sometimes you’re in hospital and between personal issues. Have and wonderful and Merry Christmas and healthy and happy new year. So looking forward to seeing you if nothing just to say hi is fine too. Many many thanks and please stay healthy.
@@rickl.orchids I never commented on your pencil sharpener because I was always making numerous comments on your videos but I noticed that right away that I would have loved to have had the pencil sharpener in my classroom like that so I could have kept an eye on how many times kids were sharpening their pencils teehee just grinding them away
Rafael R. Que legal ver um comentário Brasileiro. Eu pensava ser a única aqui rs. O Rick é maravilhoso e o canal é uma benção. Feliz 2018 pra você. Um abraço de Utrecht-Holanda
Nilza Pereira De Melo Oi Nilza, tudo bem? Eu adoro o canal dele e adorei receber sua mensagem. Um ótimo ano novo para você Tb, cheio de paz, prosperidade, saúde e muitas orquídeas lindas. :)
Rick L., I hope everyone noted your caution statement about highly concentrated mixtures burning plants. Yes, the low dose level is where newbies like me need start (Yes, sadly, that is a confession from personal experience). Thank you for this critically important caution statement and EXCELLENT tutorial. Let me just state the obvious about you; you were born for this! You are a gifted and master teacher as it appears to come so naturally for you. Your videos are fountains of infectious enthusiasm for growing orchids, which is why I return for refills so frequently. Thank you very much again! Date: May 19, 2018
My buddy Rick, you made me cry ....because your message was so touching and I am just chicken shit and can't keep a dry eye....lol, lol So much for being a chicken, this was a very informative video. I believe that because I had been using granules I am underfeeding, but I am doing two gallons at a time so I would not need the same amount. What are we going to do without you, Rick?..... I worry man,.....I do. I know that I had not been watching you a lot because of school, but I do cheat and take a peek every now and then.I never get a break because now I am off school I am working on Nefertiti's story as a children's book.I do hope I get it done while you are still around. I won't start my book back from the realm until I finish school in 2019.Need more videos like this because I archive them. Love, Light and Kindness
Very informative video, I will need to get me one of those PPM readers. I normally just use a 1/4 teaspoon or so of the fertilizer or my kelp. Maybe that is why I do not seem to get the kind of results you are getting. Thank you for posting. :)
Hey Rick, Just saw the post surgery vid and want to wish you a speedy recovery. You know I can't seem to write you without a comment or suggestion. First, I got my pH meter thanks to your vids. Second, I learned to pronounce chelate differently. I don't like to state things without checking despite years of hearing academics say "keylate" and I did see that "cheelate" is an alternative but maybe less common. All the pronunciation tools I've seen so far use the former version. Anyway, now I'm looking at picking up some CAliMaGic!
Very interesting. Doing things this way is what makes the hobby interesting for me. I think a lot of people prefer mix this tell you get to X ppm then water. And that approach is good for the people that like it but it puts me to sleep, I like the mad scientist approach. But it can get you in trouble if your not careful and is definitely not for everyone.
Dear Rick L., I pulled my container of Cal-mag out of my mailbox yesterday and was so excited! I woke up this morning and got onto RU-vid to ask you for a tutorial on how you mix and apply Cal-mag to orchids. Voila! Here you are having already posted a present to everyone! I stopped the video at 9:38 as you wondered if people wanted to see this. YES, WE DO! Again, you have no idea how much you inspire novices like me. I'm going to get the meter and other nutients you have and then follow your steps... precisely. Question. Do you set your orchids in this water to absorb the nutients? Again, some of us literally learn best through visuals. For those of us who are visual learners, I thank you a million times. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! Date: December 24, 2017 at 8:12 AM
your are just too kind.....thank you....I love to grow and love helping others have success with it as well......and yes, I just set my pots right down in the tub and let them soak...........matter of fact i just finished a show on this.....your reading my mind....lol
Thank you so much for that information. I heard you say your State on a tutorial this morning. That helps me know my location (the State to your left) and environment may be agreeable, too. Every bit of knowledge helps. I ordered a ppm meter and the two other fertilizers this morning. My younger brother is an even newer orchid hobbist in our family in his retirement, so the number of students on your roster is growing. Date: December 24, 2017
@@miss30427 Alabama weather where Rick lives is more like Texas weather hot and dry so I'm not sure if that's what you guessed or not. If you watch his other videos you will find out the answers to your questions
I got my RO water system put in yesterday! Now I’m going to follow your directions to a T 🧐. Thank you 😊You don’t know if anyone wants to here this 😳 I do for sure Rick! Awesome 👏🏼 you are 🦸🏼♂️ super Hero
Super, wonderful tutorial . I enjoyed this so very much. It's exciting to watch as you mixed each ingredient. Thanks so much. Merry, Blessed Christmas & Happy New Year to you and yours. I'd also like to see you do this with the Cal Nitrate, Epsom Salts, etc. I think they are to be used separately. Thanks again.
Thank you very much for all your videos Rick. Really enjoyed this 1 and I think I will purchase the individual nutrients next year. It is through watching your videos that I learnt about ph and I am just starting to notice the difference in my orchids! Could you please do a video on how to use superthrive one day? Thanks again. From Jonathan in Manchester, England.
Jonathan, thank you for the feedback.....means a lot.....I wish you continued success this year with your orchid collection. ru-vid.com?o=U&video_id=ZVetgrS8-2I
A very very Merry Christmas to you too, Rick. This is a wonderful video that you have put up. I'd love to work exactly like this. Great learning but its not clear how you measure the 70% nitrogen and 30% P & K. Maybe I'll go thru once again. Thanks so much
Hi Rick, Thank you for responding and all the helpful information. I was using rain water to fertilize my orchids. I also got some garden lime. Do you recommend Jack’s classic bloom booster? Thank you again!😊🌱 Happy growing!
…….great question...….No.... I don't recommend bloom boosters …..especially on orchids. They have very little control over absorbing P & K......they can and will absorb toxic amounts if given a lot......also, and as important...…..hormones make orchids bloom......not nutrients.....bloom boosters do not work.
Hello Rick, a great video that has helped a long time orchid torturer, and recently reenergized and hopeful orchid grower. Your information on PH, tds/ph pens, and low doses of nutrients has been very very helpful. I believe my manufacturer provided measuring teaspoon, even at what I thought was half strength, increased the base water by 400-500 ppm. Amazon thanks you too.......I mixed my first batch of nutrients and watered this past weekend. I know you do a total nutrient based watering,/soaking, flush, and a cal/mag foliar spray. Can you share your frequencies or schedule for flushing, fertilizing, and cal/mag applications? Also, what a great shade house. You give some dimensions in your video’s, but did you use any special wood to avoid wood rot? Cedar, cypress, pressure treated? It is on my Spring to do list..... Kind regards, Mark
Mark thanks for the kind words......my feeding schedule changes so much....but there is some common factors that I need to touch on.......as for the shade house, its all pressure treated.......you will love one if you build it......so easy to use and the growth outside is what we orchid growers dream of seeing......growing in nature....wonderful questions.
Rick L. Orchids What a great video! I'm having all kinds of leaf issues with my Phals., so now, I will be changing my fertilizer mix and dffinately use this video as a guideline! Thank you so much for making this! One question I have: Any idea why one of my Phals, has a newly growing leaf, that is curled under on both of it's sides? Do you think it may have been a watering issue, or a nutrient issue while the leaf was forming? I've searched for an answer on the web, but not much out there for this subject...Advice is much appreciated!
Hi Rick, first off thank you for being such an amazing educator. Can you please confirm if this mix is best for orchids in bloom and how often are you soaking them? Thank you and many blessings going your way champ!
Hi Rick, I know this video was 11 months ago but I’ve been following your RU-vid channel since a few months back. Thank you so much for all the info about raising orchids, and I admit at first I was so overwhelmed with the fertilizing routine with PPM and PH, but with over 400 hundred orchids accumulated in a span of two years, I became your avid subscriber, hahaha. I followed your advices and boy oh boy, my orchids are growing beautifully especially the vandas, I have a couple with 3-6 spikes and my dendrobium spectabili is flowering now with 3 spikes after 5 or more years. Incredible indeed and I think that has something to do with the seaweed fertilizer that you recommend. I’m not sure if I’m using it right though but is it okay to use it every single watering with small amount, maybe two capfuls in 4 gallon rain water or R/O water ? I water at 150-200 ppm. Again thank you so much and warm regards to you and your wife. She chose a good career and I can vouch on that because I was a Trauma ICU RN before I took early retirement and now raising orchids as a hobby. GOD BLESS
………..such kind words, I thank you very much...…...you feeding routine sounds great.....and your spikes speak for them selves.....I add kelp seawed about every 3rd watering....as spring arrives and days get longer I will add it more often.....I use 20-25ppm of it when its used......
Thank you Rick, I will add seaweed every other watering then . I think the ppm falls around that number you mentioned when I check the ppm each time I add the nutrient, and I use MSU fertilizer too for NPK source, I use to grow orchids not knowing the importance of measuring the ppm and ph but with diverse collection of different genera, I have to be serious with what I’m feeding them chids. Again, thank you so much. Looking forward to your next informative videos. Regards.
I wish you could answer a question that just came to mind like you've answered other ones in the past. The question is you have us putting pelleted lime on our orchids and I do I ran out but I can't handle the big bag they had a 40 pound bag so I have to wait till they get a smaller bag in at Lowes. But you just said calcium can only be absorbed 5.8 pH I think is what you just said and what happens when you put the pelleted lime on it doesn't matter what the pH I guess of the media is maybe somebody who will read your comments because I know people are visiting your videos even though you haven't posted in awhile and can answer that question. My phalaenopsis are blooming basically because of the air conditioning turning on the ones that didn't Bloom over the winter. This is only my second winter the first winter was when I bought them. I just bought five Orchid bag babies they're Katt leya and they weren't doing real well because they've been at Lowe's for a while so I asked the manager if he'd reduce them and so instead of spending almost $15 each I only spent five I think I might go back and buy the rest if you leave your system. Now I have about 10 of them I bought some earlier this spring. I treated them just like my phalaenopsis but I think they need a change in temperature but I think it has to coincide with a change in light they need darkness in the winter air balloon so I hope I figure out how to get them to bloom I love your videos Rick I watch them over and over again because every time I watch one especially about your nutrients and mobile and immobile nutrients excetera excetera I hear something new but did not thank in the first time I watched
Merry Christmas to you and a happy, blessed 2018. Thanks for sharing your thought process for the orchid fertilizer recipe. Why did you decide to go with these percentages of nutrients? Do you switch it up depending the your goals for the plant's growth cycle?
Hi Rick, just found your video and had to subscribe! Living in central Florida for 5 years and find climate a little challenging to keep up with orchids as I should. Your video is fantastically informative, but, can you slow down a touch when explaining your chemistry? I had to watch it several times in order to understand and follow your explanations. Just a tad, if you can...Thanks and I am looking forward to watch ALL your videos... Mily Darling..God bless!
Hi Rick. I have been watching all your lessons and I must say my orchids are thriving blooming and more healthy. I have moved from N CAL to Las Vegas where the humidity is an average of 22%. I am keeping them inside for fear of 110 degree weather in summer. 3 humidifiers and fans are on all the time. I have them in moss to keep them moist longer. I think i will try river rock so i can soak them often...what do you think? they love your nutrient formula...thank you for your videos...hope Jan continues to do well.....prayers continue
I like your thinking Jane.....growing in rock is growing them bare root.........the rocks just hold them in place.....give them something to anchor onto....Moss, which is a fine media.......is a temporary media in my opinion......its too acidic to start with, and breaks down very fast.....preventing absorption of many nutrients.....most importantly Calcium.....its why store bought Phals in moss, have root issues ......the trick to growing in stone is in how they are watered..........if you let them soak, they get fully hydrated and they can go days with out more water.......when you soak them......watch them, get to know the signs of good hydration vs slightly dehydrated....
Hey Rick it's so good to see those steady hands... Thanks for the lessons just came back from Kona, of course I found a grower in Hilo and... got some more orchids.. hopefully I'll be successful in the summertime in very hot Las Vegas... Continuing to pray for you and Jan, stay healthy guys!!
That was a great demonstration Rick! I water my orchids with tap water the measures 140-150 ppm but have no idea what is in it, there is any way that I can find that out? Merry Christmas to you too and thank you for the beautiful and useful videos!
wonderful question Corina......your water department should be able to give you a report...or you can send of a sample of water and get it tested......their are testing labs or some garden centers will even send it off for you......have a wonderful Christmas, and a happy new year........thank you my friend!
Hi Rick, new subscriber, and new to Orchids. I really like the type you show at the very beginning that are growing on drift wood, and various other things you've trained them to. What types of Orchid's are these please? I have a piece of small drift wood and would like to try to find something like these.
...….I have Dendrobiums, cattleyas, Phals, and several others that are mounted...…….most orchids do well mounted...….its their natural way of growing......
