Great tutorial Wade thanks :D actually I read that Tolumnias take about 2 and a half years to go from seed to adult size, think I'll try my first seed germination experiment with Tolumnias :)
+MissOrchidGirl Thanks for watching, Dani. You're right about the time for the Tolumnias to get to flowering size. One thing to be prepared for is that pollinating another orchid does not always "take" and Tolumnias are no exception. I'm not saying that you won't be successful, only not to give up if you don't get success the first time. :)
wade you crack me up lol. love your video man , "got to be careful pulling these guys out" and shaking the hell out of em. lol. I know thats what you got to do. just thought it was funny to see it in action. seriously though great lesson from a master gardener.
I hate Styrofoam...pieces fly everywhere and my puppy tries to eat them LOL GREAT video, I didn't even know what a "flask" was for orchids until I got into growing them lol I'm considering buying one and giving it a try.
+MaryG Orchids It's best if you keep your community pots together. The reason for this is because when they are close to one another they help provide humidity to one another.
+ramonypony I haven't been watching Bob Ross. He was so much a part of my young adult life and even my son's life that his spirit will always be with me. I had heard that he was as kind in person as he appeared on TV.
Wade's Orchids I watched him when I was a kid. Do they show his show on TV anymore? I hadn't seen his show in years but there's a website called Twitch where people usually play games and stream it, but they showed all the episodes of The Joy of Painting a few weeks ago and it was a big thing that introduced a lot of new people to him, that's why I wondered if you had been watching it too.
WADE!!!!! The next time you see a bush snail, will you apply the biosafe to it to see what happens please? Regular h202 pretty much instantly kills them as long as you don't rinse them off afterward, but it doesn't kill the eggs. Drugstore stuff Is way too spendy to drench 100 plants. I don't know if the foaming action of the peroxide kills them..I don't know the mode of action, so I don't know if the stabilized form would kill them or not. I emailed the company but they couldn't answer me about this and I also asked Ray about this, but he couldn't answer my question and said he doesn't have snails anymore. I really don't want to buy a whole thing of it if it doesn't work. I don't have good luck with the iron phosphate since they mostly never come to the surface, I think, and I'm too much of a pansy to use metaldehyde. I'm not against using systemics etc, but that one scares me a lot. Plus I grow inside and have pets, so it's just not something I want to mess around with. Thank you for any help!
It would have been better to just have broken the bottle .....And it would have been better for those little plants...Less mess and less stress on them and you too....
Nila Jegeg that would be ok. I would dilute it to about a tablespoon (1/2 ounce) to a quart of water. This is just a preventative because we are bringing the plants from conditions of 100% humidity. High humidity is a breeding ground for fungus and bacteria so until they can become more.used to the lower humidity they are at risk. Air movement is helpful also because it helps to assure that the leaves dry. The only thing about the peroxide is I don’t think remains active very long. You may need to mist with it periodically. Good luck!
Thanks, Paul. Apparently I either have thick skin or I'm able to keep from the edges because it's a year later and I'm still kickin!! Thanks for watching!
You start with this material called agar. It is like gelatin but no sugar or protein. Powered charcoal is added and usually banana extract. Everything must be sterile and it is placed in a sterile environment with the seeds (sterilized also. Seeds are placed in the bottle and then it is sealed.
I think Ebay has powdered mixes that you can buy. The hard part is getting access to an Erlenmeyer Hood or something similar to allow a sterile environment to do the work.
There is a lot of online information about this. It's not impossible to do at home but those who do are usually "experienced" by more than one failure. I guess I'm just saying that if you fail, learn why and improve... and good luck!
