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Orchids!

Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
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I need to repot my orchids, I keep seeing people on a certain website complaining about mites in the bags so I was wondering what brands people would recommend?
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hiya @Steve the Gardening Vet  Good yo see you 😊 
    I used whatever it was the local Notcutts gardening centre sold me. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
    Reviews are really varied! Phalaenopsis apparently need big chunky bark bits.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That’s the sort of stuff Notcutt’s sold me ... i can’t remember whether it was their own brand or .... 🤷‍♀️

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @Hostafan1 is an expert on orchids, he has loads of them. Maybe he can help you Steve. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I repotted my one remainig orchid with added chipped bark from a pile we ordered for mulch in the  garden.   I fill the pot with water once a week and let it sit for half an hour then drain it and spray the roots with an orchid food spray.

    I should point out that before doing this I gave up on 3 others and binned them so this is a lone survivor and I only found the orchid feed spray 2 months ago.  It has since put on 3 new leaves and is looking OK.   If it hasn't produced a flower spike in 6 months it too will end up in the compost bin.  It has been warned.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
    Obelixx said:
    I repotted my one remainig orchid with added chipped bark from a pile we ordered for mulch in the  garden.   I fill the pot with water once a week and let it sit for half an hour then drain it and spray the roots with an orchid food spray.

    I should point out that before doing this I gave up on 3 others and binned them so this is a lone survivor and I only found the orchid feed spray 2 months ago.  It has since put on 3 new leaves and is looking OK.   If it hasn't produced a flower spike in 6 months it too will end up in the compost bin.  It has been warned.

    Mine have always been quite good, I just had to ditch all the medium due to mealy bugs and need to replace it.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Mine were fine on a north facing windowsill in the Belgian house and reflowered every year but they haven't liked it here and sulked.   This is a present, received here, and lives in our shower room with east and west facing windows but below them so plenty of light but no direct sun.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Lyn said:
    @Hostafan1 is an expert on orchids, he has loads of them. Maybe he can help you Steve. 
    half right @Lyn, I've got lots of them , but I'm no expert. 
    Have to say though, I've never repotted them except when one became very lopsided and kept falling  over. 
    Lovely to see you again @Steve the Gardening Vet,  you visit all too rarely. I hope you're both well. 
    How's your lovely garden room now?
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I know zip about orchids - but I'll echo @Hostafan1's greeting and the query about the garden room.
    We need some nice new photos @Steve the Gardening Vet :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
    I've come up with a solution. Buy something that I can feel consists of decent sized bits of bark but autoclave them at work before use to ensure no creatures persist within!
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