Re-Potting Your Orchids

Article by: Robert Roy

This months topic will take us two newsletters to cover. It is about re-potting. We have been asked by customers, "when should my orchid , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 5 be re-potted". I will cover this subject by orchid , Create and Furnish Your Outdoor Room genera. In this months newsletter I will cover phalaenopsis, dendrobiums, miltonias and cattleyas. Next month it will be vandas, paphs, and oncidiums.

Phalaenopsis are probably the most common orchid , A Portable Perennial Garden plants , Starting with a Water Garden that are sold. Their blooms are large and they can last up to 3-4 months. So when should should you repot phals. These plants , Tips for ing an Outdoor Herb Garden can go for 2 or 3 years without ever needing to be re-potted. When you notice that there seems to be a tight fit in the container and there is definitely a need to get a larger pot. , Tips On Growing And Caring For Orchids Clay pots , Outdoor Wood Furniture - Check the Method of Construction Before Buying are usually better than plastic. , Starting with a Water Garden

Using a bark mixture for phals that are in 5 inch pots , Create and Furnish Your Outdoor Room or above is recommended. But for those less than 5 inch pots , Tips On Growing And Caring For Orchids use sphagnum moss. The moss distributes the moisture , Mowing the Lawn more evenly. The best time of the year to do this is during either the spring , How To Divide Bulbs For Bigger Gardens or fall. , Introduction to Snow Blowers

Dendrobiums are actually part of the phal genera. You can re-pot this orchid plant , Fountains Through All Ages - An Overview of Landscaping Wonders once again every 2-3 years. The right time is when the orchid , Lighting your Garden with Perennial Bulbs cane, (that almost wood , Tips On Growing And Caring For Orchids like structure from which the leaves develop), grow , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva out over the edge of the pot. , Outdoor Wood Furniture - Check the Method of Construction Before Buying You can use a similar potting material that was used in re-potting phals.

Another point is dividing these plants. , Introduction to Snow Blowers This can be done easily when you can have 3 canes per division. Simply divide the plant , Earthworms in the Garden/Earthworm Facts in two. Carefully try to dissect the roots. , A Portable Perennial Garden You will find that some do not divide easily and may be cut with a clean razor blade. Now you have two plants , 5 Simple Steps to Care For Your Push Reel Mower for the price of one. Once again, the spring , Cornus Mas 'Golden Glory' or fall , Tips On Growing And Caring For Orchids is the time to do this.

Are cattleyas easy to repot is the question that comes to us occasionally. This may sound more complicated than most but it really is easy. When the plant , Fountains: A Garden's Best Friend is starting to grow , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva over the pot , Adding a Water Feature to Your Yard it is time to report. Be sure that the new clay pot , Ginseng Benefits is big enough to allow growth for at least 2 years.

Simply pry the cattleya out of the old pot. , Water Garden - Pond Pumps To Pump Up The Volume Be careful to not break a lot of the rots. There will be some broken roots , How To Divide Bulbs For Bigger Gardens as this is common. It may necessary to use a hammer to break the clay pot. , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva Just remove the old potting medium and any clay shards. Trim off the dead roots. , 5 Simple Steps to Care For Your Push Reel Mower

When re-potting put the old root , Water Garden - Pond Pumps To Pump Up The Volume spread out near the outside , Design Your Own Rose Garden edge of the pot. , Gardening Tips, Hints and Advice Simple use a medium fir bark as the medium. Place , The Advantages of Both a Liner Pond and a Preformed Pond, Rolled Up Into One Box! it in the pot , Gardening Tips, Hints and Advice to fill in the areas and place , Water Garden - Pond Pumps To Pump Up The Volume the other roots , Tips for Planting an Outdoor Herb Garden near the center of the pot. , Time for a Flower Garden Tune-Up You will find that some of them don't want to go where you want them and that's fine.

Spring is the best time of the year to repot cattleyas. If dividing the plant , Wood Ticks needed you can do it now. Leave 3 -4 pseudobulbs with each division. Carefully separate the roots , The MorrowPond Garden - Soil Management cutting those that you can't divide.

Miltonias are the next genera that will be re-potted. This is one orchid , Introduction to Snow Blowers that needs to be repotted each year. Almost all other orchids , Cornus Mas 'Golden Glory' need this every 2 -3 years. This plant , Caring for Grosfillex Resin Patio Furniture needs medium that holds the moisture. , Constructing a Rock Garden It is composed of mixture of small bark, sphagnum moss and rook wool. In the spring , Harry Lauder's Walking Stick repot miltonias. You will notice that they seem to be root , Constructing a Rock Garden bound, in fact, they like it.

In next months issue we will cover re-potting paphs, oncidiums, and vandas. Until then, keep those orchids , Introduction to Snow Blowers blooming.

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