Using bacteria, fungi and microfauna with orchids

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When designing experiments scientists involve statisticians. The team first needs to decide how large a difference between the groups at the end of the experiment would be big enough to say there was an effect. Then the statisticians calculate how large the treatment and the control group would need to be to have a good chance of proving that size difference. The larger the difference needs to be to show an effect, the smaller the groups need to be. For a small difference very large groups are usually needed.

[Mr.Fakename]

Some updates:


I've refilled stocks for sowing seeds. That should give plenty of plants to work with.

Still not decided on what media might give the best results. Maybe going S/H would work?
I'm thinking that if the potting mix doesn't break down, it's less variables.
Less unknown bacteria popping in to break the media down, less stress and potential damaged caused by re-potting, more consistency in the watering schedule.
Plus, something like pumice has lots of surface for hosting bacteria! And high humidity would be nice for beneficial fungi to stay alive.


I'm probably going to do the experiment with Phal species because it's what I know best and have several spikes going on. But if you have a suggestion for a test subject, feel free to say it

[Ray]

Assuming your growing conditions favor its use, semi-hydro might be a good option, but I'd think that you'd need to get the plants well-established on an equal footing before initiating the test.

[rving87]

In India, we have these two products - not advertised towards orchids specifically, but I used them. I cannot conclusively say that these are the sole causal factor (since it is monsoon season in India now - high temp, humidity, basically orchid heaven, and I ph adjust with 25 ppm Nitrogen {thanks, Ray} of self concocted MSU ratios), but every one of my orchids developed root growths, and all sympodials grew new shoot buds too (about 20). This was within a couple of weeks. Monopodials got new leaf growth as well. This is becoming a monthly regimen for me. I also use their range of bio pest controls, but the thrips didn't go away, so that was meh.

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