What REALLY causes root death?

[jmce96]

Originally Posted by littlefrog

An old vanda grower's trick (some people may still do this) was to take a floral pick (like a single rose comes in), fill it with stale beer, and slip it on over a big vanda root. Supposedly this gave the plant a boost. Maybe it got the plant drunk, I don't know. Tried it once, but I was never a good vanda grower.

The roots did eventually die, I think...

I don't know where the full water adaptation comes from. Plants are remarkably adaptable, though.

*hi, can someone explain me this more clearly? because i saw it in a book a few months ago but i have never been able to understand it, i have a renanthera in my GH an it has a lot of roots, its about to bloom, is a nice and healthy specimen, and i would like to experiment with that thing of the beer