baking soda on orchids?

[angeleyedcat]

All the constant rain last summer led to lots of powdery mildew on all of my 13 rose bushes, baking soda mixed with water and dish soap took care of all of it very quickly in one application and it didn't come back, roses look good. Desperation drove me to experiment on my roses, but I'm not brave enough to try it on any indoor plants or orchids. No clue but just a guess that something that effective might be a bit harsh for small containered plants in my home. I generally use cinnamon on my orchids.

[Oscarman]

What about beer? Does it really work? The only time I every used it with orchids was after a hard day of watering.

[Donald]

Good post undergrounder. I use the fish and seaweed
concoction because after using it on a few of my orchids I noticed that it does not leave a salt residue on the pots. Basically, I just am wary of using the fertilizers that look like they came from some mine. Hey! The bottom line is my plants are happy. By the way I have MSU and Grow More in my arsenal. My point at the beginning of this thread was not so much the fertilizer issue it's the use of the various "witches brews" that growers use, stuff like Listerine,409,backing soda, hydrogen peroxide etc. Heck, I was on one site where an individual was urinating on his plants for the urea content. I imagine if I had the time to experiment I might play around with them. Just no chemical genes running through my veins. Happy Growing.

[Undergrounder]

Originally Posted by Donald

Good post undergrounder. I use the fish and seaweed
concoction because after using it on a few of my orchids I noticed that it does not leave a salt residue on the pots. Basically, I just am wary of using the fertilizers that look like they came from some mine. Hey! The bottom line is my plants are happy. By the way I have MSU and Grow More in my arsenal. My point at the beginning of this thread was not so much the fertilizer issue it's the use of the various "witches brews" that growers use, stuff like Listerine,409,backing soda, hydrogen peroxide etc. Heck, I was on one site where an individual was urinating on his plants for the urea content. I imagine if I had the time to experiment I might play around with them. Just no chemical genes running through my veins. Happy Growing.

For sure, there are so many snake oil products out there, especially for hydroponics! So many additives and chemicals and very little known about them.

[frostedeyes]

i hope no ones arguing... okay ill cut the asking about recipes on orchids! LOL! its just that i heard one of the growers in here got sick and was paralized due to inhaling fungicide... coz she frequently does the mixture..

[stefpix]

for humans is better to get nutrients and vitamins through food rather than synthetic supplements.

there are numerous studies available that show that.

taking vitamin pills is good but taking vitamins by eating produce, meats, fruits is better

[Joseph Siddron]

Try quantum orchid..get from repotme.com

[Ray]

Inocucor Garden Solution is actually a much broader-spectrum probiotic than Quantum Orchid, as it contains many more species of beneficial microbes.

[Orchid Whisperer]

There is no reason to believe that baking soda will do anything other than damage your plants. The sodium alone could kill them.

[Joseph Siddron]

Baking soda deplete the pH level