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06-23-2017, 04:32 PM
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Well...I would say that even a newbie has to have some sense?
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06-23-2017, 04:56 PM
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Well...I would say that even a newbie has to have some sense?
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Let's go with that an assume that everyone that likes orchids must have a bit more sense than average. 
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06-23-2017, 05:16 PM
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I actually tried watering my oncidium once while it had ants in the media and all the ants cane out. Guess that's what it's actually supposed to do!
But really, I would first uproot them, put them in a plastic pag with water, THEN freeze the whole thing. Make sure the ice is warm enough though  |
06-23-2017, 05:32 PM
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I actually tried watering my oncidium once while it had ants in the media and all the ants cane out. Guess that's what it's actually supposed to do!
But really, I would first uproot them, put them in a plastic pag with water, THEN freeze the whole thing. Make sure the ice is warm enough though |
That's part of the reason why rigging the light to stay on.
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06-23-2017, 05:58 PM
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What is WRONG with you people!?!?!?
Submerging and freezing will suffocate the roots. You have to use dry ice.
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06-23-2017, 06:20 PM
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Ray -- but those have to be small spheres of dry ice, right? You want to get that empty space to allow for airflow.
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06-23-2017, 06:21 PM
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Geez...can tell it's Friday.
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06-23-2017, 06:26 PM
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DeaC -- are you suggesting that this can only be done if you leave for your vacation on a Friday? Or do you mean that you have start thawing them on a Friday.
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06-23-2017, 06:33 PM
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Hmm, I am not feeling like ice. Maybe liquid nitrogen?
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06-23-2017, 06:43 PM
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