Do mounted Orchids need maintenance?

[Ranchnanny]

Need input please! I have 5 mounted Cats. that were housed in my Orchidarium. They have grown to a point that they are to big for where they are housed. I recently moved them into my new greenhouse and was wondering do I need to trim any of the roots. Some of the root systems are huge and some have brown roots.

To trim or not to trim THAT is the question....

Sheridan

[ronaldhanko]

To trim: perchance to kill: ay, there's the rub;
For in that cutting of the roots what harm may come
When we have shuffled off those browning coils,
Must give us pause:

And the answer is: don't cut them as long as they are alive - the more roots the stronger the plant and the better the blooming.

[Ranchnanny]

Thanks Ron I won't touch the roots.

Sheridan

[Bird Song Farm]

BRAVO!!


AL

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

To trim: perchance to kill: ay, there's the rub;
For in that cutting of the roots what harm may come
When we have shuffled off those browning coils,
Must give us pause:

And the answer is: don't cut them as long as they are alive - the more roots the stronger the plant and the better the blooming.

[quiltingwacko]

You are a funny guy Ron! To be neat or to be shuffling browning coils that are uncut......

[Ranchnanny]

OK now that those Catts have been in the GH since March some of them have shriveled but they are putting out new growth. They dry out so fast and I have been watering them a couple of times a week is that to much or not enough?

Sheridan

[Virgil]

in this hot weather of this june, I try to mist a couple times a day.

[Ross]

Sheridan, I water (by soaking) my mounted Brassavola and Sophronitus, etc. daily. As long as the roots are dry by night, daily watering is not only OK, but highly recommended. It would also be good to use R.O./distilled water with MSU as your "water" since you're going to be doing this more often. You should see some remarkable growth and blooming. Just my 2 cents. Forget the misting - doesn't do anything constructive.

[nenella]

Sheridan I too agree with Ross that soaking or dipping is much better than spraying. I hope you keep us posted & I look forward to hearing how you get along. Good luck!

[Ranchnanny]

Thanks Virgil, Ross and Nenella, I will start watering them everyday.
Thanks
I will post photo's in the next few days.

Sheridan