I don't have any Phrags but have certainly learnt my lesson about leaving Paphs in the pot too long - loosing roots as the media breaks down! They get done every 12 months or so now.
This time of year I use filtered tap water mixed with RO water and a little organic seaweed based feed. In the growing season I use RO water with the MSU fertiliser from the States. My tap water is really hard (PH heading up to 8 and a TDS reading of around 300) and I have no facilities to collect rain water. The RO unit produces a TDS of 10 and a PH of 7 but when the feed is added, the PH drops to around 6.
My RO produces water of 00 ppm as should all RO units. The one I use starts with a filter which removes debris. It then passes through a carbon block followed by the membrane and finally the resins. The tap water is very soft around 40ppm so really the water you have is more suited to phrags than mine.I never water the phrags with a ph below 7 and anywhere between 5.5 and 7 for paphs.
I started to do this stuff only this year... i hope people understand the importance of the clean repotting. Nice to heard also your comment doing it . :)
Nice repotting...i have a Phrag Grande that i've had for years..that has never rebloomed...it was sitting in a tray of water and never really did much...Since i have stopped sitting it in water it has done a lot better....i need to pull it out of the pot and repot it and check it's roots. Thanks for the reminder
If it has many growths I would split it to shock it into flowering. mine had over 20 growths and wouldn't flower so I divided into 5 and two divisions spiked in a month or two. Best of luck with yours T.D.
Very nice phrags you there Ed! I have a paph that. I never used to have that wet but ever since I put a water bath underneath the plant, it has grown much faster than expected! :)
Hi Brody. Thanks for your nice comments.You mention a paph which should be kept moist whilst phrags should be kept wet. I don't like standing phrags in water for fear of creating bacteria/fungi unless the water is changed every couple of days. Ed
Eds Orchids Indeed! I know how you feel about that. In some of my plants I fear that if they stay constantly moist the roots can rot and can make the plant deplete unless it's in a bark, spaghnum moss and perlite. With a top dressing of oyster shells for lady slippers. My preferred media. I remember you said in one of Rachel's video at one of the shows "I don't like plants sitting in water"
Hi Ed, what are the sizes of your " tall pots "" deep pots " in centermeters, or inches, diameter, of your pots, I have 1 6"" diameter ( 16 cm) and 7 inches (17 cm) deep.------ too big for 2 div phragmipetum) 5 inch leaf thanks
Hi Ed, your Phrag. Les Varines that you showed in another video was just spectacular. I've bought my first Phrag a few months ago and it happened to be an Andean Fire. Thanks to your video I now know that they like deeper pots. May I ask how much fertilizer you use for your Phrags?
Sorry for the delay in answering your question Bumblebee. Thankyou for your kind comments. I love Andean fire and you will get many flowers from the spiking. They like a small amount of feed but above all they will thrive on good clean fresh water which you can flush every day if you wish. They are probably the easiest grower of all orchids because they are impossible to over water. Ed.
Very nice video and great demonstration of the roots growing pattern. I had one and killed it probably because of the water quality, I hope I will be brave enough to give them another try one day :)
Thankyou so much MaryG, I;ve been keeping orchids a long time and as well as showing my plants i like to try and give a few tips on their cultivation. Very kind of you to subscribe and I well do my best to answer any questions one may have, I think my next video will be how to be successful with Paph multiflorals!!
is there a preferred time of the year to re-pot phrags, or is it just whenever they need it? I have one that needs re-potting now but wondered if it would be better to wait till spring?
Hi Aaron. I've never had any problems with repotting Phragmipediums at any time of the year. I would repot only when the plant requires a re-pot. Hope your enjoying the festive season.....all the very best for 2023. Ed.
Hi Alvin and thanks for asking. There is a great deal of talk as to whether adding shell to your substrate actually does give any calcium to the plant although it does help with making the substrate a little lighter and enabling the compost to dry out a little quicker. The shell is too hard to give off calcium in any appreciable amount. I supplement my feed with a little calcium nitrate occasionally. Or you can use small amounts of cal/mag with your preferred feed. Hope this helps a little. Ed
Horticultural foam is no longer available in this country Carol because the distributor had to buy far too much for the needs of customers. Sorry I can't help you any further on this one. Have a good New Year. Ed.
@@EdsOrchids Dear Ed, do you think I could use spaghnum moss, instead the foam? I have quite a big selection of different type of orchids, but only the Phragm. just not doing well... their leaves are floppy and leathery. I tried more or less water, checked the roots for rothing, but I'm really hopeless now. Do you have maybe some tipps or tricks? Thank you Ed! Orsi, from Hungary
+ Eds Orchids I got a phragmipedium peruflora's cirila alca months ago, it finished flowering, but in the last couple of weeks it has dropped leaves, So after asking experts; I limed the mix which the phrag is in temporarily until i can get back from holidays to stop acidic conditions and etc worsening, but my question is this->What is the percentage/ratio of the potting materials do you use in your phrag repotting video? Lime ? Perlite? bark? bark size? fine? coarse? do you ever use charcoal, i might take a little while to get back to your potential answer, also I like your videos
Thankyou for your question Benjamin. I am not familiar with Phragmipediums dropping leaves but only with the lower leaves becoming unsightly due to age. I don't mix any of my potting materials to percentage levels I just chuck in whatever amount I need to fill the pot. If phrags are watered with good quality water ( low in dissolved solids ) and are kept very wet they can grow in anything you care to put them in. Contrary to some growers I only feed my phrags May and November with a tsp ( sprinkled on top ) of fish/blood and bone. Ed.
I don't have any Phrags but have certainly learnt my lesson about leaving Paphs in the pot too long - loosing roots as the media breaks down! They get done every 12 months or so now.
you must get a phrag or two Roger. Very easy to keep, not fussy about temp or light or the potting material but ultra fussy about water quality.
This time of year I use filtered tap water mixed with RO water and a little organic seaweed based feed. In the growing season I use RO water with the MSU fertiliser from the States. My tap water is really hard (PH heading up to 8 and a TDS reading of around 300) and I have no facilities to collect rain water. The RO unit produces a TDS of 10 and a PH of 7 but when the feed is added, the PH drops to around 6.
My RO produces water of 00 ppm as should all RO units. The one I use starts with a filter which removes debris. It then passes through a carbon block followed by the membrane and finally the resins. The tap water is very soft around 40ppm so really the water you have is more suited to phrags than mine.I never water the phrags with a ph below 7 and anywhere between 5.5 and 7 for paphs.
Very nice Ed, thanks for showing us.
My pleasure Marge.....thank you for the comment.
Ed.
So cool, you just dumped it out and repotted it regular as you please. I need a few of those. Love the repotting part of orchid culture.
Hi Paul. The medium sized orchid plants are the easiest to repot..no messing....no fuss....just bung them in!!!
Ed
I started to do this stuff only this year... i hope people understand the importance of the clean repotting. Nice to heard also your comment doing it . :)
Thank you for your comment Nicola.
Ed.
Nice repotting...i have a Phrag Grande that i've had for years..that has never rebloomed...it was sitting in a tray of water and never really did much...Since i have stopped sitting it in water it has done a lot better....i need to pull it out of the pot and repot it and check it's roots. Thanks for the reminder
If it has many growths I would split it to shock it into flowering. mine had over 20 growths and wouldn't flower so I divided into 5 and two divisions spiked in a month or two. Best of luck with yours T.D.
Very nice phrags you there Ed! I have a paph that. I never used to have that wet but ever since I put a water bath underneath the plant, it has grown much faster than expected! :)
Hi Brody. Thanks for your nice comments.You mention a paph which should be kept moist whilst phrags should be kept wet. I don't like standing phrags in water for fear of creating bacteria/fungi unless the water is changed every couple of days.
Ed
Eds Orchids Indeed! I know how you feel about that. In some of my plants I fear that if they stay constantly moist the roots can rot and can make the plant deplete unless it's in a bark, spaghnum moss and perlite. With a top dressing of oyster shells for lady slippers. My preferred media. I remember you said in one of Rachel's video at one of the shows "I don't like plants sitting in water"
The last theory re oyster shell is that it is so hard that it is very debatable it does any good whatsoever in raising the pH in potted plants!!
Ed.
I have my only phrag and I liked you mentioned about fresh water... will keep it in mind! Thank you!
And thank you for taking a look at my channel
Ed.
Hi Ed, what are the sizes of your " tall pots "" deep pots " in centermeters, or inches, diameter, of your pots, I have 1 6"" diameter ( 16 cm) and 7 inches (17 cm) deep.------ too big for 2 div phragmipetum) 5 inch leaf thanks
Hi Ed, your Phrag. Les Varines that you showed in another video was just spectacular.
I've bought my first Phrag a few months ago and it happened to be an Andean Fire. Thanks to your video I now know that they like deeper pots. May I ask how much fertilizer you use for your Phrags?
Sorry for the delay in answering your question Bumblebee. Thankyou for your kind comments. I love Andean fire and you will get many flowers from the spiking. They like a small amount of feed but above all they will thrive on good clean fresh water which you can flush every day if you wish. They are probably the easiest grower of all orchids because they are impossible to over water.
Ed.
Very nice video and great demonstration of the roots growing pattern. I had one and killed it probably because of the water quality, I hope I will be brave enough to give them another try one day :)
Sorry about the late reply. Yes water quality is ver important for rge cultivation of phrags.
Ed
Beautifully repotted, thanks for sharing. Just subscribed and looking forward to your future video's.
Thankyou so much MaryG, I;ve been keeping orchids a long time and as well as showing my plants i like to try and give a few tips on their cultivation. Very kind of you to subscribe and I well do my best to answer any questions one may have, I think my next video will be how to be successful with Paph multiflorals!!
is there a preferred time of the year to re-pot phrags, or is it just whenever they need it? I have one that needs re-potting now but wondered if it would be better to wait till spring?
Hi Aaron. I've never had any problems with repotting Phragmipediums at any time of the year. I would repot only when the plant requires a re-pot. Hope your enjoying the festive season.....all the very best for 2023.
Ed.
@@EdsOrchids thank you for the advice and hope you have a wonderful New Year as well!
What is it your pitting in the mix for calcium ? Great video.
Hi Alvin and thanks for asking. There is a great deal of talk as to whether adding shell to your substrate actually does give any calcium to the plant although it does help with making the substrate a little lighter and enabling the compost to dry out a little quicker. The shell is too hard to give off calcium in any appreciable amount. I supplement my feed with a little calcium nitrate occasionally. Or you can use small amounts of cal/mag with your preferred feed. Hope this helps a little.
Ed
Hi Ed
Could you tell me more about the horticultural foam you used in this video?
Many Thanks and Happy New Year 2019!
Carol Cloud
Horticultural foam is no longer available in this country Carol because the distributor had to buy far too much for the needs of customers. Sorry I can't help you any further on this one. Have a good New Year.
Ed.
@@EdsOrchids Dear Ed, do you think I could use spaghnum moss, instead the foam? I have quite a big selection of different type of orchids, but only the Phragm. just not doing well... their leaves are floppy and leathery. I tried more or less water, checked the roots for rothing, but I'm really hopeless now. Do you have maybe some tipps or tricks? Thank you Ed! Orsi, from Hungary
Great sir.
Thank you TinTinSu for taking a look at my channel,
Ed.
Ed what is the size of your " tall " pots for Phrags. Cm or inches thanks diameter also
Hi John the 2ltr pots are 5" x 7" and the 3ltr pots are 7" x 9"
Ed
+ Eds Orchids I got a phragmipedium peruflora's cirila alca months ago, it finished flowering, but in the last couple of weeks it has dropped leaves, So after asking experts; I limed the mix which the phrag is in temporarily until i can get back from holidays to stop acidic conditions and etc worsening, but my question is this->What is the percentage/ratio of the potting materials do you use in your phrag repotting video? Lime ? Perlite? bark? bark size? fine? coarse? do you ever use charcoal, i might take a little while to get back to your potential answer, also I like your videos
Thankyou for your question Benjamin. I am not familiar with Phragmipediums dropping leaves but only with the lower leaves becoming unsightly due to age. I don't mix any of my potting materials to percentage levels I just chuck in whatever amount I need to fill the pot. If phrags are watered with good quality water ( low in dissolved solids ) and are kept very wet they can grow in anything you care to put them in. Contrary to some growers I only feed my phrags May and November with a tsp ( sprinkled on top ) of fish/blood and bone.
Ed.
Thank you +Eds Orchids
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