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CULTURE: Advice on Problems Quit what you do do, Begin what you don't; For what you don't do, May agree with them, As what you do do, don't. (Merlin Brubaker) OIE87Sept-6 0
CULTURE: Principles Everyone must follow them: 1, Simulate native climatic environments in the greenhouse. 2, Adjust all interrelated factors. 3, Base management of simulated conditions on a daily and annual rhythm. OR87-383 0
CULTURE: Ten Commandments Be sanitary; isolate new plants; water properly; best use only one of either clay or plastic pots; best use only one media; avoid spraying for pests; repot every two years; ventilate properly; provide proper light; provide adequate heat. F85-83 0
CULTURE: When in Doubt Any epiphytic but unknown plant is best grown on a horizontal piece of cork oak bark with some moss festooned at the roots; any terrestrial plant is best placed in live sphagnum moss and kept moist with only clean rainwater. OD83-30 0

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