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Solite Culture Comments
SOLITE: Aluminum Slag Used as lightweight concrete aggregate, adaptable for Florida to add to potting media; has appearance of small clods of baked mud; its pH changes little; little accumulation of salts; holds 30% of its weight of water; all kinds of plants flourish in it. A68-127+; F68-14 0
SOLITE CULTURE: Vandas Best results are achieved with it over tree-fern or large fir bark in Florida; use larger than the three-eights inch, mesh size. F68-14 0
SOLITE CULTURE: Yellowing of Cattleyas Minor elements are usually supplied as impurities in commercial fertilizers or in water or in additives; spray plants in solite with minor elements as a foliar feed weekly. F70-132 0
SOLITE: Fired Clay A potting medium used by some growers in areas where orchids can be grown outdoors and where rainfall is high; not very practical for greenhouse culture in Florida. Wll-212 0

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  1. Carol Holdren commented on topic "recently purchased orchid shows unstoppable roots " by David George
  2. Michael Makio commented on orchid V. Beatrice Makio
  3. Carol Holdren commented on topic "shorter stem with less vigorous blooms" by katherine mott
  4. Carol Holdren commented on topic "need info on yellow bird" by Glenda Ratliff
  5. Carol Holdren commented on topic "Looking to join an orchid club." by Paula Milano
  6. Jeanne Uzar Hudson commented on topic "Repotting Large Cattleyas" by Jeanne Uzar Hudson
  7. Jeanne Uzar Hudson commented on member plant Paph. malipoense by Jeanne Uzar Hudson
  8. William Gorski commented on topic "how difficult is it growing from seed" by kevan gregory
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  10. Carol Holdren commented on member plant C. lueddemanniana var. Coerulea, Venosa by Paulo Fiuza