Tip of the Week: Repotting Orchids—The Prep Work
Posted in Gardening Tips on March 15th, 2010 by Sonia Uyterhoeven – Be the first to comment |
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. For hands-on demonstrations and orchid tips, join her in the Conservatory’s GreenSchool every Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. throughout The Orchid Show. |
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Last week I blogged about making just one of the many types of potting mixes for orchids. But more prep work is needed before actual repotting takes place.
My colleague Fintan O’Sullivan (pictured) and I we were repotting orchids in the Nolen Greenhouses for several reasons, among which were length of time since last repotting and because some had outgrown their containers.
Some of the orchids were not very large and certainly were not pot-bound, but when we looked at their labels we discovered that they had not been repotted for several years. read more »