Those last two phalaenopsis that were on camera before you put the lens cap on your camera we're absolutely fabulous the deep purple color of the one on the left and the painting and the red lip on the one on the right absolutely fantastic!
Hi Rick! I can't believe I'm just now seeing this video! (How did I miss this one?!) What a great video, it was really interesting watching you mix up this "orchid tea"! Breaking all this down and explaining how to create your own mix is just awesome. I completely agree with fertilizing in small amounts and not burning any roots! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise with the orchid world, it has truly made a huge difference in my collection. Have a great day and happy growing! :)
.....Amy, I have always been a big fan of your shows, your a wonderful host, and you explain things so well, comments from you just make my day....thank you for the kind words....all my best to the Tennessee orchid Growing crew.........
Absolutely brilliant video Rick.... just my type of watching material and I'll take some of your ideas om board. Thanks for doing this and I wish you good health and prosperity in the coming year.Take care my friend. Ed.
Hi Rick, I love Cal-Mag plus others nutrients that I have. I want to thank you, because some of your viewers are becoming my customers, they love my baskets. Thank you, keep passing on your knowledge. Always praying for you and your wife. God bless.
Hi Rick. I’m a new subscriber and a newbie on Orchids. I vote yes, yes and yes continue to show all your wisdom on orchid maintenance. I’m so glad that I found your channel. You’re a wealth of information.
Be sure to watch all his videos there should be a degree at the end of it after we watch all of them because we've just had a class by a great professor
To all of you folks who are watching this for the first time and find it hard to understand. It drives me CRAZY if you tell Rick that he's talking too fast or too slow for your ability to absorb. There is nothing wrong with his speed. And please keep your unhelpful comments about being bored or under stimulated by the content or administration of these videos! They are VIDEOS for Pete's sakes! That means you can stop them. or slow them or review them EASILY on your own, if you think you missed something! Please ask your questions respectfully and please have some patience. You know who you are...
The color of my circle has changed from blue to green I don't know how that happened... But I listen to Rick's videos over and over again not because he talks too fast or is boring because he gives us such a wealth of information but sometimes we can't remember every detail but that's our fault not is. He has taught me so much that also carries over into caring for my house plants in my garden. I just wish he was able to come back to us for a while. God bless him and God bless his wife and family
@@nanetteorchid6680 I hope it's always there and I often pray for Rick and his wife and ask God to give him back to us or at least give him back to his family! I've learned so much from him and I've tried to impart it on my channel when I talk about my houseplants my orchids xcetera. My houseplants have benefited because after I soak my orchids in the nutrient solution I feed it to my house plants and to my flowers outside. I am 71 years old and I loved it when Rick answered a question I had. He has a wonderful way of answering questions and not acting like he knows everything he had a passion for the orchids and just such a short part of his life
@@kathleenmurphy450 Yes, what you say is so true! My houseplants are also thriving because of Rick and what leftover I feed to my potted plants after my orchids are done eating. I have seen the blooms on all of my begonias, clivia, Citrus, Coffee tree go crazy from the additional cal/mag that I give them. My husband is thrilled, as he watches them double their size during the summer. Wherever you are Rick L., we miss and love you! Much love to your family as well...Thanks Kathleen for opening up this conversation...you are a kindred spirit!
God bless you and bless you forever, Rick. Love having you as a remote teacher in this awesome hobby...I hope you get to enjoy your family over the holidays...
I have been growing orchids for almost 25 years and until 2 years ago I had only wasted my time, when I started watching your videos. With you came in my life my first RO plant and Calmag. Thanks for making such a great difference in my orchid growing experience. Love from karachi, pakistan.
All looking really good Rick, lots of new growths and all looking exceptional healthy. Love the blooms you have........hope you and your family had a great Christmas
@@rickl.orchids I never commented on your pencil sharpener because I was always making numerous comments on your videos but I noticed that right away that I would have loved to have had the pencil sharpener in my classroom like that so I could have kept an eye on how many times kids were sharpening their pencils teehee just grinding them away
That stripped Phal is stunning!!! More excellent information, thank you for sharing. I've been experimenting with my fertilizer lately so this was useful for my current thought process. 👍🏻
....your doing great, your plants are responding and doing well........keep making your shows and updates........input from many helps so much.......Merry Christmas!
Rick. It’s wonderful that you’re showing us methods to using fertilizers and supplying the nutrients needed by our flowers. In the past videos you had shown signs the orchids displays when it’s malnourished. This you’ve provided the fix in a flexible way with different available fertilizers often on store shelves and how to use them. Though there is a MSU formulation, can be inflexible if it’s the only food we have in our arsenal. For a lack of a better analogy it’s like supplying a gun with different bullets 😬. Thank you for your shared knowledge and experience and taking time in develop methods for us, while sometimes you’re in hospital and between personal issues. Have and wonderful and Merry Christmas and healthy and happy new year. So looking forward to seeing you if nothing just to say hi is fine too. Many many thanks and please stay healthy.
Rick L., I hope everyone noted your caution statement about highly concentrated mixtures burning plants. Yes, the low dose level is where newbies like me need start (Yes, sadly, that is a confession from personal experience). Thank you for this critically important caution statement and EXCELLENT tutorial. Let me just state the obvious about you; you were born for this! You are a gifted and master teacher as it appears to come so naturally for you. Your videos are fountains of infectious enthusiasm for growing orchids, which is why I return for refills so frequently. Thank you very much again! Date: May 19, 2018
Rick, all the best to you and your family for a wonderful Christmas! Your knowledge and generosity has helped me bring my orchid growing to a higher level, and I am very grateful.
Rick, yes, this video was very valuable. Even if I don't do things exactly the same way, the principles and guidelines in your videos are extremely important for orchid growing. Your videos demonstrate and reinforce those principles better than any others I have seen, and I greatly appreciate that. Your blooming phals are gorgeous. I think phals are greatly under-appreciated and taken for granted, but their blooms are the prettiest in the orchid world. Merry Christmas to you and your family and thanks for producing your channel this year. 🎄🎄🎄🎇🎇🎇
Hi Rick. I'm brand new with growing orchids, and am just so thankful for your informational videos. You have a wealth of knowledge, plus you present it in a great way...so easy for even a beginner to understand...thank you! I look forward to watching and learning from you. God bless you and yours.
Dear Rick L., I pulled my container of Cal-mag out of my mailbox yesterday and was so excited! I woke up this morning and got onto TH-cam to ask you for a tutorial on how you mix and apply Cal-mag to orchids. Voila! Here you are having already posted a present to everyone! I stopped the video at 9:38 as you wondered if people wanted to see this. YES, WE DO! Again, you have no idea how much you inspire novices like me. I'm going to get the meter and other nutients you have and then follow your steps... precisely. Question. Do you set your orchids in this water to absorb the nutients? Again, some of us literally learn best through visuals. For those of us who are visual learners, I thank you a million times. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! Date: December 24, 2017 at 8:12 AM
your are just too kind.....thank you....I love to grow and love helping others have success with it as well......and yes, I just set my pots right down in the tub and let them soak...........matter of fact i just finished a show on this.....your reading my mind....lol
Thank you so much for that information. I heard you say your State on a tutorial this morning. That helps me know my location (the State to your left) and environment may be agreeable, too. Every bit of knowledge helps. I ordered a ppm meter and the two other fertilizers this morning. My younger brother is an even newer orchid hobbist in our family in his retirement, so the number of students on your roster is growing. Date: December 24, 2017
@@miss30427 Alabama weather where Rick lives is more like Texas weather hot and dry so I'm not sure if that's what you guessed or not. If you watch his other videos you will find out the answers to your questions
Just did my cal mag feed while listening to your video! I agree, small amounts with high frequency is the way to go for sure. Rick you're the best, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
........I wish i had you for a neighbor.....not only are you a great grower and gardener, but your just too cool.........you always make me laugh and want to get out and grow something..........thanks Jeff for all the wonderful shows and all the uplifting, kind, words..........T & P......Merry Christmas my friend
Very interesting. Doing things this way is what makes the hobby interesting for me. I think a lot of people prefer mix this tell you get to X ppm then water. And that approach is good for the people that like it but it puts me to sleep, I like the mad scientist approach. But it can get you in trouble if your not careful and is definitely not for everyone.
Ricky thank you so very, very much for this video, showing us how to use our TDS meters!! I understood how the ph meter worked but didn’t know how to use my TDS meter! I’m probably a bit thick/slow but once shown it all fell into place and is now simple to understand!! This video has made the world of difference to me , and as to how I give my orchids the nutrients they need correctly! Thank you again Ricky your a brilliant teacher! Lots of love as always from across the pond😘😘 ps although I grow in water culture, seeing your success with river rocks as they are a non organic medium I’ve added some to my vases with the water only just covering them and let it evaporate before topping up, and it seems to be working well, even with two cymbidiums I’ve just converted 😊😊
Chris......such kind words, thank you my friend.....its an odd concept to follow, but once you use a little bit, it becomes second hand......your plants will love you!
Hi again I watched and took diligent notes. Yes, Rick, I for one wanted this tutorial! You didn't leave anything out! Amazing! Merry Christmas to you and yours and a very Happy Happy New Year! We love you! Rita
Thank you Rita, all your kind words have really touched my heart this year, thanks again, and have a very Merry Christmas.........lots of love from Alabama...
My buddy Rick, you made me cry ....because your message was so touching and I am just chicken shit and can't keep a dry eye....lol, lol So much for being a chicken, this was a very informative video. I believe that because I had been using granules I am underfeeding, but I am doing two gallons at a time so I would not need the same amount. What are we going to do without you, Rick?..... I worry man,.....I do. I know that I had not been watching you a lot because of school, but I do cheat and take a peek every now and then.I never get a break because now I am off school I am working on Nefertiti's story as a children's book.I do hope I get it done while you are still around. I won't start my book back from the realm until I finish school in 2019.Need more videos like this because I archive them. Love, Light and Kindness
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well 💞 Looking forward to another year of videos from you! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences!
Rafael R. Que legal ver um comentário Brasileiro. Eu pensava ser a única aqui rs. O Rick é maravilhoso e o canal é uma benção. Feliz 2018 pra você. Um abraço de Utrecht-Holanda
Nilza Pereira De Melo Oi Nilza, tudo bem? Eu adoro o canal dele e adorei receber sua mensagem. Um ótimo ano novo para você Tb, cheio de paz, prosperidade, saúde e muitas orquídeas lindas. :)
Merry Christmas to you as well 🌲🙏💜 and yes!!! Thank you I like to see exactly what you do and thoughts while getting to the solution... Thank you for sharing. Those flowers and new growths looking awesome 😁😄
Thank you for sharing your nutritional recipes with us. I'll definitely be trying it out. I look forward to seeing the other ways you mix nutrients. Happy growing 😊
Merry Christmas SueLee.......you have been great to watch all year, and I look forward to your 2018 shows, thanks for all the kind words and making us stop and think about how we grow............luv from Alabama.....
To you and yours Ric, may you both enjoy this festive season with good cheer🎄Great video and I'm just beginning to appreciate the importance of good nutrients for your orchids; not too dissimilar from my way of thinking about the nutritional value of good food (and the odd drink)! 😁
......Margaret, thank you for always having a kind word and being such an inspirational grower......I like your way of thinking......healthy body and healthy nature around us.......Merry Christmas to you and Keith, and a wonderful New Year....
I got my RO water system put in yesterday! Now I’m going to follow your directions to a T 🧐. Thank you 😊You don’t know if anyone wants to here this 😳 I do for sure Rick! Awesome 👏🏼 you are 🦸🏼♂️ super Hero
Wow, what a great video. I appreciate you taking the time to show us different ways you feed your plants. Your orchids are looking might happy. You were right about my ph meter being off. It's since been recalibrated. I hope you had a warm and happy Christmas with your family. Wishing you the best to you and yours in 2018.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family! Thank you for your inspiraling videos, I'm learning a lot. I bought my RO system and ready to grow my orchids!
Hello Rick, Indeed is really good to see it, ofc we need to see this one Rick. This is very important to know. I enjoy how speedy you get in a min. :D Thanks again.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you, family and friends. May your new year be prosperous in all areas. Thank you sir again for another great video, and YES, we want more information and videos like this! It's been a game changer.
Merry Christmas Rick! I hope that you and your family and everyone close to your heart has a wonderful holiday and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. I'm looking forward to many more of your awesome videos in 2018. 💖
Hey Rick, Just saw the post surgery vid and want to wish you a speedy recovery. You know I can't seem to write you without a comment or suggestion. First, I got my pH meter thanks to your vids. Second, I learned to pronounce chelate differently. I don't like to state things without checking despite years of hearing academics say "keylate" and I did see that "cheelate" is an alternative but maybe less common. All the pronunciation tools I've seen so far use the former version. Anyway, now I'm looking at picking up some CAliMaGic!
Thank you Thank you.. for your knowledge. I just ordered cal mag an will have to order the other 2 . You explain so well even I understood the breakdown. Merry Christmas my friend have a Blessed holiday with your family
Very informative video, I will need to get me one of those PPM readers. I normally just use a 1/4 teaspoon or so of the fertilizer or my kelp. Maybe that is why I do not seem to get the kind of results you are getting. Thank you for posting. :)
Thanks a lot for this video. I will have to check and listen to what you are explaining here a couple times more but I will do it after the holidays. Have a very good festivities time and wish you a wonderful 2018.
I wish you could answer a question that just came to mind like you've answered other ones in the past. The question is you have us putting pelleted lime on our orchids and I do I ran out but I can't handle the big bag they had a 40 pound bag so I have to wait till they get a smaller bag in at Lowes. But you just said calcium can only be absorbed 5.8 pH I think is what you just said and what happens when you put the pelleted lime on it doesn't matter what the pH I guess of the media is maybe somebody who will read your comments because I know people are visiting your videos even though you haven't posted in awhile and can answer that question. My phalaenopsis are blooming basically because of the air conditioning turning on the ones that didn't Bloom over the winter. This is only my second winter the first winter was when I bought them. I just bought five Orchid bag babies they're Katt leya and they weren't doing real well because they've been at Lowe's for a while so I asked the manager if he'd reduce them and so instead of spending almost $15 each I only spent five I think I might go back and buy the rest if you leave your system. Now I have about 10 of them I bought some earlier this spring. I treated them just like my phalaenopsis but I think they need a change in temperature but I think it has to coincide with a change in light they need darkness in the winter air balloon so I hope I figure out how to get them to bloom I love your videos Rick I watch them over and over again because every time I watch one especially about your nutrients and mobile and immobile nutrients excetera excetera I hear something new but did not thank in the first time I watched
Unbelievable, I have struggled for three years, and probably spent upwards of 1200 bucks in fertilizers and what have you for my orchids. I thought I was burning my orchids and come to find out it was a calcium/magnesium deficiency. I appreciate the fact you dont over explain or make it difficult to grasp, like many. I have come to your videos for so many of the situations that I have come across, and I really appreciate what you are doing, because you have made a hobby that I love more enjoyable.
Super, wonderful tutorial . I enjoyed this so very much. It's exciting to watch as you mixed each ingredient. Thanks so much. Merry, Blessed Christmas & Happy New Year to you and yours. I'd also like to see you do this with the Cal Nitrate, Epsom Salts, etc. I think they are to be used separately. Thanks again.
A very very Merry Christmas to you too, Rick. This is a wonderful video that you have put up. I'd love to work exactly like this. Great learning but its not clear how you measure the 70% nitrogen and 30% P & K. Maybe I'll go thru once again. Thanks so much
Hi Rick, I know this video was 11 months ago but I’ve been following your TH-cam channel since a few months back. Thank you so much for all the info about raising orchids, and I admit at first I was so overwhelmed with the fertilizing routine with PPM and PH, but with over 400 hundred orchids accumulated in a span of two years, I became your avid subscriber, hahaha. I followed your advices and boy oh boy, my orchids are growing beautifully especially the vandas, I have a couple with 3-6 spikes and my dendrobium spectabili is flowering now with 3 spikes after 5 or more years. Incredible indeed and I think that has something to do with the seaweed fertilizer that you recommend. I’m not sure if I’m using it right though but is it okay to use it every single watering with small amount, maybe two capfuls in 4 gallon rain water or R/O water ? I water at 150-200 ppm. Again thank you so much and warm regards to you and your wife. She chose a good career and I can vouch on that because I was a Trauma ICU RN before I took early retirement and now raising orchids as a hobby. GOD BLESS
………..such kind words, I thank you very much...…...you feeding routine sounds great.....and your spikes speak for them selves.....I add kelp seawed about every 3rd watering....as spring arrives and days get longer I will add it more often.....I use 20-25ppm of it when its used......
Thank you Rick, I will add seaweed every other watering then . I think the ppm falls around that number you mentioned when I check the ppm each time I add the nutrient, and I use MSU fertilizer too for NPK source, I use to grow orchids not knowing the importance of measuring the ppm and ph but with diverse collection of different genera, I have to be serious with what I’m feeding them chids. Again, thank you so much. Looking forward to your next informative videos. Regards.
Hi Rick, first off thank you for being such an amazing educator. Can you please confirm if this mix is best for orchids in bloom and how often are you soaking them? Thank you and many blessings going your way champ!
Thank you very much for all your videos Rick. Really enjoyed this 1 and I think I will purchase the individual nutrients next year. It is through watching your videos that I learnt about ph and I am just starting to notice the difference in my orchids! Could you please do a video on how to use superthrive one day? Thanks again. From Jonathan in Manchester, England.
Jonathan, thank you for the feedback.....means a lot.....I wish you continued success this year with your orchid collection. th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ZVetgrS8-2I
Hello Rick, a great video that has helped a long time orchid torturer, and recently reenergized and hopeful orchid grower. Your information on PH, tds/ph pens, and low doses of nutrients has been very very helpful. I believe my manufacturer provided measuring teaspoon, even at what I thought was half strength, increased the base water by 400-500 ppm. Amazon thanks you too.......I mixed my first batch of nutrients and watered this past weekend. I know you do a total nutrient based watering,/soaking, flush, and a cal/mag foliar spray. Can you share your frequencies or schedule for flushing, fertilizing, and cal/mag applications? Also, what a great shade house. You give some dimensions in your video’s, but did you use any special wood to avoid wood rot? Cedar, cypress, pressure treated? It is on my Spring to do list..... Kind regards, Mark
Mark thanks for the kind words......my feeding schedule changes so much....but there is some common factors that I need to touch on.......as for the shade house, its all pressure treated.......you will love one if you build it......so easy to use and the growth outside is what we orchid growers dream of seeing......growing in nature....wonderful questions.
I did not have access to rain water so my adventure began and went on and on and on.. Then I had an epiphany - why not mix about half to 2/3 distilled water (TDS "0") with my filtered tap water (TDS reading 26) and got a perfect 10. Then It was all easy peasy from that time forward. Starting tomorrow am, this regime will begin......I'll keep you posted.
Rick Are you saying for 1 gallon of RO water (10 ppm) just use enough Ca Mg to go to 25 ppm Then just use the gallon only Ca Mg.solution alone? I make 1 gallon of each ( supplements ) fert.,camg,seaweed, The add some of each gallon to the sprayer etc ?? Thanks
Hi Rick. I have been watching all your lessons and I must say my orchids are thriving blooming and more healthy. I have moved from N CAL to Las Vegas where the humidity is an average of 22%. I am keeping them inside for fear of 110 degree weather in summer. 3 humidifiers and fans are on all the time. I have them in moss to keep them moist longer. I think i will try river rock so i can soak them often...what do you think? they love your nutrient formula...thank you for your videos...hope Jan continues to do well.....prayers continue
I like your thinking Jane.....growing in rock is growing them bare root.........the rocks just hold them in place.....give them something to anchor onto....Moss, which is a fine media.......is a temporary media in my opinion......its too acidic to start with, and breaks down very fast.....preventing absorption of many nutrients.....most importantly Calcium.....its why store bought Phals in moss, have root issues ......the trick to growing in stone is in how they are watered..........if you let them soak, they get fully hydrated and they can go days with out more water.......when you soak them......watch them, get to know the signs of good hydration vs slightly dehydrated....
Hey Rick it's so good to see those steady hands... Thanks for the lessons just came back from Kona, of course I found a grower in Hilo and... got some more orchids.. hopefully I'll be successful in the summertime in very hot Las Vegas... Continuing to pray for you and Jan, stay healthy guys!!
Hi Rick, Thank you for responding and all the helpful information. I was using rain water to fertilize my orchids. I also got some garden lime. Do you recommend Jack’s classic bloom booster? Thank you again!😊🌱 Happy growing!
…….great question...….No.... I don't recommend bloom boosters …..especially on orchids. They have very little control over absorbing P & K......they can and will absorb toxic amounts if given a lot......also, and as important...…..hormones make orchids bloom......not nutrients.....bloom boosters do not work.
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Those last two phalaenopsis that were on camera before you put the lens cap on your camera we're absolutely fabulous the deep purple color of the one on the left and the painting and the red lip on the one on the right absolutely fantastic!
Hi Rick! I can't believe I'm just now seeing this video! (How did I miss this one?!) What a great video, it was really interesting watching you mix up this "orchid tea"! Breaking all this down and explaining how to create your own mix is just awesome. I completely agree with fertilizing in small amounts and not burning any roots! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise with the orchid world, it has truly made a huge difference in my collection. Have a great day and happy growing! :)
.....Amy, I have always been a big fan of your shows, your a wonderful host, and you explain things so well, comments from you just make my day....thank you for the kind words....all my best to the Tennessee orchid Growing crew.........
Thanks so much, Rick! That's so kind of you to say! :) Blessings from Tennessee!
Absolutely brilliant video Rick.... just my type of watching material and I'll take some of your ideas om board. Thanks for doing this and I wish you good health and prosperity in the coming year.Take care my friend.
Ed.
Merry Christmas Ed, thank you for the kind words and being such a great inspirational grower to us all...........all the best my friend.......Rick L.
Hi Rick, I love Cal-Mag plus others nutrients that I have. I want to thank you, because some of your viewers are becoming my customers, they love my baskets. Thank you, keep passing on your knowledge. Always praying for you and your wife. God bless.
learning so much....i'm going back in time and reviewing your past posts...
Hi Rick. I’m a new subscriber and a newbie on Orchids. I vote yes, yes and yes continue to show all your wisdom on orchid maintenance. I’m so glad that I found your channel. You’re a wealth of information.
Be sure to watch all his videos there should be a degree at the end of it after we watch all of them because we've just had a class by a great professor
Yes after watching all of Rick's videos we should all get a diploma that says we attended Rick University and his class on orchid care
Your videos are the only ones I watch over and over again. Both you and Jan are in my prayers.
To all of you folks who are watching this for the first time and find it hard to understand. It drives me CRAZY if you tell Rick that he's talking too fast or too slow for your ability to absorb. There is nothing wrong with his speed. And please keep your unhelpful comments about being bored or under stimulated by the content or administration of these videos! They are VIDEOS for Pete's sakes! That means you can stop them. or slow them or review them EASILY on your own, if you think you missed something! Please ask your questions respectfully and please have some patience. You know who you are...
Well said
The color of my circle has changed from blue to green I don't know how that happened... But I listen to Rick's videos over and over again not because he talks too fast or is boring because he gives us such a wealth of information but sometimes we can't remember every detail but that's our fault not is. He has taught me so much that also carries over into caring for my house plants in my garden. I just wish he was able to come back to us for a while. God bless him and God bless his wife and family
@@kathleenmurphy450 Miss him and all he gave to us. I, also revisit his site, often. I'm grateful it is still here...
@@nanetteorchid6680 I hope it's always there and I often pray for Rick and his wife and ask God to give him back to us or at least give him back to his family! I've learned so much from him and I've tried to impart it on my channel when I talk about my houseplants my orchids xcetera. My houseplants have benefited because after I soak my orchids in the nutrient solution I feed it to my house plants and to my flowers outside. I am 71 years old and I loved it when Rick answered a question I had. He has a wonderful way of answering questions and not acting like he knows everything he had a passion for the orchids and just such a short part of his life
@@kathleenmurphy450 Yes, what you say is so true! My houseplants are also thriving because of Rick and what leftover I feed to my potted plants after my orchids are done eating. I have seen the blooms on all of my begonias, clivia, Citrus, Coffee tree go crazy from the additional cal/mag that I give them. My husband is thrilled, as he watches them double their size during the summer. Wherever you are Rick L., we miss and love you! Much love to your family as well...Thanks Kathleen for opening up this conversation...you are a kindred spirit!
God bless you and bless you forever, Rick. Love having you as a remote teacher in this awesome hobby...I hope you get to enjoy your family over the holidays...
Thank you so very much Cara, you kind words have meant so much to me over the summer and fall......Merry Christmas and blessings to you and yours...
I just love this video. Thanks for breaking it down. Love it.
I have been growing orchids for almost 25 years and until 2 years ago I had only wasted my time, when I started watching your videos. With you came in my life my first RO plant and Calmag. Thanks for making such a great difference in my orchid growing experience. Love from karachi, pakistan.
You helped me...………...so thank you for that!
All looking really good Rick, lots of new growths and all looking exceptional healthy. Love the blooms you have........hope you and your family had a great Christmas
Great info and I absolutely LOVE the mount for the pencil sharpener/pencil holder. Brilliant!
lol........your the first to notice that.........best pencil sharpener ever....
Looks like something I would do, or my father who was a design engineer! I love the idea of having it handy wherever yoou need it. Nice!
@@rickl.orchids I never commented on your pencil sharpener because I was always making numerous comments on your videos but I noticed that right away that I would have loved to have had the pencil sharpener in my classroom like that so I could have kept an eye on how many times kids were sharpening their pencils teehee just grinding them away
Thank you so much, Rick! That helps me a lot.
Have a wonderful day, wonder weeks, wonderful months all year long.
That stripped Phal is stunning!!! More excellent information, thank you for sharing. I've been experimenting with my fertilizer lately so this was useful for my current thought process. 👍🏻
....your doing great, your plants are responding and doing well........keep making your shows and updates........input from many helps so much.......Merry Christmas!
It is great to see your orchids
Rick. It’s wonderful that you’re showing us methods to using fertilizers and supplying the nutrients needed by our flowers. In the past videos you had shown signs the orchids displays when it’s malnourished. This you’ve provided the fix in a flexible way with different available fertilizers often on store shelves and how to use them. Though there is a MSU formulation, can be inflexible if it’s the only food we have in our arsenal. For a lack of a better analogy it’s like supplying a gun with different bullets 😬. Thank you for your shared knowledge and experience and taking time in develop methods for us, while sometimes you’re in hospital and between personal issues. Have and wonderful and Merry Christmas and healthy and happy new year. So looking forward to seeing you if nothing just to say hi is fine too. Many many thanks and please stay healthy.
such wonderful and kind thoughts. thank you so much.......Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Rick L
Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy New Year !!! ♥️♥️
Hi Ricky you are so so knowledgeable in fertilizers orchids al of them
Rick L., I hope everyone noted your caution statement about highly concentrated mixtures burning plants. Yes, the low dose level is where newbies like me need start (Yes, sadly, that is a confession from personal experience). Thank you for this critically important caution statement and EXCELLENT tutorial. Let me just state the obvious about you; you were born for this! You are a gifted and master teacher as it appears to come so naturally for you. Your videos are fountains of infectious enthusiasm for growing orchids, which is why I return for refills so frequently. Thank you very much again! Date: May 19, 2018
Ditto, Rick makes this completely understandable . He's a remarkable instructor.
Great information and beautiful blooms! 👌
Merry Christmas to you and family with many Blessings 🎄🙏❤
Thank you so very much Ashley, your a good friend, Merry Christmas, and blessings for the new year
Merry Christmas , thank you for all you teach us .
Yes I do want to see this keep up the videos thanks Rick
Rick, all the best to you and your family for a wonderful Christmas! Your knowledge and generosity has helped me bring my orchid growing to a higher level, and I am very grateful.
Thanks Susan, that means the world.........Merry Christmas!
I am totally addicted to your videos. Beautiful plants & great information. Ty sir.
Rick; thanks for this video. I understood in theory how to balance the nutrients, but seeing it actually done is SO helpful!
I like your clips on growing orchids. Thanks 👌
Rick, yes, this video was very valuable. Even if I don't do things exactly the same way, the principles and guidelines in your videos are extremely important for orchid growing. Your videos demonstrate and reinforce those principles better than any others I have seen, and I greatly appreciate that.
Your blooming phals are gorgeous. I think phals are greatly under-appreciated and taken for granted, but their blooms are the prettiest in the orchid world.
Merry Christmas to you and your family and thanks for producing your channel this year. 🎄🎄🎄🎇🎇🎇
Pat, your kind words have been wonderful all year, thanks for the support......Merry Christmas
Happy Christmas to you too, Rick. You mean a lot to us, too.
thank you......Merry Christmas
Thank you só much. It is a great vídeo-classe about feeding orchids. GREAT!
thank you Celeste........
Hi Rick. I'm brand new with growing orchids, and am just so thankful for your informational videos. You have a wealth of knowledge, plus you present it in a great way...so easy for even a beginner to understand...thank you! I look forward to watching and learning from you. God bless you and yours.
Oops....I mistakenly used my niece, Amy's name...sorry. I'm Geri Thompson, from Michigan
Dear Rick L., I pulled my container of Cal-mag out of my mailbox yesterday and was so excited! I woke up this morning and got onto TH-cam to ask you for a tutorial on how you mix and apply Cal-mag to orchids. Voila! Here you are having already posted a present to everyone! I stopped the video at 9:38 as you wondered if people wanted to see this. YES, WE DO! Again, you have no idea how much you inspire novices like me. I'm going to get the meter and other nutients you have and then follow your steps... precisely.
Question. Do you set your orchids in this water to absorb the nutients? Again, some of us literally learn best through visuals. For those of us who are visual learners, I thank you a million times. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Date: December 24, 2017 at 8:12 AM
"Maybe this will help somebody." Rick L., bless you! Bless you! I wish I could take a class from you, but this is the very best next thing. Thank you.
your are just too kind.....thank you....I love to grow and love helping others have success with it as well......and yes, I just set my pots right down in the tub and let them soak...........matter of fact i just finished a show on this.....your reading my mind....lol
Thank you so much for that information. I heard you say your State on a tutorial this morning. That helps me know my location (the State to your left) and environment may be agreeable, too. Every bit of knowledge helps. I ordered a ppm meter and the two other fertilizers this morning. My younger brother is an even newer orchid hobbist in our family in his retirement, so the number of students on your roster is growing.
Date: December 24, 2017
@@miss30427 Alabama weather where Rick lives is more like Texas weather hot and dry so I'm not sure if that's what you guessed or not. If you watch his other videos you will find out the answers to your questions
Miss you every day, Rick.
Your orchids look perfect
Just did my cal mag feed while listening to your video! I agree, small amounts with high frequency is the way to go for sure. Rick you're the best, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
........I wish i had you for a neighbor.....not only are you a great grower and gardener, but your just too cool.........you always make me laugh and want to get out and grow something..........thanks Jeff for all the wonderful shows and all the uplifting, kind, words..........T & P......Merry Christmas my friend
I miss Rick!!!!
Very interesting. Doing things this way is what makes the hobby interesting for me. I think a lot of people prefer mix this tell you get to X ppm then water. And that approach is good for the people that like it but it puts me to sleep, I like the mad scientist approach. But it can get you in trouble if your not careful and is definitely not for everyone.
words to live by Victor...........so right!
Ricky thank you so very, very much for this video, showing us how to use our TDS meters!! I understood how the ph meter worked but didn’t know how to use my TDS meter! I’m probably a bit thick/slow but once shown it all fell into place and is now simple to understand!! This video has made the world of difference to me , and as to how I give my orchids the nutrients they need correctly! Thank you again Ricky your a brilliant teacher! Lots of love as always from across the pond😘😘 ps although I grow in water culture, seeing your success with river rocks as they are a non organic medium I’ve added some to my vases with the water only just covering them and let it evaporate before topping up, and it seems to be working well, even with two cymbidiums I’ve just converted 😊😊
Chris......such kind words, thank you my friend.....its an odd concept to follow, but once you use a little bit, it becomes second hand......your plants will love you!
Hi again
I watched and took diligent notes. Yes, Rick, I for one wanted this tutorial! You didn't leave anything out! Amazing! Merry Christmas to you and yours and a very Happy Happy New Year! We love you! Rita
Thank you Rita, all your kind words have really touched my heart this year, thanks again, and have a very Merry Christmas.........lots of love from Alabama...
Great video! :-) Thank you, Rick.
My buddy Rick, you made me cry ....because your message was so touching and I am just chicken shit and can't keep a dry eye....lol, lol So much for being a chicken, this was a very informative video. I believe that because I had been using granules I am underfeeding, but I am doing two gallons at a time so I would not need the same amount. What are we going to do without you, Rick?..... I worry man,.....I do. I know that I had not been watching you a lot because of school, but I do cheat and take a peek every now and then.I never get a break because now I am off school I am working on Nefertiti's story as a children's book.I do hope I get it done while you are still around. I won't start my book back from the realm until I finish school in 2019.Need more videos like this because I archive them. Love, Light and Kindness
I was wondering whether I can use hydroponic fertilisers for orchids, and I find this video!! Thank you!
well sir i’m seeing this and watching and taking notes and this is good shit! literally 😅
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well 💞 Looking forward to another year of videos from you! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences!
Merry Christmas Lisa, thank you for the kind words....you guys keep me motivated to do some more.........
Merry Christmas from Brazil. It has been wonderful to follow your videos and to learn so much with you.
too kind, thank you .....Merry Christmas.
Rafael R. Que legal ver um comentário Brasileiro. Eu pensava ser a única aqui rs. O Rick é maravilhoso e o canal é uma benção. Feliz 2018 pra você. Um abraço de Utrecht-Holanda
Nilza Pereira De Melo Oi Nilza, tudo bem? Eu adoro o canal dele e adorei receber sua mensagem. Um ótimo ano novo para você Tb, cheio de paz, prosperidade, saúde e muitas orquídeas lindas. :)
Merry Christmas to you as well 🌲🙏💜 and yes!!! Thank you I like to see exactly what you do and thoughts while getting to the solution... Thank you for sharing. Those flowers and new growths looking awesome 😁😄
Thanks Sarah for all your kind words this year........Merry Christmas!
Have a great great Merry Christmas Orchid Soldier 💖..orchids hugs ❤..kisses 😚 and blessings to you and your loved ones 😗
very sweet.........thank you
Thank you Rick for your orchid feeding/supplement tips. Wishing you and yours a positive 2018 :) Faith xo
Thank you for sharing your nutritional recipes with us. I'll definitely be trying it out. I look forward to seeing the other ways you mix nutrients. Happy growing 😊
Merry Christmas SueLee.......you have been great to watch all year, and I look forward to your 2018 shows, thanks for all the kind words and making us stop and think about how we grow............luv from Alabama.....
Great info!
To you and yours Ric, may you both enjoy this festive season with good cheer🎄Great video and I'm just beginning to appreciate the importance of good nutrients for your orchids; not too dissimilar from my way of thinking about the nutritional value of good food (and the odd drink)! 😁
......Margaret, thank you for always having a kind word and being such an inspirational grower......I like your way of thinking......healthy body and healthy nature around us.......Merry Christmas to you and Keith, and a wonderful New Year....
I got my RO water system put in yesterday! Now I’m going to follow your directions to a T 🧐. Thank you 😊You don’t know if anyone wants to here this 😳 I do for sure Rick! Awesome 👏🏼 you are 🦸🏼♂️ super Hero
…….your orchids will love you for the R/O water...…...it makes mixing nutrient's easier and no more mineral buildup...….
It’s been raining here lots so I got some rain water and used it to water today. Thank you 😊
I love your videos!!!!
Happy New Year! We kinda like you too! God bless
Wow, what a great video. I appreciate you taking the time to show us different ways you feed your plants. Your orchids are looking might happy. You were right about my ph meter being off. It's since been recalibrated. I hope you had a warm and happy Christmas with your family. Wishing you the best to you and yours in 2018.
Merry Christmas 🎄 thanks for the video they’re always helpful🧐
Merry Christmas..... Tamara.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!
Thank you for your inspiraling videos, I'm learning a lot.
I bought my RO system and ready to grow my orchids!
Merry Christmas to you as well.............you will love the r/o water...makes all the difference in growing these beautiful plants......
Thank you Rick
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well.I wish you the best.
Thank you my friend........thanks for all the kind words this last summer and fall..........Merry Christmas and Happy New year!
Hello Rick, Indeed is really good to see it, ofc we need to see this one Rick. This is very important to know. I enjoy how speedy you get in a min. :D Thanks again.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to
you, family and friends. May your new year be prosperous in all areas. Thank you sir again for another great video, and YES, we want more information and videos like this! It's been a game changer.
you have been there from the start, and I appreciate every kind word.........thank you and have a wonderful Christmas.....
Merry Christmas Rick! I hope that you and your family and everyone close to your heart has a wonderful holiday and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. I'm looking forward to many more of your awesome videos in 2018. 💖
thank you so much Caroline, your always there with a kind word.......have a Merry Christmas!
i found calmag in a growshop for weed.:) thnx for the tip..:)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too
Thanks Merry Christmas!
Hi Rick Merry Christmans and Happy New Jear and You And your family,
thank you Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Rick God bless and happy growing
Hey Rick, Just saw the post surgery vid and want to wish you a speedy recovery. You know I can't seem to write you without a comment or suggestion. First, I got my pH meter thanks to your vids. Second, I learned to pronounce chelate differently. I don't like to state things without checking despite years of hearing academics say "keylate" and I did see that "cheelate" is an alternative but maybe less common. All the pronunciation tools I've seen so far use the former version. Anyway, now I'm looking at picking up some CAliMaGic!
Yes yes yes! I’m so glad you showed us! Your so smart! Merry Christmas my dear friend! Happy new year too! 🎄
lol.........thank you my dear friend, your words and help have been great this past fall........have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Great video, clear nutrient mixing and explanation🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas Ricky and a Happy New Year to you and your wonderful family, and your shadow 🐶
lol.......thanks Chris, thanks for the kind words and support all year, means the world......have a wonderful holiday.....Merry Christmas!
Thank you Thank you.. for your knowledge. I just ordered cal mag an will have to order the other 2 . You explain so well even I understood the breakdown. Merry Christmas my friend have a Blessed holiday with your family
your welcome Gerri, thank you for all the kind words this entire year, Merry Christmas my friend.
Merry Christmas Rick. All the best to you and your loved ones.
Thanks Judy.......same to you.....Merry Christmas!
Hi i know im late but really really appreciate this video!
Very informative video, I will need to get me one of those PPM readers. I normally just use a 1/4 teaspoon or so of the fertilizer or my kelp. Maybe that is why I do not seem to get the kind of results you are getting. Thank you for posting. :)
Merry Christmas, Rick. Your collection looks amazing. That phal at 1:38 looks bad ass in the lights.
thank you Anna....the phal was a surprise, no idea what the flower looked like till it opened.........Merry Christmas!
Thanks a lot for this video. I will have to check and listen to what you are explaining here a couple times more but I will do it after the holidays.
Have a very good festivities time and wish you a wonderful 2018.
thank you my friend, you have been such a great viewer this year with so many kind comments and thoughts......Merry Christmas to you!
Such an informative video, thank you so much and a Merry Christmas to you and your family 😊
Thanks Fiona, Merry Christmas!
Happy new year, gods blessings , love, peace, prosperity, great health, in 2018,
I wish you could answer a question that just came to mind like you've answered other ones in the past. The question is you have us putting pelleted lime on our orchids and I do I ran out but I can't handle the big bag they had a 40 pound bag so I have to wait till they get a smaller bag in at Lowes. But you just said calcium can only be absorbed 5.8 pH I think is what you just said and what happens when you put the pelleted lime on it doesn't matter what the pH I guess of the media is maybe somebody who will read your comments because I know people are visiting your videos even though you haven't posted in awhile and can answer that question. My phalaenopsis are blooming basically because of the air conditioning turning on the ones that didn't Bloom over the winter. This is only my second winter the first winter was when I bought them. I just bought five Orchid bag babies they're Katt leya and they weren't doing real well because they've been at Lowe's for a while so I asked the manager if he'd reduce them and so instead of spending almost $15 each I only spent five I think I might go back and buy the rest if you leave your system. Now I have about 10 of them I bought some earlier this spring. I treated them just like my phalaenopsis but I think they need a change in temperature but I think it has to coincide with a change in light they need darkness in the winter air balloon so I hope I figure out how to get them to bloom I love your videos Rick I watch them over and over again because every time I watch one especially about your nutrients and mobile and immobile nutrients excetera excetera I hear something new but did not thank in the first time I watched
I love to see the calculation! Thx
Unbelievable, I have struggled for three years, and probably spent upwards of 1200 bucks in fertilizers and what have you for my orchids. I thought I was burning my orchids and come to find out it was a calcium/magnesium deficiency. I appreciate the fact you dont over explain or make it difficult to grasp, like many. I have come to your videos for so many of the situations that I have come across, and I really appreciate what you are doing, because you have made a hobby that I love more enjoyable.
cant ask for better feedback..........thank you.
Great video; I finally get it.
Wishing your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Great video as always. :-)
Thank you Diana, same to you......have a wonderful new year.
Merry Xmas Rick and thanks for the informative video!
thank you Gloria........Merry Christmas!
Thank you!!!
Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas ...Judith.......thank you!
Super, wonderful tutorial . I enjoyed this so very much. It's exciting to watch as you mixed each ingredient. Thanks so much. Merry, Blessed Christmas & Happy New Year to you and yours.
I'd also like to see you do this with the Cal Nitrate, Epsom Salts, etc. I think they are to be used separately.
Thanks again.
thanks Sonya, .....I will be mixing the other ones next time......Merry Christmas and thanks again.....
Great demo Rick and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!
thank you Brad..........have a very Merry Christmas!
A very very Merry Christmas to you too, Rick. This is a wonderful video that you have put up. I'd love to work exactly like this. Great learning but its not clear how you measure the 70% nitrogen and 30% P & K. Maybe I'll go thru once again. Thanks so much
thank you my friend, I will do it again and explain some more.....thank you and have a wonderful and very Merry Christmas....
Hi Rick, I know this video was 11 months ago but I’ve been following your TH-cam channel since a few months back. Thank you so much for all the info about raising orchids, and I admit at first I was so overwhelmed with the fertilizing routine with PPM and PH, but with over 400 hundred orchids accumulated in a span of two years, I became your avid subscriber, hahaha. I followed your advices and boy oh boy, my orchids are growing beautifully especially the vandas, I have a couple with 3-6 spikes and my dendrobium spectabili is flowering now with 3 spikes after 5 or more years. Incredible indeed and I think that has something to do with the seaweed fertilizer that you recommend. I’m not sure if I’m using it right though but is it okay to use it every single watering with small amount, maybe two capfuls in 4 gallon rain water or R/O water ? I water at 150-200 ppm. Again thank you so much and warm regards to you and your wife. She chose a good career and I can vouch on that because I was a Trauma ICU RN before I took early retirement and now raising orchids as a hobby. GOD BLESS
………..such kind words, I thank you very much...…...you feeding routine sounds great.....and your spikes speak for them selves.....I add kelp seawed about every 3rd watering....as spring arrives and days get longer I will add it more often.....I use 20-25ppm of it when its used......
Thank you Rick, I will add seaweed every other watering then . I think the ppm falls around that number you mentioned when I check the ppm each time I add the nutrient, and I use MSU fertilizer too for NPK source, I use to grow orchids not knowing the importance of measuring the ppm and ph but with diverse collection of different genera, I have to be serious with what I’m feeding them chids. Again, thank you so much. Looking forward to your next informative videos. Regards.
Hi Rick, first off thank you for being such an amazing educator. Can you please confirm if this mix is best for orchids in bloom and how often are you soaking them? Thank you and many blessings going your way champ!
I don't think it matters whether orchids are in bloom or in growth with what he just showed
Thank you very much for all your videos Rick. Really enjoyed this 1 and I think I will purchase the individual nutrients next year. It is through watching your videos that I learnt about ph and I am just starting to notice the difference in my orchids!
Could you please do a video on how to use superthrive one day?
Thanks again.
From Jonathan in Manchester, England.
Jonathan, thank you for the feedback.....means a lot.....I wish you continued success this year with your orchid collection.
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Hello Rick, a great video that has helped a long time orchid torturer, and recently reenergized and hopeful orchid grower. Your information on PH, tds/ph pens, and low doses of nutrients has been very very helpful. I believe my manufacturer provided measuring teaspoon, even at what I thought was half strength, increased the base water by 400-500 ppm. Amazon thanks you too.......I mixed my first batch of nutrients and watered this past weekend. I know you do a total nutrient based watering,/soaking, flush, and a cal/mag foliar spray. Can you share your frequencies or schedule for flushing, fertilizing, and cal/mag applications?
Also, what a great shade house. You give some dimensions in your video’s, but did you use any special wood to avoid wood rot? Cedar, cypress, pressure treated? It is on my Spring to do list.....
Kind regards, Mark
Mark thanks for the kind words......my feeding schedule changes so much....but there is some common factors that I need to touch on.......as for the shade house, its all pressure treated.......you will love one if you build it......so easy to use and the growth outside is what we orchid growers dream of seeing......growing in nature....wonderful questions.
Wow, everything is looking great, lots of new growth, healthy roots, and lots f blooms, do you get natural lights coming into your growing room?
thank you my sweet friend.......there is a window,, but it faces due North......no sun comes thru it.....
I did not have access to rain water so my adventure began and went on and on and on.. Then I had an epiphany - why not mix about half to 2/3 distilled water (TDS "0") with my filtered tap water (TDS reading 26) and got a perfect 10. Then It was all easy peasy from that time forward. Starting tomorrow am, this regime will begin......I'll keep you posted.
....excellent idea.........more than one way to get those numbers down........
So... everything got fed that needed it. The leftover I labeled "Rick's Mix" and stored it in a cool dark space.
Hi Rick I was thinking about you hoping evething is going well with you and your family, I'm missing your videos 😃🇨🇦
Rick Are you saying for 1 gallon of RO water (10 ppm) just use enough Ca Mg to go to 25 ppm Then just use the gallon only Ca Mg.solution alone? I make 1 gallon of each ( supplements ) fert.,camg,seaweed,
The add some of each gallon to the sprayer etc ?? Thanks
your method is fine...……...if you want to feed calmag alone you can
Hi Rick. I have been watching all your lessons and I must say my orchids are thriving blooming and more healthy. I have moved from N CAL to Las Vegas where the humidity is an average of 22%. I am keeping them inside for fear of 110 degree weather in summer. 3 humidifiers and fans are on all the time. I have them in moss to keep them moist longer. I think i will try river rock so i can soak them often...what do you think? they love your nutrient formula...thank you for your videos...hope Jan continues to do well.....prayers continue
I like your thinking Jane.....growing in rock is growing them bare root.........the rocks just hold them in place.....give them something to anchor onto....Moss, which is a fine media.......is a temporary media in my opinion......its too acidic to start with, and breaks down very fast.....preventing absorption of many nutrients.....most importantly Calcium.....its why store bought Phals in moss, have root issues ......the trick to growing in stone is in how they are watered..........if you let them soak, they get fully hydrated and they can go days with out more water.......when you soak them......watch them, get to know the signs of good hydration vs slightly dehydrated....
@@rickl.orchids I will put my vandas in Rock...God knows there's lots here in Las Vegas... thank you so much for your response.
Hey Rick it's so good to see those steady hands...
Thanks for the lessons just came back from Kona, of course I found a grower in Hilo and... got some more orchids.. hopefully I'll be successful in the summertime in very hot Las Vegas...
Continuing to pray for you and Jan, stay healthy guys!!
Hi Rick,
Thank you for responding and all the helpful information. I was using rain water to fertilize my orchids. I also got some garden lime. Do you recommend Jack’s classic bloom booster?
Thank you again!😊🌱
Happy growing!
…….great question...….No.... I don't recommend bloom boosters …..especially on orchids. They have very little control over absorbing P & K......they can and will absorb toxic amounts if given a lot......also, and as important...…..hormones make orchids bloom......not nutrients.....bloom boosters do not work.
We are your cheerleaders
lol.......lots of luv to you guys..........thank you
Where can i buy them? Thank you so much for great videos! I learned so much from you, thanks!
It'd be interesting to see an experiment where one had the nutrients given and the other just water and compare the results.
.....actually many studies out there.......google "effects of potassium on Phalaenopsis".....amazing results.....