Sunday, 3 February 2008

Disa Seedlings

Last year's seed sowing has survived the winter in my heated greenhouse and are now beginning th accelerate in growth. I was disappointed with the results from Watsonii and Kewensis but the remaining crosses and selfings have produced good results.
As far as the sowing media is concerned best results seemed to be coming from the moss - sand follows next. The peat/perlite mix has produced germination as well but moss, algae and other green substances have also grown well in these pots and could cause problems. Next year I will drop away the peat mix and use sand and moss only. I will be trying some flasking experiments but that may be next year. My challenge now is to get the seedlings growing on and to build another greenhouse to house them.









2 comments:

Rafael said...

This is fantastic! I grow many of my orchids semi-hydroponically. I love Disa!

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