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Flasking Medium Recipes?

Discussion in 'Everything Else Orchid' started by jai, Dec 31, 2016.

  1. Dec 31, 2016 #1
    jai

    jai Orchid addict

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    I have done a lot of research and found many different kinds of recipes with many kinds of ingredients. I would like to know what are the key nutrients/chemicals/ingredients needed to germinate orchid seed. I would like to try a homemade medium just for fun. Some ingredients I was intrigued by where: honey, potato(skin), agar, coconut water, rain water, distilled water, and actually using orchid fertilizer.
     
  2. Dec 31, 2016 #2
    Kipper

    Kipper CoffeeCoffeeCoffee... Supporting Member

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    Never done this yet. Good luck with it!
     
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  3. Jan 1, 2017 #3
    naoki

    naoki Well-Known Member

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    For the germination per se, seeds probably don't need much. But orchids don't need to have endosperms, so they require the basic 17 essential elements which all plants have to have: Plant nutrition - Wikipedia

    Some additions are for the phytohormones, and others may be providing more organic materials (sugar, starch, peptides etc). Agar is considered to be just the supporting matrix.

    Complete fertillizer (includes all elements including Ca and Mg) + agar is supposed to work for some orchids.
     
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