My mini phals keep loosing their roots to root rot

[camille1585]

I'm only speaking from my experience in my conditions, but I've found that slotted pots under 4in in size to be rather tricky to water correctly, especially in low humidity winter conditions.

I've either repotted those into standard transparent pots (I don't see the purpose of slots in small pots, as those are already rather fast drying compared to large pots), or take the entire thing and slip it into a slightly larger transparent pot, as a sort of cache pot. The advantage is that you get the fast even drying from the slots, but the other pot maintains a more humid atmosphere around it. This works quite well for me.