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07-12-2010, 09:24 PM
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Ya know, if I were a vendor and some youngster showed just a smidgen of interest, I'd give them whatever it takes to get the flame going.
When I was into antique fishing tackle, I usually gave the youngsters a better price than the old, um, rhymes w/hearts...lol
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07-12-2010, 09:53 PM
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One of our locat growers mounts his Catts on cedar shingles with a small NZ Moss pad underneath the roots.
I used cork chunks and lately EpiWeb with a small moss pad.
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07-12-2010, 10:28 PM
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I will try that. Thanks!
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07-12-2010, 10:37 PM
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Haha it's funny you say that because the the guy that sells the orchids is old and kinda blunt and a tad rude. Last year when I bought my catt. It was my first orchid and i asked what was the easiest species and he rambled on a list of some of the ones he was selling and didn't bother showing me any of them, then I found my catt. and he gave me a care sheet for it and said it was an intermediate one. So I paid him and left.
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07-12-2010, 10:56 PM
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it depends on the seller. but i dont use new zealand spagh i just use the long fiber spaghnum moss i can get at the garden center. its not real pricey. but if there is a show coming up, i would wait
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07-12-2010, 11:29 PM
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So could it be possible to find some long fibered moss in my back yard and use it?
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07-12-2010, 11:39 PM
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Skip the moss. Water the roots more often. I have cattleyas in LECA I water every other day and sometimes I skip 3 days. They are growing like crazy. Moss is not a must have. ALl it does is hold moisture right? SO that you don't have to water so often. I think it's over rated. LOL OK bring it on you moss lovers.  |
07-12-2010, 11:51 PM
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Haha that is amazing thanks Swamper!! So what does "leca" mean?
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07-13-2010, 12:14 AM
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it depends on what your humidity is. here in pa, its to dry to have no moss, at least for phals. i would have to water 2 or 3 times a day. and my laelia anceps, its potted in a bark mix, and i still water it once a day.
but the moss from your back yard wont work, sorry. but i got a big bag for 7 bucks, so check your garden center
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07-13-2010, 12:33 AM
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Why won't it work?
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