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Old 05-30-2006, 09:37 PM
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Really. I stick my fingers way down in the mix and it's dry - after a day or 2. Pretty much all of my orchids are in a mix of medium / small chips, charcoal, perlite.... a few have some spagh as well.
I tried potting a few that liked more moisture in spagh but this very wet spring, a few of my orchids in the spagh got moldy and or mild black rot. It just did NOT dry out! I got fearful and ditched potting in spagh...
So it seems I have to sort of water my orchids every few days. I drag it out to twice a week and they look fine, but the medium is REALLY dry...
Is that bad for them? And ummm... where is the happy medium....
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Old 05-30-2006, 11:27 PM
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what lighting are you using??
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Old 05-31-2006, 07:57 AM
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I don't use any special lighting. Since lately it's been wonderful weather, I leave lights off and they just get the natural sun that shines in. Now my shelf is closer to the sliding glass doors and getting more direct sun but they were drying out SO fast before.... when it's not raining out...
I may just have to deal with it.... I stay at home anyway, so I can handle more watering...
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Old 05-31-2006, 01:12 PM
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Easy solution: Take some dry sphagnum moss and crumble it up into dust, Sprinkle some of the dust on the tops of the medium. Next time you water the dust will go down into the medium. This dust will create moisture pockets and release back to the bark while not smothering the plant roots.
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Old 05-31-2006, 01:42 PM
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Why didn't I think of that? I'll have to try this with some of mine that seem to need more water than most on a regular schedule. Thanks.
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Old 05-31-2006, 02:14 PM
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Exactly. What a good idea. I will do that next time... 2 days from now since I just watered LOL!
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Old 05-31-2006, 02:20 PM
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Maybe I should write a guide on the watering / media relationship?
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Old 05-31-2006, 02:52 PM
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That was a good idea. I was interested to find out what solutions would be suggested. Thanks!

If you were to wrtie that guide, it would do orchid board a great service!
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Old 05-31-2006, 05:30 PM
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Okay. I will. I might want to get together with Ray to drop some science into it.
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Old 05-31-2006, 05:34 PM
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If you do put some science into it, put it in the obscure yet strong science subforum here on dendroboard.
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