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Originally Posted by bballr4567 (Post 489978)

The skewer is going to be the size of a root so it'll be easy to get it in there. What I normally do is just kind of lift it out of the pot a little and slide it in there. It really is the best way to check how you good you are at watering the little guy.

I have one mini that I water every other day and one that takes 5 days. There is no difference in the potting material or pot at all.

We'll see what I'll do. I won't do anything until tomorrow anyway since it's too late at the moment (I should have gone to bed at least two hours ago). :)

Mutant, you already checked roots recently I think, so it's time to let this poor plant be and try and grow some new roots. By un-potting it every week or two, it will never get established.

I have one particular phal that starts to get shriveled leaves every time it blooms. It's one of my best growers but... A month or so into the bloom cycle ALL the leaves start to wilt. It's the only one that acts like this. I always cut the spike when i can't take anymore. Hope this helps.

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Originally Posted by silken (Post 490023)

Mutant, you already checked roots recently I think, so it's time to let this poor plant be and try and grow some new roots. By un-potting it every week or two, it will never get established.

Exactly what I felt, so you guys will just have to take my word for it when I say the roots looked fine. :nod:

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Originally Posted by Phal grower (Post 490058)

The spike is no more! I couldn't watch it deteriorate any longer while the buds and the spike just got bigger and longer, so I cut it today. This guy needs to focus on getting established and put out some healthy leaves and roots and no spikes and flowers! It was a shame, but I care more about being able to keep this guy alive until I've figured out how to care for it properly. Good thing about the spike cutting - now I have a skewer in the medium (the stake that was used to supports the spike)! :D

Hope you put the spike in water then, with any luck you can still enjoy the blooms!

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Originally Posted by The Mutant (Post 489961)

As I wrote in a previous post, the pot is so small, 2.5" that I don't think I can squeeze a skewer down into the medium without hurting anything.

Wooden toothpick instead of a skewer? A dinky skewer for a dinky plant. :)

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Originally Posted by camille1585 (Post 490130)

Hope you put the spike in water then, with any luck you can still enjoy the blooms!

Dang! I KNEW there was something I forgot to do... Oh, well, at least I know what they look like until next time it blooms, and maybe I'll get a name on it and its three NoID colleagues (the two Phal. Jiaho's Pink Girl wannabees).

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Originally Posted by NatalieS (Post 490133)

Wooden toothpick instead of a skewer? A dinky skewer for a dinky plant. :)

Of course! Why didn't I think of that? Excellent idea, thanks! :biggrin: