Hi everyone!
I hit the clearance cart at Lowe's the other day and got some very healthy Phals (I'm still learning and that's all our big box stores sell...I'm cool with it. ^_^). They seem quite happy with big, green roots, and are in clear plastic containers - two out of the three, anyway. One even has a spike that is growing a new mitten. Huzzah!
I know they are often tightly packed in sphag, which can restrict the roots and cause issues. I also know that Phals like to be a bit rootbound.
So I'm wondering whether or not I should remove my guys from their containers, pull out a little sphag to loosen them up a bit, and then just put them back in their cups? I have a bark/charcoal/perlite mix, but they seem quite happy in sphag. I have not grown in sphag, all of my guys are in bark, but since these orchids seem quite happy and healthy, I was thinking of just leaving them there and seeing how they did. Mostly I'm just worried about the sphag being too tight. They were bone dry when I got them, so I just gave them a good soak, drained them well, and stuck them over by the window where they seem to be quite happy.
Do you think this is a good idea? Do you think I should maybe do a sphag/bark mix??
Repotting??
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