Confessions of a Phal Abuser

[kmccormic]

Hi Guys:

I keep trying with Phal's but failing - somehow I over water even if I leave them two weeks at a time between watering sessions. They always go black in the roots and the base. Now I have one that I haven't killed (yet) and I'm trying to figure out what's going on with it. I've taken it out of moss and put it in lecca - lots of air flow. It's got lots of new roots, lots of healthy old roots, and is growing a new leaf. But the base is black, and there are black rings at the place where the roots meets the leaves. Is this just something Phal's do?