Sorry, I didn't mean I used bark. For the most part I have continued to use LECA, also lava rock works well for me. I just quit using the SH method for some of the plants.
I have a greenhouse that all my plants are in the the warm months. In winter it runs between 40 - 80 degs. I bring my warm growing plants indoors. The temperature tolerant ones stay in the greenhouse.
When it gets cold I don't like the SH because the root zone is too wet and I was having trouble with rot. I also have several types that like a winter rest and I just found it easier to use LECA with a regular pot.
The room I use indoors is on the cool side and I lost a couple of large plants in SH because the root zone stayed too cool.
I still use it for small Phals and a kind of hybrid version for my Bulbophyllums.
So while I really like the SH idea and feel it works, my situation has kind of evolved away from it.
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