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Originally Posted by brsucculents
Very impressive. Large plants are really nice but they take up a lot of space.
Tucker, what media do you use in your wood baskets?
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I actually don't use much media. I use large chunks of cork, tree fern fiber and lava rock. Lately I've been leaving out the lava rock because it's heavy and the roots seem to prefer the cork and tree fern. I grow outdoors in South Florida and it can sometimes rain every day for parts of the summer. It's important to let the roots get lots of air or they wind up rotting. It's kind of like growing on a vertical mount but it works in our climate. When I first put the plant in the basket, I place the entire root ball in, without disturbing the media attached to it or trimming any roots. Then I put the big chunks of media around it. The old media will rot away and be washed out when I water. Like I said it works well in our hot, humid and rainy environment. Maybe in a drier climate more media would be needed. I really don't know about other climates.
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