Just a hint on how it was growing at Andy's... Plants get their locations based on temperature and light needs. He has greenhouses and shade houses to manage different temperature ranges (warm, intermediate, cool/ambient), and light is determined pretty much by height... on the bench or one of two or three levels of racks above them. Within those growing areas, everything gets watered pretty much the same... he would water everything less in winter because things dry out more slowly, but beyond that nothing gets separated. (With something like 750,000 plants and a small staff, not possible to give individual seasonal handling to each one) Mounted plants with little or no moss are dry within a few hours even if watered every couple of days. The setup works... he grows an incredible variety of plants, and has found the acceptable compromises to make it all work. I have learned a lot wandering around there, it's an amazing place.
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