Nano Viv Terracotta Tubes - Erin Pottery

[kavanaru]

During the Orchids Show in Locarno, a member of one of the local Orchids Societies had some ceramics tubes planted with Dendrobium laevifolium, Epidendrum peperomia, Sophonitis cernua and brevipedunculata, and also one with a mix of different miniatures. All these plants have been growing this way since at least 3 years, and all were doing very well (the dendrobium and the Epdendrum were quite large!). He also commented that he grows one Pleione on these tubes, but I cannot remember which species it was.

[gmdiaz]

I should receive my tube on Thursday!

I can hardly wait!

Not sure which plants to add to the tube. I thought I'd wait to see how much water comes through at different locations from top to bottom and then plant accordingly.

Hmmm. . . .I need a bunch of mini orchids! ROFLOLOL

[kenr62]

I just ordered 2 of the swamp sticks and the MSU pure water fertilizer. Is that fertilizer suitable for the swamp sticks? If so at what strength?. If not, what would be suitable? I will be attempting to mount a mature phal on the larger stick and some bulbophyllums and maybe a pluerothallis on the smaller one.

[Magnus A]

Ken, I would suggest using as pure water as you can (RO) in the swamp stick or the terracotta tubes as salts will precipitates in the poors with time. This will prevent enough leaking. For fertilization, spray the tube from the outside.
/Magnus

[kenr62]

I used to use RO in my last house but haven't installed it in this one because it is extremely wasteful. I will be using distilled water from a waterwise distiller. I will try your suggestion of misting a from the outside with a weak solution. Thanks!

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[Corwin]

#Growinhydro
I just had a look at Swampstick.com and cannot find any SkeeterSticks in the shop. Did you stop producing them?

Also, do you ship to Europe, and how much would it cost?

[growinhydro]

Hi Corwin, thanks for asking!

I am still producing SkeeterSticks, just have been making them to order, and would be happy to make some for you!

I can ship to Europe no problem. Please email me at jwright@growinhydro.com with your shipping address and the number of SkeeterSticks you may be interested in ordering, and I'll get an estimated weight for a shipping quote.

Kind regards,
Jesse

[Kaity]

I bought a terra cotta wine cooler tube from a brick supply store. I got it all set up to test out and have a question about amount of water needed to keep the plants happy. There beads of water coming through on the bottom of the tube but on the top half it is only slightly damp. If you drag your finger accross it it will not be wet. Is this right? Or does this mean the tube isn't porous enough? The water has been in there for about 12 hours. Do I just need to let it sit longer?

[DelawareJim]

For those looking for swamp sticks, there is a German company that has the same thing here:
Roellke Orchideen

The flat tube looked interesting to me.

Cheers.
Jim

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by DelawareJim

For those looking for swamp sticks, there is a German company that has the same thing here:
Roellke Orchideen

The flat tube looked interesting to me.

Cheers.
Jim

And I would add, you can save your money... Bought them (both, red and white) a while ago.. Plants did not attached to them and seems to be backed at too high temps, so that water cannot leak properly.. After complaining, I was told the idea was to wrap them with a piece of cloth to help the roots and water regularly to keep the cloth wet... So... For that a standard piece of wood works better

Tried as well, other pieces of terracotta (kind of bottles bought in Italy) which were more porose and they worked very well...

It is just a matter of the temperature at which theyr are backed: low temps for porose but fragile pots... Hight temps por less porose and more resistant pots