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Originally Posted by isurus79
The above advise is good indeed. I have one more thing to add though. When you get your plant, don't rush to mount it. Wait until it is actively putting out new roots from a new growth. Your plant will acclimate MUCH quicker this way. Many plants have a tendency to resent being re-potted with the old root system and this is doubly true for mounting a plant. The reason is that the roots currently attached to the plant are adapted to growing in a pot and suddenly being exposed to air (even if covered in a wad of spag) will stress the plant. However, if you mount the plant just as new roots are being produced, those new roots will be adapted to growing on a mount and the plant won't skip a beat in its growth/bloom cycle.
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Thanks for the advice Isurus and that is really interesting. I was wondering when you say new roots, do you mean a new root the main plant or the little nubs from the existing roots?
I'm thinking that you mean from the main plant since those are the ones that will be conditioned according to the new environment as it grows? Or perhaps any root activity period.
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