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Me too, I'd love to see a pic of your tubes Jeff! It sounds like you made something that works in a similar fashion to swampsticks.
Did you find the hygrolon in the Netherlands? I know where to find Epiweb, but not this one.

Camille the people who produce Epiweb in Sweden make this as well. The UK dealer has started selling it as well. It might be worth asking you Epiweb supplier if they can get hold of it as it comes from the same place as the Epiweb.

Good idea, I didn't think of that!

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Originally Posted by Jeff9 (Post 524334)

I sew together hygrolon to form tubes and they are wrapped around PVC tubing approx 15-20cm long and 4cm diameter. They are closed off at the bottom with a glued lid and the inside of the tube functions as water reservoir.
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Jeff, this sounds like a great idea. How does the water get out to the hygrolon? Do you drill small holes in the tube? If so, how small and where are they?

There is a small strip of hygrolon on the inside of the tube attached to the outer hygrolon acting as a wick.
I find the tubes last about a week.

I am experimenting with other methods because i noticed if you use a reservoir below the tubes that wicks water up it stays more evenly moist over time. As the tube depletes it wicks less and less water.

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Dendrobium subuliferum seedling by Oxyglossums, on Flickr

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Dendrobium subuliferum by Oxyglossums, on Flickr

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Sophronitis alagoensis by Oxyglossums, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by tucker85 (Post 523694)

Thanks Mangus. Epiweb is hard to get here but I ordered some Ecoweb from Ray and I'll try some plants on it. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for all your help.

Tucker, how's the Ecoweb working for you?

I've discovered that as Magnus was saying earlier, the amount of water it holds depends on the water droplet size. Since I moved my plants inside, I've had to use a 1.5 quart misting/spray bottle instead of using the hose as I did outside this summer. With the bottle spraying a finer mist, the Ecoweb holds a ton more water than a spray from the garden hose. The Masdie that was growing so slowly before; I can almost watch it grow now. And the mosses are just taking off. I wish I would have done this earlier this summer and not wasted a couple of months of growth.

This past weekend, I tried a division of Sophronitis cernua that was putting on it's second flush of growth and transplanted an Angreacum didieri x Agraecum mahavavense cross where the old stick mount rotted away. It also is putting on new growth so it was a good time to try.

Cheers.
Jim

I, too, am curious how its going.

In considering redesigning my terrarium by using This material wrapped around a pipe along with some molding material to create an branch effect, placing the bottom in a reservoir of water to be wicked up. Any thoughts on this?

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Originally Posted by Paul Mc (Post 538463)

It doesn't wick. You'd need to design a system that wets it from above, so it flows downward.

Oops! That's good to know! Thanks ray! Guess its back to the drawing board for me the , lol...

Ray, after doing more research, I found several websites and instructional PDFs , one that had given me the original idea to work with. They do say wicking is needed, but their websites are in the UK. What do we have in the US that would provide the wicking?