Hahaha! Who needs the sphag OR the bag? :)

[cb977]

LOL...just remember THE most important piece of advice ever given:

Do what works for YOU!!!

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Sphag and bag never worked for me either, but neglect always works! Maybe your 4 step process is what we should start suggesting to people instead of sphag and bag? The newbies in search of help are going to think we're crazy!

they really think we were mad if we suggested that. They'd go else where looking for 'better' advice'

[Amanda L]

That is a great story Sue! The newbies, probably already think we are all mad! But, if they are like me, they do what more experienced growers tell them.

I never tried the sphag and bag method, always made me think that mold would set in and finish the plant off.

I have 3 catts, I just potted in tiny pots and water once a week, or when I remember. 2 of them are doing great, about to bust out of those tiny little pots I made from the bottom of water bottles. The other isn't doing as good with roots, but giving me new growth, I guess the roots will come later.

Dens go directly to OICU (that's Orchid Intensive Care Unit). It's basically smooth river stones in a plastic container, with water in the bottom, just below the rootless plant. Mist daily with SuperThrive and watch the roots and canes grow! It's worked for me.
Now I just need some 2" pots to re-pot a paph I have over potted and the 2 dens that are ready to come out of OICU. Off to CalWest I go!

[Gin]

Mad surely not us

[cb977]

[WhiteRabbit]

LOL
I just somehow don't think this method will work as well in California as it does in Florida - I do have a plant I am tempted to try with tho lol

[Royal]

Me, mad?

:iagree:

[Vanessa]

Well hallelujah!!! I confess every time I sphag/bagged a chid it molded and these were ones I raised in my grow room inside my house. I was starting to get a complex.......... Catts are great for the sink or swim method.......WTG Sue!