DUH!!!

[RJSquirrel]

ack I bought some peanuts today .you know the ones you put down in the bottom of the pots. Well I didnt pay any attention to what kind of peanuts they were.Peanuts are peanuts right?

WRONG...I put a few down in the bottom of a plant I was re building. Stacked some peanuts up in the bottom. Carefully laid my plant in the pot. Watered it in a little bit. My plant fell over right away..Hmmm..Damn peanuts freeking melted..
DUH thats what BIO DEGRADEABLE means!!! Potato starch peanuts dont last very long in clay..heh..

[Angurek]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

hmmm....if your'e not looking at it and it felt like wood chips..Can I ask how much bark you ate before you noticed that ?

I came close to putting some in my mouth, now that you mention it.

[Angurek]

Originally Posted by Amanda L

OMG!!! That made my day!!
This could be a new growing trend!

Maybe LOL. I'd be even more surprised if I had left the plants in the stuff and they had actually thrived.

[Jennyfleur]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

ack I bought some peanuts today .you know the ones you put down in the bottom of the pots. Well I didnt pay any attention to what kind of peanuts they were.Peanuts are peanuts right?

WRONG...I put a few down in the bottom of a plant I was re building. Stacked some peanuts up in the bottom. Carefully laid my plant in the pot. Watered it in a little bit. My plant fell over right away..Hmmm..Damn peanuts freeking melted..
DUH thats what BIO DEGRADEABLE means!!! Potato starch peanuts dont last very long in clay..heh..

Ha ha! I didn't know you could get bio deg ones!! I'll have to watch out myself in the future!

My only DUH!! moment lately was a couple of days ago I was looking at my sophronitis purpurata (or laelia purpurata, if you prefer) which has been growing a nice little root steadily out of the pot for a couple of months. Well, I thought I saw some 'fluff' on the tip, so I pulled it off (as you do) - turns out it was attached to the tip and so, off came the tip. Now, it's stopped growing! So, no more perceived 'fluff' clean up for me in future!

[GardenTheater]

I was trying to tie a phal spike to grow in the direction I wanted. I broke it off...ugh. Then it sent up another spike and I tried to control it again and heard a slight rip sound. That one seems ok and I'm letting it grow wherever it wants to. Looks like I need to read more of the phal abuse posts.

[Amanda L]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

hmmm....if your'e not looking at it and it felt like wood chips..Can I ask how much bark you ate before you noticed that ?

[Amanda L]

Originally Posted by Angurek

Maybe LOL. I'd be even more surprised if I had left the plants in the stuff and they had actually thrived.

Wouldn't that be something!!! What shall we call this new growing media? How about...Orchid Jerky?

[Call_Me_Bob]

pot your chids, feed your chids, feed yourself!

[Amanda L]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

ack I bought some peanuts today .you know the ones you put down in the bottom of the pots. Well I didnt pay any attention to what kind of peanuts they were.Peanuts are peanuts right?

WRONG...I put a few down in the bottom of a plant I was re building. Stacked some peanuts up in the bottom. Carefully laid my plant in the pot. Watered it in a little bit. My plant fell over right away..Hmmm..Damn peanuts freeking melted..
DUH thats what BIO DEGRADEABLE means!!! Potato starch peanuts dont last very long in clay..heh..

Beware the green packing peanuts!! Well, for orchid pots anyway. The earth loves them!

[Amanda L]

Originally Posted by GardenTheater

I was trying to tie a phal spike to grow in the direction I wanted. I broke it off...ugh. Then it sent up another spike and I tried to control it again and heard a slight rip sound. That one seems ok and I'm letting it grow wherever it wants to. Looks like I need to read more of the phal abuse posts.

Sorry to hear that you broke a spike. I'm glad the other one is doing okay!