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Originally Posted by jje10001
That being said, my newly potted phals (<1 month) were similarly affected- can this anaerobic bacteria spread from plant to plant?
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Definitely. Also, they are in the environment. If the conditions are "friendly" to them, they will multiply. So rinsing well, and then giving them a new environment with less water and
especially more air will solve the problem. Air is really the important thing here - roots don't suffer from too much water, but rather from not enough air. In nature, Phals grow on the branches of trees. They may get rained on every day, but then dry out, and of course get lots of fresh air. We put them in pots because we don't have the high humidity that they would get in the tropics (and makes it easier to manage them in our homes). But that need for "moist air" rather than "wet" is still vitally important.
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