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Originally Posted by RandomGemini
It's not dirt. It's Promix, which is a REALLY great media for growing these plants.
Contact Seattle Orchid. No, really. Send them an email. Take pictures and include them in your email. They will make this right. Every time I have had an issue, even if it wasn't their fault, they have made it right for me.
EDITED TO ADD: Reading your post again, I suspect you are not seeing soil mites. You are probably seeing springtails. That's just an indicator to me that a plant needs to be repotted because the medium is broken down. Repot it as soon as all of the blooms fall, if it is currently in bloom.
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Hmm, well thanks for the info about promix!!
I don't think it's an ideal medium for my growing style and I worry it will stay too moist in my home setting, but that's interesting to know that it is actually a good mix for orchids.
I am not sure about emailing them. I emailed them about bud blast on my plant, pictures included and they have yet to get back to me a week later. Obviously it's cold out so it's reasonable that the buds would blast even in a shipment that is 4 hours away from them by car, so that didn't bother me too much, but the non-response is not the best.
They've been wonderful on the phone in the past, but I've been too busy to call, and I'm a little miffed that my email doesn't have a response yet.
As for the bugs in the soil...
I don't think they're springtails. I was under the impression that springtails jump, and these bugs just crawl about. They look like a tiny tiny sesame seed or something. The google image results for springtails show much bigger bugs than I am seeing.
I would take a picture to show the bugs, but they are so small I don't even know if I can photograph them!
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