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Originally Posted by OhioBob
This evening I repotted the plant. Cutting the roots off the pot was harder than I imagined because I forgot that the shards don't want to move around to make the cutting convienent. On the larger pot shards I just put the knife into the media and hoped my aim was true. I think I did well as I found only one large (1 inch) root section torn/cut off. The pot I used was not the one pictured. I found a 6 inch which was taller and put a rock in the bottom added lava rock to stabilize the rock then started the repotting. I didn't remove a lot of the original media (mostly lava anyway) to minimize the root disruption and then started to fill the pot in with a mix of lava and bark- one piece at a time to push it into the cavities around the roots. So far the plant seems to be supported well-no wiggling. Tomorrow I will give it a good dousing with water and hope for the best.
Ah, and yesterday my dog knocked over a different dendrobium that was also outside and it fell out of the pot. This though is a story for a different thread.
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Gotta love those dogs! (have one myself)
*shakes head* ....maybe u could wrap a strip of duct tape around all of your (aerial) clay pots, you know how they put tape on large windows in an "X" shape to keep strong winds, debris, etc from shattering them?
Glad to hear your repot went nicely! Good Luck! I hope this Den. will flower for you this year!
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