seedling growing mediums

[jamesgang]

I am interested in deflasking some seedlings and in my studies of others I came across the growing medium called "mud". Several mentioned the benifits of this medium and how it helps grow seedlings very fast --- I'd like to hear your methods and experience in this area of orchid culture JD

[Tom_in_PA]

"mud" I have never heard that term used before when talking about orchid medium.

When I deflask seedlings from flask I use two mediums depending on the species. Either straight moss or a fine bark mix with perlite and charcoal added.

[Becca]

Hi! I to am interested as I am just starting to get into flasks and flasklings.....I did a quick search on google and found this article...but I haven't had a chance to read all of it yet....hope this may help for those people, like me, who have not heard of "mud"

https://www.msu.edu/user/harveyb/mud.htm

[Tom_in_PA]

Thanks for the article Becca. I now know what "mud" is

[Ross]

Great article. I'm now thinking of what I can experiment with. Apparently not Paphs.