Thinking of using LECA

[mofms1]

Originally Posted by kvet

mofms: great reuse for talenti containers My first to SH went into mason jars, they take to the drill easier than thin glass or possibly ceramic, but the plastic would've been much easier.

My SO uses the mason jars for canning, pickling, and whatever other storage he wants. So those are pretty much off limits for me.

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Originally Posted by Roberta

The sideways presentation of photos is a quirk of the forum software, for those that are uploaded directly from phones. If you save the photo to your computer, open it with your photo editor of choice and re-save it, problem solved. But we're all pretty used to looking at the sideways pix. No worries...

I've been sending the photos to my computer and uploading from there and they're still going sideways. Oh well, as long as you guys can figure it out, I guess it's not a big deal

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Originally Posted by Subrosa

Yup. If you grow exclusively indoors it's easy, because plastic containers are durable enough...I used to use glass containers, but now use ceramic because it's (usually) easier and faster to drill.

I have an FDK that I was told could be moved outdoors in the summer. But that's terrestrial so I won't be putting that in LECA. I might look into ceramic for some of the midsize plants I have. I'm not sure how much longer some of these will fit into the Talenti containers if the roots take off

[Ray]

Originally Posted by mofms1

I have an FDK that I was told could be moved outdoors in the summer. But that's terrestrial so I won't be putting that in LECA.

1) They're not truly terrestrial.
2) Terrestrial plants tack to S/H culture much better than slow-growing orchids.

[mofms1]

One of my phal's has started to grow a new leaf and was outgrowing its pot so I thought I'd move it over to s/h.
the other phal is still in bloom so I have a ways to go before I move it, plus I need to get a larger pot for it. But the one I moved was still looking good. Very few roots needed to be trimmed and there were some long ones in there.