Ok, today I'm going to pick up my bag of Hydroton from Hummert (it's just down the street for me so really convenient) and will be repotting 3-4 of my plants as "experiments".
I've always grown my plants with saucers of water under the pots so I'm hoping the conversion shouldn't be too bad. I've met people who only water once a month around here and imo my plants would croak if i did that. They love being a bit squishy.
Anyhow, I'm moving over a Dendrobium, Oncidium and I'm going to try an Asocenda (mainly since it really isn't thriving in its basket in our dry house air). I'm still on the fence about moving over on of my Phals that is a tad unhappy lately.
Anyhow, I'm going to take before and after photos, and then chart their progress. It will be interesting at least with the Asc.
I'll be using clay pots, hydroton (soaked & all that jazz), and saucers as external reservoirs.
My main goals are to help the Asc grow a bit, and cut down on my repotting costs. Since I keep my media damper than most, I end up repotting every year on the phals- a little longer on the other plants. My one Den in Hydroton (bought him in that from Tropic 1 in FL way back when) just loves it.
crosses fingers!
New project: 3-4 plants to S/H
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