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Old 03-04-2012, 07:56 AM
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If you just transferred them, they will need to grow new roots that are tailored to the new environment in order to support the plant. Keeping the plants warm, shady, and humid is the best encouragement for them to do that. Plan on the current roots dying and rotting.

Never, and I mean NEVER, just top-up the reservoir, as that is the ideal way to concentrate fertilizer and plant residues in the upper part of the medium.

Always, when you water, fill the pot to the top rapidly and let it drain. That wets the medium, flushes the residues, and refreshes the chemistry of the reservoir.

Watering more frequently is actually better for the plant than watering less so.
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