Mounting on Charcoal--neos and sedireas

[Hakumin]

Originally Posted by Brotherly Monkey

one thing I immediately notice about them is that there seems to be some medium between the plants and the charcoal, and that nothing is directly mounted to it.

This conforms with my past experimenting with trying to use pure charcoal as a potting medium. Which proved problematic because the heat the charcoal would absorb, due to it's dark color

I don't know about that--I've seen plenty of examples with the roots bound directly to the charcoal with only a small amount of sphagnum to retain moisture...

I've linked some examples here:

[Brotherly Monkey]

Originally Posted by Hakumin

I don't know about that--I've seen plenty of examples with the roots bound directly to the charcoal with only a small amount of sphagnum to retain moisture...

I've linked some examples here:

they might be keeping them at lower light levels. But mine did great all year until summer hit and I would start seeing root tips just shrivel and die, as soon as they came into contact. And noticing the same wasn't happening with the ones in leca, or volcanic rock, I felt the charcoal and noticed it was rather hot, even on cooler days