Stupid, stupid, stupid. Orchid pots

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Originally Posted by tucker85

Commercial growers use Styrofoam peanuts to accomplish the same thing. What kind of 'false bottom' are you planning to put in?

This is the first, I bought one from the shop, as if it didn't work I didn't want to buy any more. I drilled drainage holes all round the bottom, and I found that if you cut the end off a terracotta brick that's 4 cm thick, a normal 30 cm plant pot saucer fits perfectly, and I can of course melt drainage holes thru that.

I am then left with a 9 cm deep container for planting in, which should be ideal. Do you think I need side holes for ventilation as the planting medium will only be about 8cm deep?

Plus, I can screw the saucer to the brick to make the planting more stable.

I thought that a layer of styrofoam pellets would accumulate debris, and be too lightweight.