On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:37:34 GMT, "White Monkey"
wrote:

Next time Katrina, Soak the bark mix before you pot. Then the
mix will be contributing to the humidity rather than trying to
pull moisture out of the plant.

Thanks! I had thought that leaving potentially damaged roots in direct
contact with wet or damp medium would be a bad thing. Shows you what I know!
I will do this next time.
--Katrina
The problem is not the moisture in the mix. It is that some mix
is very difficult to get conditioned to accept wet. It wants to
stay dry to the extent that it will later not accept moisture.
So to be sure we soak it so there is moisture in it and it is
conditioned to continue to accept moisture.


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