I don't happen to have any plants in coir now, because it's been easier
to buy ready-made bark/peat/perlite mix (Gubler's), but I never had a
problem with poor support. It's important, though, as someone said earlier,
not to compact it too tightly when planting.
Tom
From: "Reka"
Newsgroups: rec.gardens.orchids
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:10:28 +0100
Subject: Bark contaminated ?
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The "dust" is frequently sold in compressed bricks, which take a lot
of
soaking and scraping to turn into usable fiber, and that does look like
peat. I bought some at a show a few years back, before I was even asking
the
right questions, and repotted a Laelia in coir
erlite 4:1 in a clay pot.
That plant began to grow like gangbusters with the same water and
fertilizer
I was giving my plants in bark. It's still doing that today.
But does the plant have enough support in that mix?
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