Dustin wrote:

I am looking for some suggestions on a very fast drying potting media.
The majority of my plants are mounted, probably 95% of them. I built my
"shade house" a few weeks ago and I want to move the rest of my potted
orchids in there. The problem is, I water the mounted plants very
heavily every morning. I know this will be too much water for the
plants that are potted in a fir bark mix.
I was thinkiing something like aliflor or hydroton maybe mixed with
perlite and some tree fern fibers?


How about just pea gravel? If you use aliflor or one of the more
porous kind of rock, you will trap moisture. A smooth gravel will dry
out more quickly.


Rob

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