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"Hillevi P" wrote:

...What Mick said =)

My repotting always seems to get done when I am stressed out, mostly before
exams (like today!). I love to take a break from papers and books and make a
mess of orchids, moss and bark in the kitchen.

It really calms me down. Others might get stressed by the mess though, I
guess =)

Here (Sweden) I have never seen the offer of repotting! How interesting. And
I have had a job selling pot plants.

Different ways for different places, I guess.

//H




i like to pot in dirt, and now i have a pickaxe, i even like digging
around in the dirt (which is actually clay here) but repotting orchids
is ... a strain. i repotted several in sphag all at once one day--the
kitchen looked like Swamp Thing had exploded all over it.

however, i *do* like the way the plants always promptly grow new bits
and pieces of themselves after repotting.


as for potting for bucks--some places do it to make money, other places
do it sort of for charity--one of the local orchid shows is held at one
of the local public gardens; the garden gets a cut of the sales and the
repottng fees.


hmm, you folks with orchid societies, what about having a repotting
night once a season? ask a minimal fee, which could go to the OS...?

-j_a-