"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Full disclosu I do not have any Phrags. However, a friend who does
*very* well with them does a double pot deal. She grows them in clay, and
places the clay pot inside another, larger clay pot, surrounding the inner
pot with damp spaghnum moss. It's sure working for her! clip

If you live in the southern US or where it gets hot and stays that way for
months, keeping the phrags cool is the most important thing. This double pot
method is good for evaporative cooling of the roots. Until I put mine in
front of the evaporative cooling pads in the gh, repotted into CHC in clay
pots and put the pots in containers that hold about an 1" of water, my
phrags just survived. This year (I posted these earlier) I had Phrag
longifolium and Phrag Grande bloom for the first time. And they put on great
new growth they way they're supposed to! Now it's Phrag Cardinal-Schlim X
besseae's turn. It's getting close. Good luck.
Gary