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Let's Start a Good Idea, Tips Thread.
A number of local growers, myself included, make net pots from gutter
guard (fine guage), which is normally used to keep leaves and debris out of roof gutters. It works even better as a mount: instead of putting the plant in the gutter guard container, mount it on the outside and fill with a mix of your choice (I use peat and perlite). When the mix needs renewing, simply tip it out or gently wash it out and replace. Because the material doesn't seem to break down under even the strong UV we get in Brisbane (Australia), you have a perpetual mount which will not decay. Different shapes and sizes can be made - for small ones, no support is needed; for larger, try aluminium wire (bonsai wire, for example) to obtain a square or cylidrical shape. Just the shot for some of the scrambling bulbophyllums and coelogynes. Cordially, Phil -- ################################################## ############################# Dr Phil Diamond Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Brisbane,AUSTRALIA 4072. Tel +61 7 3365 3253 Fax +61 7 3365 1477 |
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