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Let's Start a Good Idea, Tips Thread.
I have a solution to the problem of securing plants in plastic pots. I
seem to need this a lot - rootless divisions, topheavy plants.I don't like to pack the mix tightly, so a stake down through it won't help. So, for bulbos (which can be shaped like a roller coaster), any catts, milts, brassias, tall dens, etc, I find rhizome clips don't work well with plastic pots. I use an old soldering iron (alternately a long rhizome clip laid over a stove burner on high for a short while, carefully handled with a potholder) to burn holes in the sides of the pot opposite each other just a little below the level of the rhizome. Then I insert a bamboo stake (from the grocery for shishkabobs) which should be just snug enough down on the plant to hold it firmly. I leave about 1/8-1/4" of it sticking out either side and clip off the excess with wire snips. Works great, is inexpensive and so adaptable to different plants and pots. |
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