GrinAw, c'mon, Jim. Don't be lazy. /Grin

I'd spend a lot of time clipping the plastic pot before I'd resort to root
chopping. Not that it wouldn't possibly come to that, but it's not a
starting point.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
..
"James Aldridge" wrote in message
...
Anyway, you could shake out as much media as you can and leave the old
pot
on when you pot up or I was thinking u could cut the old pot away?

The net pots I use have way too many holes with roots growing through
them to make it feasible to cut the pot off the root system.

I also think it would be hard to remove much medium from the root mass
without removing the orchid from the pot.

I have been leaning towards the notion that a clean cut along the
inside of the basket will lop off a lot of roots, but the root systems
are still *huge*, so I think I will be okay. After all, cutting roots
often stimulates new root growth. I will also try not to let things
get too out of hand before up-potting.

Other comments? Thank you.

Jim

My gosh....just cut away as much as the net as you can and pot it up again
with the old net intact. It won't breakdown and no one will know it is
there but you!
Pot away!
Garland

"Ray" wrote in message
...
GrinAw, c'mon, Jim. Don't be lazy. /Grin

I'd spend a lot of time clipping the plastic pot before I'd resort to root
chopping. Not that it wouldn't possibly come to that, but it's not a
starting point.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
.
"James Aldridge" wrote in message
...
Anyway, you could shake out as much media as you can and leave the old
pot
on when you pot up or I was thinking u could cut the old pot away?

The net pots I use have way too many holes with roots growing through
them to make it feasible to cut the pot off the root system.

I also think it would be hard to remove much medium from the root mass
without removing the orchid from the pot.

I have been leaning towards the notion that a clean cut along the
inside of the basket will lop off a lot of roots, but the root systems
are still *huge*, so I think I will be okay. After all, cutting roots
often stimulates new root growth. I will also try not to let things
get too out of hand before up-potting.

Other comments? Thank you.

Jim

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:46:48 GMT, "GARLAND HANSON"
wrote:

My gosh....just cut away as much as the net as you can and pot it up again
with the old net intact. It won't breakdown and no one will know it is
there but you!
Pot away!
Garland


I bought an Ascocenda from a vendor who shall never get another
$. They had just potted up the 4" net pot into a nursery pot and
the net pot was strangling the Ascda. I too was at fault for
taking the fresh mix on the top to be "recently repotted." Now
I buy my Ascda unpotted or at least with not enough mix to cover
a problem. Better dry roots than strangled.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:46:48 GMT, "GARLAND HANSON"
wrote:

My gosh....just cut away as much as the net as you can and pot it up again
with the old net intact. It won't breakdown and no one will know it is
there but you!
Pot away!
Garland


I bought an Ascocenda from a vendor who shall never get another
$. They had just potted up the 4" net pot into a nursery pot and
the net pot was strangling the Ascda. I too was at fault for
taking the fresh mix on the top to be "recently repotted." Now
I buy my Ascda unpotted or at least with not enough mix to cover
a problem. Better dry roots than strangled.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

I agree in regard to root chopping. However, you might try saturating the
roots in water in an attempt to pull them free. Dry roots are difficult and
often easily break.

.. . . Pam
Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html
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Ray wrote:

GrinAw, c'mon, Jim. Don't be lazy. /Grin

I'd spend a lot of time clipping the plastic pot before I'd resort to root
chopping. Not that it wouldn't possibly come to that, but it's not a
starting point.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
.
"James Aldridge" wrote in message
...
Anyway, you could shake out as much media as you can and leave the old
pot
on when you pot up or I was thinking u could cut the old pot away?

The net pots I use have way too many holes with roots growing through
them to make it feasible to cut the pot off the root system.

I also think it would be hard to remove much medium from the root mass
without removing the orchid from the pot.

I have been leaning towards the notion that a clean cut along the
inside of the basket will lop off a lot of roots, but the root systems
are still *huge*, so I think I will be okay. After all, cutting roots
often stimulates new root growth. I will also try not to let things
get too out of hand before up-potting.

Other comments? Thank you.

Jim

My gosh....just cut away as much as the net as you can and pot it up again
with the old net intact. It won't breakdown and no one will know it is
there but you!
Pot away!
Garland

"Ray" wrote in message
...
GrinAw, c'mon, Jim. Don't be lazy. /Grin

I'd spend a lot of time clipping the plastic pot before I'd resort to root
chopping. Not that it wouldn't possibly come to that, but it's not a
starting point.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
.
"James Aldridge" wrote in message
...
Anyway, you could shake out as much media as you can and leave the old
pot
on when you pot up or I was thinking u could cut the old pot away?

The net pots I use have way too many holes with roots growing through
them to make it feasible to cut the pot off the root system.

I also think it would be hard to remove much medium from the root mass
without removing the orchid from the pot.

I have been leaning towards the notion that a clean cut along the
inside of the basket will lop off a lot of roots, but the root systems
are still *huge*, so I think I will be okay. After all, cutting roots
often stimulates new root growth. I will also try not to let things
get too out of hand before up-potting.

Other comments? Thank you.

Jim