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Phal potting material?
I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom
of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour
sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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Thanks, Ray ...Why would the spaghnum go bad? It looks o.k.-just was packed
really tight. "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... : I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour : sphagnum. : : All should be OK from here. : : -- : : Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids : http://www.firstrays.com : Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! : : : "Fran Kirby" wrote in message : news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... : I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the : bottom : of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots : due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, : one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. : However : there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its : recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed : the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and : also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked : the : roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too : moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be : appreciated. : TIA : : -- : Fran Kirby : Jacksonville, Florida : : : : |
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On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 23:40:55 GMT, "Fran Kirby"
wrote: I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA Until it shows vigorous new roots and is firm in the mix. keep it a touch shadier... not dark. Try to increase the humidity around it. Do not increase the water, just the humidity. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Thanks Sue- I had just bought a digital hydrometer/themometer and have been
amazed at the difference in different areas of my living space...The highest seems to be 57%, but only at times. -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida : Until it shows vigorous new roots and is firm in the mix. keep it : a touch shadier... not dark. Try to increase the humidity around : it. Do not increase the water, just the humidity. : SuE : http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Ray, When you described sphagnum as "sour" what were you referring to?
Did you have in mind moss that is old and disintegrated or still in tact in long strands but super-absorbed with fertilizer salts and starting to get costic or actually smelling "sour". I don't throw away good sphagnum just because it turns green and smells "earthy", because I buy good, five-star sphagnum and when it starts to get dark green, which it will do with nitrogen buildup, it's useful life is far from over. I just put it in a large plastic bowl, saturate it with tap water, and squeeze out the water (and the old fertilizer salts) with it. As long as it is still in strands and has "loft", this technique works well and has lowered my sphagnum costs. I repot every plant I buy when I get it home so I knows how old it is. The problem with old moss is twofold: it contains too much old fertilizer salt and it compacts too tightly. Or "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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I was referring to moss that had begun to break down.
Green color is from too much nitrogen? I thought it was algae. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jim Landers" wrote in message news:QRv1a.50165$be.34683@rwcrnsc53... Ray, When you described sphagnum as "sour" what were you referring to? Did you have in mind moss that is old and disintegrated or still in tact in long strands but super-absorbed with fertilizer salts and starting to get costic or actually smelling "sour". I don't throw away good sphagnum just because it turns green and smells "earthy", because I buy good, five-star sphagnum and when it starts to get dark green, which it will do with nitrogen buildup, it's useful life is far from over. I just put it in a large plastic bowl, saturate it with tap water, and squeeze out the water (and the old fertilizer salts) with it. As long as it is still in strands and has "loft", this technique works well and has lowered my sphagnum costs. I repot every plant I buy when I get it home so I knows how old it is. The problem with old moss is twofold: it contains too much old fertilizer salt and it compacts too tightly. Or "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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I suspect the excess nitrogen helps the alge grow?
And some folks (me for example) have a hard time growing in spag for some reason so I've learned if I get a plant in spag, I repot it as soon as I have time into bark or chc. Probably I water too often for it. "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I was referring to moss that had begun to break down. Green color is from too much nitrogen? I thought it was algae. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jim Landers" wrote in message news:QRv1a.50165$be.34683@rwcrnsc53... Ray, When you described sphagnum as "sour" what were you referring to? Did you have in mind moss that is old and disintegrated or still in tact in long strands but super-absorbed with fertilizer salts and starting to get costic or actually smelling "sour". I don't throw away good sphagnum just because it turns green and smells "earthy", because I buy good, five-star sphagnum and when it starts to get dark green, which it will do with nitrogen buildup, it's useful life is far from over. I just put it in a large plastic bowl, saturate it with tap water, and squeeze out the water (and the old fertilizer salts) with it. As long as it is still in strands and has "loft", this technique works well and has lowered my sphagnum costs. I repot every plant I buy when I get it home so I knows how old it is. The problem with old moss is twofold: it contains too much old fertilizer salt and it compacts too tightly. Or "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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I think you're probably right about that, Jerry.
Growing in straight sphagnum requires the delicate balance between packing it firm enough to hold the plant and keeping it loose enough to allow lots of air flow to the roots. I got accidentally lucky once when potting up a batch of pescatobolleas, and the stuff sprang to life. Live sphagnum is easy to grow in, as it maintains its own packing density for you! -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message news:%Fl2a.71527$2H6.1750@sccrnsc04... I suspect the excess nitrogen helps the alge grow? And some folks (me for example) have a hard time growing in spag for some reason so I've learned if I get a plant in spag, I repot it as soon as I have time into bark or chc. Probably I water too often for it. "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I was referring to moss that had begun to break down. Green color is from too much nitrogen? I thought it was algae. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jim Landers" wrote in message news:QRv1a.50165$be.34683@rwcrnsc53... Ray, When you described sphagnum as "sour" what were you referring to? Did you have in mind moss that is old and disintegrated or still in tact in long strands but super-absorbed with fertilizer salts and starting to get costic or actually smelling "sour". I don't throw away good sphagnum just because it turns green and smells "earthy", because I buy good, five-star sphagnum and when it starts to get dark green, which it will do with nitrogen buildup, it's useful life is far from over. I just put it in a large plastic bowl, saturate it with tap water, and squeeze out the water (and the old fertilizer salts) with it. As long as it is still in strands and has "loft", this technique works well and has lowered my sphagnum costs. I repot every plant I buy when I get it home so I knows how old it is. The problem with old moss is twofold: it contains too much old fertilizer salt and it compacts too tightly. Or "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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I have the same problem as Jerry, so I stay away from spag. Each grower
has to know their conditions and how they grow so that they can do their best for their flowers. I know many people who swear by moss and their orchids are very happy and healthy. Everyone is different. Thankfully! Karen Jerry Hoffmeister wrote: I suspect the excess nitrogen helps the alge grow? And some folks (me for example) have a hard time growing in spag for some reason so I've learned if I get a plant in spag, I repot it as soon as I have time into bark or chc. Probably I water too often for it. "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I was referring to moss that had begun to break down. Green color is from too much nitrogen? I thought it was algae. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jim Landers" wrote in message news:QRv1a.50165$be.34683@rwcrnsc53... Ray, When you described sphagnum as "sour" what were you referring to? Did you have in mind moss that is old and disintegrated or still in tact in long strands but super-absorbed with fertilizer salts and starting to get costic or actually smelling "sour". I don't throw away good sphagnum just because it turns green and smells "earthy", because I buy good, five-star sphagnum and when it starts to get dark green, which it will do with nitrogen buildup, it's useful life is far from over. I just put it in a large plastic bowl, saturate it with tap water, and squeeze out the water (and the old fertilizer salts) with it. As long as it is still in strands and has "loft", this technique works well and has lowered my sphagnum costs. I repot every plant I buy when I get it home so I knows how old it is. The problem with old moss is twofold: it contains too much old fertilizer salt and it compacts too tightly. Or "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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Hi Karen,
Moss is tricky to use because it will hold so much water and because it is also variously affected by ambient conditions. Moss is better in a warmer environment because water evaporates from it faster and because mold has less of a tendency to form. In cooler temperatures, sphagnum can stay wet for weeks. But there is also a trick to watering it; at least I think there is. Once you get moss damp, you don't have to water it copiously like you do bark or gravel. It doesn't drain well, because the stuff is the equivalent of growing your plants on a sponge. Also, moss will pack very tightly when it's damp and friable, but a lighter pack is much better because it allows more air and less water in the pot. If the moss is damp down below, all you have to do to keep it that way is lightly water the top when it starts to get dry. Moss is also deceptive to the touch. It can feel almost dry on top of the pot and still retain adequate amounts of water for the plant, especially deeper down in the pot. I took Ray's advice a while ago and switched most of my plants to semi-hydroponic pots and have never regretted it - Phals do very well in semi-hydro and it requires less tending than moss and is infinitely "cleaner". I did this not because sphagnum wasn't a good potting medium though - it's excellent for Phals - but because I was starting to accumulate quite a few plants and it makes a big difference in the amount of time I spend tending the plants. I still use sphagnum for young plants and initially for mature plants that I buy, get home, and discover they have a poor root system. Plants with poor root systems often don't do well going directly into in semi-hydro until you've developed more and better roots. And sphagnum develops much the same kind of root as semi-hydro does. In fact, I prefer that plants I buy that I intend to move into semi-hydro be originally potted in sphagnum because they make a much better transition from sphagnum than they do from any other medium I've encountered. One of the important things with sphagnum is to pack the pot no tighter than is required to hold the plant. For small seedlings, this is very easy to do because they don't generate inflorescences, so they have a lower center of gravity. Another technique that works well for larger plants but requires a bit more tending is to fill the pot half way with styrofoam peanuts so that you use less moss. I've seen this technique used quite successfully by commercial growers. But I think the thing someone who begins using moss needs to do is spend a lot of time with their fingers in their sphagnum. If you do this, you get to the point with experience where you can just look at it and know whether or not it needs watering. You can also lift the pot. Sphagnum is very light when it's dry, and you can definitely tell by lifting the pot when it's dry. I don't like to give this advice because by the time it feels "light" it's too dry and plants prefer STABLE growing conditions, so you need to catch it before it gets that dry. Sphagnum is messy, and when it starts to accumulate fertilizer, it's the best growing medium there is for algae, which can turn dark green and look bad. So why use it? For one because there is no other medium that I am aware of or have used that will develop seedlings roots as fast as sphagnum. Also, I agree with Ray on most aspects of semi-hydro growing, but while he mentions it I think he downplays the shock to some plants when you first introduce them to semi-hydro growing, and I've had a few plants go belly up in transition because they couldn't take it. It may have been the genetic makeup of the plant, but I'm more inclined to think it had to do with the plant's root structure to begin with. Any plant I bring home that doesn't have good roots goes into sphagnum until it does. I won't introduce a plant like that into semi-hydro directly. I can't explain the odd plant that has good roots in sphagnum and STILL fails to adapt to semi-hydro, but it's happened to me at least twice. One of the plants died, the other took two years to come around. But I think that is a more than acceptable price for the superior results I've gotten with the vast majority of my plants. Semi-hydro is an excellent growing medium. So is sphagnum. They're just very different approaches to the same problem. Finally, there are different kinds of sphagnum. The good stuff is more expensive and comes from New Zealand or Chile. I buy five star sphagnum from Chile which has long strands with lots of loft. "Karen" wrote in message ... I have the same problem as Jerry, so I stay away from spag. Each grower has to know their conditions and how they grow so that they can do their best for their flowers. I know many people who swear by moss and their orchids are very happy and healthy. Everyone is different. Thankfully! Karen Jerry Hoffmeister wrote: I suspect the excess nitrogen helps the alge grow? And some folks (me for example) have a hard time growing in spag for some reason so I've learned if I get a plant in spag, I repot it as soon as I have time into bark or chc. Probably I water too often for it. "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I was referring to moss that had begun to break down. Green color is from too much nitrogen? I thought it was algae. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jim Landers" wrote in message news:QRv1a.50165$be.34683@rwcrnsc53... Ray, When you described sphagnum as "sour" what were you referring to? Did you have in mind moss that is old and disintegrated or still in tact in long strands but super-absorbed with fertilizer salts and starting to get costic or actually smelling "sour". I don't throw away good sphagnum just because it turns green and smells "earthy", because I buy good, five-star sphagnum and when it starts to get dark green, which it will do with nitrogen buildup, it's useful life is far from over. I just put it in a large plastic bowl, saturate it with tap water, and squeeze out the water (and the old fertilizer salts) with it. As long as it is still in strands and has "loft", this technique works well and has lowered my sphagnum costs. I repot every plant I buy when I get it home so I knows how old it is. The problem with old moss is twofold: it contains too much old fertilizer salt and it compacts too tightly. Or "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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the other issue I have w/ spag is if a plant grows vigorously (which we all
hope it does) and puts out lots of roots, the spag gets packed and if you decide to remove it when you repot it's REALLY HARD. I think twice when buying a plant that looks like it's been in spag for awhile. I just don't like it. OTOH, there's a local commercial grower who swears by it, says when he repots he just wraps more around the rootball making repotting really easy. I think in the short run it's easy but once it gets to me... "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think you're probably right about that, Jerry. Growing in straight sphagnum requires the delicate balance between packing it firm enough to hold the plant and keeping it loose enough to allow lots of air flow to the roots. I got accidentally lucky once when potting up a batch of pescatobolleas, and the stuff sprang to life. Live sphagnum is easy to grow in, as it maintains its own packing density for you! -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message news:%Fl2a.71527$2H6.1750@sccrnsc04... I suspect the excess nitrogen helps the alge grow? And some folks (me for example) have a hard time growing in spag for some reason so I've learned if I get a plant in spag, I repot it as soon as I have time into bark or chc. Probably I water too often for it. "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I was referring to moss that had begun to break down. Green color is from too much nitrogen? I thought it was algae. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Jim Landers" wrote in message news:QRv1a.50165$be.34683@rwcrnsc53... Ray, When you described sphagnum as "sour" what were you referring to? Did you have in mind moss that is old and disintegrated or still in tact in long strands but super-absorbed with fertilizer salts and starting to get costic or actually smelling "sour". I don't throw away good sphagnum just because it turns green and smells "earthy", because I buy good, five-star sphagnum and when it starts to get dark green, which it will do with nitrogen buildup, it's useful life is far from over. I just put it in a large plastic bowl, saturate it with tap water, and squeeze out the water (and the old fertilizer salts) with it. As long as it is still in strands and has "loft", this technique works well and has lowered my sphagnum costs. I repot every plant I buy when I get it home so I knows how old it is. The problem with old moss is twofold: it contains too much old fertilizer salt and it compacts too tightly. Or "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I think that you remedied your first mistake - reusing the apparently sour sphagnum. All should be OK from here. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Fran Kirby" wrote in message news:bAg1a.39191$vm2.22318@rwcrnsc54... I have a phal. that was bought potted in spaghnum with popcorn in the bottom of the pot. It was in bad condition and I had to remove most of the roots due to rotting. I repotted but kept the same planting medium. Since then, one leaf has yellowed and died and another one split and is wilted. However there is a new leaf coming up in the middle, so I have some hopes of its recovery. After reading some of the recent posts on phals, I have changed the potting medium to the orchid mix I use for the rest of my plants and also put it in an "orchid pot" with extra drainage. I am glad I checked the roots again-the remaining roots had also rotted-evidently it was kept too moist in the spaghnum. Any other hints for its health would be appreciated. TIA -- Fran Kirby Jacksonville, Florida |
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