Saturday, December 18, 2010

I thought it was about time to show how the orchid teens are coming along. Here is a picture of them, in their community pots. The pots are 5" square, and quite deep. They are mostly filled with packing peanuts, and then a few inches of New Zealand sphagnum moss. I've had a few plants succumb to "damping off". I think I was keeping the moss too wet. Also, top-watering didn't help. So, now I am keeping them drier, and I water by lowering the pot into a container of water for a minute or so. Whatever the moss soaks up from the bottom is what they get. I'm definitely getting better results this way.