on 2/24/05 11:45 PM, sharon wrote: > At the risk of having Iris roll her eyes, could you please tell my why one > should not grow a Phal in a slotted clay pot? > sharon
I think the point was that pots really shouldn't be set right on top of the wet gravel. Any disease could very easily migrate from the standing water up the gravel and into one of the holes in the bottom of the pot. Also, a clay pot would be more likely to, if set right on top of the gravel, to wick the moisture up through the clay and into the media, or possibly prevent the moisture in the clay pot from drying out effectively. Setting a grill or some such device directly on top of the gravel, and plant pots right on top of that, would work very nicely and culturewise help a great deal to keep things cleaner. If i'm wrong, my apologies... charles stuck phal taenialis underneath other plants in hopes of keeping humidity in microclimate high enough to prevent bud blast. some buds still holding though others dried out. phal parishii buds also trying to blast, stuck it underneath plants also; phal philippinense spikes/buds growing so fast they got too close to lights and several of those buds blasted before I was even able to see the buds forming (took one day to happen) (*sigh*) -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orchid Societies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.paphiopedilum.net Http://www.geocities.com/charlesufford _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
