NYEric
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If I could post a picture this would kill you. Of course, just as I ran almost completely out of coconut chips, diatomite and primeagra, the Phrag. Hanne Popow that I won on eBay from John Chant arrived. And whoa, what a Hanne Popow it is. The root ball is 7" around and the plant is over 26" from roots to bud. So, and I know I'm going to win the Rube Goldberg award for this one, I put the roots in the biggest pot I had. Luckily I once bought some clear 8" pots that I thought I'd never use for phrags. I used the last [1/4" along the bottom] PrimeAgra I had, and filled the rest w/ Reptibark!!! This is only temporary so don't bust a gasket. Then for the top, the super-stolonous growth has roots and the flowering growth about 6" above the old growth. I took one of the tall clear plastic bird feeders I use for stolonous plants, removed the bottom, balanced it on top of the reptibark, assembled it around the growth and filled it to the roots w/ a mix of sphagnum, charcoal, diatomous dust, and the last of the coco-chips. If I had a picture I swear you'd die laughing. I looks like a clear version of those pots they use to warm up orchards in the cool weather. :rollhappy: