Just received my first flask from Sam. I ordered a flask of Paph. vietnamense and I plan on repotting it into a 4” after 24 hours with the lid off. Currently it’s in my quarantine enclosure where it stays at 75% RH and around 74F with good airflow.
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great flask and very interested in your set-up.
Thank you! This set up just has a small heating pad on the bottom and a 40mm USB fan on the top. I just have to adjust the glass lid to adjust humidity and it gets natural lighting from a south facing window. Plants will typically stay in here for 2 weeks or so before I put them in the bigger enclosure. I’ve attached a picture from a month ago, so there’s quite a bit of plants in there now but it’s basically the same set up (larger heating pad, 2 fans, supplemental lighting).
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Nice setup. Where are you that needs heating mats?
Karp60
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Do you normally deflask this way? It is certainly an interesting way of deflasking. I guess it helps the seedling to acllimatise to the local conditions.
I’m outside of Portland, Oregon. My enclosures usually float around 67 F so the mats help bump up the heat. Now that we’re heading into summer I’m sure I can turn off the mats until winter.
This is my first deflasking, so I really hope it works out. I raised the RH and plan to very slowly adjust the lid to lower the RH once they establish in their new pot
Recently deflasked and put all into a 4” pot, roots were tangled and didn’t want to tease apart so I placed the whole thing in. I also added a false bottom (packing peanuts) to the bottom of the pot after reading tips from older threads. RH will float around 80% and 75 F
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Keep leaves dry esp the center by nightfall.
well done
Noted, I had gone through with a square of toilet paper to dry off the crowns and leaves
Karp60
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Very smart move!
Paphman910
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You should also wear a watch loupe while sucking up the water with toilet paper!
Lol! I think next time I’ll just fill a large bowl with water and submerge the pot till it reaches just under the seedlings so no tops get wet. Would definitely save a lot of time!
This all seems interesting but holding the plants at an angle and blowing through a straw aimed directly at the crown, and then placing the plants in the wake of a muffin fan also works. This seemed the best for me as I would used water pressure to separate and rinse agar from deflasked plants.
Gnats love agar, be careful. 
