For plants that'll be in an ebb and flood system? Unpacking some apartment things and I have my Dutch leach tray from before, things were starting to work well with timed watering but that was a few moves ago.
I have a few new different phrags, species and hybrids and they all have different media from different growers. Many look fine but things like mostly sphagnum and large pots with bark I don't think will tolerate things the same. I would rather pulse water at least every other day. At the moment it's on one of the living room radiators which runs fairly often. Room is coolish near window when radiator isn't running. Water will mostly be ro with small amounts of nutrients in it, mostly Klite, calcium nitrate, kelp max or mag sulfate (not necessarily all at the same time)
I realize some phrags may not want as much watering as others, and I will have some other very moist loving orchids in there; when they don't need water I'll just lift them out. I'll also likely make another tub or two that have other orchids and water the same, just lift up ones that don't need watering on a particular day.
I know of the concerns about disease spreading through water but periodically I'll dump peroxide into the reservoir. Watering from underneath will help limit wet above parts. Instead of the peroxide I'll likely be trialling inocucor first to see how that works
Thanks!
I have my thoughts but I'd like to hear everyone else's as well
I have a few new different phrags, species and hybrids and they all have different media from different growers. Many look fine but things like mostly sphagnum and large pots with bark I don't think will tolerate things the same. I would rather pulse water at least every other day. At the moment it's on one of the living room radiators which runs fairly often. Room is coolish near window when radiator isn't running. Water will mostly be ro with small amounts of nutrients in it, mostly Klite, calcium nitrate, kelp max or mag sulfate (not necessarily all at the same time)
I realize some phrags may not want as much watering as others, and I will have some other very moist loving orchids in there; when they don't need water I'll just lift them out. I'll also likely make another tub or two that have other orchids and water the same, just lift up ones that don't need watering on a particular day.
I know of the concerns about disease spreading through water but periodically I'll dump peroxide into the reservoir. Watering from underneath will help limit wet above parts. Instead of the peroxide I'll likely be trialling inocucor first to see how that works
Thanks!
I have my thoughts but I'd like to hear everyone else's as well