Very nice Nicole. I liked your pots. They looked real neat. My Summer bloomers are in moss as well with a topping of small orchiata bark to hold down algae. Thanks for sharing,your repots are enjoyable to watch. 🤗👏🥀
Thank you Shirley! I wanted to add bark on top, but ran out! I love that trick from miss orchid girl, looks so much better than the green slime that forms later. Appreciate you watching the videos, I'm glad they are enjoyable 💘🤗
Hi, I have 3 orchids in moss and they seem to be doing well. The containers are small plastic and I don’t know when to replant. I’m glad I saw your video. Your orchids look healthy.
Thanks so much! If they are doing well you should be ok. If you got the orchid from somewhere and don't know how old the medium is, I'd repot at some point this spring when roots will start coming out. Spagnum moss tends to break down quickly, so many folks repot annually. Better quality moss will last longer.
Hi Nicole, the roots are obviously very healthy even if tightly packed together in the pot. No breathing room at all and doing well very obviously ! AND these pots do not have good drainage or any aeration openings AND I read over and over again that phalaenopsis' roots need lots of breathing room and that chunks of bark or similar mediums are essentials. What is your opinion regarding this ? Thanks Nicole, always nice to hear from you.
Hey Andre! I think it depends on your environment. I think I was able to get away with the nursery pots for so long because during winter my conditions are dry and the plug actually dries quickly. In summer, my conditions are hot, and they also dry quickly. I think they do need breathing room, but in the long run, they'll probably decline in the nursery pot they were originally in. I think fluffy moss is a goo for phals *IF* your environment isn't too humid all the time. If you're in a very hot and humid environment and grow outdoors I think you'd need more air. If you grow indoors and the conditions aren't insanely humid all the time, it works well. The fluffiness gives some air. Thanks for watching ❤️
Very nice video. Repotting lesson on sphagnum moss was very detailed . I enjoyed it. How often do you water in your environment with sphagnum moss media? Thanks snd happy growing.
Thanks for watching! This time of year I water about 2x per week, however it really depends on the pot size, bigger pots hold more water so those can go longer without watering, smaller pots dry out much faster, so I water those more frequently. 2x a week is about average, but some pots get watered every 5 days, others every 2-3 days. I usually can tell if the moss is dry and water accordingly.
Nicely done and shown with clear and concise progress. I assume the tightly coiled phal root one that you resoaked, was basically just repotted that way. You didn’t try to loosen the roots. It would have been interesting to see. Guess it’s coming up on the challenging one. It was helpful to know to resoak tightly bound roots more to try and make them hopefully more pliable.
I soaked it a bit more and undid the coiling a bit, this allow the roots to grow around the pot vs in just one area (and possibly straight down into the drainage holes) It's a balance between trying to open it up and trying not to break the roots. Thanks for watching! Next Saturday I'll upload the challenging one!
I finally bought five summer blooming phals and have repotted them all into straight spag. Can you tell me how to water in the summer and especially in the winter. I live in a drafty old house and Its pretty chilly. So in the winter, how would you water? Would appreciate any advise and thank you.
Np! In summer I water as they are approaching dryness, so I like to keep them moist and in winter I do the same, but since I'm indoors, temps don't get much lower than 70 degrees, so it's not a factor here. If it's drafty, say will get cooler than 60, I'd get a heat mat for them and keep the same sort of watering as they approach dryness. In the wild they grow with hot temps normally so this would mimic what they get in the wild, they don't like it too cool. Hope this helps ❤️
I watch video again. I need to confirm this. Do you water your phals immediately after repotting? I tried my repot but was not successful. I lived in south Florida and my phals are kept outside in indirect light. I will try another repot. Thanks for all your videos. I am really learning a lot about species. I will keep on trying Thanks snd happy growing.💕💕
I do usually give them a drink after repotting! The sphagnum is fluffy so it shouldn't suffocate the roots. They get good drainage too so they don't have 'wet feet' - i water well and let them drain well right in the sink after the repot. We do have different climates, so you get more humidity than I do, so moss in a pot might be overkill in the summer, especially if they are outdoors and get rain. You might be able to get away with potting them in bark only (i can't do that because it's too dry here). If you failed with one method, tweak it a bit and see if it works better, adapt the potting material for your climate, make sure the pot has good drainage, keep the mix fluffy (if organic). I hope this helps
hi I see that you say you like keeping species or close to species in moss due to the heat moss holds, can I grow all my phals in moss? they are all currently in moss and I dont really want to transition to a diff media since for me moss is very easy to manage (at least in the few months ive been feeding and caring for my orchid)
Hi there! To clarify, I grow a lot of my orchids in leca which is slightly cooling to the roots because it's always wet. Moss doesn't have this cooling effect and I find it works well in my environment. If moss is really easy to manage for you and it works for some of your phals I think you can give it a try for all of them. Media working well is so environment specific, so if you find something that your orchids grow well in, I say keep using it 💗 Thanks for watching!
Hi Isaac! Oncidiums love moisture, and they grow well for me in moss, though I think success is very environment dependent. If you have extremely humid conditions you may want to add some bark for more air, but otherwise I think it works well! For brassavolas I think it can be done if you use a smallish clay pot to promote quick drying, otherwise, in organic I'd say mostly bark is the most common choice because brassavolas are super drought tolerant. I hope this helps 💓
Hi there, I’m from Sydney, Australia and we’ve gone into autumn..our summers are quite humid..would I be better off potting in an orchid mix with moss or would moss alone be ok for autumn and winter..? I quite like the ideas of just the moss like you’re doing..I’m a new subbie and would love to hear your opinion..thank you in advance 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for watching! Whatever you use I'd say needs to work for you during all your seasons. If you have dry periods, say during winter, I'd say moss is great to keep the moisture in during those dry periods. A mix with bark and moss can give you the best of both worlds, lots of air and moisture retention. If you use just bark you may need to water more often regardless of humidity levels. One other consideration is the type of orchid you're repotting - cattleyas and Dendrobiums usually like more air, and do better in bark / leca, whereas oncidiums and summer blooming phals can handle the 100% moss better. I hope this helps ❤️
@@NicoleDeanna thank you so much for taking the time to reply…I have a phal..Two have died on me already which makes me more determined to conquer this beautiful and extremely challenging plant 🙏🏻💙
