These two young flavas spent their season in these 4×14 inch tree pots. Needless to say I’m going to toss a few more plants in these to experiment with. Especially plants that like things a little more on the dry side like leucos and Alata.
On thing that I’m always amazed it is how much crown and rhizome growth happens in 1 season when HEALTHY water levels and cooler root temperatures are maintained through the growing season. Pic 2 and 3 show the crown size difference after 7 months of growth!!
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Lmao that looks so silly but makes sense, since they grow long roots. Really would help save on wasting peat moss in wide pots.
I feel like in actual natural bogs the water table is fairly deeper than what people expect, as in at least a foot or more below the surface consistently. So the surface can “look” dry and actually be dry for a while but the lower part of the bog is the area consistently wet. Its until some rain occurs and the area floods/fill for a few days before the water goes back underground for a while.
Yet when we cultivate these plants the advice is to keep it wet like a bog and people get pots that are 1 foot tall and keep it 50% or more submerged in water. Then issues like rhizome rot comes up.
I think having them in pots like this and allowing the surface near the rhizome a chance to dry out sometimes and breathe is optimal. Vs keeping them low and wet constantly (unless its a psittacina then you can practically keep that underwater)
Wow, I’m stunned! Definitely gonna give this a try, thanks for the scientific research!
Can we have some before/after pics of how it responded to a much deeper pot?