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Pretty good for a newbie!

rjcantor
11 years ago

I've owned this plant less than 12 hrs and I already got it to flower. My secret was leaving it in the box for 10 hrs while I worked then scrambled around for a halfway suitable potting mix. I ended up getting 1x1x1/2" fir bark chunks, a local "fast draining" mix (much finer particles than what Al would want) and orchid bark, which is 3/16x3/16x1/16 and I used them in a 5:1:1 mix just because that looked right. The roots were in bone dry sphagnum so I watered them as soon as they were potted up, 4" deep under the mix. NAPA auto parts was already closed when I got out so I couldn't get any 'floor dry' but I really wanted it. The plants came 1 day early.

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See, this doesn't work. Someone please give me the right code to post these photos here :)

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