Hanging Plants : What the heck are coco liners for? :)
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Alternatives to moss/coco fiber for poles for climbing plants?
Comments (4)> ⦠rolling some fine chicken wire into a tube and filling it with moss... I like that home-made construction idea; you could easily vary height and girth. > You could make it out of EcoWeb substrate... A most interesting product. I'd never heard of ecoweb. I'd been thinking PP but this type of PET fiber substrate comes across very close to what I was imagining. > The pole supportâ¦is woodâ¦i am gonna train [a new pothos] up a bamboo stick. Sure looks great in that photo. This example makes it seem like the pole need not be natural like moss, or looser/fibrous and holding some moisture like moss or polymer eco/epiweb or batting, for something like pothos air roots to hang onto. I'd suppose a "real" epiphyte probably couldn't deal with that kind of hard/dry support though - guess pothos/philo just needs something to grip. (Kind of sounds like that carpet I half-jokingly mentioned might actually work too!) Thanks to all....See MoreWhat the heck is this?
Comments (5)A fine person from the forums corrected me, and I do apologize. Mayapple is in the barberry family, NOT the boxwood family. berberidaceae and buxaceae have much in common in that there are few animals that eat them but they are also very different in their habits. The mayapple jam turned out very nice this season, first time in 5 years I've beaten the critters to the fruits....See MoreHow the heck am I supposed to plant THIS?
Comments (10)I love this plant, what you got is typical. Believe it or not, all of that was probably one fan when the thing was propagated last year. Given the date of your first post, you probably already have it planted, but, if not, don't wash it, don't split it, just put it in the ground as it is, and every fan will root where it hits the ground. Here's mine (straight species) from last year. Spreads into a nice clump pretty quickly, and the foliage persists beautifully all season. In your zone, you can probably plant it in pretty full sun, as opposed to what was noted for zone 8, where it would probably burn up over the summer. In my zone 7 garden, it gets full sun from when the sun comes up until about 3 PM. Whenever you want more, cut off a fan and pin it down to the surface of some soil with an opened paper clip, and it will root in a couple of weeks. - Steve...See MoreCoco Liner in Cedar Planter
Comments (2)I am thinking coco liner wasn't the best choice. Keep a close eye on drainage. If you can puncture a few holes in the bottom somehow without damaging the roots much I would do so. For future reference you might try what I do which I learned from Al. I buy the semi- fine mesh screen that is used for window screening, etc. It comes in rolls at home depot for about 6 bucks. Allows good drainage but keeps the soil in. Matt...See MorebodiCA
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