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Hey Travis!
They come in a little plastic bag, with just enough earth to cover the roots. Some folk wash this earth off by immersing the plant in a distilled water and Superthrive solution before repotting, but I just stuck the whole rootball in the new pot undisturbed. Additionally, this bit of earth is a good guide for getting the proper planting depth on the rhizome.
You will need a container (a 4" plastic pot is OK, though I have had 100% survival with a 12" pot with 4 plants in it) and a 50/50 peat/perlite or peat/sand mixture to plant them in. Canadian sphagnum peat moss is best. Put the pot in a saucer and keep the saucer filled with distilled water or rain water.
They will need sunlight, about 6 hours a day.
Most people lose about 20% of their rhizomes to shock, so get a few. At less than a buck apiece, you can't really go wrong.
The potted ones have a better survival rate--they may be bigger, too, though I don't know that for sure.
Steve
They come in a little plastic bag, with just enough earth to cover the roots. Some folk wash this earth off by immersing the plant in a distilled water and Superthrive solution before repotting, but I just stuck the whole rootball in the new pot undisturbed. Additionally, this bit of earth is a good guide for getting the proper planting depth on the rhizome.
You will need a container (a 4" plastic pot is OK, though I have had 100% survival with a 12" pot with 4 plants in it) and a 50/50 peat/perlite or peat/sand mixture to plant them in. Canadian sphagnum peat moss is best. Put the pot in a saucer and keep the saucer filled with distilled water or rain water.
They will need sunlight, about 6 hours a day.
Most people lose about 20% of their rhizomes to shock, so get a few. At less than a buck apiece, you can't really go wrong.
The potted ones have a better survival rate--they may be bigger, too, though I don't know that for sure.
Steve
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Alvin Meister on 12:41 pm on May 10, 2002
I haven't lost any of my 17 but they do take a long time to get going. Lots of light and high temperatures are needed.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Yes, but you were born with a pot of sphagnum in one hand and a package of Banrot in the other.
Steve
I haven't lost any of my 17 but they do take a long time to get going. Lots of light and high temperatures are needed.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Yes, but you were born with a pot of sphagnum in one hand and a package of Banrot in the other.
Steve
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Alvin Meister on 12:41 pm on May 10, 2002
I haven't lost any of my 17 but they do take a long time to get going. Lots of light and high temperatures are needed.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Yes, but you were born with a pot of sphagnum in one hand and a package of Banrot in the other.
Steve
I haven't lost any of my 17 but they do take a long time to get going. Lots of light and high temperatures are needed.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Yes, but you were born with a pot of sphagnum in one hand and a package of Banrot in the other.
Steve
