While it was fine at the beginning when I only had couple, quickly it became a chore - when number of vandas grew up to thirteen.
I tried several of them in the clay pot with chc and it seems to be working.
So I made a transfer.
If roots system is good - I just curled roots into a clay pot and added a handful of chc. When there is not much of roots, I tied plant to plastic vanda basket, added chc there and put basket into pot.
Now I have only Vanda tessellata in a glass vase because her roots are too awkward to fit into pot.
I also grow my three Vanda`s in vases. I`ve just had my Vandas for about 6 months and grew them outside during summer and now in front ofa south facing window. After reading your post I`ve put my Vanda`s into clay pots with CHC. I plan on going on vacation for 16 days later this fall and think the Vanda`s will fare better in the pots than in the vases. The roots did very well in the vases. I hope they adapt well to living in clay pots and CHC. I think the Vandas will have a better chance of surviving my 16 days of vacation if their roots are nestled in CHC in clay pots rather than hanging freely in my glass vases.
ReplyDeleteI like my vanda seedlings in clay with chc, they require much less attention than in vases. Before going to your trip, take them off the south window , so they don't get too much sun and soak very good, so chc is completely filled with water. I was on a two-weeks trip last July, so I took my vandas to the basement and they did good.
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