Hi Kelly!! 🤗💐 your feedback means a lot! Thank you very much! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend...🥰 Also, for taking the time to watch 🤗 thank you 🌸
Hi Ed 🤗💐 I appreciate your feedback, very much, thank you! I had trouble sticking to answering the question because there are so many variables, and I didn't want to veer away from the subject. But, if it helps as another piece to the puzzle regarding the media and set up, then, that is all that matters. I hope that you have a wonderful Sunday! Strudle time ? 😅❤️
Melissa!! Hi!! 🥰💐 How have you been?? Thank you so much for taking the time to catch up, and for your feedback! I am glad that some of the info resonates with you! There is so much more to this, but I really tried hard to stay on topic and not go off on a tangent! 😬 which is easily done in my case. Stay on topic, Nina!! 🤦🏼♀️ So, thank you for your feedback! Have a wonderful Sunday!! ❤️🌸
Hello Martina! 🤗💐 I am so very pleased to hear that this video was of help to you 🙌🏼 thank you for letting me know! I have a complete playlist of videos with different scenarios that I will link here th-cam.com/play/PLE0Vsyo7oBN7gNLucwHBHurSoyVz1j8nX.html just in case you have some time and want to explore the subject a little more at your leisure. Should you have any questions, that you may feel could help you in your new set up, NINJA is an acronym for Never In Need, Just Ask! Good to see you and hope to see you again, soon! Have a wonderful day! 🌸
Thank you very very much Nina for answering my questions. It a comprehensive guide and you clarified everything for me 😁 Especially the keep flushing tip is very usefull. I tried seramis 3 years ago and the major thing i did wrong then, were all the points you talked about, no new roots when repotting. Letting it dry out(especially on the top) etcetera. But with this comprehensive and very usefull guide you made, it will work for me. The nelly isler is growing new growths now, so when the first roots appear she will be transitioned to seramis 😁 Thank you so very very much for taking the time to make the video, thank you very very much 🥰❤😁
Maykel, hi!! 🤗💐 thank YOU very much for the feedback, for watching and for the question. I am the one that is very grateful for your support and your trust. And... I am very happy to hear that your questions / doubts / what ifs were answered 🙌🏼 in the future, more questions may arise, as you watch what your orchid is doing, please always feel free to ask for any kind of info, confirmation or such thing. If a picture is required to make it easier to 'see' what you may be referring to, then email me. I may not see a video until a day later, and if that would be too long for an answer, you have my email. 🌸
🦒🦒 great vídeo, Nina !!! Wish I had it when I was doing SH. Water stale in the pot, nobody mentioned it at the time, at least I do not remember and I did not think about it.The problem was winter because the idea was watering less to keep orchids drier Still, my seedlings did well in leca, no reservoir though. However I was watering them everyday, in other words I was flushing without realizing it. Great info, love your videos. I love you too my wonderful friend, have a nice peaceful SUNday. Muchos bejos y abrazos 🤗🤗🤗🤗
FFF 🥰💐🤸🏼♀️ You were flushing every day 😉 I find that the transition is more work, than later with an established orchid... until it is time to rejuvenate the rootball! 😅 I appreciate your feedback... there were many more things I wanted to address, but the question was that question and I did not want to go off on a tangent... which is something I can do very easily. 😬 I had 81% humidity this morning! WOW, that is what it feels like for other orchid growers who have it daily? What a luxury... I was a little 'lost' in my routine, because there was not much to do... all the leca was moist and roots were green, so 🤷🏼♀️😅 a little trickle on the mounts and then I was done, and I didn't know what to do with myself after that! 😅 Soon, those hours will be spent taking the orchids in and out. So, it is not as if there is more time in the winter, some other activity takes over the hours allocated chasing humidity. Still having mild night temps, thank goodness. Thank you for your insightful email, I really appreciate it! Some things I did not think of doing, so.... there is a lot of food for thought in it, and I really appreciate the time you took to write it. Thank you meine liebe Freundin!! 🥰 Have a wonderful day!! ❤️🌸
Great video! I'll be the first to admit I could probably flush my semi-hydro orchids more frequently. I've only been doing it once a week because I've been so busy. With my catasetums, I just topped up the reservoir in the middle of the week when they were empty during the summer. Bad I know! They've been doing ok, but could probably do better if I flush them more often!
Hi Gabrielle 🤗💐 I only flush as necessary... none of my orchids are on a flush schedule, so... whoever absorbs the reservoir, gets a flush before filling it up again. Sometimes that can take 2 weeks. But for the newcomers / the ones that are being transitioned, the regular flush is a must. Once established, it really isn't that big a deal, especially if the fertilizing is done in such a way that there is no salt build up. Thank you so very much for taking the time to watch... I wish you a wonderful Sunday!! 🌸
Great topic, yep I have only tried one phal yet in likea so far. Only because I want to make sure that it does well. She's starting a new leaf and she was my unhappy phal so hopefully she will just keep getting better and better.
Hi Sandie 🤗💐 I am glad that this video was of interest and thank you for the feedback. I hope that your phal does well. You know my 'thing' with phals, so... now that they are happier, I am more confident to say that... growing a new leaf is a great sign 👍🏼 Have yourself a wonderful Sunday, thank you so much for watching! 🌸
Hi Jean 🤗💐 oh.... what is that all about? You cannot read the text in the title?🤔 May I ask what device you are on when you watch a video of mine? I am using a different font, just testing some options to be a little different and to see what would match the look of my channel. For the past 10 videos, the font is different. Is this the only video you do not see the text? I appreciate you letting me know that there is a problem, as you are the first to bring it up. For that reason, I am curious to know what device you are watching on. I will definitely look into the matter, if it is across the board, or just this video. Again, thank you for the heads up and for watching, despite not being able to read the title!! 🌸
Thank you, Jean, for getting back to me on that. I will stick with testing fonts, then, because if it is only happening on an older device, I feel ok that I can keep practicing with alternative fonts. However, your observation has been very helpful and I will be able to consider the problem if it were to happen to someone else. Thank you, again, for bringing it to my attention 🌸
Hi Nicole 🤗💐 never a truer word spoken: Stagnant water seems not ideal for our orchids!! 👍🏼 Especially for the little ones, or the ones that are just getting established! Established orchids, in this set up, are so thirsty that it is difficult to get any stagnant water developing... that is when the opposite really has to be watched out for, the drying out of the media. I have been very busy with my catasetums the past month, ... have missed the mark on the reservoir 3x in a month as I was taken by surprise just how much they are absorbing now even though their seasonal growths appear to be fully grown... I have learned a lot about catasetums this year 😬 Thank you for watching, Nicole! 🌸
I have not received any notifications when you post a new video since the last time I tuned in and commented. One eye down and other one on 19 Oct., then to a different specialist to see if 1st eye can be 'repaired', whom i see for first time Monday, immediately after post op check up for 1sr eye. Anyway, as I am not getting notifies, I was afraid something might be wrong and you had not done a new video. Well, the notify bell ...subscribe bell...was unsubscribed!!!! I click away to subscribe and it will instantly go back to the red Unsubscribe. I shut Down phone totally, waited an hour or so, turn phone back on, join your channel again and still it will not stay put on subscribe! This is an FYI and wonder if this might be happening to other viewers! Still not seeing well, but better than a couple a few days ago. Hope you and Tootsie Pop, Jr are doing fantastically! Listening to you is wonderful! It's just past 0200 hrs so signing off leaving you with tons of hugs and smooches! 😘💟🌺❤💚💜💙💜💚❤🌸🌹🌺💃
Penny!! 🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️❤️💐🤗 So good to hear from you! Keep doing what you are doing to get back into the look see world! You have been on my heart, and I am so glad that you decided to stop by, despite not getting notifications ❤️ thank you for coming over to my channel to have a look see as to what is going on! I have no idea if that is happening to other people that have chosen to subscribe to my channel... no one has mentioned that scenario in the past, so... I have no idea. Can you see the title text of my videos? Or are they a funky undiscernable text? That is the feedback of one gentleman who said that my titles come up with circles and ???? question marks. Are you seeing the same? I am playing with a different Font to see what style I can settle on, the last 10 videos have different fonts. I can see them across all my devices, ... the other day, YT would not save my description text... that was so weird! I am ok, thank you for asking. Tootsie pop Jr, is more demanding now than ever, which is a sad sign, he is very needy and that won't change much ... as his eyesight fails, especially when it gets dark, he needs help with just about everything and if he feels that he is alone, then he needs comforting that I am 'still here'... but... so far that is the only thing that is happening, so... as I am 'still here', I am all there for him. Thank you for asking 🥰 YOU, however, need to keep focussing on you! I hope that soon everything will be resolved and you will have overcome all this! Take good care of yourself. Know that you are loved, here in Spain!! ❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids hi luvy! Wanted to get a few...lol, (yeah right) words off to you before I take a snooze. For at least 2 wks the internet for me is really jacked up. Squiggly lines in multi colours, pictures, all across the screen, ALL the bloody time! I can't see well presently and that makes me even more nervous. It looks like I need to procure a much better anti virus program. So many different bugs and super dangerous ones. Worms, trojans, and the list goes on. Anyway, deep breath. I will stop back by soon. Post op exam tomorrow plus then straight to a different office to see a different specialist. i need either a Bloody Mary, a G&T with a lime twist, or a straight shot of Crown Royal! Love you loads! I hope you know I am b'sing you. My drink of choice is Jacob's coffee and if I don't get my order quick enough, Folgers or Green Mountain for the Keurig. I am so rambling. Later sweetie and you kids stay healthy and safe.xxx❤💜💚💙🌻🌺🌸😘💃
@@NinjaOrchids and PS, when I get your channel up on yt, i can see the intro, the words. I had not been to you channel For a bit as i have not been able to see very well. I was unable to wear glasses to even enable be to see out of my other eye...so, I have pretty much been up that proverbial creek without a paddle. Anyway, by end of year I should be running on all cylinders!😂👍❤
You can see the intro and the words.., and had difficulty seeing them before? So.... an improvement is already happening? Oh, I hope that I am not misunderstanding what you are saying!! 🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️ It makes me happy to hear there is some improvement already!! 🙌🏼❤️
Oh! Good question! The answer is, it depends... if your orchid is quite big, and you have multiple growths that will generate a vigorous root ball, then I would suggest the have the reservoir ⅓ up the size of the pot. As you are using seramis, there is little water displacement and it will be sufficient to be effective to wick up the entire pot. IF, one day you decide to try something with leca, then, in the above scenario, I would raise the reservoir level to ½ way up the pot size. The leca being bigger, will displace more water, so there would be less in the reservoir. This is especially important when establishing orchids into the set up. Once an orchid is established, then I would be more conservative with the reservoir size, and stick to ⅓, simply because it is easier then to control the amount of water the orchid requires during the different seasons. So, look at the size of the orchid, think how long you will want to have it in the set up until it is established. If you are looking to pot into a 'forever' pot, then keep the reservoir at a happy ⅓, and keep that seramis wet. If you are concerned about dryness in your atmosphere at the start, then use a microfiber cloth to cover the seramis, or some sphagnum moss close to the base of the pseudobulb where the roots will come out, just for your peace of mind, that something doesn't happen that you could not immediately see. I don't know how much you have used SH, but do not have the old roots in the reservoir, fill that up with media before you pot the orchid. If you want to use a smaller pot, until the roots are deeper into the media, then still maintain the ⅓ ration... but you have to repot / uppot to allow for more root growth and not let the roots compact inside the pot, or they will stifle out the oxygen, if your orchid is big, go for a bigger pot and still keep ⅓ reservoir ratio. In either case, do not worry about chopping off all dead roots, when you clean the orchid up. IF you have dead roots, only, keep half on your orchid to serve as anchoring... the inorganic media will not make the inside of your pot toxic. And the regular flushing will eliminate any build up of nasties. Its best to have a stable orchid transitioning, than being too radical about 'clean' orchid. Later on, you can go all ninja on a healthy root ball, as you have seen me do with some of my collection. Sorry for the long reply. I did not address these things in the video because I did not want to assume that you didn't already know, instead, I wanted to focus on your question. I hope the above made sense... if not... keeping asking! 🌸
So I am doing it wrong then by just topping up the reservoir from the bottom? I usually just check if the saucer is dry and then fill it. I told you I’m inept at this method. Summer is coming so I would water more often now but I need to water everything over the top?
Hi Lynn 🤗💐 watering from below, when you havevit set up like that, is much better during the cooler months of the year, but as it gets hotter pour water through the pot generously because chances are, the water in the saucer will evaporate faster than any wicking can draw it up to the rest of the root ball. Add wind and they won't get ant of it . Its a fun season coming up for you ... today was the first morning that I walked around and hardly had to do anything... it felt odd 🙄 I'm jelly ... happy happy growing 🥰🌸
@@NinjaOrchids Phew, that’s ok then as it’s what I’ve been doing during the cooler months. I guess from now I’d better start flushing more vigorously as we are starting to get warmer days.
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Another great informative video, you're explaining stuff that sometimes are an afterthought.
Hi Kelly!! 🤗💐 your feedback means a lot! Thank you very much! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend...🥰 Also, for taking the time to watch 🤗 thank you 🌸
Another very informative video from you Nina!😀❤️ thank you for explaining so well😊
Cheery!! HI!! 🤗🥰💐 Thank YOU for watching, I really appreciate that and your kind feedback!! Have a wonderful start to the new week!! 🌸
Very well explained Nina.for the users of these two substrates.
Ed.
Hi Ed 🤗💐 I appreciate your feedback, very much, thank you! I had trouble sticking to answering the question because there are so many variables, and I didn't want to veer away from the subject. But, if it helps as another piece to the puzzle regarding the media and set up, then, that is all that matters. I hope that you have a wonderful Sunday! Strudle time ? 😅❤️
Catching up again :) this video is GREAT! Your explanations are so helpful especially for new growers. Thank you.
Melissa!! Hi!! 🥰💐 How have you been?? Thank you so much for taking the time to catch up, and for your feedback! I am glad that some of the info resonates with you! There is so much more to this, but I really tried hard to stay on topic and not go off on a tangent! 😬 which is easily done in my case. Stay on topic, Nina!! 🤦🏼♀️ So, thank you for your feedback! Have a wonderful Sunday!! ❤️🌸
Thanks Nina! I'm new to growing in non-organic media. Very much appreciated. I'll start flushing straight away, didn't cross my mind until now.
Hello Martina! 🤗💐 I am so very pleased to hear that this video was of help to you 🙌🏼 thank you for letting me know! I have a complete playlist of videos with different scenarios that I will link here th-cam.com/play/PLE0Vsyo7oBN7gNLucwHBHurSoyVz1j8nX.html just in case you have some time and want to explore the subject a little more at your leisure. Should you have any questions, that you may feel could help you in your new set up, NINJA is an acronym for Never In Need, Just Ask! Good to see you and hope to see you again, soon! Have a wonderful day! 🌸
Thank you very very much Nina for answering my questions. It a comprehensive guide and you clarified everything for me 😁
Especially the keep flushing tip is very usefull. I tried seramis 3 years ago and the major thing i did wrong then, were all the points you talked about, no new roots when repotting. Letting it dry out(especially on the top) etcetera.
But with this comprehensive and very usefull guide you made, it will work for me. The nelly isler is growing new growths now, so when the first roots appear she will be transitioned to seramis 😁
Thank you so very very much for taking the time to make the video, thank you very very much 🥰❤😁
Maykel, hi!! 🤗💐 thank YOU very much for the feedback, for watching and for the question. I am the one that is very grateful for your support and your trust. And... I am very happy to hear that your questions / doubts / what ifs were answered 🙌🏼 in the future, more questions may arise, as you watch what your orchid is doing, please always feel free to ask for any kind of info, confirmation or such thing. If a picture is required to make it easier to 'see' what you may be referring to, then email me. I may not see a video until a day later, and if that would be too long for an answer, you have my email. 🌸
🦒🦒 great vídeo, Nina !!! Wish I had it when I was doing SH. Water stale in the pot, nobody mentioned it at the time, at least I do not remember and I did not think about it.The problem was winter because the idea was watering less to keep orchids drier
Still, my seedlings did well in leca, no reservoir though. However I was watering them everyday, in other words I was flushing without realizing it. Great info, love your videos.
I love you too my wonderful friend, have a nice peaceful SUNday. Muchos bejos y abrazos 🤗🤗🤗🤗
FFF 🥰💐🤸🏼♀️ You were flushing every day 😉 I find that the transition is more work, than later with an established orchid... until it is time to rejuvenate the rootball! 😅 I appreciate your feedback... there were many more things I wanted to address, but the question was that question and I did not want to go off on a tangent... which is something I can do very easily. 😬 I had 81% humidity this morning! WOW, that is what it feels like for other orchid growers who have it daily? What a luxury... I was a little 'lost' in my routine, because there was not much to do... all the leca was moist and roots were green, so 🤷🏼♀️😅 a little trickle on the mounts and then I was done, and I didn't know what to do with myself after that! 😅 Soon, those hours will be spent taking the orchids in and out. So, it is not as if there is more time in the winter, some other activity takes over the hours allocated chasing humidity. Still having mild night temps, thank goodness. Thank you for your insightful email, I really appreciate it! Some things I did not think of doing, so.... there is a lot of food for thought in it, and I really appreciate the time you took to write it. Thank you meine liebe Freundin!! 🥰 Have a wonderful day!! ❤️🌸
Thank you for these great tips Nina. I can do these on my not so happy orchids.
Hi!! 🤗💐 You are very very welcome!! Thank YOU for taking the time to watch 🌸
Great video! I'll be the first to admit I could probably flush my semi-hydro orchids more frequently. I've only been doing it once a week because I've been so busy. With my catasetums, I just topped up the reservoir in the middle of the week when they were empty during the summer. Bad I know! They've been doing ok, but could probably do better if I flush them more often!
Hi Gabrielle 🤗💐 I only flush as necessary... none of my orchids are on a flush schedule, so... whoever absorbs the reservoir, gets a flush before filling it up again. Sometimes that can take 2 weeks. But for the newcomers / the ones that are being transitioned, the regular flush is a must. Once established, it really isn't that big a deal, especially if the fertilizing is done in such a way that there is no salt build up. Thank you so very much for taking the time to watch... I wish you a wonderful Sunday!! 🌸
Great topic, yep I have only tried one phal yet in likea so far. Only because I want to make sure that it does well. She's starting a new leaf and she was my unhappy phal so hopefully she will just keep getting better and better.
Hi Sandie 🤗💐 I am glad that this video was of interest and thank you for the feedback. I hope that your phal does well. You know my 'thing' with phals, so... now that they are happier, I am more confident to say that... growing a new leaf is a great sign 👍🏼 Have yourself a wonderful Sunday, thank you so much for watching! 🌸
Hi Nina, very useful! The titles of your video's appear as boxed question marks. Perhaps you can look into this.
Hi Jean 🤗💐 oh.... what is that all about? You cannot read the text in the title?🤔 May I ask what device you are on when you watch a video of mine? I am using a different font, just testing some options to be a little different and to see what would match the look of my channel. For the past 10 videos, the font is different. Is this the only video you do not see the text? I appreciate you letting me know that there is a problem, as you are the first to bring it up. For that reason, I am curious to know what device you are watching on. I will definitely look into the matter, if it is across the board, or just this video. Again, thank you for the heads up and for watching, despite not being able to read the title!! 🌸
@@NinjaOrchids Was watching on an older ipad with ios 9 or so. Perhaps it cannot process your chosen font. I can read it clearly on Windows 10 laptop.
Thank you, Jean, for getting back to me on that. I will stick with testing fonts, then, because if it is only happening on an older device, I feel ok that I can keep practicing with alternative fonts. However, your observation has been very helpful and I will be able to consider the problem if it were to happen to someone else. Thank you, again, for bringing it to my attention 🌸
I hope i can see you again pne to abegail bourget, always nice content you have. miss yah
I have subscribed to this channel as well. I will be back on your lives soon... i mentioned that in my bloom dedication to you 🙏🌸
Good stuff! I'm new to leca, and the point of frequent flushing resonates with me. Stagnant water seems not ideal for our orchids
Hi Nicole 🤗💐 never a truer word spoken: Stagnant water seems not ideal for our orchids!! 👍🏼 Especially for the little ones, or the ones that are just getting established! Established orchids, in this set up, are so thirsty that it is difficult to get any stagnant water developing... that is when the opposite really has to be watched out for, the drying out of the media. I have been very busy with my catasetums the past month, ... have missed the mark on the reservoir 3x in a month as I was taken by surprise just how much they are absorbing now even though their seasonal growths appear to be fully grown... I have learned a lot about catasetums this year 😬 Thank you for watching, Nicole! 🌸
@@NinjaOrchids My pleasure, good stuff :)
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🌷🌺🌹😍❤️🌸💐 thank you!
I have not received any notifications when you post a new video since the last time I tuned in and commented. One eye down and other one on 19 Oct., then to a different specialist to see if 1st eye can be 'repaired', whom i see for first time Monday, immediately after post op check up for 1sr eye. Anyway, as I am not getting notifies, I was afraid something might be wrong and you had not done a new video. Well, the notify bell ...subscribe bell...was unsubscribed!!!! I click away to subscribe and it will instantly go back to the red Unsubscribe. I shut Down phone totally, waited an hour or so, turn phone back on, join your channel again and still it will not stay put on subscribe! This is an FYI and wonder if this might be happening to other viewers!
Still not seeing well, but better than a couple a few days ago. Hope you and Tootsie Pop, Jr are doing fantastically! Listening to you is wonderful! It's just past 0200 hrs so signing off leaving you with tons of hugs and smooches! 😘💟🌺❤💚💜💙💜💚❤🌸🌹🌺💃
Penny!! 🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️❤️💐🤗 So good to hear from you! Keep doing what you are doing to get back into the look see world! You have been on my heart, and I am so glad that you decided to stop by, despite not getting notifications ❤️ thank you for coming over to my channel to have a look see as to what is going on! I have no idea if that is happening to other people that have chosen to subscribe to my channel... no one has mentioned that scenario in the past, so... I have no idea. Can you see the title text of my videos? Or are they a funky undiscernable text? That is the feedback of one gentleman who said that my titles come up with circles and ???? question marks. Are you seeing the same? I am playing with a different Font to see what style I can settle on, the last 10 videos have different fonts. I can see them across all my devices, ... the other day, YT would not save my description text... that was so weird! I am ok, thank you for asking. Tootsie pop Jr, is more demanding now than ever, which is a sad sign, he is very needy and that won't change much ... as his eyesight fails, especially when it gets dark, he needs help with just about everything and if he feels that he is alone, then he needs comforting that I am 'still here'... but... so far that is the only thing that is happening, so... as I am 'still here', I am all there for him. Thank you for asking 🥰 YOU, however, need to keep focussing on you! I hope that soon everything will be resolved and you will have overcome all this! Take good care of yourself. Know that you are loved, here in Spain!! ❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids hi luvy! Wanted to get a few...lol, (yeah right) words off to you before I take a snooze. For at least 2 wks the internet for me is really jacked up. Squiggly lines in multi colours, pictures, all across the screen, ALL the bloody time! I can't see well presently and that makes me even more nervous. It looks like I need to procure a much better anti virus program. So many different bugs and super dangerous ones. Worms, trojans, and the list goes on. Anyway, deep breath.
I will stop back by soon. Post op exam tomorrow plus then straight to a different office to see a different specialist. i need either a Bloody Mary, a G&T with a lime twist, or a straight shot of Crown Royal! Love you loads! I hope you know I am b'sing you. My drink of choice is Jacob's coffee and if I don't get my order quick enough, Folgers or Green Mountain for the Keurig. I am so rambling. Later sweetie and you kids stay healthy and safe.xxx❤💜💚💙🌻🌺🌸😘💃
@@NinjaOrchids and PS, when I get your channel up on yt, i can see the intro, the words. I had not been to you channel For a bit as i have not been able to see very well. I was unable to wear glasses to even enable be to see out of my other eye...so, I have pretty much been up that proverbial creek without a paddle. Anyway, by end of year I should be running on all cylinders!😂👍❤
You can see the intro and the words.., and had difficulty seeing them before? So.... an improvement is already happening? Oh, I hope that I am not misunderstanding what you are saying!! 🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️ It makes me happy to hear there is some improvement already!! 🙌🏼❤️
@@NinjaOrchids yes there is improvement! 👍😀
1 quick question though, how big should the reservoir be? 1/3 of the pot? Or maybe more?
Oh! Good question! The answer is, it depends... if your orchid is quite big, and you have multiple growths that will generate a vigorous root ball, then I would suggest the have the reservoir ⅓ up the size of the pot. As you are using seramis, there is little water displacement and it will be sufficient to be effective to wick up the entire pot. IF, one day you decide to try something with leca, then, in the above scenario, I would raise the reservoir level to ½ way up the pot size. The leca being bigger, will displace more water, so there would be less in the reservoir. This is especially important when establishing orchids into the set up. Once an orchid is established, then I would be more conservative with the reservoir size, and stick to ⅓, simply because it is easier then to control the amount of water the orchid requires during the different seasons. So, look at the size of the orchid, think how long you will want to have it in the set up until it is established. If you are looking to pot into a 'forever' pot, then keep the reservoir at a happy ⅓, and keep that seramis wet. If you are concerned about dryness in your atmosphere at the start, then use a microfiber cloth to cover the seramis, or some sphagnum moss close to the base of the pseudobulb where the roots will come out, just for your peace of mind, that something doesn't happen that you could not immediately see. I don't know how much you have used SH, but do not have the old roots in the reservoir, fill that up with media before you pot the orchid. If you want to use a smaller pot, until the roots are deeper into the media, then still maintain the ⅓ ration... but you have to repot / uppot to allow for more root growth and not let the roots compact inside the pot, or they will stifle out the oxygen, if your orchid is big, go for a bigger pot and still keep ⅓ reservoir ratio. In either case, do not worry about chopping off all dead roots, when you clean the orchid up. IF you have dead roots, only, keep half on your orchid to serve as anchoring... the inorganic media will not make the inside of your pot toxic. And the regular flushing will eliminate any build up of nasties. Its best to have a stable orchid transitioning, than being too radical about 'clean' orchid. Later on, you can go all ninja on a healthy root ball, as you have seen me do with some of my collection. Sorry for the long reply. I did not address these things in the video because I did not want to assume that you didn't already know, instead, I wanted to focus on your question. I hope the above made sense... if not... keeping asking! 🌸
@@NinjaOrchids it makes perfect sense, thank you 😁
So I am doing it wrong then by just topping up the reservoir from the bottom?
I usually just check if the saucer is dry and then fill it.
I told you I’m inept at this method. Summer is coming so I would water more often now but I need to water everything over the top?
Hi Lynn 🤗💐 watering from below, when you havevit set up like that, is much better during the cooler months of the year, but as it gets hotter pour water through the pot generously because chances are, the water in the saucer will evaporate faster than any wicking can draw it up to the rest of the root ball. Add wind and they won't get ant of it . Its a fun season coming up for you ... today was the first morning that I walked around and hardly had to do anything... it felt odd 🙄 I'm jelly ... happy happy growing 🥰🌸
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Phew, that’s ok then as it’s what I’ve been doing during the cooler months. I guess from now I’d better start flushing more vigorously as we are starting to get warmer days.