Tony C wrote:I am using New Zealand sphagnum and wouldn't bother with the low grade North American stuff, but since you seem to want to make snarky comments toward myself and others offering suggestions and experiences I guess you can just figure it out on your own.
My statement was simply one of fact, nothing more.
Root rot is caused by a water mold.
Keeping a plant constantly in water means there is more water.
More water gives a higher probability for there to be water mold.
Perhaps the nicer sphagnum is more airy and as such there is not enough surface area for the mold to reproduce and infect the plant or there is some natural bacteria that fights it off. Either way neither of those help me as of now since I don't have any of the nice moss.
I'm not trying to discard advice given, I just happen to keep getting the same advice. When someone tells me "keep your plants constantly wet in sphagnum" and I say "ok, they're rotting, what should I do?" the advice I'm given is "well I keep mine wet in New Zealand Sphagnum." So it appears since I've tried the correct watering method really the advice I'm given is "get nice sphagnum." Unfortunately for the sake of consistency uprooting the plants really isn't an option as of now so I'm going to have to make due. More than likely by not keeping them always wet...