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By Sakaaaaa
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Tomorrow I am getting a paphiopedilum glaucophyllum from an order. I have tree fern fiber and sphag prepared. I found that they need water retaining mixtures. My plan is to mix fern fiber and sphag, 3:1, is this good? My other idea us to fill it with tree fern fiber and put moss on top to make it look nice. What should I do? The seller I ordered from frows in full fern fiber.
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By bijillon
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Joined:  Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:58 pm
#288123
I have a 4:1 of redwood and it's perfect and it should work just fine, I also have some coconut coir in it so it's not as much sphagnum


Happy Growing,

Dillon
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By SFLguy
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#288137
Is the tree fern fiber in chunks or more sifted?
I'm using 1:1 LFS and cypress mulch, working just fine for me
By Sakaaaaa
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SFLguy wrote:Is the tree fern fiber in chunks or more sifted?
I'm using 1:1 LFS and cypress mulch, working just fine for me
Sifted, chunks are hard to work with for me.
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By SFLguy
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Sakaaaaa wrote:
SFLguy wrote:Is the tree fern fiber in chunks or more sifted?
I'm using 1:1 LFS and cypress mulch, working just fine for me
Sifted, chunks are hard to work with for me.
Yeah i would have imagined having a hard time with that
By Leathal_Traps
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Joined:  Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:27 am
#288275
I have my paph in 100% orchid bark, but it works since it's in a very high humidity environment.
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