[Ross]

Originally Posted by marisa

Don't say things like you would go back and get one in every color! LOL! My house is literally a JUNGLE already. I am soooo out of plant space it's laughable.

Not only are there plants on every available surface, but ALL of my crested gecko tanks are fully planted with tropicals. I'd love to place some orchids in one of the tanks as they have moderate temps, and higher humidity, but I'm afraid the geckos would destroy them unfortuantly. They are curious little buggers who'd love to not only climb all over the beautiful flowers, but taste them too as they LOVE the taste of pollens, or anything that smells "pretty" LOL!

I am going to change it to a mix of bark and I have some peat (coco husk) around here as well.

What about the container size? Bigger? Stay with the one it came in? Or?

I tried on purpose to not sway you to a certain mix, but those of us up north (I'm pretty close to you and know your area well) pretty much stay away from mixes heavy to sphagnum. Commercial growers use this because it helps them reduce watering. But our home environs with central heat in winter, tend to be pretty dry. This leads us to water more heavily in winter. So I have adapted to a bark mix (like others here have suggested) which I make up myself. It is pretty coarse fir bark (3/4" or so) with heavy hand of large charcoal. I sometimes mix in a bit of fine fir bark if I think the root mass is so thick the new stuff won't settle into the roots. I also soak the bark mix in Dynagrow KLN prior to using it. This gives the plant a little boost on new root production. Or I think it might .