Onc. in coir-my experiment

[missann]

So I have this onc. sharry baby that I put in a coir mix in a stupidly large pot with poor drainage. It has been in there for maybe a month and it is growing like crazy. I don't understand how I have not rotted all the roots on this thing because it stays wet for a week, and that is all the more often I water it. The new growth is growing lots of new roots and it is really recovering nicely from the years of not watering it that it has withstood after I had to move back to Idaho from Hawaii. (don't ask)

Anyway, I went to put it in a smaller, terra cotta pot with some extra material for drainage, but it seems like it is doing fine. Great even. I think this is because I have let it dry out between waterings and I don't know. All the roots look good.

So-my question is: Does anyone else use coir for their onc. plants, and how often do you, personally, have to water?

I am thinking that the plants like coir because it makes the ph more acid, and we have hard water here with a high ph. I don't know for sure though, and I kind of worry about them being in coir since they don't like to be wet. I have some phals in it and they like it, but they like to have wet feet, so I understand it working for them.

Thanks for your help.