Water wicking material sugestion needed

[Roberta]

I friend of mine, who travels a lot (or did before COVID) and has a bunch of Phals, had success using thick shoe laces (the sort that are used for sport shoes) as a wick.

[Diane56Victor]

There are a few Youtubers who use microfibre as a wicking tool.

Ive included a link to one channel where she uses the head of a mircofibre mop.
Im sure Ive seen where this mircofibre can be purchased in a roll.....Amazon maybe?

SEMI HYDRO & MICRO FIBER - HOW TO COMBO - #GloriaStellaArita - YouTube

Another YouTube channel The Orchid Room, uses Orimerc, this is a wicking cotton especially for self watering pots. I dont know if this is available anywhere other than the UK.

[rbarata]

Decided to give a try to the simplest solution: sphagnum.
Not the best looking one but let's see how it goes.

At the bottom there's large pieces of bark and the rest is sphagnum. The container is filled with water up to the middle.

[DirtyCoconuts]

HA- i stand corrected - we have microfiber sponges!! my bad- peddling bad info all over the place

[rbarata]

we have microfiber sponges

Ah, you caught me!