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Old 05-31-2009, 05:44 PM
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This past Friday, I received a new Phal. I-Hsin Spot Eagle "Montclair" which has a few buds and one nice fully opened flower from Hausermann. It's planted in an opaque, plastic 4" container in a dense, mossy, spongy medium (sphaghum moss mix?) which was a bit dry on top and the top roots wee dehydrated when I got it so I watered it. It's pretty soaked, now. I have been reading that this is not a great medium and I tend to have issues with overwatering plants - in general. I can feel a major impulse to re-pot in semi-hydroponics as I do not want rotting issues to start. I was only able to separate the bottom half of the medium to see how the roots are doing and they seem to be doing well. I didn't get into the more dense root area, though, as the mix is pretty packed in there since I wasn't planning on re-potting yet. What would you do? Should I just let it be until the flowering is done (possibly the fall) or do I just bite the bullet and re-pot now to prevent any possible future problems and lose the flowers now?

Any thoughts would be so appreciated.
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