Re: Repotting epiphyllum?

On 8/29/05 1:49 PM, tomory@xtra.co.nz wrote

> Reid Family wrote:
> 
>> Can't help you with the epiphyllum, but as to hanging pots.  My neighbor
>> has the wide wire baskets lined with sphagnum moss and then soil.  I
>> think they are attractive.  You can do them up yourself or probably buy
>> them at the nicer nurseries.
>> Karrie Reid
>> Folsom Foothill Gardener
>> Zone 9
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: N Sterman <T*@PlantSoup.Com>
>> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu <m*@ucdavis.edu>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 3:08 PM
>> Subject: Repotting epiphyllum?
>> 
>> Is it best to repot epiphyllum now while they are in active growth state
>> and it is still warm (though that is an understatement, this is the
>> hottest weekend of the year and the temps are easily in the 90s)?  Or is
>> it best to wait until the weather cools and growth slows?
>> 
>> Also, anyone got any suggestions for hanging pots other than those
>> really unsightly plastic green or terra cotta pots that the nurseries
>> all seem to carry?  There's gotta be something  that looks better and is
>> light enough to hang...
> 
> Hi Nan
> My book reccomends repotting in spring, presumably juat as new growth starts
> and 
> this seems to have worked for me.
> 
> It is I think a general rule not to replant anything  unless the roots are
> very 
> active or they may not establish in the new mix.
> 
> Regarding the baskets Karrie mentions. One does not often see the sphagnum
> liners here these days. Instead we can get ones made from felted coconut fibre
> and moulded to shape. These are tidier and less bulky than the sphagnum and
> infinitely easier to set up. I wonder if they are available in the States.
> 
> Moira


Hi Nan,

The coconut fiber hanging baskets Moira speaks of are available here. You'll
find them at nurseries nearer the beach. You can line them with heavy duty
plastic (4 mil I think??) which you've snipped with holes for drainage.
After planting is complete, trim the plastic close to the potting mix to
hide it. The plastic can also be used inside the sphagnum moss basket that
Karrie speaks of.

Ole Container Gardening Teacher :)
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