| Yes, yes, yes. use a bamboo skewer. It saved my Phalenopsis from my overwatering! I repotted in bark and pumice bits and figured this stuff could never be overwatered. Curiosity made me check a month later after my plant looked worse and the bark was sodden at the bottom in an orchid pot and many roots were dead! I put styrofoam peanuts in the bottom, mixed half the bark with spaghum moss and put a plastic bag around it for a month. My orchid is doing great and sprouted a new leaf. The skewer stays wet far longer than I expected, so I know exactly when to water now. |