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Originally Posted by Leisurely  In Florida this averages about every four or five days in the summer and every week or so in the winter. |
Every 4 to 5 days Leisurely? In coir/charcoal/perlite? I recently potted a few phals in this mix also and I'm totally amazed at the moisture retention, lasting well over a week and I'm in Florida also.
Morphiii, coir's moisture retention is anything other than short lived. It's not heavy like sphag and doesn't get weighed down like sphag when wet because there's a lot more aeration in the mixture, it's very light but you have to be careful because it can be very easy to mistake wet for dry and over water or too frequently. If you take a little of the mixture that you say is dry and rub it between your fingers, you'll be able to feel it's moisture. Coir doesn't have to stay dark such as it gets right after watering to necessarily to be retaining water, it's not like soil.