| Andrew, makes a valid point. You can always compensate cork's water repelling properties with a nice amount of spag. moss. What I usually do is soak some spag moss in water (sometimes with a light fert. solution) and grab a fist full and squeeze it inside the water making a ball. I then push the spag ball up against the roots and work some in and behind the root ball. While holding the ball in place I use coco palm fiber and wrap the ball and then tie some wide green stretch tape around the fiber. This makes a rustic looking pot...it holds spag in place and in turn that holds moisture as well as nutrients. Roots seem to love growing in it. I have used this in almost all of my mounts including the 'Log in a Pot'..those hybrids are doing great so far.
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