epiweb mounting material

[HotPot]

JUst thought I would share the link - I am not related to the product at all !!!
Epiweb

[1joyceh]

OOO!! that is really cool, I would definitely try it!
Thanks for sharing HotPot

[syndywindy]

Very interesting!

[Johnny B]

Wow, you could really make a nice display with that stuff! I am already thinking of ideas! I need to slow down before I go taking out a second mortgage to make my house look like a jungle.

-Johnny B

[SarinahL]

Cool product! I don't like it without moss however, so that would have to grow onto it too.
Orchid Karma uses it (has a blog) and she has great results.

[NiNiDazzle]

I actually bought some ecoweb from FirstRays and for my condition, it didn't work out well. It's very fast draining and my humidity is too low to keep my chids happy. It would work out great if you have high humidity, in a terrarium, or can water it a lot.

I'm still experimenting with them though. Gonna try it cut up in a basket to see how that works.


I'm pretty sure that ecoweb is the US version of epiweb. Same product, just re-branded.

[Ray]

Since EcoWeb and Epiweb are the same material, it's entirely a "conditions" thing.

[HotPot]

I think its just spun plastic, I suppose you could experiment with polyester fiber you get in filters for aquatics? or that harder stuff that you get for scrubbing your kitchen pots with.
I am suprised that more companies have not made similar stuff in a range of absorbancies for different sorts of orchids.
Anyway if it holds on to too little water you could try the polyester filter material i mentioned as a layer under it.

[Ray]

The stuff is basically huge sheets or rolls of pot-scrubber material, made from recycled PETE bottles. It is "semi-rigid", so will not collapse under the weight of water or plant like the filter material will, but is still "formable".

As the polymer itself does not absorb any detectable water, but only holds droplets in the web, it is always going to be open and airy. (After immersing a block and weighing it wet and dry, I have determined it only holds about 2% of its weight in water.)

If you think about it, that's not a great deal different from most other mounting materials. To get around that, Mikael Karlbom (Epiweb) sells an "IIS" - integrated irrigation system - with a submersible pump and tubing to squirt water along the top edge, so it will trickle down through the webbing, reaching the penetrating roots of the mounted plants. I carry the components, but don't sell them as a "system".

[1joyceh]

so, just a drip system attached to the top? Interesting, and easy to put together....
thanks for the idea Ray

[RebelCowgirl]

Wow I love the branches, that would be awesome to try.

[HotPot]

Hmm, having water dripping through a medium - just like some hydroponic systems.

[Ray]

Exactly - vertical hydroponic panels. Getting greater and greater use in biowalls.