CIDP Potted up!

[JohnAndSancho]

My $15 15 month soberversary gift from my mom, this CIDP from a really nice lady on eBay who can't pack a plant for 💩, but I'll probably still leave positive feedback just because she was so nice. 

I don't remember if this is a 2 or 3 gallon pot, but I LOVE these and I used to have a ton of them - they got left behind in the Texodus. They drain great, they're firm, they came with saucers, really nice. Anyway - 

 

Looks like an ideal size with room for those roots to stretch and grow. I didn't take a picture of my super scientific soil mixing process, but I'm low on the good stuff so there's some potting soil, some coir, some gravel, some of the good stuff, etc etc. Top secret proprietary process here at the John and Sancho East Mississippi Palm Conservatorium. 

And the finished product. I kinda rushed it at the end since I'm having a flare up or whatever the hell is wrong with me, but I watered it all in and then put a little more coir/bark mixture on top after it settled. I don't know this seller at all, so it's gonna sit in plant quarantine and I'll hose it off in the morning and ease it back into the sun - it was growing in full sun outdoors but it just spent uhhhh a week in a very smushed up box. 

[Jonathan]

Nice work . That pot does look good, particularly like the idea of the sides extending below the bottom, so the drainage holes are clear of the ground. Nice and deep too. Finding the perfect pot is a constant battle.

[happypalms]

21 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Nice work . That pot does look good, particularly like the idea of the sides extending below the bottom, so the drainage holes are clear of the ground. Nice and deep too. Finding the perfect pot is a constant battle.

I found the perfect container for palms 165mm height and 165 depth there perfect for deep forest tubes and 140mm pot up stages then from the 165mm to a 200mm perfect jump up size containers for palm production. Will send a link to you later on.

[happypalms]

I love to see a student at his best well done John, you know what they say one day the best student becomes the teacher! 

[JohnAndSancho]

6 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Nice work . That pot does look good, particularly like the idea of the sides extending below the bottom, so the drainage holes are clear of the ground. Nice and deep too. Finding the perfect pot is a constant battle.

I found them on Amazon 4 or 5 years ago. I've looked again and again and can't find the same ones. But yeah, it's a great design and the dark color lets them absorb heat but not as much as a traditional black nursery pot. And they're nice and sturdy. 

5 hours ago, happypalms said:

I love to see a student at his best well done John, you know what they say one day the best student becomes the teacher! 

Oh this is hardly my best. There's an old country drag racing expression, "Run what you brung," more or less use what you've got. If I had put about 2 more minutes of thought into this I would have added some slow release and some 4/4/4 palm food to the soil. I always forget that I have this stuff laying around. I guess now that I've got an actual workspace to use I need to get organized and put all of my crap in the same place so I won't keep forgetting I have it. Unfortunately the 4/4/4 attracts animals since it's just pelletized chicken poop. Sancho used to eat it out of the pots when he was younger....I freaked out and googled to make sure it wasn't going to make him sick lol.