A quick update on an experiment carried out on some plants still in early November. It was some small phalaenopsis, unfortunately the rating, the continuous ripicchiettagi, is a bit 'going to hell so now I will refer to them as generic phalaenopsis. Ripicchiettate were two pots in a sterile environment with a mix of bark, moss, charcoal and fertilizer, sealed and sterilized in a pressure cooker.
The first, pictured above, is still sealed. The phenomenal growth does not appear, but the plants are doing well and the roots, slowly, are expanding. No sign of mold or contamination whatsoever.
The second one, which had been placed in the ventilation system, but in the end was still open in early December. Again, these plants seem not to have any problems, indeed, perhaps the growth is slightly more substantial than the still sealed. The only problem is that the substrate, since the jar inside the "greenhouse" where there are heated and lit the cans with sowing on agar, tends to dry out relatively quickly that you need frequent spraying d ' water. In contrast, the roots, seeking moisture, have taken to develop creep down between moss and bark, as opposed to planting gelatin whose roots are a bit 'where they want, often in the air. For the moment I'm using simple tap water at room temperature but I think it's better to be short does not saturate with distilled water to the small environment of limestone and salt. In addition we must begin to monitor the humidity of the small home-made emissions so that air does not dry out too much.
In any case we can say that the test to make the transition from acting to the external environment less traumatic to the plants, it would seem to have succeeded. There is always a nuisance that must be sterilized substrate and everything, but I think that will replicate for future transplants.
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