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mod
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Registriert: Montag, 25 August 2008, 20:09

Epiweb

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Hi i have been disappointed with the selection of wall pots available for broms,untill a came a across a new product called epiweb,a tree fern fiber substitute made from recycled plastics. The material can be formed to make baskets, branches and other devices for growing epiphytic plants,the roots not only attach to the surface, but they also grow into the material, in turn, holding the plant in place.here i cut to size and bent into shapes and glued to slate.
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El Fakir
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Registriert: Samstag, 18 Oktober 2008, 9:31
Wohnort: Grenoble

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Hi,
It sounds and looks very interesting.
Where did you get this material from?
Thank you for sharing your discovery

Thierry
mod
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Registriert: Montag, 25 August 2008, 20:09

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Hi Thierry ,This is were purchase it http://www.dartfrog.co.uk/epiweb/ .
El Fakir
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Registriert: Samstag, 18 Oktober 2008, 9:31
Wohnort: Grenoble

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Thank's for the informations.
How long have you been using it? any comments? how do you use them: with substrate?
mod
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Registriert: Montag, 25 August 2008, 20:09

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The material is tough and can be cut by knife or saw with small teeth, or a hot-wire.I got 3 triangle shapes out of one 250 x 120 x 20mm slab and then bent into pocket shapes,which were then glued to the tiles.i have only just started using it .To me, it pretty good stuff as it is tough and versatile.
mod
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Registriert: Montag, 25 August 2008, 20:09

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Here i have wired a small clump of pups to it.
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mod
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Registriert: Montag, 25 August 2008, 20:09

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And here a bigger pup of Aechmea recurvata var. ortgiesii ,and to the left a small dot of epiweb was glued on with a tillandsia attached.
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El Fakir
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Registriert: Samstag, 18 Oktober 2008, 9:31
Wohnort: Grenoble

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Interesting!
So you fixed these ones with a wire but you potted the big plants inside the triangle with substrate? Ot it's just epiweb soil? It seems (from the sweedish manufacturer website) it dries quicker than any other medium.
Thank you for your replies
mod
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Registriert: Montag, 25 August 2008, 20:09

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Yes the bigger plants are in a soil substrate,as they had developed roots all ready in small pots.
NiNi
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Registriert: Sonntag, 28 Dezember 2008, 15:43

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very strange :shock:
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