At 6:47 PM -0500 2/7/05, ConroeJoe@aol.com wrote: >One email commentator noted that using styrofoam peanuts in soil mixes "out >to be against the law." I'm inclined to agree, at least from an aesthetic >point of view. If agaves accept the peanuts I'll try large bulbs >next (Crinum), >and see what results I get. **We've bought orchids at orchid shows potted in styrofoam. Whatever works. I suppose it's a good way to recycle. You can cover the top of the pot with something attractive, improving the aesthetics and preventing 'blow-away' of the styrofoam. -- susan, who is..... owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones.... on the North Coast of CA, USA susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2005