Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Bromeliads for novices and addicts. April-May 2011, 1 by 77sunset

77sunset wrote:
Just finished my new brom pole. Now I need advice as this is my first try with broms planted this way. How do I keep them more upright as the water runs out ? I put all of those I thought may be the smaller ones but we will see as they grow.
There are Alley Cat, Gracilis, Fireball, Lilliputiana, Rubra, Inferno and Morning Rain from memory without running out to see .
Hubby drilled the 2"holes for me and I have the pole over a steel post with broken brick in the bottom to keep it steady. I filled the centre with coconut fibre and used more fibre to push in around each one to hold it. Do I need to do anything else or will this be enough for them to grow in ?
Please dont think I have mistreated the plant next to the pole. It was an orphan bought in that condition.
Someone on this thread said maybe V. splenriet ?
The greenhouse is now very full so I have to stop buying broms. Hhmmmmmm...( there is that new empty greenhouse !!!!!!)
NO NO ...I must smack myself.
Jean.