Air Plants: The Nearly Indestructible House Plant
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Kathy Stuart-Eddy on May 10, 2021
I just bought some from QVC. It’s my first attempt. I’m so excited. So, it’s best to float them upside down in water every couple of weeks?
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Pat on May 19, 2024
I have mine sitting in tiny, toy China teacups (no water, no soil) in my kitchen window looking out on a covered patio - dim light and overhead only. I take them out whenever I water my other plants and hold them under the slow running faucet for a few seconds, wetting all the leaves, then put them back in their little homes. One I have had for about 5 years, the others are fairly new, only a few months, but they are all doing great. A little background, when I got my first one the lady said to mist it occasionally. I didn't have a mister, so I went for the running water. Guess it works, they are all green and growing. I hope this helps, they are an absolute delight to have and look at when I'm working at the sink.
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Hi, I'm like Peggy, I grow other plants but I do not have very good luck with the air plants. My husband had one growing at his office at work and it was beautiful. He bought me 'starts' from work and they would die, every one of them.... I don't know what I did to them, but it was not good. Is it the water, soil, amount of sunlight??? Thanks
I consider myself to be a person blessed with a green thumb & I even tend to have great success bringing plants back from the brink of death (basically nearly dead plants that I’ve rescued from friends or family members, or ones that I’ve found barely clinging to life on the discount sale table at our local Walmart or home improvement store). But for some reason, despite my best efforts, every air plant I’ve ever gotten has croaked! I would just like to know the best way to water air plants as a rule (& typically how often to do so). I’ve tried growing air plants 2 different ways in terms of watering — I’ve tried following the instructions to soak them in water, and I’ve followed instructions to mist them instead. I have found it to be very confusing that different “experts” make very different recommendations about how best to water air plants & how often. I know many have stated that you need to take the level of humidity in the air into consideration when deciding how often to water. I’ve done that also, still with no success. But I would LOVE to successfully grow an air plant! So, since I’ve tried to take a variety of these so-called “experts” suggestions & failed, I would love to just know the general consensus on how most people specifically go about watering air plants and how often they water them? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!