Keeping Air Plants in the Bathroom: What Actually Works
The shower does not water your air plant. It only slows down how fast it dries, which is the difference between a healthy tillandsia and a rotted one.
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Gifts for Plant Lovers Under $20 That Aren’t Another Candle
Seven planters under $20, each picked for a specific person rather than an occasion, plus the two things we’d leave on the shelf.
Why Your Air Plant Is Turning Brown (and How to Save It)
Brown is not one diagnosis. Where the brown sits tells you whether you have rot, thirst, mineral burn or sunburn, and three of those are fixable tonight.
Air Plant Holders: How to Pick One That Won’t Rot Your Plant
Most air plants die in the hour after their soak, not during it. Here’s what an air plant holder has to do about airflow, and why we stopped trusting glass globes.
Animal Planters: A Field Guide
Eight arms, an owl, and a sloth that has to come down to be watered. What each animal planter actually holds, who it suits, and where people go wrong with them.
15 Air Plant Display Ideas for Small Spaces
Every air plant display idea online is a glass globe, and a glass globe is one of the worst places to keep a tillandsia. Fifteen that work in rooms with no spare surface.
How Often Should You Water Air Plants? A Schedule by Season
The honest answer isn’t once a week. Here’s the season-by-season interval we run on a dozen tillandsia, and how to adjust it for your own house.
How to Water an Air Plant: Soak, Dunk, or Mist?
Misting is the method most people are taught and the one least likely to keep a tillandsia alive. Here’s what a soak actually does, when a dunk is enough, and what the spray bottle is really for.
Air Plant Care: What We’ve Learned Keeping Tillandsia Alive
Air plants are sold as the houseplant that needs nothing, which is exactly why so many of them die. Here’s the watering, light, and drying routine that has kept ours alive since 2018.