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.
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Do Succulents Need Drainage? (And Why the Rock Layer Doesn’t Count)
I killed an echeveria in a beautiful concrete pot with no hole in it and blamed the light for a month. Here is what drainage actually does, and why gravel in the bottom isn’t it.
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.