Plant Care

Indoor Care

It is important to maintain AirPlants properly. They can be real easy and

almost maintain themselves in certain conditions. Key Factors for proper

care are Light, Clean Water and Good Air Circulation.

Light: Indoors we see a variety of ways to promote good lighting for your

plants. Grown or placed by a window especially with morning or afternoon

sun or all day November thru March creates healthy growth and blooms. Bright

Filtered Light is important for good growth and blooms. Fresh Moving air from

time to time is refreshing for these plants as well.

You can use fluorescent bulbs to grow indoors. A full spectrum fluorescent is best.

Water: Indoors if you can give your plants a little rain from time to time they will

love you for it. Our trick is to use clean water. Tap can be very hard and most

treated water in America is treated with Chlorine and sometimes Ammonia to

keep the chlorine from evaporating. Dunk them in your pond or fresh water

source. Indoors we suggest a water every other day unless given a good soak

from time to time with clean water. Rain water can hold in the plant for days

and in some environments weeks.

Air Circulation: AirPlants love good air circulation. After a good watering the

moisture on the plants should evaporate within 4 hours. That is a nice rule of

thumb as if we see the plants sitting with water or on water hours later rot

could appear. AirPlants love moisture but if constantly in wet conditions they

will suffer.

Outdoor Care

Light: AirPlants love bright but filtered light (April thru October) AirPlants love

direct sun (November thru March). They grow best under a filtered light canopy

like a greenhouse or patio or porch or under trees. Fresh air circulation is

favorable and some nice filtered light. Best temperature range is between

50-90 degrees F. 35-50 is tolerable and can add some unique color but long

exposure can dehydrate.

Water: Thoroughly water your AirPlants 2-3 times per week. Water more often

in a hot, dry environment and less often in a cool humid environment. Plants

should be given enough air circulation and light to dry in 4 hours of watering

Spraying a nice mist from time to time is great with clean water but often

insufficient in dryer conditions. If the plant shows signs of early dehydration

(curling, pinching foliage) a good soak in clean water or a few hours is

recommended. If plants are in a shell we suggest a light watering weekly and

empty any remaining water as AirPlants will not survive standing water.

Fertilizer:

Sun Warning, Caution!

As we get into Summer we are removing the mid-day sun from our plants and letting only filtered sun in. We are still using plenty of morning sun and late afternoon sun and bright ambient light. We hope to produce summer and late spring blooms with this method.

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Here is an easy way to find out your areas water quality:

It has your facility's water test results and they compare it to your State and the National Average. It is pretty awesome and Gives you their Independent Test Results along with the E.P.A.'s test results. The website is: EWG.ORG

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Growers Tip: Remember AirPlants love Winter Sun. Be mindful of a rough sunburn midday Sun but other than that you will promote color and often a bloom.