Too Much Time Tending Orchids?

[jrodpad]

Hi everyone -

I wanted to ask a question to the group and see how much time you spend in an average week tending to your orchid collection.

I take about 10 minutes every weekday morning to water/mist the more thirsty orchids and then spend around 2-2.5 hours every weekend watering, feeding and otherwise tending to the collection. So all tolled, that's somewhere between 3 and 3.5 hours a week caring for the collection.

What about you?

- J

[Swamper]

17

[jrodpad]

Nice!

That's just a hair under 2.5 hours a day (if my math is right.

Impressive.

With only two data points, the average weekly care is 10.25 hours per week.

- J

[peeweelovesbooks]

I really don't keep track---Ummmmm....maybe 10 or so. I know I spend about 3-4 hours on Saturdays or Sundays, but I check/water/tend to every day.

Some days/weeks are heavier, especially when I get a large group of plants at once.

I would say about 10 per week.

[CTB]

I have been pretty busy this summer, repotting, so I've been spending about 12 hr with the orchids but on the internet researching orchids, posting, atleast 20 hours. I'm hoping that this obession will taper off abit, or am I wishful thinking.???

[jrodpad]

Good lord - I don't even want to think what my total would be if you factored in on-line research time!

With 4 data points (and not including on-line research time), the average creeps up to about 10.6 hours per week.

Nice!

-J

[Call_Me_Bob]

maybe 5-7 hours if im not repotting anything

[Eyebabe]

I would say I NEED to spend about 30 minutes per day average unless I am repotting....which I did recently: 75 plants in about 20 hours over 3 Saturdays.
But I fuss constantly!
I check them in the morning before I leave and water if needed (10-30 min) and fill humidifiers if necessary but that is not enough
I check them when I get home and turn my fan on; then I check the humidifiers AGAIN; then my lights come on and I check them AGAIN to make sure none of the plants "slipped" too close or need to be adjusted for the light; then AGAIN before bed to turn off the fan and check the humidifiers AGAIN
On Saturday or Sunday, if there are any chemicals/fertilizers they need I just do it with the watering then.
....I haven't been diagnosed with OCD yet....and in all honesty, I check them because it makes me happy, not because I feel I have to
I was away for about two weeks last month and I did just fine leaving my neighbor to care for them

[Donald]

Twenty five orchids get 3.5 hours a week of my time.

[sheiman]

I have 22 orchids and probably spend about 3 hours total caring for them each week. But I spend time on the OB and other sites, reading about orchids and blogging about them too. So I'm not really sure how much *actual* time I spend on orchids!