My first Tolumnia

[WhiteRabbit]

my suggestion of a skewer in the media - a bamboo skewer, like for kabobs - I have one in almost all my orchid pots - to monitor moisture in the media - pull the skewer out, touch it to your cheek or upper lip - if the skewer seems dry, but feels cool, there is moisture in the media - Tolus can dry completely inbetween waterings. My Tolus are potted in very small clay pots with a small amount of charcoal - one is potted in tree fern fiber. Bark, retains moisture longer, and chc longer still - which is why I really recommend trying a skewer, so you can know for sure how fast the media is drying.

Pilot -
I found this last night Average Relative Humidity(%) - only lists a few cities in Colorado, so not sure if it's accurate for where you are ? the numbers don't seem alarmingly low - tho winter, adding heat indoors would definitely create quite low humidity - another reason for trying the skewer - humidity isn't always the same, so media can dry faster or slower depending

gl

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Pilot -
I found this last night Average Relative Humidity(%) - only lists a few cities in Colorado, so not sure if it's accurate for where you are ? the numbers don't seem alarmingly low - tho winter, adding heat indoors would definitely create quite low humidity - another reason for trying the skewer - humidity isn't always the same, so media can dry faster or slower depending

gl

Thanks for the link. The averages for CO locations actually surprise me a little. I have a weather station (NWS station, not my own) very close by and the humidity at any given time is never much above 30%. 30% isn't terrible but most people on here work very hard to fix such a "low" humidity, where for me it is nice. But no, the averages don't really reflect reality. When our winds pick up, which they normally are blowing, humidity drops into the teens without much work.