Frequency of pot flushing in S/H

[DavTom]

Hi Ray, hi all,

I fully understand the ease/cosines to flash the pot at every watering/feeding when the logistics allow for it (e.g. in a green house).

But I have my orchids in the living room (ground floor) and in my third floor, where I move around buckets of RO water and I do not have easy access to a sink (the kitchen sink and the bathroom sinks are off limits!).

In addition, I have very directive artificial light and putting back the pots in the right position for the light is often time consuming, especially when a lot of blooming is in the way of the light rays.

So, is flushing a must at every watering/feeding or one could often water/feed just to re-fill the reservoir and only now-and-then (e.g. once per month) do an energic flushing?

I fully understand the need to avoid waste build up and salts build-up, no doubts about that. But I am not sure if waste and salts build up so quickly to require flushing at every watering/feeding.

Anything that would reduce the frequency of flushing would save me quite some work.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Dav