Neo in Glass

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I guess I read a bit quickly and went over the bit where they are dry at night.

Still, I think leaving them in water all day every day might not be good. The reason I think this is that as the roots are growing, they have to adapt to the environment they are in. But in your case what do they do? If they do grow roots adapted to the water, then I'd assume that likely makes them all the more intolerant of dryness.

I really like your new method, but going from 30-60min soak to an all day soak seems a bit extreme. But if it works in the long run, good for you, and we will have learned something!

I understand your concerns. I really do. But I was also having the issue of time, as well. I would often forget these poor things were steeping in water and I would head off to work. I watch my little girl in the morning and then work in the evening so the plants would often end up in water all day anyway.

But as I've mentioned, too, come morning, their roots are the classic grey color of roots that have successfully dried before the next watering. With the 30-60 min steep, I had roots that suffered the drying of the rest of the day.

So I guess I need a happy medium. I'm not sure what that is.

[DelawareJim]

Originally Posted by Pilot

I understand your concerns. I really do. But I was also having the issue of time, as well. I would often forget these poor things were steeping in water and I would head off to work. I watch my little girl in the morning and then work in the evening so the plants would often end up in water all day anyway.

But as I've mentioned, too, come morning, their roots are the classic grey color of roots that have successfully dried before the next watering. With the 30-60 min steep, I had roots that suffered the drying of the rest of the day.

So I guess I need a happy medium. I'm not sure what that is.

I thought you were growing them in vase culture like in the Vanda in Glass Vases sticky in the Vanda-others forum and were emptying the water out after an hour or so. I would think they would be happier using that method where the humidity would be high but the roots could still breath.

Cheers.
Jim

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by DelawareJim

I thought you were growing them in vase culture like in the Vanda in Glass Vases sticky in the Vanda-others forum and were emptying the water out after an hour or so. I would think they would be happier using that method where the humidity would be high but the roots could still breath.

Cheers.
Jim

If you read the previous posts you find out I am growing them as vase culture but with a tweak. Air about the roots is great but only if the roots aren't shriveled from drying out. The explanation is above.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Pilot

If you read the previous posts you find out I am growing them as vase culture but with a tweak. Air about the roots is great but only if the roots aren't shriveled from drying out. The explanation is above.

gees that post came off a lot worse than I intended!!!!!!

What I was getting at is, I was not seeing good results with my earlier method of soaking once a day for a short period-- so instead I soak for several hours-- this gives the plants' roots to plump up again enough to make it to the next watering.

My RH is extremely low here-- outside it is often in the single digits this time of year and inside I measured it at about 20%. The plants live in a solarium where it gets a lot of sun and warmth during the day, even when its cold outside, and it seems to dry out the plants even faster because of respiration.

Jim I hope that other post wasn't taken in such a mean way-- I totally didn't mean it that way! It came off more harsh than intended. Anyway, those reasons are why they roots will soak from 1 or 2 hours to 8...it all depends on how hot the solarium gets and what the roots look like. The plants aren't soaked every day as standard care, but on a as-needed basis...does that make sense?