--- title: "Today is my airplants watering day and I thought I’d share my routine…" description: "Today is my airplants watering day and I thought I’d share my routine to show off how amazing airplants can be; hopefully even convince some people to get some…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/o6EXdW0soNhmEEL316oWgp" community: "Show your plants" author: "Nikiller" published: "2026-06-26T17:58:46.359023Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWuVoSXfm0mhpdFLVG6GWzRgcJdFWwQeXC12gWazwDk/OsfNaPFQTCivGbTDYAleJQ.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Show your plants](https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw.md) # Today is my airplants watering day and I thought I’d share my routine… _Posted by Nikiller on 2026-06-26_ Today is my airplants watering day and I thought I’d share my routine to show off how amazing airplants can be; hopefully even convince some people to get some interesting ones. There’s no science to it, I just follow some basics. First, I know it’s time to water because the trichromes all over the plants will turn silvery instead of a fuzzy gray. I used distilled water only and every second watering is with a very weak dilution of maybe 10% the recommended strength of orchid fertilizer. All I do is fill a huge bowl about halfway with water, put the smaller plants in first and work my way to the largest last as they’ll tend to float, then I have to use a decorative pot from one of my other plants to hold them down, and top the water up to cover them. I like to do this first so I can do all my other plant care while they soak, typically 20-90 minutes. Once I’m done with the rest of my plants or am waiting for pots to stop dripping, I go take the airplants out of the water and place them upside down to dry the crown and prevent crown rot. It takes maybe 10 seconds for my 4 smallest to dry out and about 30-60 minutes for the biggest to dry. I don’t treat any of them differently except for when I first get them, they’ll have a soak in water mixed with some special soap, fungicide, and StressCoat. After they’ve all dried I return them to their displays and leave them be other than a misting here just for funsies. These photos are all from this watering session and in order are: 1: dry plants asking for water, especially the ionanthas and recurvata 2: freshly placed in the water, still slightly washed out 3: almost 100 minutes later they’re all super green and don’t float anymore, except the setacea, he’s in rehab so he always floats from having been abused in his last home 4: drying the plants with the crowns down over a paper towel I have 16 air plants of only 8 species but have another 12 new species on the way. We can also see my xerographica has flowered, he had 2 but one of them tend to die out to allow the other to take more nutrients. ![Attachment 1 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWuVoSXfm0mhpdFLVG6GWzRgcJdFWwQeXC12gWazwDk/OsfNaPFQTCivGbTDYAleJQ.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 2 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWuVoSXfm0mhpdFLVG6GWzRgcJdFWwQeXC12gWazwDk/sRFT8UMlTgS24PEJ5vSW0Q.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 3 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWuVoSXfm0mhpdFLVG6GWzRgcJdFWwQeXC12gWazwDk/X7Imt6qyRqewUS-rkDvLVQ.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 4 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWuVoSXfm0mhpdFLVG6GWzRgcJdFWwQeXC12gWazwDk/qFppyum3QOeEvWx4bK97zg.webp?size=large) ## 3 comments ### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2026-06-26 This is exactly what I do! Before i knew you can’t water them unless they are upside down I killed so many 🫠 ### Ms.Issy commented on 2026-06-26 My Xerographica is one of my favorite plants! I love a good air plant post. I feel like they can get over looked; but they are so cool! And once you get past the initially learning curve they are really easy. Your plants are lovely! 🌱 #### jlsKenzy replied on 2026-06-26 Agree! 👍 I have a few at my work office and the first time I went on vacation, my office mate was super nervous about looking after them while I was gone...but they survived and she admitted it was easy. "Our" air plants have been happy and healthy for almost 4 years and even had 5 baby pups - which I'm not joking when I say most of the pups sprouted after her care. 🤣 😁 --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_