“Richard Dumpling” (My 7 and 5 year old wildlings each picked a name 😅) seems to be thriving after week 3. I have been bottom watering and the water is gone in a few days; should I continuous replenish the water or wait a couple days in between?
So I follow the watering schedule that Planta gives and this is mine. It just got out of dormancy, so the heads are growing back slowly but surely. I have 2 flower stalks (1 for sure, I’m not sure about the other one). I just ignore the misting schedule.
It’s best to keep them sitting in a shallow dish of water. They do not want to dry out not even a little. Little dish of water, strongest light you can get them under.
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This is not always true. Yes they should always be damp but they shouldn’t always be sitting in water they can be overwatered just like any plant I recommend using Planta water schedule and if it gets dry in between add an extra water in there. Thy live on boggy ground but not in swamp water.
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I like to let mine dry in between watering no longer then a day or two, I use rainwater to water mine as normal water is to mineral rich and chloromide rich r/o water and distilled work fine but rain water is preferred I bottom water get a plastic not ceramic or terra-cotta dish some ceramics are safe but generally non plastic pots leech minerals which can harm this plant, but fill with the water about an 1/5 of the pots hight the dish should be about 2-3 inches bigger then the pot itself
0 likes I have yet to experiment with other methods of bottom watering plant pots so that’s why I said the 2-3 inches as the smallest deep saucer usually is good for an singular plant
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