How to water flowering plants

Some flowering plants need regular, frequent watering - especially during their blooming season. They dry out quickly and show stress fast when thirsty.

Care instructions

1. Keep the soil evenly moist at all times.
   Check regularly and water as soon as the surface feels slightly dry. These plants don’t like to dry out and may wilt quickly if they do.

2. Water thoroughly and frequently.
   Water until the soil is evenly moist throughout, but avoid waterlogging. Good drainage is still essential even for thirsty plants.

3. Consider using a moisture-retentive soil.
   Use a mix that holds water well but still drains, adding coco coir or peat moss can help.

4. Monitor closely during flowering.
   Water needs are highest while buds are forming and blooms are open. You may need to water more often than usual during peak flowering.

Watering methods

Water over the soil

1. Pour water over the soil, using, for example, a watering can or put the plant directly under a tap

2. Continue adding water to the pot until it starts to run out from the drainage holes

3. If you have a tray under the pot when watering, make sure you remove all the collected water afterwards - never let your plant sit in water

4. If you watered under a tap make sure that water has stopped running out from the bottom before putting it back

Bottom watering

1. Fill the plant tray with water

2. Make sure the soil is in contact with the water on the tray

3. Wait for about 10 minutes

4. Feel the soil to see if it absorbed enough water > if the soil is moist throughout, remove any excess water from the tray

5. If it’s still dry > add more water to the tray

6. Wait 20 more minutes before removing the excess

Bottom watering will not wash away salts and other minerals from the soil, so make sure to also give water over the soil every now and then.

Water bath

1. Fill a bucket or any other vessel with lukewarm water

2. Lower the whole pot down in the water, stop where the stem of the plant starts. Make sure all of the soil is under water

3. The water will now start to bubble - wait until it stopped

4. Lift the pot up and let the excess drain off

5. Put your plant back in the cachepot or on the tray

6. After 1 hour, check that your plant isn’t standing in water, if it is it might get overwatered and rot