Air Plant (Tillandsia) Care + Watering Tips

Tillandsias, commonly referred to as Air Plants, are a fun, easy and unique plant to grow in the home. We discuss basic care & watering tips in this video to help keep your air plants happy and healthy. The Centurion Battery Sprayer that I used is linked below. Thanks for watching!

Centurion Battery Powered Sprayer:

This video was made in partnership with Centurion.

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[madelineannabella]

I agree with you about not soaking them. My Mom was a Horticulturist and her plants always did really well. People were constantly asking her what they were doing wrong as their plants were always dying . I remember her saying that most people over water their plants. The water sits in the pot and rots the plant.
Here was her advice:
Put your finger in the dirt as far down as it will go . If it feels really dry( loose dry dirt) water the plant really well. Give it a good soak. ( don't soak every plant too much such as cactus and air plants). If the plant felt moist or even slightly moist, leave it alone and check it again next day. She also lightly sprayed her plants about once a week. Less for cactus and other plants that don't like too much water. More mist if it's a plant that needs more water. It's very important to find out what your plant needs. They are not all the same. Whenever my mom went away I took care of her plants. She walked me around w a pen and paper and told me how to care for each one. She had over 100 plants, some in every room. But the main piece of advice she always insisted on was checking them with my finger to see if they were dry or not. It may sound like it's too simple of an answer but if you would have seen all her beautiful plants you would take any advice she gave. Also make sure temperature and amount of sunlight is on point by doing sone quick research every time you bring a new plant home.
Another thing she did and I did for her was remove any dead leaves while watering them. My mom was also my best friend . I lost her suddenly and unexpectedly few years ago. It is a great loss to me. She was like a 60/70s flower.child. She had the most unique and beautiful green eyes I have ever seen. I have never seen green eyes this color. I followed her around the house and everywhere when I was a kid. I actually followed her around still until her last day on this earth. We looked so much alike and I was her mini me. A lot of people thought she looked and dressed like Stevie Nicks.She was one of the sweetest people I have ever known. She loved animals so much . She was so special to me and I miss her every day. 💘 💖 🪴 🌱
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[josiegreenthumb]

I love how you are just holding the air-plant in frame the whole time you talk, lol. Awesome vid!

[ProximaCentauri]

I still cannot believe that Tillandsia, Beardmoss, bromeliads, and pineapples are one family.

[lleo]

I have tillandsias and I’m an every two week for an hour soaker gal. The trick to not get rot when you soak is to dry them upside down for at least 24 hours before you put them back right side up in your displays. Also, this was better method for my hands which are weak and hurt if I use regular sprayer. Thank you, Nick for showing us the Centurion battery sprayer from Menards! I live by smaller Menards so I have to order it online but it ships free to the store. I’m ordering one now!

[nm]

I totally killed one of my air plants. So I had to do so more research. My 9yr old son has a couple as well. I’m just grateful it was mine and not his. Thank u for taking the time to share ur knowledge on them❤

[stringcheese]

I'm new to the plant community and I have a cactus, some succulents, a venus fly trap, and an air plant and this really helped me, thank you!!🌱

[tylervanmeter]

If I were to start my plant career over... I would only have air plants. Beautiful, diverse, easy, and sometimes fragrant... Plus zero mess. No soil or bark or moss needed. Just water and fertilizer once in a blue moon. I 💓💓💓 these plants

[sohansheth]

I had an air plant that I neglected and occasionally spray for almost a year and it managed to survive. Once I saw a soaking video, I thought I’d try it and it died with a month or two. My second also died quickly 😅 This video is a big help- back to spraying. And hopefully the lighting tips will save them from me 😭

[ddamato]

Dude Brother from another mother Thank you thank you thank you First off, u have converted me from a soaker to a squirter…. Ummmm. Scratch that. A mister. Lol. Low key comedic pun intended….. ok. Back to business, your video made me smile so much !!! These simple air plants aren’t so simple, yet, they are….. I totally lost a few to soaking too long, and my TIP is to purchase a simple personal rechargeable fan so u can easily move it and dry your air plants…. Probably about 20 bucks or less on Amazon or whatever…. I love your informative talk about color vs sun light needs. I need to do more research to get a better grasp, but I didn’t know that I didn’t know that. I love how at ease you are talking about plants and plant care. I’m totally buying that continuous sprayer / mister !!! Thank you for ur knowledge!!!

[remiska]

I have read the whiter the air plant the least amount of water it needs. I soak my whiter ones for only 2 mins. Happily I have two babies coming, that makes four babies total for me. I also use my Orchid fertilizer.

[markusvonstubblelord]

I always thought that I am hopeless with plants so I never paid too much attention to them. However, a friend of mine once mentioned tillandsias and I was like "what the heck are those" and I got one for a test drive. Now I've suddenly really gotten into plants (mostly tillandsias so far), but I've started to build dreams about having little minigardens and such at home! I have only one tillandsia so far, but I'm really into taking care of it (I've surpriced myself completely). This video was super helpful and had lots of good tips! I'd say what kind of tillandsia I have but I have no idea which one it is. :D Thank you for all the info!

[hollisteez]

Loving how much joy that sprayer brings you haha

[rachelg]

I went to the Kennedy Space Center and found several of these in the plants. I refused to step into their garden areas, and told my Dad, "I hope I see one of those in a random place so I can take it home." 2 min later I spotted one growing out of the bottom edge of a wall. He's mine now. Lol

[jgirl]

Oh that spray bottle looks like too much fun, I would end up getting the whole house wet!

[YECE]

Subbed. Your comment on the dead tillandsia collection had my girlfriend and I rolling. We also keep dead plants, like cacti and whatnot, so that was great, and we wanna see that graveyard! Also, pretty much facepalmed when I saw that sprayer... Gunna buy 2 now... Thanks!! Great videos, you always get us chuckling. Keep up the great work!

[louisecolombi]

I just soak mine in tap water for a couple hours, then I let them drip and dry before they return to there place. I love that spay you showed in the video

[khay]

I am absolutely an advocate for misting instead of soaking.
I mist most of my plants daily and the benefits are uncanny.

[bloomsgarden]

I just bought 6 air plants I’m trying my best to take care of them they are my anti stress reliever too🥰 😊 I wish, haha so I watched your full video without skipping the adds 😉👍 It’s a great & very informative ! I did spray them too we’re the same about thinkin of soaking them 😃 but they are apparently in my bedroom hopefully they will grow longer 😊🥰

[msdanielleleegreaves]

Thank you for inspiring me to adopt a few air plants!

[SheOnPurpose]

Thank you so much !!! I just purchased my first air plant and I had no clue as to what to do! This is the first video I’ve watched pertaining to air plants!! Thanks thanks thanks!!!