Luanne Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I have just learned about air plants. I am not good with normal plants so I think these easy plants might work for me. Do you have them? Are they truly maintained by being sprayed with water every once in a while? I want grow vegetables and all but I need to start small. Thanks for any idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I also have a brown thumb, but for some strange reason I've had good luck with jalapeno peppers. We haven't tried a garden here because our neighbor across the street warned us that after three years of feeding the local herds of deer he quit. We moved our latest jalapeno bush outside, so we'll see if the deer leave it alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Wow. We don't have deer in this neighborhood, just grass hoppers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Living in Florida, air plants are native and are found in many of our trees. They thrive on humidity. As long as you spray them daily while the dry heat is on, they should be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I put Air Plants on my Villa build Luanne and they were fine. Fine until Rosemary asked one day when I last watered the Air Plants..........but even then and as brown as they were an overnight soaking in my Son's cereal bowl........shhhhhh! And they were fine. They simply lay on the surface gravel and instead of spraying I gave them a periodic 'overnight' stay immersed in water. That's what the Air Plant Man told me to do and it worked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 How cool. I haven't seen them in the wild, only in those clear hanging planters. Your descriptions remind me of Spanish moss. I think I will look for some to spruce up the house. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I saw some the other day at Walgreens and thought they were the perfect size for my Dollhouses! Good to know all they need is a bit of water sprayed on them regularly. I bought 2 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 funny.... I just picked up a little dauphin "statue" in Biloxi for my beach house. This morning I noticed that the plant is NOT plastic. It is one of those air plants. now I know it needs to be kept a little moist. I will probably kill it, since I am know to let cactus de of thirst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapz Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Lawanda, you've been in Biloxi and didn't tell me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Darn it. I just went outside to take a pic of our huge Tillandsia but it is gone. So I asked my husband and he said it dropped about two weeks ago. It had a massive spike (the seed pod, I think) which is an indication that it's time was nearing an end. Spanish Moss exists in South Florida but it is much more prevelent in the northern part of the state, so w don't really have it in our yards. I'm attaching a link to the type of plant we had. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillandsia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 One of the things that blew us way when we went paddling in S FL was the prevalence of all the bromeliads! Just gorgeous. You're quite right, we have Spanish moss in our part of the world; not nearly as pretty. I was interested to learn that it's relate to pineapple! (don't recall where I read that...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 12 minutes ago, havanaholly said: One of the things that blew us way when we went paddling in S FL was the prevalence of all the bromeliads! Just gorgeous. You're quite right, we have Spanish moss in our part of the world; not nearly as pretty. I was interested to learn that it's relate to pineapple! (don't recall where I read that...) Holly we learned that during a tour of Savannah, Ga. Also learned that it is actually not moss at all. It also lives in S Ga. Sable, that's a neat looking plant. I've never noticed those before. I'll have to look out for them my next trip to south Ga or Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 DH's family is all from S GA and I have never noticed the bromeliads like Sable has in S FL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I've had some air plants years ago. Sometimes I forgot them for weeks, then when I thought of it I sprayed them and lo and behold...it all came back to life. It is the coolest invention ever for people who happen to lack green thumbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Here is another huge wild air plant which we found in our hedge, today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-barbie Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Can veggies be grown as air plants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Air plants are air plants and veggies are veggies. Never the twain shall grow in the same way, alas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 2 hours ago, me-barbie said: Can veggies be grown as air plants? If you mean, are there edible airplants? I don't know, I'll check. Edit: I can't find an edible species, but that's not to say they don't exist. I just don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Thanks for sharing your thumb-ups on these. I'll keep en eye out for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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