Air Plant Care

Air plants need more water and light in spring and summer, less in fall and winter. Here is how to adjust your routine season by season.

Curling, rolling, or closing-up leaves almost always mean an air plant is thirsty. Here is how to fix it and when curling signals something else.

To revive a dehydrated air plant, give it a long 2 to 4 hour soak, dry it fully, and repeat weekly. Here is how to tell thirst from rot and nurse a plant back.

Soaking, dunking, and misting compared: which method to use, how often, and the drying step that prevents rot.

An air plant turns brown for one of five reasons: thirst, too much sun, rot, dry air, or natural aging after a bloom. Here is how to tell them apart and fix each one.

A 30-minute soak every 1 to 2 weeks is the baseline. Here is how to adjust for your plant type, your climate, the season, and how you water.