My green thumb is often challenged by the grocery store orchid. I never quite know how much water to give these things. So I was really happy to see this solution recently. The orchid comes with a cup! How much water? This much water. Nicely done.
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My green thumb is often challenged by the grocery store orchid. I never quite know how much water to give these things. So I was really happy to see this solution recently. The orchid comes with a cup! How much water? This much water. Nicely done.
Azeem
on 05 Mar 13meh. seems ridiculously wasteful, no?
Greg A.
on 05 Mar 13I just got accustomed to adding a few icecubes once per week.
cici
on 06 Mar 13It’s not your challenged green thumb. Orchids are epiphytes and mimicking that environment is the challenge (http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0405.htm). Keep it away from your heater and yes, I too have found the icecube trick to work.
Mike Kelly
on 06 Mar 13Our orchids came with simple directions. 3 ice cubes, 1x/week. My black thumb can remember that. :-)
Tekin Suleyman
on 06 Mar 13The technique that I’ve been recommended is to fully submerge the pot in water for around ten minutes before draining fully. I do this every couple of weeks and the plant is very happy.
Ahmed
on 06 Mar 13I think the post is not about the plant as an orchids, its solutions as service. I have small garden, and its not easy to find good information or answers for my specific questions or problems, I search a lot but its not easy.
The store is selling a flower with “help/instructions” of how to take care of that flower. I personally appreciate the store for that easy and useful educational help that would makes customer happy and for sure they will revisit the store again.
Store educating their visitors, therefore they will come again for more.
Aurélien
on 06 Mar 13the design of the solution is critical, a piece of paper with information will be thrown away, the cup can be kept. The ice cube trick is a great designed trick, not only you have a volume converted in a small number (1,2 or 3) but you also have something worth remenbering, something you can talk about with friends, or like here on the interweb. You look smarter, you like it, you remind it.
TDG
on 06 Mar 13I do a few ice cubes every few days. Orchids should last for months.
JRuiz
on 06 Mar 13I use Tekin Suleyman’s trick written above. Orchilds love it!
zach
on 06 Mar 13Great customer service!
daniel
on 06 Mar 13While I agree, the sentiment of the post isn’t about the orchid, I though you might find this tip from my father, a botanist, helpful:
“An orchid really needs to be drenched in the sink and allowed to drain.”
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