Comments on: The Sneaky Way to Water Your Houseplants (and Why They Love the Shower) https://gardenbetty.com/spring-cleaning-tip-dont-forget-to-shower-your-houseplants/ Gardening made easy, life made simpler. Sat, 22 Jun 2024 22:48:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angie https://gardenbetty.com/spring-cleaning-tip-dont-forget-to-shower-your-houseplants/comment-page-1/#comment-23928 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:21:15 +0000 https://gardenbetty.com/?p=19121#comment-23928 Is it okay to shower plants that typically prefer distilled/rainwater over tap water though, such as prayer-plants and other tropical plants? I’m afraid to try this method in case the shower water will end up being bad for my plant. The same with the sink method. Does the water you’re using for the shower need to be filtered or is it okay for them to be showered once in a while with tap water?

]]> By: Jenny https://gardenbetty.com/spring-cleaning-tip-dont-forget-to-shower-your-houseplants/comment-page-1/#comment-22707 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 03:30:25 +0000 https://gardenbetty.com/?p=19121#comment-22707 So, shower or don’t shower African violets? I think I’m reading both in the same post!
Can you clarify?
I do shower some of my plants. They take a few days to drain, dry, and be ready to move back where they belong. Luckily, we have two bathrooms!
We have a restored 1965 Airstream! A real home away from home, although I grew up camping in a musty canvas tent in sleeping bags on the ground, and that was pretty great, too!

]]> By: Eloise Eccles https://gardenbetty.com/spring-cleaning-tip-dont-forget-to-shower-your-houseplants/comment-page-1/#comment-22684 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:20:45 +0000 https://gardenbetty.com/?p=19121#comment-22684 Dissolved minerals don’t settle out at the bottom of a bucket. The only mineral this might apply to is calcium hardness in cold water that is allowed to warm up. That is because calcium carbonate is more soluble at lower temperatures. Other minerals would stay in solution.

]]> By: Paz https://gardenbetty.com/spring-cleaning-tip-dont-forget-to-shower-your-houseplants/comment-page-1/#comment-22677 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:59:59 +0000 https://gardenbetty.com/?p=19121#comment-22677 Good one. Your house plants veggies and others will die if you leave them sitting in 6 inches of water for 2 weeks. Many plants do not tolerate wet feet 24/7. This is a very dumb idea. paz

]]> By: Linda from Garden Betty https://gardenbetty.com/spring-cleaning-tip-dont-forget-to-shower-your-houseplants/comment-page-1/#comment-20646 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:28:00 +0000 https://gardenbetty.com/?p=19121#comment-20646 In reply to Tom Sproull.

We dug up a banana pup from our old garden in California and brought it with us to Oregon. 🙂 It was a monster to haul up here, but we’re so glad we did!

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