Watch Me Water Orchids in Bark! 

Amen, Amy! Thx for the Aaronic Blessing. Many blessings to you as well. And thx for all your wonderful tips on growing and caring for orchids. 🙏🤗

Thank you for updating this. I used to soak down for 30 minutes and stopped doing it because of your previous videos. I will now start soaking them again and may be a little bit longer. I kept wondering why my orchid bark kept getting so dry as well as the aerial route. I use your fertilizer recipe and thankfully the one that is in bloom is still blooming or the leaves or flowers have not fallen off. She still looks really healthy because I spray the aerial route when it gets silvery.

Wow.. how wonderful to have the blessing spoken over us... Thank you so very much. And thank you for your time and help on how to water an orchid that has bark .. I really appreciate it ❤️ Blessings to you and all your family members in Jesus Name for all of your days!!

You are a sweetheart for responding to my question. Thank you so much.

Thank you for this video, Amy - your help has inspired me to be a better orchid mama. I converted to full water culture a long while back, and it turned out to be a big misstep. 😟 I’m so pleased, as the leaves on all my lovelies are looking healthy and beautiful again! Hope you have a wonderful and blessed Sunday!

I have 19 phals and 13 are spiking - my first season with spikes . I have had them three years, my first season I should get flowers, beyond excited. Thank you for sharing, very much appreciated xx

This is a very timely video Amy, as I was just about to water today. I will be copying you exactly and Thank You 😍

💚 Yes, you have good taste in drinking Arizona tea! Its been my favorite for years out here in Arizona. 🎋🌵🎋 I just gifted my daughter an orchid today and recommended her to watch your informative video up today. She did and likes you as much as I do. Now, you have another fan. Blessings to you always. 😇

So helpful 🎉thank you!!! Learning to grow them and now I have nearly a dozen.

I always soak them from the bottom, have holes on side and bottom of plastic pot. I don’t want fertilizer to stay on top of the roots ( because of salt deposits…) They all do great.

Well shucks. As a noob …I really need to give my rescue orchids a much better soak! Thanks to your tea/tannin rescue video i think I’m well on my way to being a new rescued-from-the-trash orchid mom!

Amy, thank you for your reply on a much older video that I had just found when I was searching the web for Orchid fertilizing information. I am definitely going to focus on your current & most recent videos. There is so much out there on both classic grow medium and Water Culture. I am seeing so many of the most active You Tube channels that raved about Water Culture returning their collections to classic grow medium. You have both on your channel. I am interested to see if you are still currently doing Water Culture. Your site has the best information on fertilizer and classic grow medium and that will be my focus as my three struggling orchids are in classic grow medium. Again... thank you for the time and effort you put into helping all of us Orchid lovers.

Thanks so much for the blessing!

Thank you for this video. I have started to use this method but not quite as high with the water, with the Jacks formula you suggested, and I see a difference already. I repotted my orchids in orchiata bark a week ago and they seem very happy. I will bring the soak level higher next time. And I am using the fertilizer with my TC and CC and my one Frozen in Time, and I see new growth already. I’m at 240 ppm now. So I thank you for all your help. I mean it when I say you are a blessing to our plant family.

Thanks for sharing this video today makes sense not to water too far which I have done in the past but I don’t now because the bar disappears thanks for sharing this video interesting

Hi Amy! 👋🏻 Do you splash any fertilizer on the roots that are vertical or outside the pot like the phal in the video. Thanks for sharing. You're inspiring me to take better care of my orchids. 😊

Thank you for your video very inspiring have a blessed day

Very good video Amy! I need to see if I have any of my orchids in bark only. Most of mine are in a layer of bark and moss with red lava rock at the bottom of the pots. Your orchids definitely are thriving! And I see you have wire shelving for your cacti. They all look happy there. 😀🙋‍♀️💐

Thanks Amy❤

Hi🤗Amy, 80F Send some over here please😂love watching your sunroom and orchids. Love and blessings back to you🌸💕

Do you re use this fertilizer water for the next orchid same day or mix new for every orchid?

Can you please put up your fertilizer recipe for this summer? Thank you. Orchids are breathtaking 😍

Your videos have been so helpful as somebody new to orchids. Do you let it sit and fertilized water as long as you do for regular watering

Thanks for the info. Plz tell me how I can water and how much if my orchid is in glass vase with no drainage?

Hey Amy. I’m in Dandridge, TN. Where are you at?

Thank you for the videos. I noticed in one of your newer videos you had a bark/moss sandwich in your pot. Do you still soak the plants potted like that or just water them? Appreciate it!

Hi and thank you! Do you decrease the soaking time in the winter? If so, how much?

This was a great video Amy. It makes perfect sense . How long before you water again after soaking? It looked like you had a much more even watering after soaking. Thanks for sharing this video. May the Lord keep you in His loving care. Shalom.🤗❤️🌹🙏🏻

Hi! I’m not sure if you mentioned it but how often should we soak our orchids in bark?

Amy, your orchids are looking so wonderful! Love all your videos! May I humbly correct your pronunciation? You are saying "kiki" but I think you are wanting to say "keiki" which means baby or kid in Hawaiian. You would pronounce it: kay-kee. 😀. We use it in everyday language here to describe our kids. And also new plant growth. ❤️

How can I tell when the bark is dry. It is in a white ceramic pot with good drainage. I watered 1 week ago on 9/16/23 after the first time I repotted since I got her😊🌺 Ty

Hello, I am learning so much from your sharing. Thank you so much. I enjoy learning so much more with videos. I am wondering often you water your orchids. I would guess they stay moist a lot longer than if you just run water thru them.

Beautiful orchids you have.😊🌷🌺🌹🌸 I have a question, (maybe not good question) but here it goes are you using actual Arizona tea or maybe I’m confuse? 😬 God bless you too!🙏🌹🌸🙏

Please, Orchid Whisperer, are you watering/fertilizing with Arizona Tea?

Do you spray water on the aerial roots?

Hi Amy! I haven't seen your vanda videos for a while, do you still have them?

What fertiliser do you use and when and how often do you use fertiliser presumably in the summer months?

Hi, Amy. I’ve been re-watching this great video from a couple of months ago, and I’m wondering whether you soak your orchids in this way when you flush them with plain water, or do you pour the water through and let it drain out? Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and your lovely orchids with us!

How often you have to water orchides

I bottom water all my plants, and they get a top flush twice a month. I have my first orchid flower stem developing and I'm so excited, but she definitely needs to be repotted. Would now be a good time to repot, before the flower stalk fully develops?

I Amy, do you put your fertilizer water on each time you soak your plants for 45 minutes, all year long. Or do you ever water with plain water in between? My daughter lives in Knoxville so I love listening to your TN voice! Thanks, Susan

Did you say you are using tea?

Hi Amy , are you still soaking without fertilizer first then fertilizer so the roots don’t burn? Also where is a good place to buy phal. Orchids thanks

Hi Amy, I have a yellow NOID Phal that spiked later than my other ones did. I had two orchids that did that. But I increased the magnesium and one did finally grow and buds opened. But the yellow one has remained very progressing slowly. I continue to give it extra magnesium. But it still not progressing. Do you have any idea what I can do.

What was the name of the bark again and where do I buy that?

You water with Arizona tea? Thank you

Hi Amy,do you still use Water Culture also, thank you for this Video.

How many days before you water again?