I put my bromeliads in empty pots with no soil at all. Just the pot, air and the bromeliad and they are super healthy and multiply profusively. Bromeliads do not need any soil or fertilizer at all. They are air plants.

The good old finger-in-soil test showing the density of potting mixture - excellent!! Thank youuu ☺

I just got my first Bromeliad from a half off rack at Lowes. It looks like it's been sitting in some water. Other than that it looks good. Being the crazy researcher that I am, I came across your channel. So much great info! Thanks for sharing.

Your videos are fantastic. We are learning so much from you. I am always looking forward to Friday because of your videos.🥰

@islandbreezetropicals1276

Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you watching, thanks so much!

I love your videos about bromeliads. I really want to cover my front yard with them, especially on top of the winding live oak branches.

Thank you!!! The exact info I needed and I enjoyed listening to you :)

Thanks for the great information! Your videos always make me smile! 😁

@islandbreezetropicals1276

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I really appreciate you watching!

Wow I loved those red bromeliads ❤😮

Thanks for your video! May i ask you some questions? I try to keep bromeliads in my reptile enclosures. They eather rot or dry out. Why would they rot without soil? Also… why would you keep some in soil and others not? I thought their roots are just for holding on to wood etc? But i see them in pots very often. When it comes to reptile enclosures some people wrap them in sphagnum moss and some just bind them onto a piece of wood. I‘m confused 😥

Apart from rocks or other additives to potting mix, humic acids are known for changing the structure soil and preventing soil getting muddy.

This is exactly what I was hoping to find as a hobbyist collector of the sort.

@islandbreezetropicals1276

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

Q: How would one determine if broms get too much water before it's too late with living in the tropics with monsoonal rains? I try to imagine mine living naturally in a rainforest of sorts...do they suffer the same demise or can they actually be ok with a cup full of water continually for weeks...surely they would have to become accustomed? They don't get emptied with human intervention like we do!

@islandbreezetropicals1276

10 ай бұрын

I don't know of any way to tell prior, they look good and it appears to happen all at once, but of course the rot is progressive. I have seen a big difference in rot depending on the substrate ... lava rock or leca, no rot, but in normal mix or in the ground it is more likely with a lot of wetness.

@mikedwn

10 ай бұрын

@islandbreezetropicals1276 a soil mix even with coconut coir would act as a wicking agent in reverse...actually drawing moisture upwards rather than draining?

@islandbreezetropicals1276

10 ай бұрын

@@mikedwn Guessing true, and i have had much better luck with coir mixed with husk chips and sometimes commercial bagged mulch, anything to alter the size of the different constituents in the mix.

@islandbreezetropicals1276 Hi Rusty! This was good info! But you only showed 1 variation of rot on 1 type of bromeliad. Can you please make another video (or amend this one) to show us how to handle rotten broms that still have their roots? I have several that I recently discovered were dying because of rot, but none broke off at the base, they all still have roots (and I don't know how to tell if the roots are alive or dead and what to do with the roots in both scenarios?) Also, how do we handle rot in stoloniferous type broms? I have a Neo Donger that is badly rotted and I'm desperate for solution to save it. My Skotak's Tiger and Neo High Voltage are in dreadful shape as well and I'm distraught and depressed. Please help ♥

Great video Rusty. Very informative and helpful. So just to clarify, on the newly potted rotted plant, one shouldn’t water the soil until roots have formed~ the plant will pull up harder? So to speak. And the pup? I’m thinking obviously repot, but do you separate from the rotted mother plant Rhizome?

@islandbreezetropicals1276

Жыл бұрын

Watering the soil is okay, but needs to be monitored to make sure it doesn't get sloppy...moist is OK. I would leave the pup in place, just in case there is some remaining carbohydrate that it can use to grow before separating.

Very timely for me, just found a rotten one. Is it possible to grow one in an orchard basket with some sphagnum moss or orchid bark?

@islandbreezetropicals1276

Жыл бұрын

I have never tried sphagnum, but who knows? I'm going to give it a try and see if there is any difference in results. Orchid bark will work nicely. thanks for watching!

@EncinAdia

4 ай бұрын

Curious what were the results of your experiment? ​@@islandbreezetropicals1276

😊 4:54 😊

Wish I knew this last year 😅

Hi Sir Rusty, im Boyette from the Philippines. How do i plant these pups which do not have a straight meristem if thats the right term?

@islandbreezetropicals1276

10 ай бұрын

Firstly, very sorry about the late reply! Now, I try to 'split the difference" and angle the tank so it will hold water. so the roots will contact substrate.. but as long as the root initiation zone is in the substrate all will work. Staking the plant until the roots can hold the plant without it constantly tipping often works. Thanks so much for watching!

Nutrients are not that important to these plants seeing that the substrate mixes people use usually have no nutrients?

I had one simple question, why did my bromeliad rot? I didn’t need a 16 minute lesson in biology. I had one simple question I wanted one simple answer! I did not find it here.!!!

@musicforpresident4614

4 ай бұрын

But fr tho knowing more helps either way

@catherinelamb8210

3 ай бұрын

He gave several reasons it rotted

@cd9913

2 ай бұрын

Your answer was there, it's your soil or water amount. He also gave solutions. 16min video, hours of editing, free information and yet you were still ungrateful 🤷‍♀️

@I-serve-you-tea

2 ай бұрын

It was dragged out

YOU REPEAT YOUR SELF TOO MUCH. 16min video could easily and should be half as long. Try getting to the point faster.

@islandbreezetropicals1276

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your input.