Harris’ Tillandsia Care

Two or three times a week in summer, once or twice a week in winter according to the luminosity and the ambient humidity. Obviously when it rains and if you grow it outside, it counts as a watering.

This air plant can be fertilized with the moderate doses. 1 to 2 times a month in the summer and 1 time a month in the winter.

Tillandsia harrisii requires good light and enjoys full sun (avoid the afternoon in summer if the plant is young or has not been used). Place the plant very close to a window indoors in the winter and preferably outside the summer in a sunny situation.

Tillandsia harrisii can grow suspended or mounted on a solid substrate that does not retain water. You can glue the plant directly to the surface with a strong adhesive, or you can wire the plant to the base. Don't cover the base of the plant with moss or it may rot. It can be grown on almost any imaginable decorative mount, including shells, rocks, slate, driftwood, etc.

The required temperature ranging from 10 to 32°C. Get it early enough in the fall if you grow it outside, so that it does not face night temperatures below 4 or 5 ° C, especially if it is wet. The plants can faced temperatures close to 0 ° C (sheltered and dry) for a few hours without damage.

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