How To Care Of Air Plants. The basic watering guidelines are as follows. Put fresh water into a spray bottle and mist your air plants a little bit each day.
772018 Air plants prefer rainwater as it has essential nutrients in such as nitrogen Andrew said. Softened water is high in salts that will burn the air plants and tap water has minerals that can clog the trichomes on air plant leaves and keep them from absorbing nutrients. If you are growing them indoors and the air is dry you will need at minimum to submerge the plant in water for 2-3 hours about every two weeks.
A healthy air plant will have wide open leaves while a dehydrated air plant will have closed and curled leaves.
Use rainwater or bottled drinking water. When the weather is forecast to be sunny water your plants more frequently 6. Once a week submerge air plants in water and let them sit there for hours. Not only are air plants sensitive to the cold air but being placed near a heater can cause them to dry out.