Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Grubbypaws on July 27, 2017, 09:19
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I am soon going away for 4 weeks and am wondering what to do with my three orchids :unsure:
Last holiday I left them with a neighbour and when I came back they looked awful (?waterlogged) and needed weeks of TLC :ohmy:
The holiday before I left them with my father in law who is determined that they should be in full sun in his conservatory :ohmy: :ohmy: They were frazzled.
In my house they thrive in my utility room which is bright but with no direct sun and a relatively constant temperature. My question is would they be OK not watered while I am away? None of them are in flower or showing any signs.
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Give them a good soak and let them drain properly, then keep them somewhere shaded and cool, and they should be fine for a month.
This would be true for most varieties sold as house plants really.
On your return, soak and drain again and they will be back to normal with no worries
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Thank you SB; I hoped that this would be the answer! I think they will be much happier having a stay vacation this time :)
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Thank you SB; I hoped that this would be the answer! I think they will be much happier having a stay vacation this time :)
My friend leaves hers outside in the shade... to make sure they are not munched she hangs them, in their pots, in a tree
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i also had a friend that soaked and drained and then left outside, wasnt up a tree but she hung them off walls etc, they were fine as well, i asked her this morning and she was away for 3 weeks with them being absolutely fine