I agree with not soaking the bark before (re)potting. I don't have the time or patience anyway. I always water after repotting. I don't have any scientific evidence, but I believe it reduces the stress.
Hi Danni ......I just bought 2 new orchids LAST night from our local grocery store and after watching another orchid video titled """do this immediately after buying an orchid"" .....the medium it was in was slightly starting to smell and was very damp......and SOME roots were going BUT the vast majority of the roots were AMAZING but definitely needed a new home ....I have NEVER repotted an orchid immediately after buying BUT as this lady said most if the time within 1-2 weeks after buying ORCHIDS start losing their flowers and going FASTER then you thought......Thankfully I had everything on hand (( better pots then ones I had mistakenly bought )) the ones I have are 5 inches across and maybe 3 inches or less high clear plastic with ventilation holes on EVERY side and the roots, flowers, leaves , crown looks EXTREMELY healthy Plus LOADS of flowers still to open.....I gave them a BIT of fertizler in the new medium NOT on top but where it would be damp and (( NOT much )) and gave it a good enough watering to clear out the dust from the New medium. Hoping I can keep these ones blooming for awhile yet !!! And the OLD medium it was in was VERY tight around the root system I had to dig a bit to get it FREE and there definitely was a smell and I think slight mold was starting ....but I rinsed it off under slight warm water to NOT shock it and then used water & hydrogen peroxide (( as you mentioned ))) and sprayed all the roots and the root crown before repotting :)) Hoping I am on the right track .....I tried hard following your steps in your vids on repotting ........plus using some cinnamon were necessary.
🙋🏽♀️ I did all your tips since May. I kept an eye on the roots after repotting. I had to cut old roots and I was confident about it 😊 thanks to you! The new roots are growing better now 🥰
I am constantly having root die off and did not know why. Now I know it's normal for establish roots yo die off. Very frustrating but relieved its common
Thanks for the tip on wet orchid medium after 1 week...I had an Oncidium that was wet after two weeks, plus I noticed very little root growth....pulled it out of the pot and it was planted in all sphagnum moss......divided the plant and repotted.....Thanks Island Girl...
Thank you Danni! I am going to help 2 friends repot their orchids tomorrow. I learned everything about orchids from your channel. They are so simple, clear and encouraging! I have not seen a video guiding what to do after repot and there it was today. I will lead them to your channel.
Yay! My phals are repotted and, after a month, the roots are happy and growing...right out the holes in the pot and strangling themselves! Since I just repotted, I've been trying to cut the hole a little bigger. If I can, I try to tuck the baby root back in, but many times - they just choked themselves and break. Suggestions? Different pot ? bigger bark with bigger holes slits in the pot. I'm just imagining trying to repot them in the future and having to cut roots with more girth to get them out of the pot. Yikes!
I just re-potted a Phalaenopsis. I have what would probably be considered cheaper medium, so I sifted the very fine stuff out of the medium first. Should I have left it in? (There was quite a bit as I am at the bottom of the bag, and it was quite fine.) I sprayed the roots with 3% peroxide just in case, then took her from a 2" pot and went to a clear ventilated 4" pot, and then placed that into a larger ceramic ventilated pot. So far she is looking just fine!
Tip #5 made such a huge difference in my orchids’ health, especially oncidiums! (You had mentioned it in a previous tutorial but I don’t remember which one.) I’ve watched all of the tutorials, some of them multiple times, and I keep learning more each time.
Hello Linda, I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and I like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be your friend. If you don't mind I will love to chat with you and get to know you more. It will be nice if I have your email so I can send you a message.
My Mom had stopped caring for her Phaleonopsis orchids, about 10 of them thst are all about 6 years old. Much rot and dirty pots in standing water. I scrubbed all pots, peroxided the roots, wiped the leaves with alcohol wipes. I THEN discovered your channel and wish I had put them in clear pots with holes THEN back in her decorative pots. It’s been a month, they all look ok. Can I repot at this point or do I have to wait a year?
Hi Danny! Do you recommend fertilizing with the first watering, after repotting, or is it better to wait a little bit? Let's say one doesn't use any slow release fertilizer and the medium doesn't have any provided nutrients? Thank you 😊
You should try adding some rootex or any other auxin (the cheaper the better) when you are repoting, it works amazing with every orchid genre with great results. My Phalaenopsis are super healthy even better than brand new plants. The bag of rootex cost aroun 4 dollars but there is enoguh for over 1000 orchis you shoul try it. The best of this is that it works for propagation of monopodial orchis y have a lot of Phalaenopsis by just cuting them in half and adding rootex in the wounds. (sorry for the shitty english and great videos btw)
I don't water after repotting, tried it twice. (Phal. Schilleriana and a cattleya hybrid.) There is allways some damage after repotting. Most of the roots rotted in a few days. On the other hand they don't mind getting dry for some days.
Hey Danny! In the intro of your video, I saw your lovely Phalaenopsis pulcherrima in blooms and they are really beautiful and cute at the same time, could you make a video dedicated to it, because finding its care and culture is so tricky?
I have a phalaenopsis that was in very old medium and lost most of its roots to root rot. It's now recovering in an ICU set up and repotted like you've shown on your channel. It now seems to be putting out a new flower spike. Should I cut that spike since it should be recovering and growing roots instead?
I have mixed experiences with repotting blooming orchids. Some of them kept blooming for months, but quite a few lost all their flowers within a week. I wonder if I should keep some root covering sphagnum moss intact when repotting?
Great video as always. 2 questions what do i do with these arial roots if they get waaaay too long , can i cut them back? And what season should i repot an orchid if its always kept indoors? Thanks
So I just reported my orchid, from your tips and amazing videos by the way! But before I repotted it I lost 3 leaves, why I don’t know, I wish I could show you a picture of mine and tell me what you think. The 3 leaves I have left look healthy and beautiful I assume lol, just wish I could show you a picture. Anyway thank you so much for all your help. Now gonna watch this video and hopefully learn more. ❤❤❤❤
were the ones You were losing turning Yellow then falling off? I have one that is doing this. I am down to one Leaf and so far as of 2 days it hasn't started turning yellow yet! Hope your will Survive
@@sissie44 they were at the base/bottom, mine is two years old so they just might have been old leaves?? They turned yellow and leathery and then I waited for a while and cut them off and rubbed the edges with cinnamon, waited a few days, then pulled the husk off with tweezer. because mssorchidgirl said if you leave them they become really tough and hard for new roots to come through…
They also say that depending on the humidity it’s typically 1 leaf per 15% humid? I’m not an expert by any means but it’s fall turning to winter now and like I stated it is two years old, so I don’t know if it dropped leaves because of the drop in the ambient humidity or because they were old… hope I helped a tiny bit. I’m still learning myself. 😁
@@patrickmiller3725 how is yours doing? I just lost my last leaf today, and can't find anything to tell me what to do.. the roots still look nice and strong.. I'm going to wash them off real good and put it in a corner and hope maybe it will come back.. all the leaves turned yellow from the base going up and she was the first Orchid my daughter got me 3 years ago..
@@sissie44 it’s still holding in there so far, still got 3 healthy leaves, still hoping and praying. I’m sorry to hear about yours, but just because it loses all its leaves doesn’t mean it’s dead, as long as the crown is still healthy.
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I like to water from above avoiding hitting the plant. If water gets trapped in the little leaf crevices, I use a piece of tissue to soak up as much water from the crevice as possible. To avoid crown rot
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I agree with not soaking the bark before (re)potting. I don't have the time or patience anyway. I always water after repotting. I don't have any scientific evidence, but I believe it reduces the stress.
Hi Danni ......I just bought 2 new orchids LAST night from our local grocery store and after watching another orchid video titled """do this immediately after buying an orchid"" .....the medium it was in was slightly starting to smell and was very damp......and SOME roots were going BUT the vast majority of the roots were AMAZING but definitely needed a new home ....I have NEVER repotted an orchid immediately after buying BUT as this lady said most if the time within 1-2 weeks after buying ORCHIDS start losing their flowers and going FASTER then you thought......Thankfully I had everything on hand (( better pots then ones I had mistakenly bought )) the ones I have are 5 inches across and maybe 3 inches or less high clear plastic with ventilation holes on EVERY side and the roots, flowers, leaves , crown looks EXTREMELY healthy Plus LOADS of flowers still to open.....I gave them a BIT of fertizler in the new medium NOT on top but where it would be damp and (( NOT much )) and gave it a good enough watering to clear out the dust from the New medium. Hoping I can keep these ones blooming for awhile yet !!! And the OLD medium it was in was VERY tight around the root system I had to dig a bit to get it FREE and there definitely was a smell and I think slight mold was starting ....but I rinsed it off under slight warm water to NOT shock it and then used water & hydrogen peroxide (( as you mentioned ))) and sprayed all the roots and the root crown before repotting :)) Hoping I am on the right track .....I tried hard following your steps in your vids on repotting ........plus using some cinnamon were necessary.
🙋🏽♀️ I did all your tips since May. I kept an eye on the roots after repotting. I had to cut old roots and I was confident about it 😊 thanks to you! The new roots are growing better now 🥰
I am constantly having root die off and did not know why. Now I know it's normal for establish roots yo die off. Very frustrating but relieved its common
Thanks for the tip on wet orchid medium after 1 week...I had an Oncidium that was wet after two weeks, plus I noticed very little root growth....pulled it out of the pot and it was planted in all sphagnum moss......divided the plant and repotted.....Thanks Island Girl...
Thank you Danni! I am going to help 2 friends repot their orchids tomorrow. I learned everything about orchids from your channel. They are so simple, clear and encouraging! I have not seen a video guiding what to do after repot and there it was today. I will lead them to your channel.
Yay! My phals are repotted and, after a month, the roots are happy and growing...right out the holes in the pot and strangling themselves! Since I just repotted, I've been trying to cut the hole a little bigger. If I can, I try to tuck the baby root back in, but many times - they just choked themselves and break. Suggestions? Different pot ? bigger bark with bigger holes slits in the pot. I'm just imagining trying to repot them in the future and having to cut roots with more girth to get them out of the pot. Yikes!
I just re-potted a Phalaenopsis. I have what would probably be considered cheaper medium, so I sifted the very fine stuff out of the medium first. Should I have left it in? (There was quite a bit as I am at the bottom of the bag, and it was quite fine.) I sprayed the roots with 3% peroxide just in case, then took her from a 2" pot and went to a clear ventilated 4" pot, and then placed that into a larger ceramic ventilated pot. So far she is looking just fine!
Tip #5 made such a huge difference in my orchids’ health, especially oncidiums! (You had mentioned it in a previous tutorial but I don’t remember which one.) I’ve watched all of the tutorials, some of them multiple times, and I keep learning more each time.
Hello Linda, I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and I like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be your friend. If you don't mind I will love to chat with you and get to know you more. It will be nice if I have your email so I can send you a message.
My Mom had stopped caring for her Phaleonopsis orchids, about 10 of them thst are all about 6 years old. Much rot and dirty pots in standing water. I scrubbed all pots, peroxided the roots, wiped the leaves with alcohol wipes. I THEN discovered your channel and wish I had put them in clear pots with holes THEN back in her decorative pots. It’s been a month, they all look ok. Can I repot at this point or do I have to wait a year?
@@sourgummiez thank you! The new bark had fungal gnats so that’s just an additional reason to repot. Reporting Monday
Thank you!
wow beautiful profile pic😊 How are you doing today?
I literally just repotted my Orchids 3 days again and this video popped up on my uploads feed
Thanks that i've found your channel.❤❤❤
Hi Danny, great tips as always. Thank you so much!!
Can i ask you a question 😊🙏?
Hi Danny! Do you recommend fertilizing with the first watering, after repotting, or is it better to wait a little bit? Let's say one doesn't use any slow release fertilizer and the medium doesn't have any provided nutrients? Thank you 😊
Do you still clean your orchid leaves with lemon water?
You should try adding some rootex or any other auxin (the cheaper the better) when you are repoting, it works amazing with every orchid genre with great results. My Phalaenopsis are super healthy even better than brand new plants. The bag of rootex cost aroun 4 dollars but there is enoguh for over 1000 orchis you shoul try it. The best of this is that it works for propagation of monopodial orchis y have a lot of Phalaenopsis by just cuting them in half and adding rootex in the wounds. (sorry for the shitty english and great videos btw)
I don't water after repotting, tried it twice. (Phal. Schilleriana and a cattleya hybrid.)
There is allways some damage after repotting.
Most of the roots rotted in a few days.
On the other hand they don't mind getting dry for some days.
Same. Some weaker roots died and got moulded
Same. I presoak, don’t water and leave them alone to allow them to acclimatize to the new environment with minimum stress.
Hey Danny! In the intro of your video, I saw your lovely Phalaenopsis pulcherrima in blooms and they are really beautiful and cute at the same time, could you make a video dedicated to it, because finding its care and culture is so tricky?
I repotted my orchid but I do have two leafs in between some good ones that’s are a little limp. What should I do??
I have a phalaenopsis that was in very old medium and lost most of its roots to root rot. It's now recovering in an ICU set up and repotted like you've shown on your channel. It now seems to be putting out a new flower spike. Should I cut that spike since it should be recovering and growing roots instead?
I have mixed experiences with repotting blooming orchids. Some of them kept blooming for months, but quite a few lost all their flowers within a week. I wonder if I should keep some root covering sphagnum moss intact when repotting?
Great video as always. 2 questions what do i do with these arial roots if they get waaaay too long , can i cut them back? And what season should i repot an orchid if its always kept indoors? Thanks
I’m having a terrible time with fungus gnats in my orchid pots. What can I do besides sticky traps!
Any tips on keiki care after potting it? Thanks!🙏😊
So I just reported my orchid, from your tips and amazing videos by the way! But before I repotted it I lost 3 leaves, why I don’t know, I wish I could show you a picture of mine and tell me what you think. The 3 leaves I have left look healthy and beautiful I assume lol, just wish I could show you a picture. Anyway thank you so much for all your help. Now gonna watch this video and hopefully learn more. ❤❤❤❤
were the ones You were losing turning Yellow then falling off? I have one that is doing this. I am down to one Leaf and so far as of 2 days it hasn't started turning yellow yet! Hope your will Survive
@@sissie44 they were at the base/bottom, mine is two years old so they just might have been old leaves?? They turned yellow and leathery and then I waited for a while and cut them off and rubbed the edges with cinnamon, waited a few days, then pulled the husk off with tweezer. because mssorchidgirl said if you leave them they become really tough and hard for new roots to come through…
They also say that depending on the humidity it’s typically 1 leaf per 15% humid? I’m not an expert by any means but it’s fall turning to winter now and like I stated it is two years old, so I don’t know if it dropped leaves because of the drop in the ambient humidity or because they were old… hope I helped a tiny bit. I’m still learning myself. 😁
@@patrickmiller3725 how is yours doing? I just lost my last leaf today, and can't find anything to tell me what to do.. the roots still look nice and strong.. I'm going to wash them off real good and put it in a corner and hope maybe it will come back.. all the leaves turned yellow from the base going up and she was the first Orchid my daughter got me 3 years ago..
@@sissie44 it’s still holding in there so far, still got 3 healthy leaves, still hoping and praying. I’m sorry to hear about yours, but just because it loses all its leaves doesn’t mean it’s dead, as long as the crown is still healthy.
Hiiii, desde España, tengo una Cambria y me veo tentada a pasarla a sustrato mineral, a sustrato pon, tienes alguna orquídea en un sustrato tan pequeño? .crees que sea buena idea ?
What kind of shelves are those behind you?
Have you done a video talking about the use of potatoe starch water to water orchids? Is this useful or no? Thanks!!
Hi, nop there is no formula based on food scraps that I would encourage. I talk about these things often in my myth or truth videos :)
You had a small bug crawling inside the white pot.
It was probably a Springtail, which is considered beneficial.
Myth or Truth, are orchid flowers edible?
I thought you should never water from above. I am a very very beginner.
You can water from the top. Just avoid getting water in the leaves/ base of leaves. If you do, just dump it out so it can dry
@@juliacolandro7788 thanks so much!
I like to water from above avoiding hitting the plant. If water gets trapped in the little leaf crevices, I use a piece of tissue to soak up as much water from the crevice as possible. To avoid crown rot
❤ thank you but I wanted to se your face