💧 The Water Tray Method For Nepenthes 💦 (Boost your humidity easily!)
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- If your house is too dry, many tropical plants will not be happy and grow poorly. And when we talk about Nepenthes, it means that you will not have a trap and your carnivorous plants will no longer be carnivorous.
But there is a simple and inexpensive way to improve the humidity around your plants: the water tray method. But what are the pros and cons of this method? Let’s dive in!
PROS =
- It’s obvious that it helps to increase the relative humidity around the plant.
And the hotter it is, the more efficient it will be.
- It’s also a very interesting way to be able to go on vacation without anyone watering for at least 10 days.
CONS =
- If you don’t have something to raise the pots above the water and they stay in the water then you risk root rot.
- The hotter it will be the more the water will evaporate and you might need to fill these trays once a week.
- If you don't have a lot of space, it can become very complicated to use trays.
- The pots have to be really close to the water tray, exit the hanging pots.
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I've been very curious about your set up and really enjoyed this video. We do similar things with our humidifiers(as seen in your past video). I will definitely be taking some tips from this for vacations. It also gave me a little insight for water tolerance and leaving them sit for a little.
You've like a few posts on my Instagram and it makes me so happy every time.
I don't grow many on windowsill but all are out in the open, on shelves with lights and a humidifier to keep it around 60-65%(run at night only).
For me, it's when people like you find my video useful that make happy 😊
I gave up keeping nepenthes a number of years ago because I just couldn't seem to get on top of where I was going wrong & plant's would gradually decline, they would never pitcher, so I got disheartened & got rid of them. Especially after I asked the person I used to buy them from for advice & as soon as I mentioned I'm keeping them as house plant's he said "Well they aren't house plant's, they are tropical so you should be growing them in a greenhouse" & he basically made me feel like I was being foolish even attempting to grow them as house plants, he certainly didn't offer any useful advice to help me grow them more successfully. Then I stumbled across your channel earlier this year & you helped influence me to try again with them. Iv learnt a lot watching you & Iv been using a much crewder version of your sort of set up, filling the humidity tray with tap water (my tap water in London has a TDS of around 235ppm or something crazy so would hurt the plant's for sure!) but raising the pots clear of touching the tap water as best I could think of doing it. Because I'm not confident with how stable my method is I have upturned plastic lids under the pots as added insurance against keeping the water off the bottom of the pot's. I think I'm going to adopt some tips from your set up, using that plastic egg crate stuff you use to make mine safer & more effective but it's nice getting confirmation Iv been thinking along the right lines. Thanks a lot.
Glad it helps 😃 Hopefully you will have plenty of pitchers soon!
Trays bien! Very good idea, merci
I use your exact method as well as a humidifier to supplement the humidity. Ranges with this method are from 55-75% in an area about one third that of the videos. Filling humidifier twice a day is tedious and without it humidity falls to below 50% even with the trays on a dry winters day. I'm planning to get a home humidifier to counteract this for vacations.
Home humidifier like raising the humidity of the whole house?
That's probably very good for your health too as humans also need 50% humidity :)
Thank you for another very helpful video! I like that you show your results with data collection, which helps prove the validity of your tips. I'm growing several intermediate nepenthes on my windowsill in CT, USA and I'm currently using your tray method, except with more shallow humidity trays commonly used in bonsai (just for now because they're cheaper), but I still have about 1-2cm of water in each tray . I wonder how much the depth of the tray affects the humidity.
Just a warning using tray..
If happen that you are staying in tropical countries.. The tray with water will breed mosquito.. I used to use tray as I do not want the pots to dry up, but ended mosquito manifested my home.. Therefore, I change using a cotton string that go through the pot underneath, or you can use your cotton clothes and cut out, it work great as well.. get a glass container same size as your pot can fit in from IKEA.. pour in pure water top down from plant pot or just direct into the container.. place the plant pot into the container with the clothes/cotton string inside the water.. it work well for me, and I eliminate the mosquito issue..
at my home, I do not has Rh issue, cos I use auto misting controller.. my RH are kept within 65-95%..the container of water will never evaporate and it just suck up by the plant pot.. 300ml water in container can last me like 2weeks to 3weeks
Yes mosquitoes... another 'cons'. I never experienced that where I live but I can see it happening in warm places.
ever heard of mosquito dunks
excusme, do u have the picture of your setup using glass container, im still didn't get it how it supposed to be
Nice, thanks.
I use Cups+Trays for Dionae - tap water in the tray if I'm away. I'm just starting with Nepenthes but there I use Sphagnum in the trays and the Nep pots are risen 3-4mm so all the water in excess will get absorbed by the sphagnum..... I mist both twice a day...
There is less evaporation with the sphagnum, a lot of local humidity, and a very nice smell!!
Yayyyyy another video 🙄🙄😁😁
Thank you for this. Very helpful. I was checking self watering water systems on Amazon, but that just seems easier 😊
Glad it was helpful! It's "low tech" and it's cheap to maintain haha
@@WindowsillNepenthes haha and that is important!
I learned a lot from ur vid I live in ca the Bay Area it’s on the cooler weather side but it doesn’t freeze here so built a bog in my front yard I planted Venus and other carnivores plant but no nap I don’t think they will make out side but I want to set some up in side great videos
Thanks 😊. And yes nepenthes won't work on bog. ;)
Nice video. It works perfectly for going on vacation. Another con I have had is green slime growing in the tray then drying and you have to scrape it off. The exception to the rule is N ampullaria and N raffalesiana. I grow mine like Sarracenia. They want to be in an inch of water. That's when they pitcher best. They don't like it dry. They do better in water than out of it.
Thanks for sharing this info about Ampu & Raff :)
I have 2 ampullaria crosses and will give this a try. The medium sized plants only keep 1 or 2 pitchers at a time atm while watered twice a week.
@@ErenJaeger87163 Hey good luck. I'm in Fl and was growing my raffs outside and they weren't doing anything until the rainy season came. It would rain everyday and their pots were constantly soaked. I used the vacation method on my amps when I went away and when I came back they were doing better than when I kept them dry. I found out from a grower in Philippines I think that grows them in shallow water and says they do best this way. It's been working for me.
@@ScaryFear thanks! I've yet to own a rafflesiana due to price. Would you say they're worth it?
@@ErenJaeger87163 Yes. They are a toothless bical basically. They get big and have neat patterns.
Create a solar powered running water like the idea of hydroponics for me that way you don’t have to water the tray every now and then just a suggestion thats what I’m doing on my outdoor setup… hopefully i can make a video like yours so i can share mine too…
Hi ! personally I put my pots on pine bark with below a geotextile constantly supplied with water (with an irrigation system) and still below the white grid !
That sounds advanced techniques! You picked my curiosity now lol
Any chance you can post a link to a picture?
Is it on a windowsill?
I would send you a detailed photo…
This is helpful just thinking about a pebble tray but, I've liberated my windowsills and now using an IKEA greenhouse to allow me to control humidity and light for my nepenthes. Have been considering a tray of sphagnum moss too but, not looked into whether that's viable..
Sphagnum tray is easy (I have a video about that). And Ikea greenhouse is great but too pricey for me right now 😅
@@WindowsillNepenthes think I found the correct video, I'm going to give the sphagnum tray a whirl. Might save me having to invest in a humidifier for them hopefully and already having sphagnum for my nepenthes saves money too.
Could you share what you think are the easiest hybrids to grow in a windowsill setup - maybe 6 of ones you think would be best to start out with? Thank you!
I already have that: ua-cam.com/video/eS94QDizAfk/v-deo.html
But maybe I'll do another one with fancy cross later 😀
I use the tray method but I use rocks instead of the white rack you use.
Good tip about the crate, I will get some to try!
Do you have any pots that have undecaying wick in the bottom into the tray? That way the pots would be self watering as long as you have water in them.
And is there a reason you are not growing more spaghnum on this crate in your trays?
You are full of good question 😄
I don't have this kind of pot, never tried.
And I don't grow sphagnum in these trays because it would grow very slow compare with the trays with lids. But that could be doable.
@@WindowsillNepenthes all you need is some thick 100% nylon thread and insert into the bottom of your own pots. I bought a few meters of it for €3,- or so. Only use it for the ones that don’t mind a bit more wet or up the perlite % in any pots you are using with it :)
Hi Remy! Are those nepenthes HL or LL ? I was checking the data and temperature seems a bit low for LL so I was just wondering. Great vids by the way!
All of my Nepenthes are intermediate species. Some will be almost LL or HL, this way I have pitchers all year round. But most are intermediate-HL
Hey remee im from Denmark where you get those egg thingy to raise pots to stand in water
It's on hardware or DIY stores. ;) usually near the lights.
Do you think I could put pebbles in a tray, put the distilled water in, then put the plant on top? And does it matter which pebbles I use incase it gets minerals in the water?
If the pot sit on the dry pebbles, you can even use regular tap water (as minerals don't evaporate).
As long as the pot can't "drink" the water, it's good ;)
I have a large 4‘ x 2‘ terrarium and I use mall dishes for each nepenthes pot. But I have been trying to think of a way that it will water automatically water and drain automatically without making a big mess. I also ordered a grow tent and I have two other enclosed grow cabinets that offer only direct light.
I'm jealous of all your setups!
My apartment is small it is a sacrifice but it’s the thing that I enjoy the most is gardening. So I put all of my resources into that
Do you remember where you got those trays? I can‘t find ones similar to yours… Not even on Amazon… auf anyone has an idea where i could find something that would be very helpful. I wanna use them to propagate some sphagnum like Remy showed in another video.
They are sold by greenhouses and nurseries as Seed tray ou Seedlings tray. But really any kind of resistant tray would works.
Raising the humidity inside your house can cause problems. Not for your plants, but for your house. High humidity can make wallpaper peel, make wood swell, and make metal objects rust. It makes your heating and cooling have to work harder, which raises your energy bills. It makes mold and mildew more likely to grow inside the house.
Something to think about.
@@censusgary yes, but keep in mind humans need 50% and dryness is also not great 😃. And with this trays, the humidity is very local as you can see on my test: ua-cam.com/video/lNK6CUaoN9Y/v-deo.html
Hi Remy! I wanna try your Method. Can you say to me which Tray and Grid you are using exactly? (with Amazon links if possible). I am so glad if you can help me.🤔🙂
Hi Josh, for the trays here is the link: amzn.to/3ARpKqt
and for the crate, it's not sold on Amazon but Home Depot shops have them. ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes ok thanks for help.
Dear Reader,
I Googled plastic egg crate and egg crate (in English and Dutch) etc. But in my country, the Netherlands, the results are poorly. I can't find the crates messieur showed.
So any help in that direction would be appreciated.
With Kind Regards,
Michèl F. van den Brun
The Netherlands
Maybe try "plafond licht diffusor" but from here in Canada all my research land on Canadian shops...
In aquarium winkels worden ze ook verkocht. Heb de mijne van Amazon, maar zag ze laatst ook bij petsplace
Where can I get the risers in the tray?
You can follow nd these crate on hardware stores like Home Depot. On the light ceiling. ;)
Any amazon link to the trays and the mesh thing to get the pots higher than the water?
Thanks in advance.
Not that I know of. Egg crate is fragile and break easy so the delivery isn't easy.
But if you really want things on Amazon, you can try some "Aquarium Divider Trays" maybe? You can also use lava rocks.
@@WindowsillNepenthes Thank you! Will look forward it,i'm a LL grower from europe. Love your channel,keep the content,i truly mean it even if a comment like mine is quite common and repeating.
@@alexandresupinski5389 Thanks for that! Believe me, this kind of comments always motivate me :)
@@alexandresupinski5389 go to whatever the equivalent of lowes or home depot is in your part of Europe. Ask for egg crate lighting. It is very common for use with flourescent bulbs. They should have it!
@@flypaper789 Thansk, that realy helped. 🙂
But what to do with a HANGING nepenthes? Is there some kind of humidity tray to mount at the bottom of a hanging pot? Advice.
I don't use hanging pots because of my low humidity ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes doesn't really help me. but thanks anyway.
Which trays do you use?
The 10 by 20 inches trays you can find in hydroponic stores
do you still spraying the leaves even you keep in water one day week?
I spray the leaves only once a week to fertilize, but I spray the moss every day to keep it alive. Are you saying you keep your pots in water once a week? Like bottom watering?
@@WindowsillNepenthes thank you for your reply. Yes, can I keep nepenthes siting in water,from bottom watering? And one last question. 2) Can you make a video of how hanging pots for nepenthes can be sit in water from bottom watering? I have hanging pots. But all water goes down the floor. And is bad bcs is inside the house
@@danielkenjimuramatsu1955 For letting Nepenthes sitting in water, that's possible only for some lowlander... and that can quickly go wrong so I don't recommend that. For hanging pots, I never tried... it's just not my stuff as you need to water more. But check my interview of a French guy as he talked about it at the beginning.
@@WindowsillNepenthes thank you very much
Bro I've been to like 4 stores looking for that white plastic grate I can't find any 😭 any idea where I can find one? LOL
Where do you live? Some times the can be found as seed-tray or seedling-tray.
@Windowsill Nepenthes eastern europe, Lithuania 😅
I think I found a local store that lists one of these as "in stock" on their site, ill take a peek over there tomorrow and see what I can turn up!
What if you just added 3L (3Q) to each 1020 tray? The pots will absorb the water and the pots will soon be out of the water again. Oui?
Not sure to understand what you mean by 3L...
@@WindowsillNepenthes How about just pouring in enough water into the 1020 tray to cover the egg crate plus 1cm? Calculating the volume needed is easy. 1020 tray 10” x 20” x 1” deep=200 ÷ 231 is approximately 3 liters or about 3 quarts. 1 gallon maybe be too much water. I have certain plants that I just flood the trays.
@@philcam9493 I'll touch on this point in August and I actually use 2 layers of crate to maximize the humidity on extended periods ;) so you are right ✅
Does these trays not breed mosquitoes too???????🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Not if you let the water totally evaporate between watering. And it's inside my house, no insect fly freely.
@@WindowsillNepenthes I see. Thanks for clarifying ☺️