Repotting Orchids Min. Stress & Max. Success | Tips You Won't Find Anywhere Else #ninjaorchids

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Great tips Nina. Thanks for sharing them with us all. Even a seasoned grower can pick up something new here.

Repots have been so fun this growing season BECAUSE I have this wonderful friend in Spain who showed me the beauty of lava rock 😍🌺🫶🏾 I have so much fun matching the shapes, it’s like repot Tetris 😂 I’ve also started mixing some leca and pumice or river rocks depending on the moisture preference of the orchid. I am so grateful for all of the tips you offer and in your in depth explanations! My collection is improving little by little and it’s a blessing to watch. Thank you so very much Nina!! Have a wonderful weekend 😁😁😁😁

Thank you!! Love all your informative videos they are so helpful and I appreciate them more than you know!! ❤

Great video! I love the suggestion about filling the pot with water when refilling with inorganic media. For those of us clay pot people, I try to hit garage and yard sales for used pots,then clean them up , because I resort to the hammer and safety glasses method all too often, and it hurts less if the pot was cheap!

Useful informative video.Muchas gracias.

🦒🙋🌹 A Pat on the back, there's a sweet thought especially on repots are complicate 😅 Great video, Nina ❤❤❤❤

This video is super super helpful and I love how obvious it is you speak from experience and also consider all sides of what people prefer their potting method to be and what they use. Thank you!

Great video Nina. I want to say hi. Take care.🥰

Another FANTASTIC video for orchid growers whether novice or experienced. From this video I learned to focus a bit more on being mindful of the "transition" period each orchid/plant will go through. It is easy to forget that plants, like all beings must go through transitions during their lifetime. I like the idea of using water in the pot in order to get the inorganic medium "settled" in the new pot. Sounds like something I can try with my orchids. I do have a question for you. As you know, I have repotted most of my cattleyas in small lava rock with a wick which is fed into a water-filled sauce (large pots have 2" deep water trays attached to the bottom of the pot while small pots have the usual plant saucers). This method has helped to provide a respite for me as I no longer have to water these orchids each day. (I generally flush each pot once a week.) Can I put some pre-mixed water-soluble fertilizer in the saucers for a one-week period each month rather than spray fertilizing? Thanks for your incredible videos. I am thinking more about culture and care of my orchids since I began watching them. May you have a great weekend. (As a side note: We have already begun to have triple digit heat in southeast Florida. Today we are expecting temps over 100 F due to the humidity. Definitely experiencing climate change here.)

Nicely done Nina, very comprehensive on repoting. You know I grow mostly in bark, a little lava rock and river rock. I presoak my bark mix and sterilize it with any antifungal/bacterial and water. I don't have to water for a week, it gives the orchid time to heal. Packing the bark mix is important it allows the roots to take hold quicker. Pack only around outside of the pot. Thank You so much for all of your guidance Orchid Master.❤😂😊

WOW absolutely AWESOME detailed and very informative video on Repotting Orchids and I have learned so much from this video, I am still a newbie to growing Orchids and your videos are so informative and helpful, Thank you so much for sharing all of your amazing knowledge and tips with us Nina, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Spain for a wonderful weekend XXXX <3

Thumbed up definitely. Great info and repot Nina.

Hey Ninadile 🤭 Great video, awesome tips and the information can't be beat. Some plants may take a day just trying to get all the old out alone. 😅 I've lost a few with being laid up, or just not having the time to get to them except to run humidifier and a quick misting. Many I'll never be able to replace. Time to go back to some of the mid sized plants that aren't as touchy. Have a good one Nina .... 🦋

Thanks. Well done

Something i used to do often when repotting regular house plants, especially ones that were rescue subjects and either extremely hydrophobic from being too dry or were pot bound heavily whether to clay pots or plastic ones.. was to soak them of course in lukewarm water.. but i also use to use one or two drops of a natural and organic Castile soap. And not only would it instantly start working magic on styrofoam consistency soil in breaking it apart and making it easier to remove but in clay pots, it would immensely lessen the amount the roots were adhered to the clay surface. I have yet to need to do this with an orchid but I’m planning to do it with my current Tolumnia in need of repot and so far in my experience I have never had any negative effects from this process of adding a tiny bit of oil Castile soap. PROVIDED YOU RINSE with plain water THE ROOTS, as soon you’ve removed the roots from the sides of the pots or the media from from the roots. Basically just get them free and then rinse immediately with appropriate water. I will let you know if this bodes well for an orchid when I have tried it but it was one of my best tricks when dealing with clay pots and pot bound plants. I know orchid roots are very different but I think this technique could be immensely helpful for lots of reasons. Also important to use a mild and organic soap and not one with added fragrances or unnecessary chemicals. Just simple a soap as possible. I have used a drop of regular dawn dish soap before as well but I would not recommend anyone try this on orchids unless you make sure the roots are pre soaked in regular water and fully saturated before you soak the clay pot and roots in the water with a drop of soap. I think this is what would keep them from absorbing a bad amount of oil to the roots. But I’ll let you know how it goes because I’m eager to use this helpful method as o have many times in other situations with other plants. Plus it has the major added benefit of keeping some bad pests from wanting to be in your media or on your orchid. Extra random note: sometimes I will infuse plain water with fresh rosemary and other herbs (carefully chosen) for plants that had bad pests infestation or fungal issues on its main structures.. but not necessarily in the pot.. then add a drop of the soap I mentioned before, and while the plant was still potted, I would cover the base on the pot and media with plastic wrap or tape and just straight turn it uoside down and dunk the whole plant in the water soap mixture and voila, no messing with qtips and scouring everywhere on the plant, you’ve done the whole thing at once and missed no surface while not soaking the media with a bunch of soap and such. Really only necessary when dealing with a bad bug problem or a spider mite/scale issue… Works great for scale btw. I’ve never had a reoccurance in the past So I’m just wondering if this is something I could implement in my methodology of my orchid growing enthusiasm.. haha And clay pots are always best for me if I partially wax the inside of clay pots or inside and outside of the pots (but not the top rim or the bottom on the inside and not the bottom outside so as to allow water evaporation at the spot where it will collect the most moisture. If waxing, I use Murray’s bees wax or something a bit more thin. and then leave the pot tonsettle with the wax for a few days before putting anything in it. I’ve yet to aquire salt stains or any problems with my clay pots and their aesthetics, even after 3 years of well water. Only salt buildup occurs where I did not wax and generally not much at all even where I didn’t.. This could be very helpful in keeping orchid roots from adhering so thoroughly to the sides of clay while still giving them something to grip. Again not certain as this is my first year with an orchid in clay. So this information may be useless but maybe not either. -L

Great video!

I rinse the new bark really well and then it soak in some filtered water with cal-mag, seaweed extract, and half teaspoon of mycorrhizal fungi.

Bought a tacca bat plant not sure if it's an orchid but it's definitely orchidish; wish it luck going to see what happens. Thanks 💚