I’ve recently been gifted about 15 air plants. The ebook that came with the one set said to drop them in water & let stay there for 20–30 minutes, remove, turn upside down & let dry for 2–4 hours before placing them in their new home. The 2nd group recommended I go to their website & read up on how to care for them. Their info also said to soak them in water, remove, turn upside down until dry (no suggested time) & then place them in their new home. The confusion for me is that the website said to soak them for 2–4 hours which is a lot more than the 20–30 min!!! So, I started to do my own research on how best to not kill these gorgeous plants. That’s where my confusion grew worse. One “expert” said to NEVER soak them more than 1 hour. The next said to NEVER soak them less than 1 hour. One even suggested ALWAYS soak at least 1 day. Some said to spray them daily to keep moist & the other said to only spray them once a week, with the 3rd recommending to NEVER spray them but to soak them once a week. I want to start these little guys out on the right foot, but there is way too much conflicting info out there for me to know which is the right foot!!!

I did the first set for 25 minutes deciding to split the difference of the 20–30 minutes. I let them dry upside down for 4 hours to be sure they were dry before putting them in their new homes. I thought they felt a little too dry for my liking but assumed that’s how they should feel.

I’m getting ready to soak my 2nd batch..the ones that said 2–4 hours & was wondering IF anyone here had raised air plants & might have MORE experience than I do & has had success growing them that can give me some advice.

IF you’ve successfully raised air plants, how long did you soak them & how long did you allow them to dry before setting them into their permanent location??? Do you have any other info that might make this process more successful for a novice air plant caretaker???