You're Poisoning Your Orchids With Every Watering

Most orchid growers never think about pH. But if your plants look healthy and still won't bloom, your water might be quietly locking out the nutrients your orchids desperately need. In this video I'll show you exactly what happened when I discovered my well water was sitting at 8.5 pH and why my Vandas completely stopped blooming. I'll walk you through what pH actually is, why it matters more than almost any other factor in orchid culture, and how to test and correct it at home with simple tools. We'll cover the four types of water and what each one does to your plants, why RO water and rainwater can actually be more dangerous than hard well water if you use them wrong, why your fertilizer might be doing nothing at all even if you're applying it perfectly, and why mounted and basket grown plants respond to pH correction completely differently than potted plants. We'll also get into which genera want what, because Vandas, Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, and Oncidiums don't all agree, and most of the pH advice floating around online was never written with orchids in mind at all. If you've been frustrated by plants that grow but won't flower, this video is probably the missing piece.