Interesting video! But the original roots didn’t really look “rotten” - they just looked seriously dried out, which is understandable when there’s only a small block of water-holding moss at the center and the rest is dry bark. Retail orchids often die when they get home because the nursery mixes are almost purely moss, the roots are root-bound, and well-meaning but inexperienced buyers water too often. Orchid roots need air their entire length and humidity, not wetness. Some roots will grow sub-substrate and some will be ‘aerial,’ or above ground. When I buy an orchid, the first thing I do is remove it from the pot, finger out and discard all the mix, cut off whatever’s truly rotten (mushy roots that can be smeared off to exposed their threads inside), rinse it under my tap, shake it off, then repot in an orchid pot (with many side holes for air) that’s just slightly bigger than the store’s, with my own fresh substrate. I use an orchid bark mix and very thinly layer my own special moss every inch or so to add structure. I don’t put moss on the surface. Really, I the moss is almost notional. I water it all, and am careful to wick off any water that falls into the crowns of the leaves. Radical trimming and transplanting, which this is, is extremely traumatic to the plant. It will take a long time to adjust, so near-term expectations must be low. After that, I err on the too-dry side and don’t water until the moss seems dry to the touch. Only after a few months do I add an orchid fertilizer. Worst case, all the flowers might fall off, but they’ll return the next season. I’ve actually found my orchids love to go dormant over winter, with only occasional misting.
Yes, but when we need to repot an Orchid we do it immediately after flowering. The plant requires a lot of time to get used to the change, and it may not bloom the following year if it is too close to the season. Moss (sphagnum) is not recommended. It brings nothing and it is acidic. Some Orchids do not appreciate this acidity. The bark should not be too fresh, it contains essences, terpenes that must have evaporated, Orchids do not appreciate.
Having doubts, I spent a lot of time checking the presence of polyphenols (like it is says) in white rice: there are none at all. In fact, most plants contain more. Tea contains a lot of it, it's known, but... it's in dry weight! All colorful plants are rich in it too. There is no need for vitamins either because plants synthesize them, in fact they are not vitamins for them. In terms of mineral salts, white rice is not very rich and almost nothing passes into the water, especially without cooking. I think that if the technique works, it would be as effective without anything, because the simple act of removing ALL the dead parts, changing the substrate, keeping it moist and airy, in the light, is effective.
Thank you for this video. When the video began playing the music immediately caught my attention and brought tears to my eyes. I watched your video over and over again! I can't wait to try your tips on one of my sick orchids I rescued from one of the big box stores. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and God bless you each and every day!!!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO, it JUST SAVED 3 of my orchids And it’s incredible, the minute you put them in this water the plant starts to drink it and the roots look livelier🎉🎉❤❤
I recognized that song too. A beautiful hymn. I first heard this song in the score for True Grit. This was indeed an absolutely beautiful version written for piano.
Wow dramatic results and quite fast. Congratulations to you. The plant was a total mess, but now healthy and vigorous. Years ago I had a 25 yr. old phaelenopsis that developed rot in its crown and lost all of its leaves, leaving only a dry stump. The 'local Experts' told me it was lost, but I kept it and watered regular and in 8 months it came back and lived for another 10 years. Thank you!
Can you tell me what you did? I have one I have been having for 3 years that I had just got back and had beautiful blooms on as I was about to give up but then I left town and no one took care of her and the blooms all fell off. I actually cried. So can you tell what you did. Thanks
@@PiaJaeI'm not an orchid expert, but flowers falling off is not the end of the world, the plant is still alive and could grow flowers again after some time.
My grandma was tending to my 1st orchid last yr but my mom ended up k!llling it in going to try this method hopefully it works I want it to come back 2 life Ty u for sharing ☺️
When you fill the tray at the bottom, is that the same rice + garlic water from earlier? and is the spray bottle just normal tap water or again more of the same rice and garlic water?
Es genial esta receta yoooo Tengo unas orquídeas ase 7 años y ya no querían enraizar y les ise esta receta y ya tienen muchas raíces de verdad es muy buena gracias🙏💕 por el video bendiciones👼🙏❤
Perfeito ensinamento de como cuidar das nossas belas orquídeas ❤ era o que eu mais preciso, aprender a cuidar a orquídea que meu marido deu para mim de presente💝 deixei meu like 👍 obrigada por nos ensinar com tanto carinho e paciência 😊
Love the Hymn. Leaning on t h e everladting arms of Jesus. What have I to dread what have I to fear. Leaning on the everlasting arms. I love that place of peace, found only in HIM..
It is so refreshing to hear an old gospil hymn playing in the background instead of the other garbage I don't want to hear. I usually mute videos so that I don't have to listen to the pop, hard rock, or rap. Thank you for doing this.
Some things are not clear. Probably due to lack of talking or text and just music playing. What's not clear is how often, in those 45 days does is she water the plant AND is she always using the garlic/rice water? Then afterwards, is she always using garlic/rice water or just plain water!?
@@lovely-mk4rt So here's an update. It's my hubby who is the Orchid person in our family. LOL He made this water mix and started using it. What he does is seems to use this mix every 2nd watering (or so). The Orchids do seem to love it.
Wow, I was just looking at the orchid that I got; a white hummingbird. It's so weak and with yellow leaves that I thought I was going to lose it. Thank you very much for the idea. Is that water that you spray later, also rice water?😊
Rice wash - the initial step to masking L.A.B., lactic acib bateria = beneficial micro organism. Garlic contains organosulfur compounds particularly allicin which is growth promoting, Willow water would work as well.
The plant that you held up and turned around wasn’t even the same plant. There were drainage holes at the bottom of the original plant (time stamp 1:58)and there weren’t any holes on the plant that you showed at 7:33 time stamp. You keep flipping back and forth between different plants 😢
Actually, there were no holes in side of pot when putting in bark, holes appear when orchid being misted, then disappear again later. I suspect she filmed process several times with different plants, using the clearer shots in video. I have revived an orchid, removed rotten (black) roots, soaked in room temperature water 20 minutes, then placed in pot with pebbles in base (keeping roots out of water and increasing humidity), sprayed with Orchid Myst. I repeat this every week, and mist with water everyday.
It was the same one after washing & resting while preparing the next step. When you saw it first they were removing all the dead leaves & roots. After that when dry it was brown, then some green appeared after washing the live roots.
You did it once or you have to use this rice-garlic water every watering? The water at the base and in the spray is the rice garlic water or normal water? Thanks 🙏
I water mine every 3-4 days with just rice water. Save the water you wash the rice with in a large bottle and you can simply add some in a bucket of plain water diluting it then submerge your orchid in it for 3-5mins.
I used garlic and rice water on my orchids and definitetly got pretty instand root and leaf growth. I have 3 mini orchids (I would say phals, as they came from the supermarket). Sadly they all lost their flowers quite fast, not liking where I'd put them...they didn't grow new spikes last autumn, and I'm wondering what I can do to get them to do so this year. They're in a room now where they will experience a drop in temperature soon as it's starting to get colder at night (Ireland). Day temps are still going up to 20 some days but dropping at night now. What else should I do to get spikes? My sister in law keeps her house much warmer than I do, and her orchids which are by a frosted window with no direct sunlight FLOURISH, always flowering - but I don't have a similar spot, sadly.
I’ve read that you should repot the orchid as soon as you bring it home. None of the TH-cam videos show orchids repotted when they have flowers on it. I’m confused. Should I repot it now or wait for the flowers to die and fall off?
Helpful video but a narrative would have been appreciated as well. How long did you soak those roots? What was that moss-like ball you pulled out of the root system? Was it part of the plant or did someone put moss in the pot? Thank you for the garlic idea. Definitely trying this
I have green leaves, but never a flower. Just curious if I should do this. By the way, I’m not even sure where I got this orchid, but I’ve had the green leaves without a flower for years.
Me too! Iwould SO love to see a spike grow...I saw another vid suggesting this liquid grows spikes too, but so far only roots and leaves... hoping the Autumn will maybe bring a spike...
@@wendym2544 mini phals, I think. I had then on a north east facing window that has sun til midday, but they started browning, I think that means they were getting too much sun. I have them on the opposite side of the house now, out of direct sunlight. I thought they wanted indirect light, not sun? My sister in law's normal size ones flourish on a frosted window sill that faces another building - no direct sun at all.
@@sleepyjoness yes, when I said sun, I meant light but also didn't know what kind you had. As you are saying, Phals do best in indirect light. However, I have mine in a window that gets some direct light but it's dappled by the plant that blocks the window. But Phals can handle direct light if it's more morning or mid morning. But I also live at the beach, so that means it's cooler too. Hope your plant spikes soon?
Interesting video! But the original roots didn’t really look “rotten” - they just looked seriously dried out, which is understandable when there’s only a small block of water-holding moss at the center and the rest is dry bark. Retail orchids often die when they get home because the nursery mixes are almost purely moss, the roots are root-bound, and well-meaning but inexperienced buyers water too often. Orchid roots need air their entire length and humidity, not wetness. Some roots will grow sub-substrate and some will be ‘aerial,’ or above ground. When I buy an orchid, the first thing I do is remove it from the pot, finger out and discard all the mix, cut off whatever’s truly rotten (mushy roots that can be smeared off to exposed their threads inside), rinse it under my tap, shake it off, then repot in an orchid pot (with many side holes for air) that’s just slightly bigger than the store’s, with my own fresh substrate. I use an orchid bark mix and very thinly layer my own special moss every inch or so to add structure. I don’t put moss on the surface. Really, I the moss is almost notional. I water it all, and am careful to wick off any water that falls into the crowns of the leaves. Radical trimming and transplanting, which this is, is extremely traumatic to the plant. It will take a long time to adjust, so near-term expectations must be low. After that, I err on the too-dry side and don’t water until the moss seems dry to the touch. Only after a few months do I add an orchid fertilizer. Worst case, all the flowers might fall off, but they’ll return the next season. I’ve actually found my orchids love to go dormant over winter, with only occasional misting.
Thanks.
Yes, but when we need to repot an Orchid we do it immediately after flowering. The plant requires a lot of time to get used to the change, and it may not bloom the following year if it is too close to the season.
Moss (sphagnum) is not recommended. It brings nothing and it is acidic. Some Orchids do not appreciate this acidity.
The bark should not be too fresh, it contains essences, terpenes that must have evaporated, Orchids do not appreciate.
A simple thank you would be enough
@@yannduchnock
Excellent information. Thank you.
I'll give it a try. My Orchids and I have nothing to lose at this points.
You can also soak in black tea water every other day. I learned that on another video.
😂😂😂😂
I'll have to try this too. Thanks!😊💕@@janet-Spirit_of_the_Living_God
감사해요 소접난 키우는 방법 감사해요
How are your orchids?
I gave my orchids garlic water, and it worked! They love it!
That’s wonderful to hear. My question is how often did she water with this method in 45 days? Twice, three times🤷🏼♀️
How long did it take?
Como se la pone
@@rmishio6036 About once every 2-3 weeks. They're blooming beautifully now.
Having doubts, I spent a lot of time checking the presence of polyphenols (like it is says) in white rice: there are none at all. In fact, most plants contain more. Tea contains a lot of it, it's known, but... it's in dry weight! All colorful plants are rich in it too.
There is no need for vitamins either because plants synthesize them, in fact they are not vitamins for them.
In terms of mineral salts, white rice is not very rich and almost nothing passes into the water, especially without cooking.
I think that if the technique works, it would be as effective without anything, because the simple act of removing ALL the dead parts, changing the substrate, keeping it moist and airy, in the light, is effective.
Looks like sick orchids like rice and garlic even more than I do, and I love 'em!
Correct that’s all this is rice water mixed into crushed garlics
😂me too😂
Thank you for this video. When the video began playing the music immediately caught my attention and brought tears to my eyes. I watched your video over and over again! I can't wait to try your tips on one of my sick orchids I rescued from one of the big box stores. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and God bless you each and every day!!!!!!!
Excelente información. I have used rice water , aloe vera, banana peels, and Potatoes peels but I didn’t know of the garlic. I’ll try garlic. Thanks.
Initially can you soak the wood chips in the solution also, drain then put in and around the plant to start? Very low humidity in Arizona...
yes! you can do it!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO, it JUST SAVED 3 of my orchids
And it’s incredible, the minute you put them in this water the plant starts to drink it and the roots look livelier🎉🎉❤❤
I’d like to have seen what the flowers were like on this revived orchid
Great video, but loved the music too and recognized it as "Leaning On the Everlasting Arms", beautiful rendition of that song.
I recognized that song too. A beautiful hymn. I first heard this song in the score for True Grit. This was indeed an absolutely beautiful version written for piano.
Wow! Thx❤ I was wondering what it was, thinking it might b good to play during the day vs songs with words tht can costar me🌷🌷
i thought i heard death cab for cutie's follow you into the dark, shows what i know
Will definitely give this a try!
I loved this video so easy to understand as it takes away the confusion for caring for orchids as a beginner
Wow dramatic results and quite fast. Congratulations to you. The plant was a total mess, but now healthy and vigorous. Years ago I had a 25 yr. old phaelenopsis that developed rot in its crown and lost all of its leaves, leaving only a dry stump. The 'local Experts' told me it was lost, but I kept it and watered regular and in 8 months it came back and lived for another 10 years. Thank you!
Can you tell me what you did? I have one I have been having for 3 years that I had just got back and had beautiful blooms on as I was about to give up but then I left town and no one took care of her and the blooms all fell off. I actually cried. So can you tell what you did. Thanks
@@PiaJaeI'm not an orchid expert, but flowers falling off is not the end of the world, the plant is still alive and could grow flowers again after some time.
Gracias por compartir tan valiosa información para cuidar las orquídeas
That is amazing! I can't wait to go try this with a few in my house that are on their last leg. Thank You!
Thank you for sharing this!
My grandma was tending to my 1st orchid last yr but my mom ended up k!llling it in going to try this method hopefully it works I want it to come back 2 life Ty u for sharing ☺️
👍🏾 Yang organik: Beras & bawang putih sangat dianjurkan, dan ramah lingkungan untuk Tanaman.
Terima kasih 🙏☘
When you fill the tray at the bottom, is that the same rice + garlic water from earlier? and is the spray bottle just normal tap water or again more of the same rice and garlic water?
I also have the same question?
It is the same water yes
Don't use unfiltered tap water though, all the chlorine, fluoride etc not nice for orchids. My friend used Evian!
rice water with garlic
Lol ty
Thank you
Is the water hot or just from the tap?
Thank you
That my dinner!
I love this tutorial. Thank you so much I'll try to do the same :)
I learned a lot, thank you!!
Es genial esta receta yoooo Tengo unas orquídeas ase 7 años y ya no querían enraizar y les ise esta receta y ya tienen muchas raíces de verdad es muy buena gracias🙏💕 por el video bendiciones👼🙏❤
Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍
😊thank you for sharing ❤❤ Will give a try the great ideas 💡
산비하네요.마늘이 살균 살충효과가 탁월하군요
쌔싹과 새뿌리까지 성장 촉진 역할까지 하나 봅니다
좋은 정보 잘 배우고 응원 합니다
춘란에도 적용해 봐야겠습니다
Perfeito ensinamento de como cuidar das nossas belas orquídeas ❤ era o que eu mais preciso, aprender a cuidar a orquídea que meu marido deu para mim de presente💝 deixei meu like 👍 obrigada por nos ensinar com tanto carinho e paciência 😊
동방연구소 입니다. 난초 키우기 힘들었는데 회복을 시키는 방법이 있네요 영상 잘 보고 갑니다.
Thanks
다 죽은 난초를 살리다니 대단하시네요
좋은 영상 잘보고갑니다 ~😊🎉❤
Love the Hymn. Leaning on t h e everladting arms of Jesus. What have I to dread what have I to fear. Leaning on the everlasting arms. I love that place of peace, found only in HIM..
The best part of this video was the music I’m leaning on the everlasting arms have been for over sixty four years
Bom dia !!! Obrigada pela dica !!! Bjs no seu coração.😊❤
Me encantó el vídeo, gracias ❤
Terimakasih tipsnya kak. Bagus sekali. Manfaat sekali buat pemula seperti saya👍❤
It is so refreshing to hear an old gospil hymn playing in the background instead of the other garbage I don't want to hear. I usually mute videos so that I don't have to listen to the pop, hard rock, or rap.
Thank you for doing this.
Meu marido tbm opina o mesmo, as vezes queremos ver algo, mais a música do fundo é tão chata, que não vemos nada 😢 ou então baixar o volume
@@ElainePires1978
I don't understand.
Some things are not clear. Probably due to lack of talking or text and just music playing.
What's not clear is how often, in those 45 days does is she water the plant AND is she always using the garlic/rice water?
Then afterwards, is she always using garlic/rice water or just plain water!?
Yes, good questions. I would like to know too.
@@lovely-mk4rt So here's an update.
It's my hubby who is the Orchid person in our family. LOL
He made this water mix and started using it.
What he does is seems to use this mix every 2nd watering (or so).
The Orchids do seem to love it.
Ça semble bien beau tout ça, je vais essayer. Merci.
Thank you! How do you add banana or aloe for nourishment?
Wow, I was just looking at the orchid that I got; a white hummingbird. It's so weak and with yellow leaves that I thought I was going to lose it. Thank you very much for the idea. Is that water that you spray later, also rice water?😊
ピアノで良く眠れます。４回目でやっと最後まで見れました
心地が良いです。ありがとうございます😊
It is amazing. Thanks a lot.
너무 자세하게 영상 만드셔서 감사다 감사합니다
😮 that's amazing. Does this really work?
My hubby give our orchids a good soak in the sink every couple of months, never have any problems.
You have truly a green thumb❤
Rice wash - the initial step to masking L.A.B., lactic acib bateria = beneficial micro organism. Garlic contains organosulfur compounds particularly allicin which is growth promoting, Willow water would work as well.
Thank you! lol been going crazy seeing some of the “experts” in the comments just wanting to shit on someone for some reason.
좋아요 감사합니다 ❤❤❤
rất vui khi được bình luận video để tặng bạn nhiều lời khen 🙏☘
Muy interesante,!!¡
Me gusto mucho tu video después de ver tu planta completamente muerta y que la hicistes revivir mi pregunta es cada cuando se riega completamente
This man ,in French we say,,he have the green thumb 👍 🌺🌼🌿
こういう動画ずっと探してました。うちの胡蝶蘭は、全部根腐れして困ってました。この動画見てぜひ、ニンニク米汁、マネして育てます。本当にありがとうございます😊❤😂
Whau wonderfull Rice and garlic water with proper Care to heal the robots - so clearly demonstrated ❤❤❤
THANKS, EXCELLENT!
The algorithm has read my mind , I’ve got three orchids a store threw away because they were looking very sad ,, this should do the trick hopefully
Good luck fellow orchid whisperer.
How is it working?
Did it work?
豊富なミネラルだろね。。
Lovely, thank you🌞
How long does the garlic stay in the water before you filter it out?
30 min. It is in the caption.
The plant that you held up and turned around wasn’t even the same plant. There were drainage holes at the bottom of the original plant (time stamp 1:58)and there weren’t any holes on the plant that you showed at 7:33 time stamp. You keep flipping back and forth between different plants 😢
Interesting…tsk tsk
Also when putting new bark in, I would have presoaked new bark.
Actually, there were no holes in side of pot when putting in bark, holes appear when orchid being misted, then disappear again later. I suspect she filmed process several times with different plants, using the clearer shots in video.
I have revived an orchid, removed rotten (black) roots, soaked in room temperature water 20 minutes, then placed in pot with pebbles in base (keeping roots out of water and increasing humidity), sprayed with Orchid Myst. I repeat this every week, and mist with water everyday.
she has the same video with same table but different ingredients : a banana peel instead of garlic ...... but always the rice water
Yes I noticed that.. hmmmm
Love the gospel music!❤
Does this only work on Orchids?? I would love to try it on my failed gardening attempts…😅
What type of water are you misting this with every three days?
Amazing I will try this spring
Great video!
Really. You show us a dead brown one, then you insert a GREEN one in the rice water. Right. That's magic.
It was the same one after washing & resting while preparing the next step. When you saw it first they were removing all the dead leaves & roots. After that when dry it was brown, then some green appeared after washing the live roots.
Alive roots turn green with water. I usually make them wet before cutting, then I see which ones are alive still
Amazing
정성과 노하우로 기적이 일어났군요~^^😊
Great job 👏🏾
To people who criticize this videos, BECAUSE THEY “take too long”, DON’t WATCH THEM, make your own.
SIMPLE
Skip to another video
Don’t be haters
Or switch to the transcript and just read it. It's faster.
Or just skip forward to the bits you need!
I usually use speed 1.5
En el transcurso de los 45 días le repetías el proceso del agua de arroz y el ajo?, cada cuantos días riegas?
You did it once or you have to use this rice-garlic water every watering?
The water at the base and in the spray is the rice garlic water or normal water?
Thanks 🙏
I water mine every 3-4 days with just rice water.
Save the water you wash the rice with in a large bottle and you can simply add some in a bucket of plain water diluting it then submerge your orchid in it for 3-5mins.
Thank you
Dziękuję za polskie napisy 🙏🏼❤
I used garlic and rice water on my orchids and definitetly got pretty instand root and leaf growth. I have 3 mini orchids (I would say phals, as they came from the supermarket). Sadly they all lost their flowers quite fast, not liking where I'd put them...they didn't grow new spikes last autumn, and I'm wondering what I can do to get them to do so this year. They're in a room now where they will experience a drop in temperature soon as it's starting to get colder at night (Ireland). Day temps are still going up to 20 some days but dropping at night now. What else should I do to get spikes?
My sister in law keeps her house much warmer than I do, and her orchids which are by a frosted window with no direct sunlight FLOURISH, always flowering - but I don't have a similar spot, sadly.
Yep, it works wonders!
WATCHING FROM DALLAS TEXAS USA 🇺🇸 IF THIS CONCOCTION WORKS ON MY DEAD ORCHIDS I WILL COME BACK IN 45 DAYS AND SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR CHANNEL.
はじめまして。すばらしいですね。スプレーに入っているのは水でしょうか？
Was that garlic with rice water that you poured in the styrofoam plate? Or just plain water?
Can some plsss adv if you have used this concoction, and it actually worked!
Excelente video gracias desde Guadalajara Mexico❤
参考になりました。😊
お米のとぎ汁の代わりに糠を代用でもいいですか？
oh good advise.thanks
May I ask how you add banana as a fertilizer for the orchid?
Hi!! How often do we have to soak it in water of rice, garlic and spray ?
Where do you put it after this? Sun? Shade?how often do you spray?? I agree new pot. No holes ! Pls give more information. Thanks
쌀뜬물 + 빻은 마늘 = 영양분 ^^ 많이 배우고 갑니다. good job
Immediately? Doubt it. How long did it really take? I’m going to try this but I’d like to know what to really expect.
it didn't say immediately. it says 45 days on the screen
Trmksh,saya akan memcobanya
I’ve read that you should repot the orchid as soon as you bring it home. None of the TH-cam videos show orchids repotted when they have flowers on it. I’m confused. Should I repot it now or wait for the flowers to die and fall off?
I would wait for the flowers to die, as they might not survive a repotting.
Thanks!
イイネ。参考になります。
Mil gracias.
Biuteful music!!!😊
Helpful video but a narrative would have been appreciated as well. How long did you soak those roots? What was that moss-like ball you pulled out of the root system? Was it part of the plant or did someone put moss in the pot? Thank you for the garlic idea. Definitely trying this
switch on subtitles
Some folks just don't get the point! Thank you for sharing!
Wow vuon lan dep qua
사무실에서 난 키우기가 쉽지
않은데, 좋은 정보 고맙습니다. -_-
Oh ! Wonderful !!!
thank you!
I have green leaves, but never a flower.
Just curious if I should do this.
By the way, I’m not even sure where I got this orchid, but I’ve had the green leaves without a flower for years.
Me too! Iwould SO love to see a spike grow...I saw another vid suggesting this liquid grows spikes too, but so far only roots and leaves... hoping the Autumn will maybe bring a spike...
do you know what kind it is or do you have a photo? If it has nice green leaves but no flower, typically that means it needs more sun.
@@wendym2544 mini phals, I think. I had then on a north east facing window that has sun til midday, but they started browning, I think that means they were getting too much sun. I have them on the opposite side of the house now, out of direct sunlight. I thought they wanted indirect light, not sun? My sister in law's normal size ones flourish on a frosted window sill that faces another building - no direct sun at all.
@@sleepyjoness yes, when I said sun, I meant light but also didn't know what kind you had. As you are saying, Phals do best in indirect light. However, I have mine in a window that gets some direct light but it's dappled by the plant that blocks the window. But Phals can handle direct light if it's more morning or mid morning. But I also live at the beach, so that means it's cooler too. Hope your plant spikes soon?