Your Freezer May Hold a Better Way to Water Your Plants — Plants in the Kitchen

This past Valentine's Day, my boyfriend gave me a potted orchid instead of the usual bouquet of carnations and roses. Having never owned an orchid before, I checked the tag for care instructions and learned I was supposed to water it with three ice cubes, or about 1/4 cup of water, once a week. I've been feeding my orchid its ice every Friday, and it's been blooming spectacularly for the past three months. But are the ice cubes really the secret to orchid success?

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