Right. My Home Depot workers here have the slightest clue about plants like that. Congratulations though I remember the last one you had and I know... well can see how excited you are to have another 💚💚💚💚
It was ment to be))))) it is gorgeous!!!! 💖💖💖 home depots here ( in Florida) rarely have aything that good ( at least in my area). I love silver swords, there is just something magical about them.
lol she’s a her with the beauty but when she lifted that bad boy up tho? 😂 definitely a him! So can someone explain to me how the patron thing works? Do I have to click on the link everytime or is it unlocked now for me that I paid and those videos will just also pop up on my thing?
EEEEEEEEEE...SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!🎉🎉🎉💖🌟💖🌟! You won't be waiting for mature leaves nor sizing up. Holy Arial roots! It's obviously happy in that peat mix, so I wouldn't stress atp. Let her settle in as part of your family. 🥰. I was recently given a huge crazy Monstera from a woman at my husband's work. She was outgrowing the office, tons of arials and going in all different directions. She came with new cedar wood stakes, plastic coated steel garden plant stakes, strips of cut up black tights🤣😂,a bag of microfiber gloves (???) and a note. Kim, I bought stakes for her, so here they are. The gloves were for dusting my mini blinds but found them great for dusting my beloved girl. She has outgrown my office, have no room to even get around her to stake and try to create some order to the chaos of her. Please love her. ❤️. He got her home, she is also in a peaty mix. We washed and sprayed her as you have. I used the coated steel stakes to organize her a bit. I love them, perfect to make moss poles out of. Just waiting for her to settle in and see where she prefers to be and what way which branches/vibes will decide to go. The arials are nuts but, decided to just wait a bit and will focus repotting/separating and poles after she settles. I LOVE that a Silver Sword is back in your life!!! CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉! 🥰🤩😍😘💓
A tip for finding thrips is to use the flashlight from underneath the leaves and shining upwards through the leaf. That way you should be able to see the small black elongated dots. I've tried that when I thought had thrips and still wasn't able to see them and confirm it until I used this method.
The look on your face while you're holding her in the store in the B roll footage 🥺❤ I'm so happy for you, Fern Apparently also I need to spend more time on Instagram. As to your question, I would personally get some (preferably cedar) garden stakes and use one per plant. When you repot it, you can situate them all to face the same way, if needed and/or wanted. The garden stakes are thicker than the ones you usually find for indoor plants, so they provide a stronger support but are smaller than using planks
AHHHHHH IM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!! I feel like this guy is happy af without climbing anything, I would try not to disturb it at all. Maybe use some bamboo stakes to prop it if it needs help. This looks like its growing like a monstera delicious without a pole and it looks soooo jungle-y, I love it! The grower may have used this to take cuttings from for awhile, which would train it to grow in a more bushy way, it may not even try to climb.
Good for you! I think that especially for Plant Newbies showing the bringing home and cleaning part is so important! I always Neem and repot new plants I bring into my 100+ plant collection.
i think you should start a trellis wall which could help multiple plants. just get a huge on for the whole wall and let them grow up. great for plant styling & so pretty! i just recently got my dream silver sword with you in mind!! this one is more massive than imaginable.
I'd be inclined to jettison the candles, books etc and use the wooden crate to place a plant on it and break up the uniform pots at floor level. I'd also use thick bamboo poles as stakes. The glaucous leaves and honey tones of bamboo would sing imo!!
So happy for you!!! There are also in alberta at Home Depot for $50 too! It was just last month I was commenting on a post when you were down and blue… I was telling you “chin up” it will get better!So now my heart is happy to write this comment, full of joy, excitement , and happiness! Name her ”Silver lining” “Rebound” or “joy!” Something positive or something that shows how life has its up and downs ,but it’s the little things that keep you going! (Like this plant)
I cannot BELIEEEEEVE you found it. I screamed when I saw you post it on Insta. Now I need to stalk some Home Depots. 😂 Ahhhh. I cannot express how happy I am for you. It was absolutely meant to be.
HOLYYYY WOW!!! $50 for a SILVER SWORD THAT MASSIVE???? Small plants in the US or even on Etsy start at like $20 AT LEAST... oh my gosh IM SO JEALOUS FERNNNNN!!!!!
Your videos and Amanda from Planterina are the reason I was finally able to learn how to grow and care for house plants, Amanda has a MASSIVE Monstera Delisiosa and I think I remember her using a wooden ladder as a trellis for hers!
I love the passion and excitement over a common plant. Albeit a beautiful plant it goes to show that all plants should be adored not just rare and exotics. Plant love is plant love 🌈 😁
I saw this video and INSTANTLY clicked. I’m still in awe that you found her!!! It’s like the plant gods were listening and sent you the silver sword of your dreams!!! I’m so genuinely happy and excited for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can’t wait to see how she grows in your care 😍
Congrats on the beautiful plant. Id suggest when its that huge of a plant and multiples instead of a pole to put a wood plank on the back so they can climb up it.
Congratulations!!!! I'm SOOOOOOO jelly!!! Silver sword is my favorite right now. I too just picked one up from Home Depot BUT mine is way way smaller, 6" pot. I decided to cut up one of the two plants in it to water propagate and turn into a dream plant.
Fern! I'm so jealous right now! What a beauty she is. I am glad you got her though, she's a humongous, lush, gorgeous specimen. I really appreciate you sharing her w/the plant community. You rock!!🎸🙏😁
I got a decently large monstera deliciosa climbing by purchasing wood lattice at Home Depot for $15. Had the man at the store cut it down to 2ft wide 6ft tall. Bought some 1inch wooden cubes (children’s blocks) at Hobby Lobby. Screwed the lattice onto the wood blocks (at the edges of the lattice), then put Command Strips on the back of the wood blocks and attached it to my wall. Then I tied the plant to the lattice with plant velcro (there is space behind the lattice to tie it thanks to the wood blocks). Unsure if this will work for you considering how bushy your plant is, but thought I’d let you know my experience in case it helps in any way. Congrats on the plant! :)
I suggest a plank!!! Trust me it’s gonna love a structure to climb on not a substrate like moss or sphagnum. This silver sword is soooooo massive and beautiful! So happy for you!
You reminded me of me when I bring home new plants and need to find a place to put them. Looking around and moving plants. My husband always says "where are you going to put them?" and I always tell him "I have plenty of room" and I always find a spot. Whew
So happy for you! I think it would benefit from a plant stand or something to bring it up off the floor, and I like the trellis idea. Being a renter, maybe you could put the trellis on a piece of wood and lean that up against the wall. FYI: When you said dream plant then said Silver Sword I was quite confused. I looked at the date 🤔she has a Silver Sword already...then I heard what happened, must've missed that one. Bad when you know your faves collections so well. That is MASSIVE and beautiful, just like it's Mama. You could name it Gaynor for 🎶 "I will survive" 🎶...lol. 🪴💚
Oh, how beautiful! I think Fortuna would be a perfect name for this lovely lady. In Latin (according to Google translate), it apparently means fortune, luck, property, chance, possessions, good luck
I don't know if you noticed but she actually has some flowers growing in too! they were visible around 11:35. And for its size I'd honestly just use a large wooden stake and wrap with your velcro-tape. The added nutrients a moss pole provides to the plant via the aerials could really get this plant growing quick and I know you only have so much height to work with in your place loll. Good luck whatever you decide to do!
I had the same with a massive philodendron painted lady which was my plant goal, it costs me 90€ but I don't regret it at all!!! She's stunning and I will sell some cuttings/parts of her as she must have 7 feet in her pot! So happy for you finding this beauty, you both look pretty together!!
I’ve had my silver sword for ages now and I’ve always loved it but seeing this huge beauty it makes me want to grow a massive one with multiple vines! Such an amazing find!!! Love you fern!!!!
This was a great find. I've never seen even a small silver sword in big box stores in the states. The cool thing is, in a few months if you feel comfortable, you could sell a few small cuttings and it would be like you didn't break your "no buy". Either way you couldn't leave such a good find behind!
Beautiful!!! I remember when you got rid of your silver sword. I was one that told you would regret it. Silver sword loves you this one is gonna get more amazing than it already is!!!!! So excited for you!!!
I just got my baby silver sword the other day and seeing this absolute BEAST has me so shook!! Absolutely gorgeous!!! I want to hear how this happened ! Someone get kaylee Ellen to talk about this STAT lol!!
I just watched your most recent video about wanting to get rid of this plant, and I totally support your decision. I'd take a small cutting and start with a mini plant!
I have a silver sword but mine is a teeny tiny baby. She’s got 6 leaves but only about 4 inches tall. I got her as a one leaf cutting. She was just one little leaf for the longest time but this growing season she’s finally starting to push out consistent growth. Maybe one day she will look like like your big baby.🙂
Maybe you could find a tall sturdy stool for the silver sword and then have the other plants at the base and give it some height for the space ❤️ and plank that baby! It will thrive!
I would definitely use a wood steak like a 2x2 and attach it the same way you do a moss pole. That way it can grow all the way up it. My adansonii is on one as apposed to a moss pole and it loves it! I pole that big would require lots of moss and very frequent watering.
Regarding the moss pole issue, I just think I would use bamboo sticks for support and then air layer separately every single node because I think it would drive me crazy fitting all of those giant plants on a pole. I thing you can trick a plant just by having her supported and having aerial roots growing into something.
What a great find! I have a similarly sized jungle boogie, and it came with a 2 inch round wood stake in the middle of it and the vines climb it all on their own now. I'm sure it was tied to the pole when it was small at the greenhouse, but now I don't have to train it up, it just knows what to do. My humidity is about 60% in the winter, and then drops to about 20 in the summer, and it still sticks. It doesn't grow arial roots in the summer, but that doesn't seem to make much difference as far as it growing upwards and the leaves staying a mature size. I hope this helps some!
What an amazing find! Congratulations! Plant Heartbeats just found giant $50 squamiferum pots at Lowe's, I believe it was. So cool to see these amazing plants popping up!
Hi Fern! Wow thats an amazing plant!! I would divide it into two plants and put it on a moss pole. Be sure and treat it very very well for pests. I put a clear plastic garbage bag over my plants I try to isolate as I am in a very small apartment 😂. Your place is looking fantastic 🦋
Whoa!!!! Your Silver Sword has an Inflorescence!!!! I noticed it developing on one of the inner stems. Haven't made it through the rest of the video to find out if you've noticed.
This was one of two plants i wanted to get this spring, im so happy i got mine already now that you highlighted how absolutely beutiful it is im sure they will be sold out everywhere! 😅
Silver Sword reminds me of a knight and Dame is the term for a female knight so that's the name suggestion I'm throwing in :D I love her she's so lush I just got my first ss cutting 2 weeks ago I love the color
Nick pileggi has videos on trellises and he grows philos on them!! I’m so happy for you it’s a beautiful plant! I’ve just chopped and propped my teeny one as it was getting too too heavy for it’s little baby stem so hoping for a fuller plant by the end of the year!
Fern hi!!! I'm soo excited for you!!!! Your dream plant 🪴 you go, girl!!! Love your repot vids!!! I can hardly wait for your repot!!! GORGEOUS PLANT!!!!!!
She is such a beauty! Can't wait to see her grow even more ☺️ What about having it on a kind of trellis like Nick Pileggi has? That would be so cool, but I'm not sure if you have enough space for that 😅
I was going to comment the SAME thing! Nick's wooden "garden" trellis on the wall is amazing. And I think a large multi SS in the same pot would love to grow up it on those fun zig zag ways.
Insane 😍 it was definitely meant to be!!! I'm sure when you repot and get all the old substrate off, it will be easier to move her around and add a moss pole 😊
Where’re you located? I’m up above Dallas, and both my walmart and my kroger has had them in there. If you haven’t checked there, then I’d definitely recommend it :)
I can usually, find the adult mites under the leaves, they're bigger than the eggs (or whatever the white stuff is) They're tan in color and look like crumbs, they're very still until you bump them then they start moving 👀
About staking- I also got a massive philodendron from a big box store- mine was a squamiferum about the same size as your SS. I was looking for a totem/ obelisk style metal trellis for it but ended up using 2 bamboo hoop trellises situated perpendicular to each other. I do think a black metal trellis would look epic with your plant! (Harriet Obelisk Trellis on Pottery Barn was what I was picturing)
Sooo happy for you ☺️☺️☺️ My Silver Sword is one of my faves and I was so sad when you had to sell your large one! Hope you put your little one with it☺️ for support I would suggest just putting her on a large moss pole (a regular ol' coco coir one and call it a day!)
So amazing! My little silver sword top cutting that I got now has 5 leaves and the newest one is like twice the size of the second newest one. It’s one of my favorite plants!
@@soulfulspec I had it on the window sill of a west facing window. I’m in Montana, so it was the best light I could give it during the winter. I’ve pulled it a bit farther back from the window for the summer and we’ll see how it does!
WOW!! So happy for you! He’s gorgeous and what a great deal. Amazing good news. Must be all that good Karma coming back to you! Great video, many thanks! 👏🪴🥰
For your question about staking up the hastatum, I was thinking you could use maybe a tomato trellis since it goes all the way around the plant and can support all the vines? Or when you repot you could separate each individual plant and train it up a grape trellis (or whatever the tall triangle trellis’ are called lol) and have a wall of silver sword! Or a huge moss plank lol Whatever you decide to do I’m sure will work out great :D
You could also use a wall trellis like what PhillyFoliage has for his big climbers. Imagine a whole wall of mature silver sword 🥺 with the soltech pendent light or something similar you could light it even when it reaches your ceiling :)
So much congratulations and thank you for the contagious enthusiasm ! I'm not a super big ariod person but I found found a curly Sue/ epiphyllum Guatemala monstress at a big-box store the other day
I am so tired of my silver sword. Ever since I first bought it has been giving me problems: leaves yellowing much faster than usual, then falling off and some sticky substance all over the stems. I just cut the whole thing off and discarded both the pot and the soil/roots and now it looks like it’s doing better on perlite and water but I don’t put many hopes on it. Whatever that plant has it’s not contagious she’s lived with at least five other plants and her companions have been chilling as always, no webbing, no bugs at all in either of the plants. I’m gonna wash her with soap and water and hope to improve her in some way.
to stake the one i got from walmart which was in a 10 inch pot so pretty similar in size a little smaller. instead of using a moss pole because the plant was so big i didn’t wanna size up the pot to somethibg super huge i used bamboo sticks and tied it up to that i know moss is better so the roots can grab but for space reasons i didn’t want something so bulky because the plant is already so big. i’ve also seen people use spagmhum moss around bamboo poles and string wrapped around and they are a little better because the aren’t as bulky!!
There reason I fell in love with the silver sword because I saw a mature one at a plant store and they let it grow wild with no pole and it was awesome. Id let it just do it’s thing!
This actually SHOOK the plant community! Who put that there?! Home Depot of all places 🤣🤣🤣🤯🤯🤯?!?!?!
Right ? I love it so much 🥲
Right. My Home Depot workers here have the slightest clue about plants like that. Congratulations though I remember the last one you had and I know... well can see how excited you are to have another 💚💚💚💚
Walmart has been selling these in sask for months now 30$
It was ment to be))))) it is gorgeous!!!! 💖💖💖 home depots here ( in Florida) rarely have aything that good ( at least in my area). I love silver swords, there is just something magical about them.
I think home depot will now see a very big spike in plant sales 😆 🤣
I’m so happy you got it! I was cracking up at how you kept changing from “her” to “him”! It’s gorgeous!
Lol they're nonbinary babyyyy 😁🌿 this P. hastatum knows no bounds
We stan a genderfluid plant baby!!!
lol she’s a her with the beauty but when she lifted that bad boy up tho? 😂 definitely a him! So can someone explain to me how the patron thing works? Do I have to click on the link everytime or is it unlocked now for me that I paid and those videos will just also pop up on my thing?
EEEEEEEEEE...SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!🎉🎉🎉💖🌟💖🌟! You won't be waiting for mature leaves nor sizing up. Holy Arial roots! It's obviously happy in that peat mix, so I wouldn't stress atp. Let her settle in as part of your family. 🥰. I was recently given a huge crazy Monstera from a woman at my husband's work. She was outgrowing the office, tons of arials and going in all different directions. She came with new cedar wood stakes, plastic coated steel garden plant stakes, strips of cut up black tights🤣😂,a bag of microfiber gloves (???) and a note. Kim, I bought stakes for her, so here they are. The gloves were for dusting my mini blinds but found them great for dusting my beloved girl. She has outgrown my office, have no room to even get around her to stake and try to create some order to the chaos of her. Please love her. ❤️. He got her home, she is also in a peaty mix. We washed and sprayed her as you have. I used the coated steel stakes to organize her a bit. I love them, perfect to make moss poles out of. Just waiting for her to settle in and see where she prefers to be and what way which branches/vibes will decide to go. The arials are nuts but, decided to just wait a bit and will focus repotting/separating and poles after she settles.
I LOVE that a Silver Sword is back in your life!!! CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉! 🥰🤩😍😘💓
A tip for finding thrips is to use the flashlight from underneath the leaves and shining upwards through the leaf. That way you should be able to see the small black elongated dots. I've tried that when I thought had thrips and still wasn't able to see them and confirm it until I used this method.
I have definitely found that more large and mature plants like this beauty are MUCH more resilient with overwatering ! Man that’s a gorgeous plant 🪴
The look on your face while you're holding her in the store in the B roll footage 🥺❤ I'm so happy for you, Fern
Apparently also I need to spend more time on Instagram.
As to your question, I would personally get some (preferably cedar) garden stakes and use one per plant. When you repot it, you can situate them all to face the same way, if needed and/or wanted. The garden stakes are thicker than the ones you usually find for indoor plants, so they provide a stronger support but are smaller than using planks
AHHHHHH IM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!
I feel like this guy is happy af without climbing anything, I would try not to disturb it at all. Maybe use some bamboo stakes to prop it if it needs help. This looks like its growing like a monstera delicious without a pole and it looks soooo jungle-y, I love it! The grower may have used this to take cuttings from for awhile, which would train it to grow in a more bushy way, it may not even try to climb.
Good for you! I think that especially for Plant Newbies showing the bringing home and cleaning part is so important! I always Neem and repot new plants I bring into my 100+ plant collection.
NO FREAKING WAY!! That has to be the most amazing big box store plant find I’ve ever seen 🤩 she’s HUGE
i think you should start a trellis wall which could help multiple plants. just get a huge on for the whole wall and let them grow up. great for plant styling & so pretty! i just recently got my dream silver sword with you in mind!! this one is more massive than imaginable.
I'd be inclined to jettison the candles, books etc and use the wooden crate to place a plant on it and break up the uniform pots at floor level. I'd also use thick bamboo poles as stakes. The glaucous leaves and honey tones of bamboo would sing imo!!
I agree!
Yes, I use bamboo too, it's a nice choice for staking
So happy for you!!! There are also in alberta at Home Depot for $50 too! It was just last month I was commenting on a post when you were down and blue… I was telling you “chin up” it will get better!So now my heart is happy to write this comment, full of joy, excitement , and happiness! Name her ”Silver lining” “Rebound” or “joy!” Something positive or something that shows how life has its up and downs ,but it’s the little things that keep you going! (Like this plant)
I cannot BELIEEEEEVE you found it. I screamed when I saw you post it on Insta. Now I need to stalk some Home Depots. 😂 Ahhhh. I cannot express how happy I am for you. It was absolutely meant to be.
Congratulations on finding your dream plant again. I am also not worried about spider mites! Enjoy your new beauty 😍
You and Fern are always giving each other shoutouts and I think a collab would be a great vid to watch! 😺
Shower heads are a game changer. Not just for your plants either. Lol. I will never live without one. Didnt know what I was missing!
HOLYYYY WOW!!! $50 for a SILVER SWORD THAT MASSIVE???? Small plants in the US or even on Etsy start at like $20 AT LEAST... oh my gosh IM SO JEALOUS FERNNNNN!!!!!
Your videos and Amanda from Planterina are the reason I was finally able to learn how to grow and care for house plants, Amanda has a MASSIVE Monstera Delisiosa and I think I remember her using a wooden ladder as a trellis for hers!
I love the passion and excitement over a common plant. Albeit a beautiful plant it goes to show that all plants should be adored not just rare and exotics. Plant love is plant love 🌈 😁
I saw this video and INSTANTLY clicked. I’m still in awe that you found her!!! It’s like the plant gods were listening and sent you the silver sword of your dreams!!! I’m so genuinely happy and excited for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can’t wait to see how she grows in your care 😍
Congrats on the beautiful plant. Id suggest when its that huge of a plant and multiples instead of a pole to put a wood plank on the back so they can climb up it.
Wow! What a great find. Beautiful plant and huge! Great to see you so happy about finding it too.
Congratulations!!!! I'm SOOOOOOO jelly!!! Silver sword is my favorite right now. I too just picked one up from Home Depot BUT mine is way way smaller, 6" pot. I decided to cut up one of the two plants in it to water propagate and turn into a dream plant.
Fern! I'm so jealous right now! What a beauty she is. I am glad you got her though, she's a humongous, lush, gorgeous specimen. I really appreciate you sharing her w/the plant community. You rock!!🎸🙏😁
I got a decently large monstera deliciosa climbing by purchasing wood lattice at Home Depot for $15. Had the man at the store cut it down to 2ft wide 6ft tall. Bought some 1inch wooden cubes (children’s blocks) at Hobby Lobby. Screwed the lattice onto the wood blocks (at the edges of the lattice), then put Command Strips on the back of the wood blocks and attached it to my wall. Then I tied the plant to the lattice with plant velcro (there is space behind the lattice to tie it thanks to the wood blocks). Unsure if this will work for you considering how bushy your plant is, but thought I’d let you know my experience in case it helps in any way.
Congrats on the plant! :)
My pink princess and painted lady have so many vines in each pot that they climb eachother. No need for a pole! And it looks so pretty. 😇
I suggest a plank!!! Trust me it’s gonna love a structure to climb on not a substrate like moss or sphagnum.
This silver sword is soooooo massive and beautiful! So happy for you!
You reminded me of me when I bring home new plants and need to find a place to put them. Looking around and moving plants. My husband always says "where are you going to put them?" and I always tell him "I have plenty of room" and I always find a spot. Whew
So happy for you! I think it would benefit from a plant stand or something to bring it up off the floor, and I like the trellis idea. Being a renter, maybe you could put the trellis on a piece of wood and lean that up against the wall. FYI: When you said dream plant then said Silver Sword I was quite confused. I looked at the date 🤔she has a Silver Sword already...then I heard what happened, must've missed that one. Bad when you know your faves collections so well. That is MASSIVE and beautiful, just like it's Mama. You could name it Gaynor for 🎶 "I will survive" 🎶...lol. 🪴💚
Oh, how beautiful! I think Fortuna would be a perfect name for this lovely lady. In Latin (according to Google translate), it apparently means fortune, luck, property, chance, possessions, good luck
I don't know if you noticed but she actually has some flowers growing in too! they were visible around 11:35. And for its size I'd honestly just use a large wooden stake and wrap with your velcro-tape. The added nutrients a moss pole provides to the plant via the aerials could really get this plant growing quick and I know you only have so much height to work with in your place loll. Good luck whatever you decide to do!
I had the same with a massive philodendron painted lady which was my plant goal, it costs me 90€ but I don't regret it at all!!! She's stunning and I will sell some cuttings/parts of her as she must have 7 feet in her pot!
So happy for you finding this beauty, you both look pretty together!!
OMG what a find!!!! I also live on Vancouver island and our growers have been KILLING it this season 😍your happiness was infectious
I’ve had my silver sword for ages now and I’ve always loved it but seeing this huge beauty it makes me want to grow a massive one with multiple vines! Such an amazing find!!! Love you fern!!!!
This was a great find. I've never seen even a small silver sword in big box stores in the states. The cool thing is, in a few months if you feel comfortable, you could sell a few small cuttings and it would be like you didn't break your "no buy". Either way you couldn't leave such a good find behind!
Beautiful!!! I remember when you got rid of your silver sword. I was one that told you would regret it. Silver sword loves you this one is gonna get more amazing than it already is!!!!! So excited for you!!!
I just got my baby silver sword the other day and seeing this absolute BEAST has me so shook!! Absolutely gorgeous!!! I want to hear how this happened ! Someone get kaylee Ellen to talk about this STAT lol!!
Always a happy surprise when you get in bed and Fern has a new video ❤️ time to relax and also get mentally ready to go to sleep ❤️🥰
Awe perfect!! Enjoy 💚
I just watched your most recent video about wanting to get rid of this plant, and I totally support your decision. I'd take a small cutting and start with a mini plant!
I have a silver sword but mine is a teeny tiny baby. She’s got 6 leaves but only about 4 inches tall. I got her as a one leaf cutting. She was just one little leaf for the longest time but this growing season she’s finally starting to push out consistent growth. Maybe one day she will look like like your big baby.🙂
Regarding adding a pole, when you repot you can separate the plants and reposition them around a moss pole.
Awesome big plant you scored a big one. THANK you for sharing. God Bless
So happy you were able to get your hands on your favorite plant again and an amazing deal at that! You deserve it💕
I've been waiting for my day off to watch this. So happy for you! She/he deserves a powerful name.
Maybe you could find a tall sturdy stool for the silver sword and then have the other plants at the base and give it some height for the space ❤️ and plank that baby! It will thrive!
I would definitely use a wood steak like a 2x2 and attach it the same way you do a moss pole. That way it can grow all the way up it. My adansonii is on one as apposed to a moss pole and it loves it! I pole that big would require lots of moss and very frequent watering.
I'm happy you finally got the shower head . Makes life so much easier with plants. What a awesome find !!!
Walmart in sask has been selling these for months now for 30$
Regarding the moss pole issue, I just think I would use bamboo sticks for support and then air layer separately every single node because I think it would drive me crazy fitting all of those giant plants on a pole. I thing you can trick a plant just by having her supported and having aerial roots growing into something.
What a great find! I have a similarly sized jungle boogie, and it came with a 2 inch round wood stake in the middle of it and the vines climb it all on their own now. I'm sure it was tied to the pole when it was small at the greenhouse, but now I don't have to train it up, it just knows what to do. My humidity is about 60% in the winter, and then drops to about 20 in the summer, and it still sticks. It doesn't grow arial roots in the summer, but that doesn't seem to make much difference as far as it growing upwards and the leaves staying a mature size. I hope this helps some!
I shop at Home Depot all the time for house plants. They have an amazing selection. Found a few Whale Fin's there!
What an amazing find! Congratulations! Plant Heartbeats just found giant $50 squamiferum pots at Lowe's, I believe it was. So cool to see these amazing plants popping up!
Wow that is a big boy/girl! So happy that you found her at Home Depot! Never seen one so large!
Hi Fern! Wow thats an amazing plant!! I would divide it into two plants and put it on a moss pole. Be sure and treat it very very well for pests. I put a clear plastic garbage bag over my plants I try to isolate as I am in a very small apartment 😂. Your place is looking fantastic 🦋
I’m so stoked that the silver sword found its way back to you and what a glorious specimen!!
Whoa!!!! Your Silver Sword has an Inflorescence!!!! I noticed it developing on one of the inner stems. Haven't made it through the rest of the video to find out if you've noticed.
This was one of two plants i wanted to get this spring, im so happy i got mine already now that you highlighted how absolutely beutiful it is im sure they will be sold out everywhere! 😅
Silver Sword reminds me of a knight and Dame is the term for a female knight so that's the name suggestion I'm throwing in :D I love her she's so lush I just got my first ss cutting 2 weeks ago I love the color
I’m shook. My silver sword is a BABY. Lucky you 👏😍
Nick pileggi has videos on trellises and he grows philos on them!!
I’m so happy for you it’s a beautiful plant! I’ve just chopped and propped my teeny one as it was getting too too heavy for it’s little baby stem so hoping for a fuller plant by the end of the year!
Fern hi!!! I'm soo excited for you!!!!
Your dream plant 🪴 you go, girl!!!
Love your repot vids!!! I can hardly wait for your repot!!! GORGEOUS PLANT!!!!!!
She is such a beauty! Can't wait to see her grow even more ☺️ What about having it on a kind of trellis like Nick Pileggi has? That would be so cool, but I'm not sure if you have enough space for that 😅
I was going to comment the SAME thing! Nick's wooden "garden" trellis on the wall is amazing. And I think a large multi SS in the same pot would love to grow up it on those fun zig zag ways.
Insane 😍 it was definitely meant to be!!! I'm sure when you repot and get all the old substrate off, it will be easier to move her around and add a moss pole 😊
The size is insane. I don't get surprised often but omg
Since you could fit that giant beast in your home I won't ever be worried about finding space for a plant LOL😂
$50 is such a great price! And she is flawless!
wow, what a beautiful plant! I would love to find one like it here, my current quest though is a Baltic Blue Pothos.
Where’re you located? I’m up above Dallas, and both my walmart and my kroger has had them in there. If you haven’t checked there, then I’d definitely recommend it :)
@@hvonsus5725 I'm in Canada, in Toronto. Out stores here have been horrible this year for finding good plants.
I can usually, find the adult mites under the leaves, they're bigger than the eggs (or whatever the white stuff is) They're tan in color and look like crumbs, they're very still until you bump them then they start moving 👀
About staking- I also got a massive philodendron from a big box store- mine was a squamiferum about the same size as your SS. I was looking for a totem/ obelisk style metal trellis for it but ended up using 2 bamboo hoop trellises situated perpendicular to each other.
I do think a black metal trellis would look epic with your plant!
(Harriet Obelisk Trellis on Pottery Barn was what I was picturing)
FERN!!! 😳😳😳 so happy for you. You deserve this gift from the universe!!
Thank you for showing the spider mites. I wasn’t sure what they really look like.
You’re welcome 😊
Sooo happy for you ☺️☺️☺️ My Silver Sword is one of my faves and I was so sad when you had to sell your large one! Hope you put your little one with it☺️ for support I would suggest just putting her on a large moss pole (a regular ol' coco coir one and call it a day!)
Wow! Beautiful plant. Congratulations 💚💚 .. also really happy to see you wearing a mask for the chemical spray 🤩
So amazing! My little silver sword top cutting that I got now has 5 leaves and the newest one is like twice the size of the second newest one. It’s one of my favorite plants!
Are you serious? Mine is so slow 🥺 what kind of light exposure do u have for it?
@@soulfulspec I had it on the window sill of a west facing window. I’m in Montana, so it was the best light I could give it during the winter. I’ve pulled it a bit farther back from the window for the summer and we’ll see how it does!
Over the moon happy for you Fern!
It’s humongous!! Love your infectious smile and feel your passion across the oceans! Love from Australia 🇦🇺
WOW!! So happy for you! He’s gorgeous and what a great deal. Amazing good news. Must be all that good Karma coming back to you! Great video, many thanks! 👏🪴🥰
For your question about staking up the hastatum, I was thinking you could use maybe a tomato trellis since it goes all the way around the plant and can support all the vines? Or when you repot you could separate each individual plant and train it up a grape trellis (or whatever the tall triangle trellis’ are called lol) and have a wall of silver sword! Or a huge moss plank lol
Whatever you decide to do I’m sure will work out great :D
You could also use a wall trellis like what PhillyFoliage has for his big climbers. Imagine a whole wall of mature silver sword 🥺 with the soltech pendent light or something similar you could light it even when it reaches your ceiling :)
So much congratulations and thank you for the contagious enthusiasm ! I'm not a super big ariod person but I found found a curly Sue/ epiphyllum Guatemala monstress at a big-box store the other day
I'm kind of obsessed with cactus that don't look like cactus!
I am so tired of my silver sword. Ever since I first bought it has been giving me problems: leaves yellowing much faster than usual, then falling off and some sticky substance all over the stems. I just cut the whole thing off and discarded both the pot and the soil/roots and now it looks like it’s doing better on perlite and water but I don’t put many hopes on it. Whatever that plant has it’s not contagious she’s lived with at least five other plants and her companions have been chilling as always, no webbing, no bugs at all in either of the plants. I’m gonna wash her with soap and water and hope to improve her in some way.
Beautiful plant, she found the perfect home
thanks for sharing! i ordered a silver sword starter & have been looking for some video of mature plants to get an idea.
It would be so cool to put a thick plank behind the silver sword!
Yayyyy, so happy for you, she’s BEAUTIFUL! 😍
Also, the flared pants are sooo cute! Werkkkk 💅🏾
Gorgeous plant, congrats! I'd love to see it on a trellis growing up the wall 💚
You and the plant both look amazing! I love your checkered pants!! ☺
to stake the one i got from walmart which was in a 10 inch pot so pretty similar in size a little smaller. instead of using a moss pole because the plant was so big i didn’t wanna size up the pot to somethibg super huge i used bamboo sticks and tied it up to that i know moss is better so the roots can grab but for space reasons i didn’t want something so bulky because the plant is already so big. i’ve also seen people use spagmhum moss around bamboo poles and string wrapped around and they are a little better because the aren’t as bulky!!
Woah! She is a stunning Silver Sword! Congratulations Fern💚
Soo amazing 😍😍😍 for the same Sally Silver??
Just popped into my head 🤣🤣
Omg congratulations on such an irresistible find! So happy for you! Ugh such gorgeous foliage 😍
A trellis or wooden stake would be so pretty! What find! Love it congrats!
I would love a repotting video of her!
What a huge Silver Sword! Congratulations on such an amazing find.
That’s an AMAZING find. Rare to find them that big in stores.
I was super happy when I saw the video!!!! I'm so glad you found her!!!
amazing fern! i think it could be cool if you get one of the tall trellises that go up the wall and just have it climb up that!
Wowwwww Home Depot Canada!!! Even though you said bc grower I will now be stalking my Home Depot
She’s beautiful!!! What an awesome find! I would name her ✨Sadie✨ the silver sword 💞
Maybe try growing it on raw wood? I saw amazing results on others channels.
OMG! Look how gorgeous she is! I saw the reel on your Instagram, and she is just the most beautiful specimen I've seen
Oh my fcking god. Amazing. I’m speechless. Truly.
There reason I fell in love with the silver sword because I saw a mature one at a plant store and they let it grow wild with no pole and it was awesome. Id let it just do it’s thing!