For some reason, with this particular video, I could envision you as a nurse on a ward, going from room to room, keeping up-to-date on the needs and goals of each occupant. I doubt you think of your plants as patients but it is so wonderful that your hospital skill set found another outlet. And that we all benefit from how meticulous you are. And that you are so generous in sharing what you're learning. Thank you, Melissa!
Thank you Kathleen 🫶 haha it does feel that way in a sense and nursing taught me soo much. If something isn't right with a plant then I try to figure out what happened and how to treat it lol.
The flamingo pot is adorable. Everyone seems to be doing good 💯 You take such good care of your plants. I hope you are taking time for yourself in between all the work you're doing.?! 😊
Your voice is too soothing. I was trying so hard to watch this video in bed last night and I fell asleep twice lol Now I’m watching it for real this time at 10 AM 😂
Thank you, Melissa! Love your videos (I originally found you on IG). So informative. Question. Can your potting mix be used for most all houseplants? Not just aroids?
I swear highly variegated aureas just BROWN for a living... It's ridiculous lol. I have a Thai and Albo with full moon leaves on each and they don't have a single brown spot. Yet my aurea who gets the exact same care, light, etc BROWNSSSSS every time a new leaf starts popping out. It get worse when that new leaf starts hardening. They're like the Alocasia of Monstera. Also, your roots might be great but the previous leaves will always brown and it's pushing a new one... I also checked the roots the first time it happened and they were pristine... the leaves on te other hand, not so much
Omg I’m sorry I’ve been watching you channel for the longest -over a year easy -and I just subscribed!! I didn’t realize I wasn’t subscribed this whole time 🤦🏽♀️💚
Hi Melissa, I had been following you. Thanks for sharing your tips in taking care plants. I bought your soil mix for moss pole and the other mix. Oh boy they’re not cheap. 😀 I would like to buy plants. What was your website?
You're welcome! You bought the mixes on my site? It's plantsbymelissa.com. I struggled with pricing but I have to buy a lot of ingredients to make the aroid mix. The tree fern is pretty expensive but I love having it in there. Plants I drop every Friday unless I have to skip weeks.
Your micans aurea looks so much like my melanochrysum; same thing with the travel leaf and the first leaf after settling in looking strange. I am so glad I am not alone, thank you! :)
@@plantsbymelissa it is beautiful! I had one in the past and she quickly perished 😂 but that was before I grew plants in semi hydro. Keep us posted on her progress!
Thank you so much! I have a couple of them! This one is Miranda Frye and it's probably 7 or 8 years old now. It's a separate charm and chain I bought on her site and I recently bought a cheap amazon one that seems good quality! www.amazon.com/dp/B08NX9NF6J?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmeli0992-20&creativeASIN=B08NX9NF6J&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.28G78RPV4GOB7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin&th=1 mirandafrye.com/products/alpha-necklace?_pos=5&_sid=81bc70ca2&_ss=r
I was using a shovel outside and slipped on it so I fell back on my arm when I hit the ground. It's been about 3 weeks now so it's slowly getting better 😄
My son gifted me a monstera albo cutting for Mother’s Day. I am currently rooting it in water in my prop box. I know he paid a lot for it and I’m terrified that I’m going to do something wrong. I see in this video you have at least one of your albos in pon. Would you recommend that I put mine in pon after I get root development or do you prefer your aroid mix? Your videos are so very helpful!!
aw that's so sweet of him! 🥹 what a nice gift and thank you 🫶 Are you comfortable growing in pon? Mine loves it but it's my only monstera in pon so I was sorta just testing it out to see how it would do but it's really happy. I would definitely consider doing another in pon but I really love my aroid mix for monsteras haha. If you're comfortable with pon and want to give it a go I think it would really like it based off my experience with mine but definitely do what you feel is best! 💖
@@plantsbymelissa thanks so much for your advice and for answering me. I have started alcocasia in pon and they seem to be doing ok. If I purchased your aroid mix would the small bag be enough for a one leaf rooted albo?
I've always known mine to be a syngonium frosted heart and never knew it was a syngonium chiapense frosted heart until recently 😂 If you want a regular green chiapense I wouldn't get one that says a frosted heart but I can see this one being mislabled easily. I think the frosted heart also goes by ice frost.
Gorgeous plants Melissa! And as for your Roseopicta I'm glad you saved it in time...mine's on the brink of death....don't know where I went wrong cos ALL of my other calatheas are happy. So will follow your lead and take it out of the pon and just put it in water after checking that the roots are OK. Your plants are in such good hands with your expert and thorough care. If I was closer, I'd be broke cos I'd be buying plants from you ALL THE TIME hahahahahaha 🥰🫢
lol you're so sweet! sorry about yours too! I'm still not sure what happened with her. Some of her roots were rotted so I'm thinking maybe dry rot possibly. I have been really on the under watering side lately. She didn't grow much this winter at all. I think she'll rehab back in water and I'll try pon out for her. I would definitely check the roots out and hoping yours comes back here for you 🫶
I'm happy I just found the biggest leaf on a surviving outdoor hosta on what was my mom's and my mother in laws hosta different varieties. I'm in love. Makes me feel they are still here in some way. My mom passed in 2016 and my mother in law in 2020.
Hey Melissa, Great video! I wanted to ask about your marantas you grow semi hydro. Do you give them a rest after the water in the reservoir is used up or do you just refill it? Just started semi hydro and what better person to ask then you lol
I’m making a pon video very soon! I’ll definitely share what I’ve learned so far but I usually water them over the top and for newly established ones I don’t leave a lot of water in the reservoir right away. Once they root and grow a bit more then I will add more. Sometimes they go dry but the pon is still moist.
When all those Alocasias bloom, do they stink? My Dragon Scale has bloomed twice lately and it's stinks so bad I have to cut the flowers off before they ripen. I have a 4 bedroom 2 story house and this thing stinks up the whole house! Also, it is sending out 3 blooms from one cataphyl? Is that normal? I love all your marantas! I have been buying them because yours look so lovely!! That Calathea Makoyana needs a pedestal table! It's gorgeous!!
I honestly haven't noticed much of a smell with the blooms. I try to cut them off before they open up but now I am considering trying to pollinate one of them. I'll have to see if I can smell anything lol. Yes! I get multiple blooms like that come in all the time 🫠 and thank you!! I really need to get her a pedestal 🫶
Most of the larger pots are my aroid mix or my old soil mix with fox farm. I don't use that old recipe anymore but anything new I repot goes into the soil free mix.
Thanks. I have to tell you about my mess I made yesterday. I repotted my brand new Golden pothos in pon and a moss pole. About 4 hours later decided to move it. Without thinking,picked it up by the pole!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ You can imagine the mess. I blame it on the fact I hadn’t had my afternoon coffee. 🤣🤣🤣
I just threw out my krimson princess because I took a look at it and it was covered with mealies. I hadn’t looked at it in a while. I was actually horrified. So it immediately went in the garbage. It also had ants running around in the pot so I’m not sure what was attracting them.
oh no I'm sorry! 😢 mealies are so annoying to deal with so sometimes it's not worth the hassle. Was anything blooming above it? Some sap might have dripped in there.
@@plantsbymelissa no nothing blooming above it but my multiflora is coming in with the peduncle growing. The ants are never around that plant. I’m going to get some of that new bug spray that kills because it affects their nervous system. No harm to people or pets. I can’t figure where they are coming from.
I showed it in my houseplant tour that was the most recent - I chopped it back though to have props for the shop so it's about half as long but it'll grow back in no time.
@@plantsbymelissa Youre welcome! They smell a bit like hyacinth... very intense and awesome! One of mine bloomed last year for the first time and I got it at my bedroom window.
For some reason, with this particular video, I could envision you as a nurse on a ward, going from room to room, keeping up-to-date on the needs and goals of each occupant. I doubt you think of your plants as patients but it is so wonderful that your hospital skill set found another outlet. And that we all benefit from how meticulous you are. And that you are so generous in sharing what you're learning. Thank you, Melissa!
Thank you Kathleen 🫶 haha it does feel that way in a sense and nursing taught me soo much. If something isn't right with a plant then I try to figure out what happened and how to treat it lol.
@@plantsbymelissa I agree, observation of your plants are their needs are extremely important in plant keeping.
I thought you might be a nurse and oh my goodness you are! We have many nurses in our family thank you for all you do!! ❤
The flamingo pot is adorable. Everyone seems to be doing good 💯 You take such good care of your plants. I hope you are taking time for yourself in between all the work you're doing.?! 😊
Your voice is too soothing. I was trying so hard to watch this video in bed last night and I fell asleep twice lol
Now I’m watching it for real this time at 10 AM 😂
I got to your site 10 min after it opened and everything sold out 🤣 I'll have to try again ! so happy for you 💚☺️
You known its going to be good when kitties are in the intro 😊 so excited for this!
haha they were napping when I filmed but they did get the zoomies after we got back lol. Thanks for watching! 🥰
Thank you, Melissa! Love your videos (I originally found you on IG). So informative. Question. Can your potting mix be used for most all houseplants? Not just aroids?
I swear highly variegated aureas just BROWN for a living... It's ridiculous lol. I have a Thai and Albo with full moon leaves on each and they don't have a single brown spot. Yet my aurea who gets the exact same care, light, etc BROWNSSSSS every time a new leaf starts popping out. It get worse when that new leaf starts hardening. They're like the Alocasia of Monstera.
Also, your roots might be great but the previous leaves will always brown and it's pushing a new one... I also checked the roots the first time it happened and they were pristine... the leaves on te other hand, not so much
Loving your TPD tshirt! 🫶🏻 I was able to snag one of your Hoyas with this sale, I’m so excited!
Thank you!! I appreciate you so much for buying a plant 🥹🫶🏻
You are so awesome..! Your plants are just so beautiful..!
I’m new sub so sorry if you already have but can you window direction North, south etc. and what plants you have in that room. If that makes sense
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Had to fast forward past your calatheas! I just can’t with them, even the pretty ones !
What is the arched pole grow light over your Variegated Alocasia?
👀 spy your TTPD shirt 🤍🩶🖤🫶🏼
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Omg I’m sorry I’ve been watching you channel for the longest -over a year easy -and I just subscribed!! I didn’t realize I wasn’t subscribed this whole time 🤦🏽♀️💚
Love you channel and your collection just for the record! Lol
Hi Melissa, I had been following you. Thanks for sharing your tips in taking care plants. I bought your soil mix for moss pole and the other mix. Oh boy they’re not cheap. 😀 I would like to buy plants. What was your website?
You're welcome! You bought the mixes on my site? It's plantsbymelissa.com. I struggled with pricing but I have to buy a lot of ingredients to make the aroid mix. The tree fern is pretty expensive but I love having it in there. Plants I drop every Friday unless I have to skip weeks.
Your micans aurea looks so much like my melanochrysum; same thing with the travel leaf and the first leaf after settling in looking strange. I am so glad I am not alone, thank you! :)
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The zebrina in the flamingo pot is so adorable
thank you it's so cute! I really love the combo together. The zebrina is so pretty in person I cannot believe I've never had one before 😍
@@plantsbymelissa it is beautiful! I had one in the past and she quickly perished 😂 but that was before I grew plants in semi hydro. Keep us posted on her progress!
Such a relaxing video! Also where is your initial necklace from? ❤
Thank you so much! I have a couple of them! This one is Miranda Frye and it's probably 7 or 8 years old now. It's a separate charm and chain I bought on her site and I recently bought a cheap amazon one that seems good quality!
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Girl, I don’t know how you take care of all those huge plants. I am exhausted just on the babies I have. 😅
It's a lot some weeks 😅 esp with all the shop plants. Everyone dries out so quickly 🫠
Melissa, What did you do to your arm? It's all bandaged up? Hope it's not serious?
I was using a shovel outside and slipped on it so I fell back on my arm when I hit the ground. It's been about 3 weeks now so it's slowly getting better 😄
Love your shirt! It’s making me wish I bought it. Might have to go back and add to cart lol
It's really cute I love the backside. I need to wash mine to shrink it some I wanted it oversized but should have gotten it smaller haha.
Have you seen the outer variegated hoya australis? It's so pretty 🤤
ooh I don't think I have..I'll have to do a search! 👀
your SEO score is good.
My son gifted me a monstera albo cutting for Mother’s Day. I am currently rooting it in water in my prop box. I know he paid a lot for it and I’m terrified that I’m going to do something wrong. I see in this video you have at least one of your albos in pon. Would you recommend that I put mine in pon after I get root development or do you prefer your aroid mix? Your videos are so very helpful!!
aw that's so sweet of him! 🥹 what a nice gift and thank you 🫶 Are you comfortable growing in pon? Mine loves it but it's my only monstera in pon so I was sorta just testing it out to see how it would do but it's really happy. I would definitely consider doing another in pon but I really love my aroid mix for monsteras haha. If you're comfortable with pon and want to give it a go I think it would really like it based off my experience with mine but definitely do what you feel is best! 💖
@@plantsbymelissa thanks so much for your advice and for answering me. I have started alcocasia in pon and they seem to be doing ok. If I purchased your aroid mix would the small bag be enough for a one leaf rooted albo?
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ugh.....for the life of me I cannot get a prayer plant to grow for me ( I do LECA). why is this so hard?
I'm so sorry :( What do you feed with?
@@plantsbymelissa I use Growth Technology.
I have wanted a Chiapense since seeing yours but when doing a search I get confusing results. How do I know that what is get is a Chiapense?
I've always known mine to be a syngonium frosted heart and never knew it was a syngonium chiapense frosted heart until recently 😂 If you want a regular green chiapense I wouldn't get one that says a frosted heart but I can see this one being mislabled easily. I think the frosted heart also goes by ice frost.
@@plantsbymelissa I definitely want the frosted! Yours convinced me of that lol
Oh no! What happened to your arm?! ❤
I was using a shovel and I slipped so when I fell I landed on my arm. It's doing better but trying not to over use it! 🫶
Gorgeous plants Melissa! And as for your Roseopicta I'm glad you saved it in time...mine's on the brink of death....don't know where I went wrong cos ALL of my other calatheas are happy. So will follow your lead and take it out of the pon and just put it in water after checking that the roots are OK. Your plants are in such good hands with your expert and thorough care. If I was closer, I'd be broke cos I'd be buying plants from you ALL THE TIME hahahahahaha 🥰🫢
lol you're so sweet! sorry about yours too! I'm still not sure what happened with her. Some of her roots were rotted so I'm thinking maybe dry rot possibly. I have been really on the under watering side lately. She didn't grow much this winter at all. I think she'll rehab back in water and I'll try pon out for her. I would definitely check the roots out and hoping yours comes back here for you 🫶
So many beauties! Do you sleep? 😂 impressive how many you manage to keep healthy
How is your arm maam? Hope you are fine ❤ Take care.
It's getting better! Thanks for asking!! 🫶
Excited to see all the new growth and very excited to get my plantsss 😊
Thank you so much for your purchase! I had so much fun packing all the plants up 🥰
@@plantsbymelissa you’re welcome 🥰
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That flamingo pot is so cute 😀 Your plants are taking off 😀🇨🇦
Oh gosh, your plants are BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thank you so much!
I'm so jealous of your plants. You got snake plants to bloom ❤.
🥹 I've had those for a while though! My sayuri is over 3 years and my other one is probably 12 years old now haha. It's my oldest plant!
@plantsbymelissa that's awesome though for me it's rare to see them bloom at all.
I'm happy I just found the biggest leaf on a surviving outdoor hosta on what was my mom's and my mother in laws hosta different varieties. I'm in love. Makes me feel they are still here in some way. My mom passed in 2016 and my mother in law in 2020.
Hey Melissa,
Great video! I wanted to ask about your marantas you grow semi hydro. Do you give them a rest after the water in the reservoir is used up or do you just refill it? Just started semi hydro and what better person to ask then you lol
I’m making a pon video very soon! I’ll definitely share what I’ve learned so far but I usually water them over the top and for newly established ones I don’t leave a lot of water in the reservoir right away. Once they root and grow a bit more then I will add more. Sometimes they go dry but the pon is still moist.
Beautiful plant 🥰😍👍👍👍
Oh..so happy your a swiftie 🥰
Great update Melissa! Your monstera adansonii is grand; is it just a regular form?
I'm honestly not sure - I purchased it at Lowe's a long time ago as a monkey mask haha but I just know it to be a regular adansonii.
When all those Alocasias bloom, do they stink? My Dragon Scale has bloomed twice lately and it's stinks so bad I have to cut the flowers off before they ripen. I have a 4 bedroom 2 story house and this thing stinks up the whole house! Also, it is sending out 3 blooms from one cataphyl? Is that normal? I love all your marantas! I have been buying them because yours look so lovely!! That Calathea Makoyana needs a pedestal table! It's gorgeous!!
I honestly haven't noticed much of a smell with the blooms. I try to cut them off before they open up but now I am considering trying to pollinate one of them. I'll have to see if I can smell anything lol. Yes! I get multiple blooms like that come in all the time 🫠 and thank you!! I really need to get her a pedestal 🫶
@@plantsbymelissa Oh trust me, you would notice! Best of luck with the pollinating.
What substrate do you use in your very large pots? Your chunky mix? Plant room looks like a place to live with my coffee. Lol
Most of the larger pots are my aroid mix or my old soil mix with fox farm. I don't use that old recipe anymore but anything new I repot goes into the soil free mix.
Thanks. I have to tell you about my mess I made yesterday. I repotted my brand new Golden pothos in pon and a moss pole. About 4 hours later decided to move it. Without thinking,picked it up by the pole!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ You can imagine the mess. I blame it on the fact I hadn’t had my afternoon coffee. 🤣🤣🤣
Oooooh I love that you have lizards in your yard. I would love that 💚
We have SOO many the cats love them haha. They climb on our patio screen all the time so they like to sit and watch them.
I wish I could of gotten an anthurium baby from your last drop😅
I was like 30 minutes too late :(
aw I'm sorry. I still have so many left. I'm only selling about 10-15 a drop until they're gone so I'll have more for my next one! 🥹🥹
They sell out too quick, it’s almost unfair 😅
I just threw out my krimson princess because I took a look at it and it was covered with mealies. I hadn’t looked at it in a while. I was actually horrified. So it immediately went in the garbage. It also had ants running around in the pot so I’m not sure what was attracting them.
oh no I'm sorry! 😢 mealies are so annoying to deal with so sometimes it's not worth the hassle. Was anything blooming above it? Some sap might have dripped in there.
@@plantsbymelissa no nothing blooming above it but my multiflora is coming in with the peduncle growing. The ants are never around that plant. I’m going to get some of that new bug spray that kills because it affects their nervous system. No harm to people or pets. I can’t figure where they are coming from.
i love the shirt!
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A very pretty Zebrina
Always so many plant chores. Would love to see an update of the Linearis you repot quite a while ago
I showed it in my houseplant tour that was the most recent - I chopped it back though to have props for the shop so it's about half as long but it'll grow back in no time.
@@plantsbymelissa Will go back to that video. I must have missed it doing my own planty things🤣
The blooms of the snakeplants just open and smell at night! Try to sniff at it when the flowers are open for a few hours
ah okay! I haven't tried smelling them at night. I'll have to do that , thank you!
@@plantsbymelissa Youre welcome! They smell a bit like hyacinth... very intense and awesome! One of mine bloomed last year for the first time and I got it at my bedroom window.
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It's always a delight 😊
So sweet thank you!! 🥹💕
The mealies haunt me too!
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7:02 I do too. It’s gorgeous 😊
They’re so pretty! 😍