Pushing Houseplant Boundaries: Trying 3 Unusual & Unique Growth Hacks! 🌿📈🔥 | From Leggy to Bushy
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Hi Plant lovers! 🌿
In today's video, I dive into the intriguing world of lesser-known plant hacks, testing them out to see if they can boost the growth of your houseplants. From the leggy ones crying out for bushier growth to the leafless plants that need a nudge to sprout new leaves, these hacks may hold the keys to transform your plant care routine.
I kick off the experiments with Keiki paste, applying it to the dormant nodes of a Manjula Pothos and a Monstera Obliqua Peru. Will it spark growth and push those nodes into action? Let's find out! Next up, I test out notching on a Philodendron White Princess. It's a trick that's said to encourage the plant to branch out - let's see if it works! Lastly, I put reflective mulch to the test on an Epipremnum Pinnatum that's been struggling to get enough light.
Each of these hacks is aimed at solving common houseplant issues and kickstarting your plants into life. But do they really work? There's only one way to find out!
If you've been looking for ways to encourage bushier growth, activate more growth, and increase light levels, this video is for you. Join me as I discover the true potential of these plant hacks. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel, give the video a thumbs up, and share it with your fellow plant lovers to spread the plant knowledge. You can also follow me on Instagram at trojanking9 for regular plant updates and tips. Let's embark on this plant journey together!
Happy Planting! 🌿🌱🍃
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:53 Testing Keiki Paste
12:44 Notching Experiment
21:18 Trying Reflective Mulch
28:14 Final Thoughts
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I love your begonia in the back!
I wonder if plain mirrors from craft stores under the pots will work? More reflective than foil and more attractive. Of course, more expensive.
I have a tall philodendron Pothos growing in a corner,it gets some light from the side,but I bought a tall narrow cheap mirror and put it against the wall to reflect any light that doesn’t reach the dark corner side of the plant,I’m convinced it works,as I can see a weaker reflection of light on that side that would be in the dark without the mirror??
Tracey, that's a brilliant idea! Mirrors would indeed be more attractive than foil and possibly even more reflective. It would be interesting to see how that works out. Do share your experience if you try it out! 💚🌿
I use survival sheets in my plant room,it is reflective for the light also maintains the temperature at night when the lights go off.
I regularly notch my jade plant and it almost always works within 1-2 weeks. I notched my Florida beauty and my variegated umbrella plant and a couple of notches worked on each of them. Simple trimmed back my adonsonaii and that reactivated old nodes too.
Love your shirt! 😍 Keiki paste is named because a baby orchid growing on the mother plant is called a Keiki. Haven’t tried notching for years but have a four ft Ficus Audrey thinking about trying it on that. The foil like you said, would reflect like a mirror. Can’t wait for up dates. 💚💚💚
Sherry, thank you! The shirt sends its love. 😄 Your experiences with Keiki paste and notching sound really interesting! Can't wait to update everyone on the progress!
@@Houseplantygoodness Oh it was 30 yrs ago lol Im excited for the results too! 🫶🏼💚💚
Great video Memo! My son did multiple notching on a fiddle leaf fig and it worked brilliantly!
Hi there, it's so good to hear that your son had success with notching on his fiddle leaf fig! Love when the plant love is a family affair! Keep up the great work!
@@Houseplantygoodness yes I’m not alone in this crazy plant world, 😆 don’t know if that’s good or bad,but we share cuttings with each other and hang out at plant nurseries! 🥰🪴🫶🏼
OMG your shirt is amazing!
Elle, isn't it just the coolest? Glad you love my shirt. Cheers! 😄
@@Houseplantygoodness great video also, but I do want that shirt haha
That was my first thought!
Fun and informative- thanks 👽
aplantprocess, happy to hear you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the support. 👽
Hey Memo! Another interesting video! I saw your title I thought you are gonna using garlic to make Phalaenopsis bloom or something. The view-driven and click-driven social media has generated a bunch of bogus “hacks” for the less experienced growers 😢.
Keiki paste is amazing, I tried it on my Thai Con node, and that did wake the node, but the growth stop after a bit, and now my Thai Con has a small knob hanging out one the base. I think if I notch it I would be able to get it active again.
I have tried to used the paste on the orchid spike tips and that definitely made a bigger show of flowers. But I won’t advise it, because it also over bloomed my orchid, and they struggle for a while because of that.
You should refrigerate your keiki paste, they last a lot longer that advised on their package in lower temperature!
Hey North, you've got me laughing at the thought of a "garlic-blooming Phalaenopsis!" You're right about the internet creating all sorts of quirky hacks, that's part of the reason I wanted to put these ones to the test - to separate fact from fiction for all our less-experienced plant friends out there.
It's super interesting to hear about your experiences with the keiki paste. That situation with your Thai Con sounds a bit bittersweet, but who knows, maybe notching could indeed bring it back to life! It's a learning journey for us all, and I appreciate you sharing your experiences.
Over-blooming sounds like a blessing and a curse for your orchids. I guess it's a good reminder that while we often want our plants to give us 'more,' there can be such a thing as too much of a good thing.
Thanks for the tip about refrigerating the keiki paste. It's little nuggets of wisdom like this that make this community so great - always helping each other out with our collective plant wisdom.
As always, it's great to have you here North. You're a key part of our plant-loving family and I always look forward to your comments. Your curiosity, insights, and shared experiences bring so much value to our community. So, keep 'em coming! Until next time, friend, happy growing!
@@Houseplantygoodness Thank you very much for the kind word Memo, you are gonna make me blush...
Dont worry about my Thai Con haha, I should have clearified that the apical shoot of that plant is extremely vigorous, and just pushed out the best looking leaf I can hope for! I think thats the keiki paste ran out of power, and the node growth got suppressed by the main growth.
Thanks for the great video. Interesting information, I would like to see the results on all experments. I have some Hoyas that have very long thick steams that couldn't use some Keiki paste. Looking forward to the next video.
Hi Natalie! So glad you found the video interesting. Your Hoyas will thank you for giving the keiki paste a try, based on if the experiment works 😅😅😅. I'm as excited as you are about the results of these experiments. Stay tuned for the next update! 💚🪴
Ive used keiki paste on my ficus tineke. I didn't want to chop it to get it bushier so I scored a couple of nodes, dried them and then added keiki paste. In 4 days I noticed some growth and it's getting bigger. Its only been a week so Ill keep you posted. I don't want to notch 😳🤞🏻😬
I do use mirrors with a few plants to try to reflect more light!
Thanks for this video. I am excited to see your results!
Btw, love your shirt!
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Hey Patty, thanks for sharing your experience with keiki paste! Your ficus tineke must be looking quite pleased with itself! It's great that you're already seeing some growth. And the mirror hack seems to be quite popular among our green community! It’s like a mini disco for your plants. Can't wait to hear more updates from you. Keep us posted! And, so glad you liked my shirt! 🪴💚
@@Houseplantygoodness I am photo documenting the progress of my tineke so I will share some pics maybe on your update video since we started around the same time.
Looking forward to the follow up on all three of these methods!! Thanks Memo😊
Dionne, I'm glad you're looking forward to the follow-up! I can't wait to share it either. Thanks for your support!
Can’t wait for the results👽🛸. Thanks for sharing Memo!
Thanks Carol, yeah me too, let's see what happens. 😅💚🌿🤞
Very cool video. Echoing what others have said: glad you try things off the beaten track (at least for indoor gardening). I have a nice rhaphidophora tetrasperma that should be a prime candidate for notching. As for the sheet of tinfoil, I was only momentarily concerned that you were about to fashion a hat for yourself....
Hey Dave, always a pleasure to read your comments! Rhaphidophora tetrasperma should respond really well to notching, considering its vigorous growth habit. Can't wait to hear how it goes! And about the tinfoil, haha, a hat would be quite the fashion statement, wouldn't it? 😆😜
Very interesting video
Nicely done and good picks. Can’t wait to see results. I notch my fruit trees, but have never thought about doing a plant other than a rubber tree. Cutting too deep would be scary to me. With a tree, you have the woody parts under the cambium layer to help prevent that.
I really want the reflective mulch thing to work, but I’m feeling “bro science” there and I know I’d make fun of friends if I saw it unless it was exponentially effective. 😂 Are you trying to keep the crazy conspiracy rays out of your plants? Save the foil for your head. (Not sure if you have the tinfoil hat thing in UK).
I’m not sure notching works on soft tissue. I’ve only heard of it being done on plants that have a woody outer layer an a cambium layer. So idk?
Richard, your input is always a joy to read! Haha, we'll see if the tinfoil hat conspiracy theories extend to plants! Fingers crossed for the reflective mulch! 🤞
I'm about to notch a Euphorbia Trigona that is a single very tall column nearly 60cm tall. I could just chop the top off but I'm curious to see if it works. Love that you are talking about these methods, it's very interesting. ps: love your shirt (and earrings, but that is every episode and I don't want to bore you with compliments, hahaha)
Interesting that Hoya was one mentioned on the label for the keike paste. Never thought to use it but I have some knobby nodes damaged from flat mites and it would be interesting to see if it helps. Very interested to see your follow up/results video on this!
I like that you don't follow many of the trends and do fresher videos that show us new things we may have never thought of or tried before. I always learn something new when watching your videos. have heard of a few of these from having certain plants.
-I have also seen Keiki paste used on Ficus plants, if they lose all their leaves it can be used to encourage new growth from each node left behind. I'm guessing it could be used on any plants that grow new leaves/stems from nodes. They do advise not to leave the plant itself in heat for the first 24 hours.
-With notching I haven't got strong enough stems yet, but I have seen it for Ficus. Mine are still quite young so I wouldn't try it yet until they were more mature as they suggest doing it on a woodier stem.
-I have also seen wrapping the stem in wire and bending it into an arch as this then encourages more growth points to form along the stem to create new branches.
-the tinfoil I have never seen it used on top of the soil itself, as wouldn't it affect the soil underneath? I have seen in used on growing shelves either under the lights or on the shelf the plants rest on to reflect the light down and up. Also on sticks or boards behind plants in the window to reflect the light back to the plant.
Hey cherie7100, aw thank you I do try 😊💚🌿, also your observations and ideas are really insightful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'll be keeping these points in mind during the experiments and follow-ups. 🌱
My grandmother kept tin foil around her plants to keep her cats from digging the soil or using it as litter. It worked cats hated the noise it made when they touched it.
I've used keiki paste on my dean mcdowell, pink princess and monstera albo cutting. Worked on all and the pink princess was the fastest, the node was activated days after the application. Just a side note for any fresh cuttings - I waited for my albo to establish a root system before I used keiki (I used rooting hormones first),. A lot of the energy can go into a node activaton, so I chose roots first. If I'm remembering correctly, different hormones activate nodes and different for roots. It took around 3 months in total to get the first leaf (mid cutting on an older stem). Wishing you good luck, but I think you've got this! 😉✌️
Chinz, that's amazing! It sounds like you've had some great results with keiki paste. I'm hoping for some of that luck with my own plants. Thanks for the encouragement! 👌
Once again a really interesting video, thanks! I have been t h i n k i n g of notching my ficus, I would like it to branch the way I want it to. If you just cut the top off, it might random things, but with notching you should 'in theory' be able to control branching better. I've watched some videos on notching ficuses and in those, they cut a whole small piece of. They made a similar cut that you did also underneath the first cut, so that you got a little piece out. I wonder if that makes any difference?
Anyways, I know exactly what I'm going to do now. I'm going to see how your experiments work, if your notching fails I will continue to t h i n k about notching my ficus, but it yours is a success, I'll give it a go! So no pressure Memo, you'll be influencing the fate of a ficus tree in Finland wether you like it of not 😂
p.s. If your notching experiment is a success and mine isn't, I will naturally blame it on you 😇
Joanna, thank you for sharing your thoughts! Notching definitely seems to have potential for greater control over plant growth. I hope my results can give you the information you need for your ficus. Don't worry, I'm ready to shoulder the responsibility... and the blame if things go sideways! 😄
I didn't try none of this, but was planning to. I will wait to see your results first 😉
Ivana, 😄 I'm excited to share the results with you when they come in!
@@Houseplantygoodness thx in advance ❤️🧡
Thanks Memo, results should be interesting👍
I’ve seen the notching done online don’t think have seen an update yet, she used a piece of plastic to keep the cut apart. 💚🌱
Hey Kathy, I think we might have seen the same video then, I remember the pieces of plastic too. let's see if mine does anything without the piece of plastic 🤔🤔🤔
@@Houseplantygoodness it’s an experiment so it’s good to do something bit different, if it works that’s great if not so be it. Lol. 💚🌱
I'm so curious how the experiments go. Thank you for testing those.
As for reflective mulch: I could also see potential in the glass drops on top of the substrate to keep away fungus gnats. Obviously they could slip in between those drops, but I think most would look elsewhere
Silvia, that's a really interesting idea about the glass drops! We'll see how the reflective mulch does first, and then maybe we can start looking into gnat deterrents. 😁
I notched at/ on the nose itself not above or under and some of those worked
🤔🤔🤔 esperando tus actualizaciones de estos experimentos 👍.....porque no ? ....nunca sabes lo que puede funcionar ! . Yo si conozco y uso el tema espejos en un lugar de mi casa con una luz media y me funciona , imagino que el papel aluminio será algo parecido ; sobre el corte si se , que mi abuelo lo hacía en frutales y otras plantas del jardín pero no recuerdo con que finalidad,lo cierto es que teníamos una finca expectacular , así que sería cual sería la finalidad de esos cortes , funcionaban 🤣 . Sobre la pasta para orquídeas, yo jamás la use , yo solo pongo musgo mojado envuelto con plástico en los nudos y da excelentes resultados ( a veces varas florales , otras keikis) . 👍💌
Tienes un gran punto: nunca se sabe qué podría funcionar hasta que lo pruebas. ¡Esa es la belleza de experimentar con plantas! Tu configuración con espejos suena intrigante, ¡me alegra que te esté funcionando! Imagino que el papel aluminio podría tener un efecto similar, de hecho.
Es encantador escuchar sobre la sabiduría de jardinería de tu abuelo. Aunque no podamos recordar los detalles, ¡es evidente que sus técnicas eran efectivas! Hay mucho que aprender de las generaciones mayores de amantes de las plantas.
¡Tu método de cuidado de las orquídeas suena realmente interesante! El musgo puede ser una gran manera de fomentar el crecimiento, parece que lo tienes dominado a la perfección. ¡Muchas gracias por compartir tus experiencias, siempre es esclarecedor escuchar diferentes enfoques. ¡Feliz crecimiento! 🌿
Tin foil… who the hell came up with that?!
Hey Tanya, lol, right? Tin foil definitely isn't the first thing that comes to mind when we think about plant care! 🤣
Omg! Does Utube not allow knives? 🤔 That is crazy!
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