That was a great tutorial! You definitely have a green thumb. I learned a while back that hydrangeas are very hard to kill. They are the best plants even for beginners. 😂❤
Thank you so much. Yes, they seem to tick all the boxes for beginners to boost confidence. They’re easy to care for, easy to propagate and require almost no pruning. Definitely a must have for everyone 😊
Thank you, l purchased 16 hydrangeas for $2 and 6 other ones for $6.30. Some have blooms after soak and some have vibrant leaves with no flower. Many have wilted leaves , heads and firm stems. I am a little scared to cut off good looking blooms.
You don’t have to cut off the blooms if they look like they’ll be okay. If some still have wilted leaves, after the 24hr soak, just cut those leaves off that didn’t perk back up. They will make more.
Great results. I’ve done this quite a few times too. I brought back a smoke bush that looked as bad as it could be. It was on the clearance rack at Home Depot. I brought it home, removed almost all the leaves, cut the branches back, and it was only about 18” high at that point. I soaked it for 24 hours, left it in the pot for about a week, then planted in the ground. Two seasons later, it’s approaching 6 feet. My husband didn’t believe it could come back. But for $8, it was worth the try. I also go back to the clearance racks first to get some bargains.
I love those moments when you find a good deal. Gives me such a thrill buying something others think is dead (so it’s priced next to nothing) and knowing I could easily bring it back. Makes me feel like I know a secret trick or something..but it’s just water lol. All the poor things need is water 😄
Hello garden friend. My mind is blown! Amazing tutorial and easily explained! I bet if those plants could jump up and give you a hug they would!😂 Thank you, your video was so useful and I will certainly apply this method when I purchase a “sick” hydrangea from the “death rack’’ at my local big box garden center. I do have a question…when do you fertilize the plant?
lol @ “death rack”. I love your sense of humor. Following you for sure! 😁 I don’t fertilize till they’ve filled back in again like you see at the end there. That way I know that any green they put on will be something they can handle on their own. They have an amazing way of being able to balance growth above ground with what’s below the soil. If you add nitrogen too early, it could be an added stress because it will make them put on green that will be difficult for their roots to support. The leaves will be writing checks the roots can’t cash, if you get my drift. So I let them find their equilibrium first before I start to push them again to put on growth. I hope that made sense.
Gotta love reviving the neglected plants. My old Lowes tried, but often had lots of plants on clearance. My new lowes is bad at takung care of their plants and putting them in clearance.
It’s seems to be a thing with all lowes garden centers. I think they buy so much inventory that the workers can’t keep up. I asked once why they do that and the manager told me that corporate determines stock so they never actually see the results of their overstocking the shelves… it’s all to our benefit though 🤷♀️
I bought a seaside serenade and french elf for cheap, they were in the brink of death, tried your method and they perked up nicely, wooo hoo! Thank you ❤
Till it leafs out or you’re ready to plant it out. Don’t use bowels like I did there, like I mentioned, I had run out of saucers. I recently found out they sell plastic saucers at the dollar store (three pack for a $1). Buy those. What your doing with the two inches of water is that your making a self watering conditioner. It just wicks up water as it needs it, so you can keep the saucer under the pot indefinitely. Saucers are great because it eliminates the possibility of overwatering. You let your plant decide when and if, it needs water.
Not for hydrangeas and other moisture loving plants. And it’s only the very bottom of the pot that’s actually in the water, the rest of the pot is out of the water. What you’re essentially doing is making a self watering container. That’s how self watering containers work. The water gets wicked up through capillary action as the plant uses the water that’s in the soil already. So the soil just stays moist consistently. Hydrangeas love that since their natural habitat is by the beach where the soil is always moist. I hope that cleared things up 😊 Btw, you wouldn’t do this with drought tolerant things whose natural habitat is a drier habitat. Plants that evolved in desert conditions, like succulents, would rot.
Hello! I tried this multiple times as my blooms were wilting and beginning to brown. It seemed to work, but the blooms wilted again overnight. I just left them for two days and upon unconvering them, the blooms are now completely browned. What do you make of this? Thank you!
I’m not sure.. they recovered and then wilted again? It could be any number of things. Was it in the sun? Are you in a super hot/dry climate? You’re not supposed to keep it submerged in water for two days straight, instead of overnight, you could have damaged the roots. Try taking it out of the pot and taking a look at what’s going on in the pot. Are the roots still white and firm Or mushy? If they are mushy, you’ll have to quickly wash off all that mush or it will spread. If they are still white, that’s good 👍, it could just be the heat wave we had. My very mature, established hydrangeas have crispy flowers after this heat wave. I couldn’t keep them hydrated no matter how much I tried. So it could be any number of things. Do some investigating and see.
@Garden-Oasis thank you! By the way, it is recently potted so I had to modify your setup. I watered it well then covered it and tucked the bag into the dirt. It was humid with full droplets of water on the leaves. This little greenhouse is amazing! The browned petals were at the top where I suspect it got toooooo hot. I'm afraid to dig it up since it was just planted and struggling...I will report back soon-for science! :)
Someone through a hydrangea plant away. I pulled it out of the trash and did my bed pulling off dead things that were brown. I wondering if that a disease? I hate seeing beautuful things that are alive trashed. Alls we can do is try. I will do this technically tomorrow. Thank you.
Could be a disease but chances are it’s a water issue. If you do this method and it doesn’t come back because it actually was a disease, you’ve lost nothing, right? It couldn’t hurt to give it a shot and try to save the poor thing. Good luck! I hope you succeed 😊
great video! where do you recommend I put my plant for the 24 hour soak if I don’t get much shade at my house? would it be alright in the garage? also, should I plant them in my flower bed/garden or should I plant them in a separate pot outside where I can move the pot around to more shaded areas? i live in texas so it gets really hot and sunny
The garage will do wonderfully. And I’d recommend a pot at first because these stressed plants have lost most of their root system due to the drought conditions. They’ll need time to regrow their roots back before they’ll be able to handle the drying effects of the sun. And even when planting out after they’ve recovered, I’d be careful about putting them in too much sun in Texas. There’s always a side of the house that gets shade for most of the day, I’m thinking that spot would be your best bet of them thriving.
I’m in Southern Arizona and my daughter bought me some for Mother’s Day. So far I’ve kept them alive. Just repotted them yesterday. But 3 of the blooms have flower petals that are crispy and brown. I was going to cut them. Not sure if I should now?? How long do you leave them in the 2 inches of water after you take them out of the garbage bag. also? (I will note that I’m keeping them inside, and only taking them outside in the morning since it’s so hot and dry here. Lol)
The 1-2 inches is just to make a self watering container. The water wicks up as the hydrangea drinks the water that’s in the soil already. It prevents the soil from ever drying out and it prevents overwatering since the soil jut stays moist, which is ideal for hydrangeas. This is how self watering containers work. Through capillary action of the water. So you can do this till you plant them out, just as you’d use a self watering container. They sell really cheap plastic saucers at the dollar store so I’ve been recommending those. Hydrangeas need to be outside so try the bottom watering while placing them in a shaded spot. The best place I’ve found is the north side of your house. I don’t know for sure if it’ll work but give it a shot for a day or two and see what happens. Good luck 👍 😊
That would have been nice but in my lowes, the workers have been instructed to not let you take things they’ve thrown out, even if you offer to buy it. That actually happened to me once. I passed on a plant on the clearance rack and then went back ten min later to get it but it was already in the dumpster. I asked the worker if I could still buy it since I had just been looking at it and he said he’d already put it in the system as a loss so it had to be thrown out. Then I asked if I could just take it and he was like no it has to go to the dump now, it’s policy. Crazy..
Not for hydrangeas. Like I mentioned in the video, I had just added water so most of that water was drunk by the plant that same day. What was left was just a small bit (about two inches) at the bottom after it had drunk it. If it hadn’t drunk it all, I’d have poured out a bit till there was about one or two inches at the bottom. Think of it this way, if you divide your pot into four equal parts, you’ll want only one of those parts to have water rise to. The rest of the root system will be out of the water but still have access to the water if it needs it. This is how self watering containers work. Hope that made sense
What if the plant is already in the ground? I purchased several hydrangeas and 1 wilted after planting. “Picture this” said that the plant was overwatered and lacking sun. Although I planted it in mostly sunny area. I figured it was shock. But then the leaves started drying. Help please!
These are better in dappled shade. It’s suffering in the spot you have it. Sounds like it’s dying. You have to dig it up and move it to a spot that has more shade or put it in pot to grow out for a while till it’s bigger and can handle more stress. Digging it up will also answer the question of whether it’s getting too much water or not enough because the sun is drying it out faster than it can pull up water. If you dig it up and the roots have turned mushy or dark in color, it was too much water. Wash off the dead roots as much as you can, Put it in a container with fresh potting soil and put it in a shady spot to recover. If you dig it up and the roots are bone dry, pot it up and follow the steps in the video.
I am a clearance rack junkie ! 😁 Now I'm ready for hydrangeas. ❤❤❤ Thank you !
Me too!! 😁 nothing like the feeling of looking at a plant and knowing you pulled it right out of the clutches of certain death
This was excellent! Great job. Thanks for all the info.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to comment 😊
That was a great tutorial! You definitely have a green thumb. I learned a while back that hydrangeas are very hard to kill. They are the best plants even for beginners. 😂❤
Thank you so much. Yes, they seem to tick all the boxes for beginners to boost confidence. They’re easy to care for, easy to propagate and require almost no pruning. Definitely a must have for everyone 😊
Thank you, l purchased 16 hydrangeas for $2 and 6 other ones for $6.30. Some have blooms after soak and some have vibrant leaves with no flower. Many have wilted leaves , heads and firm stems. I am a little scared to cut off good looking blooms.
You don’t have to cut off the blooms if they look like they’ll be okay. If some still have wilted leaves, after the 24hr soak, just cut those leaves off that didn’t perk back up. They will make more.
@@Garden-Oasisthank you, l may have to buy some pans to water in since they're fragile. Thank you again
@@Theblackbumblebee your very welcome 😊 happy to help. Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any further questions. Good luck 🤗
Thank you for the great tips! I just purchased 2 dehydrated hydrangeas for $2 today. You gave me so much hope ❤
So glad I could help! 😊 let me know if you come across an issue I didn’t cover, I’ll be happy to help, if I can 👍
Great results. I’ve done this quite a few times too. I brought back a smoke bush that looked as bad as it could be. It was on the clearance rack at Home Depot. I brought it home, removed almost all the leaves, cut the branches back, and it was only about 18” high at that point. I soaked it for 24 hours, left it in the pot for about a week, then planted in the ground. Two seasons later, it’s approaching 6 feet. My husband didn’t believe it could come back. But for $8, it was worth the try.
I also go back to the clearance racks first to get some bargains.
I love those moments when you find a good deal. Gives me such a thrill buying something others think is dead (so it’s priced next to nothing) and knowing I could easily bring it back. Makes me feel like I know a secret trick or something..but it’s just water lol. All the poor things need is water 😄
My hydrangea's are starting to come out. Great tip!
Mine too! I can’t wait for spring to come! Thanks for watching 😊
Wow! Very excellent information. Thank you.❤😊
I’m so glad you found it useful. And thanks to you as well for taking the time to comment 😊
Hello garden friend. My mind is blown! Amazing tutorial and easily explained! I bet if those plants could jump up and give you a hug they would!😂 Thank you, your video was so useful and I will certainly apply this method when I purchase a “sick” hydrangea from the “death rack’’ at my local big box garden center. I do have a question…when do you fertilize the plant?
lol @ “death rack”. I love your sense of humor. Following you for sure! 😁
I don’t fertilize till they’ve filled back in again like you see at the end there. That way I know that any green they put on will be something they can handle on their own. They have an amazing way of being able to balance growth above ground with what’s below the soil. If you add nitrogen too early, it could be an added stress because it will make them put on green that will be difficult for their roots to support. The leaves will be writing checks the roots can’t cash, if you get my drift. So I let them find their equilibrium first before I start to push them again to put on growth. I hope that made sense.
Thank you so much. Such valuable information. Thank you for your support. I subbed you as well. Happy gardening!
@@silverteagardens8523 my pleasure 😊 and thank you so much for your support. You didn’t have to but I appreciate that you did 🤗 have a wonderful day
Wow!! I can't wait to try this method this summer! I always go to the discount plant rack first. Thank you!
You’re very welcome! I’m glad this video will help someone out there. 😊👍
Gotta love reviving the neglected plants. My old Lowes tried, but often had lots of plants on clearance. My new lowes is bad at takung care of their plants and putting them in clearance.
It’s seems to be a thing with all lowes garden centers. I think they buy so much inventory that the workers can’t keep up. I asked once why they do that and the manager told me that corporate determines stock so they never actually see the results of their overstocking the shelves… it’s all to our benefit though 🤷♀️
I bought a seaside serenade and french elf for cheap, they were in the brink of death, tried your method and they perked up nicely, wooo hoo! Thank you ❤
You’re very welcome! Cheers! 😊
@@Garden-Oasisthank you again for posting this, now I can't wait going on the hunt for more 🥰😀
Good work and good video!
Thank you so much! I appreciate you taking the time to comment 😊
Thanks for the tips ❤❤
Of course!! Thanks for taking the time to comment 😊
Amazing, thank you
So glad you found it useful. 😊 thanks for taking the time to comment ☺️
Buy it cheap and revive. Cool.
Absolutely! 😊👍🌸
I love your videos!!❤❤❤ make more please! I had a hydrangea that wilted and I thought it was going to die, but I revived it💜 thanks to
Thank you! I’m so glad you like them. I’m definitely going to continue, I’m having so much fun making them 😊
it is working!! thank you so much
You're very welcome! 😊 enjoy 👍
I have a planted hydrangea that looks like this. What would you recommend? It’s the first season and it’s a Pop Star.
I’m t might be in a bit more sun than it can handle in that spot. Is it in dappled shade or full sun?
After you do the 24hour treatment, how long do you keep it in the 2” of water?
Till it leafs out or you’re ready to plant it out. Don’t use bowels like I did there, like I mentioned, I had run out of saucers. I recently found out they sell plastic saucers at the dollar store (three pack for a $1). Buy those.
What your doing with the two inches of water is that your making a self watering conditioner. It just wicks up water as it needs it, so you can keep the saucer under the pot indefinitely. Saucers are great because it eliminates the possibility of overwatering. You let your plant decide when and if, it needs water.
Ok, thank you.
Won’t leaving it in water cause root rot?
Not for hydrangeas and other moisture loving plants. And it’s only the very bottom of the pot that’s actually in the water, the rest of the pot is out of the water. What you’re essentially doing is making a self watering container. That’s how self watering containers work. The water gets wicked up through capillary action as the plant uses the water that’s in the soil already. So the soil just stays moist consistently. Hydrangeas love that since their natural habitat is by the beach where the soil is always moist. I hope that cleared things up 😊
Btw, you wouldn’t do this with drought tolerant things whose natural habitat is a drier habitat. Plants that evolved in desert conditions, like succulents, would rot.
Hello! I tried this multiple times as my blooms were wilting and beginning to brown. It seemed to work, but the blooms wilted again overnight. I just left them for two days and upon unconvering them, the blooms are now completely browned. What do you make of this? Thank you!
I’m not sure.. they recovered and then wilted again? It could be any number of things. Was it in the sun? Are you in a super hot/dry climate? You’re not supposed to keep it submerged in water for two days straight, instead of overnight, you could have damaged the roots. Try taking it out of the pot and taking a look at what’s going on in the pot. Are the roots still white and firm Or mushy? If they are mushy, you’ll have to quickly wash off all that mush or it will spread. If they are still white, that’s good 👍, it could just be the heat wave we had. My very mature, established hydrangeas have crispy flowers after this heat wave. I couldn’t keep them hydrated no matter how much I tried. So it could be any number of things. Do some investigating and see.
@Garden-Oasis thank you! By the way, it is recently potted so I had to modify your setup. I watered it well then covered it and tucked the bag into the dirt. It was humid with full droplets of water on the leaves. This little greenhouse is amazing! The browned petals were at the top where I suspect it got toooooo hot. I'm afraid to dig it up since it was just planted and struggling...I will report back soon-for science! :)
Someone through a hydrangea plant away. I pulled it out of the trash and did my bed pulling off dead things that were brown. I wondering if that a disease?
I hate seeing beautuful things that are alive trashed. Alls we can do is try. I will do this technically tomorrow. Thank you.
Could be a disease but chances are it’s a water issue. If you do this method and it doesn’t come back because it actually was a disease, you’ve lost nothing, right? It couldn’t hurt to give it a shot and try to save the poor thing. Good luck! I hope you succeed 😊
great video! where do you recommend I put my plant for the 24 hour soak if I don’t get much shade at my house? would it be alright in the garage?
also, should I plant them in my flower bed/garden or should I plant them in a separate pot outside where I can move the pot around to more shaded areas? i live in texas so it gets really hot and sunny
The garage will do wonderfully. And I’d recommend a pot at first because these stressed plants have lost most of their root system due to the drought conditions. They’ll need time to regrow their roots back before they’ll be able to handle the drying effects of the sun. And even when planting out after they’ve recovered, I’d be careful about putting them in too much sun in Texas. There’s always a side of the house that gets shade for most of the day, I’m thinking that spot would be your best bet of them thriving.
I’m in Southern Arizona and my daughter bought me some for Mother’s Day. So far I’ve kept them alive. Just repotted them yesterday. But 3 of the blooms have flower petals that are crispy and brown. I was going to cut them. Not sure if I should now?? How long do you leave them in the 2 inches of water after you take them out of the garbage bag. also? (I will note that I’m keeping them inside, and only taking them outside in the morning since it’s so hot and dry here. Lol)
The 1-2 inches is just to make a self watering container. The water wicks up as the hydrangea drinks the water that’s in the soil already. It prevents the soil from ever drying out and it prevents overwatering since the soil jut stays moist, which is ideal for hydrangeas. This is how self watering containers work. Through capillary action of the water. So you can do this till you plant them out, just as you’d use a self watering container. They sell really cheap plastic saucers at the dollar store so I’ve been recommending those.
Hydrangeas need to be outside so try the bottom watering while placing them in a shaded spot. The best place I’ve found is the north side of your house. I don’t know for sure if it’ll work but give it a shot for a day or two and see what happens. Good luck 👍 😊
Thank you much!!!! I will give it a shot. 🥰
Jeez, those plants should have been free. Imo
That would have been nice but in my lowes, the workers have been instructed to not let you take things they’ve thrown out, even if you offer to buy it. That actually happened to me once. I passed on a plant on the clearance rack and then went back ten min later to get it but it was already in the dumpster. I asked the worker if I could still buy it since I had just been looking at it and he said he’d already put it in the system as a loss so it had to be thrown out. Then I asked if I could just take it and he was like no it has to go to the dump now, it’s policy. Crazy..
hi! does leaving the plants in a saucer with 2 inches of water for the entire season lead to root rot?
Not for hydrangeas. Like I mentioned in the video, I had just added water so most of that water was drunk by the plant that same day. What was left was just a small bit (about two inches) at the bottom after it had drunk it. If it hadn’t drunk it all, I’d have poured out a bit till there was about one or two inches at the bottom.
Think of it this way, if you divide your pot into four equal parts, you’ll want only one of those parts to have water rise to. The rest of the root system will be out of the water but still have access to the water if it needs it. This is how self watering containers work. Hope that made sense
What if the plant is already in the ground? I purchased several hydrangeas and 1 wilted after planting. “Picture this” said that the plant was overwatered and lacking sun. Although I planted it in mostly sunny area. I figured it was shock. But then the leaves started drying. Help please!
These are better in dappled shade. It’s suffering in the spot you have it. Sounds like it’s dying. You have to dig it up and move it to a spot that has more shade or put it in pot to grow out for a while till it’s bigger and can handle more stress.
Digging it up will also answer the question of whether it’s getting too much water or not enough because the sun is drying it out faster than it can pull up water. If you dig it up and the roots have turned mushy or dark in color, it was too much water. Wash off the dead roots as much as you can, Put it in a container with fresh potting soil and put it in a shady spot to recover.
If you dig it up and the roots are bone dry, pot it up and follow the steps in the video.