Repotting My Norfolk Island Pine PLUS Care/Info (Araucaria heterophylla)
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Despite its arbitrary reputation of being disposable décor this long lived, gorgeous tree is in a family that has been around since prehistoric times. This potted plant pal can be considered a slow grower, but given adequate light, humidity and well draining soil mature trees require little in the way of care. When all needs are met this indoor specimen can top 20 feet and live well over 150 years. Be sure to watch the entire video so you can keep your Norfolk pine happy and thriving for generations to come. Plant Prudently!
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Very glad to see this broadcast. We have at least 15 foot tall Norfolk Island Pine which we have had for over 10+ years now Obviously I am no longer able to repot it! should I feed it? It is true it has lost many of it's branches but still looks good in the corner of our high ceiling living room, with plenty of light. We have very open plan house with good light into the room with tall windows and ceiling. When I was able to get it outside in the summer, I did, though the clay pot is getting very heavy for us now. I am hoping to keep it going as long as possible, though it is no longer as lush as it once was! Thank you for your very interesting information. I love my Norfolk Island Pine very much and am very happy to have kept it going for so long in such adifficult climate for it!! So sorry i cannot plant it outside here in eastern Canada!
Keep up the interesting information!!
Best regards, Pat Nicholson. Eastern Ontario, Canada.
Love the Miss Congeniality reference 😂 not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket 😂❤
Such great info, we have two that are over twelve feet tall, and love them dearly. One tipped over this past winter and we have been trying to figure out how to successfully give it a larger pot that isnt tapered. Your info has helped a lot - we hope we can keep our beloved 4" "Walmart" christmas special growing, We have 10" more feet till they reach the top ceiling limit in our building. Many Thanks from Alberta Canada
I have one that is over 10 years old. It’s 5.5 ft high and 5 feet wide. I live in WI and put on porch in summer and bring in for winter. It’s beautiful.
Thank you for such a detailed video. I learned a lot! Glad I found your channel.
I appreciate how you went right to the details/video without a lot of chatter.
I usually skip those because I have limited time to watch!
Best video on this tree. I have one of those little Christmas trees that is now 8 ft tall
Hilarious point about the stepping on the needle going to the bathroom
I’m so glad you did this video. Norfolk Island Pines are one of my favorites! I enjoy your channel 🙂
Thank you for checking out my channel! I know what you mean, I love them especially the larger one's. They just look so majestic and and graceful as they age! I love their color too! Such a pretty green!
WOW! Thank you so much for such a detailed, informative program; so happy to have found you! Hopefully this will help me "save" the one I received at Christmas. Am now a subscriber and am looking forward to learning how to take care of my plants.
Love your video!! So much great information, thanks! I’m in zone 7b and have my Norwalk Pine out in my enclosed porch, hope it will survive the winter. I hope it can be happy in there.
I'm so glad I found your channel, I just received my norfolk island pine.
Thank you!
Just found you and I have two Norfolk Island Pines that I love, so you had fantastic information for me and we live next door in Tennessee, so all great info for here.
Understand that in the tropics native to this tree, Hawaii included, all days are at least 50% cloudy, so direct sunlight is definitely out of the question in areas of the country that have lengthy periods of sunny skies and high heat. My trees, grown from 2-foot-tall potted trees from the local Home Depot, are over 50 feet tall in the ground - "ground" that is actually lava, not soil, where the rain drains right through and never accumulates. So really good drainage is absolutely essential. A properly watered and drained tree will NEVER drop debris as described by this video maker. As a potted plant it does like being root bound though, so don't transplant until entirely necessary.
Mine gets 10+ hours of direct sunlight every day and he's doing great. Growers where this plant hails from say it can take both direct sunlight and some shade. I'm not sure what you meant by the plant NEVER drops debris. I think you are a little confused about my type of videos. I do videos on how I grow my plants in the environment where I live. Growers in different environments have different requirements that they need to address to keep their plants happy and healthy. I typically do videos on house plants too, I think you are talking about growing trees outdoors and in paradise. Two different things.
Great video!!!🍀 Most comprehensive video, with such useful info on a Norfolk pine. Thank you so much Justin!!! I have a Norfolk for over 20 years and so appreciate your help. It's so obvious how much you love gardening. Any videos on Desert Rose plants?
Great content. I want to take care of my “disposable decor” too! Thanks for the help.
THANK YOU, VERY GOOD TUTORIAL.
Great video. I got one of these trees for Christmas. I wasn't sure if I needed to transplant it or not. I have it under a grow light and I also have a humidifier sitting on the floor by it and it seems to be real healthy but I wasn't sure about feeding it either so thank you so much for the information. It stands about 2 and 1/2 ft with a container to the top. God bless you and your family ❤️🙏🤗
Helpful information! Just purchased one this holiday, it’s very small but I look forward to seeing it grow 👌🏼
Good luck with him! Keep an eye on the light, soil and humidity and things should go smoothly. Fingers crossed huh? Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about him! 🌺
The pot has 3 goodsize norfolk pines. I had thought to repot... but maybe not since you say they like to be rootbound. 3', 4', & 4.5'... 2 months w me. Seems happy
@@TheGreenAlchemist my tree looks real droopy. I moved it for better diffused light.
i had mine in a south facing window in the winter. now its summer in pa and i put it in my sunroom to get more light, but now its getting yelllow branches. i love this plant but im afraid im killing it
Love Norfolk pines
soil mix 13:17
Beautiful plant🌲😊🌲🌳🍀☘️Sending full my supports👍🤩
This guy has been a little fussy this winter. I think he's stabilizing now, fingers crossed! Thanks for all the support, it means a lot! 🌺🌲
Informativel would like to have seen the soil products you used, I know you mentioned them. I would like have seen the bags is all.. Are you going to sit the pot on pebble for humidity and drainage?
Thanks for all the info on this Norfolk Island Pine! Glad I watched your video and now I know mine don't need repotting for a hot minute. They seem to grow rather slowly. I have three; one 14' (about 40+ yrs old), one 3' and a baby off shoot about 8" tall. I was also hoping for some info on fertilization requirements for these plants. Or is the bone meal sufficient? If so, how often - any help there? I have on occasion given them fertilized Miracle Gro water that I use on my other house plants will no ill effects, but was curious if I should be giving them something more.
Really great detailed information. I appreciate your knowledge of these plants
It is the middle of July 2021 I got the Norfolk pine December 2020 and it's about twice the size as it was and I keep it in the west window.... I fertilize it once a month with miracle grow liquid fertilizer 1/2 tsp per gallon of water and the Norfolk pine is growing great the only concern I have is transplanting it into another pot, I don't know how long I'm going to be able to keep it in this pot it's only about 5 in from the store that I got as a gift.
Hopefully you take care of your hands I know what it's like to have itchy hands I'm surprised you weren't wearing gloves...
I bought my Norfolk Pine back in 2018 and it's almost 7 feet tall. It's so big, that the poor thing has little room to grow but it's still growing nonstop anyway. The only thing I do is: Transplant it in a pot where the roots has room to grow, feed it with fertizer sticks twice a year, place it in front of a south facing pitcher window where it can get full sun. keep it watered and bottom basin full of water (To keep the humidity high), spray it with water, keep any nearby AC/ Heat vents closed, and trim any dead limbs that I might find toward the bottom. Easy as pie. I just wished it would hurry up and develop cones because I want to try my luck at growing my own and maybe even start selling them.
Unfortunately, the male cones only start to develop once the tree is 40 years old.
Great video. I just bought a clump rom the ne "Botany Shop'in town an didn't know what to do with it.
Great video! I just got mine, so this was helpful!
Informative video. What does it mean when white mushrooms begin to grow and cover the soil surface? Is it okay to remove them?
Thank you for the informative video. My mom and dad just gave me thier Norfolk pine, they didn't have enough light and live in a apartment. It appears to have new growth but brown needles on bottom of tree. I'm keeping my fingers crossed its not needle necrosis.
So Norfolk island pines needles turn brown naturally especially ones towards the bottom of the tree. Needle necrosis typically looks more like reddish brown needles that appear, and it is typically not isolated to any one area, instead more all over the tree. Keep an eye out and if you suspect needle necrosis take some pics and send it to me on insta or through email. Insta is ytgreenalchemist and email is the same as insta but at Gmail.
I have an indoor Norfolk pine that I've had for many years and it was dropping a lot of lower fronds for quite a while they would turn brown and I would just take them off or they would fall and once it got to a certain height then it stopped doing it and now it hasn't lost any lower ones for quite a while.. now I'm just needing to repot mine fairly soon as it doesn't look right because it's got quite tall and it's in a small pot (compared to the size of the tree, lol) and plus a lot of the lower trunk is now visible because of the lower fronds having come off.. I hope it does well after I repot it because this has been my baby for a long time, about 11 or 12 years
Hey Justin! It's James Z, I made a new channel lol. Good looking Norfolk Pine, but I really like the thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum you got next to it! lol
That's cool! Thanks for letting me know. Are you still keeping up with the other one? I couldn't imagine keeping up with two channels. I've been watching when I have some free time! Guess how much it was?! Kroger had a bunch of plants, all in the same size container as that one for $9.99! They had monstera, dragon trees, snake plants, holly ferns, and cat palms. They were all that price, I couldn't believe it lol.
@@TheGreenAlchemist Ah that's great! That's a great size for 10 bucks. No, I have a video up on the new channel, but I'm only moving forward with the new one. I wish I had a fancy nursery near me that had all the goods, I'm in California! There should be one lol.
You calling out the stepping on their needles is hilarious. They get places I don’t even know how.
You said not to jump up too high in container size but I saw that you did this with your dwarf banana trees. Are those an exception to the rule? Thanks
Everybody ends ups repotting their plants that manage to survive for a while. Knowing the soil requirements for each species is vital. Just throwing some commercially prepared planter soil in the planter can cause a plant to have a slow death or sometimes a rapid departure from our homes.
It seems next to impossible to discover the proper soil mixture for these plants.
I have found that most commercially prepared potting soil is woefully inadequate for most indoor plant needs. The added fertilizer in the mix lasts for up to six months, not the lifetime of the plant that many people think. Each species of plant was originally grown in various types of soil and needs as close to their home soil as possible. Unfortunately, most nurseries and stores do not sell the information needed along with those plants.
Hello,
My Norfolk Island pine is about 3ft now. She just gotten really sad. She's hard, branches are hanging down. She'll all green. How do I help her? How do I bring her back.
I learnt a lot, thank you, but not what i wanted most, how to prune the araucaria ?
Thanks for watching. Pruning Norfolk's can be tricky. Typically with most other plants when you prune them they'll respond by bushing out and have a flush of new growth. Not the Norfolk Island Pine. If you cut the top off of one it can stop growing from that point. Now, you can remove dead branches or tips off lateral branches even but usually aggressive pruning is not recommended. If he gets too tall you can cut it back and it will just stop growing from that particular stem.
My limbs are crispy how do I soften them up
Thank you!!!
Thank you 🌲
What is gnat nix? Is it anything like diatomaceous earth? I use DE but it’s kinda messy sometimes. I’m always looking to find a way to combat pests. LOVE your channel btw!! Every time I get a new plant I check to see if you’ve made a video about it 😊
What kind of soil did you say? Coco something?
Thank you so much. My friend gave me a Norfolk Is Pine and I didnt know what it was. Now I do! Thank you for such an in-depth educational video. I learned so much. I do not have much humidity where I live or inside my house. Is it ok to spritz it w water?
I appreciate you watching! It is always great to hear from fans!! Yes, misting can help although it's more of a temporary fix to a long-term problem. Plants, especially established ones enjoy longer periods of humidity. Mine is getting close to five feet now and he only enjoys the humidifier. If yours is smaller a pebble tray or spraying will suffice! 🌲 P.S we may be related, we have the same last name!!
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I just brought one home from Walmart and I’m realizing it’s been spray painted dark green 😩 I gave it a really good rinse in the sink. Do you think it’ll be okay? It doesn’t seem to be too heavily painted. It’s quite a good size tree too, I hope it fairs well.
I live in San Diego I got one as a gift growing fast in a large pot , I want to plant in ground , is the root system large ? Worried about pipes and up rooting concrete ?
What was the acidity food stuff you used please?
Hi! Having a Norfolk pine emergency. 🚑🚨 I have 2 beautiful indoor Norfolk pines. My 1 tree is starting to drop its branches, soil is very dry. They have been in the same pots for over a year. I’m thinking about getting them a humidifier and grow light off Amazon. Should I hold off on adding extra soil until the spring?
New pot has no holes ?
My pine is real droopy looking.
Mine came wrapped in plastic around the soil. I'm afraid to unwrap it. Any suggestions on how to do this without disturbing it too much. I'm horrible with plants, but I really want to do better with this one.
We live in FL and had planted one of these last spring after we had it in a pot for a while. It is about 5 ft now and actually grew more than 1.5 ft after being planted in our backyard. But we had 29-32 Weather for last 2 days. I had covered the top with trashbags these last 2.days. but tonight it won't drop below 35F so I removed the bags and nicely watered it But the top fresh or smaller branches now look a little saggy and kinda beige or light brown. Did this happen because I covered it with trashbag or the cold still affected it?
How much water would you give that plant?
Hey so how do you guys deal with pest that are brought inside when going indoor outdoor and then back indoor
Typically I'll spray mine off with the garden hose or in the other bathtub before bringing them in. I look them over well too and if I see any pests or filaments that may indicate spider mites I'll use neem oil on it too. To help ensure nothing has laid any eggs in the soil I'll pour gnat nix on top to prevent anything from hatching and crawling out.
Hi Justin, lovely plant, I always enjoy your videos. It must cost you a fortune in compost. Have you not thought of making your own?
Thank you. I've been composting off and on for the last six years. I first tried to keep an indoor composting bin in my dorm room back in school. That didn't last too long but after I moved out if I had space I did it. I've been in my current place using the same composter for a year and a half now. I love it so much. It's helped me tremendously. At first, I had enough room to make just enough compost for my garden. Now I've invested in a tumbler so I can start doing my indoors too.
@@TheGreenAlchemist That's great. Compost tumblers are good, I have one. They do make compost much quicker than a conventional compost heap. Take care and stay safe.
I am going to re-pot mine. Do I need to use a planter with a drainage hole or is it ok in a solid container if I don't overwater ?
A drainage hole is best for these guys. Not only does it let all that excess water out but it will help dry the soil out some too towards the bottom of the pot. Soil typically dries from the top of the pot down, taking the longest in the middle. It's also hard to monitor exactly how much, or how little water to give your plant in hopes of not over watering him. Traditionally, in my experience, I would tend to not give a plant a bunch of water thinking "well, it will dry out faster if I don't give it a bunch." What happens in that situation is that certain roots, particularly the bottom ones won't get watered if at all. Roots that go extended periods without water, even just a couple of weeks end up dying. If left unchecked it could end up killing your plant. I think it's best to use one with a drainage hole in it. Now that being said I love the cache pots and those never have holes in the bottom to let water all the way through. In that situation, I use my drill to put a hole in the saucer so water can drain all the way through. Just about any pot can be drilled. Just take your time with the drill and let it do most of the work so you don't break the pot.
it is ceremic pot?
The stores keep them in the light of what the stores have, and many are under shelving, so, basically NO light. Zone 10 is 30-40F, but, on another video, you said 50 minimum. I guess its best to be erring on the side of caution, and keep it warmer than 40 minimum. I'll be keeping it in my Greenhouse, and at 50 -52F minimum. I see you are using Citrus and palm potting soil. I have that already. I've also got bone meal. I should order a big bag or 2 of it online instead of buying a bunch of small ones, UNLESS its cheaper to buy multiple small bags. I'm in Pa , so, NO big bags sold locally.
I've seen small NIP for about $10.49 each at Walmart and Lowes, Lowes has them for under $10.00, BUT, they only had a few small ones, BUT, they were in the houseplant area, which is in a kinda greenhouse type setup, so, maybe acclimation to a GH would take less time and stress on the plant? I'm good with smaller plants, even with other plants, outdoor plants too.
How would a bird get poisoned by a NIP? I can see dogs and cats, but birds? I've got coco coir too.
Btw, I like other plants that are sometimes house plants to us not in the South or tropics, like the one potted plant on the left from my perspective, and to you, on your right. I bet I could keep one in my greenhouse. IF we have no cats, and more sunlight coming in the house I'd be growing houseplants.
I can only keep houseplants that I can keep on a hook out of the reach of cats.
Is that lemon real? I have a dwarf Calamondin orange. It isn't edible fruit, you cook with its juice or add it to tea, like a lemon. I bought it BEFORE I found out its not sweet, just used as lemons are. Orchids? Too picky about EVERYTHING, yours can't be real. Or is it? Yet, I've seen some stay happy in walmart for months, BUT, maybe after a few months they've died? I'll be trying a dwarf Satsuma mandarin orange tree, it makes edible sweet fruit. IF that lemon tree in your video IS real, maybe you can also grow satsuma mandarin orange dwarf trees indoors and get ripe fruit.
Okay, so Neem oil would be good for pests, good, I've seen that at Lowes.
I THINK that houseplant to YOUR right is "Monstera?" Nice video!
Hi there! You’re video was extremely helpful and informative. I currently have a Norfolk Pine that I’ve had just since Christmas. It was doing well at first but now it’s starting to drop leaves… I’m not sure if it’s the watering, humidity, or sunlight. It’s get indirect sunlight for most the day, watered once a week. For humidity, I was using a humidifier but then the leaves started turning reddish brown so I stopped (read it could be bugs). Any suggestions on trouble shooting!? I really don’t want to lose it. Thank you in advance!
Yes I do have a couple of suggestions. Ok so where are the dying needles located on the tree? If most of them are around the base of the tree and sort of continuously work their way up kind of together this is normal. However if it seems like the dying needles are all over the tree and there's not really a pattern, or the bottom needles look fine and the middle or top ones are dying this could be cause for concern. First things first, if you ever suspect your plant(s) have an infestation you should immediately give them a shower. I put mine in my tub and use the detachable shower head on them and blast the pests off. If you can't do this try a garden hose set to shower. This is how mother nature takes care of most infestations on plants. A good rain storm knocks most of them off. A garden hose or detachable shower head works best instead of just putting your plants in the shower. In a pinch a shower will work, but most pests are under leaves, needles, and branches so you really want to get up on top and under everything. If it looks like a severe infestation you can use isopropyl alcohol to kill the remaining pests. Just apply it to a washcloth or a Qtip and apply wherever you see filaments or pests. Be thorough. Next I would check out your light set up. These guys love their sunlight. Think about where they come from, off the cost of Australia so they typically get decent light. Unfortunately my house doesn't get the best of sunlight so the ones that need it the most I supplement with LED grow lights. If you wanna see one's I use, I put a link to them off Amazon in the description box to show you some of what I use. However if you want different ones just type in full spectrum LED grow lights and go from there. With humidity, again think about where they come from. They are tropical/subtropical island plants. They love and need their humidity! I keep mine at 50% and he still gets a little fussy about that. The trick with humidity is air movement. Use an oscilating fan to move the air around. Any time you have a bunch of humidity with no air circulation you invite pests, fungi and disease into your grow space. Check him over really well with a flashlight and a white piece of paper if you need to in order to see if he has any pests. If you see anything at all let me know and I'll tell you how to combat it. If you don't notice anything try and see about giving him more light. Though if you introduce him into direct sunlight do it slowly. Then after all that turn the humidifier back on. You can get a temperature and a humidifier monitor that will help you keep your humidity levels in check better. Those are on Amazon too for like 10 or 12 bucks!
@@TheGreenAlchemist thank you so much for all this help!! I will definitely implement more sunlight and humidity. Is there a way I can send you photos of the plant, might be easier if you can see if it’s a pest problem. I don’t particularly see any pests but maybe you can spot something I can’t see. Again thank you so much!!
What kind of ph soil do Norfolk trees need.
They enjoy a fairly acidic soil pH with a range of about 4.5-5.5. Let me know if you need help determining your soil's pH or a way to increase or lower it!
I like how this guy isn't hyper and doesn't think he has to smile ear to ear in order to be on video. where I live it's consider dimwitted to be smiling for no reason, so it's often hard to watch americans talk about anything
You know it's considered the same here. Unfortunately, not a bunch of Americans understand that so they just look dimwitted all the time lol.
Hi there! Thanks for this info:) I have one thats about 5'7 now and I've had 9-10yrs. The question I have is there are 4 different sizes all in same pot and the little ones are sort of stunted under bigger ones. Do I repot & separate all four OR just leave them be? Thank you in advance! :)
Ps mine is big dark green and much wider and flatter at the top. Hes in my basement in front of sliding glass doors and I pull him right out during spring & summer and I'm pretty sure i haven't touched pot/soil for 4 yrs. Ok thx!
Hey this is a norfolk pine 911 my plant has basically been trying to die on me since maybe late January and I've tried everything and I think I've made it worse😞 help!!
Basically I have like 4 little bushes growing in a pot it's like less than a foot tall it's still a baby. I got it during Christmas and I live up north so it's been cold and I don't have a space to really keep it but near a window that also has a heater which gives off a very warm draft I suppose so one side that held 2 little bushes started drying out branches drooping and branches falling off like the little branches are so dry the color darker everything
My first thing was to put a clear bag over it to create humidity and keep the heat from getting to it cuz the heat was probably what did the deed. That's not helping and I started misting it becuz it was so dry. That isn't helping. So I decided to check the roots and it looked so stuffed in the little pot I had it in and I decided to repot it maybe give it more space to grow. The plant is such a baby that handling it even gently was I think a bad idea cuz the roots basically came apart. When reporting I had to try to place dirt around the roots to keep the branches standing at least. I think I killed my lil baby and I named him Soul so I am like devastated please please help me I wanna grow my own Christmas tree 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Hi, Can I propagate my norfolk pine and if so how?
Typically you can get a cutting to root with some rooting hormone. You'll usually have better luck in early summer too.
Hi Justin! My 5 feet norfolk pines got this year bad frost and they look dead!!! I cut them ( left like 10 inches of trunk) do you think they will comeback???
Sorry, no.
I sent you the pictures of my plant on your email. Kindly check and guide.
I believe I responded.
I know two years have passed but I hope you had time to straighten and correctly space the pictures behind you. Lol kidding