There is something so satisfying about seeing a plant come back from the"brink!" I guess because I worked in child protection, then retired and volunteered in animal welfare and rescues, so now I'm rescuing and rehabbing plants!😂😂. It is challenging and rewarding both!! My two Weimaraners are great, as are most of my plants!!👏👍❤️ Always enjoy your videos!!❤️❤️
I highly recommend either DynaGrow Foliage Pro or Growth Technology Foliage Focus liquid fertilisers. Both are designed to be used every watering (weakly, weekly) which I actually find much easier than trying to remember which plants are due to be fed. I just pop the correct measure into my watering jug with a dropper - it takes seconds, so it's no drama. The only time I deviate from that is if I have a plant that gets watered more than once a week - in that case I'll pour some of my prepared mix into a separate cup or jug and add a bit of extra water before I water the plant. The reason I like these fertilisers is that they are complete (DynaGrow has 16 nutrients and Growth Technology has 12) and because you use the continuously, your plants are getting a constant supply of immobile nutrients like calcium. I also like them because I know exactly how much fertiliser my plants are getting. Slow release can be very variable in its delivery because it is usually heat dependent. They're both suitable for hydroponic use, too, so they're great for LECA and pon reservoirs. I usually add Growth Technology Rootzone as well, which contains things like fulvic acid that help create a healthy microbiome in your soil.
@@katienorris3153 It's an Australian-made product and I'm in New Zealand, so it's not particularly expensive here. If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you'll probably be better off getting DynaGrow. It's a much smaller bottle but it's way more concentrated than GT so you use much less per dose. Interestingly, I ran the recommended doses of DynaGrow and GT through a horticultural PPM calculator, and the GT dose is quite a bit stronger. They recommend 5ml per litre, but at 3ml per litre, the strength of the nutrients is much closer to those in DynaGrow's recommended doseage. So I use the weaker dose, and it makes the GT a bit more economical.
Thank you so much for sharing all of that! I appreciate it :) This is sorta why I want to test some out to see how it goes. As much as I love slow release and the ease of use I have been slacking this year and it's hard to keep up with 😬
@@plantsbymelissa You're welcome! I know it sounds counter-intuitive that it's easier to fertilise every water, but it really is! It just becomes part of the routine and takes all the guesswork away. I have a lot of plants and a terrible memory, so it's a lifesaver for me 😆
I've been having one heck of a time with my alocasia in anything but stratum. I've managed to rehab my silver dragon, I cut it right down and now its giving me new leaves and just seems happier in general. I've had to say good bye to my stingray though :( and I am hoping my amazonica recovers - its given me lots of babies though that are all leafing out so I'm not too worried if it doesn't. but as you've said its so satisfying and gratifying to watch the plants come bounce back after all the hard work of rehabbing them. I really enjoy your videos, they give me so much insight. Thank you. :)
Hi Melissa, Another great video and very thankful for your comments about not getting too stressed out by sick plants. I have learned soooo much from you and I’m grateful for all the tips. I enjoy trying to save sad plants too but oddly two of the easiest plants are giving me grief. I’ll give them a few more weeks but maybe they’ll just snap out of it. I really enjoy all your videos and because of all your expert advice I think I’m ready to try some plants on poles. Fingers crossed. Thank you
Try using API stress coat to treat you tap water, it's not expensive at all. It serves to eliminate chlorine, chloramine and heavy metals. Mainly used as a water conditioner for aquariums but it is excellent for plants, it helped me with the leaves of my Maranthas, Ctenanthe and Calatheas that are pretty sensitive with the quality of water
Right! I was just trying to provide them with good water haha. Now I am paying the price for it. I keep going back and forth with collecting again but I think I would be paranoid even filtering it now.
@@DamianPerry25 i actually saw that on the Swedish guys channel and passed the tip o to someone but have only done it a handful of times. I sold my aquarium and ran out. Ill definitely need to buy more. Thank you for the reminder !
Hi Melissa,👋 I love using Dyno-Gro Foliage-Pro, but with summer I couldn’t keep up with watering.😅 So I put Osmocote on everything! When water gets cold I’ll go back to maintenance with Dyno-Gro using gallon water jugs & room temperature water made up in advance. Love your channel! You are a favorite Planty person! ☺️💚🪴🌿
Highly agreed about suggesting the Glorious over the Gloriosum! I chose my gloriosum initially because I wanted to add my first crawler into my collection! Since will have to say the gloriosum has been a huge learning experience and been both on and off the struggle bus MANY times unfortunately with some similar issues aswell! Also I just had to add that i just recently purchased Marble Queen pothos to put on a moss pole because I havent been able to get over how stunning yours is! I’ve noticed recently how much I’ve started to change went from wishlist plants to wishlist stages of mature growth since adding more plants to moss poles! 👏🏼😂 As always LOVE this video! 🫶🏼☺️
I literally lost a few plants this week the Philodendron Berkin I guess I was over watering it. I have one leaf left but a nice root on it. My philodendron ring of fire . I took it out of the dirt and have it in water to see if it will grow. Also another philodendron can’t remember the name. So I will have to buy some more plants. That’s always fun.
Hi I'm in UK, i use API stress coat water conditioner, used for aquariums. Will clear chloramines/chlorines out of the water. Since using this I have no crispiness or browning leaves. Just putting this out there.
Agree. I use something similar in a green bottle from pet smart! It’s like three drops per gallon and is mega affordable! I have learned the aquarium section of the pet store is what’s up. Oh and it’ll say on the bottle how long to wait. Most are instant, some take up to 15 min
I'm not sure if you wanna try this but I have my gloriosum in a no drainage setup and it is doing well. I have it in a rectangular clear storage container with a 1" layer of leca on the bottom. It's in a no-soil mix consisting of coco chunks, orchid bark, charcoal, and chunky perlite. I'm using osmocote to fertilize. It's so easy to know when to water. When it looks like the water is nearly gone I just add til the leca is nearly covered. It's been working for me. Could be a fun experiment with one of your chonks at least. Also, if you wanna save on fluval you can cut it with perlite. I've used fine and chunky. I've been successful with both.
Thank you for sharing! I tried perlite in stratum and they molded on me 😂 maybe I will try again! Interesting set up with yours! I’m am curious about it so I will keep in mind! ☺️
I can't wait to see this video later today. I wanted to know if you can make a video on how you debug your house plants that are outside before bringing them in. I'm trying to find a way to not bring in bugs especially earwigs. Thank you. Love your video by the way I'm always watching.😊💚
Thank you! I am still trying to figure that out lol. This was my first year I really had several plants outside so knowing me I will probably go the beneficial bug route and maybe just check the plants and the soil over really well before bringing them inside.
I think most people that have problems with gloriosum are people that tend to underwater plants. I usually overwater my plants and gloriosum does very good in my care and grows fast, however I sometimes struggle with known to be easy plants.
I love osmocote, but struggle with keeping up with the 3 month interval. So I add a little osmocote when I repot, and put low amounts of GT foliage focus in my pump sprayer that I go around and water with. Then I finish with water with nematodes and great white. Sounds like a lot when I type it out, but in practice is really easy
I know I have been struggling with my slow release this year 🙈 i definitely want to look into doing something in addition to it. I haven’t heard of great white before I’ll have to look that up! Thanks for sharing! 🫶🏻
Stratum has been around for a long time in the aquarium hobby. It is planted tank substrate which releases nutrients slowly. I think it is made of fired clay that they staturate with nutrients. Very expensive substrate that only serious aquarists use for planted tanks.
Hope they all bounce back to big, beautiful plants. I’ve had success with a liquid fertilizer called Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro. It’s now called Superthrive Foliage Pro.
I had the same issues using rainwater, i now just use tap water with declorinator ( because i also have fish tanks ) it helps alot! And for a liquide firtilizer, ive heard of liquidirt but have not tried it myself ❤ hope all your plant babies make a comeback!
Hi Melissa! Thank you for another great vid! All my plants are in Lechuza Pon and I use a Liquid Nutrient Solution combo by General Hydroponics that I mix and make multiple 1 gallon batches in 1 gallon jugs so I always have on hand. I know it sounds like a lot of work but my plants do so well with this solution combo in Pon as the slow release fert doesn't last and I feel plants do not get enough nutrients from the fert that is in the Pon. Here is my combo recipe below that I mix in order from 1-5 so solutions don't cancel themselves out while mixing. Have 5 small separate containers with water from the full gallon jug , add one solution to each container and mix and then pour small container of liquid in to the gallon jug one at time and mix in order from 1-5. General Hydroponics: I use tap water and PH usually is in the 5.7-6.5 range with this mix (can use this in a soil mix also) 1.Calimagic: 5ml per gallon 2.Flora Micro: 10ml per gallon 3.Flora Gro: 10ml per gallon 4.Flora Bloom: 10ml per gallon 5.Diamond Nectar: 5 ml per gallon (this helps the plant absorb nutrient better) Amazon Link below to check them out: 😁 Calimagic, Flora Micro, Flora Gro, Flora Bloom www.amazon.ca/General-Hydroponics-GLCMBX0009-Calimagic-Fertilizer/dp/B07DW1X567/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=General+Hydroponics&qid=1694480329&sr=8-7&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.b06bdbbe-20fd-4ebc-88cf-fa04f1ca0da8 Diamond Nectar: www.amazon.ca/General-Hydroponics-Diamond-Nectar-1-Quart/dp/B000WA352I/ref=sr_1_27?keywords=General%2BHydroponics&qid=1694480329&sr=8-27&th=1
Oh wow 😧 thank you so much for sharing! 🙏🏼 that’s so helpful! I will definitely refer back :) it sounds like a lot but I know I will have to do some reading up and also just experiment myself too. I’m not sure what I will do eventually but I appreciate all the information you shared so much especially with all the experience growing in pon you have 🥹 thank you again!
I use Hydra Greens. It's a Canadian product so it's been cheaper for me. It says to use weekly which works for me as it makes the habit easier to incorporate in the plant schedule rather than a slow release or once a month thing.
I’ve seen such a huge difference in using Foliage Pro liquid fertilizer. I have a big 2gal pump sprayer and I put my FP in a glass jar with a dropper that’s attached to the lid. Then I know I just have to add some many droppers full to my big sprayer.
Liquid fertiliser wise, what I do is use a small amount of slow release alongside liquid gold leaf fertiliser. I like it because I can use it in different dilutions for normal feeding, semi hydro and foliar feeding. I wouldn't say i use it every time but more often than not. I'm not quite through half a bottle of it over the last year
Great rehab Melissa! Looking forward to seeing that Rattlesnake come back and thrive 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 As for liquid fertiliser, I have been using Growth Technology Foliage Focus (Aussie product, now available in the States) for a couple of years now and swear by it. I make up a few litres of it at a time and have them strewn around the place (in dark spaces) so they're ready to go when I need them 😄🤭 Always a pleasure watching your videos 🙏🏼✨💚
Very best of luck with these plants. I wish I had some pointers for you but sadly I don’t. This video reminds me of my own travails trying to grow a Sago Palm, a complete mystery to me. Again, good luck and thanks.
I use the miracle grow all purpose plant food. Its for indoor and outdoor plants. I use it every other week at most. Its basically dissolvable crystals and it comes with a scoop. It takes like 2 seconds to add it to my water on watering days lol It'd be interesting to see your thoughts
I was using Marphyl Soil Enhancer for quite a while. It’s a Marine Plancto something or other. I switched to Osmocote in July and my plants seem to be much happier now.
This was very interesting to watch, learning a lot. Want to know I'm about to fertilizer my hoya not re pot . So if I sprinkle alittle Osmocote on top will it break down in soil?
That's interesting about the rainwater. I have a golden pathos hanging outside and it has been rained on a few times. It started getting an orang / brown spots on it. As time has gone on it covered the leaves. So I have just been trimming off the funky leaves.
Sounds like some kind of rust fungus. I actually found some on my BOP outside earlier this week. I think fungal issues happen more often than people think but they don't diagnosed and it can really take out a plant :(
Love watching repotting videos, I've been putting off my pictus Exotica it's leaves are curling and its not needing water. I think it didn't like being up potted.
I tried a Gloriosum and killed it, was one of my first "rate expensive" plants and it just died a slow death didn't give me any leaves. Probably my lack of experience but I don't think they're as easy as some claim in a house setting. I think they are gorgeous if you live in Florida or something and can have them as a yard plant.
such a cool video!! never really knew about stratum but will look into it! thanks for inspiring me to maybe rehab my plants next time instead of throwing them out. so cool! new to your channel and subbed.
Thanks for subscribing and for watching! ☺️ happy to have you here! I started using it last year and I love it for propagating in. It’s some magical stuff lol. I always try to rehab and some require a lot more patience but definitely can get tossing them out too ☺️
Very nice repot/redo video.I had to do both of my orbifolia ,it was sad because one was big and beautiful. Where do you keep your pots at? Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge.
Thank you! Most of my nursery pots I get off of amazon. I link most of my supplies I use in the description box :) You can find more here: www.amazon.com/shop/plantsbymelissa/list/2Q7LRSOZIGHH7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Espoma Organic Indoor Houseplant Food I can recommend. I dilute half strength and there seems to be no risk of over fertilizing when slow release is already in the soil. Been doing that routine for about 2 years now. Curious to see how the Gloriosum will do. 🤗
I have 3 indoor plants. A newbie :) I bought a lemon lime thanks Melissa, I bought a lemon lime Maranta from an online seller who lives in California just 2 hours away. She sent me a 4" potted Calathea, lush and beautiful, potted in just wet moss? It isn't the finer peat moss. It's soil is still very wet Oct 6, a week later. There's a tiny change to some leaf tips, some brown. Would it be worth it to repot with my chunky airy soil so soon or wait another week? Thanks for any advice!
Hab au h schonmal vor 1-2 Jahren da bestellt. Bekam statt einer epiprmenum marble queen eine aureum. :/ und hatte viel mehr Erde um Karton. ^^ war also nicht wirklich begeistert. 😅
I've used stratum for the first time about two weeks ago on a white princess cutting and it literally rooted in 7 days. However, I wasn't sure if my clear cup should have drainage holes so I didn't add any.
I am also in the process of rehabbing my gloriosum! I think it caught spider mites and is just a difficult plant for me. I have not yet figured out crawlers. Some day! Thanks for the video :)
Video paused* Hi Melissa! I think this might help you with your gloriosum. My mom grew hers with half way full of soil in the pot, that guy might not want too much soil. And it grew well in that setting💯
Yes! I tried not to overwhelm it when I planted it in here and my DIY mix is pretty aerated. It recovered from rot once before so I was cautious on watering it 😁
Hello m new to your channel. I like the way you do your plants. But what are you using in place over potting soil? Thank you for your help. I’ll keep watching ya.
I have many liquid fertilizers i bought on different you-tuber recommendations and I always just wind up mixing them together. I eyeball it and should really try to be better about measuring. I just kinda throw it in willy nilly😂
I’ve gotten a fungal infection or bug and I’ve got root rot in so many plants!! I have a glorious that was a straight up grower but it might be? Ugh can you tell by a picture what a Philo glorious or a gloriosum?
Aw hopefully yours will do so well for you. I think they can be more challenging but some people do well with them! I think everyone has their share of plants that are harder to grow and some philos are definitely it for me 🙈
@@plantsbymelissa thanks Melissa! Hopefully 🤞🏽. I’ll do a lot of research (aka watching a ton more of your videos ☺️) to make sure I can get it to thrive
I had the same issues when I reached the bottom of my rain barrel. My Rattlesnake (and Ctenanthe lubbersiana) looks just like yours. It's so frustrating!
I think it’s from all the crap they are spraying in the air. You should see what my birdbath looks like after a rain, not all the time but most of the time.
Why are you getting away from fox farm. I haven’t found that video yet. If you could link it to me in a comment I would appreciate it. Thanks again for the great content you out out
I don't care for peat moss anymore is the main reason! I didn't really make a video on it yet but once I get used to this new mix and I like it and my plants do fine in it then I will definitely share more!
Where do you get all these cute mushroom shirts from? 😍 and honestly I just use super thrive from Home Depot and Osmocote for fertilizer! Dr. Earth “pure gold” liquid fertilizer for outside plants.
The darker gray one is from target! They still have it in stock in the stores. The green one I believe I got from American eagle or urban outfitters last summer!
After watching you and others using semi hydro I think I’ll try that on my Rosia type Calathea that just dry out and die. Do you have any of these in Pon? Problem is it’s out of stock again. Been battling thrips and mites as they’ve spread to other plants and chomped on the leaves. Uggghh
Oh no I need to order another bag. I’ll have to keep a lookout. I don’t have any in pon but I would love to try some they love their water. So sorry about your calathea and the pests 🥹 I hope they’re gone soon!
@plantsbymelissa awww ty same to you ❤️ I took it out of soil and put it in pon I've finally got some new growth coming through now, but it was cut right back to nothing like yours and for a while I thought to myself I'll take it as a loss and any new growth is a bonus 😅 No shade for people who bin and restart but for me I like to give rehabbing a try just to see if I can
It’s definitely possible! I have had a time with soil this year with the other mix staying too wet and then my hot plant room dries everything out quickly. I was afraid to water half the time 😂
I learn so much from these videos! Thanks!
There is something so satisfying about seeing a plant come back from the"brink!"
I guess because I worked in child protection, then retired and volunteered in animal welfare and rescues, so now I'm rescuing and rehabbing plants!😂😂. It is challenging and rewarding both!!
My two Weimaraners are great, as are most of my plants!!👏👍❤️
Always enjoy your videos!!❤️❤️
I highly recommend either DynaGrow Foliage Pro or Growth Technology Foliage Focus liquid fertilisers. Both are designed to be used every watering (weakly, weekly) which I actually find much easier than trying to remember which plants are due to be fed. I just pop the correct measure into my watering jug with a dropper - it takes seconds, so it's no drama. The only time I deviate from that is if I have a plant that gets watered more than once a week - in that case I'll pour some of my prepared mix into a separate cup or jug and add a bit of extra water before I water the plant. The reason I like these fertilisers is that they are complete (DynaGrow has 16 nutrients and Growth Technology has 12) and because you use the continuously, your plants are getting a constant supply of immobile nutrients like calcium. I also like them because I know exactly how much fertiliser my plants are getting. Slow release can be very variable in its delivery because it is usually heat dependent. They're both suitable for hydroponic use, too, so they're great for LECA and pon reservoirs. I usually add Growth Technology Rootzone as well, which contains things like fulvic acid that help create a healthy microbiome in your soil.
Where do you purchase GT Foliage Focus? Everywhere I look it’s so expensive or has a high shipping charge 😅
@@katienorris3153 It's an Australian-made product and I'm in New Zealand, so it's not particularly expensive here. If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you'll probably be better off getting DynaGrow. It's a much smaller bottle but it's way more concentrated than GT so you use much less per dose.
Interestingly, I ran the recommended doses of DynaGrow and GT through a horticultural PPM calculator, and the GT dose is quite a bit stronger. They recommend 5ml per litre, but at 3ml per litre, the strength of the nutrients is much closer to those in DynaGrow's recommended doseage. So I use the weaker dose, and it makes the GT a bit more economical.
Thank you so much for sharing all of that! I appreciate it :) This is sorta why I want to test some out to see how it goes. As much as I love slow release and the ease of use I have been slacking this year and it's hard to keep up with 😬
@@plantsbymelissa You're welcome! I know it sounds counter-intuitive that it's easier to fertilise every water, but it really is! It just becomes part of the routine and takes all the guesswork away. I have a lot of plants and a terrible memory, so it's a lifesaver for me 😆
I've been having one heck of a time with my alocasia in anything but stratum. I've managed to rehab my silver dragon, I cut it right down and now its giving me new leaves and just seems happier in general. I've had to say good bye to my stingray though :( and I am hoping my amazonica recovers - its given me lots of babies though that are all leafing out so I'm not too worried if it doesn't. but as you've said its so satisfying and gratifying to watch the plants come bounce back after all the hard work of rehabbing them. I really enjoy your videos, they give me so much insight. Thank you. :)
I mix chunky perlite with my stratum, for two reasons:to make it go further and to add some airy-ness since stratum can get compacted
You’re still doing nursing - but now your patients are plants! 💚✨😽
Hi Melissa, Another great video and very thankful for your comments about not getting too stressed out by sick plants. I have learned soooo much from you and I’m grateful for all the tips. I enjoy trying to save sad plants too but oddly two of the easiest plants are giving me grief. I’ll give them a few more weeks but maybe they’ll just snap out of it. I really enjoy all your videos and because of all your expert advice I think I’m ready to try some plants on poles. Fingers crossed. Thank you
Thank you so much! 🥺 Hoping they bounce back for you and yes, definitely try a moss pole when you're ready!
So satisfying when I'm talking out loud to you watching this saying "can you chop that chonky boi in half?" and then you do it 😁👏🏻
I just rehabbed one of my calathea’s last week. Only time will tell. Another peaceful vid. Have a blessed week🙌🏽👏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you! I hope your calathea makes a comeback for you!!
I am so done trying to collect rainwater. I've had the same issues. If my plants can't deal with tap water than I'm over them. 😂
Try using API stress coat to treat you tap water, it's not expensive at all. It serves to eliminate chlorine, chloramine and heavy metals. Mainly used as a water conditioner for aquariums but it is excellent for plants, it helped me with the leaves of my Maranthas, Ctenanthe and Calatheas that are pretty sensitive with the quality of water
hmm haven't heard of that I'll look into it as well. Thanks for sharing :)
Right! I was just trying to provide them with good water haha. Now I am paying the price for it. I keep going back and forth with collecting again but I think I would be paranoid even filtering it now.
@@DamianPerry25 i actually saw that on the Swedish guys channel and passed the tip o to someone but have only done it a handful of times. I sold my aquarium and ran out. Ill definitely need to buy more. Thank you for the reminder !
@@DamianPerry25 I just heard about that the other day
Hi Melissa,👋 I love using Dyno-Gro Foliage-Pro, but with summer I couldn’t keep up with watering.😅 So I put Osmocote on everything! When water gets cold I’ll go back to maintenance with Dyno-Gro using gallon water jugs & room temperature water made up in advance. Love your channel! You are a favorite Planty person! ☺️💚🪴🌿
I also use and love this!
Hi! 👋🏼 Thank you for sharing and for saying that 🥹 I keep hearing good things about foliage pro might have to get some then! ☺️
Use liquid dirt and fish emulsion. Awesome stuff. And it's not that time consuming to add to water
Highly agreed about suggesting the Glorious over the Gloriosum! I chose my gloriosum initially because I wanted to add my first crawler into my collection! Since will have to say the gloriosum has been a huge learning experience and been both on and off the struggle bus MANY times unfortunately with some similar issues aswell! Also I just had to add that i just recently purchased Marble Queen pothos to put on a moss pole because I havent been able to get over how stunning yours is! I’ve noticed recently how much I’ve started to change went from wishlist plants to wishlist stages of mature growth since adding more plants to moss poles! 👏🏼😂 As always LOVE this video! 🫶🏼☺️
I literally lost a few plants this week the Philodendron Berkin I guess I was over watering it. I have one leaf left but a nice root on it. My philodendron ring of fire . I took it out of the dirt and have it in water to see if it will grow. Also another philodendron can’t remember the name. So I will have to buy some more plants. That’s always fun.
Hi I'm in UK, i use API stress coat water conditioner, used for aquariums. Will clear chloramines/chlorines out of the water. Since using this I have no crispiness or browning leaves. Just putting this out there.
I was thinking about that these days....now you encouraged me to do that. Thank you!
I heard that is great to put in water for rooting
Thanks for this. May we know the portion u are using when we mix with water and do we have to wait before using?
Agree. I use something similar in a green bottle from pet smart! It’s like three drops per gallon and is mega affordable! I have learned the aquarium section of the pet store is what’s up. Oh and it’ll say on the bottle how long to wait. Most are instant, some take up to 15 min
@@jacquelinedaniels87 thank u for this info
I'm not sure if you wanna try this but I have my gloriosum in a no drainage setup and it is doing well. I have it in a rectangular clear storage container with a 1" layer of leca on the bottom. It's in a no-soil mix consisting of coco chunks, orchid bark, charcoal, and chunky perlite. I'm using osmocote to fertilize. It's so easy to know when to water. When it looks like the water is nearly gone I just add til the leca is nearly covered. It's been working for me. Could be a fun experiment with one of your chonks at least.
Also, if you wanna save on fluval you can cut it with perlite. I've used fine and chunky. I've been successful with both.
Thank you for sharing! I tried perlite in stratum and they molded on me 😂 maybe I will try again! Interesting set up with yours! I’m am curious about it so I will keep in mind! ☺️
I can't wait to see this video later today. I wanted to know if you can make a video on how you debug your house plants that are outside before bringing them in. I'm trying to find a way to not bring in bugs especially earwigs. Thank you. Love your video by the way I'm always watching.😊💚
Thank you! I am still trying to figure that out lol. This was my first year I really had several plants outside so knowing me I will probably go the beneficial bug route and maybe just check the plants and the soil over really well before bringing them inside.
@plantsbymelissa thank you. Loved this video by the way. And all your videos. Definitely can't wait to watch more.🙂👍
I use 1/4 dose of liquid fertilizer for the moss poles and slow release fertilizer for the soil. The plants seem to love it.
I think most people that have problems with gloriosum are people that tend to underwater plants. I usually overwater my plants and gloriosum does very good in my care and grows fast, however I sometimes struggle with known to be easy plants.
I love osmocote, but struggle with keeping up with the 3 month interval. So I add a little osmocote when I repot, and put low amounts of GT foliage focus in my pump sprayer that I go around and water with. Then I finish with water with nematodes and great white. Sounds like a lot when I type it out, but in practice is really easy
I know I have been struggling with my slow release this year 🙈 i definitely want to look into doing something in addition to it. I haven’t heard of great white before I’ll have to look that up! Thanks for sharing! 🫶🏻
For a liquid fertilizer I am almost through my first bottle of Neptune's Harvest Fish & Seaweed Fertilizer 2-3-1 and my plants have been loving it!
I like Super Thrive and Epsoma House Plant liquid fertilizers. Thank you for the rehab it gives me hope for a few of my sad plants.
Stratum has been around for a long time in the aquarium hobby. It is planted tank substrate which releases nutrients slowly. I think it is made of fired clay that they staturate with nutrients. Very expensive substrate that only serious aquarists use for planted tanks.
I recommend growth technology foliage focus ❤
Good repot & sorry about your gloriosum roots. Thanks for sharing Melissa!
You are so welcome! They’re doing well so far so crossing my fingers they can make a comeback ☺️
Hope they all bounce back to big, beautiful plants. I’ve had success with a liquid fertilizer called Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro. It’s now called Superthrive Foliage Pro.
Thank you so much! Hoping they do okay and can recover ☺️ I have heard of foliage pro and have been tempted to try it out!
I love Super Thrive.
I had the same issues using rainwater, i now just use tap water with declorinator ( because i also have fish tanks ) it helps alot! And for a liquide firtilizer, ive heard of liquidirt but have not tried it myself ❤ hope all your plant babies make a comeback!
I think rain water damaged some of my plant leaves too…but they always make a comeback!!!!
I use liquidirt! My plants seem to really like it. I also use osmocote. Liquidirt can be used everytime an doesn't hurt
Highly recommend Dyna Gro Foliage Pro 🤩
Hi Melissa! Thank you for another great vid! All my plants are in Lechuza Pon and I use a Liquid Nutrient Solution combo by General Hydroponics that I mix and make multiple 1 gallon batches in 1 gallon jugs so I always have on hand. I know it sounds like a lot of work but my plants do so well with this solution combo in Pon as the slow release fert doesn't last and I feel plants do not get enough nutrients from the fert that is in the Pon. Here is my combo recipe below that I mix in order from 1-5 so solutions don't cancel themselves out while mixing. Have 5 small separate containers with water from the full gallon jug , add one solution to each container and mix and then pour small container of liquid in to the gallon jug one at time and mix in order from 1-5.
General Hydroponics: I use tap water and PH usually is in the 5.7-6.5 range with this mix (can use this in a soil mix also)
1.Calimagic: 5ml per gallon
2.Flora Micro: 10ml per gallon
3.Flora Gro: 10ml per gallon
4.Flora Bloom: 10ml per gallon
5.Diamond Nectar: 5 ml per gallon (this helps the plant absorb nutrient better)
Amazon Link below to check them out: 😁
Calimagic, Flora Micro, Flora Gro, Flora Bloom
www.amazon.ca/General-Hydroponics-GLCMBX0009-Calimagic-Fertilizer/dp/B07DW1X567/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=General+Hydroponics&qid=1694480329&sr=8-7&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.b06bdbbe-20fd-4ebc-88cf-fa04f1ca0da8
Diamond Nectar:
www.amazon.ca/General-Hydroponics-Diamond-Nectar-1-Quart/dp/B000WA352I/ref=sr_1_27?keywords=General%2BHydroponics&qid=1694480329&sr=8-27&th=1
Oh wow 😧 thank you so much for sharing! 🙏🏼 that’s so helpful! I will definitely refer back :) it sounds like a lot but I know I will have to do some reading up and also just experiment myself too. I’m not sure what I will do eventually but I appreciate all the information you shared so much especially with all the experience growing in pon you have 🥹 thank you again!
I use Hydra Greens. It's a Canadian product so it's been cheaper for me. It says to use weekly which works for me as it makes the habit easier to incorporate in the plant schedule rather than a slow release or once a month thing.
I love your rehab videos always learn so much I use growth technology fertilizer it is fantastic
I’ve seen such a huge difference in using Foliage Pro liquid fertilizer. I have a big 2gal pump sprayer and I put my FP in a glass jar with a dropper that’s attached to the lid. Then I know I just have to add some many droppers full to my big sprayer.
Thank you for sharing! That’s smart!! ☺️🫶🏻
So many of mine have had soggy roots!
Liquid fertiliser wise, what I do is use a small amount of slow release alongside liquid gold leaf fertiliser. I like it because I can use it in different dilutions for normal feeding, semi hydro and foliar feeding. I wouldn't say i use it every time but more often than not. I'm not quite through half a bottle of it over the last year
Thanks for sharing! ☺️ I’m not familiar with the liquid gold leaf I’ll have to look it up 🫶🏻
Gold Leaf Food is great I hear for those. It is a liquid but great for instant. I use it now too at times.
Great rehab Melissa! Looking forward to seeing that Rattlesnake come back and thrive 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 As for liquid fertiliser, I have been using Growth Technology Foliage Focus (Aussie product, now available in the States) for a couple of years now and swear by it. I make up a few litres of it at a time and have them strewn around the place (in dark spaces) so they're ready to go when I need them 😄🤭 Always a pleasure watching your videos 🙏🏼✨💚
Thank you so much!! It sounds like a winner!
I crack up every time you use that tiny shovel. 😂😂🪴
😂😂😂 they’re so cute! I really need to invest in some bigger scoops haha
I love the BroBizz fishmix fertiliser 👌 it really helps upsize the leafes 🌱
I loooove the dyna gro foliage pro!!
Thank you! 💚
Very best of luck with these plants. I wish I had some pointers for you but sadly I don’t. This video reminds me of my own travails trying to grow a Sago Palm, a complete mystery to me. Again, good luck and thanks.
Dyna-gro Foliage Pro or GT Foliage Focus are the best in the market now. My plants have been growing like crazy. Highly recomend
Thank you!! :)
Dyna-Gro is a great fertilizer
I use the miracle grow all purpose plant food. Its for indoor and outdoor plants. I use it every other week at most. Its basically dissolvable crystals and it comes with a scoop. It takes like 2 seconds to add it to my water on watering days lol It'd be interesting to see your thoughts
loved the whole process; it's so calming.❤
She had me nervous with that exacto I thought she was gonna cut her finger off 😂
I was using Marphyl Soil Enhancer for quite a while. It’s a Marine Plancto something or other. I switched to Osmocote in July and my plants seem to be much happier now.
This was very interesting to watch, learning a lot. Want to know I'm about to fertilizer my hoya not re pot . So if I sprinkle alittle Osmocote on top will it break down in soil?
I usually mix some in the top layer when I add some to plants I don't repot just so it's not sitting on top the soil :)
@@plantsbymelissa thank you
That's interesting about the rainwater. I have a golden pathos hanging outside and it has been rained on a few times. It started getting an orang / brown spots on it. As time has gone on it covered the leaves. So I have just been trimming off the funky leaves.
Sounds like some kind of rust fungus. I actually found some on my BOP outside earlier this week. I think fungal issues happen more often than people think but they don't diagnosed and it can really take out a plant :(
Love watching repotting videos, I've been putting off my pictus Exotica it's leaves are curling and its not needing water. I think it didn't like being up potted.
Thank you! I need to check mine too 😬 I'm worried there might be some rot going on. I hope yours will be okay!
You are just being a nurse to your plants now ❤
🥹 yes!! Never thought about that
Have you heard of liquid Gold Leaf indoor fertiliser?? Definitely a good one
I have heard of it but haven’t tried it :)
Where did you get your plant clips. They look super cute. 😊
I tried a Gloriosum and killed it, was one of my first "rate expensive" plants and it just died a slow death didn't give me any leaves. Probably my lack of experience but I don't think they're as easy as some claim in a house setting. I think they are gorgeous if you live in Florida or something and can have them as a yard plant.
I think if you buy one more mature it helps for indoors but they're definitely finicky. Crawlers are so hard to care for :/
such a cool video!! never really knew about stratum but will look into it! thanks for inspiring me to maybe rehab my plants next time instead of throwing them out. so cool! new to your channel and subbed.
Thanks for subscribing and for watching! ☺️ happy to have you here! I started using it last year and I love it for propagating in. It’s some magical stuff lol. I always try to rehab and some require a lot more patience but definitely can get tossing them out too ☺️
Very nice repot/redo video.I had to do both of my orbifolia ,it was sad because one was big and beautiful. Where do you keep your pots at? Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge.
Thank you! Most of my nursery pots I get off of amazon. I link most of my supplies I use in the description box :) You can find more here: www.amazon.com/shop/plantsbymelissa/list/2Q7LRSOZIGHH7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Espoma Organic Indoor Houseplant Food I can recommend. I dilute half strength and there seems to be no risk of over fertilizing when slow release is already in the soil. Been doing that routine for about 2 years now. Curious to see how the Gloriosum will do. 🤗
I have 3 indoor plants. A newbie :)
I bought a lemon lime thanks Melissa, I bought a lemon lime Maranta from an
online seller who lives in California just 2 hours away.
She sent me a 4" potted Calathea,
lush and beautiful, potted in just wet moss?
It isn't the finer peat moss.
It's soil is still very wet Oct 6, a week later.
There's a tiny change to some leaf tips, some brown.
Would it be worth it to repot with my chunky airy soil so soon
or wait another week?
Thanks for any advice!
Hab au h schonmal vor 1-2 Jahren da bestellt. Bekam statt einer epiprmenum marble queen eine aureum. :/ und hatte viel mehr Erde um Karton. ^^ war also nicht wirklich begeistert. 😅
I've used stratum for the first time about two weeks ago on a white princess cutting and it literally rooted in 7 days. However, I wasn't sure if my clear cup should have drainage holes so I didn't add any.
I am also in the process of rehabbing my gloriosum! I think it caught spider mites and is just a difficult plant for me. I have not yet figured out crawlers. Some day! Thanks for the video :)
Crawlers are difficult! I need to research more of them. I am excited to see how one grows in pon though :) Sorry about your gloriosum!
I am begging for an ASMR repot 🤣🥺I'd sleep forever 😂
Haha I need to do one! I love asmr too!
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Hi Melissa! I think this might help you with your gloriosum. My mom grew hers with half way full of soil in the pot, that guy might not want too much soil. And it grew well in that setting💯
Yes! I tried not to overwhelm it when I planted it in here and my DIY mix is pretty aerated. It recovered from rot once before so I was cautious on watering it 😁
Hello m new to your channel. I like the way you do your plants. But what are you using in place over potting soil? Thank you for your help. I’ll keep watching ya.
I had to do the same thing to my rattlesnake….so no judgement here. Also, I use Super Thrive and Liquid Gold Leaf.
Oh no! I hope it can make a comeback! 🥹 thanks for your suggestions!
I have many liquid fertilizers i bought on different you-tuber recommendations and I always just wind up mixing them together. I eyeball it and should really try to be better about measuring. I just kinda throw it in willy nilly😂
Haha that sounds like me. I am a very big eye ball everything 😂🫶🏻
I had to turn the sound up to hear the stratum but That is really satisfying. I had no idea that it made that noise and I actually use it some..lol😅
I loveee that sound! It has to be dried out all the way and it fizzes like that but it's so satisfying!
@@plantsbymelissa I actually have mine drying in the sun now because it came to me moist, so I'm excited to try it.
I use liquid dirt. My fig leaf plant loves it, much biĝer leafs.
I’ve gotten a fungal infection or bug and I’ve got root rot in so many plants!! I have a glorious that was a straight up grower but it might be? Ugh can you tell by a picture what a Philo glorious or a gloriosum?
i would love for you to use a liquid fertilizer! so you can teach me LOL i learn so much from you
Get the skil saw out!😂
right 😂
Where did you get the box your clean stratum is in? What size is it?
I’m very new to houseplants and aroids in general. Now I’m a little nervous bc I just bought a gloriosum
Aw hopefully yours will do so well for you. I think they can be more challenging but some people do well with them! I think everyone has their share of plants that are harder to grow and some philos are definitely it for me 🙈
@@plantsbymelissa thanks Melissa! Hopefully 🤞🏽. I’ll do a lot of research (aka watching a ton more of your videos ☺️) to make sure I can get it to thrive
What comes Hydrin peroxide? Do for plants? Is all plants you can use it on?
I had the same issues when I reached the bottom of my rain barrel. My Rattlesnake (and Ctenanthe lubbersiana) looks just like yours. It's so frustrating!
oh no! I hope they can make a comeback! It is frustrating because we're just trying to provide good water for them! 😔
I think it’s from all the crap they are spraying in the air. You should see what my birdbath looks like after a rain, not all the time but most of the time.
Why are you getting away from fox farm. I haven’t found that video yet. If you could link it to me in a comment I would appreciate it. Thanks again for the great content you out out
I don't care for peat moss anymore is the main reason! I didn't really make a video on it yet but once I get used to this new mix and I like it and my plants do fine in it then I will definitely share more!
Have you used a fungicide? Might be easier than chopping the plants off
What is the anti fungal you use when replanting your plants?
Where do you get all these cute mushroom shirts from? 😍 and honestly I just use super thrive from Home Depot and Osmocote for fertilizer! Dr. Earth “pure gold” liquid fertilizer for outside plants.
The darker gray one is from target! They still have it in stock in the stores. The green one I believe I got from American eagle or urban outfitters last summer!
Oh weird I’ve not heard my stratum make noise, but I’m going to listen more closely.
I chopped and propped my white wizard and snapped off every single leaf 😂
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After watching you and others using semi hydro I think I’ll try that on my Rosia type Calathea that just dry out and die. Do you have any of these in Pon? Problem is it’s out of stock again. Been battling thrips and mites as they’ve spread to other plants and chomped on the leaves. Uggghh
Oh no I need to order another bag. I’ll have to keep a lookout. I don’t have any in pon but I would love to try some they love their water. So sorry about your calathea and the pests 🥹 I hope they’re gone soon!
My rattlesnake calathea is in exactly the same state haha 🙌
oh no 🥲 I hope it can come back!
@plantsbymelissa awww ty same to you ❤️
I took it out of soil and put it in pon I've finally got some new growth coming through now, but it was cut right back to nothing like yours and for a while I thought to myself I'll take it as a loss and any new growth is a bonus 😅
No shade for people who bin and restart but for me I like to give rehabbing a try just to see if I can
I use dynagro
Hi, do you make your own potting soil?
I do yes! I always DIY my mixes. I tried out soil brand before but had a horrible experience with root rot. Never go back.
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How is your Rattlesnake doing now?
Fish Emulsion, water with it a least once a month.
I can’t believe you cut your whole rattlesnake!!! Mind blown. But good to know!!
I transferred all my crawling philodendron into Pon and they loooove it! They all grow really big leafes. No issues since then🤍🌱
Good to know! Thank you!!
I personally think the glory got under watered and the roots dry rotted I'm telling y from experience 😅
It’s definitely possible! I have had a time with soil this year with the other mix staying too wet and then my hot plant room dries everything out quickly. I was afraid to water half the time 😂
When I have trouble with plants I watch others videos. Maybe find someone that have great succuss with those. I stay away from those. lol
Pop rocks lol
Where did you get your shirt from? ❤🪴
My gloriosum has also been giving me trouble recently! 😭
I bought it last year from urban outfitters! I don't think they have it anymore :( Sorry about your gloriosum as well 🥲