I thought i was gonna watch another quick humorous plant video while getting ready for work, but at over an hour long I now have an epic binge while working, something to look forward to while working. Thanks for that!!
@@MrOllie716 Oh yeah, tho the PH thing was new to me at least. I lol'd at seeing him sleeping with his moisture meter again! I enjoy his style so I don't mind supporting him by watching the content again.
I have learned so much from this channel…do yourself a massive favor: BUY a moisture meter, BUY a light meter, and water when the soil is dry. Big 3 basics that I’ve learned exclusively on this channel. I’ve got thriving plants and reversed my brown thumb. Hope this channel keeps growing❤️
If you want to spot pests but your eyes are not the best, then put a slice of cucumber on the soil. The day later check the cucumber. I spotet mites and thrips before i had a huge infestation. Cucumber is white, pests are dark. You can see small dots moving. I think they like the smell and the sap.
I can't thank you enough for the tip about watering houseplants with distilled water. It has been an absolute game-changer! My houseplants are thriving and with no brown tips.
Unrelated to houseplants, but in my garden my pepper plants sometimes suffer. My grandmother taught me at a young age peppers burn easily from fertilizer/composted manure. She always put less manure under them with a layer of soup between and her fertilizer shed place out about 12 inches away from the plant. I know how she did it, but every other year it seems I stunt my peppers with fertilizer and every other year I'm swimming in pepper plants standing up to to my chest. This year I'm trying worm castings and fish emulsion with them. Fingers crossed!
I bought my calathea in a near dead state on sale and it is the most stunning plant I have. Why? It gets attention from me every day. I give it a constant supply of water at the base that it can draw on and it feels secure and happy. Now that it has a lot of lush leaves I do have to make sure there are no bugs on them and dust them.
My two hobbies collided. I use my goldfish tank water for my plants. Saves water, perfect neutral pH (where my water is normally acidic, it's been circulating with crushed coral), and my goldfish poop is a great mild fertilizer. If I need extra fertilization I use the water from cleaning the filter. Next step growing plants out of the top of his tank. So fun.
Cleaning the water of a goldfish tank is a great job for a monstera for instance. Since my goldfish died after 20 years, my plants suffer from some kind a deficit of nutrients because I didn't get used to give them fertilizer regularly.
Mr Sheffield you are too funny! Love all your videos, even tho comical they are full of useful information, thanks for all your experience and plant knowledge, ❤️from🇨🇦
I love your videos and really enjoyed this compilation. Your filming style is entertaining and the editing effort is A+! I much prefer this type of informational video to watching plant folks gab on while doing plant chores. I also really enjoyed the past few vids you put out recently. 👍🏻👍🏻
@@SheffieldMadePlants and I'm watching you right now on the big screen tv! I am on the video on plants that love low light. Great stuff and of course, your humor is appreciated.
I’ve learned a few things from you I didn’t know about caring for plants I did what you did cut my rubber plant off and rooted the stems now my plant is getting new leaves one on the bottom one by the place I cut off . The cuttings have started to root also thanks for all the funny things you say too lol
HI Rich,Billie here from US. I broke my ankle so I showed my husband how to use the moisture meter and my kids are doing great. My Pease Lilly is blooming . All the kids I thought were dorment but are growing. Having all your teaching is popping out of the UA-cam videos. Thank you for your lestens. Question what are you going to do when your plant kids grow up. My sunroom is a forest. Thank you🙏 again everything. Please stay well🤗😘😍
One of those pink fittonias found its way into my cart one day at the grocery store (through no prompting of my own, of course) and I could not be happier with it. They are super easy to care for and don't fuss much about suffering slight neglect. It is also the cutest little plant. It does need some bright light to keep their coloration, though. I loved the video! I had never heard of those sticky plant labels, I will definitely give them a try!
So eady to drill a hole in just about any pot. Get the right drill bit which doesn't cost much at all and you can easily drill holes in any pot. Much easier than you think for sure 😊
You’re a regular name in my house now. I’m just starting my collection. I’ve been a florist for years, can do any arrangement eve, but my indoor green thumb has failed me. So following you, I’m learning and thriving. I feel like we’re family now.
I even drench my cactuses during growing seasons… but I keep my cactuses outside on a south facing patio. I’ve watered my Saguaro ever 3-4 days in august before.
Heh heh, yeah... that's how it is. I've got aloe vera, and let me say, I've obliterated a ton of roots. They're usually small, thin, and almost black, so it's fine. That, and aloe vera is a determined plant!
A million thanks for the Oxalis tip covered at the end of this video! I've had this plant for years & have always struggled to keep it happy over winter. I didn't know about dormancy until now! This plant is so dear to me; in honor of my dearly departed dog Lucky. Thanks again! I love playing your vids when I'm doing my weekly waterings. 😊
Beginner plant enthusiasts should start with snake plants. Experienced plant parents should buy more snake plants. Plant pros only care for snake plants.
You are never wrong. Keep trying. I love your positive nature. All your plant kids love your positively. .Can wait till my ankle is better. Happy spring. Our dormant stage is over. Hard work begins.We all need your advise for everything green. Love ya
My fitonia does excellent both in a closed terrarium and out of one, so I don’t think they necessarily need high humidity but will do well in or out of it
Thank you Mr Sheffield for all your hard work and great videos that help teach us new plant parents! Now my Peace Lilly stands half a chance of living! I've been learning so much from your helpful tips and videos! The moisture meter you recommended really helps!! Thank you for all you do!!! 😊
I have pink and white fittonias. They were perfectly full and healthy when I got them. I did everything water proper light and they nearly died (I was down to one stem a piece) until I decided to put them in a terrarium and they are looking extremely full and thriving. I now need another terrarium for their babies.
Hey there! Helpful video. Very true, calathea is a fussy plant. But a hardy. My 6 diff varieties of calathea has scorched/folded/dried leaves...somehow have managed to now get them all w/o these problems. I think it was here (not sure) in your videos that I learnt about ro water for them not normal tap water. This probably helped. Also kept them in semi shade.
Thank you so much Richard, I really really enjoyed watching you talk about all these plants and the best way to manage them all the purple shamrock is a prime example. Absolutely amazing and I had no idea what so ever, I’d have thought it was dead too!!!!! 😮 but I proves that we can all be wrong. This video was a marathon but, so enjoyable too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
Great thorough compilation of info! I really liked the soil PH overview. You have given me another rabbit hole to fall down and yet another gadget I need!
I'm just starting the video, but you mentioned one big regret and my stomach sank. I lost a big, healthy plant that was grown and shared for decades within our family by cuttings. I think I had the last one, very large, and I am now convinced that I watered it to death once it was given to me. It didn't have the best type of soil for it, and I think just sat in water at the bottom. If the built-in tray was dry, I watered it. There's a lot of guilt there. It was basically an heirloom in the familial sense of the word.
I killed my grandfather’s asparagus fern. I feel you. He really wanted me to have it, but I wasn’t a plant person then. But then he died, and I figured I’d take it home. I wish I could go back knowing what I do now.
@@shortking-vp9vv Thanks for sharing that. I have to remind myself of this, and maybe it'll help... I'm trying to think of it this way to ease the guilt: what I learned from killing that one is helping the ones that are coming after and they might live because of it. If anything, that knowledge of what went wrong is the lesson learned that will now benefit so many more.
Fungus gnats 😖. They rarely cause me trouble anymore though, in spite of about 150 plants and another 100+ propagations. I love love love my plug-in UV sticky fly trap. It doesn't help at all with the houseflies that inspired the purchase, but it attracts gnats like a champ!
This has so much information in it ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ !!!! A suggested topic the difference between all the types of support poles, maintenance they require or preferred plants would be helpful. Coir, moss, plank - metal and wooden frames 🫤😳☹️ I couldn’t see anything in previous videos if I’ve missed it I’d appreciate the title 🙏🏽
I am so impressed and inspired by all your hard work you should be so proud of what you have accomplished Love to see how it all started as a viewer we very really get to see the start of a garden journey, I’m very new to gardening and was looking for ideas to get rid of my lawn so thank you 🙏🏽
OOooh Rich, I was just about to repot my ficus and I learnt I should go I pot smaller if I stay with earth instead of water which I was going too. NOW, You put this planting it in perlite in my head!!!! I need another pot of coffee, that would be a great experiment. Cheers. Love and Peace.
Mr. Sheffield, first day watching you. I’m taking all of your advice very seriously as if I’m in school again. I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin USA where our water is horrible. Couldn’t figure out why my plants were struggling until I watched your show today. By the way, you’re hilarious yet educational. I do have a question or two for you. 1). Is it advisable to use eggshells and vinegar mix in my plants every few months or so? 2). What about using coffee grounds? I don’t drink coffee, I bought it specifically to make my plants happy and healthy. I eventually want to fill up my home with the beauty of plants, but I want to be a pro doing it. Thank you for your assistance, educational advice, and humor. 💜💜👍🏾😀
Hi. I'd stick to the basics of giving them good light and watering when they're dry. Coffee grounds in the soil can be a nice bonus but not as a substitute for fertiliser. Don't know about the egg and vinegar
If I may make a suggestion for your fungus, not catchers, it's to have them be symmetrical and then covered with plastic on the bottom in so you can peel away layer, and the main body of the trap can be used at least twice
Personally I could also recommend start with amarylis. They don't require that much of water, sun and fertilizing isn't necessary. They start to bloom late winter and early spring, one bulb may grow 1-2 stems with really nice big flowers. And in general all it's foliage looks nice.
Hi Mr. Sheffield! I’m a new follower but I absolutely LOVE your content already. So informative and also hilarious! I wanted to ask if you could do a video on different propagation methods and how to transfer plants that have grown in water to soil? This is always something I’ve struggled with and I’m curious if you have some good tips! Keep up the amazing content!!!
Hi you asked what happens to the soil when you have more roots than soil left in the pot. Answer: You don’t have soil in your pots on the video you have a potting media such as coco coir, pine chips sphagnum moss in your mix, the media decomposes so eventually there’s none of it left except for the perlite. Hope this helps.
I went to the flower show a few days ago and my plan was to get a new plant. I remember in another video you said not to buy a certain plant, but didn't remember that you said Calathea. Well I made the mistake and purchased a Rattlesnake Calathea. Hope it will do well it's a nice looking plant.
Thank you for such a wonderful video. I think I’ll try growing my alocasia’s in perlite. I found it interesting about the oxalis. I have one growing wild in my backyard. The leaves are huge, not like the oxalis weed and the flowers are a beautiful dark pink.
I love water meters but remember some plants prefer a dryer soil where others want a bit moist soil. Start lifting the pots before watering to feel the weight and after watering. Do it enough, you will know just by lifting the pot. I also love giving a bunch of Mycorrhizal, I started for my mj plants and moved to all of them. I like using luke warm water too. I use to have a huge bin of soil cooking but lessen down as I am no longer growing leafy greens. I grew for my two bearded dragons and a guinea pig. The old piggy passed and the dragons don't eat enough to make up the costs of growing them(apartment dweller and no balcony). It costs less to buy a huge container of organic mix. But a great organic natural soil with biolife is best. I love making it more like the abg mix I made for my anole's bioactive tanks. Things grow great in it. But I want to go soiless for the house plants. I am covering my weed plants with a few inches of rice husks and that has helped with fungus gnats a lot.
Those Frankie Fittonias love the bright light. If you don’t give them the right lighting they can get leggy. Propagating them Is hard without drowning it.
The overwatering information is so important: frequency not quantity! I see so much watering advice to only use a cup or x amount of tablespoons to avoid overwatering >.< Thank-you for the tip compilation :)
I always look forward to watching you. You have such a great sense of humor. I watched an old video a couple days ago and you were so serious in the beginning. I’m glad you’ve got comfortable enough to be yourself. BTW, my Tineke has got some brown spots and a little browning around the edge of one of its leaves. Too much water? Or too much light?
one of your many virtues is your short lasting videos. I always wondering do the rest youtube plant lovers think we have plenty of time to watch an hour video every week? 🤔 anyway, I loved that you offered us a long lasting video this week!
The best advice is know the plant before you buy! I’ve made that mistake - bought a plant that I just can’t keep alive with the environment in my house. I’ve been lucky and not had a problem with pests on new plants, although I have had an issue with red spot on amaryllis.
First plant I bought (fom Ikea) that survived was a yucca. I put it in a corner and treated it like a redheaded stepchild 😅. Now, 10 years later it's twice the height at almost 2 m and starting to bloom for the first time. My collection expanded rapidly 4 years ago. Now it's one of over 30 happy plants including 4 orchids, a strelitzia, passion fruit, a couple of palm trees, avocado tree (grown from seed) and two ficus benjamin.. All super tall and bushy. I was told David Attenburough could make a jungle documentary in my apartment 😅. But yes, can't go wrong with a yucca. We also call it" the tree of life." It's obvious why! 😊
Oh I highly recc. this tip for every new plant I bring home I treat it with Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew and then keep it in the bathroom for two weeks then treat again. I have ZERO mealy bug and never had thrips. Take the TIME to prevent a outbreak and cost you a whole lot of money in treatment products.
I more than appreciated that calathea joke. I learned my lesson after getting 2 big ones for my bday. Well, they were presents. That was £120 down the drain, just like that! Never again
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I thought i was gonna watch another quick humorous plant video while getting ready for work, but at over an hour long I now have an epic binge while working, something to look forward to while working. Thanks for that!!
Pssst the majority of it is recycled content so odds are good you’ve already seen it.
@@MrOllie716 Oh yeah, tho the PH thing was new to me at least. I lol'd at seeing him sleeping with his moisture meter again!
I enjoy his style so I don't mind supporting him by watching the content again.
SAME!!!😂❤😊
You’re an ideal employee 😂
Maybe you should focus on your work mate 😂
I have learned so much from this channel…do yourself a massive favor: BUY a moisture meter, BUY a light meter, and water when the soil is dry. Big 3 basics that I’ve learned exclusively on this channel. I’ve got thriving plants and reversed my brown thumb. Hope this channel keeps growing❤️
Excellent!
If you want to spot pests but your eyes are not the best, then put a slice of cucumber on the soil. The day later check the cucumber. I spotet mites and thrips before i had a huge infestation. Cucumber is white, pests are dark. You can see small dots moving. I think they like the smell and the sap.
Cool tip! I’ll have to try this one.
@@Planty-MandyCool as a cucumber! 😊
Super cool tip. Thanks!!
I can't thank you enough for the tip about watering houseplants with distilled water. It has been an absolute game-changer! My houseplants are thriving and with no brown tips.
You bet!
i use rainwater
“First, you’ll want to avoid anything that has Calathea on the tag…” FACTS 💯🤣
Oh yes😸❗️
Yes!!!
I love the look of calathea but the care is like the plant dont even come from earth 😂
hahaha
My favourite plant channel by a mile
Thank you 😊
Mrs Sheffield is a lucky woman. I’m sure you keep her laughing all day
She wouldn’t say that 😅
Unrelated to houseplants, but in my garden my pepper plants sometimes suffer. My grandmother taught me at a young age peppers burn easily from fertilizer/composted manure. She always put less manure under them with a layer of soup between and her fertilizer shed place out about 12 inches away from the plant. I know how she did it, but every other year it seems I stunt my peppers with fertilizer and every other year I'm swimming in pepper plants standing up to to my chest. This year I'm trying worm castings and fish emulsion with them. Fingers crossed!
I bought my calathea in a near dead state on sale and it is the most stunning plant I have. Why? It gets attention from me every day. I give it a constant supply of water at the base that it can draw on and it feels secure and happy. Now that it has a lot of lush leaves I do have to make sure there are no bugs on them and dust them.
That's a lot of attention the lucky thing
My two hobbies collided. I use my goldfish tank water for my plants. Saves water, perfect neutral pH (where my water is normally acidic, it's been circulating with crushed coral), and my goldfish poop is a great mild fertilizer. If I need extra fertilization I use the water from cleaning the filter.
Next step growing plants out of the top of his tank. So fun.
I do the same thing! ❤
Cleaning the water of a goldfish tank is a great job for a monstera for instance. Since my goldfish died after 20 years, my plants suffer from some kind a deficit of nutrients because I didn't get used to give them fertilizer regularly.
@@jackwinter1385a goldfish lasted 20 years?? 😮
@@kempydupree9374Yes. Had several together. Goldfish need companionship and should not live alone.
Mr Sheffield you are too funny! Love all your videos, even tho comical they are full of useful information, thanks for all your experience and plant knowledge, ❤️from🇨🇦
Thank you 😊
I absolutely love you!! Your videos are both educational and hilarious!! Thank you so much!
Glad you like them!
I love your videos and really enjoyed this compilation. Your filming style is entertaining and the editing effort is A+! I much prefer this type of informational video to watching plant folks gab on while doing plant chores. I also really enjoyed the past few vids you put out recently. 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
Funny enough my calathea doesn’t give me any problems, she’s growing amazing in just water. My peace Lilly on the other hand is such a diva
always the drama queen !
Marylander here that loves your videos. I'm a novice on houseplants and your videos are so informative!
Awesome! Thank you!
@@SheffieldMadePlants and I'm watching you right now on the big screen tv! I am on the video on plants that love low light. Great stuff and of course, your humor is appreciated.
I am also a Maryland error and ur videos are excellent.❤
🤣 A Marylander!!!
@@DeniseJackson-jf2ng Woooo! Another Marylander! Nice to meet you!
New plant mom here, just recently took the red pill 🫡
Love this channel. His humour, just 👩🍳😗🤌
You are the greatest teacher😆😇
I’ve learned a few things from you I didn’t know about caring for plants I did what you did cut my rubber plant off and rooted the stems now my plant is getting new leaves one on the bottom one by the place I cut off . The cuttings have started to root also thanks for all the funny things you say too lol
Thanks for watching 😁
Your welcome @@SheffieldMadePlants
HI Rich,Billie here from US. I broke my ankle so I showed my husband how to use the moisture meter and my kids are doing great. My Pease Lilly is blooming . All the kids I thought were dorment but are growing. Having all your teaching is popping out of the UA-cam videos. Thank you for your lestens. Question what are you going to do when your plant kids grow up. My sunroom is a forest. Thank you🙏 again everything. Please stay well🤗😘😍
You’ve got it sorted! I doubt mine will ever get that big. Too big and I’ll chop and start again
and make some nice x-mas gifts! Love your Vids!@@SheffieldMadePlants
One of those pink fittonias found its way into my cart one day at the grocery store (through no prompting of my own, of course) and I could not be happier with it. They are super easy to care for and don't fuss much about suffering slight neglect. It is also the cutest little plant. It does need some bright light to keep their coloration, though. I loved the video! I had never heard of those sticky plant labels, I will definitely give them a try!
Great stuff 👍
Just stumbled on this video, I found it very informative I look forward to watching some of your other videos thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for watching 😁
So eady to drill a hole in just about any pot. Get the right drill bit which doesn't cost much at all and you can easily drill holes in any pot. Much easier than you think for sure 😊
You’re a regular name in my house now. I’m just starting my collection. I’ve been a florist for years, can do any arrangement eve, but my indoor green thumb has failed me. So following you, I’m learning and thriving. I feel like we’re family now.
Awesome! Thank you!
I've always cut the top off the ficus rubber plant and dip it in rooting hormone and replant it, so the leaves are at the bottom. Works every time.
I finally bought a moisture meter through your Amazon link (USA) I poked every plant pot in my house. I love it 😊
Great!
I even drench my cactuses during growing seasons… but I keep my cactuses outside on a south facing patio. I’ve watered my Saguaro ever 3-4 days in august before.
Does the Mrs,get you surprise plants just because??? Like a man gives flowers 😊
Sometimes 😁
You are so entertaining!! As well as being informative! Keep it up!
Thanks!
@@Abcd-jz4gp 😅
Hi Rich, I painted the back of the plank with leaves. Not naked.Another fyi I use old while socks to clean leaves.Try it Billie🤗
Great tip!
"be careful handling the roots, it's sensitive down there!"
later see you sawing them off like a slice of bread lol
Heh heh, yeah... that's how it is. I've got aloe vera, and let me say, I've obliterated a ton of roots. They're usually small, thin, and almost black, so it's fine. That, and aloe vera is a determined plant!
A million thanks for the Oxalis tip covered at the end of this video! I've had this plant for years & have always struggled to keep it happy over winter. I didn't know about dormancy until now! This plant is so dear to me; in honor of my dearly departed dog Lucky. Thanks again! I love playing your vids when I'm doing my weekly waterings. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Beginner plant enthusiasts should start with snake plants.
Experienced plant parents should buy more snake plants.
Plant pros only care for snake plants.
You are never wrong. Keep trying. I love your positive nature. All your plant kids love your positively. .Can wait till my ankle is better. Happy spring. Our dormant stage is over. Hard work begins.We all need your advise for everything green. Love ya
Thank the lord!
My fitonia does excellent both in a closed terrarium and out of one, so I don’t think they necessarily need high humidity but will do well in or out of it
New plant parent here and doing much research for my indoor plants! Very much informative, learned a lot!
The way you personify your plants gives me so much joy. ❤ they are all unique with their own temperaments 😊
Great stuff 👍
I've been following you since you started and your videos only keep getting better 😂
Awesome!
Woohoo !!! A super dose of you and your knowledge ... thanx 👍😁👏👏🥰😘
Yesssss!!!😊👏👏👏
I can’t say how many of your videos I have watched, but I think this one is my favorite! ❤️
Glad you enjoy it!
Thank you Mr Sheffield for all your hard work and great videos that help teach us new plant parents! Now my Peace Lilly stands half a chance of living! I've been learning so much from your helpful tips and videos! The moisture meter you recommended really helps!! Thank you for all you do!!! 😊
Awesome!
I have pink and white fittonias. They were perfectly full and healthy when I got them. I did everything water proper light and they nearly died (I was down to one stem a piece) until I decided to put them in a terrarium and they are looking extremely full and thriving. I now need another terrarium for their babies.
A classic terrarium plant
@SheffieldMadePlants ❤️ I feel like a star 🌟 Mr. Sheffield replied to me on my first-ever comment. #starstruck
Hey there! Helpful video.
Very true, calathea is a fussy plant. But a hardy. My 6 diff varieties of calathea has scorched/folded/dried leaves...somehow have managed to now get them all w/o these problems. I think it was here (not sure) in your videos that I learnt about ro water for them not normal tap water. This probably helped. Also kept them in semi shade.
They do bounce back but need a lot of mothering!
Thank you so much Richard, I really really enjoyed watching you talk about all these plants and the best way to manage them all the purple shamrock is a prime example. Absolutely amazing and I had no idea what so ever, I’d have thought it was dead too!!!!! 😮 but I proves that we can all be wrong. This video was a marathon but, so enjoyable too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
Thanks 🙏
Great thorough compilation of info! I really liked the soil PH overview. You have given me another rabbit hole to fall down and yet another gadget I need!
I'm just starting the video, but you mentioned one big regret and my stomach sank. I lost a big, healthy plant that was grown and shared for decades within our family by cuttings. I think I had the last one, very large, and I am now convinced that I watered it to death once it was given to me. It didn't have the best type of soil for it, and I think just sat in water at the bottom. If the built-in tray was dry, I watered it. There's a lot of guilt there. It was basically an heirloom in the familial sense of the word.
I killed my grandfather’s asparagus fern. I feel you. He really wanted me to have it, but I wasn’t a plant person then. But then he died, and I figured I’d take it home. I wish I could go back knowing what I do now.
Sorry to hear that but these things happen. Easy to make a mistake here or there
@@shortking-vp9vv Thanks for sharing that. I have to remind myself of this, and maybe it'll help... I'm trying to think of it this way to ease the guilt: what I learned from killing that one is helping the ones that are coming after and they might live because of it. If anything, that knowledge of what went wrong is the lesson learned that will now benefit so many more.
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thanks, Rich. I hope that knowing what went wrong helps other plants live better now. :)
Thank you I didn’t look at the description box but I found it. I’ll be waiting for another good video. 😊
Yay! Got to see the plant catch again!! Epic!
I bought a moisture meter too it sure helps alot
Fungus gnats 😖. They rarely cause me trouble anymore though, in spite of about 150 plants and another 100+ propagations. I love love love my plug-in UV sticky fly trap. It doesn't help at all with the houseflies that inspired the purchase, but it attracts gnats like a champ!
I've got one too 👍
Thanks for reminding us to check plants for pests before buying! It still isn't in my system, had luck so far
This video was very long, but I was very entertained 😄 especially when it came to sitting on the pot lol. 🌱
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for making such great videos. They are informative as well as entertaining! Bonus!
Thanks for watching 😁
Love listening to your voice and to your content. I’ve learned so much. Thank you.
Thanks!
Thanks for all the tips 😀🇨🇦
Thanks for your great content!
End to end! Loved it!
Thank you 😊
I love your videos, attitude and humor. I am new to this with plants let's see 🙂
Welcome aboard!
Always great informative videos,thanks x
This has so much information in it ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ !!!!
A suggested topic the difference between all the types of support poles, maintenance they require or preferred plants would be helpful. Coir, moss, plank - metal and wooden frames 🫤😳☹️
I couldn’t see anything in previous videos if I’ve missed it I’d appreciate the title 🙏🏽
Great suggestion!
I am so impressed and inspired by all your hard work you should be so proud of what you have accomplished
Love to see how it all started as a viewer we very really get to see the start of a garden journey, I’m very new to gardening and was looking for ideas to get rid of my lawn so thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you 😊
Hello, love the video. Where can I get the yellow tabs you put in your plants to catch the bugs on? Thank you
I think I’ve got them in my Amazon listed in description
OOooh Rich, I was just about to repot my ficus and I learnt I should go I pot smaller if I stay with earth instead of water which I was going too. NOW, You put this planting it in perlite in my head!!!! I need another pot of coffee, that would be a great experiment. Cheers. Love and Peace.
Worth a try
Thanks for the oxalis tutorial! I’d love to get some color other thank green in my collection!!
Any time!
The yellow sticky traps are the best gnat catcher ever idc what kind of spray you have, these are miles clear!
Mr. Sheffield, first day watching you. I’m taking all of your advice very seriously as if I’m in school again. I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin USA where our water is horrible. Couldn’t figure out why my plants were struggling until I watched your show today. By the way, you’re hilarious yet educational. I do have a question or two for you.
1). Is it advisable to use eggshells and vinegar mix in my plants every few months or so?
2). What about using coffee grounds? I don’t drink coffee, I bought it specifically to make my plants happy and healthy.
I eventually want to fill up my home with the beauty of plants, but I want to be a pro doing it. Thank you for your assistance, educational advice, and humor. 💜💜👍🏾😀
Hi. I'd stick to the basics of giving them good light and watering when they're dry. Coffee grounds in the soil can be a nice bonus but not as a substitute for fertiliser. Don't know about the egg and vinegar
If I may make a suggestion for your fungus, not catchers, it's to have them be symmetrical and then covered with plastic on the bottom in so you can peel away layer, and the main body of the trap can be used at least twice
I bought the moisture meter! Got it from your Amazon page too! Fantastic piece of kit, wish I bought it sooner!
Great stuff 👍
Personally I could also recommend start with amarylis. They don't require that much of water, sun and fertilizing isn't necessary. They start to bloom late winter and early spring, one bulb may grow 1-2 stems with really nice big flowers. And in general all it's foliage looks nice.
Hi Mr. Sheffield! I’m a new follower but I absolutely LOVE your content already. So informative and also hilarious! I wanted to ask if you could do a video on different propagation methods and how to transfer plants that have grown in water to soil? This is always something I’ve struggled with and I’m curious if you have some good tips! Keep up the amazing content!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Peace lilies are not easy! They are delicate little princesses. 😩
Such a long video, must be Christmas! 🤩🥳
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Love the LOTR reference. Thanks again for the tips.
Haha, I love your plant hugging 😊 thank you I’ve learnt a lot here today. I have a lot of work to do.🤷🏼♀️ Cheers, watching from Australia 🇦🇺
Hi you asked what happens to the soil when you have more roots than soil left in the pot. Answer: You don’t have soil in your pots on the video you have a potting media such as coco coir, pine chips sphagnum moss in your mix, the media decomposes so eventually there’s none of it left except for the perlite. Hope this helps.
Thanks!
I went to the flower show a few days ago and my plan was to get a new plant. I remember in another video you said not to buy a certain plant, but didn't remember that you said Calathea. Well I made the mistake and purchased a Rattlesnake Calathea. Hope it will do well it's a nice looking plant.
You’ve got this ✊
Thank you for such a wonderful video. I think I’ll try growing my alocasia’s in perlite. I found it interesting about the oxalis. I have one growing wild in my backyard. The leaves are huge, not like the oxalis weed and the flowers are a beautiful dark pink.
I love water meters but remember some plants prefer a dryer soil where others want a bit moist soil.
Start lifting the pots before watering to feel the weight and after watering. Do it enough, you will know just by lifting the pot.
I also love giving a bunch of Mycorrhizal, I started for my mj plants and moved to all of them.
I like using luke warm water too.
I use to have a huge bin of soil cooking but lessen down as I am no longer growing leafy greens. I grew for my two bearded dragons and a guinea pig. The old piggy passed and the dragons don't eat enough to make up the costs of growing them(apartment dweller and no balcony). It costs less to buy a huge container of organic mix. But a great organic natural soil with biolife is best. I love making it more like the abg mix I made for my anole's bioactive tanks. Things grow great in it. But I want to go soiless for the house plants. I am covering my weed plants with a few inches of rice husks and that has helped with fungus gnats a lot.
Hi from Canada! Love your video's!❤
Thanks!
Leave a cup of water with a few drops lemon dish soap mixed into it, overnight in the sink. It will attract (& drown) many fungus gnats.
This video is GOLD 👌🏼 So so informative, I’m now an instant expert ☺️ Thank You 🙌🏼😀
Thanks!
Those Frankie Fittonias love the bright light. If you don’t give them the right lighting they can get leggy. Propagating them
Is hard without drowning it.
The overwatering information is so important: frequency not quantity! I see so much watering advice to only use a cup or x amount of tablespoons to avoid overwatering >.< Thank-you for the tip compilation :)
You bet!
🌿I love your videos! Thanks for the tips.
Glad you like them!
I always look forward to watching you. You have such a great sense of humor. I watched an old video a couple days ago and you were so serious in the beginning. I’m glad you’ve got comfortable enough to be yourself. BTW, my Tineke has got some brown spots and a little browning around the edge of one of its leaves. Too much water? Or too much light?
Thanks! Could be either really
Fantastic helpful information, thanks!!!
Glad it was helpful!
one of your many virtues is your short lasting videos. I always wondering do the rest youtube plant lovers think we have plenty of time to watch an hour video every week? 🤔
anyway, I loved that you offered us a long lasting video this week!
You watch it in chunks.
I will watch any lengths to help my plants! They always reward me in return! R.J.😊❤
The best advice is know the plant before you buy! I’ve made that mistake - bought a plant that I just can’t keep alive with the environment in my house. I’ve been lucky and not had a problem with pests on new plants, although I have had an issue with red spot on amaryllis.
So true!
😱 I thought your name was literally Mr Sheffield!!!! 😂 Well done!!! 🥰💖🥰😂
You're the best, mate!
You too!
Ferns are the only exception I have noticed require constant moisture when watering and don't let them go dry they get crispy haha
Great video very informative
Thank you I learned a lot from this
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic information ❤
Hello neighbour! You give me hope that nice plants can be grown in our sunny Sheffield 😂
There’s half a chance 😅
First plant I bought (fom Ikea) that survived was a yucca. I put it in a corner and treated it like a redheaded stepchild 😅. Now, 10 years later it's twice the height at almost 2 m and starting to bloom for the first time. My collection expanded rapidly 4 years ago. Now it's one of over 30 happy plants including 4 orchids, a strelitzia, passion fruit, a couple of palm trees, avocado tree (grown from seed) and two ficus benjamin.. All super tall and bushy. I was told David Attenburough could make a jungle documentary in my apartment 😅.
But yes, can't go wrong with a yucca. We also call it" the tree of life." It's obvious why! 😊
Great stuff 👍
Oh I highly recc. this tip for every new plant I bring home I treat it with Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew and then keep it in the bathroom for two weeks then treat again. I have ZERO mealy bug and never had thrips. Take the TIME to prevent a outbreak and cost you a whole lot of money in treatment products.
thank you
I more than appreciated that calathea joke. I learned my lesson after getting 2 big ones for my bday. Well, they were presents. That was £120 down the drain, just like that! Never again
I love your humor your show is so beautiful thanks so .much Candace ab
Thank you 😊
Wonderful 😊