I left my plants for 10 days 👀

[@wildfern]

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[@Dieppaloveplants]

Hello beautyful fern were u got the shelfs

[@cooperfox7680]

I absolutely love longer Fern vids!

[@MilesToGoGo]

I love when an update video turns into a mini plant tour 😅

[@kasjo78]

This might be a random comment..... But thank you for making me feel less crazy for not wanting to travel. I remember in one of your older videos, you said you didn't care for it, and that you prefer to be home. That's exactly how I feel! But in todays society, if you say you're not really into travel, people think you're crazy. Maybe I am, but thank you for validating my feelings! Signed ~ a huge fan

[@lanakravets7012]

I’ve left plants alone for close to 2 weeks, the best tip I have is to put smaller plants in clear storage boxes and move them closer to the window. That way they stay moist and humid but also get some sun light.

[@mam_and_plants]

Oh, leaving plants behind is always so stressful. And it’s so difficult to find someone who could look after them well. Don't water too much or too little and so on 😩
It’s good when you know how to help that your plants need in reanimation. 👍🏻

[@wildfern]

Ps the email for spooky repot submissions is: [e-mail] 🖤

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

Ouuu yes I was wondering if you’d be doing a video like this! I saw you were in the maritimes travelling, and was hoping for a “how my plants did while I was away” style of video ❤️❤️

[@wildfern]

Yes!! Had a lovely time on the east coast, but thankful to be back to my planty abode 🌿

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

@@wildfernouuuu yes there’s nothing quite like getting into your own bed after travelling 🥰🥰🥰

[@melissadavis809]

ive been searching for a variegated thanks giving cactus everywhere :') im starting to think you have the only one in existence lmao

[@roots_and_ruin]

I love your trailing, wild looking Florida ghost! Looks so unique and it's clearly pretty happy. I have two pots of quite small florida ghosts and think i will let one pot do its thing and trail, too!

[@rachelgerlach7313]

I wouldn’t worry too much about your variegated frydek, Alocasias can go through periods of dormancy. I’ve had it happen before, I just cut the limp leaves off and gave it the same care and it grew back looking much better actually 😂 so that might be what’s happening with yours!

[@carolstuff]

Your plants did absolutely great after 10 days! Glad you had a well deserved vac Fern.

[@tynatheunicorn]

I had to leave my plants alone for ten days either and they pulled through 🙏 I’m sure yours will be fine 💚

[@bjdhvcbiw]

I’ve never kept a variegated Micans, but I know that my other philodendron hederaceum varieties will sort of “revert” for 2-3 leaves after I take cuttings, my Brazil usually puts out a few totally or almost totally green leaves, and my neon will put out a few darker green leaves, hopefully your variegated one is just doing something like that

[@wildfern]

Oh I hope so, my fingers are crossed for it!

[@eunoiaplanter]

feeling inspired by your 'trailing' Florida Ghost! I've fallen out of love with mine but after seeing a few videos with how yours is grown, I think I'm going to remove my stake and let mine grow wild and see if it'll start trailing down instead!

[@HerPlantPalette]

Love the impromptu little tour. 😊 I feel you with the calathea, I made the executive decision to keep all my calatheas in the cabinet, otherwise I cant keep them happy.

[@greenandsheen]

I LITERALLY gasped at the philo orange marmalade 😍😮‍💨 absolutely insaaane! I think I need one in the future 😅 I never thought I’d love my painted lady the way I do and the orange marmalade is just like that but 10x MORE vibrant and I love the ruffles on the edges ugh 😩

[@wildfern]

Omg right!!! The painted lady to philo marmalade pipeline is real 😂 love them both 💛🧡

[@lvbaum3]

I don’t remember if you switched your warscewiczii into a self watering pot. If you haven’t, make that switch. They absolutely love them. At least mine does. I also keep it treated for spider mites constantly. I’ve noticed I don’t see the spider mites too well on that plant. Maybe it’s the light fuzz that is the issue for me.

[@amylokers4942]

Oh my gosh friend I love the Florida ghosts and how it's hanging down your cabinet It looks so beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@wildfern]

Awe thank you 🥺 I love it too!

[@daniellabirch2600]

The longest that I have left my plants is 10 days. For my extra thirsty plants, I poke a hole in the lid of a bottle and invert it into the pot. I haven't found other methods to work. I created an impromptu terrarium for some of my plants and came back to rotten plants. I've also found that I can't trust friends to water my plants. Maybe if I left a strict schedule for them it wouldn't be so bad.

[@emmawood9219]

If calathea warscewiczii doesn't end up working out for you, I recommend the calathea zebrina. Super velvety and still has the same coloring in the leaves except the pretty purple backs. Also grows pretty fast too c:

[@The.weaving.witch.]

10 days? That's nothing! I left mine for 3 weeks! I got 1 friend to come and Water my plants once and right before I left she said "I can't even keep a pothos alive"
But, I came home to only a couple yellow leaves and a few casualties.

[@wildfern]

That was so nice of your friend to help out! Teamwork makes the dream work 🤝

[@The.weaving.witch.]

So nice!
To be fair, I prepped a lot before this trip and left her several videos on how to care for them. But I did start having nightmares after week 2 about all my plants being rotted!

[@aubreehaislip7218]

I for one love the way your P Florida ghost looks growing wild down the cabinet!!

[@torquess454]

I’m trying to switch to semi hydro for my younger plants, going to Hawaii for 2 weeks and I’m not a part of a plant community yet to find someone to care for them. I need more room in my house! I’m just bringing in my outdoor plants and totally overwhelmed!! Think I’ll have to purge more…

[@taylorjanecke7933]

I'm actually in a plane right now, going away for a week lol
I left about half of my plants at home and watered this morning. The rest which are my semi hydro plants and rooting propagations are at my best friends house who is my designated plant sitter 😂

[@donnasmalley3713]

I also left for ten days. Came home to lots of blooms and new growth. Only left a few plants indoors and my son watered them once

[@KatrinBogner]

I'm sure you know this, but sometimes the variegation comes back if you use the right fertilizer. I realized that my plants got the best variegations if I fertilized them enough :)) (regarding the reverting micans)

[@artsakoula6505]

your plants are so unique, its inspiring me!

[@jenc2329]

I left my plants for 16 days in May. We decided to have our post office hold our mail and skip a house sitter. Watered them well before leaving. Closed the house up. When I came back they were all fine. Some had new growth! They lived off each other’s transpiration and did great. I have about 150 plants. I will probably never use a house sitter again. 😂
Thanks for the video!

[@lesliivariegata]

OMG i get my lefts and rights confused but is that a ring i see?!?! i dont know why i was thinking about you on your trip so much this past week but i just kept thinking what a perfect opportunity for your bf to pop the question while you are visiting his fam!!!!! sorry if i missed the announcement if you made one, im just catching up on my videos and havent caught up on patreon yet. also, sorry if its not, i just got so excited when you were holding up the supplements that i thought id come make a spectacle of myself! ;) i love you Fern!!!!

[@plantsandspreadsheets]

Heeheehee. I honestly just did a rewind because of your comment.

[@lesliivariegata]

lol, i rewatched after and saw it too, haha. i live in my own fairytale i guess! :) @@plantsandspreadsheets

[@ConnieP92]

Hey Fern glad to see all is good on the most part. I usually do the same as you with my soil plants. But I’ve been transitioning most of my collection to semi hydro so that when I go away I just top up the reservoirs, dowse the moss poles and partially close the shutters on all windows so that there is enough light but no direct sun coming in. I find they are usually more resilient than we give them credit for.
I never ask a friend or family member to do my indoor plants. But I occasionally ask my mum or bro to water my outdoor garden once a week if it gets too hot. 😅

[@aspenanya4421]

I could use some spooky Fern merch 👀💚🖤💚🖤

[@diannklotzbier7447]

I just saw a blog about adding silica to your white variegated plants. He had a monstera albo and NO browning on the leaves. The leaves were perfect!

[@pudik2008]

I went away with my family for 3 weeks but it was in autumn,I had my daughter stay over but she’s not into plants,but I gave her one job to do,that to water my moss poles,which she did as I wrote down the instructions on paper,and my planty son come once a week to check up on all the rest. I tried really hard not to worry about them whilst on holiday as it would have taken the fun out of enjoying my break!
Had all the grow lights on timers before we left,that helps a lot to whoever was house sitting.
I’m amazed at how good your plants did on their own! I do hope you got to relax while you were away,but now there’s lots of watering,hope you make a video on that! 😅
Natalie 🪴🍃👌🏻❤️

[@sylviagutierrez7676]

They still look great,your collection has grown so much👍
💚🌱🌵☘️💚

[@wildfern]

Thanks so much 😊

[@surgeinc1]

I’m clearly doing something wrong. My plants have a tantrum if I’m gone for more than two days.🥺

[@hopefulkitty]

I left my plants for 3 weeks last month. Nobody watered it, no self-watering system set up. I live in the Northeast. 2 days before I left, I drenched my plants and I moved most of them away from South/West facing windows, but not too far so they could still get natural light. I left the windows slightly open for ventilation. Plants did just fine and I saw some growth. They seem to enjoy being left alone and strut their stuff.

[@janetshepherd9062]

Loved this and your perspective on what the plants needed. When I am gone for awhile, I put the upside down bottle with the drip thingy.

[@pattysun202]

Love your t-shirts. Are they available to purchase? Love your plants and videos too👌🪴

[@dannettesavas3269]

Stick all your Calathea outside in the shade they will do outstanding

[@elmerhernandez5810]

I usually place my smaller plants in a plastic container and fill up the bottom with water and have someone stop by at least once.

[@regi985]

I will travel soon for nearly 3 weeks, it´s always a bit nerve racking. So far they have always been ok with out a plant sitter, just with some preparations. I move more and more plants into pon and self-watering pots which makes it way easier for vacations.
My preparations depend on the duration, plant, medium and weather of course, but it includes: watering right before I go / filling up the reservoir or using a bigger bucket as reservoir if needed / moving away from the window or closing sheer curtain / grouping together for added humidity, maybe putting a few water glasses in between / putting in clear boxes or covering with clear bag(not too much watering then) / wrapping mosspole with clingfilm or covering the whole thing+plant with clear plastic bag

[@AshleyHillebold]

My jungle velvet calathea only grows outside in the high humidity in the summer! I’m terrified to bring her in tbh

[@aspeng621]

Do you bring Olive along on your travels? 🐶

[@kendyllcraig900]

I can’t wait for an updated plant tour!!!

[@SarahC1996]

Your florida ghost looks SO COOL. IMO dont put it on a pole thats a cool way of showing it off!

[@laurahann]

Clare from the jungle haven had trouble with her variegated frydeck until she took it out of her cabinet I believe! I think she also put it in semi-hydro :)

[@lisaanglim9588]

I’ve left my plants alone for ten days. I had my roommate turn my grow lights on and off and my neighbor come over every three days to water two plants that absolutely needed to be damp all the time. They all looked great when I got home. I pre-watered before I left.

[@wildfern]

Ahh that is awesome!! So nice to be able to have the grow lights on while you were gone.

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

I LOVE how the discolour just said “oh, you don’t want to trellis me before travelling? I’ll just make my own damn trellis” 😂😂😂 that’s absolutely hilarious just how much it managed to curl itself around the other plant 😂

[@wildfern]

Lmaooo right!!!

[@jacquelinedaniels87]

Mine always is trying to choke out every dang thing in my cabinet! To the point I have made a daily habit to go unravel him from his future murder victims even tho he’s on a giant arka trellis stack lol

[@OMM-kl1zu]

Yay!!! I love spooky repot. Bring it on!!!! 🖤🖤👻🖤🖤. You are very lucky to have large windows in the lounge/dining area. Are they South facing? Omg!!! Syngonium - Albo 👍. Love looking at all your plants.

[@christelarmstrong9598]

Beautiful plants always

[@dorindastewart1375]

Wow, your plant bbs look great considering how long you were away! 👏👏👏 Three days is the longest I've left my plants. I'm so scared to leave. I'd probably have someone check on them if I leave for a longer time. For your reverting micans, would the variegation come back if you put it in higher light? And the silver band, have you thought about adding a pothos cutting or rooting hormone? Couldn't hurt. 🤷 Always enjoy your videos! 💚

[@maryperry5910]

Love you too Fern. Your plants look pretty great!

[@wishingonthemoon1]

I love your crazy Florida ghost!

[@PatchaXEtaw]

That wrapped plant!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@vlong7112]

Those new Hoya leaves are so lovely 🥹
And it's not just you, Calatheas don't work for me either 😂 I have a lemon lime maranta that has stayed with me, but any Calatheas or Stromanthes in my care won't last long.

[@lisaanglim9588]

That orange marmalade looks beautiful.

[@wildfern]

Thank you ☺️

[@eckehareckbert2731]

This is a nice video as it shown how the plants doing when we are away or how to determine plants with less care or maintenance ofcrse depend on season. For me even w/o traveling i prefered low maintenance & wont spend much and space friendly. I bought hoya hets variegated coz of u btw. Also, just started last yr, but i saw some of ur videos from 4yrs ago and present and i sure noticed how u change ur looks and hair, such amazing

[@4everdreamer569]

Maybe I missed it but curious as to why you don't put your grow lights on a timer so they'll still come on while you're out of town AND people think you're home so helps for security reasons as well.

[@wildfern]

Because it is a fire hazard. We leave the regular lights on when we’re gone for security reasons as it’s much safer 😊

[@Planty-Mandy]

I adore your Florida Ghost just trailing wild and free!

[@emmyb05]

Can you get timers for your grow lights and fans for the next time you travel?

[@hebulanebula]

Overall looking pretty darn great ❤🌿💫 I downloaded the Plant Parent app, and took a walk through the woods, to see what was out there . 😅 it was fun! I don’t have a green thumb, but I love the content you put out here.

[@kristarepp2607]

I’m also for that Florida ghost doing its thang!

[@kimparker2484]

Hey girlie glad you enjoyed your trip , wanted to know what’ is the nematodes that you use

[@wildfern]

I've never used nematodes, but I use beneficial mites from Koppert. The video before this one is all about them!

[@mindfulmadeline]

I did so much travel this summer, being gone for 10 days at a time. One thing that helped was getting big plastic tubs (like giant prop boxes) and I put all my sensitive tiny plants in them. I also adjusted the timers on my lights to only be on 6 hours a day. I also had my roommate to keep the moss poles damp. They did pretty well except for the thrips infestation that i discovered when I got back from my last trip lol

[@brooklin_bernek]

Fern’ your hair!!!! I love it so much ❤❤❤❤

[@joanneklaus9242]

Love this unique topic; Very encouraging vid as I wouldn’t have predicted how well everything did!❤😊

[@julieharry401]

I put all my plants in a baby pool of wet sand. I’m,ready had it so.. it really worked. All y plants looked better than when I left! But these are all my hiuse plants that are outside for summer.

[@wildfern]

Oh whaaat - smart! I should have done something like that for my outdoor babies.

[@julieharry401]

I’ve also seen people use wet towels in bathtub.

[@DanOfek]

Aren't you afraid that the roots in the dried moss will die? Since they're like water roots

[@Brittany_B]

I live in southern Indiana which is midwest US. We had a cold front come through a couple of days ago and there was talk about potential night time lows in the upper 40s. I decided that I didn't want to risk my plants especially my tropicals so I got them moved in for the season. It ended up not dropping below the lower 50s but I'm glad I went ahead and got them inside. I don't want my tropicals to be triggered to go dormant or stunt growth and ultimately, they probably wouldn't have benefited much from staying out longer so it's fine. I've only had to leave my plants once since starting a plant collection (I just don't travel much...I'm a home body like yourself and financially our family just hasn't been able to afford annual vacations)...anywho, I just made sure that I watered everything right before we left, I moved some plants to my dining room table which gets tree filtered east and north light and I closed the curtains in my living room, pulled some back from other direct light windows and I took a handfull of small plants that were more vulnerable if under watered to a friend ( they all literally fit on a tray which I took to her). I was gone for eight days and only lost one of the smaller ones that my friend kept and honestly, that one was already on the struggle bus. Good luck getting everybody back on track and rehabbed!

[@Catapillock]

I love these videos so much !!!

[@wildfern]

Thank you for watching 💚🥺🌿

[@zoeyalexiou3800]

Your new shelves looks so good😩😍

[@rosewagner4018]

You’re plant look great! Maybe I shouldn’t worry so much about going away.
Love your video as always! Can’t wait for the next

[@beverlytrulson9373]

Hi Fern,
Have you heard of the app Blossm?! It has a large variety of plants and I think you might find something you'll like. They had a black begonia. It's pretty fun to look at.
Thank you!
Beverly from Seattle

[@natashaoreilly7072]

They did very well Fern 👏👏👏

[@Jeromeeb]

Soooo I have a alocasia I have not watered in over a year. It might actually be coming up on two years! Blumats hooked to a fish tank are your friend😊.. Or any other big container of water😅

[@mg-qq5yc]

I felt for you Fern, wished you could have so long watered while updating us so that you can rest from your vacation😍🥰🤗

[@JustMe-fl1db]

Fern, I finally placed why you look recognizable to me. A while ago I read the book Stargirl with my child. Her! You remind me of stargirl. That is all. Have a good day.
:)

[@angela86753]

I just moved and my plants have been so neglected i never travel either. Well, I went to Montreal to home in Ontario after 4 days. Gahhhh. Helppppp

[@jmb2515]

Can you give me tips on how your steering of pearls so healthy and plump. Mine struggle

[@wildfern]

Lots of light! Mine is in a south facing window. And a well draining potting mix.

[@JoshuaGilletteraccoon]

I love that shirt! where did you get that?

[@marceloescobar9446]

you are great!

[@bbaileesmith]

yay another long video!!!

[@Mander77]

Is the Thanksgiving cactus verigated? Also interesting info they love climbing should give it a try. They look so sad and droopy as a hanging plant. I'll try to get a picture of my mom's. Also if you prune a end off it will double 😊 good to do at the beginning of your growing season but yeah they are actually a climber would dig a moss pole!

[@josiemojica3674]

My aurea is doing the same thing. Edges are browning. I’m gonna try silica and see how that goes. I recently transferred to pon but the browning started in chunky mix.

[@kylieemorrison7824]

hey girl have u tried puting ur prayer plant in pon i have one and it loves it

[@branchhands]

Can you pls share your halloween decoration video for the upcoming season? 👻🧟‍♀️💀

[@wildfern]

Yes!

[@rosewagner4018]

Hey Fern!
I can’t find Lechuza PON in the US. Can you do a video on how to make your own????
PLEASE! 💚

[@wildfern]

I have made one! ua-cam.com/video/2TN4cVdNlGg/v-deo.html ☺️

[@rosewagner4018]

Thank you so much! How did I miss this one! Huge help!

[@jessicagunawan1949]

Hi Fern, where can I get the shirt you’re wearing? It’s so cute

[@wildfern]

tropicsnarcotics.com code FERN10 for a discount x

[@simonesevero6761]

@wiildfern Hi Fern! Do you have any ferns? I love the maidenhair fern and hymalaian maidenhair fern, wonder if you grow any? Wonderful video as always!! 😊

[@wildfern]

I actually don't! I would love to try out a maidenhair again though... I had one years ago and it was so beautiful.

[@simonesevero6761]

@@wildfern I might get another one and move it to pon to see what happens. Will let you know 😀

[@amandaw3141]

I moved my whole collection(mix of Hoya, sanseveria, philo, syngonium prob 60-70ish plants) from Georgia to Washington majority were in my husbands trunk of car and it was 2 weeks on the road in winter. And I didn’t lose any!! Shows how resilient they CAN be.
But I also just went on vacation and had opened my spag moss prop box to check on them. I LEFT THE LID OPEN!!! 6 days. Moss was bone dry. Rewet it. But don’t have any hopes for the props in there 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Anthony-fe7we]

Haha I'm about to be moving my collection from Georgia to Pennsylvania I'm so nervous.

[@amandaw3141]

@@Anthony-fe7we I boxed all the plants up so they didn’t have much wiggle room to tip. Since it was winter I bought those heat packs people use for shipping and activated those at night and bought one of those silver emergency hypothermia sheets. And draped over the plants. It seemed to keep them warm. Coldest temp we hit was 35. at stops I’d open the trunk and let them breathe and see some light. About mid way through the trip I gave everyone a small sip of water. I had no issues! I lost a couple leaves. But that’s it

[@Anthony-fe7we]

@@amandaw3141 deff taking some notes from your experience! :)

[@amandaw3141]

@@Anthony-fe7we ga to pa will be cake. That’s a day drive - 2 at most. Unless you stop along the way for longer breaks. Just pack up in boxes. And if there’s gap. throw some dish towels or bath towels in there tucked in the gaps. That also insulates

[@Anna-pd6dc]

Nooo the variegated micans! Tragic

[@wildfern]

I'm so sad 😩

[@jasminadams3222]

I love your videos Fern ❤️

[@lisaanglim9588]

How long will it take to water all your plants, and check on all of them.

[@wildfern]

~4 hours

[@Laundrification]

That is indeed a young Begonia masoniana. They develop larger and more lobed dark patches with maturity.

[@gladyssolano5006]

I love your nail color❤

[@wildfern]

Thank you 🖤

[@halliedobbins]

I absolutely love all the words of affirmation given to your Thai in this video. 🥰 what a long way you two have come. So so happy you didn’t give up on this one 💚

[@wildfern]

Awe thank you so much 🥹🥰

[@elminx1]

So I obviously love all of your plants but I couldn't help but spy Spirit Island on your shelves and that made me grin from ear to ear.

[@FrobsFoliage]

where do you get the moss pole shells :-)

[@frederickjohnson3777]

Impressive collection💯💯💯💯