13 Plant Tasks You MUST Do In August
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I would love it if you would make a video on the types of grow lights. Not necessarily the brand/maker, but the different strengths of light for different types of plants, different location needs, like shady corners, and light spectrums. Ty!
I think he has one.
I know he couldn't mention all plants - there are a lot of handy apps though!!
@@lilablumeI bet it’s Sansi
Gosh you can only find that information with a roughly 5 nanosecond search on Google.
Where is that video?@@lilablume
I like these long videos. I play it while I'm doing plant stuff and don't feel like I'm doing it by myself. 😊
Nice!
Same. Having lunch
Im having so much fun talking with his accent!! Stupid American lady is what i really sound like!!😂
Me too. Love the long videos
For real. Great comfort content. Thanks mate
I'm watching for how long it takes to mention your moisture meter lol.. Less than 2 minutes in 😂😂😂😂
It's a quality product that's been a game changer for me. Wish I had known about it 7 years ago. I definitely wouldn't have drowned a beautiful, enormous Schlefflera that I was given as a housewarming gift 😢
Getting a moisture meter has saved my plants!
😂 Fr but it’s so worth repeating!
I like my moisture meter
Have to agree. Best. Purchase. Ever. 😄
I have a suggestion for thse who don't use climbing poles. My climbing plants are supported by my large windows, which are south facing in a cloudy climate,. when theyre next to a wall I use 3MCommand Hooks, which stick firmly to the wall and support even heavy branches tied on with plant tape. Later, it can be removed easily without any wall damage.
How are the hook set up with the plants? I imagine if you put the hooks on the wall then the plant would have to be hooked onto each one by going up in a zigzag pattern is that correct?
My plants have been growing roots like crazy! I've been having to repot plants had been repotted in spring. I love it!
It’s wonderful to be able to give our plants a shower outside in the summer 😀🇨🇦
First of all, your orchids look AMAZING!! Second, the toothpick hack is just what I needed. And the third thing I need to say is a challenge for you! Your jade looks incredible and is on its way to becoming an gorgeous bonsai. I have asked before if you ever did a bonsai and I want to challenge you to try with your jade. It would not be as much work as using a cyprus (example I tried and failed miserably). As always, Rich, such a great and indormative video for even a seasoned plant mom like me. Thank you!!
Maybe one day. Need to look into properly
One trap to be wary of is the change in humidity that comes with summer going to winter. When you use your indoor heating, that decreases humidity a lot and your soil will dry out faster. While when it becomes summer it will remain wet for longer when you don't heat the house and leave windows open more.
I absolutely love your Ficus Benjamina!! They are awesome plants and respond well to directional pruning. You can somewhat control how your plant will grow. It's actually called "clip and grow", and it is used in the bonsai community to get plants to grow how they want them. When ever you clip a branch right after a leaf, a new branch will grow in the direction of that last leaf. so you can ideally get your Benjamina to grow a little more round and not so flat by clipping a branch with a leaf pointing the direction you want a branch to grow. I have really gotten into bonsai this summer and I am really loving it. But try it and see if it will round out a bit for you.
Thanks for the tip
Cracks me up the fungus knat problems. I had a problem with it at the beginning until I stopped overwatering my plants. Sure you get a few here and there. I use a Zevo Plug in Blue light trap and usually makes quick work of them. I find that if you stop being OCD about the plants and forget to water them sometimes, fungus knats disappear.
I regularly forget to water my plants, though I've not lost any yet. After reading your post I don't feel guilty any more...I now realise why I don't have fungus gnats on them. Thankyou Brian! 😀
🤣 You say it’s “quite warm” at 20* C (about 79* F) and I’m cracking up. That’s nice, comfy weather here. All week we’ve been in the upper 90s and low 100s.
We too here in Idaho - up to 105 F not long ago. Lawn is fried, but house plants love the light and slightly hotter indoor temps.
Oh: I have an amazing population of thrips living in the plate under an otherwise healthy Haworthia. Any advice?
@@damamae950 Most of my “houseplants” summer outside on my back patio. They’re under the awning, so they don’t burn but they still get plenty of bright light, they’re watered thoroughly regularly, and they grow like weeds during the summer. Then, in the mid to late fall, we do the repotting and they spend the winter indoors in the heated sunroom.
20 Celsius is actually 68 Fahrenheit. 😊
@@louisemcelhill5748 I was just going by what he had on the screen. 🤷🏻♀️
Great video. Thank you for sharing your information, successes and failures. It shows the normal side of plant parenthood.
My pleasure 😊
If we were having 76 degrees around here I’d be celebrating! 104 degrees yesterday around here in Texas and it’s sooo hard to keep stuff alive outside
I'm in NV... At least my chicks N hens are loving it 😅 I'm sure not.
I have the same problem. Can only keep a few plants outside.
Thanks for the great video!
I'm in the US, the state of Maine. We have had a warm and humid summer with a decent amount of rain. Temps have been between 32 to 42 degrees with 75 to 90 percent humidity. The houseplants I have outside have been loving the weather and growing like crazy. I'm going to have to apologize and buy them gifts when fall comes and it's time to come back inside 🎁🪴🎁
I loved this video! This week I propagated my mini monstera that grew past its moss pole and I extended two of my other pothos poles! I made a huge mess making the moss poles so I ended up having to clean my plant area today. A lot of plant chores to take care of but I am glad I got them done! It was so nice to see what kind of plant chores you had to do! 😊
Great stuff 👍
I just got my first moonstone a couple of days ago. While checking the roots, all but one of the leaves on the bottom half fell off. It looks like a three-inch tree now. But the leaves look healthy so I'll place them in a dirt tray and see if they'll propagate. Never had luck with succulent leaves. Still praying over my Pie Crust Croton. Really touch-and-go there.
Moisture Meter is Mr. Sheff’s sonic screwdriver 😂
That unfurl method works well, I do spray eg. on some of my ficus species which sometimes seem to get "stuck" too.
I been trying the planting pouches to repot my bigger plants. The best thing I bought was dusting gloves. Good tip about shading plants when away on holiday (do it with my greenhouse and everything happy)
Richard,.thanks for sharing on line!. Your tips and suggestions much appreciated.take care.have a good day sir.
You bet!
yes, Tarzan swings on aerial roots over to get to Jane!!
I couldn’t hold the giggle when you said about the UK heat wave of 26C. That was the temperature for the entirety of July nights, with day time temps shy of 40C, on the colonial side of the pond. At least this week’s hurricane took the heat away and we might have a few days on the low 30s/upper 20s…
Wondering if you aren’t in the mood of outdoor plants caring tips as well. Cheers!
Mr Sheffield! Thank you for your videos. Last couple you seem kind of subdued. Hope all is well with you and yours! Sending big hugs from the US!!😊
My cheap blue fluffy dusting gloves from Walmart make very quick work of dusting all my big leaf beauties, I highly recommend using them, you'll be done before you know it and have happy clean plants 😊
No Walmart in the UK sadly.
@@Vikface1978 my apologies, hopefully Amazon UK or equivalent shop which is accessible across the pond would have a similar product. 🤍
@@Vikface1978 • You can get microfibre dusting gloves online, including ones specifically for plants. Amazon, eBay, Temu and several others do them. I'd never heard of them before, but I'm definitely getting some now. 🙂
I switched to houseplant focus as you reccomend and wow my plants are growing so much better!! Thanks Mr Sheffield. ❤
Great job!
I live in Texas. It's going to be 104 every day this week. I had my husband add a sun shield (we use it for camping)over my front porch. Helps block some of the sun. Watering more often.
Maybe a minority of your viewers are watching this where August is almost spring but be kind to us and mention summer in your title and then when it’s that season here we will watch this video.
Thanks Mr S.
That Bluestone looks cute. Thank you for giving me the confidence to cut back our in inherited jade and kalanchoe! I already cut back the kalanchoe and propagated it but now am going for a harder cut to make it more bushy. Need to check the jade propagation but the late in law plants are looking great and going to go in again for another cut when i have the space. Saying that i'm having trouble giving away plants. My aloe vera keeps on having babies and i still don't know who the father is! Might have to sit my hubby down to discuss this at this rate! 😉
You’ve got this ✊
Why did you trim the monstera if you were just going to add an extension to the trellis? Why not train the floppy bit up the new extension?
It’s hard to do that when it’s already grown. It need to latch on as it grows
Richard try it! I didn't cut the orchard stem down and now there's a new plant. And you should see the roots!. It's so amazing!❤🤗
Really enjoyed this video, as someone who unfortunately suffers from thrips although I've combated the issue greatly by showering each time I water them, replanting and pruning dead leaves. There is a lot of work involved with having a large plant collection, having someone to listen to and learn from while I do my own tasks is greatly appreciated. Curious how you battle any thrips infestations? These are by far the most persistent pests I've encountered
I'm lucky enough to have not encountered them...yet
Olympic gold metal award winner here, Rich! Soooo much great advise in every chapter. My crew does need a bit of TLC.
Good morning Mr Sheffield!! Thank you for sharing about August and the beginning of changing seasons for indoor plants... how are those special plants you got from the unboxing video?? Did I miss your update on them??? Have a great week!!!
Giving them lots of time before an update video!
The calathea elgergrass 😭 the baby is looking so healthy and beautiful though!! Great tips, glad to learn about the watering and away from the window on vacay. Didn’t know that!!
I know right!
I related so much, I had a beautiful calathea elgergrass which a few weeks ago broke down similar to yours in the video!
I think my mistake was, that I tracked spider mites on another plant, and then tried to protect it with a mixture of water and rapeseed oil. Didn't go well. But I still have hope in her to grow back at some time!
For the moss pole, you can try to put the bottle open on your chimney with a flexible pipe in the bottle to the moss. Knot the pipe to limit the flow
20:26 They are called cataphylls or bud scales I believe.
Why pruning makes your plant produce side growth:
Plants produce two hormones, one that's at the end of the stem, another that's in the side buds. When you remove the growing tip, this decreases the amount of the 'long' hormone, thus there's more of the 'side shoot' hormone and the side shoots spring out. After a bit, the ends of those side shoots are producing the 'long' hormone thus each of the branches gets longer. So, when you're pruning, you're essentially modifying the hormone balance of the plant to get what you want.
Now you know.
Awesome video Rich. Great pointers for us newbie's. Sorry you lost those two beauties. I'm loving the longer video's. Peace and Love.
My new monstera leave is producing another leave half way up. Wonderful!
Thank you 😊
If I cut the area roots on my monstera Back to A much shorter length... Could I still stick that down in the soil? Would it be beneficial to the plant?
@@SarahWilson-yy5bf it can be quite beneficial. Not a big deal though
Do not throw away your califelo, mine was like that and I trimmed it really hard. Now many small leaves are shooting up and it looks like it was a natural process of the plant that is discarding the old leaves and growing new ones. So hang on to it.
Less than 2 minutes in and you're already showing off the moisture meter, I see 😍
I have adopted a leggy and neglected Ficus benjamina from a friend. Cut back the dead stuff, aerated and fed with new soil So far no signs of distress... Will try notching for the first time.
Definitely bookmarking this. I've been so distracted landscaping my property this summer that all of my indoor plants look neglected and scraggly (after being so beautiful last winter!)
I live in USA and it’s 33° C or 92° F! If it were 26° C here (79° F) it would feel cool right now!
Noo what happened to the eldergrass? I am struggling with mine so much (leaves just crisp up no matter what j do) and your video on it kept me hoping I'll eventually manage to make it happy. At least the baby looks beautiful.
It was all my fault
7:30 You shouldn't cut that pitcher off yet. You can overfeed it bugs or fertilizer then wait until its fully dried so it can absorb the nutrients.
Really enjoy watching you helped so much, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I want a Monstera so badly, but at my local nursery it is $69.00 for a 6” starter. I have a surgery coming up soon, tomorrow actually, so maybe after 3 months in a neck brace with limited movements maybe I will treat myself!😊😊
Could you please do a video on how to pot cuttings that have been growing in water. Whenever I plant my cuttings they die 😢 I have even used root starter and they still died. Advice?
Got this older video
BEST Way To Move Water Rooted Cuttings To Soil
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101 yesterday. Heat index 103. My garden is burning up. NO way to shade them at this point. I am getting my water meter. Period. And one for bosses. Yup. And need some spritzer bottles - so I can mist what needs misting. Orchids do great by showers. Have a neat shower - orchids growing! :-) I love my ice plant - oh my gosh - I gave my original to two friends ( a brother and sister) they like plants. It just grows and has the little flowers (purple) on it. I can just lay a piece on some good dirt (that is slightly moist and it grows. I started my new ones from the long pieces hanging over the side. I live in a small cottage (really small 8x12) and I want plants - it has a high ceiling (which is covered right now so I can keep it cooler) and a couple 2x4s across the ceiling area to hang plants from - I will have lots of shelves too once I get walls covered. I have several coleus outside - they are doing pretty good. The ones that will tolerate sun. I only have 2 windows on West side. And a door. So will need lots of grow lights. I have an autumn fern - I need to figure how to keep it growing.
I got a gorgeous Polka dot begonia this week!! Wasn't planning to. Found a grossist nursery and went there to see about a little japanese maple for the balcony, they're gorgeous in the fall... ended up buying a car-full of plants 😅 of course. I was like a child in a toy shop.😊 Do you have any begonias and do you have any tips? I put my Dotty on an east facing window sill next to my orchids. Hope they get along 🤞🙃💛😊
Also... what plants do you have in the yard? You haven't shown us anything. I know you're quite high up north but we have a couple of months of night frost here in the Meditteranean as I'm an hour drive from the coast. Some plants have to be moved in and some go dormant and come back in the sping.
Greetings from Croatia and the toasty 35°celsius.
At least plants are loving it 🎉
Good day and thank you for all of your wonderful content. May I ask, how do you handle plants that crawl across your wall and shelves. I am concerned that they will attach themselves to my wall and thus might tear away paint if I need to move to a different location at some time. Thank you for your advice and sharing your knowledge!
I don’t worry and then touch up when I leave
Hi Mr Sheffield! Do have or even talk about ZZ plants. Looking for your view on it. Thanks.
I've got a couple of vids you search for on the channel
Your orchids look so good. Please share your tips. ❤️
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Yeah, it was 110F for most of my summer. My plants did need a drink, often.
It's interesting how our bodies adapt to weather and based on that what is considered hot or cool. In my US state it gets -- 20 C in the winter and 35 C in the summer on a normal day. 78F is considered a really cool day. We open the windows when it cools off that much hahaha!
Your orchid is beautiful! Good time on the fertilizer. One day I will try orchids. I am too nervous to try them right now. :b
I’m in Scotland west coast. No heat waves, no summer 😢 plants aren’t really growing. It jumped from spring straight to autumn back in April here
Very beautiful plants thank you for advice 😊
You bet!
bravo, full of great info! thanks Charles
Glad it was helpful!
26° heat wave 😂. I live in the Canadian province of BC and it's been above 35° for most of July and now into August! I guess everything is relative. 😊 it's stinking HOT!!!
Regarding the monstera aerial roots, what if the plant has got tens of them all rolled around the vase because plant parent didn't know what do with them? 😅 Can I cut them? All of them? The plant feet aren't climbing up anything and the plant seems to keep well... Thanks Mr Sheffield, always a pleasure watching your vids!
Enjoyed your Vedios! Will appreciate discussing about Christmas cactus. And echervera cactuses.
Thank you.
What about when the moisture meter reads differently in different areas of the pot?
That would be weird. Go with the highest reading maybe
@SheffieldMadePlants I have the same meter as you and it regularly gives different readings depending where I probe it
double check rhe moisture meter reading with a wooden skewer
I learned SO much! Thank you💕 My rubber plant wants to die - I have go research what to do.
Hahahaha hahahaha quite warm at 26C or 79F? We just finished a week of where with the humidex we easily hit 40C which is 104F
It cooked the plants on my balcony, I lost two, they dried and crisped up. I forgot to water one day 😮
You have two of those orange pots? 🧡 I still can't find one 😢
Great video! Can I ask what’s the name of the product to unfurling leaves? Thank you! 🤍
No product for that
Speaking of the rootbound- When the pot is filled with circling roots... and there's no soil left... where did the soil go?
.. 😯 Where did the soil go??.. Good question.. I've been wondering about that too, because the soil really do disappear until nothings left.. But certainly a big sign of time to give a new pot and new soil..
At least partially the soil got more compacted over time.
Maybe the roots “eat” them.😊
Out the bottom with water?
Omg that jade is remarkable
Richard I have a rubber plant that is healthy...no pest issues...no yellowing..no browning but the leaves are growing in smaller and smaller. Why? I have on my south facing window but I also have a Sansi grow light to supplement lighting if needed. She is growing fast but the leaves are coming in like babies instead of the big boss she is. Help. What do you advise?
Answerd you in another comment
i have a moisture meter but i dont use it anymore cos i think it break the roots of my fragile plants. i just feel the weight of my plants before watering now
Are you feeling ok? You don't seem as perky in this video as all the others. Hope all is well with you. Thank you for all these tips!
It's the heat. We all wilt in the heat here 😆🥵
Most Brits don’t have air conditioners. They normally don’t need them
What do you do with the parts of the plants you cut of healthy parts of? Do you make cuttlings of them?
Sometimes yes
You have a beautiful collection of plants❤Have you kept your plants in grow lights or there is enough natural light in your house? Asking because plants don’t survive inside in Karachi.
I’ve got lots of grow lights
The moisture meter saved a lot of my plants! Have to questions that maybe you can answer For me at some time. Strong's personage I didn't move to
Sorry...interference..
What do you think about neem oil as prevention for infestation??
Works well depending on what the bug is
Need oil is good for soft body insects….spider mites, white fly etc, and some fungus problems. Doesn’t work for Japanese beetles and other crunchy bugs, dish soap works better for that.
What also helps with reducing dust on the leaves is to never start vacum cleaning after misting the plants. Vacum cleaning ofcourse cleans dust but at the same time it also creates a huge dust cloud in house by blowing the air out the back 🤣
When discarding a plant do you discard the soil it was growing in as well or reuse it?
I tend to discard. Don't want bugs spreading
Just got a moisture meter but I sometimes get some widely varied results across each pot. Do you think that's just moisture not evenly distributing across the soil or is it more likely I have a bad meter?
Depends how chunky your soil is
are they in different soils? salinity can affect the reading
@@justice4g Don't think so. A couple are still in the original pot and soil from the store.
thanks for the tips!!! my new thai con really needed these i-i
Happy to help!
I know everything is relative but I laughed at 79 being warm! Live in Las Vegas we've had 120 degree days.
I live in Washingtin State near Canada, so to me, 79-80 degrees IS warm! Its cloudy and cool here most of the time, much like Sheffield.
@@2MuchPurple Exactly why I said everything is relative!☺
Great video! Just curious - what do you do about super chunky mix and your moisture meter? It always seems to read dry for me but i'm terrible at judging myself!
Mine tends to be fine but go by the weight in that case
and a wooden skewer
Hi Richard, great video thank you!! Can I ask what error you made with the Elgergrass please? Growing one myself and love how it looks but don’t want to made the same mistake you have 😂 Keep up the great work!!!
I kept it in the attic for too long. Long story short
I had one of those monstera roots about 2 meters long. I finally cut it off.
Thanks Rich I’ve learned a lot from you- I was wondering, here in the US we don’t have some of the same products, can you tell us what each one has in it, as far as NPK ratio, so I may find something similar here? Thanks a bunch!
You'll find that on Google my friend
😂@@SheffieldMadePlants
Does it make a difference if your moisture meter has one prong or two? Mine has two and seems to work ok.
Happy days
I think.
I lost my last comment... So here it is again. Many Say there are low light plants.. I was ready to toss because not doing well.But decided to put them into brighter light... As you have said. Results were amazing!
Next... Read a scientific article on large number of plants in enclosed area. Results said no to plants improving air quality. I appreciate any comments you might have.
You need thousands to have any impact on air quality
Wow, 26°c is heatwave in UK. Today in my hometown, the temperature is just 33°c😅
I'm jelly!
That's a heat wave!? I'm lucky if summer stays that temp..... we get temps in the 90s-100 and I'm in New York... Vegas has a heat wave of 115 degrees for 2 weeks straight. I can't wait for winter
We were in a heatwave in Kansas a week ago and it was 105°F, lol.
Re your coleus: can you stick those pieces you pruned off into water to root them?
Yep
5:00 Is the agalonema in the orange pot behind you well-behaved? I'm thinking that cultivar will be the next plant I adopt when I find her at the hardware store. Also, 12:25 this is such a beautiful ficus tree!
Yeah it is. Tigres
What do you think about meem oil spritzing over you plants to keep scale and other bugs at bay ,also the leaves love it 😊
Isn’t it used as a treatment ?
So stinky
one tip i got from my grandmother, clean your big leaves with Mayonnaise !! Seriously try
Not keen on that to be honest
i must be a geek, but seem to remember Tarzan swung on Lianas in the jungle!
my florist told me using tomorite on orchid every 7-10 days, I wonder if you have tried it before 🤔
I noticed when filling your little water can, you didn't use API stress coat, do you still use it or have you found it harmful over time ?
I do yes. It's not harmful at all
In central Texas it's going to be 105 f
Love the Pothos mix❤😊
What plant is that in the orange pot at 4 min? Looks beautiful
Aglaonema tigres
@@SheffieldMadePlants thank yee