I think one of the main reasons I love watching you is because everything is so clean and uniform. I know you’ve mentioned everything being super white before, but it’s really easy on the eyes! No dirt all over, no random colored pots, alll cohesive & it really makes watching you more enjoyable!
I feel the same way about the white or clear pots she has. I have all my plants in white except for ones I haven’t re-potted them after bringing them home.
@@lisaanglim9588same, white, clear….or terracotta. I love the look of all terracotta. But it’s not feasible for all plants. But I still love to use them. Many are now Cover pots. I have gotten rid of all the colorful or printed ones. It’s just too much when you start getting into the hundreds of plants. I love me a beautiful pot, but not for me anymore. I’d rather have the plant and a white pot!! Haha. It really just is so much more calming, isn’t it.
I would love another video (I’ve watched yours and still feel it’s not working). Can you be super detailed and talk to a BEGINNER!! I am!! I’m struggling with wet sticks, anything in sphagnum moss, and getting corms to grow and not rot. HELP MELISSA!! You just ROCK at all this. 😊
The variety in your collection is just stunning. Had to keep reminding myself that comparing my self/plants to others is a sure route to misery. But you did a great job of showing plants that haven't done well for you, and that it's OK to just cut your losses and focus on the wins. Life Lessons. Thank you for showing us even your outdoor plantings, Melissa.
Every time I watch your videos I want to redecorate my house! My new found plant addiction is bad enough, if I throw out all the furniture and start installing plant shelves and grow lights all over my sweet husband might lose his mind 😂 Learning Patience….slowly I will turn my house into a jungle and hopefully he won’t notice! 🥰😍
Haha little by little just start adding some 😂🤭 my hubby doesn’t care for them everywhere so I keep them to certain areas or I would definitely be installing more lights and moving half of them out of my plant room 😅 I love the jungle look 😂🫶🏻
If others have not posted, your purple flowering tree is a Melastoma, possibly a variety of Melastoma candidum. It could be a hybrid. It is a vigorous tropical garden subject.
There is a closely related very similar genus Tibouchina in the family Melastomataceae. Tibouchina has squared stems. Melastoma has round stems. Now I look closely at your video, it appears the stem is squared. Tibouchina grows much larger but also has smallish varieties. These plants can cross within the family.
I love your collection. I wish I had the space and light for more plants. I know in one of your last videos you talked about how you needed to do so much, but felt like you had to film it all. You absolutely don't have to film it all. I wouldn't mind watching you do your plant chores with just some chill music. No talking, just you concentrating on getting caught up on all your replants, chops, props, whatever.
I almost screamed (from joy)when you uploaded this video! Was just counting down the minutes till my kids went to bed! I love love love your channel. I learned SO MUCH from you. Could you please share where you got your latest linearis?
I would just like to say I have been watching a lot of your videos. I’m kind of new to the plant hobby your videos are so excellently done and really appreciate the time that you take to making them thank you so much.
Just wanted to share, for an anthurium which has reached cataphyll stage (mature enough to produce inflos), new emergent (leaf) will come out from the cataphyll, whereas an inflo will come out from the petiole(s). For an anthurium which is not mature enough to produce inflos, the emergents will typically emerge from the petioles.
Hi Melissa! Luna is so precious, she loves you so much❤ I truly enjoyed seeing your outdoor space. You have some beautiful plants outside too, and that tree that is flowering is so pretty. TFS ❤
I love a melanocrysum so much and I was thinking the same after giving up with the first plant. Later I bought it again and it was completely different experience. It’s thriving in my room without extra humidity here in GA. Sometimes it’s the exact plant that doesn’t want to grow and not your care or environment.
Great video. With Fall coming it would be wonderful if you did a wall through of your grow lights. How long you’ve had them, how you used them, how installed, overall thoughts, price points, etc
Such stunning plant❤️ I am so jealous🤣 I had to quit using cal-mag because when I added it to my mix of silica, superthrive and dyna gro foliage pro - I lost 6 plants from burn (more like fried 🤦♀️🤣) I should have paid attention that the dyna grow already had the same amount of cal-mag as what I bought and added. I wanted to cry when my beautiful spider plant and maranta’s bit the dust but I was able to salvage something from all the plants though so, all is well
Sorry to hear that! I had started using a little more recently but definitely going to back off some. I think the little extra I was giving definitely caused some burning 🥲
@@plantsbymelissa honey, do your normal repotting off camera. It is ok not to share. You can show us later how much you progressed. No pressure. It is not fun to us if it is not fun for you. ❤❤❤
Hi Melissa, I commented on an earlier video before that your mint looks more like a white monster. The newer leaves being more green definitely makes it a white monster, that's the exact trait of a white monster, where subsequent growth gets more green. You need to propogate it and the new leaf will be white again ☺️
Unless you get a white monstera from kunzo himself or from someone who can prove that they did, it's a NOID mint. White monster is a specific cultivar name while mint just refers to the overall variegation coloration.
@@plantsbymelissaYeah with TC now it's v challenging to say whether its a Kunzo line. You may take it more of a suggestion on how to get the variegation back ☺️ If you buy a similar noid mint with similar trait again it's gonna be the same problem, where new leaves eventually come out v green
Hi Melissa, I love your plants that you have on moss poles and it inspired me to start trying out moss poles myself. I know you’ve been having a hard time with the moss poles and was wondering if you ever thought of setting up some kind of drip irrigation to help keep them moist. It would definitely save you a lot of time! I haven’t tried it myself, but if I get any more poles I’m going to need to😅
You can grow a Melano in moss. I did it and sold a gorgeous one in a moss pole and now I have the top grow of my bigger one that I airlayered w/ moss planted in soil. Fingers crossed! Also have two more growing in moss and a moss pole in the moss. Sometimes new the leaves get sticked and break at the beginning but if you are diligent and spray them before they unfurl that shouldn’t happen.
Paper Crane Nursery has TC mint monsteras! I treated myself for finishing my first semester of my masters degree, lol. It's growing very slowly, but it's growing!
The tree outside is Pleroma heteromallum or tribouchina grandiflora 🌿💜 everything looks gaaaaawwwwwgeous Melissa! Your plant room clean up inspired me to clean my shit up lol! So thank you for sharing!
Throughly enjoyed this video. Haven't purchased any plants lately, it has been way to hot here in Az, waiting for the weather to get below 100, probably won't be until October .keep up the good work with your videos and your plant shop 😊
50:56 I would def make sure those babies aren’t submerged in the water for tooooo much longer, only the roots! I’ve had cuttings rot that way when putting multiple in a vessel at once and didn’t notice the new growth in time!
I was just finishing watching this video today. And you’re in the bathroom toward the end. And I’m hearing meowing. And I’m looking all around to see which one of mine is calling me. lol Then yours popped up on the bathtub so I could see her. Was that Luna?
Idk if I'm missing it somewhere lol but I wanted to ask you where you got your hanging rod by the window in your plant room and where you got the hooks? I have been having a hard time finding a good one and yours seem to hold a lot. So I just figured I'd ask. Thank you! I love this video and the planty updates! 🪴
Hi Melissa! My tortum looks like yours at the moment. My variegated vittarifolium is teeny tiny and won’t grow and I’ve had it for a couple of years. I put it in tree fern fibre because it has been in every other substrate known to man haha. Like you, I haven’t given up on them yet, but that may soon change if I need more room. ❤ how all of your other plants look. Your plant room is so lush! Happy Anniversary and take care!
It’s mostly alocasia in pon but I do have a lot of others. Pon is easier care for me and the plants really seem to love it. If I have trouble growing it in soil I’ll try pon out.
Amazon! They’re the perfect fit for the milsbo. You need L brackets to attach them on. I should have a tutorial in my ikea playlist when I put it together. Here’s the shelves: www.amazon.com/dp/B000JF7WYS?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmeli0992-20&creativeASIN=B000JF7WYS&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.2CXDQMX1UIXI&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_asin
Thank you!! It’s so unique 😍 I could propagate by dividing down the road but I would probably just try to self pollinate and grow out any seeds I get if it takes.
Powdery mildew 😱 that got on my sedum pork and beans. I dont really know how it got it but i think it came from another plant i had from Walmart. They put them outside where they are drowning and it probably developed it after that. I caught it in time on the sedum and one other succulent though. Ive never seen it on my tropical plants.
In the middle of watching your video. Melissa, I have the Milsbo cabinet with acrylic shelves, I love them BUT, they scratch so easy. I am so careful and picky, but they are still really scratching. Just a warning. I am thinking about going back to the glass because of the scratches. Just not too happy with the scratches.
@@plantsbymelissa I did not believe mine would scratch because they are all baby hoyas in smooth plastic pots from Ikea and Amazon. There are no ceramic or terra cotta pots. But they started showing scratches immediately (and I mean within a day). I will probably take my acrylic shelves to a glass cutter and have glass shelves cut.
I have some plants coming today that have been sent around the country by the post office 😢 I don't have much hope that they will be healthy when they get here. One of them is a clarinervium. I decided to try and raise another anthurium since I have figured out how to keep calatheas alive and my alocasias are still alive after a week 😱😊😅
aw I hope they arrive to you okay 🥹 If they're packaged well they should do okay if they're delayed but I know the weather is really hot in some areas. Crossing my fingers for you! 🤞
This video was not long at all. It actually was short to me😊 1:11 I have a question for you. Do you rinse your stratum? Don’t know if I spelled that correctly😊
@plantsbymelissa oh, that's not good, but good to know. I thought I was doing something different 😅 . Yes, a lot of work, but every other day, I spray/mist the moss. Do you mix your own medium? If so what do you use and what's the ratio? I purchased my chunky blend from etsy but it is t a little pricey I am planning on mixing mine. Thank you for sharing everything it is really helpful.
When I water my monstera it has guttitation. Water seeps out of the leaves. It’s like my plant is crying. Some one explain Ed that it’s taking up too much water and will expel the excess water. So I skipped watering it one week. When I watered it the second week it didn’t do it. So I need to water it less.
Yeah, I notice it looking at all the Monstera mint on store or etsy is a lot of tissues culture. I'm thinking of buying one soon. But I'm going for the big porm of Monstera mint & no tissue culture here. I think they don't do as well or don't grow as fast as the big ones. They do have two types of sizes of Monstera. Good luck. But it is still beautiful & lots of roots wow. The one I was looking at at etsy is 250 ugh. Lol has to be Christmas time 😅 but is the big size & no tissue culture either. I'm sure they will have lots more out their when Christmas comes. 😅❤
@plantsbymelissa Yup, all those verygeted plants are so expensive. I still love all your plants. Even. Though the mint monstera is not growing fast, it is still so happy because it is in your hands. I definitely agree with you on the tissue culture. At first, I wanted tissue culture . But after I did a little research. Yeah I rather not get one is just me. For others, it might be okay because the big ones do take so much room. But I like big plants 😆 so even there is no room. I still get them big plants . Have a wonderful day ❤️
Melissa, I noticed a few of your alocasias have stem support. My elephant ears are growing tall and outwards. While I enjoy the way it looks; I'm wondering if that'll be a problem if I don't provide steam support? 🤔
I’ve been to the restaurant downtown but haven’t actually met her 😂 you don’t have to provide support but it helps keep them from flopping over too much as they grow bigger leaves. I’ve snapped some before 🫣
Maybe you could grow your monstera mint in pon. She doesn’t look super happy in there… And couldn’t you plant the bird of paradise on the garden and save it? Maybe next to the variegated banana or in between the elephant ears outside. Could be worth giving it a try. It’s such a pity to leave it to rot…
Very true though it might not do well once the colder weather gets here. I’ll have to dump it out here soon. The last one I had got very angry I messed with it 🥲 yeah… I’m thinking about propagating the mint and doing the top cutting in pon 😅
Alocasia Queen please help....My alocasia pink dragon has done phenomenal until recently I've had her for about 3 years with no issues not one and now she is in turmoil...I checked her roots and even though she was still putting out new leaves her roots were shot...I removed her from soil and chopped all of the bad roots...not many was left...I put her into perlite to aid in her recovery but one of the leaves that was already turning yellow now the stem is really shriveled....do I just cut it off or can it be saved? Help please...
How do you keep your ring of fire from yellowing and dropping lower leaves? I water when mine is about 90% and the roots look so healthy, but the lower leaves look awful and it’s so scraggly :(
I chopped my Pink Princess to try and get better variegation. I’ve had them in water for over a month and NOTHING. Does anyone know if they are slow to root? Anything I can do to help? They have been in my south facing window seal. The window has a dark film to lower the UV. But it’s still bright light. I moved them over under a grow light to see if that would be any better. Do they just root slowly? Any thoughts or ideas? I’ve love to hear some. Thanks!!
I usually get roots in I’d say 3-4ish weeks. I water prop or use stratum but keep them under light and you should get some to grow in. Sometimes they don’t root until they push new growth.
They’re a lot of work but I love the big leaves. I’m going to maintain and not worry so much about getting huge leaves and feeling like I always have to chop them. I’m very happy with how they are right now. I’m more or less wanting the nodes from the chop for the shop now 😂
Hi Florence! Thanks for subbing. I unfortunately don’t do 1:1 plant help. I have a couple maranta care videos on my channel under the maranta playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLYt1-9zY5oEy4nH-O9kLWGO85kVh0L-Mf.html&si=9TkATOWVDetKQDjT Plant care is different for everyone as we all have different routines and environments 🙏🏼
I think one of the main reasons I love watching you is because everything is so clean and uniform. I know you’ve mentioned everything being super white before, but it’s really easy on the eyes! No dirt all over, no random colored pots, alll cohesive & it really makes watching you more enjoyable!
I feel the same way about the white or clear pots she has. I have all my plants in white except for ones I haven’t re-potted them after bringing them home.
@@lisaanglim9588same, white, clear….or terracotta. I love the look of all terracotta. But it’s not feasible for all plants. But I still love to use them. Many are now Cover pots. I have gotten rid of all the colorful or printed ones. It’s just too much when you start getting into the hundreds of plants. I love me a beautiful pot, but not for me anymore. I’d rather have the plant and a white pot!! Haha. It really just is so much more calming, isn’t it.
Thank you so much! That’s such a sweet compliment 🥹🫶🏻
I love the calming, white look. I feel like I can see the foliage more and the pots seem to disappear 😂
@@plantsbymelissa that’s exactly my sentiment.
3:43 OMG MELISSA!!! ❤❤❤ Your hybrid is BEAUTIFUL!! And it def has delta traits!! I need one of those seedlings!! 🌱
39:00 my girl cat is just like Luna. Following me around, whining, wanting something when I’m busy! 😂😂
I can feel the excitement in your voice when you talk about your beautiful plants, thank you for sharing an update! it's an amazing collection :D
I would love another video (I’ve watched yours and still feel it’s not working). Can you be super detailed and talk to a BEGINNER!! I am!! I’m struggling with wet sticks, anything in sphagnum moss, and getting corms to grow and not rot. HELP MELISSA!! You just ROCK at all this. 😊
So nice of you!! Thank you so much! ❤️❤️
The variety in your collection is just stunning. Had to keep reminding myself that comparing my self/plants to others is a sure route to misery. But you did a great job of showing plants that haven't done well for you, and that it's OK to just cut your losses and focus on the wins. Life Lessons. Thank you for showing us even your outdoor plantings, Melissa.
She has a beautiful collection, and shes so classy. Definitely my favorite to watch!💚🪴
🫶 thank you!!
Every time I watch your videos I want to redecorate my house! My new found plant addiction is bad enough, if I throw out all the furniture and start installing plant shelves and grow lights all over my sweet husband might lose his mind 😂
Learning Patience….slowly I will turn my house into a jungle and hopefully he won’t notice! 🥰😍
Hahaha three years ago it started with a Milsbo wide, now I have that, a tall and a rudsta, my husband is a good sport
Haha little by little just start adding some 😂🤭 my hubby doesn’t care for them everywhere so I keep them to certain areas or I would definitely be installing more lights and moving half of them out of my plant room 😅 I love the jungle look 😂🫶🏻
Wishing you luck. I’m hoping my roommate will move in to live with his girlfriend and u can turn his bedroom into a plant room.
If others have not posted, your purple flowering tree is a Melastoma, possibly a variety of Melastoma candidum. It could be a hybrid. It is a vigorous tropical garden subject.
There is a closely related very similar genus Tibouchina in the family Melastomataceae. Tibouchina has squared stems. Melastoma has round stems. Now I look closely at your video, it appears the stem is squared. Tibouchina grows much larger but also has smallish varieties. These plants can cross within the family.
I love your collection. I wish I had the space and light for more plants. I know in one of your last videos you talked about how you needed to do so much, but felt like you had to film it all. You absolutely don't have to film it all. I wouldn't mind watching you do your plant chores with just some chill music. No talking, just you concentrating on getting caught up on all your replants, chops, props, whatever.
I love watching your videos!! They’re so relaxing! I’ve just started my Hoya obsession, so good luck to me. 😂
I almost screamed (from joy)when you uploaded this video! Was just counting down the minutes till my kids went to bed! I love love love your channel. I learned SO MUCH from you. Could you please share where you got your latest linearis?
Awesome and stunning plants lovely sharing 😍💕😍👍
Thank you so much 😃
Thank you for showing us your outdoor plants. Your yard is gorgeous. The flower tree is cute
Thank you so much 😊
I am in love with your Anthurium Clarinervium x Pedatoradiatum!! And the leaves get even bigger still. Definitely plant goals
Thank you!! I’m excited to see them mature more 😍
@@plantsbymelissa That is GORGEOUS Anthurium. I’ve gotta have one, someday!
I would just like to say I have been watching a lot of your videos. I’m kind of new to the plant hobby your videos are so excellently done and really appreciate the time that you take to making them thank you so much.
Your plants are so beautiful but, the real stars of the show are your kitties!! 💚
Thank you! 😊
Just wanted to share, for an anthurium which has reached cataphyll stage (mature enough to produce inflos), new emergent (leaf) will come out from the cataphyll, whereas an inflo will come out from the petiole(s). For an anthurium which is not mature enough to produce inflos, the emergents will typically emerge from the petioles.
Hi Melissa! Luna is so precious, she loves you so much❤ I truly enjoyed seeing your outdoor space. You have some beautiful plants outside too, and that tree that is flowering is so pretty. TFS ❤
Thank you so much Dora 🥹❤️
Your passion for plants is contagious! 🌿 Thanks for the great video and happy growing! 🌱
Thank you so much! 🙏🏼
Wow that tree with the purple flowers is so beautiful 💚
These are my fav videos from you and wildfern! ❤🌿
Glad you like them! 🥹🫶
I love a melanocrysum so much and I was thinking the same after giving up with the first plant. Later I bought it again and it was completely different experience. It’s thriving in my room without extra humidity here in GA. Sometimes it’s the exact plant that doesn’t want to grow and not your care or environment.
Settling in with a drink and my own plant care to do. Thank you! 💕
aw you're so welcome! Thank you for watching!!
Hi Melissa, thanks for showing us your plant tour. I absolutely love them all. You also have a beautiful yard. ❤ ps. The cats are adorable too😊
Yay long video! 🎉 Oh my gosh! That Palidiforum is gorgeous!!!! Mine takes quite awhile to grow a leaf out.
Thank you!! I was so excited to see how much it expanded 😍
Fantastic new plant created by you! 😊
Thank you! 😊
plantS you made.... (BTW heuschkeliana is pronounced hoishkeliana, more or less, like Freud is pronounced Froid, more or less :D)
I just Love Your knowledge and Gorgeous plants!❤
Thanks so much 😊
Omg the Adansonii😮❤❤❤
It’s a tree now! 😂😅
Gorgeous planties 🥹
Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️
Just beautiful.
Thank you very much!
Great video. With Fall coming it would be wonderful if you did a wall through of your grow lights. How long you’ve had them, how you used them, how installed, overall thoughts, price points, etc
You have my dream job. You are doing such a great job and your collection is sooo lush love watching your amazing plants. Thank you!
Yes you’re right it is stunning. 😍
Well done Melissa. Be proud of yourself ❤
Thank you so much! ❤️
Such stunning plant❤️ I am so jealous🤣
I had to quit using cal-mag because when I added it to my mix of silica, superthrive and dyna gro foliage pro - I lost 6 plants from burn (more like fried 🤦♀️🤣) I should have paid attention that the dyna grow already had the same amount of cal-mag as what I bought and added. I wanted to cry when my beautiful spider plant and maranta’s bit the dust but I was able to salvage something from all the plants though so, all is well
Sorry to hear that! I had started using a little more recently but definitely going to back off some. I think the little extra I was giving definitely caused some burning 🥲
Yay! I will watch thus while potting new cuttings.😊❤
Hope you enjoy! Have fun potting up your new cuttings! ☺️💖
@@plantsbymelissa honey, do your normal repotting off camera. It is ok not to share. You can show us later how much you progressed. No pressure. It is not fun to us if it is not fun for you.
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Varicosom gave the prettiest backside of their leaves. It’s just stunning. The f to by is pretty but I like the back better
I love the look of the doriaki.
Hi Melissa, I commented on an earlier video before that your mint looks more like a white monster. The newer leaves being more green definitely makes it a white monster, that's the exact trait of a white monster, where subsequent growth gets more green. You need to propogate it and the new leaf will be white again ☺️
Unless you get a white monstera from kunzo himself or from someone who can prove that they did, it's a NOID mint. White monster is a specific cultivar name while mint just refers to the overall variegation coloration.
@@plantsbymelissaYeah with TC now it's v challenging to say whether its a Kunzo line. You may take it more of a suggestion on how to get the variegation back ☺️ If you buy a similar noid mint with similar trait again it's gonna be the same problem, where new leaves eventually come out v green
Get the variegated Jacklyn. I’m sure you’ll love it when you get it.
Don’t tempt me 😂
Hi Melissa, I love your plants that you have on moss poles and it inspired me to start trying out moss poles myself. I know you’ve been having a hard time with the moss poles and was wondering if you ever thought of setting up some kind of drip irrigation to help keep them moist. It would definitely save you a lot of time! I haven’t tried it myself, but if I get any more poles I’m going to need to😅
Thank you so much for sharing
You are so welcome!
The adensonii looks so different from the original leaves came in.
How do you keep your plant room so clean… and your plants they all look so beautiful..!
You can grow a Melano in moss. I did it and sold a gorgeous one in a moss pole and now I have the top grow of my bigger one that I airlayered w/ moss planted in soil. Fingers crossed!
Also have two more growing in moss and a moss pole in the moss.
Sometimes new the leaves get sticked and break at the beginning but if you are diligent and spray them before they unfurl that shouldn’t happen.
Paper Crane Nursery has TC mint monsteras! I treated myself for finishing my first semester of my masters degree, lol. It's growing very slowly, but it's growing!
The tree outside is Pleroma heteromallum or tribouchina grandiflora 🌿💜 everything looks gaaaaawwwwwgeous Melissa!
Your plant room clean up inspired me to clean my shit up lol! So thank you for sharing!
Thank you!! I totally forget what it was haha. Glad I could be some motivation 🫶🏻
Throughly enjoyed this video. Haven't purchased any plants lately, it has been way to hot here in Az, waiting for the weather to get below 100, probably won't be until October .keep up the good work with your videos and your plant shop
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Much awaited video…!❤
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That anthurium does look like it’s hit Mickey Mouse ears. Its very cute
50:56 I would def make sure those babies aren’t submerged in the water for tooooo much longer, only the roots! I’ve had cuttings rot that way when putting multiple in a vessel at once and didn’t notice the new growth in time!
That ppp is HUGE!!😮
I was just finishing watching this video today. And you’re in the bathroom toward the end. And I’m hearing meowing. And I’m looking all around to see which one of mine is calling me. lol Then yours popped up on the bathtub so I could see her. Was that Luna?
Idk if I'm missing it somewhere lol but I wanted to ask you where you got your hanging rod by the window in your plant room and where you got the hooks? I have been having a hard time finding a good one and yours seem to hold a lot. So I just figured I'd ask. Thank you! I love this video and the planty updates! 🪴
That “Mickey-mousey” hybrid is perfect!
haha right! I think the little lobes are so cute!
Hi Melissa! My tortum looks like yours at the moment. My variegated vittarifolium is teeny tiny and won’t grow and I’ve had it for a couple of years. I put it in tree fern fibre because it has been in every other substrate known to man haha. Like you, I haven’t given up on them yet, but that may soon change if I need more room. ❤ how all of your other plants look. Your plant room is so lush! Happy Anniversary and take care!
Thank you so much Jackie!! Sorry your tortum and vittarifolium aren’t growing as well either. Hopefully it likes the tree fern! 🫶🏻
Dedicated plant fanatic all my lifetime until I got a parrot last year. We’re getting back to it now together, but it is a partnership for sure.
He does well with all of them except my organs. I think their beauty is too much competition?
never clicked so fast
I will check & keep trying for that pink princess 👸 😅.
Omg your cats are so cute and love that cat shirt you have! Where did you get it?! I’m such a cat person. 😻
Your plants are gorgeous too!
how do you determine which of your plants go in semi hydro or a self watering pot??
It’s mostly alocasia in pon but I do have a lot of others. Pon is easier care for me and the plants really seem to love it. If I have trouble growing it in soil I’ll try pon out.
I really like the wire shelves in your cabinet! Where did you get them?
Amazon! They’re the perfect fit for the milsbo. You need L brackets to attach them on. I should have a tutorial in my ikea playlist when I put it together. Here’s the shelves: www.amazon.com/dp/B000JF7WYS?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmeli0992-20&creativeASIN=B000JF7WYS&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.2CXDQMX1UIXI&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_asin
Very cool and unique anthurium. How does the anthurium hybrid system work? Do you propagate and sell your own version?
Thank you!! It’s so unique 😍 I could propagate by dividing down the road but I would probably just try to self pollinate and grow out any seeds I get if it takes.
Powdery mildew 😱 that got on my sedum pork and beans. I dont really know how it got it but i think it came from another plant i had from Walmart. They put them outside where they are drowning and it probably developed it after that. I caught it in time on the sedum and one other succulent though. Ive never seen it on my tropical plants.
Sorry to hear that! 🥲
Dragon's breath is my favorite Alocasia
It’s so unique!! 😍🙌🏼
In the middle of watching your video. Melissa, I have the Milsbo cabinet with acrylic shelves, I love them BUT, they scratch so easy. I am so careful and picky, but they are still really scratching. Just a warning. I am thinking about going back to the glass because of the scratches. Just not too happy with the scratches.
Aw really? I just got some for the rudsta when I built it a few months ago but haven’t noticed any scratches yet. I love the look of them 🥲
@@plantsbymelissa I did not believe mine would scratch because they are all baby hoyas in smooth plastic pots from Ikea and Amazon. There are no ceramic or terra cotta pots. But they started showing scratches immediately (and I mean within a day). I will probably take my acrylic shelves to a glass cutter and have glass shelves cut.
Does silica help with pests? I didn't know that? I wish it would help with fungus gnats.
I have some plants coming today that have been sent around the country by the post office 😢 I don't have much hope that they will be healthy when they get here. One of them is a clarinervium. I decided to try and raise another anthurium since I have figured out how to keep calatheas alive and my alocasias are still alive after a week 😱😊😅
aw I hope they arrive to you okay 🥹 If they're packaged well they should do okay if they're delayed but I know the weather is really hot in some areas. Crossing my fingers for you! 🤞
This video was not long at all. It actually was short to me😊 1:11
I have a question for you. Do you rinse your stratum? Don’t know if I spelled that correctly😊
❤️ thanks for watching! Nope, no rinsing - it’s not dusty and it’ll just turn to mush.
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Hello Melissa a crazy plant enthusiast here too can i ask where do you get your moss and how do you get it always moist.😊
I use the better gro brand orchid moss. I usually get it at my local big box stores but Amazon has it too. My poles dry out alllll the time 😅
@plantsbymelissa oh, that's not good, but good to know. I thought I was doing something different 😅 . Yes, a lot of work, but every other day, I spray/mist the moss. Do you mix your own medium? If so what do you use and what's the ratio? I purchased my chunky blend from etsy but it is t a little pricey I am planning on mixing mine. Thank you for sharing everything it is really helpful.
When I water my monstera it has guttitation. Water seeps out of the leaves. It’s like my plant is crying. Some one explain Ed that it’s taking up too much water and will expel the excess water. So I skipped watering it one week. When I watered it the second week it didn’t do it. So I need to water it less.
Yeah, I notice it looking at all the Monstera mint on store or etsy is a lot of tissues culture. I'm thinking of buying one soon. But I'm going for the big porm of Monstera mint & no tissue culture here. I think they don't do as well or don't grow as fast as the big ones. They do have two types of sizes of Monstera. Good luck. But it is still beautiful & lots of roots wow. The one I was looking at at etsy is 250 ugh. Lol has to be Christmas time 😅 but is the big size & no tissue culture either. I'm sure they will have lots more out their when Christmas comes. 😅❤
Yeah I was browsing Etsy for them the other day 😅 the bigger plants are so expensive. I would love to not have another small TC as well.
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Yup, all those verygeted plants are so expensive. I still love all your plants. Even. Though the mint monstera is not growing fast, it is still so happy because it is in your hands. I definitely agree with you on the tissue culture. At first, I wanted tissue culture . But after I did a little research. Yeah I rather not get one is just me. For others, it might be okay because the big ones do take so much room. But I like big plants 😆 so even there is no room. I still get them big plants . Have a wonderful day ❤️
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Melissa, I noticed a few of your alocasias have stem support. My elephant ears are growing tall and outwards.
While I enjoy the way it looks; I'm wondering if that'll be a problem if I don't provide steam support? 🤔
Also, I noticed you're in Savannah Georgia... Have you ever seen Paula Deen!? 😀😀
I’ve been to the restaurant downtown but haven’t actually met her 😂 you don’t have to provide support but it helps keep them from flopping over too much as they grow bigger leaves. I’ve snapped some before 🫣
@@plantsbymelissa Got it! Appreciate you, Melissa!
Maybe you could grow your monstera mint in pon. She doesn’t look super happy in there…
And couldn’t you plant the bird of paradise on the garden and save it? Maybe next to the variegated banana or in between the elephant ears outside. Could be worth giving it a try. It’s such a pity to leave it to rot…
Very true though it might not do well once the colder weather gets here. I’ll have to dump it out here soon. The last one I had got very angry I messed with it 🥲 yeah… I’m thinking about propagating the mint and doing the top cutting in pon 😅
Alocasia Queen please help....My alocasia pink dragon has done phenomenal until recently I've had her for about 3 years with no issues not one and now she is in turmoil...I checked her roots and even though she was still putting out new leaves her roots were shot...I removed her from soil and chopped all of the bad roots...not many was left...I put her into perlite to aid in her recovery but one of the leaves that was already turning yellow now the stem is really shriveled....do I just cut it off or can it be saved? Help please...
The splits are called “lobster claws”.
How do you keep your ring of fire from yellowing and dropping lower leaves? I water when mine is about 90% and the roots look so healthy, but the lower leaves look awful and it’s so scraggly :(
Are you feeding well?
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Hello new subscriber here can you please tell me what size pots you use for your moss poles? Thank you very much great content. 👊🏻
Thank you! I usually use the 6 inch repot me brand clear pots with the ikea planters. They’re a perfect fit 😁
@@plantsbymelissa thank you 🙏
I chopped my Pink Princess to try and get better variegation. I’ve had them in water for over a month and NOTHING. Does anyone know if they are slow to root? Anything I can do to help? They have been in my south facing window seal. The window has a dark film to lower the UV. But it’s still bright light. I moved them over under a grow light to see if that would be any better. Do they just root slowly? Any thoughts or ideas? I’ve love to hear some. Thanks!!
I usually get roots in I’d say 3-4ish weeks. I water prop or use stratum but keep them under light and you should get some to grow in. Sometimes they don’t root until they push new growth.
@@plantsbymelissa thank you soooo much!
Have you counted your plants? Just curious what the number is now.
Not sure now 😂 I’ve gotten so many new ones recently! Probably closer to 275. The shop plants alone are probably 300-400 🫣
@@plantsbymelissa idk how you keep track, especially with soil plants. That’s a full time job
It’s a lot of work 😅 pon has definitely made watering easier for me!
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Are you kind of over moss poles? I feel like I am…
They’re a lot of work but I love the big leaves. I’m going to maintain and not worry so much about getting huge leaves and feeling like I always have to chop them. I’m very happy with how they are right now. I’m more or less wanting the nodes from the chop for the shop now 😂
I just subscribed to you/help me grow a RED Maranta plant for mothers day from my son/
Hi Florence! Thanks for subbing. I unfortunately don’t do 1:1 plant help. I have a couple maranta care videos on my channel under the maranta playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLYt1-9zY5oEy4nH-O9kLWGO85kVh0L-Mf.html&si=9TkATOWVDetKQDjT
Plant care is different for everyone as we all have different routines and environments 🙏🏼
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I figured out who you sound like, Dakota Johnson.
never clicked so fast
aw thank you so much for watching!! ❤️