The motor bike is passing byyyyy, why people like loud death machines I don't know whyyyyyy. This is a super helpful video, I have never known what the heck to do with the coconut husk plug situation.
Really helpful, I have not repotted a hoya I received in coco peat because of the concern that hoya don't like repotting, but it hasn't done brilliantly and I've been itching to do it, now I feel like I can!
Orchid bark/Bark as a potting medium for hoya isn't widely used here in the Philippines, not many people really sells it here which is unfortunate but we get occasional one time sellers tho. We mainly use coconut husk cubes as that is always available here, it works great for us but I prefer the look of bark. Great video and your advice/tips are incredible because thats what I do too 😃
Coconut husk is a lot cheaper than bark and it works great in high humidity areas. It is normal to use it in SE Asia because it is an excellent potting medium. I wouldn't bother too much with bark there. But the problem is when people get hoyas from SE Asia in that medium, they just don't water them enough and then the roots die back. It would happen in bark as well. So it is on people, not on the media ahah :D
If my hoyas or any other plants I have, seems happy even being in old nursery soil. I rarely repot until it super root bound. I'm a bit of a lazy plant owner. But I think I'm going something ok. Cuz most of my hoyas are blooming this year. But I do repot my cuttings that has established good root system.
Sometimes the mix they come in can be good! Especially if it's from a smaller nursery. But I find that these mass-produced hoyas in pure coco peat do much better when I repot them. And not just them. There are, however, some plants that prefer being left in that mix (calatheas and begonias for example). I totally relate with being lazy plant parent 😂
I enjoyed your video and learned a lot about coconut husk.. So many people recommend it to me, and it never worked for me, and I'm realizing it's because they are in humid Florida and I'm in dry New York. Getting everything out of husk this spring
I didn’t know about the coco that it will dry out the roots! Makes so much sense! I have a repotting to do. My new plant welcome is usuallya quick inspection to see how bad the situation is and a very good spray of neem oil diluted in water. If I see suspicious spots (bacteria/mealy bugs) I wipe it off with alcohol 70% and cotton disc.sometimes I take the plants to the shower. I don’t repot usually because I like to first give them a chance to rest and regroup. I also remove leaves that looks ugly or unhealthy (anyway the plant will shed leaves with my light compared to the green house. I just do it in front and than it the da to keeps the other leaves)
I am still to receive a plant in coconut husks that doesn't have many dead roots. It's not the coconut husk that is the issue. It is the fact that believe firmly believe hoyas are cacti and they hate water. But coconut husk doesn't retain much water and that is one of the reasons they use it in SE Asia - they are outside, humidity is high, rains are frequent. Anything else, and the roots would rot. But then they send these hoyas to Europe in that mix where they get water once a week or less and the humidity isn't great. In the end, you receive a plant that lost lots of the roots. Yes, it's best to remove anything suspicios - I do it too. And of course, I spray them too :)
Basie Plants no no in my house it’s definitely an issue and I didn’t understand why my Hoya obscura is stressed..now I get why was the die back, because I wait for it to dry. Thank you for the advice!
UPS! I forgot to tell that I am subscribing as of november 4th 2020 due to your very great video on water propagating hoyas and how and why you use net pots for growing in your special soil.
'The mix, not the roots, not the roots!' LMAO. Oh I so love your videos. I'm always a little hesitant to disturb new plants, but I hate peat moss and will follow your advice in the future.
Hahaha 😂Good thing I corrected myself there! It depends. Some I don't disturb right away, but some I do. Especially if I know there is no way it can live in that mix in my conditions. ❤️
I like the idea with the net pots and will try it :) When i got cuttings with some tiny roots, i put them in a medium called Seramis (it´s a bit like lecca, but holds more moisture) and all other plants will go in quarantine for a couple of weeks, and when the plant looks good, then it can stay in it´s medium. Greatings from germany
I have seramis too but I don't use it for hoyas, for now :) The net pots and bark with moss is working out well for me. I hope you have luck with it too. I will talk about it more in future videos.
I try to repot as soon as I can as well. Sometimes it's the same day, sometimes it is a week later. But you are right, I find that the longer the plant is in a nursery pot, the worse it will look over time. The conditions and care are different.
So tired to hearing people say wait until plant is acclimated... sitting in bad soil is terrible. And why wait until it acclimated and then repot and it has to acclimate all over again?!!
I have some plants that are still in the nursery pot. I usually repot when there's something wrong with the plant or the media. Mostly I'm a little paranoid when itcomes to bugs,so when I inspect the soil and see any kind of insect or I'm not sure about something, I repot. Unless I already see something rotting I try to wait a few weeks before repotting new plants though. Just keep them isolated and let them acclimatise a little. Sometimes hoyas and orchids come in those sponge-like plugs for rooting and those I really hate because they keep the plant way too wet imo and they are really difficult to clean off without damaging the roots. Had my cutis porcelana come in the mail already rotting from the center because of that.
Ah yes, The infamous plug. I hate when I see Phalaenopsis in those. Usually the roots in the center will start to rot. even if you look on the side of the pot and it seems the roots are healthy, they will be rotten (the base of the root) because of this plug. I really hate it too. I try to wait too, but sometimes it's not so good to wait. I edited out a part about Anthurium vittarifolium that I left in coco peat and I didn't realize the roots were rotting - I wasn't watering it, but when I started repotting two weeks after I got it, I realized it is in a very bad shape.
love the option to put it out from the cover pot and let it dry, ive try this type of must :) what i do to my hoyas (talking about the rooted plants) when a box arrive its to leve them almost 2 weeks in the nursery mix always checking it for the pests or something like that and then when the symptoms of stress has pased away i clean the plants and change the substrate for my mix that i use for my atmosferic conditions then prepare the new pots and after of poting the plants in the new mix, barely i add a rooting complex and wait for almost one month after taking from inside to outside cause i grew my collection in the garden :)
Yes, sometimes when I don't have time I will leave them in the mix they came in, but I am very careful wtih watering in that case, especially if it's pure coco peat. Leaving them outside in summer really helps in this case, because even coco peat will dry up so you can water more freely.
@@BasiePlants yes i ever mind about my climatic conditions to planing the proportion o my mix (volcanic stone 50%, sphagnum 30%, 10% oak leaves and bark, 10% coconut husk )but maybe youll be surprised cause i leave the hoyas on the winter time, in my case i feel most of the species that i have loves the cold from the winter, most of my hoyas arrived on the last winter on 2019 and half of past 2018 so i just adjust the watering schedule on these seasons :) to dont have rotten roots or fungus cause the first time i was so heavy handed on the watering and i lost some delicated ones :.(
@@montanozamoraivanmardoqueo4086 I am sorry to hear you lost some! But I am sure you will find them again! Your mix is very interesting! I don't have experience using volcanic stone. I will have to look it up!
Great video! I love the "out takes" too. It's good to know I'm not the only one that bumbles occasionally! Your videos are very informative and I've learned a lot. I in north eastern Pennsylvania, and we're moving into winter now. I think once my plants are moved indoors for the colder weather, I will order some net pots and pot them up as you've shown. It is much easier to see when they are dry and makes it almost impossible to over water. Again, thank you for doing these videos and sharing your knowledge.
Haha. Yes, out takes are fun sometimes. Even I laugh at them, which is weird. I think net pots are great! I am quite happy with them so far even though plants need more water. At least it's hard to rot them.
I’ve had so many root issues that I just automatically look at the roots of new Hoya roots. Everything from a plug strangling a root to completely dried up root systems to bugs. I haven’t lost one yet by investigating right away and getting them into my preferred mix.
Thanks to your sharing, I am now using moss and pine bark for most of my Hoya which I managed to rescue from root rot. I hope to report to you good results soon.
Enjoyed your video. I do check mix when I purchase plant to see if soil is useful to plant, if not I will repot or pot on if container is too small. Thank you
Glad to hear it! Yes, I also check the potting mix and 9/10 times it is ready for a repot. So I do it right away if it needs to be done (and if I am not too lazy).
Hi loved video as always i have been collecting hoyas since july 2020 i have 138 to date not counting several doubles and other kind of plants.i had purchased end of october 2020 several hoyas like 4 costing me almost 300.00 lost 3 of them in like a month none had been changed medium all were as bought i never checked root system and since loosing those plants when i buy any new hoya i remove them inspect and clean roots disinfect with 3% peroxide and place in leca or pon most of my hoyas are in leca but few in pon i dont wait for plant to acclimate i figure get stressed once rather then acclimate then changing it to another medium ... More stress again lol thats how i do it seems to work for me. I might try putting hoyas together i liked what you did with kerrii Thanks
I did unpot the kerrii xD Too big! They take too much space together so I separated them. If I had more room, it would look great! I agree - check the roots right away and the entire plant. I don't find they mind it, and I can spot an issue right away, if there is one. You have a LOT of hoyas!
@@BasiePlants Hi again my goodness i do most are still $mall i will be in trouble as they grow into bigger plants lol .... Can seem to stop buying totally addicted lol
For hoyas, I put them in water first for a couple days or weeks and then pot them up in my usual potting mix. I dont know how to deal with mixes that I'm not used to. Other plants i usually leave in the pot until its time for repotting. Although nowadays plants are mostly potted up in a peatmoss or coconuthusk sorta thing...I'm never sure if I should leave the plant in there or not....
Sometimes coco coir or peat moss work well, it depends on the plants. In some cases, coco coir can burn the roots if it gets too dry - I see that some people growing orchids experience this with Oncidium types. I found that leaving more water-demanding plants like begonias or calatheas in coco coir/ peat moss is fine. But I do transfer hoyas. :)
What is your mix ratio? I’ve been using a peat moss/ perlite mix and I swear to god it never dries out. I can water them and they’ll still be wet two weeks later! I’d like to switch to a bark mix in net pots, that’s my goal!
It's interesting that Hoyas and orchids are epiphytes and what you just showed me about the Hoya roots is almost the same as the phalaenopsis roots or other Orchid roots. They have an outer layer. When I repot new orchids I tried to leave the thread part that's inside the root alone and just remove the outside of the root with my thumb and forefinger pulling it off. I found out from other people that that cord like in a route can still help hydrate the Orchid I'm wondering if the same thing is true with Hoyas. I've never unpotted or repotted a large orchids so I haven't really inspected those routes. I do know the roots from Hoya cuttings look very delicate almost translucent. Just thinking out loud here on your comment section!
I remove all those hair-like roots (especially if there are other, viable roots) because I don't want them to spoil my media (unless it is LECA and in semi hydro). If the roots are in a very bad condition, I might leave them, but it depends on the plant. On orchids, I might leave them, on hoyas I won't, since I can re-root hoyas again easily, most of the time.
@@BasiePlants thanks for all the info I just haven't reported any of my Hoyas well maybe that's not true I have reported some in clay pots but I guess the roots were fine and that's why I didn't notice anything. I do know sometimes with my orchids the phalaenopsis they have bad roots and I used to cut them off but then some people said pull the bed fell off of that white cord like inter root and that way what's left will help hydrate the plant when it hardly has any Roots. Also it's sort of help stabilize the Orchid in the media. I really enjoy your videos and I just did to begonia videos. On my channel I went over any information The Growers had like who hybridize the begonia and maybe the year was hybridized... One of the begonia has has been around for almost a hundred years it was hybridized in 1926! And in my on boxing video I had already unboxed the begonias so that way I could get to talking about the begonias and the info I had on them. It seems like all plants are my favorite but I guess the top three are orchids Hoya and begonias!
I rarely get plants in winter. My plants are under LED lights, in a warm room so they are constantly growing. If I have to repot something, I do. Thanks! 💚
I got a couple of hoyas that are somehow mounted into chunks of bark/almost like a piece of tree trunk, and then some regular potting mix. The roots have grown into the bark and there are plenty of roots below that chunk of bark. I don't think I can remove the bark without damaging the top part of the roots. What would you advise? I'm afraid I may kill my plant from underwatering otherwise...
I believe what you are describing is the coconut husk. Often times they arrive like that, especially if they have been grown in Thailand. I remove it and yes, I do damage the roots. But mine have always recovered and I never lost a single one due to repotting. I am also very comfortable with taking cuttings and rooting the plant again. I did that with my Hoya obscura and it is fantastic now. It does setback the plant a bit, but it is fine for the most part. I can't keep the coconut plug hydrated in my conditions either.
@@BasiePlants I got it from this in Ted Green's catalog. (rare hoya) "diptera. Seemann C- 3/4", pale yellow-green flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves 2" fairly flat long and thin, on a robust clean vine. Fiji Please read my lips - say di - tera! which means 2 wings."
That is the mix I chose. You can choose any mix that works well for you! The mix I am using now (bark+moss) is experimental, but it seems to be working! It all depends on your conditions. If you are new to hoyas, it's best to choose a "safer" mix, like mix of bark, perlite, coco peat (very little) and general potting mix (again, very little). The mix should be airy and well-draining :) But if you just got a new hoya that is in pure coco peat, I would repot it, as it usually doesn't work well long-term.
Basie Plants thanks! I’m pretty new to Hoyas. When I repotted I did a mix of potting soil, orchid bark, perlite for good aeration. I’m thinking I might try the moss/bark mix at some point. Also might have to switch out some of my other Hoyas from the peat moss that they were potting in at the nurseries. I noticed they hold too much water.
Great video! I just purchased some Hoya and they were all rooted in pumice?? The roots are all stuck to the pumice, I’m not sure what to do... please help!
I never had any hoyas in pumice, pumice is impossible to find here. But I would just leave it, it doesn't seem like it would be an issue, even if you repot it in a different mix.
So much trash said about variegated kareii, yet here are two in one pot 😂 I don’t trim naked Hoya stems that I knock the leafs out (which I do a lot, especially new baby leafs). It’s take a long time but usually my hoyas regrow the leaves/ make a new growth point from there...is it faster to chop?
I know! That is how I roll. I trash it, then I buy two. 😂 Well, it depends. With diptera it really bothers me because so many of those vines are naked and it seems many of the nodes started to push out new growth which died back. I seriously doubt anyting will happen on those. The vine on H. kerrii that I cut is completely dead and dry. So it depends. If I only have one vine, and a small hoya, I just leave it be and don't cut the vine, even if it loses leaves. Hope that helps!
@@thedoorsthewonderss Oh that is so sweeeeeet ❤️❤️❤️ I hope you will still find some content that interests you! I talk about other plants too. I try to balance my hoya craziness out 😂
I rarely let them get to dry, but if it happens, I make sure to water them and then spray them daily with some rainwater where I mix in Algamic - or any aminoacid would do :) They are great for this stuff. It depends on the temperetaure, light and humidity of the space where you keep them too.
Never, ever would I use soap near my plants. There are people out there using oil to clean leafs, what a nice thick coating of dust gathering through the months. I stick to a moist, lukewarm microfiber cloth once a month.
Dishwashing liquid works really well for spider mites and other similar pests. It is a videly used home treatment :) And it doesn't harm the plant - you just have to make sure there is no bleach in it. Oils can work too (neem, paraffin, etc) but I would use them in small concentrations to treat pest infestation, not to clean the leaves, because they can clog up stomata on the leaves resulting in premature death of the leaf. As with all, it is really in concentration :) Many orchid growers soak their orchids in 1% bleach solution to treat pests and it works. It also doesn't harm the plant. :D
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The motor bike is passing byyyyy, why people like loud death machines I don't know whyyyyyy. This is a super helpful video, I have never known what the heck to do with the coconut husk plug situation.
I wish I had a biker jacket for that part. Props, I need props people. Shh, I sometimes just cut the plant and root it again 😂
Ride on one you'll know why😉🏍
Really helpful, I have not repotted a hoya I received in coco peat because of the concern that hoya don't like repotting, but it hasn't done brilliantly and I've been itching to do it, now I feel like I can!
It's mostly a myth. If you are gentle, and if you use a reasonable sized pot, it will be fine :)
Orchid bark/Bark as a potting medium for hoya isn't widely used here in the Philippines, not many people really sells it here which is unfortunate but we get occasional one time sellers tho. We mainly use coconut husk cubes as that is always available here, it works great for us but I prefer the look of bark. Great video and your advice/tips are incredible because thats what I do too 😃
Coconut husk is a lot cheaper than bark and it works great in high humidity areas. It is normal to use it in SE Asia because it is an excellent potting medium. I wouldn't bother too much with bark there. But the problem is when people get hoyas from SE Asia in that medium, they just don't water them enough and then the roots die back. It would happen in bark as well. So it is on people, not on the media ahah :D
If my hoyas or any other plants I have, seems happy even being in old nursery soil. I rarely repot until it super root bound. I'm a bit of a lazy plant owner. But I think I'm going something ok. Cuz most of my hoyas are blooming this year. But I do repot my cuttings that has established good root system.
Sometimes the mix they come in can be good! Especially if it's from a smaller nursery. But I find that these mass-produced hoyas in pure coco peat do much better when I repot them. And not just them. There are, however, some plants that prefer being left in that mix (calatheas and begonias for example). I totally relate with being lazy plant parent 😂
Combination of those 2 hoyas is on point!!!
I am glad that you like it! I think they look great together as well! ❤️
I enjoyed your video and learned a lot about coconut husk.. So many people recommend it to me, and it never worked for me, and I'm realizing it's because they are in humid Florida and I'm in dry New York. Getting everything out of husk this spring
I didn’t know about the coco that it will dry out the roots! Makes so much sense! I have a repotting to do.
My new plant welcome is usuallya quick inspection to see how bad the situation is and a very good spray of neem oil diluted in water. If I see suspicious spots (bacteria/mealy bugs) I wipe it off with alcohol 70% and cotton disc.sometimes I take the plants to the shower. I don’t repot usually because I like to first give them a chance to rest and regroup. I also remove leaves that looks ugly or unhealthy (anyway the plant will shed leaves with my light compared to the green house. I just do it in front and than it the da to keeps the other leaves)
I am still to receive a plant in coconut husks that doesn't have many dead roots. It's not the coconut husk that is the issue. It is the fact that believe firmly believe hoyas are cacti and they hate water. But coconut husk doesn't retain much water and that is one of the reasons they use it in SE Asia - they are outside, humidity is high, rains are frequent. Anything else, and the roots would rot. But then they send these hoyas to Europe in that mix where they get water once a week or less and the humidity isn't great. In the end, you receive a plant that lost lots of the roots. Yes, it's best to remove anything suspicios - I do it too. And of course, I spray them too :)
Basie Plants no no in my house it’s definitely an issue and I didn’t understand why my Hoya obscura is stressed..now I get why was the die back, because I wait for it to dry.
Thank you for the advice!
UPS! I forgot to tell that I am subscribing as of november 4th 2020 due to your very great video on water propagating hoyas and how and why you use net pots for growing in your special soil.
Thank you! I hope you are enjoying the videos so far :)
'The mix, not the roots, not the roots!' LMAO. Oh I so love your videos.
I'm always a little hesitant to disturb new plants, but I hate peat moss and will follow your advice in the future.
Hahaha 😂Good thing I corrected myself there! It depends. Some I don't disturb right away, but some I do. Especially if I know there is no way it can live in that mix in my conditions. ❤️
I like the idea with the net pots and will try it :) When i got cuttings with some tiny roots, i put them in a medium called Seramis (it´s a bit like lecca, but holds more moisture) and all other plants will go in quarantine for a couple of weeks, and when the plant looks good, then it can stay in it´s medium. Greatings from germany
I have seramis too but I don't use it for hoyas, for now :) The net pots and bark with moss is working out well for me. I hope you have luck with it too. I will talk about it more in future videos.
I always repot same day. Or sometime in the same week. When ever I leave a plant in it’s nursery pot longer it always starts to die
I try to repot as soon as I can as well. Sometimes it's the same day, sometimes it is a week later. But you are right, I find that the longer the plant is in a nursery pot, the worse it will look over time. The conditions and care are different.
So tired to hearing people say wait until plant is acclimated... sitting in bad soil is terrible. And why wait until it acclimated and then repot and it has to acclimate all over again?!!
@@mwoods4608 correct. No need to make the plant suffer more
So glad I found you.
I live in the high desert.
Hot, hot, hot.
So could I use your sphagnum and orchid bark?
Also, where do you buy your pots from?
I have some plants that are still in the nursery pot. I usually repot when there's something wrong with the plant or the media. Mostly I'm a little paranoid when itcomes to bugs,so when I inspect the soil and see any kind of insect or I'm not sure about something, I repot. Unless I already see something rotting I try to wait a few weeks before repotting new plants though. Just keep them isolated and let them acclimatise a little.
Sometimes hoyas and orchids come in those sponge-like plugs for rooting and those I really hate because they keep the plant way too wet imo and they are really difficult to clean off without damaging the roots. Had my cutis porcelana come in the mail already rotting from the center because of that.
Ah yes, The infamous plug. I hate when I see Phalaenopsis in those. Usually the roots in the center will start to rot. even if you look on the side of the pot and it seems the roots are healthy, they will be rotten (the base of the root) because of this plug. I really hate it too. I try to wait too, but sometimes it's not so good to wait. I edited out a part about Anthurium vittarifolium that I left in coco peat and I didn't realize the roots were rotting - I wasn't watering it, but when I started repotting two weeks after I got it, I realized it is in a very bad shape.
love the option to put it out from the cover pot and let it dry, ive try this type of must :) what i do to my hoyas (talking about the rooted plants) when a box arrive its to leve them almost 2 weeks in the nursery mix always checking it for the pests or something like that and then when the symptoms of stress has pased away i clean the plants and change the substrate for my mix that i use for my atmosferic conditions then prepare the new pots and after of poting the plants in the new mix, barely i add a rooting complex and wait for almost one month after taking from inside to outside cause i grew my collection in the garden :)
Yes, sometimes when I don't have time I will leave them in the mix they came in, but I am very careful wtih watering in that case, especially if it's pure coco peat. Leaving them outside in summer really helps in this case, because even coco peat will dry up so you can water more freely.
@@BasiePlants yes i ever mind about my climatic conditions to planing the proportion o my mix (volcanic stone 50%, sphagnum 30%, 10% oak leaves and bark, 10% coconut husk )but maybe youll be surprised cause i leave the hoyas on the winter time, in my case i feel most of the species that i have loves the cold from the winter, most of my hoyas arrived on the last winter on 2019 and half of past 2018 so i just adjust the watering schedule on these seasons :) to dont have rotten roots or fungus cause the first time i was so heavy handed on the watering and i lost some delicated ones :.(
@@montanozamoraivanmardoqueo4086 I am sorry to hear you lost some! But I am sure you will find them again! Your mix is very interesting! I don't have experience using volcanic stone. I will have to look it up!
Great video! I love the "out takes" too. It's good to know I'm not the only one that bumbles occasionally! Your videos are very informative and I've learned a lot. I in north eastern Pennsylvania, and we're moving into winter now. I think once my plants are moved indoors for the colder weather, I will order some net pots and pot them up as you've shown. It is much easier to see when they are dry and makes it almost impossible to over water.
Again, thank you for doing these videos and sharing your knowledge.
Haha. Yes, out takes are fun sometimes. Even I laugh at them, which is weird. I think net pots are great! I am quite happy with them so far even though plants need more water. At least it's hard to rot them.
You have a lovely collection!! I only have around 7 or 8 different varieties of Hoya, I need more!! 😅
Thank you! You definitely do :D I am here to encourage 🤣 I am still waiting for a day when I will say I don't need any more hoyas 😅
I’ve had so many root issues that I just automatically look at the roots of new Hoya roots. Everything from a plug strangling a root to completely dried up root systems to bugs. I haven’t lost one yet by investigating right away and getting them into my preferred mix.
Thanks to your sharing, I am now using moss and pine bark for most of my Hoya which I managed to rescue from root rot. I hope to report to you good results soon.
I hope it worked out well for you!
Enjoyed your video. I do check mix when I purchase plant to see if soil is useful to plant, if not I will repot or pot on if container is too small. Thank you
Glad to hear it! Yes, I also check the potting mix and 9/10 times it is ready for a repot. So I do it right away if it needs to be done (and if I am not too lazy).
Hi loved video as always i have been collecting hoyas since july 2020 i have 138 to date not counting several doubles and other kind of plants.i had purchased end of october 2020 several hoyas like 4 costing me almost 300.00 lost 3 of them in like a month none had been changed medium all were as bought i never checked root system and since loosing those plants when i buy any new hoya i remove them inspect and clean roots disinfect with 3% peroxide and place in leca or pon most of my hoyas are in leca but few in pon i dont wait for plant to acclimate i figure get stressed once rather then acclimate then changing it to another medium ... More stress again lol thats how i do it seems to work for me. I might try putting hoyas together i liked what you did with kerrii
Thanks
I did unpot the kerrii xD Too big! They take too much space together so I separated them. If I had more room, it would look great! I agree - check the roots right away and the entire plant. I don't find they mind it, and I can spot an issue right away, if there is one. You have a LOT of hoyas!
@@BasiePlants
Hi again my goodness i do most are still $mall i will be in trouble as they grow into bigger plants lol .... Can seem to stop buying totally addicted lol
I usually repot as soon as I get a plant because I’m afraid of bugs being in the soil it came in.
For hoyas, I put them in water first for a couple days or weeks and then pot them up in my usual potting mix. I dont know how to deal with mixes that I'm not used to. Other plants i usually leave in the pot until its time for repotting. Although nowadays plants are mostly potted up in a peatmoss or coconuthusk sorta thing...I'm never sure if I should leave the plant in there or not....
Sometimes coco coir or peat moss work well, it depends on the plants. In some cases, coco coir can burn the roots if it gets too dry - I see that some people growing orchids experience this with Oncidium types. I found that leaving more water-demanding plants like begonias or calatheas in coco coir/ peat moss is fine. But I do transfer hoyas. :)
Very useful video.. Thank you for making it Basie 💚😊
Thank you for saying those nice things! ☺️
What is your mix ratio? I’ve been using a peat moss/ perlite mix and I swear to god it never dries out. I can water them and they’ll still be wet two weeks later! I’d like to switch to a bark mix in net pots, that’s my goal!
Thank you for this very helpful info. Love your videos. Can’t wait to see what else you upload on your patreon. 🥰
Some nice pics today! :) I am glad you enjoyed this video!
It's interesting that Hoyas and orchids are epiphytes and what you just showed me about the Hoya roots is almost the same as the phalaenopsis roots or other Orchid roots. They have an outer layer. When I repot new orchids I tried to leave the thread part that's inside the root alone and just remove the outside of the root with my thumb and forefinger pulling it off. I found out from other people that that cord like in a route can still help hydrate the Orchid I'm wondering if the same thing is true with Hoyas. I've never unpotted or repotted a large orchids so I haven't really inspected those routes. I do know the roots from Hoya cuttings look very delicate almost translucent. Just thinking out loud here on your comment section!
I remove all those hair-like roots (especially if there are other, viable roots) because I don't want them to spoil my media (unless it is LECA and in semi hydro). If the roots are in a very bad condition, I might leave them, but it depends on the plant. On orchids, I might leave them, on hoyas I won't, since I can re-root hoyas again easily, most of the time.
@@BasiePlants thanks for all the info I just haven't reported any of my Hoyas well maybe that's not true I have reported some in clay pots but I guess the roots were fine and that's why I didn't notice anything. I do know sometimes with my orchids the phalaenopsis they have bad roots and I used to cut them off but then some people said pull the bed fell off of that white cord like inter root and that way what's left will help hydrate the plant when it hardly has any Roots. Also it's sort of help stabilize the Orchid in the media. I really enjoy your videos and I just did to begonia videos. On my channel I went over any information The Growers had like who hybridize the begonia and maybe the year was hybridized... One of the begonia has has been around for almost a hundred years it was hybridized in 1926! And in my on boxing video I had already unboxed the begonias so that way I could get to talking about the begonias and the info I had on them. It seems like all plants are my favorite but I guess the top three are orchids Hoya and begonias!
Your video is super informative! Do you repot as soon as possible even in winter season?
Love your videos!!! :D
I rarely get plants in winter. My plants are under LED lights, in a warm room so they are constantly growing. If I have to repot something, I do. Thanks! 💚
Hello nice vid very informative
Glad to hear that! :)
I got a hoya and the mix is so dry... I water it, but the soil still looks dry. But I'm so scare to repot it because they say hoyas hate repotting.
I learnt today. Thankyou 💙
I am glad to hear that! 💚
I live for your videos!
hahaha 😂 That is so sweet to hear ❤️
I got a couple of hoyas that are somehow mounted into chunks of bark/almost like a piece of tree trunk, and then some regular potting mix. The roots have grown into the bark and there are plenty of roots below that chunk of bark. I don't think I can remove the bark without damaging the top part of the roots. What would you advise? I'm afraid I may kill my plant from underwatering otherwise...
I believe what you are describing is the coconut husk. Often times they arrive like that, especially if they have been grown in Thailand. I remove it and yes, I do damage the roots. But mine have always recovered and I never lost a single one due to repotting. I am also very comfortable with taking cuttings and rooting the plant again. I did that with my Hoya obscura and it is fantastic now. It does setback the plant a bit, but it is fine for the most part. I can't keep the coconut plug hydrated in my conditions either.
@@BasiePlants Thank you, Miro! I'll give it my best try, fingers crossed!
I believe it is pronounced DIE-terra. The "p" is silent. Love you, man.
I heard this in SRO video, but she didn't explain why. Do you know the reason why? I am interested to find out!
@@BasiePlants I got it from this in Ted Green's catalog. (rare hoya) "diptera. Seemann C- 3/4", pale yellow-green flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves 2" fairly flat long and thin, on a robust clean vine. Fiji Please read my lips - say di - tera! which means 2 wings."
Bonnie Harris Thank you for that info! I always thought PT sound in the middle of the word/ in compound words in Greek remains PT. Good to know!
Yayyyyy the song made the cut!!! 😍😍😍😍
And many more crazy things 😂 Apparently I don't have a filter.
Basie Plants no filter, no problem! Makes for better watching if you ask me. But maybe you shouldn’t ask me cause I’m definitely a little out there. 😂
@@MelissaWalker82 We are both so out there that we don't even know where we are 😂
Basie Plants truth!
now i;m overwhelmed! watching this again. should i repot my hoya's in spaghnum moss with bark on top??? help! LOL
That is the mix I chose. You can choose any mix that works well for you! The mix I am using now (bark+moss) is experimental, but it seems to be working! It all depends on your conditions. If you are new to hoyas, it's best to choose a "safer" mix, like mix of bark, perlite, coco peat (very little) and general potting mix (again, very little). The mix should be airy and well-draining :) But if you just got a new hoya that is in pure coco peat, I would repot it, as it usually doesn't work well long-term.
Basie Plants thanks! I’m pretty new to Hoyas. When I repotted I did a mix of potting soil, orchid bark, perlite for good aeration. I’m thinking I might try the moss/bark mix at some point. Also might have to switch out some of my other Hoyas from the peat moss that they were potting in at the nurseries. I noticed they hold too much water.
great video!🌸❤️
Thank you 💚
You could definitely be a popstar🕺👨🎤
Definitely. Next stop, VMAs 😂❤️
Great video! I just purchased some Hoya and they were all rooted in pumice?? The roots are all stuck to the pumice, I’m not sure what to do... please help!
I never had any hoyas in pumice, pumice is impossible to find here. But I would just leave it, it doesn't seem like it would be an issue, even if you repot it in a different mix.
So much trash said about variegated kareii, yet here are two in one pot 😂
I don’t trim naked Hoya stems that I knock the leafs out (which I do a lot, especially new baby leafs). It’s take a long time but usually my hoyas regrow the leaves/ make a new growth point from there...is it faster to chop?
I know! That is how I roll. I trash it, then I buy two. 😂 Well, it depends. With diptera it really bothers me because so many of those vines are naked and it seems many of the nodes started to push out new growth which died back. I seriously doubt anyting will happen on those. The vine on H. kerrii that I cut is completely dead and dry. So it depends. If I only have one vine, and a small hoya, I just leave it be and don't cut the vine, even if it loses leaves. Hope that helps!
I normally put mine in water for awhile then repot in the right medium
Oh interesting! I soaked the two kerriis in water to remove coconut husk.
Basie Plants I don’t do hoyas! I still watch your videos anyway because of your personality 💚💚
@@thedoorsthewonderss Oh that is so sweeeeeet ❤️❤️❤️ I hope you will still find some content that interests you! I talk about other plants too. I try to balance my hoya craziness out 😂
Basie Plants oh don’t worry! Your collection is amazing especially those verrucosum you just repotted 😍😍😱
@@thedoorsthewonderss Thank you! I am surprised it is alive sometimes 😂
How do you revive hoyas I've got one in greenhouse leaves are looking shiveraled ( I can't spell it ) thanks like your talks
I rarely let them get to dry, but if it happens, I make sure to water them and then spray them daily with some rainwater where I mix in Algamic - or any aminoacid would do :) They are great for this stuff. It depends on the temperetaure, light and humidity of the space where you keep them too.
What country are you in?
I love them all. You not helping with me stop buying them😅
I am sorry 🙈 You know you will have them anyways ❤️
@@BasiePlants ❤️❤️❤️
Where do you purchase net pots?
I find them in a hydroponics store :)
Ola
Never, ever would I use soap near my plants. There are people out there using oil to clean leafs, what a nice thick coating of dust gathering through the months. I stick to a moist, lukewarm microfiber cloth once a month.
Dishwashing liquid works really well for spider mites and other similar pests. It is a videly used home treatment :) And it doesn't harm the plant - you just have to make sure there is no bleach in it. Oils can work too (neem, paraffin, etc) but I would use them in small concentrations to treat pest infestation, not to clean the leaves, because they can clog up stomata on the leaves resulting in premature death of the leaf. As with all, it is really in concentration :) Many orchid growers soak their orchids in 1% bleach solution to treat pests and it works. It also doesn't harm the plant. :D
I am not see the flower in hoya plant
Out of my 70 or so hoyas only 5-6 have flowered so far. It takes some time and patience, especially if you start with a small cutting :)