I Stopped Killing My Croton Once I Learned This
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2024
- The best tips to get your Croton to thrive.
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Hello Mr. Sheffield, You said about the Croton not liking a draft. If you have a spot next to a door, you wont go wrong putting a Christmas cactus(CCs) there. They L💗ve a draft. I have one that hangs next to my front door. My Favorite Plant Man, I live in Alaska! Lol
I really need your advise about one of my CCs though. It is in a 6"or 8" pot. The plant itself is 24" in dia. That measurment is on the X,Y, & Z. It's a big round ball. When it blooms it has hundreds of white flowers with hot pink pistols and colars. It is just gorgeous. Add i I inherited it from my late mom and you understand, I am very emotionally attached to this plant.
My problem is it is in desperate need of a transplant. The mear thought fills me with dread and anxiety. I don't want to kill it but it has to be done.
Here is what I'm hoping you can tell me:
1.)Should I stop the fertilizer for a time before or after the transplant?
2.) Is there something in addition too or in lieu of fert., I can give it before or after, to mitigate stress?
3.) Most plants like to be transplanted the day after watering. Are CCS that way too?
4.) Is there a way I can I mitigate busting off branches/leaves? (I know I won't save them all.)
5) What size pot should I go with since it has needed this transplant for more than 5 years? The standard 2" up or should I do 4"or even 6", bigger?
6.) Does the size of the leave spread have any bearing on pot size?
Should I water as usual, letting it dry out a little in between or, will it need to be kept at damp for a few weeks?
Honestly Mr. S, I'm just so worried. If I kill this plant it will be like loosing another piece of my mom. Then again, I know if I do nothing, that will eventually kill it too. Help me plant daddy?
@@LambentLark I wouldn’t worry too much. Plants don’t tend to die from repotting unless we do something very wrong. Choose a pot a couple of sizes bigger and give it some nice fresh soil. Make sure you water it in properly and then do your normal watering routine after that. You could try wrapping the foliage in something to keep them bunches up and then repot.
@@SheffieldMadePlants she's blooming right now. They do it twice a year here without any special prompting. Usually a few week after we hit 12 hr. of daylight. Were @13hr 23 min. Today. I'm not getting many blooms this year. Definitely time. I'll be brave this spring, as soon as just after she's through blooming. I would hate to move if I were preggers. I'll let ya know how it goes.🤞🏻
The moisture meter really IS a game changer! Thank you for the suggestion!
You bet!
@@SheffieldMadePlants Yesss!!! Moisture meter and Sansi Lights just changed my plants' lives !! 🥰
I’m from Florida USA,I have had several crotons that thrived outside for years..❤️love them and miss them. I now reside in Kansas,USA….All of my tropical plants that lived outside in Florida now live inside in Kansas…I’m learning how to be a houseplant mom…❤️
Quite the change!
I brought this plant about a month ago and this video came just in time to keep me from killing my Croton. Thanks a bunch!!
You bet!
Hey Sheff I have a 75cm tall Croton (not including pot) that I've had for 3 years. Its in my basement bedroom with 100% Sansi lights and I work rotating shifts so the plants night/day shifts with me. Good color goes beyond light. Low light produces dark green leaves good light produces yellow, red, etc). Its also about acidity and fertilizer. Crotons loves highly acidic soil 4.5-6.5 PH (I keep mine at 5.5) and they are heavy feeders. Use a soil acidifier and a high nitrogen fertilizer and you should get fiery red and orange leaves!!
P.S your croton needs a pot up badly!
Do they do well with azalea or blueberry focused fertilizers? I have a bit of that kicking around for my blueberry bushes. Thanks for mentioning pH.
@@CatFish107 Judging from what I just read about blueberry fertilizer id say yes but id do more research. Acidifying the soil the most natural way is always best and it has bone meal and similar stuff which is perfect! I use worm manure that's mixed with food scraps made by "Jocelyn's". I use chicken manure fertilizer once or twice a season from Espoma (also has bone meal) than the heavier synthetic stuff in between to satisfy the crotons hunger for nitrogen (also because lower PH doesn't let the plant absorb as much nitrogen from the fertilizer). Just make sure it has some micro nutrients like iron, boron, manganese, and copper cause those are the ones the plant will absorb most with acidic soils. There's a whole chart on acidic levels and what chemical gets absorbed its pretty cool!
@@PurpleMonkeyWaffle thank you for the thoughtful reply!
@@CatFish107 Any time 👍
Been having problems with my girls mammy I'm going to add a Lil stratum I have left over from my fish tank to the top of the soil to steady ph around 6 its probably 7 now
When I first started collecting plants about 5~ yrs ago I got a Croton. He then proceeded to die so quickly and with vengeance. Fast forward to today, my job gave me a free one that I have managed to keep alive for a month now...
-edit: thanks everyone for liking this, it reminds me to keep watering the somehow still alive Croton..
Nice!
And there I was thinking all this time that Crotons were those hard bread thingies that you find in your Caesar Salad.
I've never bothered with crotons but might do this year having watched this. I'm a calathea fan myself ❤❤
My Croton grew nicely in 65% humidity on a West windowsill, but the leaves got green. So I moved it over to the South window behind the window grid, where it is 45-50% only, but I placed it in pure water. Before, the roots grew massively into a water reservoir I placed under the pot of earth it was living in. So I realized it would not die in water only. It grows now the first 3 leaves after that move in January.
Croton grow well in self-watering where the root stay in the water. The top with lecca.
Need sunlight but for self watering keep the base covered to avoid algae.
Experiment & enjoy.
Thank you so much Richard, I have two Crotons now, having rescued one today from B&Q, it was so dry and hadn’t been watered for sometime and it was £8.00 and I got it for £3.00. And I’m sure I’m going to be able to get it recovered back to a stunningly beautiful plant. I’ll let you know what happens. The colours are unbelievable so I’m keeping fingers crossed for it. Thank you for all your brilliant videos because they are so entertaining and inspiring too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
I’m sure it will 🤞
I have a croton I purchased about 6 months ago. It has been doinf pretty well. It hasnt grown any taller, but it has been sprouting leaves, & the leaves are a good redish orangish color. I have it in one of my vivariums, it looks beautiful.
I’ve had several for 10 or 15 years now. I find having them spend the summer months outdoors on the patio is critical. I am even having some success with notching the stems to create more lateral stems to make up for the lowest leaves that are the first to drop under stress as the plants age, thus returning the plant to a bushier state from the tree-like shape that otherwise develops.
What do you do once it's a tree?... I was given one by a neighbor and it's about 3 and a half feet tall...
@@Jay-is2jy You just enjoy the tree! Plop it in a sunny corner and enjoy.
My croton has been in a clay pot in a west facing window. Never had a bug on him. Am looking to cut and propagate to get him to fill out. Luvin the videos. Keep em coming ❤
Thanks!
Lucky! Mine is a magnet for spider mites. 😠
😂 We have Crotons in the Caribbean too and yes these fellas love that heat and sunshine. 🌞 🏝️
I have seen your beautiful Croton sitting on your shelf and was wondering when we'll get a video about it. Thank you so much! There is too little out there about Crotons. When I started, every guide said "never put it into direct sun". I thought differently, plonked it into my west-facing window where it gets 6 hours of sun in summer and it's loving life.
Next year it'll get a chop back. Have you tried propagating the stem? Does it work?
I’ve not yet. When it grows on a bit I’ll give it a chop
Thanks. I love my croton but have had a few die on me. Hopefully I can keep my boy alive with these helpful tips.
I have a croton, rag doll, I've had it for years and no matter what I do, spider mites ❤ this plant
I have a mammy croton and it’s exactly the same, a spider mite magnet
mist the bottoms of the leaves with neem oils then when they gone regular water as a routine maintenance. if you get mealies then I dont' know what to tell you lol Don'e throw the plant out still probably live for years. just keep it by itself.
I hope your plant is doing well. I grasped in shock seeing it go in dustbin, and in the beginning of the video when u threw it on floor. 😅. I have killed a croton last year and this spring i purposefully avoided its repurchase, though it look absolutely gorgeous in the nursery!
Yeah they always do
Who’s Larry ? lol. I have a croton that was loosing most of her leaves . I moved it closer to my window and it has come back. 🙌🏼. Thank you.
They need more sunlight than most houseplants. And they easily go into shock and drop leaves when moved around.
@@jpp7783 I had that happen to two dragontree plants marginatas that I switched with each other. Both just started droppipng leaves for a year and died I coudln't stop it didn't know wtf was going on lol. but my crotons take abuse. people walk into them they get knocked around just growing under grow lights. they unkillable. mammy croton has wilted on me a couple times and bounces right back up like a peace lily. one of the best house plants imo. One of the only plants I never had died on me.
At this point it's save to say I have a murderous history with a lot of plants. xD
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I am on my 8th croton!! 8😢. I refuse to give up! My family is exasperated and rolling their eyes. But i live in South India and almost everyone has a croton growing wild in their gardens or balconies. What am i doing wrong? And 8 times!!! Its just ridiculous.
But i am being stubborn because i want to understand where i am going wrong and want to learn how to get it right!
Talk about a checkered past with crotons!! Me and crotons habe a long history.
But i must say ...i do have a couple more different types that are doing well and been with me for sometime......but this particular one that you are showing....the petra ....it just wont survive after coming home from the nursery.
Hopefully i will learn a thing or two from your video.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and being a part of my gardening journey! Keep up the good work! Thank you
Thanks for sharing 👍
Hi! make sure the soil holds lots of moisture and doesn't dry out too fast cause the roots like to stay really moist but not soggy so make sure the pot has lots of drainage. 6 hours of full sun then bright indirect the rest of the day. NO cold drafts. Water frequently about once a week in the summer and fertilize with a heavy nitrogen based that has micro nutrients. Keep the soil PH between 4.5 and 6 and never above 6.5 and make sure it has plenty of organic matter like worm manure. Keep the plant in a spot where its environment stays consistent heat and humidity wise. One thing I found to be a game changer is measuring the amount of light the plant is getting throughout the day. Get a cheap foot candle reader (some of the moisture meters have one) and see how much sunlight the plant receives. Full sun is about 2-3000 and bright indirect is around 400-1000. Good luck!!
Same! I have shared my space with many at this point until they "departed" but I refuse to give up because I just love them. I have managed to keep a couple of them alive by moving them into a humidity tent. I'm in Upstate N.Y. and the winters are brutal. After watching several videos I just purchased a new one and will place it in a South or West facing window and monitor progress. good luck to you.
@@PurpleMonkeyWaffle Thank you for the sunlight hint. I'm pretty sure anyone with a screen name like "PurpleMonkeyWaffle" would only have good intentions so I trust your advice and appreciate your insight.
@@firstnamelastname6193 LOL The name worked at 15, now im 35. One thing I forgot to mention is it likes peat based soil rather than coco. Peat is naturally acidic which the Croton loves and its easier to bring the PH down compared to coco soil in my experience.
I’ve had my croton for a few years now. He lives in an east facing window with a few hours of sunlight each day. 😀🇨🇦
I have huge success with Crotons my one key tip to give anyone is always keep them in a plastic liner pot you lift out of a catch pot. Never put them into a terra cotta pot, a planter where the inside of the planter is unglazed that will leach all the moisture either. The plastic planter makes it easy for you to walk past and check for lightness in the soil so you also know to water it. I take a Croton and water it a little on top but let it sit in a low bow of water for like 15 mins or so, so the roots really absorb then let it drain in the sink and return it to its catch pot. In my home I water mine and check them every 6 days and everybody gets their leaves washed. I also spray them with Captain Jacks dead bug brew once a month just to prevent any unwanted friends.
Thanks for the tips
I love my croton! It had spider mites already when it came from the nursery and it was a battle to get rid of them. Now no spider mites even if the humidity has been very low for the whole winter. I can't wait for the summer so my croton can spend its long summer vacation at my south facing glassed balcony!☺🌴
Marley is flowering !!!! I didn't know what it was and just looked it up.
Love your videos very helpful
Glad you like them!
You always make me smile ... thank you 👍😁😁
My pleasure 😊
I have a variety of croton called, I think, Codiaeum variegatum 'Mother and Daughter'. Pretty sure I got it at one of the large grocery stores around here. It’s got a little leaf that grows off a “threadlike midrib”. It’s very cute and I think you’d love it.
I moved a croton last year from one side of the room (north window) to a few feet from a south window, and it literally dropped all of its leaves.. but, it’s finally on its way back.
Me again
Some plant parents don't know the difference between indoor and out door. Constant temperature is one rule besides water, light, food. Being a plant parent takes almost the same amount
as being a human parent. Lots of love. Training them to grow up tall. Feed them when they are hungry. When they get hangry teach them the rule that is appropriate for there character. Enough said Hope all parents have a wonderful EASTER🐰🐣🐥🐇🌷💐
Happy easter plant friend 🐣
One of my favorite plants I lived in Florida then grew outdoors
Thanks for this video. My once bushy Croton. Is now down to only 3 leaves 😢. I live in a state that doesn’t get a lot of sunlight during the winter months. However, it does seem to be doing a little better since I moved it from the living room to the bedroom. Where there is more light for a longer period of time. Definitely need to look into a grow light.
You need some strip lights for under those wall shelves! I've been using them for years and it helps a lot.
What you got?
I think im just lucky.....i bought a croton (same as the one in this vid) 5ish years ago as a sad little guy of one leaf in a dried up pot. For 1.75$ i figured, why not? Hes now 3ft tall, happy as a clam and all in a west facing, near the front door canadian home. ❤ this channel....thanks for all the great info!
Just bought this 2 weeks ago this will help.
0.58 my anxiety📈
I commiserate with trying to mimic their conditions and love for hot, humid weather. Hahaha. I live in Singapore where they are native plants here too. In fact, the entire South-East Asian is facing a heatwave for a few weeks now. My mom's pot of croton is left on the flat corridor, usually unbothered, and it just grows without us doing much, except pest control. Maybe one day I need to do videos on how we fail constantly at trying to grow non-tropical plants at our flat corridors! So many local high-rise gardeners here have managed to get roses and hydrangeas to bloom... it's amazing.
My Croton in the last two years are shooting out flower spikes!
Thanks so much for the tip!! My next plant addict will be croton.😁👍
Still an attractive plant, even with green leaves.
True
Are you hungry? You tried to eat that plant twice during the video 😂. As always, thanks for all you do!
Can't help myself 😂
I’ve just been to Japan wehre they have literal hedges of these things. They were absolutely beautiful just growing outside or in shopping malls
I have murdered a croton before, poor thing. Hopefully next time will be better now, tho! Thanks for the tips and sass as usual.
What was your weapon of choice?
@@SheffieldMadePlants TLDR : Don't be an idiot OR get a moisture meter.
I sacrificed it at my alter of ignorance as I learned my watering lesson. The person I got it from told me not to let it dry out and man did I take that to heart.. Looking back I realize it was a slow death as I added top dressing to slow the evaporation, but didn't slow the watering because, ya know, I'm an idiot.
Great video! I was like when you do a thorough analysis of a specific plant.
Thanks!
Hi Rich that k yo
Hi Rich thank you for another great video. My crotonn gets least 6 hours of sun (when the sun is out)
The pot sits in a glass pie plate(don't make pies any more). Watering when plate is dry. (Every day). Giving all my kids b
banana water first then will switch. I am making babies with my Christmas cactus. Wish me luck. Have in egg carton. Will look for better pots for my two Swiss cheesd and will follow your suggestions on how to make them go up (you know good up and bad down Thank you again for all your teaching. Adding humor make people listen. Wishing you, your wife a your human kiddo a wonderful Easter
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Same to you! Thanks for watching 😁
I’m not really a fan of Crotons, but yours is so pretty; I may change my mind 😊
Try a small one 😁
My croton (Marley) was high up on the mantle which is right next to a transom window facing south-southwest so light and sun galore BUT Snape the Snake plant was getting all weirdly shaped so I moved Marley down a bit and Snape to the upper pot - Snape is straightening up nicely but Marley doesn't seem to be as happy in the lower position. Marley's has new leaves that are green so after watching your video I've moved him back to top spot - I want to see if those leaves will turn redder with all that light. More to come. Now Snape, where to put him? I'm in Canada, I hear you about weather challenges. Great channel - my favourite - keep up the great work!
Marley and snape 😁
I love crotons. Loves the hot sunny outdoors during spring and summer. My ex gave it to me about 14-15 years ago. Inside when outdoor temps below 60f. It also responds well to a spring trim. Drench it in the summer with the hose several times a week. Feed it every two weeks. It’s rather a pain in the ass to move it seasonally cause of the huge pot it’s in. I’ve seen it being used in flower beds and elementally esp at professionally maintained areas. They’re are gorgeous but expensive if used as an annual. Croty always does best when hot and in direct sunlight. Croty did something interesting about 4 years ago - it bloomed. I think there were 4 blooms that year. First and only time it’s bloomed. Look it up - very interesting bloom
Great stuff 👍
Nice video. I had this plant and knew that they require a good amount of sunlight, but thanks to this video now I know that I should be taking them inside when the temps are lower than 59F. My plants too have red leaves at the bottom followed by green leaves at the top.
Yes, it's my nemesis plant, but I'm not giving up lol
I should send you a picture of my croton. It was in a planter of mixed plants that I eventually separated out, different plants, different needs. Anyway, my croton is just weird looking. ALIVE, but weird and not really growing. It’s sad and malformed. But alive, so I’ll keep at it. 🤷♀️
I recently got two of these plants. I put one of them indoors where it has a lot of indirect light but no direct sunlight, and the other outdoors where it has many hours of direct sunlight. Both seem to be thriving so far after I move them to a bigger pot with a good soil mixture. The one inside is almost full green, although this green colour is way darker than the shade of green yours has. The one outdoors is slowly displaying its characteristics colours. My plan was to keep it like this for a while to see how they do but after seeing this video I'm thinking about moving the little fella outside to give him some nice treatment. What do you think ?
Yeah I’d go for it
Interesting. Red leafed aquatic plants do the same, losing the red if the light isn't adequate. Thanks for this one
Thanks for watching 😁
I think I've been lucky with my Croton so far then. It's right in the window in the full sun, and the last 4 new leaves are green but the set underneath (these grew in my house) are bright red. I've made a note to water it a little more often and I always keep an eye out for spider mites because I've heard many ppl here say they're an issue with Crotons.
So far so good!
How are you getting on with your new Asparagus Fern btw? The tendrils shoot out like crazy huh? Mine have always been one of my most well-behaved plants.
I didn’t get to keep those plants. I just borrowed them. Too expensive
Spider mites got mine 😬
I just threw it outside in winter
Funny Mr Sheffield, you would think your plant would be all red after you pulled its trousers down.
Indeed 😂
I could have really used this Video a month ago, sadly mine has already passed away
My crotons are under grow lights for 5 years. they're pretty huge now. don't like to dry out or be root bound like a lot of other plants though so you really need to put them in big pots. But if they do dry out they kind of droop but then come back like some other plants. But even a slight Miss watering in your start losing leaves. I find them very hard to kill honestly. And I kill a lot of plants.
Thanks for sharing 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants absolutely. my mammy corton in particular if you go way long without watering. will wilt just like a peace lily. thought I killed it. pops right back up. But one thing I notice is they are thirsty as hell. and its random so you really gotta check even if you watered 3 days ago. i put them outside. I got a huge big Petra Bush like 5 fit high and wide. and a tall skinny small bushed mammy corton like 4 ft. I lose the most leaves bringing them back inside after the summer here in the northeast US. I just had to upot the mammy to the same 15" pot my petra is in even though i didn't think it needed it. but it did lmao. relassy grow lights.
Crotons are a dime a dozen here in south Florida.
and outdoors. I didn't even know they'd grow indoors (St Pete here!)
New subscriber here! I love your videos! After watching your videos I tried removing my ZZ plant from its ceramic pot to inspect the roots, but I had to give up after 30mins of struggling with it as it wouldn’t budge. (I had watered the plant in advance to loosen up the soil, and I tried using a chopstick to loosen soil around the edge of the pot.) It’s a little upset with me now because I see some leaves have brown tips and patchy colouring. Should I wait to repot it to let it recover or try again, this time with my new bread knife? p.s. Were any plants harmed in the making of this video? 🧐😂
I’d go for it now. Try and avoid poking the rhizomes
@@SheffieldMadePlants Ok, thanks! I’ll try… Hope I won’t have to smash the pot… 😬 Maybe I’ll update here if I’m successful 🤞🏻
Managed to get the plant out, but did end up cracking the pot in the process 😅 I was surprised to find so many rhizomes in there, there were about 6. The roots looked mostly in good condition too, but I pruned off any scraggly looking ones. There also appears to be 4 new shoots coming through. I separated the plant into 4 pots, I just hope I can do all the right things to keep them happy throughout the growing season! I will keep binging your videos to see what else I can learn! Thank you for all the great tips you’ve shared! 😁 I’m so excited to have this new hobby, even if I don’t get the results I hope for, the learning is the most interesting part for me I think!
I can't stand croton. We have them everywhere in Florida. It's pretty much in our landscaping here. I never really watered mine in my flower bed. I let the Florida rain take care of that
I'm in upstate NY and it's late spring so I am contemplating putting my croton's outdoors but I am worried about bugs and other nastiness. I have been very fortunate with all my plants and have never had to deal with anything like that so will it become a problem?
You’d need to give it a good clean when bringing it back in
I got some miracle grow,food,but do I need fertilizer as well???😊
No the miracle gro is the fertiliser
My croton dropped its bottom leaves ☹️. I want to have a nice full plant and I want to prune it to encourage growth, but I don’t want it to be top heavy. Will a hard prune encourage new growth on the lower, leafless stems?
It should do yes
basically "trees" need a lot of sun light
Well, mine didn't get enough sun andnot enough water!
Next level hack for getting oxygen to the roots: grow algae on them! Haha. Works for the pothos.
I use those sticky things to kill those flying pests but they didn’t work by themselves. I watered all the plants with hydrogen peroxide and dish soap a few times and now the sticky things are bug free! Thought I got that tip from you but you don’t seem to mention it🤔
Not from me. Not for gnats anyway
Can you propagate these?
Yes
@@SheffieldMadePlants how can you mine is leggy?
@@tillissabarcia7538 cut underneath a node and pop in some water for a few weeks for roots to grow
Thank you sir. Now maybe to fix my husbands horrible plant I ruined 😭💔
youre too late im pretty sure mine is already dead 😔
Rip , let him go to plant heaven
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😂😂😂😂 love this comment.
Mine is dead, sitting outside hoping that his roots are still alive and when summer comes he will revive.
Better yet don’t get a croton if you live in a cool dry climate unless you intend to recreate their environment 🥴😉☺️
I wonder where your little boy learned to put plants in his mouth hmmmmm 😁
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In other words, don’t get a croton. 😂
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