It's amazing how overcoming the addiction of buying more plants gives you space and frees your mind to really weigh what you have. Then you learn what truly brings you joy and what is better suited for someone else or different conditions. I'm currently going through this. 💚
Very true, I think lots of us are currently dealing with decluttering our life’s, cloths, make up items. I definitely became a plant hoarder in 2020 during the pandemic. It’s been feeling great letting it go.
I've potted a neon pothos & a heartleaf philo together because the color + slight texture contrast is really gorgeous to me, and they're very happy together! 💛💚
I propagate plants and give them to a coworkers wife…she’s a teacher and she’s got a “plant club” at school with students. So she shows her kids all about the root system, watering etc. I also have given some of my unwanted plants to coworkers. They appreciate it and I know they will take care of it. I give them a little handmade “care card” so they know how to care for it. I have never given a pest ridden plant to someone, that’s tabu.
I've told myself it's ok to let plants go whatever the reason, be it: Fallen out of love Pests Want a bigger nicer plant Make more room or Lower time spent on it or lower stress etc Im doing something similar since my job has got really busy, and there are other plants i want more or try out. With home plants and collecting being a hobby if we didnt declutter, re-prioritise and review i think we could potentially lose the joy of plant parenting I also co-plant similar plants. Great idea and tips!
Eliminating duplicate plants will work. I have a large pot of ten different Sansevierias. It’s absolutely gorgeous. I have a pot full of 12 Syngoniums. OO they drink a lot of water but is Gorgeous 🪴I just keep my favorites. I downsized to 30. It’s workable. But I still looks at other plants, plant swaps. 🪴Happy Planting🌿
Great video! Even as a new collector with just ~50, I have already figured out my ADHD brain has got to love that plant, or I will not care for it. Swapping and selling on FB Marketplace here in the US is the best way to reach people for sure! I've been clearing out a bunch of space this winter, on a plant ban until June, because after your most recent video at ECUAGENERA, I realized I too will be in that area for a family reunion. And I can return with plants? Oh no...
I feel like once I do begin to declutter-which will have to be just before I move in a year or so-I already know who’s staying and who’s getting out.😅 1. All hoya will stay. Hoya just bring me so much joy. 2. All anthurium will stay. I only have maybe 6, and they are so resilient.😅 3. All succulents/cacti will stay because I made the mistake of getting rid of them before my last move and I have regretted since. 4. All scindapsus, pothos, and trailing philos will stay-they’re just too easy keep around and style. Monstera, large Philos, syngonium, calathea, and other odds and ends will be getting culled or coming with me in the form of top cuts. Thanks for the video! It’s nice to see other perspectives and thought processes on how one might declutter one’s plants.
I wasn’t home for 9 months and my mom took care of my plants, so it felt like I didn’t have plants in that time at all. Now I’m back and while I still love my plants I got rid of that annoying addiction of constantly wanting more plants. I’m really looking forward to taking care of my plants again and I’m really excited, but I hope I’ll never go back to wanting to buy plants in the way I did before.
I struggle so much with downsizing like I’ll get rid of a bunch of plants that aren’t sparking joy but then I sit in an empty room and feel sad that I don’t have a jungle so then I buy more plants and the cycle continues 😭
I appreciate this video. You can only buy so much until you're overwhelmed and broke 😂 I have 54 and my personal limit is 55. I have a one in, one out policy.
Hey Emma, if there are no takers for the Tortum, I would be happy to buy it. I am local to you, sorry to message you on here, I dont have Facebook or Instagram. X
Every surface in my house is covered in plants 😂 I've started putting plants, i just don't want, on my dinning room table so i have them in my face so i get rid 😅
When plants create stress rather than joy, or just don't bring much joy anymore.... I totally agree with you downsizing. As I watched this video I decided to throw away 3 plants that I just discovered were riddled with spider mite and I had cut back to stumps and now, 2 days later as I'm watching this, I'm realizing that I didn't even enjoy these plants when they were healthy.... Thank you!
Great tips, Emma! I think our collections can sometimes get out of hand almost without us noticing until we notice! It’s very cathartic to declutter our homes and feel in control again 💚
So happy to hear this, Emma! I've got my collection down to about 70 in my home. But have a few props and about 5 of those 70 ready for the next plant swap as they aren't "love" plants. Making space for indoor plant show in March and happy with my much easier care routine without having to constantly buy more plant stuff monthly (from grow lights to soil amendments to pots). Less pests too with contained number of plants, so that's a plus ❤!
Great tips Emma. I started putting multiple’s into same pots,,started being mindful and very choosy about what plants I want on moss poles and getting rid of some that don’t bring me joy. Can’t wait after your reduced some of yours! You will feel so much better! 💚🪴🌿
putting multiple plants together is really a huge thing for me at the moment. every spot in my home gets so valuable with space and also lighting. also plant pots can be a real big limiting factor and reducing the space your pots need without reducing the plants itself is just such a huge thing. do i really need 3 pots of 3 epipremnum, taking up lighting space? well no. i could just take a stem of each of them and put them all 3 together on one mosspole and forget about it. it looks more interesting and unique and it greatly reduces the work i have and i m allways wondering how people can even manage that many plants. for me i found like 50-70 plants be the sweetspot. it kind of easily managable. having like 200 would require it to be a full time job basicly. especially since i have everything in semi hydro and need to flush the pots every lets say 2-3 weeks, running to my bathtub with 200 plants one by one every 2-3 weeks would be completly insane.
What so called plant people don't tell you is, if you don't have a greenhouse or a backyard where you can swap out our collection don't try to grow sub tropical/ tropical plants cause your going to have a world of pain to your hip pocket and your metal health 😊.
I do not have high cost plants. My most expensive plant is a Squamiferum that my son paid $50.00 for @ Walnart. Most of my plants r from the clearance rack @ Walmart & Lowe's. But bringing my plants back from the brink of death tends 2 make me love them more bcuz of the touch & go, life & death dance we do until they r healthy & thriving again. But I have begun 2 understand that part of it is Pride. Pride @ having saved that plant cuz once it's doing well & doesn't need me hovering over it anymore then I tend 2 move on 2 the next plant rescue I find. My plants don't suffer from neglect but they don't bring me the same joy they did when they were struggling 2 live. I hope this makes sense. I love my plants & the idea of getting rid of them makes me hyperventilate. But I can propagate my plants & pass them on 2 a good home or 2 someone who is interested but unsure what they'r doing & want someone 2 help advise them as 2 what the best beginning plants r, what 2 do with the plant they get, etc... Do I have a problem? My hubby says; YES! I say; Maybe? I'll figure it out, such is the life of a nurturer. 🤎 Love ur channel❣
good luck with stabilizing ... by the way, i notice that white anti-fungal still speckles many of your plants. something like that would decrease my enjoyment of my plants ... do you think it is affecting you ?
Yeah tbh I’ve just not washed them off. I should probably do another round too just in case. Defo makes me love them less, but I know it’s just part of the reality of having this many plants
After moving to a new house in 2023 I decided that I just had to many plants and I was neglecting them. I use different methods, one was to gather all the same ones in one big pot. In 2024 I’m going to give away, trade and selling. I want to give my plants all the attention they deserve and currently is not working.
Downsizing is a great idea to beat plant burnout! So many to water and pest control becomes harder. I have gone to the point of not chemically treating pests anymore. Hosing down leaves and putting them outside in spring to let natural predators do their thing seems to work . if not, they get composted. Certainly get rid of plants that don't 'spark joy'.
I would love to have your string of hearts, so long and pretty 💕 I have a suggestion for some of your plants. You mentioned you have a Patreon; you could always do random draw(s) with those members for a free plant giveaway (as a thank you). PS I am not a patreon member
@@GoodGrowing oh sorry but I live in Canada - I was complimenting your string of hearts but I know they couldn't be shipped to me (not worth the risk or cost for that plant) but whoever does pick it up will have a beautiful mature plant. Idea here... giveaway for string of hearts for Valentine's Day 💘
It also helps to make a list by genus of your plants and see which ones are at the bottom of the list of your faves in that genus. I have 40 philodendrons 🤦♀️ LOL
But that’s for a reason!lol If you enjoy them and they aren’t weighing you down, I get it. Hoyas are my favorite. So I have hella hoya. I naturally have fewer of genuses that are more high maintenance because I just “ain’t got time for that”.😅 Though I’m sure hoya take up most of it, I might need to make a list, still..thanks for the idea.😁
@@emoo2342 no prob! I get it haha I’m into anthuriums now and I do have plenty Hoya too but I’ve found that moss poles aren’t my fave and philodendrons just aren’t my fave in general 😂
I know what you mean about moss poles not being a fave-I took mine down just as quickly as I put them up because I couldn’t work out keeping them moist while also not overwatering or underwatering the soil roots. It works for full time plant parents, it seems, but not for me. I think it’s not mentioned enough that moss poles and huge leaves are not the only way to grow philos. I appreciate the smaller growth and a janky support stick.😅 What genus would you say is your favorite?😄
I’ve been thinking about this very thing. I want to downsize, but how to do it was something I didn’t know how to do. Thank you for addressing it today.
OMG you were out of breath almost the entire video. So I can see decluttering and purging those plants that don’t bring you joy would be a good thing. I did this about a month ago. I sold a few of my plants on Facebook. You might want to ask your plant community, if anyone wants to take that particular plant off your hands. There is a peaceful feeling when you re- home a plant, vs. trashing it. Good for you and 🤞🏽 best of luck. Hopefully when you’ve eliminated a few, you can take a deep breath and breathe again. 🥰
Great tips Emma...will start downsizing very soon as we slowly approach autumn here in Sydney so that I can really stay on top of my 'love' plants such as my Alocasia & Calathea collections as well as my philos. I REALLY want to keep them and be able to give them more attention. I felt relieved when my Brandti died on me ( I went away for 4 weeks and so....) and I don't feel the urge to replace it now. So hopefully that feeling, along with my plant ban, makes me feel pretty confident that it's doable 👏🏼💪 Thank you for this practical video 😻
oh god, tysm for that video! I'm so relieved to hear that I'm not the only one to do nothing against a problem when I'm too overwhelmed by it. I'm still currently struggeling with a massive thrips infestation. I've ignored the first signs for at least 4-6 weeks. I know its dumb, but I've been sick and working and studying and it was all too much. I have already tossed about 20 plants (some bigger and some propagations) in the bin and it felt soo good not having these half (or soon to be) dead plants around!
I just got rid of a few plants that were given to me by people not in my life anymore. It’s feel a lot better getting them out of my collection. It’s not the plants fault that I had bad feelings about Also love the idea of asking yourself if it was infested would you treat it or trash it for declutters.
I love this! I am currently doing this with my collection. Combining, trashing, or rehoming. I’m going to rehome mine to students at a school I volunteer at teaching about plants.
My hubby is the principal and started a program called Winning Wednesday where the kids have 3 hour long classes (a half day) for extra help or experience classes. “Plant Party” is an experience class where we learn about types of plants, learn to make different types of soil, pot up cuttings, root cuttings, propagate by division. We do “open pot surgery” which is rehabbing plants for teachers/staff. We go to a local green house for a tour. In addition to potting up cuttings and divisions we make Airplant displays and mason jar terrariums. I think the kids love it. I’ve had many return. And we also do a teacher raffle at the end of each cycle of classes (to give away my prototypes).
.. I did that too a couple of times.. And what a relief it was to get rid of a ton of weight, sort of speak.. I just gave them away to a friend and a neighbor.. Only a few I've ever feeded to the bin.. Sometimes you've gotta keep the bin happy too.. .. There certainly is plants on that list of yours, that I would love to have.. But I'm not on Instagram, and unfortunately I'm in Denmark and not UK.. Hos sad is that..
Enjoying this video as I recently lost a couple plants 😢Emma,you have beautiful blue eyes 👀,hope you don’t mind the compliment 😊Hi from freezing Maine!
Good for you! There are many of us out here that have gone way overboard with our collections. Me included. And think about all the money we spent on way too many "rare" plants. 😅
I have 50 plants so far in my home at least I think that’s the range I have but I definitely want more when I get a bigger house but I don’t want to overwhelm myself 😅
It's amazing how overcoming the addiction of buying more plants gives you space and frees your mind to really weigh what you have. Then you learn what truly brings you joy and what is better suited for someone else or different conditions. I'm currently going through this. 💚
Very true, I think lots of us are currently dealing with decluttering our life’s, cloths, make up items. I definitely became a plant hoarder in 2020 during the pandemic. It’s been feeling great letting it go.
getting over the hump of addiction was tough... at least I was only addicted to buying houseplants 😳
I've potted a neon pothos & a heartleaf philo together because the color + slight texture contrast is really gorgeous to me, and they're very happy together! 💛💚
I did the same with a neon and heartleaf philodendron!
ooh good to know that it works well.. idk if I can wrap my brain around that in my own home though 🤔
I propagate plants and give them to a coworkers wife…she’s a teacher and she’s got a “plant club” at school with students. So she shows her kids all about the root system, watering etc. I also have given some of my unwanted plants to coworkers. They appreciate it and I know they will take care of it. I give them a little handmade “care card” so they know how to care for it. I have never given a pest ridden plant to someone, that’s tabu.
aww that's so wholesome!!
I've told myself it's ok to let plants go whatever the reason, be it:
Fallen out of love
Pests
Want a bigger nicer plant
Make more room or
Lower time spent on it or lower stress etc
Im doing something similar since my job has got really busy, and there are other plants i want more or try out. With home plants and collecting being a hobby if we didnt declutter, re-prioritise and review i think we could potentially lose the joy of plant parenting
I also co-plant similar plants. Great idea and tips!
Just downsized from 50 to 45. You can do it! Following your downsizing with interest and like to see more videos on this topic.
Eliminating duplicate plants will work. I have a large pot of ten different Sansevierias. It’s absolutely gorgeous. I have a pot full of 12 Syngoniums. OO they drink a lot of water but is Gorgeous 🪴I just keep my favorites. I downsized to 30. It’s workable. But I still looks at other plants, plant swaps.
🪴Happy Planting🌿
Ooh sansevierias is a good shout! I could defo make a combo pot of those!
Great video! Even as a new collector with just ~50, I have already figured out my ADHD brain has got to love that plant, or I will not care for it. Swapping and selling on FB Marketplace here in the US is the best way to reach people for sure! I've been clearing out a bunch of space this winter, on a plant ban until June, because after your most recent video at ECUAGENERA, I realized I too will be in that area for a family reunion. And I can return with plants? Oh no...
oh no that's a bit dangerous 😳 but it'll be worth the wait I'm sure!
I feel like once I do begin to declutter-which will have to be just before I move in a year or so-I already know who’s staying and who’s getting out.😅
1. All hoya will stay. Hoya just bring me so much joy.
2. All anthurium will stay. I only have maybe 6, and they are so resilient.😅
3. All succulents/cacti will stay because I made the mistake of getting rid of them before my last move and I have regretted since.
4. All scindapsus, pothos, and trailing philos will stay-they’re just too easy keep around and style.
Monstera, large Philos, syngonium, calathea, and other odds and ends will be getting culled or coming with me in the form of top cuts.
Thanks for the video! It’s nice to see other perspectives and thought processes on how one might declutter one’s plants.
moving is a great catalyst to getting rid of some less loved plants! Sounds like you have it worked out!
Also, a thought is you can take a small cut if said plant… tuck away in a corner in a cute glass of water and try again when it roots. I love this!
True true!!
I wasn’t home for 9 months and my mom took care of my plants, so it felt like I didn’t have plants in that time at all. Now I’m back and while I still love my plants I got rid of that annoying addiction of constantly wanting more plants. I’m really looking forward to taking care of my plants again and I’m really excited, but I hope I’ll never go back to wanting to buy plants in the way I did before.
yeah shaking the addiction can be rough but I'm glad to hear you were able to do it!
I struggle so much with downsizing like I’ll get rid of a bunch of plants that aren’t sparking joy but then I sit in an empty room and feel sad that I don’t have a jungle so then I buy more plants and the cycle continues 😭
Great advice, especially the comment about pests!
I appreciate this video. You can only buy so much until you're overwhelmed and broke 😂 I have 54 and my personal limit is 55. I have a one in, one out policy.
yeah I need to be much more strict on my policies!
Were you thinking about my plant when you mentioned potting up ficus together? It was one of the best choices I made for myself!
I was I was 😉
@@GoodGrowing I feel so special!
Hey Emma, if there are no takers for the Tortum, I would be happy to buy it. I am local to you, sorry to message you on here, I dont have Facebook or Instagram. X
Every surface in my house is covered in plants 😂 I've started putting plants, i just don't want, on my dinning room table so i have them in my face so i get rid 😅
You are so awesome and so beautiful
I would take all those plants but I'm in the u.s.a 😢😢😢
I so wish I could ship plants the the US!
You are so sweet❤❤
💚💚💚🌿🌱
Another person downsizing their collection.
🙃
When plants create stress rather than joy, or just don't bring much joy anymore.... I totally agree with you downsizing. As I watched this video I decided to throw away 3 plants that I just discovered were riddled with spider mite and I had cut back to stumps and now, 2 days later as I'm watching this, I'm realizing that I didn't even enjoy these plants when they were healthy.... Thank you!
glad I could help inspire some downsizing in your collection too 😉
Great tips, Emma! I think our collections can sometimes get out of hand almost without us noticing until we notice! It’s very cathartic to declutter our homes and feel in control again 💚
So happy to hear this, Emma! I've got my collection down to about 70 in my home. But have a few props and about 5 of those 70 ready for the next plant swap as they aren't "love" plants. Making space for indoor plant show in March and happy with my much easier care routine without having to constantly buy more plant stuff monthly (from grow lights to soil amendments to pots). Less pests too with contained number of plants, so that's a plus ❤!
I haven't seen this kind of plant content yet I really like it
If you can wait until Spring, putting plants outside with a free sign on them works for me. I have been doing this for a number of years now.
yes! I defo do that in the spring & summer. Saves so much burden!
Great tips Emma. I started putting multiple’s into same pots,,started being mindful and very choosy about what plants I want on moss poles and getting rid of some that don’t bring me joy. Can’t wait after your reduced some of yours! You will feel so much better! 💚🪴🌿
Sounds like you've done very well!
putting multiple plants together is really a huge thing for me at the moment. every spot in my home gets so valuable with space and also lighting. also plant pots can be a real big limiting factor and reducing the space your pots need without reducing the plants itself is just such a huge thing. do i really need 3 pots of 3 epipremnum, taking up lighting space? well no. i could just take a stem of each of them and put them all 3 together on one mosspole and forget about it. it looks more interesting and unique and it greatly reduces the work i have
and i m allways wondering how people can even manage that many plants. for me i found like 50-70 plants be the sweetspot. it kind of easily managable. having like 200 would require it to be a full time job basicly. especially since i have everything in semi hydro and need to flush the pots every lets say 2-3 weeks, running to my bathtub with 200 plants one by one every 2-3 weeks would be completly insane.
What so called plant people don't tell you is, if you don't have a greenhouse or a backyard where you can swap out our collection don't try to grow sub tropical/ tropical plants cause your going to have a world of pain to your hip pocket and your metal health 😊.
Yeah I’ve started doubling similar care plants in to 1 pot 😅
I do not have high cost plants. My most expensive plant is a Squamiferum that my son paid $50.00 for @ Walnart. Most of my plants r from the clearance rack @ Walmart & Lowe's. But bringing my plants back from the brink of death tends 2 make me love them more bcuz of the touch & go, life & death dance we do until they r healthy & thriving again.
But I have begun 2 understand that part of it is Pride. Pride @ having saved that plant cuz once it's doing well & doesn't need me hovering over it anymore then I tend 2 move on 2 the next plant rescue I find. My plants don't suffer from neglect but they don't bring me the same joy they did when they were struggling 2 live. I hope this makes sense.
I love my plants & the idea of getting rid of them makes me hyperventilate. But I can propagate my plants & pass them on 2 a good home or 2 someone who is interested but unsure what they'r doing & want someone 2 help advise them as 2 what the best beginning plants r, what 2 do with the plant they get, etc...
Do I have a problem?
My hubby says; YES!
I say; Maybe?
I'll figure it out, such is the life of a nurturer.
🤎 Love ur channel❣
I love that. Kind of like house flipping but plant flipping 🥰
good luck with stabilizing ... by the way, i notice that white anti-fungal still speckles many of your plants. something like that would decrease my enjoyment of my plants ... do you think it is affecting you ?
Yeah tbh I’ve just not washed them off. I should probably do another round too just in case. Defo makes me love them less, but I know it’s just part of the reality of having this many plants
After moving to a new house in 2023 I decided that I just had to many plants and I was neglecting them. I use different methods, one was to gather all the same ones in one big pot. In 2024 I’m going to give away, trade and selling. I want to give my plants all the attention they deserve and currently is not working.
I think many of us are feeling like that at the moment! You got this!
Downsizing is a great idea to beat plant burnout! So many to water and pest control becomes harder. I have gone to the point of not chemically treating pests anymore. Hosing down leaves and putting them outside in spring to let natural predators do their thing seems to work . if not, they get composted. Certainly get rid of plants that don't 'spark joy'.
That sounds like a great solution!
I def downsized, i keep favs and smaller ones
I would love to have your string of hearts, so long and pretty 💕 I have a suggestion for some of your plants. You mentioned you have a Patreon; you could always do random draw(s) with those members for a free plant giveaway (as a thank you). PS I am not a patreon member
If you’re UK based, message me and we can sort something out with the string of hearts 💕
Good idea with Patreon though!
@@GoodGrowing oh sorry but I live in Canada - I was complimenting your string of hearts but I know they couldn't be shipped to me (not worth the risk or cost for that plant) but whoever does pick it up will have a beautiful mature plant. Idea here... giveaway for string of hearts for Valentine's Day 💘
may i suggest..also fav plants that are large, just take a top cut and bam less stressfull
true that!
It also helps to make a list by genus of your plants and see which ones are at the bottom of the list of your faves in that genus. I have 40 philodendrons 🤦♀️ LOL
But that’s for a reason!lol If you enjoy them and they aren’t weighing you down, I get it. Hoyas are my favorite. So I have hella hoya. I naturally have fewer of genuses that are more high maintenance because I just “ain’t got time for that”.😅
Though I’m sure hoya take up most of it, I might need to make a list, still..thanks for the idea.😁
@@emoo2342 no prob! I get it haha I’m into anthuriums now and I do have plenty Hoya too but I’ve found that moss poles aren’t my fave and philodendrons just aren’t my fave in general 😂
I know what you mean about moss poles not being a fave-I took mine down just as quickly as I put them up because I couldn’t work out keeping them moist while also not overwatering or underwatering the soil roots. It works for full time plant parents, it seems, but not for me.
I think it’s not mentioned enough that moss poles and huge leaves are not the only way to grow philos. I appreciate the smaller growth and a janky support stick.😅
What genus would you say is your favorite?😄
@@emoo2342 I agree! I have transitioned most of mine to janky support sticks 😆 I am an Anthurium lover ✨
I’ve been thinking about this very thing. I want to downsize, but how to do it was something I didn’t know how to do. Thank you for addressing it today.
glad to help! you've got this!
OMG you were out of breath almost the entire video. So I can see decluttering and purging those plants that don’t bring you joy would be a good thing. I did this about a month ago. I sold a few of my plants on Facebook. You might want to ask your plant community, if anyone wants to take that particular plant off your hands. There is a peaceful feeling when you re- home a plant, vs. trashing it. Good for you and 🤞🏽 best of luck. Hopefully when you’ve eliminated a few, you can take a deep breath and breathe again. 🥰
Great tips Emma...will start downsizing very soon as we slowly approach autumn here in Sydney so that I can really stay on top of my 'love' plants such as my Alocasia & Calathea collections as well as my philos. I REALLY want to keep them and be able to give them more attention. I felt relieved when my Brandti died on me ( I went away for 4 weeks and so....) and I don't feel the urge to replace it now. So hopefully that feeling, along with my plant ban, makes me feel pretty confident that it's doable 👏🏼💪 Thank you for this practical video 😻
oh god, tysm for that video! I'm so relieved to hear that I'm not the only one to do nothing against a problem when I'm too overwhelmed by it. I'm still currently struggeling with a massive thrips infestation. I've ignored the first signs for at least 4-6 weeks. I know its dumb, but I've been sick and working and studying and it was all too much. I have already tossed about 20 plants (some bigger and some propagations) in the bin and it felt soo good not having these half (or soon to be) dead plants around!
I just got rid of a few plants that were given to me by people not in my life anymore. It’s feel a lot better getting them out of my collection. It’s not the plants fault that I had bad feelings about
Also love the idea of asking yourself if it was infested would you treat it or trash it for declutters.
I love this! I am currently doing this with my collection. Combining, trashing, or rehoming. I’m going to rehome mine to students at a school I volunteer at teaching about plants.
wow, how are you teaching them about plants? how did you get to doing that? It sounds so interesting!
ah I love that!!
My hubby is the principal and started a program called Winning Wednesday where the kids have 3 hour long classes (a half day) for extra help or experience classes. “Plant Party” is an experience class where we learn about types of plants, learn to make different types of soil, pot up cuttings, root cuttings, propagate by division. We do “open pot surgery” which is rehabbing plants for teachers/staff. We go to a local green house for a tour. In addition to potting up cuttings and divisions we make Airplant displays and mason jar terrariums. I think the kids love it. I’ve had many return. And we also do a teacher raffle at the end of each cycle of classes (to give away my prototypes).
that sounds absolutely amazing!@@ThePrettyPlant-ds7iw
See, I keep killing so many plants that my collection downsizes on its own. 😅
Great ideas Emma. I’m doing some of those things currently.
.. I did that too a couple of times.. And what a relief it was to get rid of a ton of weight, sort of speak.. I just gave them away to a friend and a neighbor.. Only a few I've ever feeded to the bin.. Sometimes you've gotta keep the bin happy too..
.. There certainly is plants on that list of yours, that I would love to have.. But I'm not on Instagram, and unfortunately I'm in Denmark and not UK.. Hos sad is that..
Yeah sometimes it’s just necessary to clear the head a bit!
Shame you’re not UK based 🙃
Enjoying this video as I recently lost a couple plants 😢Emma,you have beautiful blue eyes 👀,hope you don’t mind the compliment 😊Hi from freezing Maine!
sorry to hear about your plants... but thanks 🥰
Good for you! There are many of us out here that have gone way overboard with our collections. Me included. And think about all the money we spent on way too many "rare" plants. 😅
Oh my goodness so much money spent 🙈
Thank you for this. It makes it feel much simpler to look at plants with this approach, which is on my to do list for tomorrow!
Glad it was helpful! 💚
Thank you Emma, your a sanity saver. Im overwhelmed and need to greatly reduce my collection. Hearing how you go about it, gave me courage to do it.
You can do it! 💚
You and your plants are so awesome
I hope you are able to find homes for your plants your downsizing 😀🇨🇦
I say go for it! If you're already caring for them in the same way and they're happy with that, they should be absolutely fine!
I'm doing if it dies I'm not replacing it. I binned a hoya as it was infested with mealys x
oh yeah I'm not here for mealies.. I'd probably have done the same!
The second plant you showed from Clair gets so so so big. Its crazy how much room it takes.
yeah mine is small and it's already taking up so much space!
im ruthless tho hah
you have cool eyes
I have 50 plants so far in my home at least I think that’s the range I have but I definitely want more when I get a bigger house but I don’t want to overwhelm myself 😅
50 is defo a good number!!
@@GoodGrowing Much easier to manage for sure! My place is small so I’m surprised I fit this many in my home (most in kitchen)😅
It's hard to downsize. I just took my collection from 150 to 35. I used a lot of these same techniques. Loved this video.
Wow, that's such a drastic reduction! What made you reduce your plant collection?
@@Lemons19902010 I had severe plant burnout. I needed a change to love my plants again.
that's a huge number difference!! can't imagine how you let go!
All my plants atr outdoors
I wish I had outdoor space!