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Yay, congrats! It really is! Last year I made a pile of yard waste and leaves and basically forgot about it until the spring. It basically turned into compost on its own, haha. I used it to fill up the bottom of some of my raised garden beds, which saves a lot on soil, too!

me too :( :( it's a great perk to living somewhere with four seasons for sure!

Woo hoo! It is somewhat sticky, which is why I freaked out when I first saw it! But no issues here. Thanks!

ty <3

I have both. S. anthonyanus tends to only flower, for me, after I've cut the branch tips off in the spring. D. anguliger tends to bloom on its own, for me, without any branch tipping. I fertilize the anthonyanus with a high phos. fertilizer in spring, and high phos. fertilizer for anguliger in the fall.

Great tips! My mom's still hasn't flowered, so I'll pass that along to her. My anguliger continues to throw out a bunch of blooms at the most random times. I'm going to do a video soon on my epiphyllum oxypetalum since I got some good bloom footage of that one in, and I'll probably include some of the anguliger bloom footage I got too.

That'd be great! My E. oxypetalum are just monsters. Lol I have all of my aforementioned , along with E. chrysocardium, and some hybrid Epis growing outside, year around (USDA 10a), even down into the high 20s, with little to no harm. Grow More puts out a good high Phos cacti fertilizer, but I also use a 3-12-12 with humic acid (flower n bloom/Grow Power). It took me years to figure out how to make my anthonyanus bloom. Now, I'm working on getting my chrysocardium to bloom. Next, I need to get a pumilum; just haven't found the right price yet. lol I look forward to seeing your next vid :)

Hi! I'm also from an area where it gets pretty cold in the winter, but I find the the tropicals do okay indoors-they just slow their growth or go dormant when the days get shorter, the air gets drier, and the temperatures in our house are around 68 degrees. It's possible the spots could be from sun exposure if it is getting too much direct light. You can try moving it a bit away from the window it's in. But the brown spots and curling make me think it may need more water. I suggest checking the soil moisture before watering, I like to let at least half of the soil dry before I water again. I usually just stick my finger down into the pot to get an idea of the moisture. Some of my philos in medium light conditions need watered much less frequently than the ones in higher light conditions. Good luck!!

ty!!

This is totally normal! The ZZ chameleon’s leaves emerge yellow and "harden off" to green as they age.

It really depends, has the soil been consistently wet or dry? If wet, them it's likely due to overwatering, which prevents the flow of oxygen to the plant's roots. If dry, it's probably underwatering and needs a good drink :)

Yes, they can! Thanks for bringing that up. I'm personally not a huge fan of the taste, so into the compost bin they go.

Yes indeed!

I couldn't believe it!!! Much better than my regular potatoes this year.

@@ByBrittanyG Same, though I didn't plant many regular potatoes this year. Gophers found several of my sweet potato plants, but I still got plenty. Still have sunchokes to harvest, and it's a mystery how many of those I'll get until I start digging!

Ooo, good luck!

Ooo lucky you! Perfect time to plant the garlic in zone 8!

ty!

This is perennial lavender (where I live in zone 7), so I'll plant them in the ground when they are rooted. Fall is a great time to plant perennials! It's a tad late in the season, but our growing season seems to be getting a bit longer each year, so I'll probably throw these in the ground and see if they take.

Please do! They are pretty aggressive self-seeders, so honestly, that will probably work! You know what, I think I'll try it too and see what happens :)

You'll want to repot it in a pot that's just slightly larger than the existing one. I usually size up about an inch or two. And make sure to use some fresh well-draining soil...I'll put in a little later in the bottom, add the plant, and then fill in around it!

I'm really glad you found it helpful! <3

I'll have to try it with caramelized onions! I mostly grow it because I love the smell and I love how it fills out my garden beds. And it's sooo low maintenance. Hoping your new props are a success!!

Chop and prop! That's always my solution, lol. I've been chopping this one for years!

@ ok!!! I really need to do that with these stringy limbs.

Hey Sandy, thanks! I would say maybe you'd have success growing this plant or a monstera deliciosa, but a single plant (many plants have multiple "plants" in one pot). You could keep it prunes from the bottom and train the stem up a pole to keep things more compact. It would probably be easier to start with a small or medium-sized plant and train it as it goes.

I think it's super important to see the whole process--the first time I tried to prop rosemary cuttings, I was not expecting it to take as long as it did and I didn't realize that the success rate was so low on woodier cuttings, so it was pretty frustrating. Hoping your rosemary props are a success <3 <3

Air plant!

I do know that it is made to be absorbant and wick moisture away from the plant's roots, but sometimes you just gotta paint it because you want to :)

@@ByBrittanyG I see youve never been on a wheel before. Go back to Bunnings drone.

Hey thanks! Hopefully I'll have even more sage to trim and root next year <3

Nice idea!

1x6!

Hi, thanks so much! this can often mean that the plant needs more light. However, I've found that when the stems get super long, they can just get skinny. You can always snip them off to propagate!

@@ByBrittanyG Thanks, I'll see how it continues to grow.

I set them out for several days to make sure they are 100% dry and then store in a little container or plastic baggie!

Thanks! Yeah, I should have pointed that out. When I dry fit the cut-out notches on the end pieces, I realized that everything was sitting pretty flush since the wood was pretty bowed. I got the cheap stuff for this lol. But definitely something you should do if you're not able to get it sitting flush.

Oof, you got similar weather to us here in Maryland, then. Brutal during the build! We're in another period of about a month with no rain...glad we installed those barrels!

Thanks! They are 8-10 inch pots.

Hi! Thank you so much! :) Don't be worried about the peduncle, it's pretty hardy! The flowers will eventually fall off, but the peduncle will remain. If you're heading into winter where you are, I would probably wait until early spring to repot. But hosing the plant off is fine!

@@ByBrittanyG OK! I'll do for it's next watering. Thank you for your answer 🙂

Ty! Lots of digging around in the woods lol. Also, you could anchor the top platforms to the wall to keep them from moving around

Glad it was helpful!

I saw the discussion you posted in the FB group about this before buying mine. In your post comments, someone stated they compared the Chinese cedar with domestic cedar and reported the cedar used by BYD was more dense than domestic and a better product for lasting longer. And that the Chinese cedar is frequently used in construction in Asia due to its durability. It smells 100% like cedar inside my greenhouse, and I'm planning to seal the outside yearly regardless of the material to help prolong its life. But since it's a new product, all of us early adopters are all kind of guinea pigs!!😂

They do! Just wait until the flowers have died and dried completely. You can crumble them into a plastic bag and then go through to pick out the seeds.

Me too, just hoping they finish drying out before it frosts! My plant got a really late start this year.

It took us about a week working on it part-time, though two of those days my husband worked on it for about 5 hours straight. Staining and organizing all of the pieces by step in advance definitely saved some time when we started bringing them outside!

But that would mean I would have had to be patient enough to wait to buy the holesaw drill bit LOL. Patience is not my strong suit :)

@@ByBrittanyG Haha, I can totally understand that!

I know it's hard but...pruning! I trim my plant all the time. When you cut the stems, new growth will sprout kind of at an angle. Over time, this creates a really full look

You can put them in a ziplock! Just make sure they are totally dry first. I sometimes let mine sit on paper towels for several days just to make sure. I have a few piles going right now :)

Have patience, I promise it's worth it!! I've had my hoya carnosa Chelsea for many years, and it hasn't flowered yet either.

@@ByBrittanyG Thanks... This one is around 60, and I am almost 68! She'd better hurry up! 😉

Maryland :)

Thank you! 😊

No idea, sorry!