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@@SnakeAndTurtleQigong no worries, hope it helped! ☺️

thankyou so much Paula! hope you and your plants are doing well 🥰

@@sandiefrancis2387 nice one - they do well on a moss pole; you may notice yourself getting larger leaves if you keep the moss pole consistently moist 😉

@@carladeveaux5676 hey there! That sounds quite odd that your leaves aren’t able to be supported by the stems - I assume they are drooping? My suspicion here is that it doesn’t have adequate light or there is something else that is making it unhappy - how long have you had it for?

@@simpleplanty I have had it for 2 1/2 yrs. I moved it a couple days ago so it has a large window. Wiped down the leaves and gave it some fertilizer. We will see if that makes it happy. Thanks for responding

@@carladeveaux5676 no worries - just want to help out here! 2 and a half years is a long while, also sounds like you’re also due for a repot; the nutrients in the soil have likely expired by now, but you have given it some fertiliser and moved it recently, so it could also be adjusting. Keep monitoring and see how you go! ☺️

@@chantal1348 no worries - glad I could help! In honesty, after time I got lazy to water it frequently and the mould resolved itself. If you space some time between watering, this shouldn’t be a problem!

@ That makes sense. Reduce the moisture and the mould has nowhere to grow. Easy! I love easy solutions 😂

@@chantal1348 same - love me a simple solution 😂 you got it! Hope that helps! ☺️🍀

@@JGomes-ee6fw no worries at all - how many times have you watered it since you have got it? Are they the bottom leaves that are turning yellow?

@@JGomes-ee6fw hello! Are they the bottom leaves turning yellow? Or are you referring to yellow patches or spots appearing on leaves?

@@marinasoto5578 no worries Marina! Sounds like you’ve put your BOP in a great place - a sunroom 🤩 glad to hear and hope the video helped. ☺️

@@TammiLaidlaw hi Tammi / have you already got a moss stick prepared to be added? Quite simply, you can repot your plant and add it in, ensuring that you stake it in the right place (ie behind the stem).

@@nlfhtf4032 thanks for watching - hope that it helped in some way! Generally speaking, they are easy to care for where even if you forget to water them once in awhile, they will still do fine. Just ensure that you are not applying too much liquid fertiliser in your usual schedule across plants, and it will do well. Hope that clarifies!

@@simpleplanty thanks for your reply. generally speaking, is it enough to water them twice a week and fertilizer once a month?

@@nlfhtf4032 depends on what climate and location you are in but I generally water mine once every 2 weeks 😅 I’m not in a tropical/humid climate - key is also your watering technique and ensuring the substrate is completely saturated each time and excess is drained. Fertiliser once a month sounds like a good idea (and cut back during winter season)

@@nicolemcfadden4646 hi Nicole! I just let it dry out and got rid of it pretty quickly - over time if you get lazy like me to wet the pole, it’ll disappear naturally 😂 hope that helps!

@@lilianajaraba4097 oh dear - sounds stressful! Yellow spots can be a sign of many different things - do you have any other plants? My usual suspect of yellow spots is over watering for new plant parents; how often are you watering and do you have drainage holes?

@@shashibalaom3160 ‘survive’ is probably the word - I wouldn’t really recommend it, but it won’t really do well in low light tbh! I had mine in a medium light for some time and it did ‘okay’ but it struggled quite a lot - but eventually adapted.

@@KeithiaBrooks Rugrats or regrets!? 😅

@@MiscellaneousMichelle ☺️🍀

@@MrWolfheart111 what’s wrong with pink highlights! Any highlights are so visually appealing to me 😂

@@ooopticnerveee 😅😅😅 I wonder what you were doing to attempt to make it thrive was killing it faster! No worries, hopefully it adapts well and thrives in its new place - all the best and hope it helped ☺️🍀

@@simpleplanty Haha, I put it in my brightest, hottest, indoor space AND supplemented with a grow light when it started looking worse. Surely it will recover faster without such nonsense 😁

@@ooopticnerveee ok that definitely was too much 😂 you probably just needed to stop the grow light and could probably do fine in the bright spot. All the best with it ☺️🍀

@@halidramzan2803 no worries - glad I could help! All the best with your plant journey ☺️🍀

@@alinanicolae616 hey Alina - just a regular sized one ☺️ they just grow so large and fast!

@@donedwards1956 thanks so much Don! It’s crazy how attracted to BOP’s mealy bugs are - everyone who I know who has one, has had to fight off mealy bugs 😂 lucky it’s treatable with repeated care! Thanks for sharing ☺️

@@mylinahmad3335 thankyou for subscribing ☺️🍀 I really appreciate it - hopefully the videos help!

@@AlphaGeekgirl they’re beautiful, aren’t they! ☺️

@@connie.22 I used to shower all my plants too 😂 just as long as they’re left out to dry later, I don’t see why not! ☺️

@@Lakaa I’m glad it was helpful ☺️🍀 hopefully you don’t need to be rescuing any plants from root rot anytime soon!

@@ubehappy395 hello neighbour!! I gifted my friend one and it bloomed as well - as your mum said, it’s considered good luck if they do. I haven’t even managed to get mine to bloom 😂 lucky you!

@@ManuniTlau no worries, glad that it helped ☺️🍀 all the best 💪

@@dandyindyandy I really appreciate the feedback and I’m so glad that it helped!! That’s such a shame to hear about hurtful or condescending comments - I’ve seen first hand around some of the plant pages and it’s really discouraging 😣 but there are plenty of people in the plant community who are supportive and happy to help! Thanks so much for reaching out, hearing that it helped in someone out there really makes my day. All the best with staking / just make sure you find a sturdy one ☺️🍀

@@RL-ql5mt North facing is best! As much sun as it can get ☺️🍀☀️☀️

@@CarltonBerry-b9e agree - takes forever to bottom feed plants anyway, and I would hate to add more time to my day just to do it 😂

@@briarnoir thanks so much, I really appreciate the feedback ☺️🍀

@@lynndelevan3049 sounds like they’re doing well and I can imagine it looking so majestic and beautiful being 6 feet tall! Nice work! I have actually had the exact same problem where they are sitting parallel where one is leaning quite a bit and have tried to readjust - to be honest, it was such a tedious job to try to move them because the root ball was so mature and intertwined when I tried to repot. You certainly could attempt to do so, but you’ll probably find it a pretty difficult (but not impossible task) to do. I did find that when I did try to readjust it, they ended up just naturally moving back to where it felt better for them and I did cause a little bit of damage on my attempt (but not to worry, it’ll always grow back). Just make sure you have someone to help you when you do repot ☺️ hope that makes sense!

@@nidagrossman1459 I love bird of paradise too! Thanks for watching ☺️🌱

@@lanaone5516 hiya! Could you tell me how much time between waterings initially when you had it in the windowless bathroom? As much as they do ok in low light, if there’s no light then sounds a little problematic. For now you’ve already moved it to a place with more light so it’ll just need some time and patience to adapt - I would make sure the next time that you water it, that it is indeed in need by checking the soil with your finger and wait until it’s dry before you do so. Hope that helps!

@@simpleplanty Thanks for your reply :) I only watered it once, probably 1.5 weeks after I bought it and haven't watered since (probably about 3 weeks now). It's mainly the smaller bottom leaves that are yellowing but the brown spots are in the leaves mid way. The top leaves of each stump seem pretty happy and green? No brown tips there. I was thinking I will just repot now that it's Spring basically in Sydney, and get better draining soil and remove the dead stump if I can. I'll make sure to have a regular watering schedule too. Any suggestions to help it not die? Thank you x

@@lanaone5516 oh you’re in Sydney! It’s also winter and since you just got it it’s also acclimating - so give it some time, spring is almost here too ☺️ you definitely can prune down those leaves and 1.5 weeks in between doesn’t sound too frequent and fine at all high level. I think right now it just needs some time acclimating to the new spot that you’ve put it, so keep up the maintenance and less is probably more at this stage to keep it happy. 😊

@@simpleplanty Thank you 🙏 There are just so many new yellow leaves each day, should I remove them? Should I remove the ones with brown spots? If I remove a lot of the yellow ones, it will look pretty naked. Do you think I should repot once it is a bit warmer or just stop worrying for now? Thank you thank you!

@@lanaone5516 you can safely prune the yellow ones off since there’s not much point keeping them so that it can divert its energy somewhere else (such as growing new leaves). Could you describe a bit more on the browning? I probably would wait a couple more weeks before repotting to give it the best chance during spring, since that’s when the plant is its strongest ☺️

@@Tommy2Txmes sounds like it is thriving 🤩 I tend not to spray my leaves, as sometimes leaving residual can cause bacterial spread but a light spritz sounds fine and seems like it is happy, so I wouldn’t change a thing ☺️

@@simpleplanty Yeah i had it in front of a window that i think got too hot and sunny because i live in arizona. The tips started yellowing. So i moved it to a different window that doesnt get direct sun. I usually spray it lightly and wipe the leaves down every now and then. But i found once a week watering works good for mine. Thinking about trying to propagate. A little scared to try. Lol

@@Tommy2Txmes sounds perfect actually! Spraying them and wiping it down is even better - dust usually accumulates on the leaves so you’re doing your plant a huge favor by wiping it down so that it can absorb those sun rays 🤩 don’t be afraid to experiment with propogation - you got this! If it fails, you still have your mother plant 😉

@@redlexi45 hello! I feel like putting a monstera plant in a circular cage will be a little restrictive for the leaves to grow out - unless it’s positioned ‘behind’, that would be better. But am really referring to specifically a monstera here, some other plant types could potentially do well in them. Hope that makes sense! ☺️🍀

@@nadiatinajeropena74 thankyou so much for the feedback! I’ll keep that in mind for when making future videos ☺️ otherwise, hope it helped 🍀🍀

@@smilejeremy thanks Jeremy! Much appreciated - hope that it helped ☺️🍀

@@AwakPening love the Shivereana 😍 nice to meet you! 🥳🎉

@@Oliverisloved yay I’m glad!! Thanks for your support and watching - hope it helped! ☺️🍀

@@kimschannel5567 no worries, mine has done the exact same thing too as it has matured. Sounds perfectly normal!

@@kimschannel5567 omg what a bargain! Don’t you just love how detailed the leaves are? ☺️

@@antheech8853 hey there! I assume you mean your aerial roots? I generally leave mine and just tuck them back into the top of the soil of the pot (and totally get what you mean by them going crazy and unruly) - you definitely could trim some without causing major damage to your plant but I prefer to leave them (and if anything, some tend to even employ methods such as aerial layering to promote root growth to support overall growth of the plant). Hope that helps! 🍀

​@@simpleplantyHey! Yes I ment the aerial roots. Thank you for your reply!

@@antheech8853 no worries, hope I answered your question ☺️🍀

@@xiomaracaldron9052 oh no! Where is it looking black?

@@denisej.9936 thankyou Denise ☺️ much appreciated! 💚

Thankyou so much! Definitely rewarding to see them grow - I certainly replanted into a larger sized pot, as a general rule I go for about 1-2 sizes up; monsteras grow pretty rapidly so you’re better off going the 2nd size up from your current pot - just make sure you have enough space in your home for it to grow 😂 mine has gotten to the point where I’ve gotten one of the biggest size growers pot you can get (ie 30mm circumference), but has happily stayed in the same pot for over a year now ☺️ hopefully that helps! Note; you don’t want to go way too large at the beginning, because too much space could cause overwatering which will present itself problems. All the best ☺️

Thanks so much for the feedback Carol! I don’t mean to plug another video of mine, but I do have one that shows you the differences between a moss pole, trellis, etc: th-cam.com/video/kwAxVn0a3AQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=RU3UXA0auygYiUmO You might find this one useful too. Hope that helps! ☺️

Thanks so much for the feedback Carol! I don’t mean to plug another video of mine, but I do have one that shows you the differences between a moss pole, trellis, etc: th-cam.com/video/kwAxVn0a3AQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=RU3UXA0auygYiUmO You might find this one useful too. Hope that helps! ☺️

No worries Victor - glad I could help! They are super rewarding and easy to care for; best of luck ☺️ how exciting!

Same! We’ve come a long way since I got mine for $29.95 at my local supermarket. It has about 5 leaves with new growth coming in. I’m sad that the new leaf has a brown spot. Is my grow light burning it?

omg $29.95 is such a steal 🥺🥺 mine was $500 during covid times! Are the brown spots appearing on the variegation (ie the white/yellow parts) - that is a common sign of too much light so I do wonder how long you are keeping the grow light on for!

Hi Cecilia - no worries, I have done similar to my plants where I’ve moved them outdoors; they’ll just take a bit of time and patience to acclimate to the new environment. Bird of paradise love full sun, but if they weren’t used to it, the leaves could potentially burn if you transition this too quickly. Hope that helps!

hello!!! thankyou for watching from Sri Lanka <3