I have never seen a variegated fig! I just love learning new things from you. Thanks to Elle for showcasing a great and knowledgeable plant keeper/grower.
Hi Sean. In my house the regular string of hearts is my easyest and fast growing plant. 😊 I have a suggestion for a future video. Can you please make a video talking about plants that die and grow back? Most people throw them away and it is so sad. A few weeks ago I found a live cyclamen on a pile of old soil my mother keeps on a corner of the garden. She thought it was dead and thew it there.
Interesting choices. I am shocked you didn’t include Calatheas. They are the ultimate diva houseplants, from my experience. I guess it depends on environment as well. I find the string of hearts and maiden hair ferns not bad so far in terms of care. My maiden hair fern gets thirsty every three days or so in my environment. I only water my string of hearts when it is almost or fully dry (about once a week). I find the string of pearls I had was hard to care for - it only had half a dozen strings in a pot and dried out even when I tried to water it when soil was partially dry. It is now on its last legs and has become a rescue plant (I put its roots in water as the pearls mostly dried out) but it doesn’t look like it will make it.
I keep propagating the string of hearts and pearls... but I do keep killing the parent plants 😅 I actually included calatheas in my previous segment of this video with Elle TV thats why I didn’t mention it in this one. But yes they are the ultimate divas!
I could not stop laughing because I just came back from my first ever trip to a nursery with 4 of the 5 of these plants. Oh god, what have I done? L O L
Thank you Sean! Had my Maidenhair fern yesterday and so scurred 😳😓😊 but because I know you got our back on the tips on caring such divas, I have some of your confidence on caring for them! ☺️ thank you!!!
I didn’t water my fittonia for over 2 weeks, I thought for sure it was dead! I gave it some water just to see what would happen and it perked back up! I’ll loose a lot of the leaves because they’re more dry than normal, but the plants I have grow quick, and big. I started with 1, 4 inch (pot) plant in March, and now I have 4, 8 inch (pot) plants! THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge with us!!
@@onlyplants agreed 100%!! My plant did lose a lot of the leaves, but there are new ones growing back already!! I also discovered that they do not like a lot of light. I have to use lights in my home because we don't have a lot of windows and one of my other fittonias was under the light looking very small compared to my others, and the leaves were curling. so I put it in another room with a window and now it's doing great! The leaves are getting bigger, and the plant is growing great! So what I've learned so far with these silly picky plants is less water is better that over water, and less light is better than more light.. silly plants anyway!!
I have three maiden hair ferns and they are bushy and lush. I did cut them right down, after that they grew beautifully. I find them very easy to care for.
A nice informative vid. Interesting selection of 'diva' plants. Your maidenhair fern is lovely. Looks like a type with medium frond size which is quite rare. You're right, I think not many maidenhair ferns thrive in the lowland tropics. There are a few types that do quite well though. Maybe acclimatised for many generations in an heirloom collection 😃
I have my maidenhair in a self watering/wicking pot and I fill the resevoir below it every 4 to 7 days depending on the weather and it’s so lush. I got it last year and was watering it everyday untill I transferred it into its current setup.
haha i have the droopy one and it is actually one of my easiest ones to take care of. it's in the bathroom, and i water here and there but *definitely* if it gets droopy. the ferns, however................... The Brown-a-ning. (so according to recent research, just water a lot more often... and don't throw out if it looks DEAD dead... just trim and water. *finally*, a game plan. i've been worried and sad over them. usually i don't have problems with plants.)
Hi Sean, i'm Yumi from Jakarta too. I think we might get the fittonia from the same nursery. They have simiar arrangement in the pot. Hope they might stay healthy and stay Happy.
@@onlyplants I knew it hehee. That's where i got mine too. Thank you for sharing, all your videos are so fun to watch. And ooh i just followed your instagram too. Looking forward to get more plant ideas and advices. Have a good day.
When I bought my first fiddle leaf fig, I researched a lot because people are saying that it's real demanding plant when placed indoors. So when I brought it home, I didn't even tried to put it inside and just placed it on our porch (with tinted transparent roof). And since then I did not move it and just admire it from a distance. I think they can sense when someone is too close to them, and they will drop leaves like how lizards can detach their tails when threatened. 😂 But mine's growing fine, Thank God! It unfurls around 2 really large leaves per month, so it's fast and in a few months, if it didn't branch out on its own, I might have to cut off the bud, I'm a bit scared but I think if the plant survive it, it's gonna be so worth it.
I agree on all of them that they're divas, I don't want to buy Maiden ferns anymore 🤣 but the rest I still have them, I have my Fittonias in the terrarium and they seem to be happy. 😁 And the SOH I always propagate them because they just have tendency to just die on me 😂. Thanks so much for sharing your plant tips
Thank you for this video. Will try watering my maidenhair more. Specifically looked you up because I figured Indonesia's climate might be more similar to Singapore :)
So fittonias can be grouped together with watermelon peperomias then! Both like to dry out between watering, both are drama queens in my experience lol
I don't know why but my Fiddle is not a diva XD . The plant always has a new leaf even during winter in europe. It looks really healthy. And i don't do much with it . Mabey thats the key XD. But the Maidenhair Fern....sad story it died because the watering system I got for it broke while i was in vacation.
Yesss I agree haha. I did an episode on this plant. I didnt mention calatheas in this episode because I gave them a lot of air time in my last episode with Elle.
Totally agree of course as I killed my nanouk, maidenhair fern and the fittonia. How did you manage to propagate the nanouk by sticking it back into soil? Mine all rot away.I l love purple pinkish foliage and would like to try again.
Thank you for this video I love your channel you aren't afraid to tell us that you're "normal" meaning you've killed plants lol I, unfortunately do not have any of these divas ... Yet.. I'm a newbie I've had plants in the 70s and 80s and love ALL ferns but I don't have ideal plant conditions... Yet... My diva is diffenbacea dumbcane she doesn't like me or all the places I've put her to try and help but yellow leaves turn brown then die (I think I might be un underwaterer on purpose) lol anyway have a wonderful day cheers from SLC , Utah usa
Hi Sean, do you have centella asiatica (varigated) or we called it here pegaga batik? I like the smell of this plant, but I was so difficult to take care of.. Do advise if u have any tip how to take care of care. Thank!
Hi, Sean. (Correct spelling?). I have both the regular green-leaved and variegated (newly purchased) string of hearts. The regular ones are growing well. However, I can't seem to get the care right for the variegated ones. All but one vine have thinned out or had leaves curl up and falling off. The leaves on the one surviving one are soft and wrinkled looking. Some of the top leaves have dropped off as well. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Hello the trick with them is to get the watering exactly correct. They have to be dried out completely between watering but not for long. They are very prone to rot in our high humidity environment and do not forgive overwatering. Its one of the hardest plants in my collection
@@onlyplants Thanks for the feedback. Yesterday, after looking at the pathetic one surviving strand, I decided to try to propagate whatever I can from it. I've got the not-so-healthy looking vine in water and 2 tubers (no leaves attached) in soil. Yet to figure out watering conditions for the tubers. Hoping that they will somehow make it.
I have 2 maidenhair ferns and a fittonia and they are growing fast for me ,I propagated the fittonia and it is growing bushy from 2 leaves to a whole bushy plant, now ask me about succulents,they all die on me
hallo , you are proffesionell! you should bee on television. its a good ide to explane every plant. it should be many videos, i now that you do not have the time, but i think everybody want to hear about every spicies you have. you have help me a lot. and many others.... so thank you! in sweden we say tack.
I never water throughly my nanouk because they get easily rotted. just lightly spray each of plants in the pot, and they doing well so far and shoots a new leaves already.
Maidenhair fern(suplir).i still have some challenges to take care of this beutiful plant.but im not giving up until i have the healthy one like yours.give me some tips n trick,please!
Haha I actually featured calatheas in my previous elle video which is why I skipped on this species on this one. Also... I have figured out calathea care and they are no longer divas to me 😌
Hi Sean Been Months Watching Your Videos Absolutely like it. I have a question about fiddle leaf. I bought twice Fiddle Leaf from Tokopedia, and both died right after i put in soil. The leaves dry out. What am i suppose to do? Thank you
Hello fiddle leaf figs hate to be moved or experience changes in their environment. Give them bright indirect light and water only when the soil is completely dry. When leaves die off, new ones should grow even if its just a stump
I am surprised to see String of Hearts and Tradescantia Nanouk on the list. In my experience they are very easy. I put my variegated and non variegated SOH in an east facing window and a south facing window. Just water them when the soil is very dry (usually the east facing window ones every 14 days, and the south facing window one every 10 days). They have been thriving and don't need my attention at all. Same with the Nanouk. It's in my east facing window and I water it every week. I guess location matters. I am in California. 😬
Whoaaa yes I find that String of Hearts do well in other regions. I actually dont know many people who can keep them alive in Indonesia. Maybe the 80-90% humidity isnt so good for them? They are from Africa after all where humidity is lower
For the maiden hair fern i think I'll have to hire a plant waterer babysitter 😂I've tried 3 times and I give up. ha! The other ones I'm trying and so far it's ok.
@@onlyplants I am afraid it is the light. The sun's shifted so my balcony doesn't get as much sun as it used to. I'll try to hold lessen the watering to compensate. Thanks!
I try not to stare at my fiddle-leaf-fig too long so it doesn’t drop any leaves! 😂 so true!
😂🤣🤣😂accurate
so now i know why mine didn’t make it
I know Im kinda off topic but do anyone know a good place to stream newly released series online?
@Dakari Jamari i dunno I watch on Flixportal. You can find it if you google:P -enrique
@Enrique Zechariah Thank you, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I appreciate it !
I have never seen a variegated fig! I just love learning new things from you. Thanks to Elle for showcasing a great and knowledgeable plant keeper/grower.
I keep my maidenhair fern in a self water pot and it has done AMAZING!!
This is so underrated, it helped me a lot! My fiddle leaf fig is growing healthy! Thank you..!
Hi Sean.
In my house the regular string of hearts is my easyest and fast growing plant. 😊
I have a suggestion for a future video. Can you please make a video talking about plants that die and grow back? Most people throw them away and it is so sad. A few weeks ago I found a live cyclamen on a pile of old soil my mother keeps on a corner of the garden. She thought it was dead and thew it there.
Did you rescue it and now it's gorgeous? Just curious and hoping you did lol
It didn't flower yet but is getting there. Their flowers are gorgeous.
Ouuuu yes I do have a video for plants that grew back from a dead stump planned out! 😌
@@onlyplants Thank you. 😁
I can't wait to see it.
I have a couple of dead begonias I hope will come back.
Interesting choices. I am shocked you didn’t include Calatheas. They are the ultimate diva houseplants, from my experience. I guess it depends on environment as well. I find the string of hearts and maiden hair ferns not bad so far in terms of care. My maiden hair fern gets thirsty every three days or so in my environment. I only water my string of hearts when it is almost or fully dry (about once a week). I find the string of pearls I had was hard to care for - it only had half a dozen strings in a pot and dried out even when I tried to water it when soil was partially dry. It is now on its last legs and has become a rescue plant (I put its roots in water as the pearls mostly dried out) but it doesn’t look like it will make it.
I keep propagating the string of hearts and pearls... but I do keep killing the parent plants 😅
I actually included calatheas in my previous segment of this video with Elle TV thats why I didn’t mention it in this one. But yes they are the ultimate divas!
@@onlyplants that makes sense. I missed the first one. I will check it out. Thanks
I could not stop laughing because I just came back from my first ever trip to a nursery with 4 of the 5 of these plants. Oh god, what have I done? L O L
Lol
Good luckkk
Thank you Sean! Had my Maidenhair fern yesterday and so scurred 😳😓😊 but because I know you got our back on the tips on caring such divas, I have some of your confidence on caring for them! ☺️ thank you!!!
Good luck 😌 I will do an episode on maidenhair ferns soon!
@@onlyplants yehey!!! Got 6 of those little ones!!!
You really picked some Diva’s!! Thanks for the tips 💚😃
I didn’t water my fittonia for over 2 weeks, I thought for sure it was dead! I gave it some water just to see what would happen and it perked back up! I’ll loose a lot of the leaves because they’re more dry than normal, but the plants I have grow quick, and big. I started with 1, 4 inch (pot) plant in March, and now I have 4, 8 inch (pot) plants! THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge with us!!
It looks like fittonias do better underwatered than overwatered. When they rot you lose the whole plant 😌
@@onlyplants agreed 100%!! My plant did lose a lot of the leaves, but there are new ones growing back already!! I also discovered that they do not like a lot of light. I have to use lights in my home because we don't have a lot of windows and one of my other fittonias was under the light looking very small compared to my others, and the leaves were curling. so I put it in another room with a window and now it's doing great! The leaves are getting bigger, and the plant is growing great! So what I've learned so far with these silly picky plants is less water is better that over water, and less light is better than more light.. silly plants anyway!!
I have three maiden hair ferns and they are bushy and lush. I did cut them right down, after that they grew beautifully. I find them very easy to care for.
Yepp as long as you dont let them dry out they will be happy
My Calathea White Fusion is also a total diva in the house. Keeps giving me the attitude 😤
A nice informative vid. Interesting selection of 'diva' plants. Your maidenhair fern is lovely. Looks like a type with medium frond size which is quite rare. You're right, I think not many maidenhair ferns thrive in the lowland tropics. There are a few types that do quite well though. Maybe acclimatised for many generations in an heirloom collection 😃
Maidenhairs arent that difficult actually, they cannot forgive you if you let them dry out too much.
I have my maidenhair in a self watering/wicking pot and I fill the resevoir below it every 4 to 7 days depending on the weather and it’s so lush. I got it last year and was watering it everyday untill I transferred it into its current setup.
Nice... i have a feeling that maidenhairs do appreciate self watering 😌
haha i have the droopy one and it is actually one of my easiest ones to take care of. it's in the bathroom, and i water here and there but *definitely* if it gets droopy. the ferns, however................... The Brown-a-ning. (so according to recent research, just water a lot more often... and don't throw out if it looks DEAD dead... just trim and water. *finally*, a game plan. i've been worried and sad over them. usually i don't have problems with plants.)
Nice looking,small but beautiful🤩
Fittonia is surprisingly the easiest houseplant for me, it grows really really fast too :)
Whoaaaa I guess every home condition and parenting style suits different plants 😌
That's a very pretty Fern....i love it so much...
Thank you....
Thank you 😌😌
Thanks for the tip, they really are divas of a 🌱 😀🤣😂👍
Super like you “brutally honest” 😍😍😍kudos😊 -🇵🇭
your maidenhair fern !!!! i am so jealous oh my GOSH
So glad you were featured by "Elle." Clearly, they have good taste 😉
Thank you 😌
Hi Sean, i'm Yumi from Jakarta too. I think we might get the fittonia from the same nursery. They have simiar arrangement in the pot. Hope they might stay healthy and stay Happy.
Hello I think I got mine from
Rumah hidup 🤓
@@onlyplants I knew it hehee. That's where i got mine too. Thank you for sharing, all your videos are so fun to watch. And ooh i just followed your instagram too. Looking forward to get more plant ideas and advices. Have a good day.
When I bought my first fiddle leaf fig, I researched a lot because people are saying that it's real demanding plant when placed indoors. So when I brought it home, I didn't even tried to put it inside and just placed it on our porch (with tinted transparent roof). And since then I did not move it and just admire it from a distance. I think they can sense when someone is too close to them, and they will drop leaves like how lizards can detach their tails when threatened. 😂 But mine's growing fine, Thank God! It unfurls around 2 really large leaves per month, so it's fast and in a few months, if it didn't branch out on its own, I might have to cut off the bud, I'm a bit scared but I think if the plant survive it, it's gonna be so worth it.
Whoaaa thats cool you did your research first and you got it right!
I agree on all of them that they're divas, I don't want to buy Maiden ferns anymore 🤣 but the rest I still have them, I have my Fittonias in the terrarium and they seem to be happy. 😁 And the SOH I always propagate them because they just have tendency to just die on me 😂. Thanks so much for sharing your plant tips
Omg same with the SOH 😅 they hate me haha
I love my fittonia, easy for me to take care of 😉💞
They are very suitable to attentive plant parents 😌😌
Thank you for this video. Will try watering my maidenhair more. Specifically looked you up because I figured Indonesia's climate might be more similar to Singapore :)
And also love your mixed fittonia pot...i was literally just thinking to myself today how fittonias are ... not v interesting 🤭
Yeah they like bright light and constant moisture
Congrats on your 2nd video❤
Thank you 🙏🏽
So fittonias can be grouped together with watermelon peperomias then! Both like to dry out between watering, both are drama queens in my experience lol
Haha yesss. I have much better luck with watermelon peperomias! They thrive in my care
I don't know why but my Fiddle is not a diva XD . The plant always has a new leaf even during winter in europe. It looks really healthy. And i don't do much with it . Mabey thats the key XD. But the Maidenhair Fern....sad story it died because the watering system I got for it broke while i was in vacation.
For me, the “Mariah Carey” (the diva of all the divas) of houseplants is Stromanthe Triostar, it’s gorgeous, it’s fabulous, but it’s hard to take care
Yesss I agree haha. I did an episode on this plant. I didnt mention calatheas in this episode because I gave them a lot of air time in my last episode with Elle.
Totally agree of course as I killed my nanouk, maidenhair fern and the fittonia. How did you manage to propagate the nanouk by sticking it back into soil? Mine all rot away.I l love purple pinkish foliage and would like to try again.
Keep the soil on the dry side when propagating nanouk. Use very porous media. Its all about moisture control 😌
Thank you for this video I love your channel you aren't afraid to tell us that you're "normal" meaning you've killed plants lol I, unfortunately do not have any of these divas ... Yet.. I'm a newbie I've had plants in the 70s and 80s and love ALL ferns but I don't have ideal plant conditions... Yet... My diva is diffenbacea dumbcane she doesn't like me or all the places I've put her to try and help but yellow leaves turn brown then die (I think I might be un underwaterer on purpose) lol anyway have a wonderful day cheers from SLC , Utah usa
Thanks Diane. Yellowing leaves are
Sign of overwatering or not enough light or both. 😌
Hi Sean, do you have centella asiatica (varigated) or we called it here pegaga batik? I like the smell of this plant, but I was so difficult to take care of.. Do advise if u have any tip how to take care of care. Thank!
Ooo its a pennywort... usually they live in water and in full sun. I have no experience with aquatic plants however...
Hi, Sean. (Correct spelling?). I have both the regular green-leaved and variegated (newly purchased) string of hearts. The regular ones are growing well. However, I can't seem to get the care right for the variegated ones. All but one vine have thinned out or had leaves curl up and falling off. The leaves on the one surviving one are soft and wrinkled looking. Some of the top leaves have dropped off as well. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Hello the trick with them is to get the watering exactly correct. They have to be dried out completely between watering but not for long. They are very prone to rot in our high humidity environment and do not forgive overwatering. Its one of the hardest plants in my collection
@@onlyplants Thanks for the feedback. Yesterday, after looking at the pathetic one surviving strand, I decided to try to propagate whatever I can from it. I've got the not-so-healthy looking vine in water and 2 tubers (no leaves attached) in soil. Yet to figure out watering conditions for the tubers. Hoping that they will somehow make it.
I have 2 maidenhair ferns and a fittonia and they are growing fast for me ,I propagated the fittonia and it is growing bushy from 2 leaves to a whole bushy plant, now ask me about succulents,they all die on me
Shaun, bahas juga 5 super easy house plant dong.
I have this video in my first few videos on the channel, please do check that one out 😌
Good job!
Thank you 🙏🏽😌
hallo , you are proffesionell! you should bee on television. its a good ide to explane every plant. it should be many videos, i now that you do not have the time, but i think everybody want to hear about every spicies you have. you have help me a lot. and many others.... so thank you! in sweden we say tack.
Thank you so much. I will be covering each plant species in great details over the years to come 😌 please do hang around in my channel
of course
I never water throughly my nanouk because they get easily rotted. just lightly spray each of plants in the pot, and they doing well so far and shoots a new leaves already.
Awesome, yeah I think they really want to be on the dry side
'They don't like to be looked at' ... Kekekekeke ... Cute Sean 😂
Maidenhair fern(suplir).i still have some challenges to take care of this beutiful plant.but im not giving up until i have the healthy one like yours.give me some tips n trick,please!
Bright indirect light and never let it dry our completely, water daily 😌
Surprised not finding calatheas in your list. (And yes, i’m looking at you white fusion😂)
Haha I actually featured calatheas in my previous elle video which is why I skipped on this species on this one. Also... I have figured out calathea care and they are no longer divas to me 😌
Hi Sean
Been Months Watching Your Videos Absolutely like it.
I have a question about fiddle leaf.
I bought twice Fiddle Leaf from Tokopedia, and both died right after i put in soil. The leaves dry out.
What am i suppose to do?
Thank you
Hello fiddle leaf figs hate to be moved or experience changes in their environment. Give them bright indirect light and water only when the soil is completely dry. When leaves die off, new ones should grow even if its just a stump
Thank you for saving all those ziplock bags!
I am surprised to see String of Hearts and Tradescantia Nanouk on the list. In my experience they are very easy. I put my variegated and non variegated SOH in an east facing window and a south facing window. Just water them when the soil is very dry (usually the east facing window ones every 14 days, and the south facing window one every 10 days). They have been thriving and don't need my attention at all. Same with the Nanouk. It's in my east facing window and I water it every week. I guess location matters. I am in California. 😬
Whoaaa yes I find that String of Hearts do well in other regions. I actually dont know many people who can keep them alive in Indonesia. Maybe the 80-90% humidity isnt so good for them? They are from Africa after all where humidity is lower
@@onlyplants Ohhhhh that totally makes sense because California is very dry! 🤣
For the maiden hair fern i think I'll have to hire a plant waterer babysitter 😂I've tried 3 times and I give up. ha! The other ones I'm trying and so far it's ok.
Haha try putting it on a tray of water maybe... so it is always wet. But you will need very bright light for this setup or else it is overwatered
Agreed 100%! RIP to all of those that I had. No matter what I do, they just wanna die. LOL
I feel spoiled with 2 videos now! 😂
😅 one more tonight!
Hi, my variegated fiddle leaf fig has soft, brown edges on its leaves. Do you know why that happens?
Thats probably a watering issue... water only when soil is bone dry and do give them brightest indirect light
@@onlyplants I am afraid it is the light. The sun's shifted so my balcony doesn't get as much sun as it used to. I'll try to hold lessen the watering to compensate. Thanks!
Thank you so much Sean for Nanouk care tips 😩 and also string of hearts.
And I hate hate hateeeeeeeeeeeeee............... “fiddle leaf figs” 😒
Awwww but once you get the care down they are quite easy 😌
Yassss
Fittonia will DEFINITELY let you know when it needs water! It will look like it has a hangover lol Literally!
Lol hangover... 😅
To water maiden hair fern once or twice a day?!?! Damn. No wonder she’s dead with me by sundown,
Can ferns grow in hydroponics?
Im not sure about hydroponics... their roots are so tiny and hair-like I have a feeling they need a more dense potting medium?
Hahaha this video is so brutal and good 😂
Thank you 😌
oh yay!!!! wow and oh.... DO NOT EVEN LOOK at them!!!!! wahahahahahaaa... hence I NEVER even think/like/look at them to have in my environment ;P
My maidnehair ferns are so diva, they want to look at all the sun but dont wanna be in it. Vampires lol
Haha they are ok once you find the sweet spot. But its a pretty narrow sweet spot 😅
i killed both green soh and vatiegated soh lol its reallllly hard to keep them alive 😞
I think they are made for certain type of plant parent 😅
Just Received my vflf within one week die on me🙄
awwww sometimes its not dead. Even if leaves fall off it will grow back. Make sure not to overwater/rot the roots
1st one I have killed 3rd times. Now I don't have 😔😔😔
Awww... dont give up. Figure out what went wrong and try again!