sorry to be off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I stupidly lost my login password. I would love any tips you can offer me
My first impression was unsure about the approach, but I kept watching it and I love it! This is honestly perfect 😁😁 (first time watcher) I think another reason companies would say "thrives in low indirect sunlight" is because people CANNOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS... Oh my gosh lol. I have worked for 5 years as a cashier in a local plant shop that gives great consultation on how to take care of plants in our zone and SOO many people do not listen and many who come in for advice like to tell you that you are wrong lmao... It is easier to kindly treat the general public like they are... Ignorant... just the truth. Anyone who has worked in retail know what I mean lol. This is great and detailed advice ❤❤
@@stevennguyen4993 ZZ plants are native to the rocky and arid terrain of Eastern Africa. They can be kept in changing conditions but are mostly a dry plant, that can handle some humidity. Def. Not a rainforest plant! 🤓👍🙈
@steven nguyen so.many. assumptions... 😂🙈 And what low key, yet obvious hatred and dismissive talk towards women, (even those blasted soccer moms with their damned mini vans!) you ought to check yerself on that🤔 Arid and at best sub-tropical climates in which the ZZ grows, are NOT rainforests, no matter how many pleonasms or wrongly implemented academic references you would like to use. Arid-does not mean desert. It often refers to savannahs in the plant world, and they often experience both a dryer, more desert-like state, as well as a rainperiod, in which it transforms into an almost subtropical climate for a short period of time. The ZZ can adapt to it all, with its rhizomes, as already was stated plainly above. Go plant yerself somewhere, you seem in need of grounding!
Honestly this is my attitude about a lot of things. I don’t like when people tell me factual things when I want the contrary to be true. 😅 I want to keep super lush plants in my windowless shower so I dislike this information.
Honestly, I don't feel like I want huge plants, that were not grown under my care. I prefer them to larger plants, and I'm not just saying that because I too cannot afford huge expensive plants. Enjoy the experience others are missing out!
When you buy the small ones you get a chance to really learn about the plant, figure out if you really like them & feel so accomplished when they get big!! That’s how I started collecting too!! Plus, unless you live in a green house, you can have a variety of plants in limited space. Then you can save up & buy the large size of your favorite one!! I have small ones of philodendron Brazil & neon pothos & propagated them & now I have a big one of both that I made myself. Also, the cute little plants usually come with cute cover pots. 😃 🌱
Nothing is better than buying tiny little rubber trees for two bucks and have them only a few years later be taller than you. 🥰 They're my children. My beloveds.
At my old my apartment, prior to me convincing them that my outdoor garden *would* in fact *look pretty* and *not* die, the manager said I could 'take my plants out once every couple weeks to get some sun.' As if access to sun is recreational for plants.
Lol, I know how it sounds. But I live on a close to Ecuador country, but a house with useless window's 😒. So I actually do that and it works. I also have grow lights but they are only to keep them alive without leaving me on the street with the electricity bill 🤭😅. I actually say I take my plants on vacation, or sun camp😜.
thank you for confirming to me that "bright indirect light" means absolutely nothing of value. I tried for so long to keep the direct rays of sun off my plants, until i finally realized that most of them do quite well in those rays. At this point, i basically just assume any new plant I get will do best near the window, and gradually move them away as i see how well they tolerate lower light.
I live in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia to be exact... It always struck me as weird that all the plants I grew up with which thrive in outdoor gardens and in FULL tropical sun, that I come to plant IG/TH-cam and these “experts” say low light or indirect.
What's your humidity in Caribbean? 70-80%? I live in Eastern EU and right now it's 37%. See the difference? There are many things that affect how much direct sunlight a plant can be exposed to before it's leaves get scorched. Don't point fingers at the so called "experts" unless you take into account all the variables. I could never grow a Philodendron in direct sunlight over here and i have a half-cooked Pothos if you want proof 🤣
All of them grow in the wild, most under the Canopy. I have all my plants outside, Alocasias zebrina, amazonica, all kinds of calatheas, colocasias, Alocasias etc. Grant it I live in a humid tropical rainforest in Panama, it rains every other day, perfect humidity for all those "house" plants
This is the kind of content I want from plant TH-cam influencers. I’m tired of the plant unboxings and fake excitement about a plant that they can’t name but swear it’s on their wishlist, then they kill it a few months later, then they write a book about caring for indoor houseplants - I just can’t stand that. Keep the good job Nick. You’re going places!!
I'm going to write a memoir on the struggle of giving my plants bright indirect sunlight. Yeah overly exited unboxings get me. It's like 'WOW SO AMAZING" to try and project that excitement on the the viewer when its like oh ok, wasn't that exiting. Used to do unboxings and stopped because what's the point?
While over excitement does come off a bit fake and I don't personally enjoy unboxing vids too much, sometimes it's beneficial to see what to do when plants arrive in not so good conditions. Cuz most of the time, not always, plants arrive in somewhat poor conditions or disappoint us in other areas, so it's good to know how to deal, what is saveable what is lost. And Nick's sarcasm helps😄
I'm with you, you don't know the name, nor much about the plant for me that is just you showing me the plant you are going to kill. However, I will take an unboxing and plant haul from Nick any day of the week. Never a dull moment.
@@phytosexual lol. And just to clarify, your unboxing videos are not boring. Your reaction to a new plant is similar to mine when I get a new plant. Plus, you know the name of the plant.
I have a bay window in my room that faces south and gets intense heat even in winter months. All my plants shoot out so much growth and my boyfriend is constantly asking “why are you plants so big and mine don’t even grow?” YOU NEED SOME SUN IN THAT DARK ROOM!
@@terransage8857 yes, there certainly is. I've got a bit over 200 plants, and a fuckton of growlights. Just waiting for the police to pay me a visit because from the outside it looks like I'm growing something... funky in here ✌😉
4 minutes in and I'm sending this to all my home girls; who don't like to open their curtains but want a forest in their room and don't want a grow light because A E S T H E T I C
I never close the curtain on my South facing window unless I'm taking an exam or about to get changed and there's someone in the yard. My East facing window tends to have the curtains drawn, but I don't really have any plants around it. My Ferb does get a little extra light if I open it, but I don't always remember lol
@@erinb4237 my room is behind a dorm, (don't ask😐) I don't want anyone seeing my personal stuff lying anywhere. I only get to open the windows in the summer when they gone
I have an old man cactus, but I don’t need to burn its hair because it’s outside in the south Texas sun. It was recently mauled by a dry tree branch that attempted to kill the old man tho. Thank goodness I intervened before it was too late.
I'd argue "burned lobster" or "no sunscreen" should count as a colour, as it's very distinctive group of people, with their own culture (or lackthereof), traditions and behaviour.
Finally someone talks about this! Some of the care tags on plants are full bullshit and I've always thought that they did it purposefully so that the plant would die and the customer would have incentive to buy them again.
I’m so impressed by your lack of embarrassment or hesitation when pronouncing “Hoya Pubicalyx”. Every other plant person on YT refuses to say PUBIC clearly and confidently. Subscribed AND I hit that BELL. Can’t wait to see more content...
Ugh you're so therapeutic. I just had the worst day from work--only to come home to a new video from you and dude you seriously make my day, thank you!
@@phytosexual lol me too! But keep doing what you're doing, you seem to really enjoy it and that's what makes a great video! Your personality is bar-none the best on YT
I need more windows. I keep as many plants in my south facing window as I possibly can and they are all doing incredible. I feel bad for the ones that aren’t getting direct sunlight.
Girl I feel this. So deep. My living room gets all the good light. I bought a 3 tier window shelf off Etsy for my south facing window and have 6 plants hanging from my west facing curtain rod on the other side of my living room. Then the other half are spread out to the best of my abilities. When we have a particular sunny day, I get 2 stands, set them up in my living room and stick all my plants on them, to soak up some of that south west sun! My 6 year old calls it plant party time lol!
a year after I got my zz plant (which literally didnt grow) I decided to get it acclimated to the outside. So the last few summers it's basically been getting full sun in the morning and afternoon and SO MUCH GROWTH omg. and this year one of my divisions decided to flower! people say zzs are low light plants but SIS ITS A PLANT IT NEEDS THE SUN TO MAKE FOOD
I have a hoya it is honestly a beast of a plant. A friend shipped me a cutting during Christmas from Estonia to Ireland the package took approx 5 weeks to arrive and I'm pretty sure it nearly froze multiple times and was left on my porch but that cutting survived and is growing strong despite my cat tipping the pot over more then once.
A Dutch firm is already making coffins out of fungus. The idea is to lessen the contamination of the soil and use them (with a body in it) as fertilizer. th-cam.com/video/9hT09E-4M0s/w-d-xo.html
Ask a Mortician ( th-cam.com/users/OrderoftheGoodDeath ) has talked about natural burials, which can basically put your ashes into a potting mix and grow a tree out of it.
Truth is a lot of these companies/big box stores are hoping you kill your plant... Why? To keep you spending money. This is why it's super important to support local nurseries who will want your plant to thrive, and will always help you do so. Also the genetics of plants will typically be of higher quality... It's all about those genetics peoples.
I know this is a joke, but: most of the time when plants die from "overwatering" they don't actually literally die from too much water, they die from rot which is caused by too much water. The microbes that cause rot like to live in soggy soil, but they can't live in plain water, which is why plants in hydroculture don't rot to death!
Ok, I'm subbing. I do not know where you came from, do not know where you have been. This showed up in my recommend, I'm thrilled that I found you. I've never experienced someone actually throw shade and direct sunlight at the same time eloquently. Thank you.
I live in Brisbane Australia and I’m currently growing some cute little herbs like thyme, rosemary ect. Every single thing I read about them on the tag or on websites all say that they need to be out in full direct sun BUT I did that and they burnt! I was so mad. They never really specify different climates or anything so I don’t trust what they say anymore
My yucca is etiolated into weird bends like a Dr Seuss tree because one of the previous growers thought it was low light. I've seen soooo many similar and even bendier. Love the character it gives him, but have to think he's happier now with the grow light lol.
This is why people on Reddit keep posting “huge”/“mature” plants that look super straggly and sad in comparison to the same trees growing happily outside
The most informative 29 minutes of my life as far as plant care. DEFINITELY subscribing. This explains so much about what I'm doing wrong with my plants. Thank you 🙏🏼😊
its useful to know which plants will manage under artificial lighting (maybe not THRIVE, but manage which ones will go perfectly well in an apartment with bad windows. and which ones can tolerate the window that COOKS all your plants. by the by, the best test is the hand shadow test. hold your hand about where the top or side of the plant would be, and look at the shadow it casts on a white paper. crisp clear edges? clear hand shape? thats HIGH light soft edges but clear hand shape, just... blurred? MEDIUM light sort of a hand shadow i guess maybe? LOW light
I found your channel after I got shamefully hooked into the "aesthetic uwu tiktok instagram" trend (after downloading tiktok for .5 seconds). I want to say that your editing is super quality and hilarious. I know how long small detailed edits can take, especially for long videos, so it's all appreciated and loved. Thanks for being EPIC.
Honestly I've learned more watching this video than I have in the four/five months I've started collecting house plants. I live in a really similar climate and I've had a hard time finding growing advice that applies to the conditions I can offer.
When talking about "bright indirect light" I have two guides I use. The first comes from Berenice Brilmayer's All About Begonias, written about 1950. She said, "If you can read a phone book there, you can grow begonias there." Since Phone books are a thing of the past, now I would say, "If you can read the fine print on a Pringles can." The other came from a book on African Violets. He said to hold your hand about a foot above your plants. If you could see the moving shadow of your hand on the leaves of the plant, that is enough light. Remember that these refer to plants that like fairly low light. I find the shadow test most helpful. If there is not enough light to cast a shadow, don't put your plant there.
I love how different your vibes are from the rest of the other plant youtube channels I watch lol also hi from the lone kpop pfp on this vid at the moment
Wait this is actually crazy cause i was googling what the fuck indirect light was, came onto youtube and you came up... wow my fbi agent really hooked me up....
My roommate bought a string of bananas thinking it was low light. She couldn’t be bothered to listen to me and move it out of a window facing a courtyard and to somewhere with actual light. So after the top half had shriveled and died I convinced her to let me prop the rest. Boom free string of bananas. 🤦♀️
My ZZ Raven has doubled in size over the winter. It’s reasonably close to a west facing window, but it’s grown up inside the lamp it’s near to get to regular ass light bulb in it. It’s a weird thing, but it’s easily my favorite plant.
Fiddle figs do better with 4+ hours of direct sunlight, than "Place your fiddle figs indirect light". The issue is that 5 hours of direct sunlight will burn the cells/leaves when the humidity in the home is low. -Second, if your indoor plant is getting low-light...the lower leaves are getting NO LIGHT. -Outdoor full shade is 17,000 LUX of light. Low light indoors is like 50 to 500 LUX of light...I hope everyone sees the issue.
@@phytosexual I have found that I can keep the foliage and growth of ficus benjamina, lyrata, alii, altísima and elastica with only 5000 lux with no issues.
Dude, I love watching your content. I've been growing cannabis for years and fruit and veg for a couple now and am getting into houseplants to feed my need for plant therapy year round. Just so nice watching your vids, nicely delivered, knowledgeable info and all around nice to watch...keep up the good work!
I live in South Florida where UV levels and heat are extremely high and where most "house plants'' are winter hardy outdoors here. I laugh out loud when I read low light/no direct sun for many of the plants that thrive in the most brutal full sun even here. And yet some of the plants that say full sun absolutely need shade here to survive long term.
I love this! Give me the TOOLS, man! I’ve long suspected I’d do better with “if this, then that” plant info than I would with kinda generic yet hyper-specific per-plant rules. I can’t remember all that and I’m not really _learning_ anything, just memorizing. This is LEARNING. thank you! Info I’d like to understand better- how leaf structure might indicate light, water, humidity. How root structure might indicate these things, and how fast things grow- like it seems as if I’ve noticed that shallow or small root structures grow slowly? Snake plants and Hoyas? Wait that makes no sense bc begonias have shallow small root systems, right? ALSO- are there things that are perfectly normal that ppl may mistake for plant pests or plant problems? I don’t mind hyper-specific info when it comes to anecdotal problem solving stories with plants where there are reference images for things, I think the more “see this thing? This thing is _____” bc descriptions are too subjective like wtf is “wilting” and why is it different from “curling” Anyways love your vids, love your plants, love your lessons, I’m commenting for the algorithm and I’m overdoing it bc I’m a Hermoine Grainger type 4 SHO.
I live in NJ & the area of my house that gets MOST sun all year is the back of the house. My problem is I cannot fit all of my plants in the back of the house. Am I correct that the rear of my house is South facing. It gets All afternoon & evening sun. Even in winter the sun heats up my back porch. So, is the back of the house South Facing?
I'm going to be honest... I have been on a real watercolor kick and I 100% thought your title said "paints" instead of "plants." I still want her the whole video, however, and now I want to buy a houseplant despite the fact I've literally never owned one (save for the cactus I killed by loving too much as a small child.)
Me, wondering if putting my monstera deliciosa out in full sull for the sun for the summer in a west facing porch in temperate climate is a good idea, clicking aggressively on this video: 👁️👄👁️💧 I'm so scared of pests and sunburn
Pests can get into houses no matter what, deliciosa is pretty problem free as far as plants go. Just carefully transition over the course of a couple weeks.
Thank you for being honest about this. People in plant groups get so mad when you tell them their plants will only survive, not thrive and grow in low light. They don’t like when you tell them their plants will eventually die in a bathroom with no windows. They are shocked when they see a picture if my 5 ft tall ZZ plant that lives in a sunny window
Bruh, this is me in all my plant groups till the sun burns out honestly. "Why is my Fiddle Leaf Fig so sad?" Light. "My succulents have gone all long and skinny! What do I do?" Light. "My monstera is growing sooooo slowly. :( " Light.
majority of plants aside from hoya and succulents and cacti can thrive in my north/northeast window so long story short light is a social construct and not real💕
Ok here's my thing with the stupid salt pan pictures. I'm assuming a lot of these people are from the US right? Why would you go to Bolivia just to take a picture on a salt pan? Just go to the bonneville salt flats. They're literally right there
My two eastern windows are covered by a porch, my two southern windows are blocked by another house, and my ONE western window has my bed in front of it. My poor planty babies. Thank God for grow lights
I need gardening gods and the heavens they create to help me with this conundrum PLEASE!!! 😭🙏 SO, I'm growing a miniature rose for the first time in my life because I got it as a present. I'm determined to not let this plant die no matter what. (It was gifted to me for a very special reason) This miniature rose has tried me and pushed me beyond my limits. I've put it into light and I'm watering it the way I would a normal rose plant. This rose started drying up. It's flower petals and flower buds are drying up, at the same time it's getting yellow leaves. So the plant is too dry and too wet at the same time???? Just yesterday I noticed it's getting black spots and I've cut that off. This hasn't slowed down the rose from slowly dying though. What do I do??? I own roses and they're planted outside, I've been really successful in growing large rose bushes and even propagated my roses by taking rose cuts. I made sure the soil is just right for the miniature rose. I have done so much and yet I don't know why it's drying out and over watered at the same time. What must I do? More experienced gardeners please help 🙏 I need your wisdom please 🙏
I have a South facing window and my zz raven is growing like a weed these pass month and I'm in NYC my pothos as well and my snake plant collection which I'm obsessed with. My (SANTIN POTHOS) did not like it so she's is close to a western window as well as my pain in the but curly spider plant which I feel like giving away so dramatic
I finally bought my first ZZ and every stupid plant meme tells me "throw the zz under the sink, forget all about it!!" Now I am clearing a space in my only south facing window for him....
This is everything. I kept leaving my rubber plants in "bright indirect light" and then wondering why they were a) not growing and b) turning pale green. Moved them into a south-facing window sill and what do you know...growth. Also lolol to hoyas being indestructible. Thanks for the trick about drying out overwatered soil! I found two large hindu rope plants that were sopping wet and had some yellowing foliage. I think I managed to save them in time. 🤞🏽
My understanding is the most indoors can be is bright indirect. Given windows and ceilings it's never direct light. (Though some plants may still need to build up to bright indirect.)
omg I have at some point had over 50 plants at once and I didn't know ANY of this. I have learned so much while laughing my butt off. Not that I will be able to implement any of this knowledge because I live in a broom closet and all of my windows are already obscured by plants.
I use "thriving" to describe my life the same way plant companies use the word, i.e. "not technically dying"
😂 I think we are all in that boat right now, hang in there!
I wanna thrive, not survive.
Felt 😅
Lol this should be my answer at work. How are you feeling today? 'thriving' in customer service.
sorry to be off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account??
I stupidly lost my login password. I would love any tips you can offer me
Throwing shade while talking about light requirements. Iconic.
Ironic
@@phytosexual haha that too. I’m sure all the plants would “thrive” under all that shade.
That is pretty good!
A fucking Icon lol 😂
My first impression was unsure about the approach, but I kept watching it and I love it! This is honestly perfect 😁😁 (first time watcher)
I think another reason companies would say "thrives in low indirect sunlight" is because people CANNOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS... Oh my gosh lol. I have worked for 5 years as a cashier in a local plant shop that gives great consultation on how to take care of plants in our zone and SOO many people do not listen and many who come in for advice like to tell you that you are wrong lmao... It is easier to kindly treat the general public like they are... Ignorant... just the truth. Anyone who has worked in retail know what I mean lol.
This is great and detailed advice ❤❤
them: You can grow ZZ in the DARK!
also them: ZZ grow *so* slowly.
my sun-loving, fast-growing ZZ about to burst out of its pot: 👁 👄 👁
Its just sleeping, cause ya know, it's in the dark.
I have a Raven ZZ growing under a full spectrum strip light and it's growing like kudzu. I love it.
@@stevennguyen4993 ZZ plants are native to the rocky and arid terrain of Eastern Africa. They can be kept in changing conditions but are mostly a dry plant, that can handle some humidity. Def. Not a rainforest plant! 🤓👍🙈
@steven nguyen so.many. assumptions... 😂🙈
And what low key, yet obvious hatred and dismissive talk towards women, (even those blasted soccer moms with their damned mini vans!) you ought to check yerself on that🤔
Arid and at best sub-tropical climates in which the ZZ grows, are NOT rainforests, no matter how many pleonasms or wrongly implemented academic references you would like to use.
Arid-does not mean desert. It often refers to savannahs in the plant world, and they often experience both a dryer, more desert-like state, as well as a rainperiod, in which it transforms into an almost subtropical climate for a short period of time. The ZZ can adapt to it all, with its rhizomes, as already was stated plainly above.
Go plant yerself somewhere, you seem in need of grounding!
@@stevennguyen4993 ZZ is not a rainforest plant. it can tolerate extremes. that's why it can last so long with neglect indoors.
the two dislikes are people with plants in their closet as we speak
True
My plants are as closeted as i am😩
Oke sorry that was stupid
Honestly this is my attitude about a lot of things. I don’t like when people tell me factual things when I want the contrary to be true. 😅 I want to keep super lush plants in my windowless shower so I dislike this information.
Exactly! The closest too small and it's to dark to decorate! 💕
Hahahaha
All my plants are babies because I can't afford the fully grown ones. Seeing you started with babies and now have full lush plants gives me hope!
Honestly, I don't feel like I want huge plants, that were not grown under my care. I prefer them to larger plants, and I'm not just saying that because I too cannot afford huge expensive plants. Enjoy the experience others are missing out!
When you buy the small ones you get a chance to really learn about the plant, figure out if you really like them & feel so accomplished when they get big!! That’s how I started collecting too!! Plus, unless you live in a green house, you can have a variety of plants in limited space. Then you can save up & buy the large size of your favorite one!! I have small ones of philodendron Brazil & neon pothos & propagated them & now I have a big one of both that I made myself. Also, the cute little plants usually come with cute cover pots. 😃 🌱
Nothing is better than buying tiny little rubber trees for two bucks and have them only a few years later be taller than you. 🥰 They're my children. My beloveds.
I love your sense of humor your content genuinely gives a fresh new breath to the plant community 😌🌱
Thank you so much!
At my old my apartment, prior to me convincing them that my outdoor garden *would* in fact *look pretty* and *not* die, the manager said I could 'take my plants out once every couple weeks to get some sun.' As if access to sun is recreational for plants.
Take your plant on a walk while you're at it.
@@phytosexual a bright indirect walk
Lol, I know how it sounds. But I live on a close to Ecuador country, but a house with useless window's 😒. So I actually do that and it works. I also have grow lights but they are only to keep them alive without leaving me on the street with the electricity bill 🤭😅.
I actually say I take my plants on vacation, or sun camp😜.
thank you for confirming to me that "bright indirect light" means absolutely nothing of value. I tried for so long to keep the direct rays of sun off my plants, until i finally realized that most of them do quite well in those rays. At this point, i basically just assume any new plant I get will do best near the window, and gradually move them away as i see how well they tolerate lower light.
DEATH BEAMS haha. People are so misinformed...
I live in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia to be exact... It always struck me as weird that all the plants I grew up with which thrive in outdoor gardens and in FULL tropical sun, that I come to plant IG/TH-cam and these “experts” say low light or indirect.
Can you please name some ...
What's your humidity in Caribbean? 70-80%? I live in Eastern EU and right now it's 37%. See the difference? There are many things that affect how much direct sunlight a plant can be exposed to before it's leaves get scorched. Don't point fingers at the so called "experts" unless you take into account all the variables. I could never grow a Philodendron in direct sunlight over here and i have a half-cooked Pothos if you want proof 🤣
@@anakhan7911 pothos be wildin out in peoples backyards in soflo.
All of them grow in the wild, most under the Canopy. I have all my plants outside, Alocasias zebrina, amazonica, all kinds of calatheas, colocasias, Alocasias etc. Grant it I live in a humid tropical rainforest in Panama, it rains every other day, perfect humidity for all those "house" plants
So glad I finally found a channel that talks about the science behind our favorite houseplants!! We love to see it 👏👏
Glad you enjoy it!
This is the kind of content I want from plant TH-cam influencers. I’m tired of the plant unboxings and fake excitement about a plant that they can’t name but swear it’s on their wishlist, then they kill it a few months later, then they write a book about caring for indoor houseplants - I just can’t stand that. Keep the good job Nick. You’re going places!!
I'm going to write a memoir on the struggle of giving my plants bright indirect sunlight. Yeah overly exited unboxings get me. It's like 'WOW SO AMAZING" to try and project that excitement on the the viewer when its like oh ok, wasn't that exiting. Used to do unboxings and stopped because what's the point?
While over excitement does come off a bit fake and I don't personally enjoy unboxing vids too much, sometimes it's beneficial to see what to do when plants arrive in not so good conditions. Cuz most of the time, not always, plants arrive in somewhat poor conditions or disappoint us in other areas, so it's good to know how to deal, what is saveable what is lost. And Nick's sarcasm helps😄
I'm with you, you don't know the name, nor much about the plant for me that is just you showing me the plant you are going to kill. However, I will take an unboxing and plant haul from Nick any day of the week. Never a dull moment.
@@haticebegum4683 true, but the majority of unboxing videos do not show or explain what to do in those cases. I’ve only seen a few that do.
@@phytosexual lol. And just to clarify, your unboxing videos are not boring. Your reaction to a new plant is similar to mine when I get a new plant. Plus, you know the name of the plant.
You always give us "drama kid and make it plantier" and it's therapeutically adding eons to my life.
Glad I could add some rings to your tree.
Excellent comment👀
I have a bay window in my room that faces south and gets intense heat even in winter months. All my plants shoot out so much growth and my boyfriend is constantly asking “why are you plants so big and mine don’t even grow?” YOU NEED SOME SUN IN THAT DARK ROOM!
Get that bright indirect light.
Photosynthesis man, photosynthesis.
Something tells me this video is going to make me cry.
*cries in north facing windows*
The harsh bright indirect light of the truth.
@@phytosexual this is the funniest thing I have ever read
*cries in townhouse*
I have a rabbit’s foot fern in a shaded north-facing window in Michigan that is actually thriving. There is hope!
@@terransage8857 yes, there certainly is. I've got a bit over 200 plants, and a fuckton of growlights. Just waiting for the police to pay me a visit because from the outside it looks like I'm growing something... funky in here ✌😉
4 minutes in and I'm sending this to all my home girls;
who don't like to open their curtains but want a forest in their room and don't want a grow light because
A E S T H E T I C
I never close the curtain on my South facing window unless I'm taking an exam or about to get changed and there's someone in the yard. My East facing window tends to have the curtains drawn, but I don't really have any plants around it. My Ferb does get a little extra light if I open it, but I don't always remember lol
@@erinb4237 my room is behind a dorm, (don't ask😐) I don't want anyone seeing my personal stuff lying anywhere. I only get to open the windows in the summer when they gone
I have an old man cactus, but I don’t need to burn its hair because it’s outside in the south Texas sun. It was recently mauled by a dry tree branch that attempted to kill the old man tho. Thank goodness I intervened before it was too late.
God your plants or homicidal.
First of all, “not one person of color” 😂😂😂 you are so damn funny I just cannot with you. If I wasn’t already a fan that woulda been it for me ❤️
I'd argue "burned lobster" or "no sunscreen" should count as a colour, as it's very distinctive group of people, with their own culture (or lackthereof), traditions and behaviour.
I was rolling when he said that.😂😂😂.
@@vilieto It’s very like “pasty white people who go to Cancun and get cornrows and box braids and say gracias when they leave”
Finally someone talks about this! Some of the care tags on plants are full bullshit and I've always thought that they did it purposefully so that the plant would die and the customer would have incentive to buy them again.
Theoretically, if everyone knew how to take care of their plants to the fullest capacity, and propagate, no one would need to sell plants.
I’m so impressed by your lack of embarrassment or hesitation when pronouncing “Hoya Pubicalyx”. Every other plant person on YT refuses to say PUBIC clearly and confidently. Subscribed AND I hit that BELL. Can’t wait to see more content...
What? 😂
It drives me crazy when certain plant channels always repeat that bright indirect light like a mantra 😂
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@@phytosexual use a SHEER CURTAIN to make direct light B R i G H T IN d IrE C t L I G H T
My rabbit's foot fern would've fared better in my dishwasher.
Well why didn't you tho?
Awesome job editing in this video and not even just the intro, but the whole thing! I can tell you had fun adding all the funny effects 😂
I constantly laugh when editing. They take FOREVER tho. Still it breaks up the monotony of longer videos.
The "oof" sound when you "hit" the plants gets me everytime
The mix of comedy with really helpful plant information is what I need for my intention span 😅
Ugh you're so therapeutic. I just had the worst day from work--only to come home to a new video from you and dude you seriously make my day, thank you!
Thank you, I wish I had the superhuman abilities to make these everyday.
@@phytosexual lol me too! But keep doing what you're doing, you seem to really enjoy it and that's what makes a great video! Your personality is bar-none the best on YT
🌸💕🌷 DEFINITELY 🌷💕🌸
An ode to my mom's hoya that's lived on a dark bookcase for 5 years that's put out 3 leaves in it's life
HAHAHAHA thriving.
I need more windows. I keep as many plants in my south facing window as I possibly can and they are all doing incredible. I feel bad for the ones that aren’t getting direct sunlight.
I'll pray :(
Girl I feel this. So deep. My living room gets all the good light. I bought a 3 tier window shelf off Etsy for my south facing window and have 6 plants hanging from my west facing curtain rod on the other side of my living room. Then the other half are spread out to the best of my abilities. When we have a particular sunny day, I get 2 stands, set them up in my living room and stick all my plants on them, to soak up some of that south west sun! My 6 year old calls it plant party time lol!
Omg my Home Depot calls it “green foliage” HAHAH shits funny asf but sad. I had to figure out what plant it was on my own.
9:26 ah yes the fiddle leaf fig. Or as I like to call it, lettuce on a stick.
mmmmmm yum
Hah! I call it stretched cabbage.
a year after I got my zz plant (which literally didnt grow) I decided to get it acclimated to the outside. So the last few summers it's basically been getting full sun in the morning and afternoon and SO MUCH GROWTH omg. and this year one of my divisions decided to flower! people say zzs are low light plants but SIS ITS A PLANT IT NEEDS THE SUN TO MAKE FOOD
If I could get your sass bottled, I would finally have a perfectly complete breakfast.
I can gossip into a jar and send it to ya
@@phytosexual My address is....
I have a hoya it is honestly a beast of a plant. A friend shipped me a cutting during Christmas from Estonia to Ireland the package took approx 5 weeks to arrive and I'm pretty sure it nearly froze multiple times and was left on my porch but that cutting survived and is growing strong despite my cat tipping the pot over more then once.
i wonder if there’s a service where they’d turn my dead body into fertilizer for my plants. it’s organic!
GREAT BUSINESS IDEA
A Dutch firm is already making coffins out of fungus. The idea is to lessen the contamination of the soil and use them (with a body in it) as fertilizer. th-cam.com/video/9hT09E-4M0s/w-d-xo.html
Ask a Mortician ( th-cam.com/users/OrderoftheGoodDeath ) has talked about natural burials, which can basically put your ashes into a potting mix and grow a tree out of it.
I have to reply to this one. My daughters ashes are around my hydrangea bush. It is doing beautifully.
@@beckymayabb8021 what a beautiful tribute to your daughter! 💕
BRB, moving my ZZ Raven to a southern window
Edit: southern-facing window, my window is not from the Deep South
Could have fooled me. Make sure you transition it, if it has no received any direct light.
Truth is a lot of these companies/big box stores are hoping you kill your plant... Why? To keep you spending money. This is why it's super important to support local nurseries who will want your plant to thrive, and will always help you do so. Also the genetics of plants will typically be of higher quality... It's all about those genetics peoples.
I'm not surprised at all to learn that Michigan has the same amount of sun as the Pacific Northwest. My winter mood is proof of that.
Mine to :(
“Bright indirect light” - WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEANNNNN!?!! It means: 15-25% filtered, direct sun, that’s what. 🤌🏻
“It’s easy to destroy a Hoya, just over water them.”
Me: *side eyeing my Hoya that’s growing in just water* “How do you exist?”
I know this is a joke, but: most of the time when plants die from "overwatering" they don't actually literally die from too much water, they die from rot which is caused by too much water. The microbes that cause rot like to live in soggy soil, but they can't live in plain water, which is why plants in hydroculture don't rot to death!
@@Cammibird1 Good to know! I have always genuinely wondered how that Hoya survives, thanks for explaining it! The more you know!
Ok, I'm subbing. I do not know where you came from, do not know where you have been. This showed up in my recommend, I'm thrilled that I found you. I've never experienced someone actually throw shade and direct sunlight at the same time eloquently. Thank you.
You burned that old man to a young boy. Like, imagine handsome Squidward.
Love me some handsome Squidward.
I live in Brisbane Australia and I’m currently growing some cute little herbs like thyme, rosemary ect. Every single thing I read about them on the tag or on websites all say that they need to be out in full direct sun BUT I did that and they burnt! I was so mad. They never really specify different climates or anything so I don’t trust what they say anymore
I did learn something 🥰💚65 years old and have been into plants for over 50 years. You are adorable 😍💕
Thank you :)
My yucca is etiolated into weird bends like a Dr Seuss tree because one of the previous growers thought it was low light. I've seen soooo many similar and even bendier. Love the character it gives him, but have to think he's happier now with the grow light lol.
So interesting, I've never heard of these desert plants liking sun.
One of my succulents, labeled succulent, also did this 😂 it looks very ugly but I only have the north east window.
This is why people on Reddit keep posting “huge”/“mature” plants that look super straggly and sad in comparison to the same trees growing happily outside
:(
Just found this on accident but I adore your sense of humor and teaching style. This really nails it on the head!
Thank you!
I wish my friends referred to me as, "beautiful home decor"!! Lol! Sadly, I'm just a mediocre-looking wallflower!! 💀🖤😜
:(
The most informative 29 minutes of my life as far as plant care. DEFINITELY subscribing. This explains so much about what I'm doing wrong with my plants. Thank you 🙏🏼😊
no problem thanks!
its useful to know which plants will manage under artificial lighting (maybe not THRIVE, but manage
which ones will go perfectly well in an apartment with bad windows.
and which ones can tolerate the window that COOKS all your plants.
by the by, the best test is the hand shadow test. hold your hand about where the top or side of the plant would be, and look at the shadow it casts on a white paper.
crisp clear edges? clear hand shape? thats HIGH light
soft edges but clear hand shape, just... blurred? MEDIUM light
sort of a hand shadow i guess maybe? LOW light
I found your channel after I got shamefully hooked into the "aesthetic uwu tiktok instagram" trend (after downloading tiktok for .5 seconds). I want to say that your editing is super quality and hilarious. I know how long small detailed edits can take, especially for long videos, so it's all appreciated and loved. Thanks for being EPIC.
Thank you! Sometimes I spend like an hour on 30 seconds worth of video! Have a wonderful day.
this is the shadiest plant video about sunlight i've ever seen in my life.
I literally crowded a bunch of plants around my window * like a 50 of them *😂😂😂
".. and their rabbits foot fern is doing well ... in the dishwasher"
Spit out my coffee xD
Here in sweden we actually call ZZ-plants for "Closet-flower" and it's the dumbest thing ever.
The hell hahaha
That sounds like a euphemism
Hahahaha I love that!
Honestly I've learned more watching this video than I have in the four/five months I've started collecting house plants. I live in a really similar climate and I've had a hard time finding growing advice that applies to the conditions I can offer.
When talking about "bright indirect light" I have two guides I use. The first comes from Berenice Brilmayer's All About Begonias, written about 1950. She said, "If you can read a phone book there, you can grow begonias there." Since Phone books are a thing of the past, now I would say, "If you can read the fine print on a Pringles can." The other came from a book on African Violets. He said to hold your hand about a foot above your plants. If you could see the moving shadow of your hand on the leaves of the plant, that is enough light. Remember that these refer to plants that like fairly low light. I find the shadow test most helpful. If there is not enough light to cast a shadow, don't put your plant there.
I mean the reading depends on your eyesight, the other seems helpful!
I love how different your vibes are from the rest of the other plant youtube channels I watch lol also hi from the lone kpop pfp on this vid at the moment
Thank you!
Wait this is actually crazy cause i was googling what the fuck indirect light was, came onto youtube and you came up... wow my fbi agent really hooked me up....
🤣🤣🤣
You are blessed.
My local garden centre described string of pearls as “low light” plants and I was thinking oh boy this is the inevitable demise of these
EVERYTHING IS LOW LIGHT
My roommate bought a string of bananas thinking it was low light. She couldn’t be bothered to listen to me and move it out of a window facing a courtyard and to somewhere with actual light. So after the top half had shriveled and died I convinced her to let me prop the rest. Boom free string of bananas. 🤦♀️
I almost killed mine in low light... now they’re on the south window sill and very happy
a picture of the plant in it's natural environment is the best care instruction you can give me
I really appreciate how you just take your time with these long, informative, fun videos with all different kinds of info.
Glad you like them!
Who else is going to give you helpful light tips and tell you they set their cactus on fire in one video? :)))
Me
My ZZ Raven has doubled in size over the winter. It’s reasonably close to a west facing window, but it’s grown up inside the lamp it’s near to get to regular ass light bulb in it. It’s a weird thing, but it’s easily my favorite plant.
Plants will reach for whatever light is most available!
Fiddle figs do better with 4+ hours of direct sunlight, than "Place your fiddle figs indirect light". The issue is that 5 hours of direct sunlight will burn the cells/leaves when the humidity in the home is low.
-Second, if your indoor plant is getting low-light...the lower leaves are getting NO LIGHT.
-Outdoor full shade is 17,000 LUX of light. Low light indoors is like 50 to 500 LUX of light...I hope everyone sees the issue.
THEY ARE TREES. What do you think they're doing outside, growing in caves?!?!?!
@@phytosexual I have found that I can keep the foliage and growth of ficus benjamina, lyrata, alii, altísima and elastica with only 5000 lux with no issues.
Dude, I love watching your content. I've been growing cannabis for years and fruit and veg for a couple now and am getting into houseplants to feed my need for plant therapy year round.
Just so nice watching your vids, nicely delivered, knowledgeable info and all around nice to watch...keep up the good work!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
I'm laughing because I bought plants I dont know about and now have a bunch crowded around my windows..
I live in South Florida where UV levels and heat are extremely high and where most "house plants'' are winter hardy outdoors here. I laugh out loud when I read low light/no direct sun for many of the plants that thrive in the most brutal full sun even here. And yet some of the plants that say full sun absolutely need shade here to survive long term.
This is the kind of video i will trully enjoy. The throwing of shade is fun and entertaining. 😂
It is thooooo
I love this! Give me the TOOLS, man! I’ve long suspected I’d do better with “if this, then that” plant info than I would with kinda generic yet hyper-specific per-plant rules. I can’t remember all that and I’m not really _learning_ anything, just memorizing. This is LEARNING. thank you!
Info I’d like to understand better- how leaf structure might indicate light, water, humidity. How root structure might indicate these things, and how fast things grow- like it seems as if I’ve noticed that shallow or small root structures grow slowly? Snake plants and Hoyas? Wait that makes no sense bc begonias have shallow small root systems, right?
ALSO- are there things that are perfectly normal that ppl may mistake for plant pests or plant problems? I don’t mind hyper-specific info when it comes to anecdotal problem solving stories with plants where there are reference images for things, I think the more “see this thing? This thing is _____” bc descriptions are too subjective like wtf is “wilting” and why is it different from “curling”
Anyways love your vids, love your plants, love your lessons, I’m commenting for the algorithm and I’m overdoing it bc I’m a Hermoine Grainger type 4 SHO.
Ill try to make similar videos in the future. Glad this helped!
I love your videos. I always learn something and your dry humor cracks me up.
Glad you like them!
ME TOO....
This perfectly explained why everything burns in my south facing window. I live in Colorado
That thin atmosphere. A curtain in front of the window could help!
I live in NJ & the area of my house that gets MOST sun all year is the back of the house. My problem is I cannot fit all of my plants in the back of the house. Am I correct that the rear of my house is South facing. It gets All afternoon & evening sun. Even in winter the sun heats up my back porch. So, is the back of the house South Facing?
Same! My hoya Kerii got sunburned burned in the middle of GD January. How is that even possible?
@@wandahill8396 whichever way south is, is the south side of your house. Use a compass or your phones map app, itll show which way is south.
You lit your cactus on fire 🔥
its lit 🔥
I swear half the plants I have are just labelled "modern trendy house plant"
Ughhhh! Why?
any comment
also, I didn't know half this stuff, it was very helpful!!!
you are INCREDIBLE!!!! this video is so informational while still being funny and i would listen to you explain pretty much anything???
How about grasshopper s*x because I did that.
@@phytosexual 10000%, i even enjoyed fetus u explaining orchids and i don't know anything about orchids
I'm going to be honest... I have been on a real watercolor kick and I 100% thought your title said "paints" instead of "plants." I still want her the whole video, however, and now I want to buy a houseplant despite the fact I've literally never owned one (save for the cactus I killed by loving too much as a small child.)
Also, burning a few leaves just means cut those leaves off and move it, while too much water and not enough light can mean unrecoverable damage.
Me, wondering if putting my monstera deliciosa out in full sull for the sun for the summer in a west facing porch in temperate climate is a good idea, clicking aggressively on this video: 👁️👄👁️💧
I'm so scared of pests and sunburn
Pests can get into houses no matter what, deliciosa is pretty problem free as far as plants go. Just carefully transition over the course of a couple weeks.
I just accidentally binged all your videos.
sorry
The sass and the editing.... Thank the algorithm gods I have found the perfect plant channel.
Thank you for being honest about this. People in plant groups get so mad when you tell them their plants will only survive, not thrive and grow in low light. They don’t like when you tell them their plants will eventually die in a bathroom with no windows. They are shocked when they see a picture if my 5 ft tall ZZ plant that lives in a sunny window
I came for the plants. Stayed for the man bun ☺️.
Bruh, this is me in all my plant groups till the sun burns out honestly.
"Why is my Fiddle Leaf Fig so sad?"
Light.
"My succulents have gone all long and skinny! What do I do?"
Light.
"My monstera is growing sooooo slowly. :( "
Light.
majority of plants aside from hoya and succulents and cacti can thrive in my north/northeast window so long story short light is a social construct and not real💕
Agree
I just found you and within 30 seconds of this video I was subscribed.
Thank you the most :)
Ok here's my thing with the stupid salt pan pictures. I'm assuming a lot of these people are from the US right? Why would you go to Bolivia just to take a picture on a salt pan? Just go to the bonneville salt flats. They're literally right there
It's not exotic enough to tell people where you went on vacation afterwards. Also cociane.
My two eastern windows are covered by a porch, my two southern windows are blocked by another house, and my ONE western window has my bed in front of it. My poor planty babies. Thank God for grow lights
Grow lights are the best!
"If you like winter, please don't talk to me about it." I felt that👏🏾
Did anyone else watch Nick's successful plants and just instantly throw all your plants into sunnier spots?
I love ur demeanor and ur info. Ur just fabulous and informative. Very calming as well. Thank you so much.
I replayed the Carrie Underwood part at least 4 times
Me too.
it should be illegal to sell a plant with no name.
As someone who wants to be a plant parent(and constantly fails), it’s blowing my mind how much websites and plant guys didn’t tell me
I need gardening gods and the heavens they create to help me with this conundrum PLEASE!!! 😭🙏
SO, I'm growing a miniature rose for the first time in my life because I got it as a present. I'm determined to not let this plant die no matter what. (It was gifted to me for a very special reason)
This miniature rose has tried me and pushed me beyond my limits. I've put it into light and I'm watering it the way I would a normal rose plant. This rose started drying up. It's flower petals and flower buds are drying up, at the same time it's getting yellow leaves. So the plant is too dry and too wet at the same time????
Just yesterday I noticed it's getting black spots and I've cut that off. This hasn't slowed down the rose from slowly dying though. What do I do??? I own roses and they're planted outside, I've been really successful in growing large rose bushes and even propagated my roses by taking rose cuts. I made sure the soil is just right for the miniature rose. I have done so much and yet I don't know why it's drying out and over watered at the same time. What must I do? More experienced gardeners please help 🙏 I need your wisdom please 🙏
I have a South facing window and my zz raven is growing like a weed these pass month and I'm in NYC my pothos as well and my snake plant collection which I'm obsessed with. My (SANTIN POTHOS) did not like it so she's is close to a western window as well as my pain in the but curly spider plant which I feel like giving away so dramatic
Glad to hear everything is doing well for you!
I finally bought my first ZZ and every stupid plant meme tells me "throw the zz under the sink, forget all about it!!" Now I am clearing a space in my only south facing window for him....
Laughing and learning while crying in really small obstructed south-facing window. Your content is the kind of plant content I NEED!
Thank yoooooo
Just subscribed! Enjoyed your vid, very clever and funny. Just shared it with my daughter Llayla No’drama_Llama 🤩😁
This is everything. I kept leaving my rubber plants in "bright indirect light" and then wondering why they were a) not growing and b) turning pale green. Moved them into a south-facing window sill and what do you know...growth. Also lolol to hoyas being indestructible. Thanks for the trick about drying out overwatered soil! I found two large hindu rope plants that were sopping wet and had some yellowing foliage. I think I managed to save them in time. 🤞🏽
My understanding is the most indoors can be is bright indirect. Given windows and ceilings it's never direct light. (Though some plants may still need to build up to bright indirect.)
😂😂😂 Nick!! I'm so glad i found your channel! Thank you for your well researched content && hilarious sense of humor!!
My trick is to put all the purple-leafed plants in the sun because that's what develops the color. Putting them in the shade makes them green
omg I have at some point had over 50 plants at once and I didn't know ANY of this. I have learned so much while laughing my butt off. Not that I will be able to implement any of this knowledge because I live in a broom closet and all of my windows are already obscured by plants.