Absolutely agree with very minimal root hacking, washing, loosening, etc. i thing so many you tubers just want to show”doing something” so attack the roots! Much better results just leaving them be and up potting when needed.
Im glad you made this video, I hate when people say there is just a right and wrong way of taking care of plants when there is so many ways to take care of them. Bottom water over top watering. not untangling the roots. works either way and its the freedom of having both that i love
I love this channel. The humor and the no nonsense advice is awesome. I have subscriptions to Planterina and Summer Rayne Oakes but Mr. Sheffield makes plant care fun, entertaining, and not so intimidating. Thank you for great content!
@@SheffieldMadePlants…and two more thank you’s for the Sansi Grow Light and TreLeaf links. Both are fantastic products, well worth the $$ spent, and a game changer with the plant care. Hope you keep growing the channel 🍃🌿
I couldn't keep alive anything in my old flat. I moved to one which has a big east facing windows and now I am a proud kalanchoe parent! My cactus and some other succulents are being happy here as well. Still learning about other plants. My one orchidea couldn't survive my learning experience but oh well, maybe next time.
Hello from Massachusetts! I'm so glad I found your channel. I have a huge outdoor garden but didn't know much about houseplants. Your videos are fun to watch and informative. I hope you're able to ignore the peanut gallery. Thank you for what you do! ❤❤🪴🪴
It's been a while since I've watched your videos and I like how you've included some humorous footage with gestures and expressions of yourself. Gave me a few chuckles. Also gotta admit I've ignored some of these ''plant rules'' just out of laziness and everything has worked out just fine. Plant life is more resilient than some people think :)
You have truly helped me with my plant babies. I now have 51 plants in my house. Thank you so much for your fun witty advice! 😊 Keep making your awesome videos!
Here in the finland me and my relatives have different ways to grow plants but my grandma taught me to change the soil in the August and I do not regret this
I'm with you on these. I repotted a fern today, I use water conditioner after you recommended it and I also don't let any cuttings callous over. They've always been fine. I have most of my plants in wooden IKEA trough stands in front of my south-facing floor-to-ceiling patio doors. In the summer I hang a net curtain and move them back a bit as they burn but at the moment, it's so gloomy that I've got them all pressed right up against the glass to get as much light as possible. My succulents can handle the full sun of the south-facing bedroom windowsill though. They looked amazing this year. Thanks for another great video, Richard.
I really love propagating too. I have so many different methods now it's taken over my dining room table. Moss and perlite, fluval, water, prop box and perlite/Tree fern mix. I agree with pretty much everything you said in this video so I must be a rebel too 😂
@@SheffieldMadePlants definitely fluval and moss/perlite are my favorites. I couldn't believe how fast Hoya and Anthuriums root in fluval. My dark Lord rooted very quickly in the perlite/moss mix. I believe that has more perlite than moss. Then I have strawberry shakes growing new leaves in more of a heavier moss/perlite mix
I agree with your “bin the plant if it’s not going as expected”. At some point it’s just not worth the effort and money. If it’s infested and you live in Europe, buying a new plant might even be cheaper than the treatment (like those predatory mites, it’s not worth the investment if your collection is small).
This is quickly becoming my new favorite channel! I work as a grower in a greenhouse facility for wholesale landscaping plants. (Pansies, salvia, pentas, angelonia, impatients, ornamental cabbage) We all love outdoor plants there, but there's not much expertise regarding indoor plants so I've been struggling with mine and have no one to turn to! I'm so glad I now can learn some useful tips!!
I've been leaving on browning/yellowing leaves. My thought process is the plant is getting rid of things it doesn't want/need through the leaf. If you remove the leaf, the plant will just move on to the next.
Thank you for this because I have definitely broken many rules too and so I don't feel as bad. Especially the propagation and having my plants in direct sunlight. I experimented with a Monstera this summer and left it outside, with my tropical plants in a good chunk of direct sun. The monstera was not thriving inside not fenestrating. After being outside for a few weeks (Florida weather) it started to grow and fenestrate again.
One rule I break is changing the water on my propagations. I very rarely do this, most of them root before I decide I need to change it. Maybe it depends on the plant, I’ve had no issues with any of them except for when I tried to propagate the top of a pineapple. For that one even changing the water every other day didn’t work and it moulded and rotted 😕
We're supposed to change the water on propagation?! That's like making someone get out of bed to fluff the blankets just as they've gotten all snuggled in to the perfect spot.😮 (My propagation are just happy not drying up all together. Shhhh.) Sorry about your pineapple experience. As someone who views every pineapple as a new plant with some bonus food to distract me while I wait for roots, the only one I've had rot was one I put in soil. I leave them to really callous over for a couple days and then stick them in a jar with water and basically forgot about them. I've had 4 plants get to pineapple fruit stage. 1 I thought had died and didn't water it for months. Grew a pineapple when the rainy season perked it up. Try again, don't be precious with them and some benign neglect might get you a rooted pineapple top. Good luck!
@@sarahrosen4985 I had no idea I had to let it callous over 🤦♀️ none of the videos I watched mentioned that but I suppose it’s obvious… I feel so silly now. But! That means I can try again with new hope. Thanks so much for the tip 🫶
Yep I've never been precious about changing the water and although it does look like pond life may be evolving in there, as long as the water stays topped up enough to cover the growth point, I've never had an issue in the donkeys years I've been a plant mummy!😅
For the ‘bin protesters’: play the video backwards when Sheff bins a plant. It will come out nicely (; I repot, prune, propagate and fertilise my plants when they need it - all year round and they are loving it! I love your rebel nerd attitude, it works for me, also you don’t hyperventilate about trillionzillion £ worth of ‘rare’ plants. Those plants all will die shortly anyway.
I live outside of the box Mr Sheffield 😂 hahaha yah I love when your bin makes it into the videos too funny! We love all the funny commentary ! Thanks for sharing.
dear Richard thank you for one more great video! can you please help me out with my Hoya? half of it's leaves have black spots but not any obvious pests on it. it gets worst and DE has helped 😢
I actually like my Pilea Peperomioides growing towards the light, I never turn it haha. Currently they all stay in place, only my overwintering Colocasia will be turned around every now and then
i woke up this night and had a terrible dream. i was a millionaire and i paid my favorite band ''one direction'' all the money i had to play a music concert in front of thousands of plants. i asked every plant person in town to bring their plants so one direction can have a blast playing their songs in front of a bunch of plant pots. there was that one guy tho, sneaking in trying to rotate the plants all the time. heck, he even tried rotating the band itself. they stood strong however. ''you shall not pass, you cant rotate us, we face one direction''
Mr Sheffield.... Since i moved to new house, timber house, my humidity dropped down drastically, and some of my plants started to... Die 😵💫😵💫😵💫 my string of pearls started to die(mushy lil balls) despite no changes to rain watering and place on sill window 😭😭😭😭 what's wrong...??????? Heeeelllp
@SheffieldMadePlants i prop anyways lol but if a plant is barely alive i can't through it out.. unless it has a pest then i do. Its hard but i have done it
Haha rules. I have some plants in the "wrong" soil, but they still are doing fine. Also, if you look at some videos of Asian plant youtubers you can see plants like a Philodendron Billietiae growing in full sun for example. Really makes you think again about all the advices and labels.. The right circumstances can make all the difference
I am never bored watching your videos Mr. Sheffield. Your videos are entering and informational. I love you see all your happy colourful plants. It makes me so happy.
Direct sun works great for my snake plant. It grew a baby and what's more, BLOOMED. I live in central Europe and it just bloomed sitting in S-E window.
I think you batted a 1000 on this one. Don’t tell, but I regularly go up 2-3 sizes on repots at times. Learning that many plants have a true front and back was one of my biggest AH HA! break throughs. It moved me from Monstera padiwan to eventual master. (Loved the Star Wars reference, well played.) I agree humidity is way over emphasized in the community. Do you do anything to increase airflow in your home? I’ve recently (~6 months) ran a fan consistently in my solarium and believe it’s really improved the results of the space. In warmer months doors and windows are always open in my house, so there is always good air circulation, but the stronger direct air flow seems to strengthen the plants. Really noticed it on my Alocasias.
I have some window space in front of my heating unit and decided to break the rule about keeping plants in high humidity and away from heat sources. I put some unhappy trads and philodendrons there, and they are now growing so much better than they did in any other spot.
🇦🇺 informative, funny and a little bit naughty! 😂 Perfect combination. The good thing about being a bit new to house plants is that you try things without realising you're 'breaking the rules' 😁 I have a lot of plants in my East and West facing windows. But on days where the sun is fierce as soon as it rises I draw the curtains, my West window is double glazed so it's great light, but not hot, my peperomia love it.
I agree about direct sunlight which in my area, the Pacific Northwest U.S, is usually more like cloudy overcast or light rain. Today is an unusually sunny day, and my plants all love being near my south facing picture windows. They are thriving!
I enjoy your personality & humor. It's why I watch your videos. Wish you could get mosquito bits in the UK. They have eradicated fungas nats in such an easy way.
I’m 💯 % agree with you about propagating jade. I never worry about collus. Really, my jade plants and other succulents propagate just fine without having to collus. It’s so unnecessary. 😉
Humidity isn't a big deal. I live with 40%-60% humidity. My plants are doing just fine. I do choose plants that usually do better in lower humidity, but I'm sure it would still be fine if I didn't.
My Sansi 15W LED has kept my Alocasia Regal Shield going! There is a meter between them, but still it managed to provide enough light to prevent it from going dormant :) I just watched the other video from a month ago and saw you talked about dormant Alocasia. The effects are clear already, while I just have had the light for a couple of weeks
Love watching your videos and appreciate all your tips and tricks. Here in southern Ontario, Canada where I live, several plant nurseries close for the winter months. They have 50%off sales of all their houseplants. Saturday I bought a gorgeous Cebu blue pothos on a moss pole for $12.00, it's huge. Unfortunately it was extremely pot bound and very dry. So I implemented several of your tips, I used the easiest repotting method and I agree it's pretty slick. I also just let the roots be, they were just like cement, so dried out. I gave it a good watering and put it in a south facing window. It already looks better, fingers crossed it will continue to thrive. Thank you for all your postings, I just love your sense of humour, very much like mine...a little dash of sarcasm.
Here in Minnesota I too have “bright indirect light “ plants in full sun spots. I have a ficus altissima with super weird internodal gaps caused by my fear of burning it. I just put it against a south window and the new leaves are sized way up, and clearly happier. I do have to disagree about the humidity though. Our frigid winter air, and central heat make our house Sahara like. Plus my husband’s guitar collection appreciates the humidifier too.
What a great channel! Entertaining and very educational. Mr. Sheffield, thank you very much for sharing your abundant knowledge of plants. Here is a little challenge for you, what is a way of not killing my string of turtles. I am even afraid to walk by my plant because it is literally raining little turtles. Please, help! How do I stop this from happening? What does my finicky plant need?
Ok. I admit I've thrown a few plants out. Sometimes they get spots on them. What is this. Maybe fungus. I don't want any fungus or whatever spreading to my other plants. Have a blessed day.
Love this channel so much! Totally agree with you, especially for the direct light. I’ve moved both my monsteras and most of my alocasias in front of my south facing window and they’ve been thriving more than ever!
I only have east and west facing windows. My plants thrive in the few hours of direct sunlight they get, although I do I supplement my succulents with artificial lights. I envy your big window.
Your so right. Here where I live central Florida zone 8/9 when it says full sun I always say "yeah, but can it take my full full sun. Then in fall time things that couldn't take sun or full sun here now can. We'll take some filtered light plants and put them in sun in the fall. I love it, you can never get bored with plants. I've been into to them ( not as bad as now) for 20 years. I still learn something new everyday. ,🌻🌻🌻🌻
Hi Ricb. Thank you for all your advise. I think I am following in your foot steps. I really enjoy all my plantkids. They give me a great feeling of accomplishment. I have more plants every day due to your adcise. Please stay just the wah you are.. Us p!ant parents.Need uou. I did rotate only those who should based on your advise. Hope you and your family have a great Holidays. PPS my croutons are doing just great . very thirsty. Stay Well. Love Billie USA
I had no idea I was a Jedi in the plant world. I love pruning my indoor and outdoor babies with pure abandonment! Ok now you got me listening about the humidity...😮
AKCHUALLY, a Jedi Apprentice would become a Jedi Knight before they become a Master. Also, Anakin was a Jedi Knight but was never granted the rank of Master. Shocked that no one has called you out for that gaffe yet!
Hi.Rich. Thank you for a great year as my plants God father . You are a bright spot of my day Oh my plants are number one. Even at 76iI still learn so much from you.. I will keep funing in everyday...Please.alert us to whatever you recommend. Please 🙏 stay well. Us plant parents need a good teacher like you.. Please don't fertilize and grow too many roots out of your pot. You will need to repot yourself😆 in the new year. You look great just the way you are. 😁😇😅
If your calathea stands near other plants, then no wonder you don't need to add 1000% humidity (that was funny part btw. XD), she gets it from her neighbours.
I started using a humidifier in my plant room. The philodendron paraiso verde I bought over the summer lost every leaf it came with. I believe it didn't like my dry home. Now it's giving little tiny leaves. Calatheas definitely hate tap water. Mine all get distilled. Dead leaves get trimmed in my house unless you're the problem spider plant. Looks shabby.😂
I agree. The plant world of advice can be very confusing. Looking for advice on alocasias, I found advice to keep it more in the dry side of watering and others more on the damp side. When I started wanting a Thyme plant, the content I found was that well draining soil is essential because it hates having its feet wet. Guess what? The only Thyme plant I propagated that survived and it's actually thriving is in a kratky setup... 🤯🤷♂️
I agree with all of that! After a while you just get a feel for what a plant needs (usually). Btw i have been topping all my aroids and calatheas with about an inch of smallish Leca and they seem to love it… maybe it raises the humidity right around the leaves?
@@SheffieldMadePlants i just did it first to one alocasia i repotted because it looked nice as a top dressing and then i noticed the plant started doing way better than my other alocasias so i put it around my struggling calathea orbifolia and it perked up too… so i added it to more aroids… i need to buy more leca and put it on my c zebrina next! I think maybe it keeps the humidity high right around the new leaves as they come out.
How does Mrs. Sheffield like your plants NOW!!! Lol! WOW 321k views in 30 minutes!!!! You are on a roll!!! Keep it up!!(😂).... the videos. 63 yr. plant lover! I live with my plants!! Abilene,Tx
Welcome to DRY Colorado, my house stays 35% humidity year round. 40% if you’re lucky. I try to give my plants humidity reaching over 50% but that’s only about half the time and they seem just fine.
Hey Mr. Sheffield have you tried 3% Hydrogen Peroxide on your soil? It completely removes fungus (including the gnats) and the extra Oxygen from H2O2 give the roots a extra boost! What are your thoughts?
I absolutely love your videos. I watch all kinds of plant videos but yours are so great. Not too much nonsense but just enough humor along with the tips. Great job! Keep them going! Thank you!
Re: full sun. I live in Central Florida, and it is obnoxiously sunny and hot for much of the year. I have lots of plants outside that get plenty of direct sun and grow like crazy. The same kinds that have youtube plant people preaching can only handle indirect light. (And then say that they are slow growers. Hhhmmm)
These tips are absolutely fab! I feel less pressure to adhere to conventional advice on plant care and have found that your channel promotes more enjoyment of my hobby. Keep up the good work!
I break all these rules too.... I also plant all my plants in pots without draining holes... You really think I'll be taking my 125 plants to the tub and sink to water in these Montana winters 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I live in Scotland. If your plant is behind glass, it’s not in direct light. Blast it away. Put the same plant on an exposed balcony, in the same light, with no glass, it WILL sunburn. Tried it out purposely with a succulent - and could absolutely see what direct sun will do. I’m also fortunate to have a North window that’s floor to ceiling, but it faces the sea with no obstructions. My Monstera was getting defenestrations in front of this window which only saw actual sunbeams for an hour in the morning. Picking up a light meter from here on out, because that’s the only way to know what’s what going forward!
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Love the advice about ignoring the rule not to propogate and trim in the winter.This applies to so many things in life.Dont believe everything you have been told.
I dont try to raise my humidity either, if it cant survive my conditions, i dont get again. I live in a hot, dry, arid climate and humidifiers can cause mold and mildew problems.
I am totally with you in the leave them be camp when it comes to yellow leaves. Whenever a leaf turns yellow, I leave it until it's truly and actually dead.
I've been thinking this whole time that "indirect sunlight" included anything with a window in between itself and the sun. In other words: "Not outside". I swear I read that somewhere a few years back. Is this incorrect?
Richard I have been going through your videos, I can't seem to find one on repotting your plants to leca and perlite. If you don't have one, could you make one, I think there will be more people who would be interested in this.
I am not a propagation master at all 😭 I repotted a snake plant and it lost a few leaves so I tried propagating them. The one in perlite totally died. The one in water is slowly rotting. I have 2 small leaf cuttings in soil. I hope those survive. I'm super stubborn so I'm gonna keep trying 🙃
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Absolutely agree with very minimal root hacking, washing, loosening, etc. i thing so many you tubers just want to show”doing something” so attack the roots! Much better results just leaving them be and up potting when needed.
Great stuff 👍
Im glad you made this video, I hate when people say there is just a right and wrong way of taking care of plants when there is so many ways to take care of them. Bottom water over top watering. not untangling the roots. works either way and its the freedom of having both that i love
Do what works for you are your little green buddies 😁
I love this channel. The humor and the no nonsense advice is awesome. I have subscriptions to Planterina and Summer Rayne Oakes but Mr. Sheffield makes plant care fun, entertaining, and not so intimidating. Thank you for great content!
Awesome! Thank you!
Totally agree 😊👍🏼😀
@@SheffieldMadePlants…and two more thank you’s for the Sansi Grow Light and TreLeaf links. Both are fantastic products, well worth the $$ spent, and a game changer with the plant care. Hope you keep growing the channel 🍃🌿
shut up
You and your channel are an absolute joy ☀️🌊🌿
Thank you 😊
I couldn't keep alive anything in my old flat. I moved to one which has a big east facing windows and now I am a proud kalanchoe parent! My cactus and some other succulents are being happy here as well. Still learning about other plants. My one orchidea couldn't survive my learning experience but oh well, maybe next time.
You’ve got this ✊
@@SheffieldMadePlants thank you
Hello from Massachusetts!
I'm so glad I found your channel. I have a huge outdoor garden but didn't know much about houseplants. Your videos are fun to watch and informative. I hope you're able to ignore the peanut gallery. Thank you for what you do!
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Nice one thank you!
It's been a while since I've watched your videos and I like how you've included some humorous footage with gestures and expressions of yourself. Gave me a few chuckles. Also gotta admit I've ignored some of these ''plant rules'' just out of laziness and everything has worked out just fine. Plant life is more resilient than some people think :)
Cool thanks. Where you been 😅?
You have truly helped me with my plant babies. I now have 51 plants in my house. Thank you so much for your fun witty advice! 😊 Keep making your awesome videos!
Awesome! Will do thanks
Here in the finland me and my relatives have different ways to grow plants but my grandma taught me to change the soil in the August and I do not regret this
Keep at it if it works 👍
I'm with you on these. I repotted a fern today, I use water conditioner after you recommended it and I also don't let any cuttings callous over. They've always been fine.
I have most of my plants in wooden IKEA trough stands in front of my south-facing floor-to-ceiling patio doors. In the summer I hang a net curtain and move them back a bit as they burn but at the moment, it's so gloomy that I've got them all pressed right up against the glass to get as much light as possible.
My succulents can handle the full sun of the south-facing bedroom windowsill though. They looked amazing this year.
Thanks for another great video, Richard.
Thanks for watching 😁
I really love propagating too. I have so many different methods now it's taken over my dining room table. Moss and perlite, fluval, water, prop box and perlite/Tree fern mix. I agree with pretty much everything you said in this video so I must be a rebel too 😂
What's your favourite?
@@SheffieldMadePlants definitely fluval and moss/perlite are my favorites. I couldn't believe how fast Hoya and Anthuriums root in fluval. My dark Lord rooted very quickly in the perlite/moss mix. I believe that has more perlite than moss. Then I have strawberry shakes growing new leaves in more of a heavier moss/perlite mix
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful houseplants lovely collection beautiful
Thanks for watching 😁
Great honest and true plant advice! I chopped my huge ficus in half and it is doing amazing! Thanks to you. The water propagation one is beautiful!
Great stuff 👍
I agree with your “bin the plant if it’s not going as expected”. At some point it’s just not worth the effort and money. If it’s infested and you live in Europe, buying a new plant might even be cheaper than the treatment (like those predatory mites, it’s not worth the investment if your collection is small).
For sure 👌
This is quickly becoming my new favorite channel! I work as a grower in a greenhouse facility for wholesale landscaping plants. (Pansies, salvia, pentas, angelonia, impatients, ornamental cabbage) We all love outdoor plants there, but there's not much expertise regarding indoor plants so I've been struggling with mine and have no one to turn to! I'm so glad I now can learn some useful tips!!
Great stuff 👍 Thanks for watching
Love your videos learning a lot, I'm moving from Boston to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 my plants will do most better cuz it's a tropical island. Thank you 😊
Ooo nice part of the world
I've been leaving on browning/yellowing leaves. My thought process is the plant is getting rid of things it doesn't want/need through the leaf. If you remove the leaf, the plant will just move on to the next.
Could be
Thank you for this because I have definitely broken many rules too and so I don't feel as bad. Especially the propagation and having my plants in direct sunlight. I experimented with a Monstera this summer and left it outside, with my tropical plants in a good chunk of direct sun. The monstera was not thriving inside not fenestrating. After being outside for a few weeks (Florida weather) it started to grow and fenestrate again.
Glad it was helpful!
One rule I break is changing the water on my propagations. I very rarely do this, most of them root before I decide I need to change it. Maybe it depends on the plant, I’ve had no issues with any of them except for when I tried to propagate the top of a pineapple. For that one even changing the water every other day didn’t work and it moulded and rotted 😕
I should try that for sure. It just gets a bit grim doesn't it?
We're supposed to change the water on propagation?! That's like making someone get out of bed to fluff the blankets just as they've gotten all snuggled in to the perfect spot.😮 (My propagation are just happy not drying up all together. Shhhh.)
Sorry about your pineapple experience. As someone who views every pineapple as a new plant with some bonus food to distract me while I wait for roots, the only one I've had rot was one I put in soil. I leave them to really callous over for a couple days and then stick them in a jar with water and basically forgot about them. I've had 4 plants get to pineapple fruit stage. 1 I thought had died and didn't water it for months. Grew a pineapple when the rainy season perked it up. Try again, don't be precious with them and some benign neglect might get you a rooted pineapple top. Good luck!
@@SheffieldMadePlants not much, just a bit cloudy
@@sarahrosen4985 I had no idea I had to let it callous over 🤦♀️ none of the videos I watched mentioned that but I suppose it’s obvious… I feel so silly now. But! That means I can try again with new hope. Thanks so much for the tip 🫶
Yep I've never been precious about changing the water and although it does look like pond life may be evolving in there, as long as the water stays topped up enough to cover the growth point, I've never had an issue in the donkeys years I've been a plant mummy!😅
For the ‘bin protesters’: play the video backwards when Sheff bins a plant. It will come out nicely (;
I repot, prune, propagate and fertilise my plants when they need it - all year round and they are loving it!
I love your rebel nerd attitude, it works for me, also you don’t hyperventilate about trillionzillion £ worth of ‘rare’ plants. Those plants all will die shortly anyway.
Haha like the hack!
I could not avoid finishing your frase “Cause nothin' lasts forever, even cold November rain” 😅
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I was about to say... but Mr Sheffield you live in SHEFFIELD of course you can put your plants in your direct non-sunlight! 😅😂
You know this 🤣
I live outside of the box Mr Sheffield 😂 hahaha yah I love when your bin makes it into the videos too funny! We love all the funny commentary ! Thanks for sharing.
Legend!
dear Richard thank you for one more great video! can you please help me out with my Hoya? half of it's leaves have black spots but not any obvious pests on it. it gets worst and DE has helped 😢
Could be a fungus or maybe just sun stress
I actually like my Pilea Peperomioides growing towards the light, I never turn it haha. Currently they all stay in place, only my overwintering Colocasia will be turned around every now and then
Great stuff 👍
I love too hear you talk
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PS I bought small humidifier for my sunroom to run about 4hours in the morning. Think my elephant ears needs a bit humidity.😉
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Wow I’ve written 100+ comments on your channel!
How do you know? Is there a counter i don't know about? Loving your engagement
Trousers 👖 and private parts 😂😂😂
Should not rotate the plants is a very good advice truly.🎉
Absolutely!!
i woke up this night and had a terrible dream. i was a millionaire and i paid my favorite band ''one direction'' all the money i had to play a music concert in front of thousands of plants. i asked every plant person in town to bring their plants so one direction can have a blast playing their songs in front of a bunch of plant pots. there was that one guy tho, sneaking in trying to rotate the plants all the time. heck, he even tried rotating the band itself. they stood strong however. ''you shall not pass, you cant rotate us, we face one direction''
This is when you know you’re obsession has got the best of you 😂. I like your style
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Mr Sheffield.... Since i moved to new house, timber house, my humidity dropped down drastically, and some of my plants started to... Die 😵💫😵💫😵💫 my string of pearls started to die(mushy lil balls) despite no changes to rain watering and place on sill window 😭😭😭😭 what's wrong...??????? Heeeelllp
Hard to say but could be the change from high to low humidity. Are they grouped together?
Them ones not, downstairs window sill I've placed them. In a top room where it no furniture, I've placed them together, crowded, and they are fine.😢😳
When are you gonna make your next short ?
I've cooled it with shorts. Takes time away from making these videos
No link on screen. Makes it difficult watch the next video clip.
Should be. It's there
Pete Tong, huh? 😄
Oh yes 😁
I dont have the heart to throw any plants out 😢
You can propagate before you do 😅
@SheffieldMadePlants i prop anyways lol but if a plant is barely alive i can't through it out.. unless it has a pest then i do. Its hard but i have done it
Haha rules. I have some plants in the "wrong" soil, but they still are doing fine. Also, if you look at some videos of Asian plant youtubers you can see plants like a Philodendron Billietiae growing in full sun for example. Really makes you think again about all the advices and labels.. The right circumstances can make all the difference
Great point 👍
I am never bored watching your videos Mr. Sheffield. Your videos are entering and informational. I love you see all your happy colourful plants. It makes me so happy.
Love it thank you!
Direct sun works great for my snake plant. It grew a baby and what's more, BLOOMED. I live in central Europe and it just bloomed sitting in S-E window.
Ooo very nice. Never happened to mine
Your unique style of presenting these vids are very entertaining indeed.
Nice one thanks!
I think you batted a 1000 on this one.
Don’t tell, but I regularly go up 2-3 sizes on repots at times. Learning that many plants have a true front and back was one of my biggest AH HA! break throughs. It moved me from Monstera padiwan to eventual master. (Loved the Star Wars reference, well played.)
I agree humidity is way over emphasized in the community. Do you do anything to increase airflow in your home? I’ve recently (~6 months) ran a fan consistently in my solarium and believe it’s really improved the results of the space. In warmer months doors and windows are always open in my house, so there is always good air circulation, but the stronger direct air flow seems to strengthen the plants. Really noticed it on my Alocasias.
Cheers! I don't but i probably should. A spot where i had too many plants developed some mould on the wall so i'm spacing things out more
2:59 EXACTLY SHEFFIELD I AGREE REPOTTING IS A BIG PAIN ! ITS INE OF THE THINGS I DONT LIKE ABOUT BEING A PLANT PARENT 😂😅
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I have some window space in front of my heating unit and decided to break the rule about keeping plants in high humidity and away from heat sources. I put some unhappy trads and philodendrons there, and they are now growing so much better than they did in any other spot.
You've cracked the code!
🇦🇺 informative, funny and a little bit naughty! 😂 Perfect combination. The good thing about being a bit new to house plants is that you try things without realising you're 'breaking the rules' 😁 I have a lot of plants in my East and West facing windows. But on days where the sun is fierce as soon as it rises I draw the curtains, my West window is double glazed so it's great light, but not hot, my peperomia love it.
Very true. I've done things and then learned i wasn't supposed to 😅
I agree about direct sunlight which in my area, the Pacific Northwest U.S, is usually more like cloudy overcast or light rain. Today is an unusually sunny day, and my plants all love being near my south facing picture windows. They are thriving!
Thanks for sharing!
I enjoy your personality & humor. It's why I watch your videos. Wish you could get mosquito bits in the UK. They have eradicated fungas nats in such an easy way.
Thanks! Same here although nematodes seem to have done a great job
I’m 💯 % agree with you about propagating jade. I never worry about collus. Really, my jade plants and other succulents propagate just fine without having to collus. It’s so unnecessary. 😉
Glad it's not just me 😁
Humidity isn't a big deal. I live with 40%-60% humidity. My plants are doing just fine. I do choose plants that usually do better in lower humidity, but I'm sure it would still be fine if I didn't.
Great stuff 👍
My Sansi 15W LED has kept my Alocasia Regal Shield going! There is a meter between them, but still it managed to provide enough light to prevent it from going dormant :) I just watched the other video from a month ago and saw you talked about dormant Alocasia. The effects are clear already, while I just have had the light for a couple of weeks
It seems to be the only way. My amazonica is slowly turning and it's not under a light
Love watching your videos and appreciate all your tips and tricks. Here in southern Ontario, Canada where I live, several plant nurseries close for the winter months. They have 50%off sales of all their houseplants. Saturday I bought a gorgeous Cebu blue pothos on a moss pole for $12.00, it's huge. Unfortunately it was extremely pot bound and very dry. So I implemented several of your tips, I used the easiest repotting method and I agree it's pretty slick. I also just let the roots be, they were just like cement, so dried out. I gave it a good watering and put it in a south facing window. It already looks better, fingers crossed it will continue to thrive. Thank you for all your postings, I just love your sense of humour, very much like mine...a little dash of sarcasm.
Excellent! Sounds like a good find in the end
Rules I have broken…….My plants are in pots with no drainage holes 😅
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My mother put all her plants in non-draining pots despite my objections and they’re all done great lol
Here in Minnesota I too have “bright indirect light “ plants in full sun spots. I have a ficus altissima with super weird internodal gaps caused by my fear of burning it. I just put it against a south window and the new leaves are sized way up, and clearly happier. I do have to disagree about the humidity though. Our frigid winter air, and central heat make our house Sahara like. Plus my husband’s guitar collection appreciates the humidifier too.
Fair enough 😁
What a great channel! Entertaining and very educational. Mr. Sheffield, thank you very much for sharing your abundant knowledge of plants. Here is a little challenge for you, what is a way of not killing my string of turtles. I am even afraid to walk by my plant because it is literally raining little turtles. Please, help! How do I stop this from happening? What does my finicky plant need?
Thanks. I’m not sure. Maybe too much water or not enough light.
Ok. I admit I've thrown a few plants out. Sometimes they get spots on them. What is this. Maybe fungus. I don't want any fungus or whatever spreading to my other plants. Have a blessed day.
You don't want that spreading so good move
They’re more like “guidelines” really. 🏴☠️
Love this channel so much!
Totally agree with you, especially for the direct light. I’ve moved both my monsteras and most of my alocasias in front of my south facing window and they’ve been thriving more than ever!
Great stuff 👍
I only have east and west facing windows. My plants thrive in the few hours of direct sunlight they get, although I do I supplement my succulents with artificial lights. I envy your big window.
Same here. East and west only. East is the sweet spot
Your so right. Here where I live central Florida zone 8/9 when it says full sun I always say "yeah, but can it take my full full sun. Then in fall time things that couldn't take sun or full sun here now can. We'll take some filtered light plants and put them in sun in the fall. I love it, you can never get bored with plants. I've been into to them ( not as bad as now) for 20 years. I still learn something new everyday. ,🌻🌻🌻🌻
Great stuff 👍
Hi Ricb. Thank you for all your advise. I think I am following in your foot steps. I really enjoy all my plantkids. They give me a great feeling of accomplishment. I have more plants every day due to your adcise. Please stay just the wah you are.. Us p!ant parents.Need uou. I did rotate only those who should based on your advise. Hope you and your family have a great Holidays. PPS my croutons are doing just great . very thirsty. Stay Well. Love Billie USA
Thank you very much 😁. Keep leaving the comments 👍
I had no idea I was a Jedi in the plant world. I love pruning my indoor and outdoor babies with pure abandonment! Ok now you got me listening about the humidity...😮
😂 sounds like you’ve got Jedi skills to me
AKCHUALLY, a Jedi Apprentice would become a Jedi Knight before they become a Master.
Also, Anakin was a Jedi Knight but was never granted the rank of Master.
Shocked that no one has called you out for that gaffe yet!
Hi.Rich. Thank you for a great year as my plants God father . You are a bright spot of my day Oh my plants are number one. Even at 76iI still learn so much from you.. I will keep funing in everyday...Please.alert us to whatever you recommend. Please 🙏 stay well. Us plant parents need a good teacher like you.. Please don't fertilize and grow too many roots out of your pot. You will need to repot yourself😆 in the new year. You look great just the way you are.
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Thank you! Glad you find the videos useful 👍
If your calathea stands near other plants, then no wonder you don't need to add 1000% humidity (that was funny part btw. XD), she gets it from her neighbours.
I started using a humidifier in my plant room. The philodendron paraiso verde I bought over the summer lost every leaf it came with. I believe it didn't like my dry home. Now it's giving little tiny leaves. Calatheas definitely hate tap water. Mine all get distilled. Dead leaves get trimmed in my house unless you're the problem spider plant. Looks shabby.😂
Always looks shabby 😅
Does anyone know where I can get the beautiful trellises in Germany? I'd rather avoid customs and shipping cost ordering from the US shop directly
I agree. The plant world of advice can be very confusing. Looking for advice on alocasias, I found advice to keep it more in the dry side of watering and others more on the damp side. When I started wanting a Thyme plant, the content I found was that well draining soil is essential because it hates having its feet wet. Guess what? The only Thyme plant I propagated that survived and it's actually thriving is in a kratky setup... 🤯🤷♂️
They sure are resilient!
You are the first plant-comedian the world has ever seen......merry x-mas
Haha like it!
I agree with all of that! After a while you just get a feel for what a plant needs (usually). Btw i have been topping all my aroids and calatheas with about an inch of smallish Leca and they seem to love it… maybe it raises the humidity right around the leaves?
Oh right I’ll look into that
@@SheffieldMadePlants i just did it first to one alocasia i repotted because it looked nice as a top dressing and then i noticed the plant started doing way better than my other alocasias so i put it around my struggling calathea orbifolia and it perked up too… so i added it to more aroids… i need to buy more leca and put it on my c zebrina next! I think maybe it keeps the humidity high right around the new leaves as they come out.
@@SheffieldMadePlants just don’t get the cheap leca… I got some that literally looked like dog turds lol
I can’t get pothos to root for me, soil or water, or any variety. For the life of me it always rots.
Tried a perlite prop box?
0:15 "naughty plant dad" 😏
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How does Mrs. Sheffield like your plants NOW!!! Lol! WOW 321k views in 30 minutes!!!! You are on a roll!!! Keep it up!!(😂).... the videos. 63 yr. plant lover! I live with my plants!! Abilene,Tx
Thank you 😊
Mr. Sheffield, how many plants do you have now?
I think he has 200+ ‼️
Over 200 at this point
Thank you for all this great information 😊
Welcome to DRY Colorado, my house stays 35% humidity year round. 40% if you’re lucky. I try to give my plants humidity reaching over 50% but that’s only about half the time and they seem just fine.
Consistency is king
Hey Mr. Sheffield have you tried 3% Hydrogen Peroxide on your soil?
It completely removes fungus (including the gnats) and the extra Oxygen from H2O2 give the roots a extra boost!
What are your thoughts?
I’ve tried it for gnats but didn’t seem to work for me. Everyone has good success though
I absolutely love your videos. I watch all kinds of plant videos but yours are so great. Not too much nonsense but just enough humor along with the tips. Great job! Keep them going! Thank you!
Thank you 😊
Re: full sun. I live in Central Florida, and it is obnoxiously sunny and hot for much of the year. I have lots of plants outside that get plenty of direct sun and grow like crazy. The same kinds that have youtube plant people preaching can only handle indirect light. (And then say that they are slow growers. Hhhmmm)
I’d like a bit of that sun here 😁
These tips are absolutely fab! I feel less pressure to adhere to conventional advice on plant care and have found that your channel promotes more enjoyment of my hobby. Keep up the good work!
Great stuff 👍
So funny and instructive at the same time 😂 best plant TH-cam channel by far... Keep it going Mr Sheffield 😁 Master of the Sheffield Cult
Thank your very much
I break all these rules too.... I also plant all my plants in pots without draining holes... You really think I'll be taking my 125 plants to the tub and sink to water in these Montana winters 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I live in Scotland. If your plant is behind glass, it’s not in direct light. Blast it away.
Put the same plant on an exposed balcony, in the same light, with no glass, it WILL sunburn. Tried it out purposely with a succulent - and could absolutely see what direct sun will do.
I’m also fortunate to have a North window that’s floor to ceiling, but it faces the sea with no obstructions. My Monstera was getting defenestrations in front of this window which only saw actual sunbeams for an hour in the morning.
Picking up a light meter from here on out, because that’s the only way to know what’s what going forward!
Oh yeah light meters are great
Hey Mr Sheffield, where do you get those lovely things that plants climb up?
Designer plant trellises 👉 treleaf.shop/discount/SHEFFIELD10?redirect=/collections/wall-mounted-trellises?aff=55
Use code SHEFFIELD10 for a 10% discount
Your presentations crack me up… I would take all the plants that you chuck into the garbage lol
Happy holidays
Thanks! Same to you
You make my day 😊I ❤ watching you 😊Hi from MAINE ❄️⛄️
Thanks and hi from Sheffield 👋
Love the advice about ignoring the rule not to propogate and trim in the winter.This applies to so many things in life.Dont believe everything you have been told.
Great stuff 👍
Mr. Sheffield, I have long suspected you were the bad boy of plant tube
Rumbled!
I dont try to raise my humidity either, if it cant survive my conditions, i dont get again. I live in a hot, dry, arid climate and humidifiers can cause mold and mildew problems.
For sure
I love your videos. I live in Sheffield, love plants and have green fingers too 😂 Do you ever give talks?
Thanks! Never done a talk
I'm still gonna rotate my plants so the backside doesn't grow taller than the front trying to reach the light. I have a thing for symmetry
Fair enough 👍
I am totally with you in the leave them be camp when it comes to yellow leaves. Whenever a leaf turns yellow, I leave it until it's truly and actually dead.
Great stuff 👍
The bin scene implies naughty recycler. Gotta catch this plant dude, it must be real.
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Have you experience with creating a closed terrarium to revive a crispy wave fern?
Never tried
3:00 That's pure laziness
I don't untangle either.
I've been thinking this whole time that "indirect sunlight" included anything with a window in between itself and the sun. In other words: "Not outside". I swear I read that somewhere a few years back. Is this incorrect?
No you need something to diffuse the light like a sheer curtain
@@SheffieldMadePlants That's good to know! Thanks so much!
Richard I have been going through your videos, I can't seem to find one on repotting your plants to leca and perlite. If you don't have one, could you make one, I think there will be more people who would be interested in this.
It’ll be coming next year at some point
that would be more than great.
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Rickets, almost spit out my coffee.😂
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Haha! I love it! You’re funny.
Cheers!
I am not a propagation master at all 😭 I repotted a snake plant and it lost a few leaves so I tried propagating them. The one in perlite totally died. The one in water is slowly rotting. I have 2 small leaf cuttings in soil. I hope those survive. I'm super stubborn so I'm gonna keep trying 🙃
You’ve got this ✊. They got plenty of light?
@@SheffieldMadePlants I have them in front of a window, and I use a grow light at night :)
What is that red and pink plant at minute 4:18? I love it
That’s a coleus