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It's dangerous tho because I feel every time that I manage to keep them alive a little longer than before and I keep thinking this time will be the one where I can keep it through the winter. Maybe this year...?
A couple of really low maintenance Calatheas that I’ve found are the Freddie and the rufibarba. I rarely water mine maybe like once every two weeks and mine are doing great. Barely any brown crispy tips. So if you are looking for a low maintenance beautiful one, I would recommend those.
I cater to the needs of a lot of orchids that need special attention, but calatheas are really much much worse, maybe because orchids are much slower growing and don't spit out crusty leaves like they are spamming you with poo emojis.
I am so happy you're publishing these very realistic videos. You have kids now, a business, of course you're busy af. I love your honesty. Wishing you all the best with BB2 ❤️
"I cant get my hoyas to stop bloom" is something I never thought I'd hear anyone say, hahah. orchids are the most boring plant if you dont get them to bloom. when i see them in the store, i wanna buy it but i've never gotten one to bloom twice so it's no use buying them for me
Phalaenopsis bloomed for me after I learned they need 62° F overnights, minimum. Bonus when I started setting my thermostat to that my Vanda bloomed after caring for it 5 or 6 years (first time ever since I purchased it in bloom), although with the Vanda I was also giving it warm baths everytime I watered it, about body temperature. That was it, easy, just lowered the bedtime thermostat. It is so much more fun when they bloom for you, I agree! Also, FYI it was an immediate response in my phals.....I remember they put out tiny spikes within 2 days, amazing
@@BuenosDiasPlants yes, this was easy to give them in Idaho, at least with the ones that were essentially waiting for those nighttime temperature drops to send up flower spikes. That is their signal. I just set the overnight thermostat to 62°F. That was enough. I would not go under 60° and not over 64°. Some of my collection spiked immediately, others didn't and I think that was because they were maybe summer bloomers. The winter bloomers spiked. This was in the autumn. The temperature was the key for me. That was really the first success I had getting them to rebloom. A friend of mine who had tons of success blooming orchids mentioned offhand to me later how she loved sleeping cold and never had her thermostat over 60° at night. I didn't learn this from her but the data and experiences coincided. Both my vanda and several phals flowered. Good luck to you!
@@ofhismercy109 yep! I live in northern Idaho and when I read about the temps they like I moved mine where it would get those temps at night and its bloomed for me 5 times in the last 2 years.
i inherited a large, root bound peace lily from my grandmother and immediately untangled the miles for roots and broke into 2 plants… they are just now looking happy again and that was almost 4 months ago! such babies 🙄
I liked the content of this video, but every time I hear you say something where you call yourself a “dumb dumb,” I cringe because you clearly are not dumb and I hate the negative self talk. It’s not just this video, but it’s the majority of your videos where I hear you do that. I think highly of you and your knowledge and experience with plants, so please don’t talk down on your opinion and what you have to say. You’re awesome, keep up the good work!
I’ve experienced the same. I tend to buy a lot of plants. Then thin them out according to my space, likes, and dislikes. No guilt. It’s just the natural order of collecting.
Couldn’t agree more. I’ve bought over 30 new pieces over the past two months. Husband thinks I’m crazy but I fully expect the number of them will be reduced over the next 6-12 months . Like the Calatheas I bought some time ago and only have the last one. So ridiculously high maintenance in all regards that I’m not touching one in a shop ever again regardless of how pretty they look.
When I was pregnant with a boy (didn’t happen with my girl) everything made me nauseous and smells bothered me so much. I love bacon. The smell of bacon suddenly made me run to the bathroom and wretch my guts out violently. I love my husband. He doesn’t smell bad. Suddenly the smell of him turned me off to the point that I had trouble hugging him. It was truly weird, because none of this happened prior to being pregnant with my son. Pregnant with daughter? None of these issues, completely different pregnancies in every way. After the baby boy was out-I was golden. I could fry bacon and hug the man without issue 😂
Hormones changing absolutely changes smelling. I know couples, personally know couples, who break up because once the woman started the pill, she couldn’t get turned on anymore because he no longer smelled good and in fact smelled “bad” to her. I began progesterone recently, and I’ve noticed that on random days my husband will smell bad; he’s a clean man and smells WONDERFUL, but on random days I can’t stand the smell. The other day I was near a bakery and the smell of coffee and fresh bread smelled like chemicals or burning plastic. Bread and coffee!!! Two of the most wonderful smells isn’t here world. Luckily this isn’t every day or even often.
Last time i was pregnant ( didn't Last because of a miscarriage), i had the feeling i smelt everything 1000× ! It was horrible ! I even couldn't stand the smell of some parts of my house even when i asked people if there was a smell they would say no ! It drove me crazy, plus the hormones, i kept telling my husband that we have to move 🤣 and he kept telling people that getting pregnant turned me into a X men 🤣 For my son, 7 years ago i didn't have any "symtoms" of pregnancy it was a Dream ! Evrery pregnancy is different even if it's strange😊
i’ve heard that hoyas bloom seasonally and basically it happens when they get more water after the dry season. people trying to induce blooms would want to simulate a dry season and then water more heavily after a bit, so maybe if you want to stop them blooming you should water more consistently and just keep them more hydrated! i’ve also found in my own experience that my hoyas tend to bloom when i water them after forgetting to water for a long time, so i think there’s some truth to it. good luck!
I feel like you have to love the foliage of orchids as well as the blooms to keep them in a mixed houseplant collection. I am avoiding certain kinds of orchids even though I like the blooms because I know I will be annoyed with them the rest of the time. Bird of Paradise is so huge for an indoor plant! Really understand that one!
I have a lot of orchids, and some are constantly bloom, a lot depends on the orchid. Some I really like the plant itself, like ornithocephalus gladiatus and acianthera pectinata. I don't think influencers have delved very deep into orchids, just grabbed one from IKEA and said "oooh orchid", and are really missing out on how diverse they are.
@@notverynotoriousg5674 funnily enough my prettiest foliage is actually my steadiest bloomer - paph. Wardii. Great leaf patterns and an unique flower. On the other hand I adore Cattleya blooms but dislike the look of them when not in bloom enough that I don’t have any in my collection right now. It really does depend on the orchid!
@@velvetvert9431 Leptotes have similar blooms, a lot of blooms at a time, a lot more often, and the leaves generally look like stubby pencils instead of that cattleya paddle. leaf. I really like the succulent/ strappy leafed orchid plants though. laelia lundii is similar, has a seasonal blooming season in winter/spring, but the plant to me at least is interesting enough not in bloom.
Most of these are plants you've just gotten tired of, not necessarily regret buying. But that's totally okay too :) Always appreciate your videos. Congrats on your new baby!
I don't have experience with obliqua, I would love to be able to get my hands on one some day. But something you can try as an experiment is putting " crazy keiki cloning paste " its used for orchids to push out keikis but in tropical plants and other plants in general it pushes new growth from nodes as well. So my assumption is maybe with the extra nutrients and whatnot they might get bigger growth instead of the issue your having? Who knows but worth a try
@@gabrielpatten6939 that's quite possible. I mean think about it, larger fenenstraitions probably have something to do with himudity. Maybe cuz naturally they would dry out easier with leaves like that so they probably do require Ron's of humidity to be happy
Honestly I regret buying string of hearts all the time… they grow super long in the summer just to die in the winter bc of lack of light… then of course if they get pests, you’ve got no chance since it’s impossible to handle or turn over the leaves without 87.7% of them falling off 😭
I think Orchids get a bad rep pretty often. I see them being referred to as grandma plants in the plant groups I'm in (which is true for me as well, my grandma always had them and it's the reason I got into them). But there's so many interesting species with lots of different colors and flower shapes. I love mounting them to pieces of wood and getting them to bloom is so rewarding to me. I wish everyone could get the same gratification out of them!
I am so with you on hoyas! I love the way they look and would love to collect them, but the sap and nectar is what made me decide to forgo them. I shall admire them from afar.
I have the Peace Lily sensation, mine is in a cooler hallway and the only light comes through an east facing front door. Mine stands to the side of the door in a self watering pot and it loves it there. I think they prefer a lower light situation. I think yours would be happy where it is. My regret purchases have been my Crassula species plants as I have been left with 4 plants from 18 bought. They just got decimated by something that caused their leaves to go black and then cause the plants to collapse. It wasn't overwatering as they were only watered every 3-4 weeks. I will just keep to the Ovata varieties as they're more reliable.
I completely relate to the Birds of Paradise. I live in an apartment and seeing my new leaf coming in and how tall it’s gonna be, I get worried about space. I didn’t think that it would grow so fast. It’s so pretty though! 😍
Tip on your sensation peacelilly, cut the leaves off until you have 12-20 the leaves get bigger that way and not the whole plant! def buy grow lights that are high! Like in your ceiling fans. most of your issues deal with low light and FULL spectrum grow bulbs would fix it!
“Don’t hate me if I talk about your favorite plant” 😂 😭 You’ve helped me resurrect a graveyard of plants I killed last summer, and I’m sure those babies are grateful for it. I LOVE your channel. Also saw your coffin planter from a year ago and Its been added to my list of things to make! Best wishes for your family and your little nugget on the way! 💕
For me, so far my spider plant is not working out. It’s such a diva. Can’t figure out if it’s too much water, too little water, too much light, too little light, too many nutrients, too little. Ay ay ay. Not that I regret it: it was a trade. A friend had given me three loquats and three date palms, since he had too many, and I gave him a propagation from my umbrella plant tree (schefflera). I traded my neighbor, who is almost 60 and has decades of plant experience (she’s literally moving to a bigger apartment to accommodate the jungle she’s got going on). She has two, HUGE spider plants from which she has several thriving propagations. She traded me one for a loquat and a date palm…and it’s not thriving anymore 😅
God I feel you on the obliqua nodes.. I bought two for 120 each. One of them rotted in my prop box and the other one sent out a long steak of nodes before quickly dying when I tried to switch it to my soil mixture. Would've loved to have a beautiful Obliqua growing in my house but I won't spend money on that gamble anymore and I don't have the money for a pre-established plant, rip :(
Hi Harli, your cacti is beautiful but if you don’t like them in the house anymore you can place them outside your window just to keep some kind of intruder away , just a thought ha !
As i am looking at this vid and know that your having the bby right now, i hope you have a safe and quick delivery! May you and your bbyboy be healthy and well! much love!
Have you tried keiki paste on your obliqua nodes? I wonder if it would encourage them to grow a baby plant instead of a runner. It works on other aroids, but I don't have an obliqua to test it out on.
Give yourself a break. You are so pregger and nesting and probably overwhelmed. Falling out of love with a plant is normal but maybe wait a bit before giving them all away, specially the hoya, just until you are yourself again. Words of advise from someone that was pregnant and made decisions she later regretted. Everything can wait a bit.
Spikey plant idea - I keep some of my favorites in a fake decorative birdcage so they can be lower and get better light but they are inaccessible by my cats. I don't have kiddos so they could probably still stick their fingers in. It's a pain when it comes time to water, but thankfully they don't need it often.
I had the same problem with my peace Lily getting too big. What I did was I went in and divided the peace Lily up and took my top three or four sections and potted those up and then gifted or sold the rest of the little babies. I ended up with a much more manageable size plant.
The only plant I regret getting is Alocasia dragon scale. No matter what I try their tips turn mushy and brown, i cut them down in the winter and let them push out some new pretty growths come spring, but am gettin reeeeal tired of em. Doesn't help that I divided my original pot of DS and and have FOUR POTS. They also grow pretty gangly and ugly. Friendly reminder that it's ok to get rid of plants you no longer want, able to care for, or struggle with.
I get bored with slow growing plants too. I try to balance it out with owning fast growing plants. The slow growing plants get shoved to the back and forgotten about haha then it feels exciting when I occasionally check their growth
maybe the obliqua nodes keep growing runners because they are trying to look for a place with more nutrients? my adansonii kept growing leafless nodes when i forgot to fertilize them and when i did, it regrew them immediately! i heard this can also happen from lack of humidity but since your nodes are on sphagnum already, maybe its more on the nutrients side
That is a totally normal way every collector goes by. Believe or not, 5 years ago I had about 300 varieties of African violets. Now I have only 50 of the most favorites.
@@katrinav.8503 There are ten thousand registered hybrids and a few hundreds are pending registration. You can check the prices on ebay. Sometimes old hybrids are trendy again and the price will go up to the sky. I remember 3 years ago one leaf of "Ann" for propagation was sold for $202 and 40 cents. Actually you can look at Violet Barn for other plants too. They always have nice begonias and hoyas.
Thank you for sharing! I just bought some hoya and bird of paradise. I'm learning what is best for my house so that makes sense why you picked these plants.
Hi Harli, I know it'll take awhile for you to get to this. But my question is how do you use hydrogen peroxide? Do you pour it in water or just pour it on strate? Thanks!!
The only thing I regret is purchasing a calathea before I understood how to take care of them because it died within 2 weeks, and also purchasing a pack of baby lithops instead of just getting well established ones because those also didn't make it. BUT, even with the list of plants that I didn't do well with and they died or I gave them away, I still love having gotten to learn from it all, so it's hard to say that it's a true regret. Thanks for sharing your opinions, I love to hear stuff like this and see if I feel the same or not :)
I love lithops, but there's alot you need to know about them before taking them on. I hope you give them another try sometime! I pot mine in straight pumice, they only get some water when they start to wrinkle and never when they begin to loose their set of leaves for the season. Their also cool season growers and go dormant around mid summer which means no water!
I’m in the same kid/pet boat when it comes to cacti! My hubby and I say when the kids grow up we will collect again 🌵🥰 but I also want to rescue senior dogs 🤷♀️
I totally get you! I’ve moved this year and it’s amazing how badly some of my happiest plants were doing. Plus I also have a garden which got the bulk of my attention all summer. Part of me wishes I only had a bunch of different pothos and snake plants…lol
I regret my birkin. Idk if it was just the plant I got or the store I got it from but it just started dying the day I brought it home. It had the right light and water, the roots were fine, but now it’s dead. Ugh whyyyyyyy. I also regret my Venus fly trap because I killed it when I went out of town and couldn’t get a plantsitter :( I also regret buying airplants. I’ve killed 10 air plants now. I need to just admit air plants aren’t for me and stop buying them
I would LOVE to have one in my collection but from what I hear, growing it out of a node can be tricky..so It’d be awesome to know as much as I possibly can before I put my money down for it… 😍😍😍
hi! when youre pregnant youre extra sensitive to smells, i personally stopped being able to tolerate the smell of dogs 😬 so it could hopefully just be a pregnancy thing!
I'm regretting some of mine but just because I'm a little overwhelmed right now...So I'm give some plants to friends! P.S..I have always wanted a Cocker Spaniel and seeing your cutie made me finally take the plung!! I got my girl 3 weeks ago😍
Sweetheart If you are done with Hoya, I have a collection, absolutely Love them and will gladly take them off your hands. Those blooms are why I Live!!!
Great vid. :) Can't wait to see your new little one soon! Although I haven't had the blooming issue with my hoya, I can totally see how that would cause a mess and be overwhelming with the amount of plants you have. I wonder if it's not the actual hoya but the volume? Dunno. I regret my cacti as well. I had to put them outside on the patio because of my dog. She doesn't get into my plants but she will sniff them from time to time and she's been poked a few times on the boop poor girl. :)
Have you thought about splitting up your peace lily into two plants? I had the same problem with my Philo burle marx, I couldn't find a pot big enough so I just separated it into two 10" pots.
I was so surprised to see your peace lily on the list but I completely understand! I have one around the same size and I have the terrible urge to chop off all the biggest leaves to limit its reach because it's just ridiculously large. Ps so excited for bb2 on the way, congratulations ❤️
If you have plants under grow lights, especially LED's, see if the "invisible" light is more in the red or blue spectrum. I Watched a documentary on light physics and growing and I forget which one did what, but one color promotes flowering and the other promotes growth. 🤷🏽♀️. Worth a shot looking into maybe.
I've been doing some research on growing lights. It seems a mixture of red and blue is what is recommended. Much better than white. I can't remember which promotes more blooms, either. I want to say red...
Such a good video! It’s so normal and ok to regret/change your plants depending on life circumstances and what you can currently deal with. Thinking of you and praying for you today! 🤗🤗❤️❤️
I love Stargazer lillies but when I’m pregnant, they smell like hot dogs to me and I can’t stand them. Which is ironic because I crave hot dogs during pregnancy. Just don’t want my flowers to smell like them. Lol
Hoya bloom hack - lower light! I found my Hoyas bloom constantly in my grow tent or west/south window but once in an east/north window, they barely ever bloom. Only thing Ive found to keep my smelly lacunosa from driving me nuts.
Omggg haha you're cutting off the peduncles!?! And here i am desperately waiting for them and trying lol. If you don't want blooms but want to keep the plants, I think less light might be worth a try? Mine that are in the brightest light are the ones that have bloomed. Good luck!
The only thing I can say sweetheart is slow your roll. Many of the plants that people are coveting have been around and been available forever. Jump off the Trend train, and choose to grow what you love the most.
Harli, basically like myself you are in a different phase of your life. I have grown 99% of the plants you have showcased on your channel, the majority of them before I became a parent during my single years. Later raising kids and my career became my priority and my gardening moved outdoors, now as a disabled senior I’m more focused on terrariums and aquatic gardening as I said different phases of life, growing healthy children is a full time endeavor. Congratulations on the new baby.
Omg. Hoyas smell so bad. When I used to go to the zoo, the nocturnal room smelled like what Hoya flowers smell like. I later got a sugar glider (animal), and if you’ve ever had one, they smell!! They smell like Hoya flowers! So I’ve deduced that Hoya flowers smell like poop…though not all of them smell and not all smell the same.
I honestly completely agree with bird of paradise and orchids, i mean, what are you gonna do when the BOP outgrows the only room it could fit in? Also, orchids get BORING, they grow so slow, and after blooms, and even during blooms theyre just kinda "there."
I understand the issue with peace lilies. My toddler would not eat green vegetables but was quite happy to taste test the philodendrons. I had to put everything green in a pot up high and it was quite challenging. He's 36 years old now and seems to have survived, but I didn't have peace lilies till he outgrew the urge to snack on my house plants.
I'm watching this 2 years after the fact. Yep being pregnant makes so many things smell awful! Lol Sell all the hoya's and spend the money on yourself.
I've given away almost as many plants as I've purchased. Very large (peace lily, rubber tree, umbrella tree) I've given to hair salon & coffee shop. Smaller plants given to plant friends. I'll never buy another calathea. Only 1 left (Freddie). Look at this hobby as entertainment. Each plant was fun in it's day. Is OK to let them go.
clean all eaves of all plants with 50% lemon juice and 50% warm water!!! I clean all of my plants and especially my hoyas this way. they stay glossy and beautiful for A LONG time. PS: If you ever get rid of any hoyas, let a girl know!!!
I love your content Harli, and your beautiful personality. Keep doing what you're doing! I can't wait til your shop is open so I can support all of your hard work!!
That Peace Lily is very easy to divide up and give away. You could keep some of the smaller pieces. and yeah, I have ZERO interest in my Hoya's blooming, zippola. To my they have creepy flowers.
I regret buying Croton’s, Fern’s & Calathea’s. They’re SO pretty to me bc I just don’t have the house for them. I’m also curious if you still hate Hoya’s now that you’ve had the baby and your smells have adjusted back to non pregnancy smells lol. Lastly, it doesn’t seem like you regret your peace lily or your BOP. Seems to me like you outgrown them and are adjusting to the guilt you feel that it’s time they find a new home. Appreciate the love they gave you in that season of your life & maybe start with smaller babes again. Like a jr version. Lol
I really missed the planty background! There’s just something about being able to see someone’s collection and how they choose to decorate with their plants!
Don't buy a Watermelon Peperomia, Peperomia's in general are a pain in the ass, they need too much humidity but also want a lot of light but not too much light and hate being moved or touched. Even though I'm still hanging on to mine, every time I see one it has curled yellowing leaves even the best plant parents seem to have issues with them. I also regret buying string of pearls or honestly most "string of succulents", they just don't like living in Canada and keep dying on me and have been impossible to propagate so far. That being said, I just bought another string of pearls and it arrives in a few days. 😂 I straight up have pre-regret, it's like a bad toxic boyfriend. I think if I do enough on my end, take better care of him and better myself maybe this time he won't disappoint me and also he's just so pretty... send help! 🤣
Why not divide your peace lily? You can give the divisions to friends or sell them. That way the plant will be more manageable, you can keep it in it's current pot. Sounds and looks like you have too many hoyas. You're not enjoying them, they're not part of your home, they're relegated to a grow tent where they are out of sight. Poor Lil hoyas! You could take cuttings and start new plants that won't flower for some time, sell the mature specimens that are producing flowers. Or maybe put the mature specimens in an area where the blooms are easy to cut off, or put them outside where it doesn't matter if they drop sap and flower heads. Good luck! Animals and babies call for a simplified life. 🌱🍀🌱
I completely agree with you about the hoyas. I am newly pregnant and have over 200 hoyas in my house. My least favourite hoya bloom, Hoya thomsonii is currently blooming and I hate hate hate it! I have a huge plant and I'm tempted to sell it just because of the scented blooms. But then I might regret it once I'm not pregnant anymore. We shall see!😌
Is that a different variant of sensation ? Mine aren't bushy just single plants but humongous. I did hear that there's two or three variants of sensation 🤷🏻
I feel you on the BOP. I want to love the three I have. It’s amazing how often I’ve heard how easy BOP are to grow. I’ve struggled and feel like it’s not worth my level of expectations
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Thank you for this!! My next collection I want to start is Hoyas good to know they are messy
I regret almost all of my calatheas. Mine rarely are without some ongoing problem. Difficult and stress-inducing. Best admired from afar imo.
Same here! I will never but another calathea. They just need the utmost attention.
It's dangerous tho because I feel every time that I manage to keep them alive a little longer than before and I keep thinking this time will be the one where I can keep it through the winter. Maybe this year...?
A couple of really low maintenance Calatheas that I’ve found are the Freddie and the rufibarba. I rarely water mine maybe like once every two weeks and mine are doing great. Barely any brown crispy tips. So if you are looking for a low maintenance beautiful one, I would recommend those.
I cater to the needs of a lot of orchids that need special attention, but calatheas are really much much worse, maybe because orchids are much slower growing and don't spit out crusty leaves like they are spamming you with poo emojis.
@@Ash-vw9ec yeah, freddie is really easy, i never grew rufibarba, I stick with marantas and ctenanthes for the look without the mood swings.
I am so happy you're publishing these very realistic videos. You have kids now, a business, of course you're busy af. I love your honesty.
Wishing you all the best with BB2 ❤️
Best wishes for a speedy and safe "unboxing" of your newest member of your family 😊❤🌱🤰👶
"I cant get my hoyas to stop bloom" is something I never thought I'd hear anyone say, hahah.
orchids are the most boring plant if you dont get them to bloom. when i see them in the store, i wanna buy it but i've never gotten one to bloom twice so it's no use buying them for me
Phalaenopsis bloomed for me after I learned they need 62° F overnights, minimum. Bonus when I started setting my thermostat to that my Vanda bloomed after caring for it 5 or 6 years (first time ever since I purchased it in bloom), although with the Vanda I was also giving it warm baths everytime I watered it, about body temperature. That was it, easy, just lowered the bedtime thermostat. It is so much more fun when they bloom for you, I agree! Also, FYI it was an immediate response in my phals.....I remember they put out tiny spikes within 2 days, amazing
@@ofhismercy109 Wait, this is interesting. Im trying to make one phalaenopsis re-bloom. So they like cold-ish temperatures at night?
@@BuenosDiasPlants yes, this was easy to give them in Idaho, at least with the ones that were essentially waiting for those nighttime temperature drops to send up flower spikes. That is their signal. I just set the overnight thermostat to 62°F. That was enough. I would not go under 60° and not over 64°. Some of my collection spiked immediately, others didn't and I think that was because they were maybe summer bloomers. The winter bloomers spiked. This was in the autumn. The temperature was the key for me. That was really the first success I had getting them to rebloom. A friend of mine who had tons of success blooming orchids mentioned offhand to me later how she loved sleeping cold and never had her thermostat over 60° at night. I didn't learn this from her but the data and experiences coincided. Both my vanda and several phals flowered. Good luck to you!
@@ofhismercy109 wow, that’s cool!! maybe I have to buy an orchid now and try this, Phalaenopsis are quite common in my stores if I remember correctly
@@ofhismercy109 yep! I live in northern Idaho and when I read about the temps they like I moved mine where it would get those temps at night and its bloomed for me 5 times in the last 2 years.
i inherited a large, root bound peace lily from my grandmother and immediately untangled the miles for roots and broke into 2 plants… they are just now looking happy again and that was almost 4 months ago! such babies 🙄
when she’s getting ready to have a baby and still uploads🥰😂
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I liked the content of this video, but every time I hear you say something where you call yourself a “dumb dumb,” I cringe because you clearly are not dumb and I hate the negative self talk. It’s not just this video, but it’s the majority of your videos where I hear you do that. I think highly of you and your knowledge and experience with plants, so please don’t talk down on your opinion and what you have to say. You’re awesome, keep up the good work!
IKR I just want to hug her and say "dammit you are AMAZEBALLS!"
Put your Hoyas in lower/less light to stop the blooms.
Why don’t you prune the roots of your PL to control its size and keep it in the same pot?
And here I am looking thru the comments to figure out how to MAKE mine bloom lol. I'll just invert your advice, thank you! ☺️
I’ve experienced the same. I tend to buy a lot of plants. Then thin them out according to my space, likes, and dislikes. No guilt. It’s just the natural order of collecting.
Couldn’t agree more. I’ve bought over 30 new pieces over the past two months. Husband thinks I’m crazy but I fully expect the number of them will be reduced over the next 6-12 months . Like the Calatheas I bought some time ago and only have the last one. So ridiculously high maintenance in all regards that I’m not touching one in a shop ever again regardless of how pretty they look.
That pregnancy glow something else😭 wishing you the best of luck👍🏼
Best of luck in the hospital today!! ❤️❤️
Thank you 🥰🤞
When I was pregnant with a boy (didn’t happen with my girl) everything made me nauseous and smells bothered me so much. I love bacon. The smell of bacon suddenly made me run to the bathroom and wretch my guts out violently. I love my husband. He doesn’t smell bad. Suddenly the smell of him turned me off to the point that I had trouble hugging him. It was truly weird, because none of this happened prior to being pregnant with my son. Pregnant with daughter? None of these issues, completely different pregnancies in every way. After the baby boy was out-I was golden. I could fry bacon and hug the man without issue 😂
Hormones changing absolutely changes smelling. I know couples, personally know couples, who break up because once the woman started the pill, she couldn’t get turned on anymore because he no longer smelled good and in fact smelled “bad” to her. I began progesterone recently, and I’ve noticed that on random days my husband will smell bad; he’s a clean man and smells WONDERFUL, but on random days I can’t stand the smell. The other day I was near a bakery and the smell of coffee and fresh bread smelled like chemicals or burning plastic. Bread and coffee!!! Two of the most wonderful smells isn’t here world. Luckily this isn’t every day or even often.
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Last time i was pregnant ( didn't Last because of a miscarriage), i had the feeling i smelt everything 1000× ! It was horrible ! I even couldn't stand the smell of some parts of my house even when i asked people if there was a smell they would say no ! It drove me crazy, plus the hormones, i kept telling my husband that we have to move 🤣 and he kept telling people that getting pregnant turned me into a X men 🤣
For my son, 7 years ago i didn't have any "symtoms" of pregnancy it was a Dream ! Evrery pregnancy is different even if it's strange😊
Same here with both boys!
This happened to me when I was pregnant with my 1st child (a girl). The smell of her dad's deodorant made me sick
i’ve heard that hoyas bloom seasonally and basically it happens when they get more water after the dry season. people trying to induce blooms would want to simulate a dry season and then water more heavily after a bit, so maybe if you want to stop them blooming you should water more consistently and just keep them more hydrated! i’ve also found in my own experience that my hoyas tend to bloom when i water them after forgetting to water for a long time, so i think there’s some truth to it. good luck!
I feel like you have to love the foliage of orchids as well as the blooms to keep them in a mixed houseplant collection. I am avoiding certain kinds of orchids even though I like the blooms because I know I will be annoyed with them the rest of the time. Bird of Paradise is so huge for an indoor plant! Really understand that one!
I have a lot of orchids, and some are constantly bloom, a lot depends on the orchid. Some I really like the plant itself, like ornithocephalus gladiatus and acianthera pectinata. I don't think influencers have delved very deep into orchids, just grabbed one from IKEA and said "oooh orchid", and are really missing out on how diverse they are.
@@notverynotoriousg5674 funnily enough my prettiest foliage is actually my steadiest bloomer - paph. Wardii. Great leaf patterns and an unique flower. On the other hand I adore Cattleya blooms but dislike the look of them when not in bloom enough that I don’t have any in my collection right now. It really does depend on the orchid!
@@velvetvert9431 Leptotes have similar blooms, a lot of blooms at a time, a lot more often, and the leaves generally look like stubby pencils instead of that cattleya paddle. leaf. I really like the succulent/ strappy leafed orchid plants though. laelia lundii is similar, has a seasonal blooming season in winter/spring, but the plant to me at least is interesting enough not in bloom.
@@notverynotoriousg5674 Thank you, I will definitely end up with more orchids on my wish list!
Yes! I kept my jewel orchid afor the foliage and my bamboo orchid bc it blooms without any work lol. The others I have slowly ignored to death.
Most of these are plants you've just gotten tired of, not necessarily regret buying. But that's totally okay too :) Always appreciate your videos. Congrats on your new baby!
I don't have experience with obliqua, I would love to be able to get my hands on one some day. But something you can try as an experiment is putting " crazy keiki cloning paste " its used for orchids to push out keikis but in tropical plants and other plants in general it pushes new growth from nodes as well. So my assumption is maybe with the extra nutrients and whatnot they might get bigger growth instead of the issue your having? Who knows but worth a try
Not sure if it's true, but I've heard they send out runners when there's too little humidity. They require a ridiculously high level of humidity
@@gabrielpatten6939 that's quite possible. I mean think about it, larger fenenstraitions probably have something to do with himudity. Maybe cuz naturally they would dry out easier with leaves like that so they probably do require Ron's of humidity to be happy
I agree with you with orchids.They are beautiful when they are in bloom but once the blooms are gone the leaves look ugly and boring 😮
Honestly I regret buying string of hearts all the time… they grow super long in the summer just to die in the winter bc of lack of light… then of course if they get pests, you’ve got no chance since it’s impossible to handle or turn over the leaves without 87.7% of them falling off 😭
Baby’s almost hereee!! Congrats guys💕 hope everything goes great!!👶🏼
Good luck today!! Special prayers for you all today!!!
Thank you 🥰
I think Orchids get a bad rep pretty often. I see them being referred to as grandma plants in the plant groups I'm in (which is true for me as well, my grandma always had them and it's the reason I got into them). But there's so many interesting species with lots of different colors and flower shapes. I love mounting them to pieces of wood and getting them to bloom is so rewarding to me. I wish everyone could get the same gratification out of them!
I am so with you on hoyas! I love the way they look and would love to collect them, but the sap and nectar is what made me decide to forgo them. I shall admire them from afar.
I have the Peace Lily sensation, mine is in a cooler hallway and the only light comes through an east facing front door. Mine stands to the side of the door in a self watering pot and it loves it there. I think they prefer a lower light situation. I think yours would be happy where it is. My regret purchases have been my Crassula species plants as I have been left with 4 plants from 18 bought. They just got decimated by something that caused their leaves to go black and then cause the plants to collapse. It wasn't overwatering as they were only watered every 3-4 weeks. I will just keep to the Ovata varieties as they're more reliable.
Aub divided your Peace Lilly and prone the roots.
You can sell off the divisions.
I completely relate to the Birds of Paradise. I live in an apartment and seeing my new leaf coming in and how tall it’s gonna be, I get worried about space. I didn’t think that it would grow so fast. It’s so pretty though! 😍
Tip on your sensation peacelilly, cut the leaves off until you have 12-20 the leaves get bigger that way and not the whole plant! def buy grow lights that are high! Like in your ceiling fans. most of your issues deal with low light and FULL spectrum grow bulbs would fix it!
“Don’t hate me if I talk about your favorite plant” 😂 😭
You’ve helped me resurrect a graveyard of plants I killed last summer, and I’m sure those babies are grateful for it.
I LOVE your channel. Also saw your coffin planter from a year ago and Its been added to my list of things to make!
Best wishes for your family and your little nugget on the way! 💕
I'm the same with orchids.. I like them when they bloom but when they don't it's just unnecessary shelf space
For me, so far my spider plant is not working out. It’s such a diva. Can’t figure out if it’s too much water, too little water, too much light, too little light, too many nutrients, too little. Ay ay ay.
Not that I regret it: it was a trade. A friend had given me three loquats and three date palms, since he had too many, and I gave him a propagation from my umbrella plant tree (schefflera). I traded my neighbor, who is almost 60 and has decades of plant experience (she’s literally moving to a bigger apartment to accommodate the jungle she’s got going on). She has two, HUGE spider plants from which she has several thriving propagations. She traded me one for a loquat and a date palm…and it’s not thriving anymore 😅
God I feel you on the obliqua nodes.. I bought two for 120 each. One of them rotted in my prop box and the other one sent out a long steak of nodes before quickly dying when I tried to switch it to my soil mixture.
Would've loved to have a beautiful Obliqua growing in my house but I won't spend money on that gamble anymore and I don't have the money for a pre-established plant, rip :(
Hi Harli, your cacti is beautiful but if you don’t like them in the house anymore you can place them outside your window just to keep some kind of intruder away , just a thought ha !
As i am looking at this vid and know that your having the bby right now, i hope you have a safe and quick delivery! May you and your bbyboy be healthy and well! much love!
You can stake the BOP so she doesn’t lean. I love mine and will keep it forever 🥰 also I regret buying succulents too.
Have you tried keiki paste on your obliqua nodes? I wonder if it would encourage them to grow a baby plant instead of a runner. It works on other aroids, but I don't have an obliqua to test it out on.
Give yourself a break. You are so pregger and nesting and probably overwhelmed. Falling out of love with a plant is normal but maybe wait a bit before giving them all away, specially the hoya, just until you are yourself again. Words of advise from someone that was pregnant and made decisions she later regretted. Everything can wait a bit.
Spikey plant idea - I keep some of my favorites in a fake decorative birdcage so they can be lower and get better light but they are inaccessible by my cats. I don't have kiddos so they could probably still stick their fingers in. It's a pain when it comes time to water, but thankfully they don't need it often.
I had the same problem with my peace Lily getting too big. What I did was I went in and divided the peace Lily up and took my top three or four sections and potted those up and then gifted or sold the rest of the little babies. I ended up with a much more manageable size plant.
The only plant I regret getting is Alocasia dragon scale. No matter what I try their tips turn mushy and brown, i cut them down in the winter and let them push out some new pretty growths come spring, but am gettin reeeeal tired of em. Doesn't help that I divided my original pot of DS and and have FOUR POTS. They also grow pretty gangly and ugly.
Friendly reminder that it's ok to get rid of plants you no longer want, able to care for, or struggle with.
I get bored with slow growing plants too. I try to balance it out with owning fast growing plants. The slow growing plants get shoved to the back and forgotten about haha then it feels exciting when I occasionally check their growth
maybe the obliqua nodes keep growing runners because they are trying to look for a place with more nutrients? my adansonii kept growing leafless nodes when i forgot to fertilize them and when i did, it regrew them immediately! i heard this can also happen from lack of humidity but since your nodes are on sphagnum already, maybe its more on the nutrients side
She keeps them in loose growth compounds let them get root bound!!
I am willing to take those Hoya’s off your hands 🙌. I just love ❤️ them
You could divide the peace lily to make it smaller
That is a totally normal way every collector goes by. Believe or not, 5 years ago I had about 300 varieties of African violets. Now I have only 50 of the most favorites.
I never knew they are so many!!!
@@katrinav.8503 There are ten thousand registered hybrids and a few hundreds are pending registration. You can check the prices on ebay. Sometimes old hybrids are trendy again and the price will go up to the sky. I remember 3 years ago one leaf of "Ann" for propagation was sold for $202 and 40 cents.
Actually you can look at Violet Barn for other plants too. They always have nice begonias and hoyas.
Thank you for sharing! I just bought some hoya and bird of paradise. I'm learning what is best for my house so that makes sense why you picked these plants.
Hi Harli, I know it'll take awhile for you to get to this. But my question is how do you use hydrogen peroxide? Do you pour it in water or just pour it on strate? Thanks!!
Mix it in water for sure!!
I’ll be happy to take all the Hoya off your hands 🤣🤣. Seriously, wishing you and the family all the best. Congrats again 💜💜
The only thing I regret is purchasing a calathea before I understood how to take care of them because it died within 2 weeks, and also purchasing a pack of baby lithops instead of just getting well established ones because those also didn't make it. BUT, even with the list of plants that I didn't do well with and they died or I gave them away, I still love having gotten to learn from it all, so it's hard to say that it's a true regret.
Thanks for sharing your opinions, I love to hear stuff like this and see if I feel the same or not :)
I love lithops, but there's alot you need to know about them before taking them on. I hope you give them another try sometime! I pot mine in straight pumice, they only get some water when they start to wrinkle and never when they begin to loose their set of leaves for the season. Their also cool season growers and go dormant around mid summer which means no water!
I hate orchids too 😅
I devide my peace lilly when they get to big. Keeps it easier i find.
I’m in the same kid/pet boat when it comes to cacti! My hubby and I say when the kids grow up we will collect again 🌵🥰 but I also want to rescue senior dogs 🤷♀️
The good thing about senior dogs is that they move slowly
I totally get you! I’ve moved this year and it’s amazing how badly some of my happiest plants were doing. Plus I also have a garden which got the bulk of my attention all summer. Part of me wishes I only had a bunch of different pothos and snake plants…lol
I regret my birkin. Idk if it was just the plant I got or the store I got it from but it just started dying the day I brought it home. It had the right light and water, the roots were fine, but now it’s dead. Ugh whyyyyyyy. I also regret my Venus fly trap because I killed it when I went out of town and couldn’t get a plantsitter :( I also regret buying airplants. I’ve killed 10 air plants now. I need to just admit air plants aren’t for me and stop buying them
Great video! All of your issues with the plants totally make sense to me
I love this video! And you are glowing!! ❤️An oblique is at the TOP of my wishlist! Could you make a video about them?
Yes definitely!
I would LOVE to have one in my collection but from what I hear, growing it out of a node can be tricky..so It’d be awesome to know as much as I possibly can before I put my money down for it… 😍😍😍
Did you get your lips done? 😍
Always been told runners form when there isn't enough light, or its looking for more nutrients.
I‘ve always heard that too!
HARLI G! Say it isn't so for the Hoyas😭😭. I almost fell out of my chair. Here's a hack... send them to me in a heated box.😁😁
hi! when youre pregnant youre extra sensitive to smells, i personally stopped being able to tolerate the smell of dogs 😬 so it could hopefully just be a pregnancy thing!
I'm regretting some of mine but just because I'm a little overwhelmed right now...So I'm give some plants to friends!
P.S..I have always wanted a Cocker Spaniel and seeing your cutie made me finally take the plung!! I got my girl 3 weeks ago😍
Same!!! I am trying to minimize but some plants I just can not part with
Sweetheart If you are done with Hoya, I have a collection, absolutely Love them and will gladly take them off your hands. Those blooms are why I Live!!!
Great vid. :) Can't wait to see your new little one soon! Although I haven't had the blooming issue with my hoya, I can totally see how that would cause a mess and be overwhelming with the amount of plants you have. I wonder if it's not the actual hoya but the volume? Dunno. I regret my cacti as well. I had to put them outside on the patio because of my dog. She doesn't get into my plants but she will sniff them from time to time and she's been poked a few times on the boop poor girl. :)
Your videos are so cute I love people who are genuine
Congrats to you on your new Sprout😂
Have you thought about splitting up your peace lily into two plants? I had the same problem with my Philo burle marx, I couldn't find a pot big enough so I just separated it into two 10" pots.
I regret begonias because they just die slowly in my care no matter what.
I love how you regret your Hoya blooms, yet I can’t get mine to bloom for the life of me 😂😂
I love my Hoya’s.
You could split the peace lily!! And pass on the rest
I was so surprised to see your peace lily on the list but I completely understand! I have one around the same size and I have the terrible urge to chop off all the biggest leaves to limit its reach because it's just ridiculously large.
Ps so excited for bb2 on the way, congratulations ❤️
These are really easy to just divide into smaller sections then pot up, keep the best and then pass the other divisions onto others :)
If you have plants under grow lights, especially LED's, see if the "invisible" light is more in the red or blue spectrum. I Watched a documentary on light physics and growing and I forget which one did what, but one color promotes flowering and the other promotes growth. 🤷🏽♀️. Worth a shot looking into maybe.
I've been doing some research on growing lights. It seems a mixture of red and blue is what is recommended. Much better than white. I can't remember which promotes more blooms, either. I want to say red...
@@janetwilliams4475 red is for blooms and fruits. "balanced spectrum" is more for plant growth.
I have been longing for a peace lily sensation lol
Such a good video! It’s so normal and ok to regret/change your plants depending on life circumstances and what you can currently deal with. Thinking of you and praying for you today! 🤗🤗❤️❤️
I love Stargazer lillies but when I’m pregnant, they smell like hot dogs to me and I can’t stand them. Which is ironic because I crave hot dogs during pregnancy. Just don’t want my flowers to smell like them. Lol
Can I ask what’s the name of the plant behind you in the black planter? Is it a type of scindapsus?
That big breath before your “BYEEEE” is definitely screaming pregnancy vibes!! 💕💕💕 ahhhhh
Hoya bloom hack - lower light! I found my Hoyas bloom constantly in my grow tent or west/south window but once in an east/north window, they barely ever bloom. Only thing Ive found to keep my smelly lacunosa from driving me nuts.
"Pokey plants because..... My dogs are dumb." Girl... truer words were never spoken!
Same … I love my cacti but I can’t seem to get them to do well with artificial lighting so they are now living their best lives at my boyfriends house
Omggg haha you're cutting off the peduncles!?! And here i am desperately waiting for them and trying lol. If you don't want blooms but want to keep the plants, I think less light might be worth a try? Mine that are in the brightest light are the ones that have bloomed. Good luck!
When did you get lip filler???
The only thing I can say sweetheart is slow your roll. Many of the plants that people are coveting have been around and been available forever. Jump off the Trend train, and choose to grow what you love the most.
Harli, basically like myself you are in a different phase of your life. I have grown 99% of the plants you have showcased on your channel, the majority of them before I became a parent during my single years. Later raising kids and my career became my priority and my gardening moved outdoors, now as a disabled senior I’m more focused on terrariums and aquatic gardening as I said different phases of life, growing healthy children is a full time endeavor. Congratulations on the new baby.
I’d be interested in your channel. You should start one!
I'm just getting back into hoyas. Looking forward to the blooms! About Peace Lily, maybe later on you could separate some of the plant.
Omg. Hoyas smell so bad. When I used to go to the zoo, the nocturnal room smelled like what Hoya flowers smell like. I later got a sugar glider (animal), and if you’ve ever had one, they smell!! They smell like Hoya flowers! So I’ve deduced that Hoya flowers smell like poop…though not all of them smell and not all smell the same.
I honestly completely agree with bird of paradise and orchids, i mean, what are you gonna do when the BOP outgrows the only room it could fit in? Also, orchids get BORING, they grow so slow, and after blooms, and even during blooms theyre just kinda "there."
The deep breath before the “byeeeeeeee”
I understand the issue with peace lilies. My toddler would not eat green vegetables but was quite happy to taste test the philodendrons. I had to put everything green in a pot up high and it was quite challenging. He's 36 years old now and seems to have survived, but I didn't have peace lilies till he outgrew the urge to snack on my house plants.
Lol!
I'm watching this 2 years after the fact. Yep being pregnant makes so many things smell awful! Lol
Sell all the hoya's and spend the money on yourself.
confusing
I've given away almost as many plants as I've purchased. Very large (peace lily, rubber tree, umbrella tree) I've given to hair salon & coffee shop. Smaller plants given to plant friends. I'll never buy another calathea. Only 1 left (Freddie). Look at this hobby as entertainment. Each plant was fun in it's day. Is OK to let them go.
clean all eaves of all plants with 50% lemon juice and 50% warm water!!! I clean all of my plants and especially my hoyas this way. they stay glossy and beautiful for A LONG time. PS: If you ever get rid of any hoyas, let a girl know!!!
I love your content Harli, and your beautiful personality. Keep doing what you're doing! I can't wait til your shop is open so I can support all of your hard work!!
That Peace Lily is very easy to divide up and give away. You could keep some of the smaller pieces. and yeah, I have ZERO interest in my Hoya's blooming, zippola. To my they have creepy flowers.
I regret buying Croton’s, Fern’s & Calathea’s. They’re SO pretty to me bc I just don’t have the house for them. I’m also curious if you still hate Hoya’s now that you’ve had the baby and your smells have adjusted back to non pregnancy smells lol.
Lastly, it doesn’t seem like you regret your peace lily or your BOP. Seems to me like you outgrown them and are adjusting to the guilt you feel that it’s time they find a new home. Appreciate the love they gave you in that season of your life & maybe start with smaller babes again. Like a jr version. Lol
I really missed the planty background! There’s just something about being able to see someone’s collection and how they choose to decorate with their plants!
Don't buy a Watermelon Peperomia, Peperomia's in general are a pain in the ass, they need too much humidity but also want a lot of light but not too much light and hate being moved or touched. Even though I'm still hanging on to mine, every time I see one it has curled yellowing leaves even the best plant parents seem to have issues with them. I also regret buying string of pearls or honestly most "string of succulents", they just don't like living in Canada and keep dying on me and have been impossible to propagate so far. That being said, I just bought another string of pearls and it arrives in a few days. 😂 I straight up have pre-regret, it's like a bad toxic boyfriend. I think if I do enough on my end, take better care of him and better myself maybe this time he won't disappoint me and also he's just so pretty... send help! 🤣
Why not divide your peace lily? You can give the divisions to friends or sell them. That way the plant will be more manageable, you can keep it in it's current pot.
Sounds and looks like you have too many hoyas. You're not enjoying them, they're not part of your home, they're relegated to a grow tent where they are out of sight. Poor Lil hoyas! You could take cuttings and start new plants that won't flower for some time, sell the mature specimens that are producing flowers. Or maybe put the mature specimens in an area where the blooms are easy to cut off, or put them outside where it doesn't matter if they drop sap and flower heads.
Good luck! Animals and babies call for a simplified life. 🌱🍀🌱
I completely agree with you about the hoyas. I am newly pregnant and have over 200 hoyas in my house. My least favourite hoya bloom, Hoya thomsonii is currently blooming and I hate hate hate it! I have a huge plant and I'm tempted to sell it just because of the scented blooms. But then I might regret it once I'm not pregnant anymore. We shall see!😌
I want it!
Ferns! Here in Utah it is so hard to keep ferns alive, I will not ever buy another fern.
Is that a different variant of sensation ? Mine aren't bushy just single plants but humongous. I did hear that there's two or three variants of sensation 🤷🏻
Amen to the orchids! But I did get one to grow a baby on the stalk with that special paste
I feel you on the BOP. I want to love the three I have. It’s amazing how often I’ve heard how easy BOP are to grow. I’ve struggled and feel like it’s not worth my level of expectations
Its so funny with your peace Lily how the back is so little since it lives in the corner because my bamboo did the same. For some reason I didn't expect it and it grew and grew and one day I saw the back. So naked! 😂