I know the feeling of coming home to plant delivery after a bad incident. Changes your entire mood in a great way. Awesome video, featuring your healthy and thriving plants 😊❤
P. El Choco Red is one of my favorite Philodendron. I love to see updates. Oh yell, keep singing for us. Unlike others, you can hold a tune. Happy Planting🪴🙏🏾🌿
Do you watch Sydney Plant Guy's channel? The chop and extend method he uses gives him the extraordinary jumbo sized leaves. This past year I've adopted that method and it's working well.
Hey, yes I watch his channel sometimes. Glad your chop and extend worked for you. I use different type of pole that makes it easy to propagate for my Etsy shop. I also like to do my own thing and show alternative ways to do things.
Dave I’m glad you’re ok please take care of yourself. Let fools be fools. The mix of leca with pafcal sounds amazing and when I saw those roots my jaw dropped. I was going to use tree fern and perlite on an import I have coming but I think I am going to use the pafcal instead.
Thank you, I always stay careful and avoid craziness, I just draw the line at someone approaching. Yeah perlite and fern fiber sounds like a great option too. I've used that for smaller Anthurium. Let me know if the Pafcal works out for you.
Hey, sorry about the road rage incident. Good to hear everything turned out okay. Love the plants, that’s a mean El Choco brotha! Also Becareful with that copper fungus once it’s in there, it’s there. Quarantine it for awhile to be on the safe side. I think they may be arriving with it. Once I thought back to those weird looking marks. And super duper disinfect and clean everything after using it on any plants that you think has it do not reuse the substrate unless you boil that shhht pass he’ll and back!😂 Seriously tho there isn’t to many videos on the internet about copper fungal in Aroids. So I was super stressed out about it. You’ll know if a cutting has it because it’ll almost never grow roots and Weill have the copper color on the flesh immediately after being cut. Sorry about the book I just wrote lol just wanted to share what I’ve learned so far incase it could help. 💯🌿🌱
Thanks for the concern, some of these young bucks be wilding' over here, but I handled it well lol. I usually spray my own Neem oil solution if a plant has fungal spots, but I'ma try this Fungicide I bought a while ago. I'll report back on how it goes.
I don’t think I’ve seen a totally clean melanochrysum plant; at least one leaf has some sort of damage. I’m having similar issues with mine. Thanks for sharing Dave!
You El Choco and Melano looked fabulous! I hope mine grow as well. I might by a pair of secateurs to make cleaner, sharper cuts. They also make it easier to cut through thick or tough stems. Excellent video.
Thank you, I actually have better tools for cutting like Exacto Knife, but I'm so casual and just used scissors real quick lol. I figured all the cuttings will be fine as usual.
Your melano is growin at least lol. I got one a bout 6 weeks ago. I had to root it again because I put it in semi hydro...i cant do dirt lol. Its first new leaf rotted in the damn sheath before it emerged 😢. It still has the apical growth point tho, so i hope the next leaf works out. Love ur vids and stay stafe in them streets Dave!
I understand, I don't like dirt no more either. Them Melanos usually get themselves together once the roots develop. Appreciate you tuning in, thank you and be safe as well.
You done UPSET the congregation cutting that el choco 🤣 we all jealous! - but Ecuagenera plays I haven’t imported with them since they disrespected the set. I’m glad you’ve been having success tho. Melanos are 👎 for me, they play. Last thing 🤣 I’m bout to cut my warocqueanum thanks to your advice. God bless you!
Lmao! I should’ve cut that El Choco in private lol… I needed more inventory for the Etsy. Show us how you cut that Waroq, it might take a while to bounce back, but that’s the only way I know to do it.
Oh! Dave can sing!!! 🤩 No, no I couldn’t do it, your El Choco too beautiful too put the blade to it! Lol Have fun at Earth Day 🌍 You know be careful with ppl on the road. My 21 yr old niece shot in the head driving March made a year. 🫶🏼💚
LOL. I rather cut that El Choco now rather than later. I want it to stay red rather than go full green the bigger it gets. Sorry to hear about your niece, crazy world we live in.
Great video, Dave. Your serpens looks nice. Verrucosum and Verrucosum like plants don't import well for me. If they arrive alive its a very long rehab road. My experience with ecuagenera has 60/40. I get more losses than wins. Especially on thin leaf plants. They still have great deals so the risk is worrh it for a good deal. On the flip side my success rate is better with their US site since most plants have been acclimated. Hiw is your irecolor doing?
I agree. I go for the cheaper imports because the risk and learning experience is worth it. My Iricolor is actually doing ok outside! I know a slight temperature drop at night is important for Verrucosum, so I think the outdoor greenhouse can provide that and get it established.
Loved the different potting medium ideas I've been having a lot of luck propagating with leca on bottom and some moss on top just to hold in the moisture
Yeah it takes about a month and a half. They ship to US only once a month, then let it acclimate in Florida for a while. I normally forget what I ordered during that time.
Your El Choco looks so beautiful and perfect! I can't believe your chopping it! But you always chop your plants so I trust your judgement....yikes! Nice gift of anthurium babies! Plant mail is the best! Your plants are always looking so nice! Hope your busy weeks coming up go well! Keep your wings up!
Yeah had to chop it while its Spring. El Chocos lose the red color once fully mature, so I'm happy to multiply it. Blessings to you, thanks for dropping a comment.
Oh hold up…you got a lil voice on you, Fam! 🔥👏🏽 Loved the little el Choco bouquet you had in the glass after chopping haha the anthurium saggitatum (or however you spell it lmao) looks niiice..I’ve never heard of it before! You always have me adding plants to my wishlist, I swear lol
Love your philodendron melanochrysum but mine has wonky leaves and not sizing up. I give up it's going to be traded real soon. I'm curious to know why didn't you air layer the el choco aren't you afraid of leaf size decreasing.
I understand. I didn’t care to air layer the El Choco because I have another one. The leaves full green and lose all red color if the plant keeps getting bigger. So I don’t mind starting over and listing some of the props on my Etsy shop, which will be shipping size.
Such beautiful plants, so brave cutting up the El Choco don’t think I could do that, definitely not confident in myself enough too do.☺️Not sure if you would be interested or something you may already know, I’ve seen several people do, if you have a plant on a pole and want the roots to go into the pole wrap the node area in plastic wrap, we call in cling film in the UK not sure what you call it in the States it helps hold in humidity and helps the roots latch into the pole substrate 🌱💚.
Please help explain potting mix leca& ? What does it consist of? Where do I find the second potting substrate. I have leca. Are you saying half cal. Please elaborate. Thanks in advance
Hey, the potting mix is called Pafcal. It’s a natural sponge material that last 10yrs. It used in Asia to prevent root rot. I filmed a video about it, titled “Pafcal? Is It Better Than Pon”.
I ordered a big box of them from China. But they do have a variety of them on Amazon. I’ll also post a couple black colored versions on my Etsy shop tomorrow.
I know the feeling of coming home to plant delivery after a bad incident. Changes your entire mood in a great way.
Awesome video, featuring your healthy and thriving plants 😊❤
Thank you! Appreciate you understanding.
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection
You’re welcome, thank you for watching!
The Jackson 5 huh. I love that El charco red ♥️. Good show 👍. Be safe on your travels. 🙏🙏
You have great energy! I enjoy all your videos, & have learned so much from you. I will try putting bark in my moss poles.
Thank you. I appreciate the support!
P. El Choco Red is one of my favorite Philodendron. I love to see updates. Oh yell, keep singing for us. Unlike others, you can hold a tune. Happy Planting🪴🙏🏾🌿
Yeah I prob should’ve air-layered the top cut, but I’m happy to multiply it. Lol I jus be joking with the vocals. Glad someone enjoys it lol.
Not Jackson 5 afro petioles!! 😂 I love your content ❤
LOL thank you.
Beautiful plants
Thank you.
Dave, I am thinking about using Pafcal when I up-pot my plants, especially the baby plants. 😊
Great video!!!
Thank you. I’ll be looking forward to see how it works out for you.
Do you watch Sydney Plant Guy's channel? The chop and extend method he uses gives him the extraordinary jumbo sized leaves. This past year I've adopted that method and it's working well.
Hey, yes I watch his channel sometimes. Glad your chop and extend worked for you. I use different type of pole that makes it easy to propagate for my Etsy shop. I also like to do my own thing and show alternative ways to do things.
Dave I’m glad you’re ok please take care of yourself. Let fools be fools. The mix of leca with pafcal sounds amazing and when I saw those roots my jaw dropped. I was going to use tree fern and perlite on an import I have coming but I think I am going to use the pafcal instead.
Thank you, I always stay careful and avoid craziness, I just draw the line at someone approaching. Yeah perlite and fern fiber sounds like a great option too. I've used that for smaller Anthurium. Let me know if the Pafcal works out for you.
Same with my imports from Ecuagenera. I have mine shipped to the nursery in San Diego and pick up from there. All healthy af.
Oh nice, I thought about doing that...then I calculated the gas price for me to drive out there lol.
the jackson five comment took me out😂 Hi from New Zealand 💕
😂😂😂 Appreciate you watching from NZ!!!
Hey, sorry about the road rage incident. Good to hear everything turned out okay. Love the plants, that’s a mean El Choco brotha! Also Becareful with that copper fungus once it’s in there, it’s there. Quarantine it for awhile to be on the safe side. I think they may be arriving with it. Once I thought back to those weird looking marks. And super duper disinfect and clean everything after using it on any plants that you think has it do not reuse the substrate unless you boil that shhht pass he’ll and back!😂 Seriously tho there isn’t to many videos on the internet about copper fungal in Aroids. So I was super stressed out about it. You’ll know if a cutting has it because it’ll almost never grow roots and Weill have the copper color on the flesh immediately after being cut. Sorry about the book I just wrote lol just wanted to share what I’ve learned so far incase it could help. 💯🌿🌱
Thanks for the concern, some of these young bucks be wilding' over here, but I handled it well lol. I usually spray my own Neem oil solution if a plant has fungal spots, but I'ma try this Fungicide I bought a while ago. I'll report back on how it goes.
I don’t think I’ve seen a totally clean melanochrysum plant; at least one leaf has some sort of damage. I’m having similar issues with mine. Thanks for sharing Dave!
Thanks for watching!
You El Choco and Melano looked fabulous! I hope mine grow as well. I might by a pair of secateurs to make cleaner, sharper cuts. They also make it easier to cut through thick or tough stems. Excellent video.
Thank you, I actually have better tools for cutting like Exacto Knife, but I'm so casual and just used scissors real quick lol. I figured all the cuttings will be fine as usual.
Your melano is growin at least lol. I got one a bout 6 weeks ago. I had to root it again because I put it in semi hydro...i cant do dirt lol. Its first new leaf rotted in the damn sheath before it emerged 😢. It still has the apical growth point tho, so i hope the next leaf works out. Love ur vids and stay stafe in them streets Dave!
I understand, I don't like dirt no more either. Them Melanos usually get themselves together once the roots develop. Appreciate you tuning in, thank you and be safe as well.
You done UPSET the congregation cutting that el choco 🤣 we all jealous! - but Ecuagenera plays I haven’t imported with them since they disrespected the set. I’m glad you’ve been having success tho. Melanos are 👎 for me, they play.
Last thing 🤣 I’m bout to cut my warocqueanum thanks to your advice. God bless you!
Lmao! I should’ve cut that El Choco in private lol… I needed more inventory for the Etsy. Show us how you cut that Waroq, it might take a while to bounce back, but that’s the only way I know to do it.
It hurt me to see you chop the el Choco red lol. It was such a perfectly beautiful plant. I do understand though. It still hurt.
LOL Yeah I had to do it. El Chocos loose the red color once they fully mature, so I didn't feel too bad.
Oh! Dave can sing!!! 🤩 No, no I couldn’t do it, your El Choco too beautiful too put the blade to it! Lol Have fun at Earth Day 🌍 You know be careful with ppl on the road. My 21 yr old niece shot in the head driving March made a year. 🫶🏼💚
LOL. I rather cut that El Choco now rather than later. I want it to stay red rather than go full green the bigger it gets. Sorry to hear about your niece, crazy world we live in.
@@AroidDistrict Yes the world is crazy, thank you. Oh I didn’t know the Choco lost the red. 👍🏼💚
Oh the road rage incident sounds crazy
It actually was smh.
🙂❤️🌱
This made me want to get an El Choco Red 👀
Lol, you should! Its a rewarding Philo once it acclimates.
Great video, Dave. Your serpens looks nice. Verrucosum and Verrucosum like plants don't import well for me. If they arrive alive its a very long rehab road. My experience with ecuagenera has 60/40. I get more losses than wins. Especially on thin leaf plants. They still have great deals so the risk is worrh it for a good deal. On the flip side my success rate is better with their US site since most plants have been acclimated. Hiw is your irecolor doing?
I agree. I go for the cheaper imports because the risk and learning experience is worth it. My Iricolor is actually doing ok outside! I know a slight temperature drop at night is important for Verrucosum, so I think the outdoor greenhouse can provide that and get it established.
Loved the different potting medium ideas I've been having a lot of luck propagating with leca on bottom and some moss on top just to hold in the moisture
Yeah that sounds perfect. I’ve done the same and it’s worked for me as well. I work well with moss.
aye.. How long does generally take for you to get your plants from the Ecuador site? For me it seems like forever..
Yeah it takes about a month and a half. They ship to US only once a month, then let it acclimate in Florida for a while. I normally forget what I ordered during that time.
Your El Choco looks so beautiful and perfect! I can't believe your chopping it! But you always chop your plants so I trust your judgement....yikes! Nice gift of anthurium babies! Plant mail is the best! Your plants are always looking so nice! Hope your busy weeks coming up go well! Keep your wings up!
Yeah had to chop it while its Spring. El Chocos lose the red color once fully mature, so I'm happy to multiply it. Blessings to you, thanks for dropping a comment.
Oh hold up…you got a lil voice on you, Fam! 🔥👏🏽 Loved the little el Choco bouquet you had in the glass after chopping haha the anthurium saggitatum (or however you spell it lmao) looks niiice..I’ve never heard of it before! You always have me adding plants to my wishlist, I swear lol
Love your philodendron melanochrysum but mine has wonky leaves and not sizing up. I give up it's going to be traded real soon. I'm curious to know why didn't you air layer the el choco aren't you afraid of leaf size decreasing.
I understand. I didn’t care to air layer the El Choco because I have another one. The leaves full green and lose all red color if the plant keeps getting bigger. So I don’t mind starting over and listing some of the props on my Etsy shop, which will be shipping size.
Nice video. Where do you buy your pafcal?
Thank you. I purchase on Amazon. Seems to be the only place I can find it.
@@AroidDistrict you’re welcome. I’ll check it out. Appreciate it.
Such beautiful plants, so brave cutting up the El Choco don’t think I could do that, definitely not confident in myself enough too do.☺️Not sure if you would be interested or something you may already know, I’ve seen several people do, if you have a plant on a pole and want the roots to go into the pole wrap the node area in plastic wrap, we call in cling film in the UK not sure what you call it in the States it helps hold in humidity and helps the roots latch into the pole substrate 🌱💚.
Thank you. That's a good suggestion that you mentioned.
Melanochrysum treated me like I cheated on them ...with their brother... in front of them!
😩 LMAO!
Please help explain potting mix leca& ? What does it consist of? Where do I find the second potting substrate. I have leca. Are you saying half cal. Please elaborate. Thanks in advance
Hey, the potting mix is called Pafcal. It’s a natural sponge material that last 10yrs. It used in Asia to prevent root rot. I filmed a video about it, titled “Pafcal? Is It Better Than Pon”.
Hi can spell out the leca mix you mentioned.
Half cal? Thanks
Oh its (PAFCAL). Sorry I didn't spell it because I did previous videos on it. Appreciate you tuning in.
Where do you buy the moss pole (plastic and mesh) that you use?
I ordered a big box of them from China. But they do have a variety of them on Amazon. I’ll also post a couple black colored versions on my Etsy shop tomorrow.
@@AroidDistrict Thanks. I really enjoy your channel.