I just discovered your channel today and I can't stop watching. I appreciate your sense of humour and the fact that you do not take yourself too seriously. Thank you for sharing your beautiful plants.
Group your calatheas together and put them in some shade. I have my big calatheas under a tree, lots of rain water. The small pots are in a pebbles tray. They are one my favorite plants. I hope they recover. ❤
Oh, my Calatheas are dying every now and then. 😅 I just tie them upwards and water them and leave to sit on the northern side windowsill. Usually after week or more they bounce back. Slowly but surely. Then I untie them, as the stems can handle their own weight. Resilient plants I would say. :) Happy growing. -M
I have had some success with just cutting the leaves of my Stromanthe and Calathea Louisae and letting them start all over. I cut them back to almost soil level, continued to water them as usual and I waited and waited! Slowly, they began to grow back. The Stromanthe is almost back to her former glory and Calathea has grown three new leaves. Good luck!,
Wow, I've experienced the exact same thing with some of my prayer plants. Within a day, they started drooping and yellowing. I couldn't find any pests, I didn't underwater/overwater/relocate them, the roots were fine etc. I had to say goodbye to most of them, but I sincerely hope your plants will perk up soon.
Calatheas are my nemesis! I have one left, a Medallion, that has been in ICU for the last 6 months and has given off some new leaves. But, I'm ready to pitch it really, LOL! I love your little patio area.
3€ each plant?!! That’s amazing!! That calathea Cora is gorgeous, that the new Rufibarba is so full and luscious. I hope you have better success. Damn spider mites attack calathea all the time! And they’re humidity divas. If your sad calathea have rhizomes in the root ball, try chopping all the leaves down to soil level and water like normal. They might come back!
Oh my gosh I also have a calathea medallion that was doing amazing in January and February (one of my best and fastest growing with little to no fuss!) then just a few weeks ago it decided it was done playing nice and wanted to drop dead 😭 I’m trying to revive it but idk it’s not going well. I still don’t know what happened, but the only time it was happy in its final days was when I put it out in the rain.
Calatheas are on my NO BUY list!!! At 15:40 could she need a larger pot different soil? Does she have one of those weird plug covers around her from when she was little??OHHH Now I am going to put my Norfolk Island Pine out on the front porch. I just followed you on instagram. My Philodendron Xanadu are also growing slow. They were a little larger than yours but not many roots on them. They are doing well through. I also get yellow older leaves.
My calathea medallion kept losing leaves after I cut the ugly ones off and now a year later it's putting out new ones lol❤. Was close to just chucking it. Not sure if it could have been hummidity but maybe. I did try keeping it next to my essential oil diffuser lol. My red maranta and pinstripe have done fine o.o.
😂🐾🐾loving the cat drama!🥰 I recently began gifting away some plants to downsize. I'm moving to a different state, so just moving all my hoyas and favorite plants will be a huge pain in the buttocks! I had tried calathea plants (they're beautiful) a year ago and quickly said no thanks! Constantly aggravated by issues with them was not enjoyable so...no more of them for me. I thought it was funny when you described your outside plants as being in "summer camp" 😂👍 Thanks for the great video! 🌿✌🌿
Ughh, Ellen I know it hurts your heart, your Orbafolia, cause it hurts mine an it’s not mine. It’s one most beautiful one I ever saw. I would dump it out an check the roots. That will tell you if it’s got root rot. Good luck. 💚💚💚😃
I'm beginning to believe that Calathaes aren't actually indoor, house plants, but plants that really only thrive in a greenhouse environment?? I've tried my hand with several of them, and for one, they seem to come with spider mites. A good Neem oil soaking, where you water the plant with a solution of about 1-2 Tbs. Neem oil, to a gallon of water, really soaking the plant good, until the water drains out the bottom, helps. This can be done twice, but do be warned, the Neem oil solution could potentially harm the plant, as they take it up into their leaves and stems. I saw another plant-tuber try this method, and like her, I thought, well, what do I have to loose, the spider mites will just keep coming back and will slowly kill the plant anyway. So, all that said, in my experience I've found that one of the hardiest cultivars of Colathea is the Makoyano! it truly is a performer and is thriving in my regular household environment. Also the Makoyano seems to be much less susceptible to spider mites, it's done the best long term out of all the other Colatheas I've tried. But, another good, strong one seems to be the Lancifolia "RattleSnake" it also doesn't get spider mites as much as the others, and does well in low or a little brighter light. The other REALLY good performer for me has been the Ctenanthie Burle-Marxii!! Not a Colathea but still in the Marantaceae family, it actually is the very best performer I have, and is so gorgeous! No spider mites and a strong grower. Anyway, thanks for sharing these "fails" it makes me feel better about mine, and also that we're not alone. Peace and all goodness!
I just discovered your channel today and I can't stop watching. I appreciate your sense of humour and the fact that you do not take yourself too seriously. Thank you for sharing your beautiful plants.
So sorry about your fails, but you also have so many successes. Sometimes we just don't have enough of what these tropicals need.
Group your calatheas together and put them in some shade. I have my big calatheas under a tree, lots of rain water. The small pots are in a pebbles tray. They are one my favorite plants. I hope they recover. ❤
Oh, my Calatheas are dying every now and then. 😅 I just tie them upwards and water them and leave to sit on the northern side windowsill. Usually after week or more they bounce back. Slowly but surely. Then I untie them, as the stems can handle their own weight. Resilient plants I would say. :)
Happy growing. -M
I have had some success with just cutting the leaves of my Stromanthe and Calathea Louisae and letting them start all over. I cut them back to almost soil level, continued to water them as usual and I waited and waited! Slowly, they began to grow back. The Stromanthe is almost back to her former glory and Calathea has grown three new leaves. Good luck!,
Did you only cut the leaves with problems or all of them? I have the same issue with my calatheas :/
Riniel I did! I cut of the leaves because the leaves were crispy and wilted and I hoped for the best and just watered. I guess the roots were okay.
I did that with one of my calathea that go murdered from spidermites. As long as the plant has rhizomes, the plant will grow back!
Wow, I've experienced the exact same thing with some of my prayer plants. Within a day, they started drooping and yellowing. I couldn't find any pests, I didn't underwater/overwater/relocate them, the roots were fine etc. I had to say goodbye to most of them, but I sincerely hope your plants will perk up soon.
Thank you for this video. I find it reassuring 😊
Calatheas are my nemesis! I have one left, a Medallion, that has been in ICU for the last 6 months and has given off some new leaves. But, I'm ready to pitch it really, LOL! I love your little patio area.
Your fails are the same as mine. I love them, but they don't love me ! They should perk up for you.
3€ each plant?!! That’s amazing!! That calathea Cora is gorgeous, that the new Rufibarba is so full and luscious. I hope you have better success. Damn spider mites attack calathea all the time! And they’re humidity divas. If your sad calathea have rhizomes in the root ball, try chopping all the leaves down to soil level and water like normal. They might come back!
Oh my gosh I also have a calathea medallion that was doing amazing in January and February (one of my best and fastest growing with little to no fuss!) then just a few weeks ago it decided it was done playing nice and wanted to drop dead 😭 I’m trying to revive it but idk it’s not going well. I still don’t know what happened, but the only time it was happy in its final days was when I put it out in the rain.
Calatheas are on my NO BUY list!!! At 15:40 could she need a larger pot different soil? Does she have one of those weird plug covers around her from when she was little??OHHH Now I am going to put my Norfolk Island Pine out on the front porch. I just followed you on instagram. My Philodendron Xanadu are also growing slow. They were a little larger than yours but not many roots on them. They are doing well through. I also get yellow older leaves.
My calathea medallion kept losing leaves after I cut the ugly ones off and now a year later it's putting out new ones lol❤. Was close to just chucking it. Not sure if it could have been hummidity but maybe. I did try keeping it next to my essential oil diffuser lol. My red maranta and pinstripe have done fine o.o.
I agree
😂🐾🐾loving the cat drama!🥰 I recently began gifting away some plants to downsize. I'm moving to a different state, so just moving all my hoyas and favorite plants will be a huge pain in the buttocks! I had tried calathea plants (they're beautiful) a year ago and quickly said no thanks! Constantly aggravated by issues with them was not enjoyable so...no more of them for me. I thought it was funny when you described your outside plants as being in "summer camp" 😂👍 Thanks for the great video! 🌿✌🌿
Good video
Ughh, Ellen I know it hurts your heart, your Orbafolia, cause it hurts mine an it’s not mine. It’s one most beautiful one I ever saw. I would dump it out an check the roots. That will tell you if it’s got root rot. Good luck. 💚💚💚😃
I'm beginning to believe that Calathaes aren't actually indoor, house plants, but plants that really only thrive in a greenhouse environment?? I've tried my hand with several of them, and for one, they seem to come with spider mites. A good Neem oil soaking, where you water the plant with a solution of about 1-2 Tbs. Neem oil, to a gallon of water, really soaking the plant good, until the water drains out the bottom, helps. This can be done twice, but do be warned, the Neem oil solution could potentially harm the plant, as they take it up into their leaves and stems. I saw another plant-tuber try this method, and like her, I thought, well, what do I have to loose, the spider mites will just keep coming back and will slowly kill the plant anyway. So, all that said, in my experience I've found that one of the hardiest cultivars of Colathea is the Makoyano! it truly is a performer and is thriving in my regular household environment. Also the Makoyano seems to be much less susceptible to spider mites, it's done the best long term out of all the other Colatheas I've tried. But, another good, strong one seems to be the Lancifolia "RattleSnake" it also doesn't get spider mites as much as the others, and does well in low or a little brighter light. The other REALLY good performer for me has been the Ctenanthie Burle-Marxii!! Not a Colathea but still in the Marantaceae family, it actually is the very best performer I have, and is so gorgeous! No spider mites and a strong grower. Anyway, thanks for sharing these "fails" it makes me feel better about mine, and also that we're not alone. Peace and all goodness!