Sometimes crappy mental health makes us plant people neglect our plants, or you get busy and forget to check, especially if it's in a spot where it's the only plant.
So many things could contribute to a person owning a hoya like this 💛 Other commenters mentioned mental health situations and that "life happens", which are both totally true and valid answers. It could also happen due to neurodivergence or a necessary shift in life priorities (ie., your kiddos need more care than your plants for a long or short while, or your energetic capacity is low for a few weeks due to pushing yourself to show up for other people or in other ways). I hope this answer highlights diverse plant-owning perspectives and helps to answer your question!
The golden pothos did give me good laugh. Even the “easy” plants can get away from us sometimes when we got a lot going on. I appreciate you posting a video that’s real! Your content is so much more relatable to the common plant owner. Thanks
She said everything I said after I commented because this is reality not all the plants are perfect in your house even if you get them healthy and cared for them sometimes things just go wrong it could be the soil that they were in the environment like you said AC etc. I loved it cuz it was realistic I'm so glad I found you I love it. Nothing like finding someone that you can relate to which is so hard anymore on these TH-cam streets
“Look at how it’s looking on the shelf sitting next to all of my beautiful plants” **quckly grabs dead leaf** 5:17-5:27 🤣💀 I’m wheezing!! I love you Harli
Hey girl I just want to say how much I appreciate how real you are with everyone you literally are amazing and we learn so much from you and to anybody that is reading this I hope you have an amazing day and please like this video comment and subscribe because it helps her out so much thank you
My planty journey started with succulents so I’ve become a chronic underwaterer of everything else, or I overcompensate and drown them 😂 Edit: omg the watermelon peperomia…I could NOT keep mine alive, they are so tricky
I have never had good luck with monstera Peru, I’ve had 2 and given them both away. Found one at lowes today and love the plant so decided to try it again
Sending lots of love and kindness. I lost so many plants last year due to depression, and we can be really hard on ourselves about it, especially the ones we loved so much!
I've just starting watching your videos, you are amazing! I'm learning so much. You have given me the confidence to do what I really want to. I LOVE plants, but only have about 40, but plan on expanding. I'm retired, so have plenty of time to spend on taking care of plants. Keep up the great work!!! Thanks
Everyone says how "easy" pileas are but mine looks like crap and is def an embarrassment. I love how you accused it of throwing a fit 😆😆😆😆 ima go with that.
BRAVA HARLI!! Thanks so much for supporting the not-so-perfect plants! Those imperfections are badges of honor, if you ask me. They represent trials and tribulations that you and that plant lived through together. Isn’t that what it’s really all about? ☺️
I really needed this video. I've been struggling with a few plants, and it really helps to hear I'm not the only one that hasn't been a perfect plant parent lately. Sometimes life just happens and even the things that bring us joy can be overwhelming.
No, I agree with your end statements! I don’t think it is more than what it needs to be, at all! I think it is so important to always be and feel authentic and to show your authenticity. I absolutely feel it’s so vital for us all to feel comfortable in authenticity with each other. But it starts with being comfortable with that in ourselves. And our plant family ❤️😁
I always get so bummed w myself when my beautiful plants get neglected and go down hill, but it’s important to remember that they’re just plants at the end of the day 🤷🏼♀️
Hey Harli! For your Hoya compacta, you should try Keiki paste on the bare vines! U make a tiny little cut above the node and place the paste there and it'll get new growth! Look up houseplusplant. She has a video on it!
I currently have an aglaonema that's just a stump in the soil with no leaves, one struggling maranta with yellow leaves, and a cast iron plant with yellow leaves. All of them are pretty much from overwatering. Hope they can recover soon.
I cracked up when u pulled out the golden pothos. It's so true tho,sometimes things just get ahead of us. I just tell myself, ah well, CnT win em all lol That Brazil is my dreammm ! 😩 A friend gave me a few cutting and I could only get 4 leaves to root . Found this one really hard, finnally got them potted and still no action. Seeing urs makes me sooooo jeloooo hahaha.
I came to the conclusion a long time ago that some plants just die and that's ok lol. I also try to stick it out with them through their ugly phases and try to give them what they need or try and save them through propagation. I had a Watermelon Peperomia that looked like crap for about a year because it got slightly sun burned and am just now starting to see it's pups bounce back from it! Definitely the moodiest plant in the world and it never seems to look good except in pictures but I'm holding out hope lol! 💚🌿
Omg the golden pothos 😆 I thought I was the only one with a not-so-beautiful specimen 😂 I recently took a bunch of cuttings and only one seems to have made it. Meanwhile my rarer cuttings are thriving
I continually keep all my pothos variety’s propagating. When they’ve established a full root system in the jar I “fill in” my balding spots. I call it the “Growth Club for Greens”. Everyone asks me “what kind of food do you feed THOSE 👀?” LOL
This video I truly appreciate because I'm kinda tired of only seeing the perfect side of new plant ownership. Like gimmie that plant that got a sunburn or that Agleonema that got over watered and it's sitting in the corner singing "Don't cry for me Argentina!" Show me the cactus the cat booted to the floor with kitty vengeance. Do a close up on that Sanseveria we all bought on clearance that leaves look like it did a tango with a weed whacker but it was only $1.50 at Lowes and who doesn't have the five years for it to make a recovery! I need the soap opera drama of the plants going thru a midlife crisis to know I'm not the only one with that Frankenstien shelf in the back by a window. The isle of the misfit toys plant section we all got in our homes. Heheehehehehehe*
I was laughing so much at this while also feeling exceptionally proud of your expository writing as if I was your creative language teacher! I love this post so much. So many true, yet funny yet creative, words said here! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 ❤️ 🤗
Saddest thing when I have killed my plants. I enjoyed this cause it's realistic. I'm starting to name mine. If it's any help to you because it was a big help to me from overwatering and underwatering is to start a schedule with your watering. I know that sounds crazy but it's the easiest way to do it.
every time i get a ugly plant because of my neglect i think to myself… why the hell couldn’t i just have spent my money on clothes or jewelry, an inanimate hobby rather than a living one?!
I appreciate the truth videos and plant chore videos! I feel so bad when a new plant is struggling.....I finally bought myself a ficus tineke but it's got spider mites :( Working hard to try and save it and it gave me a new branch!
Thank you for showing real life and inspiring us to not give up. You are a bright light. Not to get too philosophical but...caring for plants teach us so many life lessons (humility, patience, gratitude, perseverance etc). We learn from our mistakes and become stronger and wiser
I’m struggling with my Hoya Carnosa C. V. as well and it’s one of the biggest plant heartbreaks I’ve had 😭. I believe she has mites. I’m confident that I’ve been watering her correctly and yet her old leaves were dying too quickly and I noticed tiny fuzz under the leaves. But not mealy fuzz. It was not as thick and no visible bugs anywhere. I need to take an insurance cutting 🥺
I was going to just send a message saying that nobody can be as bad as I am because I killed my philodendron. But then… You showed your potho and I don’t feel bad anymore thank you for that
I am struggling with Nanouk. I’ve bought them 3 times and they’ve all died. I tried to root a bunch of cuttings in water and the stems started to rot. Now I’m trying to root what’s left of the cuttings in sphagnum moss and perlite.
On the pothos I 100% think its the planter. I just cannot keep things alive in those porous type cachepot / containers. I Hit a Menards and get one of those black plastic containers for 88 cents.
I’ve just had to chop up my Hoya polyneura and I’m so sad about it! It wasn’t very big (1 baby plant with 1 vine) but I love the plant so much I really want to keep it alive!
Thank you for this video and showing us that life doesn't always mean picture perfect. I'm really bad at checking for pests and I realized that my struggling plants were infested with spider mites (like literally 40 plants) spraying them with mite killer wasn't doing anything so I have just completely sprayed them off with water and switched out the soil. I feel so bad for the plants that were struggling, wish I looked at them sooner.
Awe that sucks I’m sorry :( . my entire collection got mites and truly don’t know how it’s possible. I’ve been spraying for weeks to no avail. I hope you’re having better luck than me!!
This is long but good info! Hi, I had the SAME thing happen last yr w/just as many plants as you & I tried everything you have & also diatomaceous earth which was kinda the last straw for my hubby due to the mess I had ALL over the house bc I was very generous w/it, lol! Eventually hubby came home w/a very large gift card to buy new plants & told me to toss the others which literally broke me & I couldn’t do it myself but long story short it was so bad I had to toss 2-3 dozen including my prized 15 yr old $ tree!!! Lesson I learned is to use systemic granules in ALL my plants & repeat every 2mo & spray everything regardless or how they look every few wks w/ “ Take down” & lastly all new plants I either repot asap or knock off the top inch of soil & spray every 3days for 2wks & keep them separate (as much as possible given I have SO many plants!) for said 2wks & if healthy they can join the reg population of my plants. Also I wash my hands & or use new gloves between touching each plant & change clothes or wear an apron either clean or sprayed off w/alcohol between planting new or old plants. Sounds drastic but once you loose a cpl thousand $’s & countless hrs spent on plants you may get a bit paranoid! I know this is such a LONG reply but I hope it helps! PS: keep spraying foliage w/water regularly & try not to let them touch each other.
Oh!!! I have a air vents in two key areas under racks and I got those vent hoods to redirect the air into another direction. If that helps anybody :) I got them in winter to redirect hot air but I use them for ever season now.
I gave up on the Watermelon Pepperomia. I am not replacing it. My Antherium seems to be struggling too. I think I need to take it out and look at the roots. My Scindapsus Jade is outside and is doing great. Alot of the plants don't like chlorinated water
Thank you for this video! It's nice to know that even plant gurus can struggle with plants. 🙂 Also very helpful to know the reasons why you think they are struggling so that we don't make the same mistakes! Have you ever thought about doing a "fix my plant" video? Sharing common problems and how to fix them? Or user picture submissions and care advice? That might be helpful too! Much love xx
Hello mama i love any content u made 💚💚💚💚hola from Puerto Rico🇵🇷🇵🇷im visiting my sister and exited im going to the rainforest tomorrow the name is el yunque is by San Juan 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much for this video, I’m a new plant mom but have already killed a few plants and it dies make you feel crappy. Also getting mushrooms in my Alocasia and one of my cheese plants
Both of my fittonias had been thriving for like the last two years and suddenly they’ve been crisping up I can’t figure out what went wrong cuz they haven’t been “drooping” like thirsty I think maybe they got too much light or something I don’t know 😅 And then I have killed a Zz it was in too big of a pot and it got root rot and that is a “impossible to kill plant” lol You got this!! Also I would chop up that Hoya to the pot it’ll grow that long and beautiful again!
Appreciate this video, Harli, and the way you keep it real. Agree with you 100% that conversations about our plant successes and challenges is far more interesting than pretending we live everyday in a filtered La La Land.
I click on these types of videos every time. I appreciate seeing other plant owners sick plants because I learn a lot. I have quite a few sick plants that have just stumped me as to what's wrong. Thanks Harli! Love your content
you might already know this but i’ve found pilea peperomioides to dislike drying out and to be pretty heavy feeders. the fertilization helped with my yellowing leaves
I know what you mean about forgetting or delaying care and suddenly it’s out of control 😳 the Hoya compacta, after you get the yellow leaves off can you cut off the leggy growth?
I appreciate your honest and real life videos! My struggling plants are a variety of peperomias and a monstera adansonii. All of them I forgot to adjust watering / move them back with summer light and there are some crispy bits. Life happens.
I had had 3 monstera a addisoni I & am on my 4th (a wk in) bc I just can’t win w/them! Seems they always get yellow spots in the leaves & eventually die off & it’s not due to pets so idk what the issue is.
I just moved most of my plants to the new apartment I am sharing with my boyfriend, and between the stress of the move and the lack of light (grow lights were ordered this morning!) my avocado tree is really really droopy and sad. I'm so scared I'm going to lose it before grow lights get in. So far the others are doing fine but will definitely be happier when artificial light is installed.
My spider plant :/ I don’t think it appreciated being left in my garage on accident (Texas heat), into my home, and then a few days later into my apartment in another city🙂
I love these videos....I have been on the struggle bus since day 1 with my watermelon pepperomia I dont know what I'm doing wrong lol.....thanks so much for sharing have an amazing week!💙💙
Love this video and love the realness you’re promoting. Thanks Harli. I recently lost my scindapsus argyraeus, the easiest dang plant I own, because I was lazy and tried out a self watering pot and root rotted her. It happens.
Thank you! I can't get a rex begonia to live longer than a month, and my tradescantias hate me. If even Harli can have plants that aren't perfect, its ok for me not to be perfect too!!
Hey Harli, I just wanted to say thank you for keeping it real and being real yourself . So many people on social media acts like everything is wonderful like .. they looks , makeup or relationships , family , kids , plants … exc. I’ve killed zz plant twice , my monsters looking droopy all the time now . But I’m gonna be keep trying . We all got straggles and why we refuse to talk about it instead of showing like everything is perfect !
Thanks for posting this helpful video. What can be learned from vids of perfect plants, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I really appreciate it when fellow growers post vids of their mistakes, we all make them right? Why not help people avoid them?
My freaking watermelon pepperomia was perfect and growing nice and big for a whole year.... Then nose dives into death. Didn't move it, didn't do anything different.... Watermelon pepperomia are just difficult lol
My Hoya compacta was struggling for over 6 mo so I moved it fr soil to PON & after a few wks it started looking SO GOOD & putting out new growth. I alway kill Peperomia’s & I learned (recently) that they need very little water & like much smaller pots than you would think/normally use for the size plant it is, so downsize the pot…maybe? My question to you is how is your Phili Brazil so perfect? I struggle w/mine SO MUCH & keep having to chop & prop just so I don’t loose it all, but it seems sad all the time! It’s in coco peat, charcoal, perlite, a lil pumice, worm castings & switch between liquadirt & water. Thanks for any help you can give!
Other than the 3 jade plants I’ve killed in the past 2 years 🤷🏼♀️. My problem is my Syngonium Podophyllum. It’s throwing new leaves about twice a month, not bad for a 4” small plant, but they die just as they fully open. Instead of pretty light pink, they become very light brown, and they’re gone. Any suggestions. It is cool in here, small studio, with radiator a/c on one wall. She’s in the north window, no sun and triple pane, so no heat. Help?
Thank you!!!! there are definitely plants that I feel like should do well and don't for whatever reason. that damn watermelon peperomia, I have killed 4 of them....I have tried everything and can not keep them alive!!! LOL. thanks again for keeping it real!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing this with us.. was thinking I'm the only one who can't tk good care of alllll of my plants!!. Thanks dear.. keep posting such updates
Wow. How can you let the hoya get THAT fucking bad? gg
Sometimes crappy mental health makes us plant people neglect our plants, or you get busy and forget to check, especially if it's in a spot where it's the only plant.
Life happens lol.
So many things could contribute to a person owning a hoya like this 💛 Other commenters mentioned mental health situations and that "life happens", which are both totally true and valid answers. It could also happen due to neurodivergence or a necessary shift in life priorities (ie., your kiddos need more care than your plants for a long or short while, or your energetic capacity is low for a few weeks due to pushing yourself to show up for other people or in other ways). I hope this answer highlights diverse plant-owning perspectives and helps to answer your question!
💩 happens
Are you really being mean or are you just kidding?
The golden pothos did give me good laugh. Even the “easy” plants can get away from us sometimes when we got a lot going on. I appreciate you posting a video that’s real! Your content is so much more relatable to the common plant owner. Thanks
I love your personality! I especially like when you show struggling plants. Makes me cope with my own situations. Thank you for making these videos.
Thank xditllliklp
SWTG Kai typed that previous response out 😂 he was playing with my phone omg
@@HarliG 🤣🤣🤣
She said everything I said after I commented because this is reality not all the plants are perfect in your house even if you get them healthy and cared for them sometimes things just go wrong it could be the soil that they were in the environment like you said AC etc. I loved it cuz it was realistic I'm so glad I found you I love it. Nothing like finding someone that you can relate to which is so hard anymore on these TH-cam streets
“Look at how it’s looking on the shelf sitting next to all of my beautiful plants”
**quckly grabs dead leaf**
5:17-5:27 🤣💀 I’m wheezing!! I love you Harli
Hey girl I just want to say how much I appreciate how real you are with everyone you literally are amazing and we learn so much from you and to anybody that is reading this I hope you have an amazing day and please like this video comment and subscribe because it helps her out so much thank you
My planty journey started with succulents so I’ve become a chronic underwaterer of everything else, or I overcompensate and drown them 😂
Edit: omg the watermelon peperomia…I could NOT keep mine alive, they are so tricky
Love/hate with peperomia. My quito is barely hanging in there but greyhound and green are both thriving. Weird lil guys!
I just lost all of my second floor airplants. We are all still learning. Thanks for this video
I have never had good luck with monstera Peru, I’ve had 2 and given them both away. Found one at lowes today and love the plant so decided to try it again
Thanks for keeping it real Miss Harli!!!
Sending lots of love and kindness. I lost so many plants last year due to depression, and we can be really hard on ourselves about it, especially the ones we loved so much!
Amazing! This video was much needed. Especially, after feeling as if I don’t have a true handle on plant care yet. Thank you for your transparency!
I've just starting watching your videos, you are amazing! I'm learning so much. You have given me the confidence to do what I really want to. I LOVE plants, but only have about 40, but plan on expanding. I'm retired, so have plenty of time to spend on taking care of plants. Keep up the great work!!! Thanks
This made me feel so much better. I'm not the only one struggling with certain plants 🌿😅
Good video Harli, glad I'm not the only one with Peperomoides betrayal!!
Everyone says how "easy" pileas are but mine looks like crap and is def an embarrassment. I love how you accused it of throwing a fit 😆😆😆😆 ima go with that.
BRAVA HARLI!! Thanks so much for supporting the not-so-perfect plants! Those imperfections are badges of honor, if you ask me. They represent trials and tribulations that you and that plant lived through together. Isn’t that what it’s really all about? ☺️
I love this video ❤️
Your content is so relatable Harli!
I really needed this video. I've been struggling with a few plants, and it really helps to hear I'm not the only one that hasn't been a perfect plant parent lately. Sometimes life just happens and even the things that bring us joy can be overwhelming.
No, I agree with your end statements! I don’t think it is more than what it needs to be, at all! I think it is so important to always be and feel authentic and to show your authenticity. I absolutely feel it’s so vital for us all to feel comfortable in authenticity with each other. But it starts with being comfortable with that in ourselves. And our plant family ❤️😁
I always get so bummed w myself when my beautiful plants get neglected and go down hill, but it’s important to remember that they’re just plants at the end of the day 🤷🏼♀️
Hey Harli! For your Hoya compacta, you should try Keiki paste on the bare vines! U make a tiny little cut above the node and place the paste there and it'll get new growth! Look up houseplusplant. She has a video on it!
I hope vlogs trying it. That seems cool
I had bare spots on my compacta from last year and this summer a few spots grew new leaves! Hoya are amazing.
Will this wrk w/all Hoyas?
Also who has a video on it? You said “she”. Thanks!
YES, to being real about plants & our own struggles!! Thank you Harli, I think your the best.
Hi Harli, you can remove your plants out of the pot, and put them on water for a month it would help
Hmmm with the watermelon pep. Maybe try watering it less and giving it more sun !!! Good luck
I currently have an aglaonema that's just a stump in the soil with no leaves, one struggling maranta with yellow leaves, and a cast iron plant with yellow leaves. All of them are pretty much from overwatering. Hope they can recover soon.
I cracked up when u pulled out the golden pothos. It's so true tho,sometimes things just get ahead of us. I just tell myself, ah well, CnT win em all lol
That Brazil is my dreammm ! 😩 A friend gave me a few cutting and I could only get 4 leaves to root . Found this one really hard, finnally got them potted and still no action. Seeing urs makes me sooooo jeloooo hahaha.
"Look at how it looks sitting on the shelf... next to all of my other beautiful plants!" *Grabs the dead leaf next to it* 💀 That had me howling 😂
Me too Earl, that was funny.
I moved my variegated peperomia to my bathroom and its so much better. its bright in there so I keep it away from the window. just a suggestion.
I came to the conclusion a long time ago that some plants just die and that's ok lol. I also try to stick it out with them through their ugly phases and try to give them what they need or try and save them through propagation. I had a Watermelon Peperomia that looked like crap for about a year because it got slightly sun burned and am just now starting to see it's pups bounce back from it! Definitely the moodiest plant in the world and it never seems to look good except in pictures but I'm holding out hope lol! 💚🌿
Omg the golden pothos 😆 I thought I was the only one with a not-so-beautiful specimen 😂 I recently took a bunch of cuttings and only one seems to have made it. Meanwhile my rarer cuttings are thriving
I continually keep all my pothos variety’s propagating. When they’ve established a full root system in the jar I “fill in” my balding spots. I call it the “Growth Club for Greens”. Everyone asks me “what kind of food do you feed THOSE 👀?” LOL
This video I truly appreciate because I'm kinda tired of only seeing the perfect side of new plant ownership. Like gimmie that plant that got a sunburn or that Agleonema that got over watered and it's sitting in the corner singing "Don't cry for me Argentina!" Show me the cactus the cat booted to the floor with kitty vengeance. Do a close up on that Sanseveria we all bought on clearance that leaves look like it did a tango with a weed whacker but it was only $1.50 at Lowes and who doesn't have the five years for it to make a recovery! I need the soap opera drama of the plants going thru a midlife crisis to know I'm not the only one with that Frankenstien shelf in the back by a window. The isle of the misfit toys plant section we all got in our homes. Heheehehehehehe*
I was laughing so much at this while also feeling exceptionally proud of your expository writing as if I was your creative language teacher! I love this post so much. So many true, yet funny yet creative, words said here! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 ❤️ 🤗
@@heathertroynak9041 I try! LOL*
Saddest thing when I have killed my plants. I enjoyed this cause it's realistic. I'm starting to name mine. If it's any help to you because it was a big help to me from overwatering and underwatering is to start a schedule with your watering. I know that sounds crazy but it's the easiest way to do it.
Harli I'm just like you. I see it, I know I need to do it. But if I don't do it immediately ima forget LOL!
Its good to know the TRUTH !!!! Showing SAD plants is a good thing!!! I have a drooping Christmas Cactus
every time i get a ugly plant because of my neglect i think to myself… why the hell couldn’t i just have spent my money on clothes or jewelry, an inanimate hobby rather than a living one?!
I appreciate the truth videos and plant chore videos! I feel so bad when a new plant is struggling.....I finally bought myself a ficus tineke but it's got spider mites :( Working hard to try and save it and it gave me a new branch!
I feel bad too, but it definitely happens at some point! Yay! Sounds like you're doing a great job to save the plant (:
I thought the plant life was jst buying them and giving water from time to time but my Philo sellum is on the struggle bus frfr. I won't be beat tho!
I currently only have two plants that are thriving 😂🤦🏼♀️ the rest are dying and I'm 24 weeks pregnant and don't have the energy to deal with them 😅😅
Videos like this make me feel better about how hard of a time I have with some plants
Love the ‘more honest more real’, I appreciate it SO HARD 💚
My golden pothos is struggling, it’s the only pothos I can’t seem to keep alive 🤣
KEIKI PASTE!!!! Put it on all the nodes that lost leaves and I a few months and those babies will have now growth ‼️
Thank you for showing real life and inspiring us to not give up. You are a bright light. Not to get too philosophical but...caring for plants teach us so many life lessons (humility, patience, gratitude, perseverance etc). We learn from our mistakes and become stronger and wiser
I’m struggling with my Hoya Carnosa C. V. as well and it’s one of the biggest plant heartbreaks I’ve had 😭. I believe she has mites. I’m confident that I’ve been watering her correctly and yet her old leaves were dying too quickly and I noticed tiny fuzz under the leaves. But not mealy fuzz. It was not as thick and no visible bugs anywhere. I need to take an insurance cutting 🥺
I was going to just send a message saying that nobody can be as bad as I am because I killed my philodendron. But then… You showed your potho and I don’t feel bad anymore thank you for that
I find the "easy care" tend to be the hardest to care for. Melanochrysum, Splendid and Verucossum sorted! Spiderplant...... dead.
Your a doll♡ don't listen to any bad comments at all.. people don't understand life sometimes! You do your thing girl♡♡
I am struggling with Nanouk. I’ve bought them 3 times and they’ve all died. I tried to root a bunch of cuttings in water and the stems started to rot. Now I’m trying to root what’s left of the cuttings in sphagnum moss and perlite.
I have a bunch that didn’t take the move from nv to Oregon… it might have been the 12 hour drive in the summer 🤷🏻♀️🤣
On the pothos I 100% think its the planter. I just cannot keep things alive in those porous type cachepot / containers. I Hit a Menards and get one of those black plastic containers for 88 cents.
Literally took me over an hour to watch this video bc my child 😂😂 that’s okay tho😂😂🫶
I’ve just had to chop up my Hoya polyneura and I’m so sad about it! It wasn’t very big (1 baby plant with 1 vine) but I love the plant so much I really want to keep it alive!
add a pole for the pepperomia, i bet it will heal
Always keep it real! 😍💯
Thank you for this video and showing us that life doesn't always mean picture perfect. I'm really bad at checking for pests and I realized that my struggling plants were infested with spider mites (like literally 40 plants) spraying them with mite killer wasn't doing anything so I have just completely sprayed them off with water and switched out the soil. I feel so bad for the plants that were struggling, wish I looked at them sooner.
Awe that sucks I’m sorry :( . my entire collection got mites and truly don’t know how it’s possible. I’ve been spraying for weeks to no avail. I hope you’re having better luck than me!!
This is long but good info!
Hi, I had the SAME thing happen last yr w/just as many plants as you & I tried everything you have & also diatomaceous earth which was kinda the last straw for my hubby due to the mess I had ALL over the house bc I was very generous w/it, lol! Eventually hubby came home w/a very large gift card to buy new plants & told me to toss the others which literally broke me & I couldn’t do it myself but long story short it was so bad I had to toss 2-3 dozen including my prized 15 yr old $ tree!!!
Lesson I learned is to use systemic granules in ALL my plants & repeat every 2mo & spray everything regardless or how they look every few wks w/ “ Take down” & lastly all new plants I either repot asap or knock off the top inch of soil & spray every 3days for 2wks & keep them separate (as much as possible given I have SO many plants!) for said 2wks & if healthy they can join the reg population of my plants. Also I wash my hands & or use new gloves between touching each plant & change clothes or wear an apron either clean or sprayed off w/alcohol between planting new or old plants. Sounds drastic but once you loose a cpl thousand $’s & countless hrs spent on plants you may get a bit paranoid! I know this is such a LONG reply but I hope it helps!
PS: keep spraying foliage w/water regularly & try not to let them touch each other.
Oh!!! I have a air vents in two key areas under racks and I got those vent hoods to redirect the air into another direction. If that helps anybody :) I got them in winter to redirect hot air but I use them for ever season now.
I gave up on the Watermelon Pepperomia. I am not replacing it. My Antherium seems to be struggling too. I think I need to take it out and look at the roots. My Scindapsus Jade is outside and is doing great. Alot of the plants don't like chlorinated water
Thank you for this video! It's nice to know that even plant gurus can struggle with plants. 🙂 Also very helpful to know the reasons why you think they are struggling so that we don't make the same mistakes!
Have you ever thought about doing a "fix my plant" video? Sharing common problems and how to fix them? Or user picture submissions and care advice? That might be helpful too!
Much love xx
Hello mama i love any content u made 💚💚💚💚hola from Puerto Rico🇵🇷🇵🇷im visiting my sister and exited im going to the rainforest tomorrow the name is el yunque is by San Juan 🥰🥰🥰
Enjoy your trip Jennifer.
Thank you so much for this video, I’m a new plant mom but have already killed a few plants and it dies make you feel crappy. Also getting mushrooms in my Alocasia and one of my cheese plants
Thank you for watching! Fortunately mushrooms are a good sign that the substrate they’re growing in is healthy 👏
What ever happened to your Exotica? I miss seeing that beauty!
I showed it in a recent care vlog video! It’s still here 😊
Both of my fittonias had been thriving for like the last two years and suddenly they’ve been crisping up I can’t figure out what went wrong cuz they haven’t been “drooping” like thirsty I think maybe they got too much light or something I don’t know 😅
And then I have killed a Zz it was in too big of a pot and it got root rot and that is a “impossible to kill plant” lol
You got this!!
Also I would chop up that Hoya to the pot it’ll grow that long and beautiful again!
Harli!!! Can you talk about care for a calathea mozaica? I finally found this (its my dream plant) and im scared ill kill it 😭😭😭
I love this video :-) I love you and your authenticity :-)
Appreciate this video, Harli, and the way you keep it real. Agree with you 100% that conversations about our plant successes and challenges is far more interesting than pretending we live everyday in a filtered La La Land.
Thanks for always keeping it real girl 🤍🤍
I click on these types of videos every time. I appreciate seeing other plant owners sick plants because I learn a lot. I have quite a few sick plants that have just stumped me as to what's wrong. Thanks Harli! Love your content
Thank you for normalizing wonky pilea peperomioides. 😂 mine all grow like that, but they’re growing so… they just have extra charm.
NOOOOOOOOOOO......not the compacta😭...lol. it happens. Don't beat yourself up regardless of what others say!
yeah it happens that some plants look ugley and showing the true is part of plant life so dont worry we all have some of them 😅
you might already know this but i’ve found pilea peperomioides to dislike drying out and to be pretty heavy feeders. the fertilization helped with my yellowing leaves
I know what you mean about forgetting or delaying care and suddenly it’s out of control 😳 the Hoya compacta, after you get the yellow leaves off can you cut off the leggy growth?
I appreciate your honest and real life videos! My struggling plants are a variety of peperomias and a monstera adansonii. All of them I forgot to adjust watering / move them back with summer light and there are some crispy bits. Life happens.
I had had 3 monstera a addisoni I & am on my 4th (a wk in) bc I just can’t win w/them! Seems they always get yellow spots in the leaves & eventually die off & it’s not due to pets so idk what the issue is.
I just moved most of my plants to the new apartment I am sharing with my boyfriend, and between the stress of the move and the lack of light (grow lights were ordered this morning!) my avocado tree is really really droopy and sad. I'm so scared I'm going to lose it before grow lights get in. So far the others are doing fine but will definitely be happier when artificial light is installed.
My spider plant :/ I don’t think it appreciated being left in my garage on accident (Texas heat), into my home, and then a few days later into my apartment in another city🙂
I love these videos....I have been on the struggle bus since day 1 with my watermelon pepperomia I dont know what I'm doing wrong lol.....thanks so much for sharing have an amazing week!💙💙
YOU Have 2 Little Human Props That YOU Want To Give A Good Family Life To... So YOU Have To Put THEM And PAPA PROPMAKER FIRST!!!
I have calathea that are thriving yet I’m slowly killing a Peperomia Obtusifolia 🤷🏼♀️
Love this video and love the realness you’re promoting. Thanks Harli. I recently lost my scindapsus argyraeus, the easiest dang plant I own, because I was lazy and tried out a self watering pot and root rotted her. It happens.
Thank you! I can't get a rex begonia to live longer than a month, and my tradescantias hate me. If even Harli can have plants that aren't perfect, its ok for me not to be perfect too!!
I killed my rex begonia... it's crunchy even though the soil is damp... could it grow back or
Hey Harli, I just wanted to say thank you for keeping it real and being real yourself . So many people on social media acts like everything is wonderful like .. they looks , makeup or relationships , family , kids , plants … exc. I’ve killed zz plant twice , my monsters looking droopy all the time now . But I’m gonna be keep trying . We all got straggles and why we refuse to talk about it instead of showing like everything is perfect !
Still my most favorite planty TH-camr. 💚💚💚
REALITY!!! Thank you Harli G ❤️
You are wonderful human being. I get inspiration from your videos. Thank you.
I'm struggling with my philodendrons
Wow was that a huge Hoya Polyneura in the bathroom window??? I LOVE IT!!! the mermaid tail is my favorite Hoya
I can’t figure out watermelon pepermoides either! So scraggly. 😭 and on the other hand, my other pepermoides are thriving!!!
Thanks for posting this helpful video. What can be learned from vids of perfect plants, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I really appreciate it when fellow growers post vids of their mistakes, we all make them right? Why not help people avoid them?
My freaking watermelon pepperomia was perfect and growing nice and big for a whole year.... Then nose dives into death. Didn't move it, didn't do anything different.... Watermelon pepperomia are just difficult lol
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My Hoya compacta was struggling for over 6 mo so I moved it fr soil to PON & after a few wks it started looking SO GOOD & putting out new growth. I alway kill Peperomia’s & I learned (recently) that they need very little water & like much smaller pots than you would think/normally use for the size plant it is, so downsize the pot…maybe?
My question to you is how is your Phili Brazil so perfect? I struggle w/mine SO MUCH & keep having to chop & prop just so I don’t loose it all, but it seems sad all the time! It’s in coco peat, charcoal, perlite, a lil pumice, worm castings & switch between liquadirt & water. Thanks for any help you can give!
Other than the 3 jade plants I’ve killed in the past 2 years 🤷🏼♀️. My problem is my Syngonium Podophyllum. It’s throwing new leaves about twice a month, not bad for a 4” small plant, but they die just as they fully open. Instead of pretty light pink, they become very light brown, and they’re gone. Any suggestions. It is cool in here, small studio, with radiator a/c on one wall. She’s in the north window, no sun and triple pane, so no heat. Help?
My current saddest plant is my Calathea Makoyana. That b**** doesn’t seem to like anything I do 🤷🏻♀️😄
Recently found THRIPS on 3 of my plants 😭including my adansonii. Had to basically cut up the entire thing and now I'm just rooting cuttings 😩
Thank you!!!! there are definitely plants that I feel like should do well and don't for whatever reason. that damn watermelon peperomia, I have killed 4 of them....I have tried everything and can not keep them alive!!! LOL. thanks again for keeping it real!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for the video. So far every plant is one I’ve had problems with. I’ve killed 3 watermelon pepperomias already! 💚
YES YOUR SO FUN and well just real and so appreciated
Thats 100% correct Harli lets all just be REAL! Love your vids, and hello from Alberta
Thank you for sharing this with us.. was thinking I'm the only one who can't tk good care of alllll of my plants!!. Thanks dear.. keep posting such updates
My Pilea is always on the struggle bus 🤷🏻♀️ I do my best but it’s barely holding on