I have a Notion spreadsheet for my plants. I record the scientific name, the known-as name, the month I got it, a link to a care article as well as the level of water, light and humidity it needs. I also attach a picture. I am very organised though! I like the coathanger hack but I only have velvet or padded hangars in my house dahling! I like the little trellis hack someone mentioned below though. I've seen loads of TH-cam plant channels say they've given up on Leca lately because of the hassle. I prefer soil or water. I also use a kitchen ladle to repot my plants. So even though I won't be doing any of these hacks please keep them coming!
About the tags: you don’t need to make your own. As long as it’s made from plastic, you can stick the tag between the pot and the soil with just the top visible, just like those yoghurt container labels.
The coat hanger for a trellis is such a WONDERFUL idea! They all are good but right now, for me, it is a great answer to the delimma for my pothos "arms" 😃👍. BTW, I love your channel
Just the solution for my soon to be ruined windowsills ... I paused you video right after the fist hack, ran upstairs to get the felt pads and immediately applied to the bottom of all my ceramic pots. Even cut them in half for smaller pots. Thank you very much !!!
Great advice and hacks there, i love the wire hanger idea! For those who have freshwater fish tanks, never forget to reuse the water from your maintenance waterchanges to give your plants a drink! It's packed with good nutrients! ;)
Many years ago, I lived in California during a major drought. Watering outdoors was generally forbidden, so I carried gray water from the bathtub down the stairs to water the potted plants on my large front porch. Thst year I had so many beautiful flowers, which I made detailed botanical drawings of. I still have the drawings, done almost 50 years ago.
Mr. Sheffield, Thank-you so much for all the info you provide for all of us :) Was wondering about your thoughts on "plants love music and when you breath on them"
@@SheffieldMadePlants Well my mom says that plants like Carbon Dioxide so breath on them and they grow better? and I guess they get grow better with music playing, don't know really she has always told me these things so I sing/breath on my plants in the morning, thu im not a green thumb so i don't see a difference but im a new plant mommy lol
For a small soil scoop, I've cut the top off a vitamin bottle. I put a rubber band around it to map out where I wanted the angled cut, then drew a line with a marker, and cut away. It's quick, easy, and just the right size.
I solved my fungus gnat problem by putting aspen wood chips on the surface of the soil, it doesn’t stink when damp and it keeps the gnats away from the soil where they breed. You can find the wood chips in the pet section of your store, it’s used for pet bedding.
@@SheffieldMadePlants No problem, i forgot to mention that i only use it on the self watering plants and you can’t top water using it because it will float up.
There’s a local company that uses glass bottles for their spices . I keep those for newly purchased spices in plastic containers AND I use extra ones for cuttings . I also use other tube shaped glass jars for cuttings. I like them because they can be sterilized easily and reused.
Hi man, I enjoy your videos. Greetings from Washington D.C. I am actually from Nepal but I live in this climate. Just like my house plants that are not from here but live in the same house as I. We both enjoy some nice soup. Cheers.
I use LECA (sometimes mixed with PON) with all my Alocasia, anything in the Marantaceae family, and most Hoya. If I were to suggest one to start with, I'd say a small specimen of Hoya carnosa, any variety of it. I have Tricolor (Krimson Queen), Rubra (Krimson Princess) and Compacta (Hindu Rope) in a mix of PON and LECA, and they experienced zero set backs with the transition from soil. I just washed the soil out, and nestled the roots in the rocky substrate. Watered from the top the first month (no reservoir) then gave them a shallow reservoir with nutrient water (Growth Technology Foliage Pro or Dyna-Grow Foliage Focus).
Like the hacks, but don't know many ppl still using wire hangers. Also would not recommend starting leca; aroids like it, but the upkeep sucks with the flushing and nutrient adding.
I completely moved away from clay pots to plastic. Imo, plastic is overall the best choice for so many reasons. Clay pots being prone to leaching is very annoying.
I'm an American, what does "pong a bit" mean? stink? I just sent you a comment on the wrong video. I sent the email you asked for. I have used the wire hanger in the past and have been wanting to this year, but they're hard to find! I don't use a dry cleaner & stores hardly have them anymore. I used to wrap them around a broomstick for a spiral, twist them at the base & put 3 in the pot. I ordered some fungus gnat larvae eaters the other day. They should be arriving monday.
I saw that & tried to upload it again and it keeps stopping at 98%. I'm uploading it (with link only) here on youtube and will send you the link in a reply to the email when it's done.@@SheffieldMadePlants
4:13 With reusing water (grey water) don't forget using the water from when you are trying to heat up your water. Our water tank isn't ideally placed so we have to run our water for a bit before washing dishes or taking a shower to get it hot, that water hasn't been touched and is perfect for all kinds of things.
Excellent tips as always 😊I try to use WD40 on my pruners, after washing them under water and cleaning them with alcohol. It really keeps them rust-free and also well-oiled.
Try following the Leca Queen...she is all leca...her channel won't steer you wrong...all of her gorgeous plant babies are living in leca and are beautiful and growing like wild fire...check her out
Suggestion: When cleaning your cutter blades with lemon/salt, instead of making a puddle somewhere by pouring it on the blades, just stick the blades into the bowl or a smaller/taller jar or container to soak, whatever you need to use to make the liquid level high enough to cover the blades. Less messy and you might be able to stick the scissors or other tools in there too!
It's astonishing how little people over here (in Germany) know about Perlite.. None of the local stores have it and if you ask what those white grains are, they have in most of their (imported) plant soil, most common answer is fertilizer, flint/small pebbles or even styrofoam 🤣 rooting cuttings works just amazingly in perlite as they still get air while keeping it moist ❤ most my FungusGnats problem got solved by adding Sarracenias and Pinguiculas to my collection, and there's nothing more satisfying then to watch those little buggers land on my plants, not knowing it's their final descent 🤣 thanks for your video, as always super informative and great presentation :D 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants also try to get some Sundews Drosera Adelae and D.Capensis they are really super effective against the little flies👍 look for local species, maybe D.Anglica :D they're super fun and beautiful!
🇦🇺 🙋🏼♀️ hi Mr Sheffield nice bunch of handy hacks. If you're using lemon/vinegar, it's s good idea to rinse in bi-carb water to ensure all the acid is gone, rinse in clean water and really important to oil it afterwards to prevent the piece rusting all over. I've made scoops from round soft drink bottles too, you can squeeze the opening to get into narrow spaces when potting. You don't need to upgrade your pots when you're starting out with leca/pumice. Just use ordinary nursery pots and a cache pot. Some people use a soldering iron to add extra holes for extra air flow. If you haven't heard of her, the leca queen's TH-cam channel is very helpful. Oh, and fungus gnats love moss too 😡 annoying little 💩 Love the Picasso style trellis! ❤️❤️ Have a great week🙋🏼♀️
The biggest problem with trying out leca is that you’ll want to transfer everything to leca after you see the results. Double the growth of soil. Difficult plants become easy. Buying all new pots or modifying current ones is the biggest annoyance.
You could take a snapshot of the plant tags, I have a little notebook I keep my tags in along with when I purchased the plant and any additional care it needs especially when to prune or cut back for my outside plants. Blessings 💜
To add an idea to the "labeling of plants hack" I have been considering myself... For context, I have commented on an earlier video that I have all plant names in an Excel sheet. They have now been divided up with color labels to the different 'zones'/spots in my room. So all plants on my desk have the same colour for example. All plants in the excel sheet are in alphabetical order, so while watering I can spot plants more quickly in my list by colour. Usually I go about watering spot for spot, not constantly back and forth through the room. That is how I like to have a good overview. Having said that, if you have all your plant names on a list, you could then easily give all plants on the list a number (in order of buying them or whatever you want) and just write or print that number on the label. I have 2 small Gymnocalysium Mihanovichii Variegata for example, having that written out on a label would take up quite some space🤣. If you don't want to see labels, hiding one with just a number is much easier 😃
Hi mr Sheffield one question What was the name of the thing that you use you used it in one of your videos. It’s the thing that sucks the water from the saucer when there is to much water what’s it called please
One time local plant store gave me whole Kalanchoe because it stopped flowering. Now I can propagate and make whole family feel the power of gifting. :)
Love your videos as always! So soothing to watch and love all the tips! I look forward to getting alerts from you my plant friend! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! 🪴
About the water 🤔 I've just bought a bloody brita filter for my calatheas and just read that I should use it for my spider plants also, to avoid brown tips!🤨 Yet here you go telling me now that , go ahead go back to tap water but wait throw soap in it, dead skin cells, food residue, why not fabric softener too!😤 Can you make up your mind man?🤣🌿 I need clear direction 😂 It rubs the lotion on her leaves 🧴or it gets the hose again.
I don’t know why all plants you buy on line don’t come with name tags. If you forget where you bought and don’t have a receipt, Siri can’t give you a name 🤷♀️
leca is just love, i m telling you. a little over 2 months ago i converted every single plant i own to leca, all of them made it without much trouble, besides some epipremnum, those are such a diva when it comes to transfering to anything really. yes they root like crazy and wont die at all for the most part but dare you if you put an epipremnum that allready has roots to a different medium, they rot away like crazy so its best to cut ALL of its roots and start a brand new plant with new fresh rooted cuttings. but besides that, i m so in love. i feel like im ''finally there'' semi hydro way of keeping plants is so fun to me aswell because you can do really creative things. and my plants go complete bonkers on leca. im not even kidding, in between end of october until now, they put out more growth and increased in height than they did the entire rest of the year combined. some of them almost grow TOO fast because i cant even keep up with them, i allready would need to repot plants to give them larger pots that i only live in that pot for less than a month, its beyond crazy how fast they go.
Use a pencil for your plant labels on plastic. Sharpie ink, sadly fades over time and you will still be left scratching your head. Pencil does not fade or rinse off. If you want to reuse your label, you can erase it easily…
hmm wondering, if i need salt and lemons to clean my pruners, and you use alcohol to sterilize it too... i could just have some tequile while i m on it xD
Also, with vines that have dropped leaves(phil, pothos, monstera, even ficus), you can take keiki paste made for orchids and dab a tiny bit on the dormant nodes and they'll grow new shoots! I've had a 6 foot section on my favorite pothos that I recently did this to and almost every bud grew new leaves🥹 I've also done this to my fiddle leave buds that haven't produced new leaves in a while and they also IMMEDIATELY pushed out new growth! You only need the tiniest bit of paste and it's magical. A great hack for the plant parents that like the overgrown jungle aesthetic or want to shape their plants in a more specific way 😊
I take out the plant tags, but i store them all in a little makeup bag with my other plant supplies so i can always just find it if i forget the name. I guess this wouldn’t work if you collect one type of plant and would have trouble remembering which variety is which, but i don’t, so it works for me. One bag for houseplants and one for outside plants!
One more for you. The glass containers make perfect propagating water containers. Pickle, marinara, capers…. Perfect sized jars for all the different size plants
Great tips as always. thank you very much 👍🏻 As for removing rust, a 70/30 solution of vinegar and water works really well as an alternative Not plant related at all, but I used this to remove almost all the rust from a Danish 1858-style officers sabre, that I inherited from my father I was very worried about damaging an old authentic sword/sabre and the diluted vinegar solution was the solution I got from several medieval oriented channels
You can also buy 1/4 yard of felt at the craft store and hot glue it to your pot saucers to prevent damage to your surfaces ,it’s cheaper. I keep felt scraps around for just that.
I tried a little perlite box last week. Wetted the stuff, and poked in cuttings from my Scindapsus Pictus. They rotted in a few days. What did I do wrong? The others that I'm rooting in water seem find still, and the ones in LECA have roots showing. Why would all the ones in perlite turn black and mushy?
@@SheffieldMadePlants yes, some water was pooled at the bottom, but not nearly as much as the cuttings in LECA or in the jar of water, as both of those were filled near the top.
I will go one step further with the cut hanger. Use an aquarium air tubing and insert the wire in the tubing. Cut the tubing at least one inch above the end of the wire, then made into the shape you like. You will have a neater look to the trellis.
Mr. Sheffield... I just love your videos.. ❤so easy to understand n also entertaining... I have a question if u cud help pls... At the start of this video. In the introduction, you are seen hugging a plant. The beautiful one with prominent veins... The pointed leaves one.. I have that plant in a pot in the house 8n my bedroom. It gets indirect light. I water it every 3 to 4 to 5 days. But it's lately not getting any new leaves. It has just 3 big leaves left now😢... What m I doing wrong??? Pls cud u help... I live in Mombai. India... 😊
@@SheffieldMadePlants ❤️❤️❤️😀. Hi mr. Sheffield... Thank you zillions for replying back. I do appreciate it... It feels so nice n m humbled that you replied back unlike most of youtubers. I am so so happy and thank God Almighty that there is someone in the world whose passionate about plants that I can go to anytime... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰... Thank you again... Wish you a very Merry Christmas 🎄 from me and my greenies 🌿🌱🍀🌳🌲🌿🍃☘️ all the way from Mumbai. India... God bless u always...
@@SheffieldMadePlants also wud be really great if cud make a detailed video on the alocasia amazonics for people like me... Do. Does it mean they need lots of sunlight 😀? In Mumbai ryte now. It's still warm n we get a warm nearly hot sun from 2 to 4pm...
Never thought of cutting up food containers to labels! Great hack idea! I make plant labels out of old and broken vinyl blind slats. I usually find them really cheap at garage/yard sales. I cut them into usable sizes and give them a pointed end. They work really well! Great video as usual!😊
Btw, I absolutely support people from all over the world using their natural, local, etc vocabulary. Like this example, it's quite delightful & we all get to learn about each other a bit. I just tend to add definitions here & there around YT so not everyone new to the word needs to either remain in the dark or go searching
The best tip I can give in using leca is to clean the roots of potting mix as best as you can. It will make a world of difference for the plant. ❤. Great hacks, too.
For my Dioscorea Elephantipes, I made a small trellis with some binding wire (very thin metal with green plastic around it, easy to bend). Most big plant stores have it on a roll (couple of meters) for a few bucks. That is a good alternative for small plants like mine still is. If they get bigger and heavier, the coat hanger would be a great step up :)
Great video again, thank you! Never thought of using the pads for some reason. If you don't have any lemon to hand, toothpaste can also help with rust!
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Here's a hack, use vinegar to cut rust from garden tools. I haven't tried it, but heard it on another video here.
ASK PERMISSION!! Absolutely the best answer to this unwarranted debate over the stealing of plant cuttings. 👍
Absolutely!!
I have a Notion spreadsheet for my plants. I record the scientific name, the known-as name, the month I got it, a link to a care article as well as the level of water, light and humidity it needs. I also attach a picture. I am very organised though!
I like the coathanger hack but I only have velvet or padded hangars in my house dahling! I like the little trellis hack someone mentioned below though.
I've seen loads of TH-cam plant channels say they've given up on Leca lately because of the hassle. I prefer soil or water. I also use a kitchen ladle to repot my plants.
So even though I won't be doing any of these hacks please keep them coming!
Very good! Like the organisation
About the tags: you don’t need to make your own. As long as it’s made from plastic, you can stick the tag between the pot and the soil with just the top visible, just like those yoghurt container labels.
True 😁
The coat hanger for a trellis is such a WONDERFUL idea! They all are good but right now, for me, it is a great answer to the delimma for my pothos "arms" 😃👍. BTW, I love your channel
Thanks!
I feel like IKEA should sponsor you at this point
You got a contact?
@@SheffieldMadePlants😂👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants No I wish , maybe someone reads this that works there !
The lemon juice and salt hack is also great for cleaning and deodorizing that cutting board.
Just the solution for my soon to be ruined windowsills ... I paused you video right after the fist hack, ran upstairs to get the felt pads and immediately applied to the bottom of all my ceramic pots. Even cut them in half for smaller pots. Thank you very much !!!
Great stuff 👍
Awesome hacks, thank you! Eco friendly AND budget friendly. Win win!!
Yes! Thank you!
Great advice and hacks there, i love the wire hanger idea!
For those who have freshwater fish tanks, never forget to reuse the water from your maintenance waterchanges to give your plants a drink! It's packed with good nutrients! ;)
Many years ago, I lived in California during a major drought. Watering outdoors was generally forbidden, so I carried gray water from the bathtub down the stairs to water the potted plants on my large front porch. Thst year I had so many beautiful flowers, which I made detailed botanical drawings of. I still have the drawings, done almost 50 years ago.
Thanks for sharing!
so glad I found your channel... I am going to binge watch everything
Welcome aboard!
Mr. Sheffield, Thank-you so much for all the info you provide for all of us :) Was wondering about your thoughts on "plants love music and when you breath on them"
I need to test that. Doubt there’s much in it though. What’s your thoughts?
@@SheffieldMadePlants Well my mom says that plants like Carbon Dioxide so breath on them and they grow better? and I guess they get grow better with music playing, don't know really she has always told me these things so I sing/breath on my plants in the morning, thu im not a green thumb so i don't see a difference but im a new plant mommy lol
Like the hanger hack and plastic labels 👍
For a small soil scoop, I've cut the top off a vitamin bottle. I put a rubber band around it to map out where I wanted the angled cut, then drew a line with a marker, and cut away. It's quick, easy, and just the right size.
Very good 👍
I solved my fungus gnat problem by putting aspen wood chips on the surface of the soil, it doesn’t stink when damp and it keeps the gnats away from the soil where they breed.
You can find the wood chips in the pet section of your store, it’s used for pet bedding.
Thanks for the tip 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants No problem, i forgot to mention that i only use it on the self watering plants and you can’t top water using it because it will float up.
There’s a local company that uses glass bottles for their spices . I keep those for newly purchased spices in plastic containers AND I use extra ones for cuttings . I also use other tube shaped glass jars for cuttings. I like them because they can be sterilized easily and reused.
Like it!
❤merry Christmas
Happy Xmas 🎅
Unsubscribe to the channel? For the first time in my whole life I hear this 🤣
I've been using leca for about a year now. Propagating is a breeze!! 😂
Hi man, I enjoy your videos. Greetings from Washington D.C. I am actually from Nepal but I live in this climate. Just like my house plants that are not from here but live in the same house as I. We both enjoy some nice soup. Cheers.
Sounds great! 😁
5:41 I never throw my tags 🏷️ in the bin just in case I need it
6:52 never thought of prop lifting !
But never gonna do it
Very wise
It is stealing if you don’t ask the shop.
9:02 what! Soilless !
prop lifting. classic!
I use LECA (sometimes mixed with PON) with all my Alocasia, anything in the Marantaceae family, and most Hoya. If I were to suggest one to start with, I'd say a small specimen of Hoya carnosa, any variety of it. I have Tricolor (Krimson Queen), Rubra (Krimson Princess) and Compacta (Hindu Rope) in a mix of PON and LECA, and they experienced zero set backs with the transition from soil. I just washed the soil out, and nestled the roots in the rocky substrate. Watered from the top the first month (no reservoir) then gave them a shallow reservoir with nutrient water (Growth Technology Foliage Pro or Dyna-Grow Foliage Focus).
Cool thanks for the tips
Great advice thank you
You bet!
Great video by the way, I'll be using the wire hanger trellis
Cheers!
2:48 since the 90s 😂😂
Soaking rusted tools in straight vinegar also works for removing rust
Good shout 👍
4:35. I think that really depends on the plant.
1:52 that’s funny 😂
Like the hacks, but don't know many ppl still using wire hangers. Also would not recommend starting leca; aroids like it, but the upkeep sucks with the flushing and nutrient adding.
😬
We want a video about leca
Working on something but it’s long term
I completely moved away from clay pots to plastic. Imo, plastic is overall the best choice for so many reasons. Clay pots being prone to leaching is very annoying.
Terracotta for succulents only.
Yeah i've got tired of that
Is it trellis trellis
Treleaf
I'm an American, what does "pong a bit" mean? stink?
I just sent you a comment on the wrong video. I sent the email you asked for.
I have used the wire hanger in the past and have been wanting to this year, but they're hard to find! I don't use a dry cleaner & stores hardly have them anymore. I used to wrap them around a broomstick for a spiral, twist them at the base & put 3 in the pot. I ordered some fungus gnat larvae eaters the other day. They should be arriving monday.
Yeah it means stinks. I just replied to your email
I saw that & tried to upload it again and it keeps stopping at 98%. I'm uploading it (with link only) here on youtube and will send you the link in a reply to the email when it's done.@@SheffieldMadePlants
4:13 With reusing water (grey water) don't forget using the water from when you are trying to heat up your water. Our water tank isn't ideally placed so we have to run our water for a bit before washing dishes or taking a shower to get it hot, that water hasn't been touched and is perfect for all kinds of things.
That's a really good one!
Very good 👍
and the opposite, during summer it takes 3 liters until we get a cold glass of water out the tap, keep a jug on the bench.
I tried using broccoli water on my bedrokm plants and my room stank like farts for about two weeks. Not recommended.
😂 you just made my day, needed that laugh 🤣
Excellent tips as always 😊I try to use WD40 on my pruners, after washing them under water and cleaning them with alcohol. It really keeps them rust-free and also well-oiled.
Like it!
Instead of a big plastic prop box, I use large, attractive glass containers with lids for propagations and display them terrarium-style.
Very good 👍
I totally made a heart shaped trellis for my Hoya from a coat hanger ❤. Cute and free. 😊 🌱
Great stuff 👍
I did it with a Jade plant. It’s funky😂
Try following the Leca Queen...she is all leca...her channel won't steer you wrong...all of her gorgeous plant babies are living in leca and are beautiful and growing like wild fire...check her out
For sure
Suggestion: When cleaning your cutter blades with lemon/salt, instead of making a puddle somewhere by pouring it on the blades, just stick the blades into the bowl or a smaller/taller jar or container to soak, whatever you need to use to make the liquid level high enough to cover the blades. Less messy and you might be able to stick the scissors or other tools in there too!
The wire coat hanger trellis is a excellent diy hack... I never thought of it 👍🏻
Cheers pal
It's astonishing how little people over here (in Germany) know about Perlite.. None of the local stores have it and if you ask what those white grains are, they have in most of their (imported) plant soil, most common answer is fertilizer, flint/small pebbles or even styrofoam 🤣 rooting cuttings works just amazingly in perlite as they still get air while keeping it moist ❤ most my FungusGnats problem got solved by adding Sarracenias and Pinguiculas to my collection, and there's nothing more satisfying then to watch those little buggers land on my plants, not knowing it's their final descent 🤣 thanks for your video, as always super informative and great presentation :D 👍
I need to get some of those for sure!
@@SheffieldMadePlants also try to get some Sundews Drosera Adelae and D.Capensis they are really super effective against the little flies👍 look for local species, maybe D.Anglica :D they're super fun and beautiful!
Carnivorous plants are fantastic and have become my new obsession. Pinguiculas and drosera are my favourite
🇦🇺 🙋🏼♀️ hi Mr Sheffield nice bunch of handy hacks. If you're using lemon/vinegar, it's s good idea to rinse in bi-carb water to ensure all the acid is gone, rinse in clean water and really important to oil it afterwards to prevent the piece rusting all over.
I've made scoops from round soft drink bottles too, you can squeeze the opening to get into narrow spaces when potting.
You don't need to upgrade your pots when you're starting out with leca/pumice. Just use ordinary nursery pots and a cache pot. Some people use a soldering iron to add extra holes for extra air flow. If you haven't heard of her, the leca queen's TH-cam channel is very helpful.
Oh, and fungus gnats love moss too 😡 annoying little 💩
Love the Picasso style trellis! ❤️❤️
Have a great week🙋🏼♀️
Thanks for the tip. Yes her channel is great
The biggest problem with trying out leca is that you’ll want to transfer everything to leca after you see the results. Double the growth of soil. Difficult plants become easy. Buying all new pots or modifying current ones is the biggest annoyance.
Yes i'm finding the pot thing a conundrum
Yes i'm finding the pot thing a conundrum
Yes i'm finding the pot thing a conundrum
You alright Mr Sheffield? 😂😂😂
@@RangeGleasry laggy/unstable connection I guess
He made sure to answer tho 🤣😂
Going to try some of these. I love your channel.
Thanks!
You could take a snapshot of the plant tags, I have a little notebook I keep my tags in along with when I purchased the plant and any additional care it needs especially when to prune or cut back for my outside plants. Blessings 💜
Me,too! 💚💚
Like it!
To add an idea to the "labeling of plants hack" I have been considering myself...
For context, I have commented on an earlier video that I have all plant names in an Excel sheet. They have now been divided up with color labels to the different 'zones'/spots in my room. So all plants on my desk have the same colour for example. All plants in the excel sheet are in alphabetical order, so while watering I can spot plants more quickly in my list by colour. Usually I go about watering spot for spot, not constantly back and forth through the room. That is how I like to have a good overview.
Having said that, if you have all your plant names on a list, you could then easily give all plants on the list a number (in order of buying them or whatever you want) and just write or print that number on the label. I have 2 small Gymnocalysium Mihanovichii Variegata for example, having that written out on a label would take up quite some space🤣. If you don't want to see labels, hiding one with just a number is much easier 😃
You are on a whole other level and I love it!
Love the organisation!
Bit of autism has it advantages 😆
Yaaaaay. Semi-Hydroculture is comming :D
By the way this is your 299th video !
Didn’t know that thanks!
Hi mr Sheffield one question
What was the name of the thing that you use you used it in one of your videos.
It’s the thing that sucks the water from the saucer when there is to much water what’s it called please
Turkey baster
Thank you so much !
Hello❤❤❤
I had some plants rooted in Lecca but after some time , I noticed moss on the Lecca and the vase itself .. 😢😢😢😢
I think you’re noticing algae. It won’t hurt anything.
Lecavalier queen has lots of tips
One time local plant store gave me whole Kalanchoe because it stopped flowering. Now I can propagate and make whole family feel the power of gifting. :)
Nice 👌
I save the water from the fish tanks in a huge bucket by the back door for my plants fish and snail poop is excellent fertiliser
If only I had a neighbour like you...
Perfect!
Can I use water from my back yard fish pond?@@SheffieldMadePlants
Love your videos as always! So soothing to watch and love all the tips! I look forward to getting alerts from you my plant friend! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! 🪴
Love it! Happy weekend!
About the water 🤔 I've just bought a bloody brita filter for my calatheas and just read that I should use it for my spider plants also, to avoid brown tips!🤨
Yet here you go telling me now that , go ahead go back to tap water but wait throw soap in it, dead skin cells, food residue, why not fabric softener too!😤
Can you make up your mind man?🤣🌿
I need clear direction 😂
It rubs the lotion on her leaves 🧴or it gets the hose again.
It’s a minefield admittedly 😅 but do what’s working for you my plant friend
I don’t know why all plants you buy on line don’t come with name tags. If you forget where you bought and don’t have a receipt, Siri can’t give you a name 🤷♀️
Good point
leca is just love, i m telling you. a little over 2 months ago i converted every single plant i own to leca, all of them made it without much trouble, besides some epipremnum, those are such a diva when it comes to transfering to anything really. yes they root like crazy and wont die at all for the most part but dare you if you put an epipremnum that allready has roots to a different medium, they rot away like crazy so its best to cut ALL of its roots and start a brand new plant with new fresh rooted cuttings.
but besides that, i m so in love. i feel like im ''finally there'' semi hydro way of keeping plants is so fun to me aswell because you can do really creative things. and my plants go complete bonkers on leca. im not even kidding, in between end of october until now, they put out more growth and increased in height than they did the entire rest of the year combined. some of them almost grow TOO fast because i cant even keep up with them, i allready would need to repot plants to give them larger pots that i only live in that pot for less than a month, its beyond crazy how fast they go.
Thanks I’m experimenting too. So far so good
Love and Peace.
Use a pencil for your plant labels on plastic. Sharpie ink, sadly fades over time and you will still be left scratching your head. Pencil does not fade or rinse off. If you want to reuse your label, you can erase it easily…
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7:19 good idea now when I go buy a plant next time I’m gonna check for any propagations and ask !
Great stuff 👍
hmm wondering, if i need salt and lemons to clean my pruners, and you use alcohol to sterilize it too... i could just have some tequile while i m on it xD
Perfect 🤩
Also, with vines that have dropped leaves(phil, pothos, monstera, even ficus), you can take keiki paste made for orchids and dab a tiny bit on the dormant nodes and they'll grow new shoots! I've had a 6 foot section on my favorite pothos that I recently did this to and almost every bud grew new leaves🥹 I've also done this to my fiddle leave buds that haven't produced new leaves in a while and they also IMMEDIATELY pushed out new growth! You only need the tiniest bit of paste and it's magical. A great hack for the plant parents that like the overgrown jungle aesthetic or want to shape their plants in a more specific way 😊
I’m trying that at the moment actually
@@SheffieldMadePlants Always experimenting! I look forward to watching your video on it!!
I take out the plant tags, but i store them all in a little makeup bag with my other plant supplies so i can always just find it if i forget the name. I guess this wouldn’t work if you collect one type of plant and would have trouble remembering which variety is which, but i don’t, so it works for me. One bag for houseplants and one for outside plants!
Sounds good
9:16 wow 🤩
I think I will give it a try with easy going plants to get them out of the soil and see how it goes. Nice hacks and btw you are so funny!!
Great stuff 👍
One more for you. The glass containers make perfect propagating water containers. Pickle, marinara, capers…. Perfect sized jars for all the different size plants
Nice 👌
I use my glass jars to grow orchids in water culture! They are very happy and I like being able to see their roots so I know when to water. 🌺
Thank you for sharing is rain water safe for indoor plants 😊
Yep, screen the bits and bobs out and it's good
I've used neem powder in my water and the gnats went away. It took a few months but it worked.
Thanks for the tip
Look at all the subs you're getting!!!🎉
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Great tips as always. thank you very much 👍🏻
As for removing rust, a 70/30 solution of vinegar and water works really well as an alternative
Not plant related at all, but I used this to remove almost all the rust from a Danish 1858-style officers sabre, that I inherited from my father
I was very worried about damaging an old authentic sword/sabre and the diluted vinegar solution was the solution I got from several medieval oriented channels
Very good!
Very good!
I hope the bin gets paid for their many cameos.
He gets breakfast lunch and dinner as pay 😁
You can also buy 1/4 yard of felt at the craft store and hot glue it to your pot saucers to prevent damage to your surfaces ,it’s cheaper. I keep felt scraps around for just that.
Nice one!
5:20 are you serious 😂
I didn't know plants would grow in perlite just as good as in dirt. Sounds like an idea I need to try. Have a blessed day.
You need to provide a complete liquid fertiliser in the right dosage to have longevity with this technique.
@@RookAdmirer thank you
My aunty always saved her gray water, including her bath water for her house plants and outdoor trees.
I have a hack! Use a dollar store clear shower curtain as a liner for baskets! I mean or anything you want to use as a cache pot!
I tried a little perlite box last week. Wetted the stuff, and poked in cuttings from my Scindapsus Pictus. They rotted in a few days. What did I do wrong? The others that I'm rooting in water seem find still, and the ones in LECA have roots showing. Why would all the ones in perlite turn black and mushy?
Hmm very odd. Was water pooling at the bottom?
@@SheffieldMadePlants yes, some water was pooled at the bottom, but not nearly as much as the cuttings in LECA or in the jar of water, as both of those were filled near the top.
@@Enn- might just be bad luck with a dodgy cutting
2:33 wow that’s a nice aloe Vera I’ve also got one !
How long did it take to grow ?
I've had it about a year. Not changed much
8:21 but a lot of time the takeaway boxes are oily 🥴
Give it a little wash
Thanks!
Thank you 😊
I will go one step further with the cut hanger. Use an aquarium air tubing and insert the wire in the tubing. Cut the tubing at least one inch above the end of the wire, then made into the shape you like. You will have a neater look to the trellis.
Cool thanks for the tip
Mr. Sheffield... I just love your videos.. ❤so easy to understand n also entertaining...
I have a question if u cud help pls...
At the start of this video. In the introduction, you are seen hugging a plant. The beautiful one with prominent veins... The pointed leaves one..
I have that plant in a pot in the house 8n my bedroom. It gets indirect light. I water it every 3 to 4 to 5 days. But it's lately not getting any new leaves. It has just 3 big leaves left now😢...
What m I doing wrong???
Pls cud u help...
I live in Mombai. India... 😊
An Alocasia amazonica? Mine does that during winter. They tend to go dormant due to lack of light. Wait till spring and it would bounce back
@@SheffieldMadePlants ❤️❤️❤️😀. Hi mr. Sheffield... Thank you zillions for replying back. I do appreciate it... It feels so nice n m humbled that you replied back unlike most of youtubers.
I am so so happy and thank God Almighty that there is someone in the world whose passionate about plants that I can go to anytime... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰... Thank you again...
Wish you a very Merry Christmas 🎄 from me and my greenies 🌿🌱🍀🌳🌲🌿🍃☘️ all the way from Mumbai. India...
God bless u always...
@@SheffieldMadePlants also wud be really great if cud make a detailed video on the alocasia amazonics for people like me...
Do. Does it mean they need lots of sunlight 😀? In Mumbai ryte now. It's still warm n we get a warm nearly hot sun from 2 to 4pm...
@@pcshuman yeah it’s normally the light but sounds like you get lots. Have a look at the roots for anything suspicious
4:09 ok I’ll try that !
Thank you so much !
You bet!
Very informative, me and my wife just love your videos
Very entertaining. Keep em coming 👍👍
Thank you! Will do!
Never thought of cutting up food containers to labels! Great hack idea! I make plant labels out of old and broken vinyl blind slats. I usually find them really cheap at garage/yard sales. I cut them into usable sizes and give them a pointed end. They work really well! Great video as usual!😊
Great idea!
4:54 Never heard this one before-
Urban Dictionary: pong
British slang. A bad smell.
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Thank you! I also wondered about this
Who’s
Ponged around here??
Stinky bum!! X
@@RangeGleasry That's why I'm here 😉
Btw, I absolutely support people from all over the world using their natural, local, etc vocabulary. Like this example, it's quite delightful & we all get to learn about each other a bit.
I just tend to add definitions here & there around YT so not everyone new to the word needs to either remain in the dark or go searching
The best tip I can give in using leca is to clean the roots of potting mix as best as you can. It will make a world of difference for the plant. ❤. Great hacks, too.
Thanks for sharing
Hello !
Hello!
For my Dioscorea Elephantipes, I made a small trellis with some binding wire (very thin metal with green plastic around it, easy to bend). Most big plant stores have it on a roll (couple of meters) for a few bucks. That is a good alternative for small plants like mine still is. If they get bigger and heavier, the coat hanger would be a great step up :)
Sounds great!
Greenest and greatest ideas Thank you
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My pleasure 😊
I so enjoy your videos that I don't watch anyone elses!
Thank you 😊
I wouldn't feel too bad if I "accidentally" had a cutting stuck to my shoe on my way out of Lowes. Their prices aren't low.
😂 cheeky
What's quicker for propagation? Perlite or succulent soil?
I think perlite
Definitely perlite
Great video again, thank you! Never thought of using the pads for some reason. If you don't have any lemon to hand, toothpaste can also help with rust!
Ooo didn't know that
@@SheffieldMadePlants I use it on my sink which is a million years old, I also use it on toys and even fabric with rust stains. Worth giving it a go.
How do you keep the perlite your Monstera is growing in moist?
Keep a reservoir of water at the bottom
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thanks for the reply....should it be nutrient water or plain water?
@@kbm4409 should have nutrients in for good growth