Hi friend ,I have huge issue with butterfly moths in my indoor flower pots.My whole house is infested.How to get rid of them without harming plants?thank you!
Hello from Trinidad, last week Friday I went to the mall to buy a a dress and came back home with a ponytail palm and 3 aglaonemas, today I went to see the Ophthalmologist and came back home with a pencil cactus, 4 different types of pothos and 2 jade plants I think I am going to put myself under house arrest. :0)
Omg that's so funny! I literally did the same thing this whole summer 😂 Every single time I left my house I would come back home with at least one more plant. I also went crazy buying pots and planters too. 😂
I went through a plant buying mania a few years ago, and still have most of those plants which are thriving in my south facing windows. The climate here is cloudy and cool in the Pacific northwest.
I visited Crete this May and could not stop staring at peoples yards! So many beautiful plants absolutely thriving!! I'm from Northern Norway myself and could only wish to have them outside at all times.
@thherese I live in northern Greece and it's not that warm all year round. now it's below 0 most of the nights. I took them indoors one month ago. But definitely better than Norway 😂
On Monstera, I had 10 small plants, took the top cuttings after a year, rooted them in water for about 7 months. Made the mistake planting them all in a very big container, transferred them to a snugger pot. Another year later I cut the bottom leaves, 1 top cutting died. One more year, just cut the lowest leaves again. They are such a happy bunch, supportive of eachother, no moss pole etc❤
Hopefully you will see this. I can’t seem to find a plant video on TH-cam on “how to manage your time with plants”. Something like, today I’ll focus on orchids, tomorrow, succulents, the next day, outdoor plants, etc. I’m just curious how you manage your schedule and how much time you devote to your plants daily and how to prioritize. Could you do a video on this? I’d be curious. Thanks!
I love using my fish water for my plants. Combining my hobbies and decreases water consumption. My plants love it and I often grow my cuttings in the back of my fish tank too.
I just got a new spider plant after my last disaster (RIP) so I'm ready to try again. Your rubber tree pruning tip is gold; new growth in just a few weeks!
Great video!! I’m just getting started with my houseplant journey and it’s exactly what I needed. It gets overwhelming so it’s nice to have all that information in one place
Moisture meters are a must have. I have several around the house for convenience along with one at my office that everyone uses. They make great gifts too, especially if you are gifting a plant.
I have quite a few aquariums and I water all my plants with aquarium water and aquarium coop easy green and experimenting with their potassium supplement (easy potassium). And I propagate all my non succulents in the same water. Yeah there’s algae and critters, but it is so cool watching biology emerge and thrive. If my roots get too much algae, I stick them in with my shrimp and the scour it to perfect white overnight😊
Just to frustrate Mr. Sheffield and other croton keepers, let me tell you that in Florida they plant them as hedges! Imagine a six-foot hedge of these...it's like one of those mad splatter paintings one sees in galleries. So if you're wondering why your indoor version isn't doing so great...it's because your house isn't in Florida.
I live in Louisiana where we get a ton of direct sunlight and temps in the triple digits. My spider plants hang on my porch where they get full afternoon sun and they love it! I soak them in my rain barrel weekly. In the winter i bring them in to hang in my guest bathroom with a grow light. I get tons of babies and blooms every year. Its one of the easiest plants to grow and propogate
My rubber plant grows bonkers in spring, but especially summer! And I'm in South Texas. So, summers are triple digits most days (38+c). It loves the heat and I usually water once a week. I keep it in bright indirect sunlight all day. It will grow at least a foot each year. My 5 year old is about 7' or 2.15 m. It's going to be trimmed in half in spring.
Been slowly exposing my baby monster to more light until she's showing great new growth in a few hours of direct sunlight in a South facing window I never thought anything but certain succulents could grow! ❤
Houseplantygoodness started doing poles with soil for the main d shape and moss against the mesh so soil stays in and the moss can absorb water from the soil, just something else you could try. :)
I just found out that my prayer plant likes to act like the monstera, wanting to push out roots before pushing out new leaves. Right now it only has enough leaves, about 4-5, but has a bigger root ball than I expected. So I went ahead and grabbed a smaller pot so it can fill up the root space fast and give me more nodes to prop and multiply
Thanks for the heads up about the size of pot to use for my monstera. I thought being in a bigger pot it would be better, now I know why it wasn't doing anything but looking sad. Spider plants are my 3 strikes your out, I gave up. Oh well a good reason to get a new plant. Great video.😀
I live in Cape Town South Africa, and all my plants indoors and outdoor plants, I use the dishwashing water and they thrive. Ppl ask me why I don't have pests on my plants.
LOVE your channel only discovered it recently, I’ve had many plant casualties over the years but the last few weeks I’ve been watching your videos and I’ve already seen improvement in my plants! So encouraged I’ve got a LOAD more plants and am well on the way to my home jungle 🥰 The only one I’m a bit concerned about now is my gynura purple passion, because it’s velvety I’m hesitant to spray it but keeps getting aphids 😡it still seems healthy enough but I don’t want them to spread….suggestions? Also - the fungus gnat war is raging on here too! I’m hoping my new carnivorous plants will help lol
@@SheffieldMadePlants excellent ok thank you! Would you just thoroughly spray it with water or is there any particular product/brand you’d recommend for getting rid of these little green demons? Ps I am also in love with my moisture meter
Good Morning Mr Sheffield!!! Absolutely loved this video!!! I am still having issues with my 10 year old Rubber Plant Susie. Moved from hot and sunny Texas to cool/cold and sunny-ish Colorado.... Susie just doesn't seem to like her new home. I moved her last month into a South facing window and she actually put out her first new leaves... sux as it is October so she is going into hibernation... any suggestions?
HAhahaha literally first tip is my monstera thai con right now, just endlessly filling the 5" pot till it's bulging and the roots are heading to the surface now (I keep a layer of perlite on top so they like to grow into it) and a super long aerial root growing up out of the base but only three small (but pretty) leaves lol. I used a super chunky mix so I thought it would be fine and it would still grow leaves but oh well, at least the roots are healthy.
I guess I’ve been lucky with my spider plant. I have a large variegated version that hangs out in direct sunlight for most of the Texas day. I water it daily and have very few tiny, brown leaf tips!
I keep fertilizing even in winter if and only if I see new growth and consistent growth. If not then I will cut the fertilizer back to maybe a quarter of its lowest recommended dosage. Just so there's still extra just help or find a liquid plant fertilizer that is super low like a 1-1-1 fertilizer and then cut it in half so there's still something there.
Love your sense of humor .life is hard so humor make us have an easier to care for family and us.love you and for people with dirty minds my sonis55 my daughter is 52 and in August I turn 79 this is motherly love.i hope you are ok with it.lili from Romania
Mr Sheffield, I wonder if you can tell me if a snow queen pothos can spring from the center of a golden pothos. I've had the golden for years and years, and just recently at the very center of the pot very white and pale green leaves popped up. They were all together in one stock with a node, so I cut below the node and am now rooting it in perlite. It's doing very well, but taking a long time to open up one of the leaves, as a snow queen would do. There are three leaves in total. I'm shocked by this, and wonder if you have any thoughts. Thank you! I very much enjoy your videos and learn a lot!
Hello from North Carolina, I’m excited to have been given a mature monstera deliciosa as a gift from an elderly customer the can no longer care for it. I’m a touch nervous to take it on but am looking forward to it! Hey if I can take care of my calathea’s I can take care of a monstera….right?😐
@@Lela-plants ya know, calathea have a bad rap. I started my plant obsession trip with a 25+ year old rabbits foot maranta my mother in law was gifted when my wife was born and then I moved straight on to calathea! And at first admittedly it was a rough journey, but I’m not about to loose to some plant. I side with Mr Sheffield on this, it’s about consistency with them. I’ve never given them greenhouse conditions just water conditioning (now) I used to do rain water, but besides that I don’t do that much. I don’t worry too much about the humidity just how consistent it is along with keeping the soil from drying out all the way. Just needs more preventive care and maintenance. One thing however is NOT misinformation about any prayer plant. Spider mites will END it!
Ramen noodles... Never thought of that! LOL! I recently got a start off of my 4 year old large monster. And that was NOT spell check bc it's a monster! 🤣
Thank you for another great video, Mr Sheffield! I have been using your water conditioner trick and my plants seem happy, but now I've heard from Harli G that the chemicals in water conditioner can kill plants over time so now I'm scared
Don’t worry about water dechlorinator harming your plants over time. I’ve maintained planted fish tanks for years and it’s just not true. Water dechlorinators use sodium thiosulfate to convert chlorine and chloramine to ammonium which is then rapidly scavenged by the plants. I recommend a product like Seachem Prime. A 250 ml bottle costs $10 USD and will treat as much as 2500 gallons or 9500 liters of water
@SheffieldMadePlants Thank you so much for your content and cheeky humor. Do you have any pointers for a Desert Rose? I’ve got one that I started from seed 6 years ago and though I hard pruned it 3 years ago I still have only the single trunk with no branching. I love Bonsai’s but am new to it but am hopeful in the pruning to encourage my vision as it grows. I improvised 2 years ago with the single stalk and bent it over with a cinnamon/ tissue paper bandage. The top has recovered but it’s looking lanky as before. I’m giving it (still nameless sadly) it’s first deep watering in over 6 months as the trunk is waning. (I’ve just been trying to mimic what I imagine its natural habitat would be) but I wonder how often they branch naturally or if it’s an adaptation after injury. Please advise. Thank you sincerely 💯👍🏼💗😊
You make spider plants sound so picky,😅 I cut up my plants roots so I can put them in the same pot and repot them in just potting mix all the time And they go outside in the summer. My regular green is in a 14 inch pot and she’s given over 500 baby’s In the time Ive had it.
Hey Mr. Sheffield, thank you! You often mention grow lights, and I see that you use small lamps that you place close to the plant. But is it possible to get a grow light that is the size of a standard light bulb, and place it in the regular spot on the ceiling? I want to give a bunch of plants a few hours of light in a centralized way. Is this possible or do grow lights need to be a few cms from the leaves?
Probably not for the ceiling, but there are grow bulbs! Sansi (the same brand as his grow lights iirc) offer grow bulbs at different wattage -- I have two 15W full spectrum bulbs, one screwed into a standing floor lamp and another in an Ikea desk lamp. Both are about 1-2ft above* the plants and they all seem happy!
Soltech in the USA/Canada has beautiful grow lights and also just bulbs to go into any light socket, these are all very handsome and would go very well in a living room or anywhere else. These are somewhat expensive but they often have sales. They also have a light that can be dangled from the ceiling-it only requires that you have an outlet somewhere even at floor level. The cord goes up the wall and is held by small clips and the light dangles from a small hook in the ceiling. No electrical work required. Looks great.
Hey @mrsheffield wat do i do wen the top of some of my plants get moldy? I check them with the moisture meter before i give them water.. I think the soil mix is fine and have enough light.. Any tips??
I live in central New York so a colder region. I currently use sansi grow lights, I have had them on for 12 hours but now as the season is changing should I start decreasing the hours they should be on for the dormant months?
In one of your earlier videos you showed a grow light plugged into a power strip and you had a timer plugged into it also. I was wondering if you remember where you got the timer. I have a couple of grow lights also plugged into a power strip and would love to have a timer for them. Thank you.
Hello. I have a small orchid with 2 stems which have recently turned brown and fallen off. Is it part of natural aging or am I killing it somehow? Thanx so much
Hey there! I’m hoping you can help me figure out the verricosum. I made a mistake and wound the plant around a pole 🤦🏼♀️ obviously she’s not happy and has lost many bottom leaves. How can I restart the plant with no roots on the pole? I’ve tried water propping but I’m thinking I did it wrong some how… 🤔
@ I chopped the one with no leaves back down to about 6-7 cms from soil surface. I can see two new growth points activated 🤩 I’m still lingering on chopping the bigger second plant stem as she’s giving a 5th large leaf. Should I cut each leaf separately and try to propagate those if I do chop the vine back? I don’t want to just cut and throw out the beautiful leaves.
I like your leassen and appreciate your time.thank you.maybe you wiil have same lesson foir dormant plants.what do to Oxalis,Elefant ears.Calaladium and other.i used to have alittle garden. Nou do to my healt i have only tropical,learn from you (thank you) .please have a lesson on dormant plants what to do .Please and thank you. Lili
sorry for my mistake,inmy countri isit not a leanguge learn in school.i learn this much on my own .hope you understand me and forghive me .thank you, Lili
I started using my grow lights recently. Now some of the leaves on my curly spider plant have started to roll inward. What is causing this? The plant soil is moist.
Hi! I would like to ask why the beautiful purple passion plant (aka purple passion vine) is hardly ever mentioned in houseplant blogs. I was given one this last summer and it's so BEAUTIFUL that I keep going into the bathroom and staring at it. When someone has mentioned it, it's always called the "beautiful purple passion vine." No other plants get this adjective "beautiful." So far it is NOT a diva, it seems perfectly content, needs constant slight moisture and the jury's out on the amount of sunlight. I have it in a west-ish window, which allows it to glow beautifully with a purple haze. Not enough sun the purple haze disappears. It's a protection from too much sun. This plant glows purple and has gorgeously colored and shaped leaves. Check it out! Gynura aurantiaca
Do you have any tips of saving a fushia anyone. I get a lot of dieing plants from people. The fushia I am having trouble help me. I don't think it will survive a transplant.
Hi, thanks for your great shows! Please, please help! Recently transplanted my ZZs. A bunch of leaves are thinning... what's wrong? They were thriving before. Thanks so much, am desperate 😂
@SheffieldMadePlants Damn! It has a PAR fitting that we don't use in Europe. We have E27 and E14. PAR is not very common. I used to work in the consumer light industry.
Sir,what Are the plants that are sensitive to tap water.For my personal reasons can❤c get special water.Need to know the oanes absolute sensitive to tap water.😢thank you.
@SheffieldMadePlants for the moss poles I wonder if a central shaft of a sturdy stick/ stake of a naturally occurring tree in their native habitat surrounded by the moss but with an added boost layer of loose natural fiber cloth (looser than cheesecloth) covered in an embryonic (for lack of a better word) poultice made from blended moss/ soil/ broken down bark and ( 🔑) buttermilk sent through a blender and spread over the moss pole in a continuous layer from bottom to top as seen in the videos of moss-art/ moss graffiti. They key being to have it reach all the way to the base as it wicks the remnant moisture back to the top as happens in nature (fine silt is quite helpful as it builds structure and nutrients up the “ladder”). Over time it spores moss overlay will recycle and reduce the moisture/ nutrients from top to bottom and back to the top like a green ladder. 🪜 😎🤷🏼♀️😁
Can you do one about begonias? Everyone seems to have it so easy with begonias, and mine just won't grow, or everytime a new leaf grows, an old one falls off 🫠 i've tried everything
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Hi friend ,I have huge issue with butterfly moths in my indoor flower pots.My whole house is infested.How to get rid of them without harming plants?thank you!
Hello from Trinidad, last week Friday I went to the mall to buy a a dress and came back home with a ponytail palm and 3 aglaonemas, today I went to see the Ophthalmologist and came back home with a pencil cactus, 4 different types of pothos and 2 jade plants I think I am going to put myself under house arrest. :0)
Omg that's so funny! I literally did the same thing this whole summer 😂 Every single time I left my house I would come back home with at least one more plant. I also went crazy buying pots and planters too. 😂
😂😂
I went through a plant buying mania a few years ago, and still have most of those plants which are thriving in my south facing windows. The climate here is cloudy and cool in the Pacific northwest.
Strange, I have the same disorder 🫶
@@cassthompson3386Me too 😂
I live in Greece and have a yard full of sun for more than 10 hours a day in summer. my snake plant and cactus love it and cant stop growing!
I visited Crete this May and could not stop staring at peoples yards! So many beautiful plants absolutely thriving!! I'm from Northern Norway myself and could only wish to have them outside at all times.
@thherese I live in northern Greece and it's not that warm all year round. now it's below 0 most of the nights. I took them indoors one month ago. But definitely better than Norway 😂
On Monstera, I had 10 small plants, took the top cuttings after a year, rooted them in water for about 7 months. Made the mistake planting them all in a very big container, transferred them to a snugger pot. Another year later I cut the bottom leaves, 1 top cutting died. One more year, just cut the lowest leaves again. They are such a happy bunch, supportive of eachother, no moss pole etc❤
My plants tell me what they need,I guess I pay attention.I am 74,been listening many year s.
I got over excited and chopped my tineke during this video. I killed my croton. Great show Rich. Peace and Love.
Cheers!
Good morning Mr. Sheffield! Have an awesome day!!!
Hopefully you will see this. I can’t seem to find a plant video on TH-cam on “how to manage your time with plants”. Something like, today I’ll focus on orchids, tomorrow, succulents, the next day, outdoor plants, etc. I’m just curious how you manage your schedule and how much time you devote to your plants daily and how to prioritize. Could you do a video on this? I’d be curious. Thanks!
I love using my fish water for my plants. Combining my hobbies and decreases water consumption. My plants love it and I often grow my cuttings in the back of my fish tank too.
I just got a new spider plant after my last disaster (RIP) so I'm ready to try again. Your rubber tree pruning tip is gold; new growth in just a few weeks!
YAAAAY! I have been rewatching the old videos
Great video!! I’m just getting started with my houseplant journey and it’s exactly what I needed. It gets overwhelming so it’s nice to have all that information in one place
You got this!
really loved this video 🤩 will never got bored of watching your videos. Happy planting ✨🌿
Thank you 😊
A good long video to do plant chores . 😊
Me too!!! Haha🌱🌿🪴
Thank you Mr Shefield, for such an informative and entertaining video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm glad you did an experiment with your Philodendrons. The moss pole vs. stake tells us what's best.
Hi. I’m telling my friends about you…love ❤ your channel and you. Thank you for being here. Laurie 🇨🇦
Legend!
Ah, lovely for watering and dusting my plants!
3 hours of sunshine per month 🤣 I got the same problem in the Netherlands.. 😅
Ja echt zo kut
Hey Mr Sheffield, love this video and your content in general!! Havent we missed our great friends "Calathea"? 😂😂
Simply Beautiful! I love your Energy! Clapping from across the pond in Norfolk, Va.❤🎉😊
Thanks!
Moisture meters are a must have. I have several around the house for convenience along with one at my office that everyone uses. They make great gifts too, especially if you are gifting a plant.
I think you have an on and off relationship with spider plants😅
Indeed 😅
😄😄
Thankyou i really appreciate your answer.All the best to you,wife,and children.Lili from Romania.
I have quite a few aquariums and I water all my plants with aquarium water and aquarium coop easy green and experimenting with their potassium supplement (easy potassium). And I propagate all my non succulents in the same water. Yeah there’s algae and critters, but it is so cool watching biology emerge and thrive. If my roots get too much algae, I stick them in with my shrimp and the scour it to perfect white overnight😊
The best video I ever seen about helping multiple plant guide in one session. Thank you sir. ♥️
Thank you 😊
Just to frustrate Mr. Sheffield and other croton keepers, let me tell you that in Florida they plant them as hedges! Imagine a six-foot hedge of these...it's like one of those mad splatter paintings one sees in galleries. So if you're wondering why your indoor version isn't doing so great...it's because your house isn't in Florida.
really loved this video 🤩 will never got bored of watching your videos
Thank you 😊
I live in Louisiana where we get a ton of direct sunlight and temps in the triple digits. My spider plants hang on my porch where they get full afternoon sun and they love it! I soak them in my rain barrel weekly. In the winter i bring them in to hang in my guest bathroom with a grow light. I get tons of babies and blooms every year. Its one of the easiest plants to grow and propogate
My monstera is struggling. Thanks for the tips.😊❤
My rubber plant grows bonkers in spring, but especially summer! And I'm in South Texas. So, summers are triple digits most days (38+c). It loves the heat and I usually water once a week.
I keep it in bright indirect sunlight all day. It will grow at least a foot each year.
My 5 year old is about 7' or 2.15 m. It's going to be trimmed in half in spring.
4:20 "good night Vienna" Servus from Vienna Austria Robert < 3
Been slowly exposing my baby monster to more light until she's showing great new growth in a few hours of direct sunlight in a South facing window I never thought anything but certain succulents could grow! ❤
Hi 👋🏻 Mr. Sheffield. I enjoyed this informative video, keep them coming!!!! Have a great 👍🏻 day! Looking forward to more videos!❤️🪴🌹🌻
Glad you enjoyed it
@@SheffieldMadePlantsThank You! Always love your videos!❤🪴🌹🌻🪴
Awesome video Mr. Sheffield. I always learn new things from you, thank you for your detailed explanations.
My pleasure 😊
In Pakistan we have 12 hrs sun during winter and monstera plant grow well outside whole day😊
Houseplantygoodness started doing poles with soil for the main d shape and moss against the mesh so soil stays in and the moss can absorb water from the soil, just something else you could try. :)
Thanks, Mr. Scheffield!
I just found out that my prayer plant likes to act like the monstera, wanting to push out roots before pushing out new leaves. Right now it only has enough leaves, about 4-5, but has a bigger root ball than I expected. So I went ahead and grabbed a smaller pot so it can fill up the root space fast and give me more nodes to prop and multiply
I love this!
Thanks for the heads up about the size of pot to use for my monstera. I thought being in a bigger pot it would be better, now I know why it wasn't doing anything but looking sad. Spider plants are my 3 strikes your out, I gave up. Oh well a good reason to get a new plant. Great video.😀
Thanks!
I live in Cape Town South Africa, and all my plants indoors and outdoor plants, I use the dishwashing water and they thrive. Ppl ask me why I don't have pests on my plants.
LOVE your channel only discovered it recently, I’ve had many plant casualties over the years but the last few weeks I’ve been watching your videos and I’ve already seen improvement in my plants! So encouraged I’ve got a LOAD more plants and am well on the way to my home jungle 🥰
The only one I’m a bit concerned about now is my gynura purple passion, because it’s velvety I’m hesitant to spray it but keeps getting aphids 😡it still seems healthy enough but I don’t want them to spread….suggestions?
Also - the fungus gnat war is raging on here too! I’m hoping my new carnivorous plants will help lol
You can spray velvety leaves no probs
@@SheffieldMadePlants excellent ok thank you! Would you just thoroughly spray it with water or is there any particular product/brand you’d recommend for getting rid of these little green demons?
Ps I am also in love with my moisture meter
@@AoifeSmith-l4r you should be able to spray off aphids without chemical control but if not a pesticide will work
Good Morning Mr Sheffield!!! Absolutely loved this video!!! I am still having issues with my 10 year old Rubber Plant Susie. Moved from hot and sunny Texas to cool/cold and sunny-ish Colorado.... Susie just doesn't seem to like her new home. I moved her last month into a South facing window and she actually put out her first new leaves... sux as it is October so she is going into hibernation... any suggestions?
Patience!
HAhahaha literally first tip is my monstera thai con right now, just endlessly filling the 5" pot till it's bulging and the roots are heading to the surface now (I keep a layer of perlite on top so they like to grow into it) and a super long aerial root growing up out of the base but only three small (but pretty) leaves lol. I used a super chunky mix so I thought it would be fine and it would still grow leaves but oh well, at least the roots are healthy.
Good video thank you sir
Oh wooooow!! This is a long video of goooold🤓🤓🤩🍿🍿🍿me sit down watch
I guess I’ve been lucky with my spider plant. I have a large variegated version that hangs out in direct sunlight for most of the Texas day. I water it daily and have very few tiny, brown leaf tips!
I keep fertilizing even in winter if and only if I see new growth and consistent growth. If not then I will cut the fertilizer back to maybe a quarter of its lowest recommended dosage. Just so there's still extra just help or find a liquid plant fertilizer that is super low like a 1-1-1 fertilizer and then cut it in half so there's still something there.
Love your sense of humor .life is hard so humor make us have an easier to care for family and us.love you and for people with dirty minds my sonis55 my daughter is 52 and in August I turn 79 this is motherly love.i hope you are ok with it.lili from Romania
Mr Sheffield, I wonder if you can tell me if a snow queen pothos can spring from the center of a golden pothos. I've had the golden for years and years, and just recently at the very center of the pot very white and pale green leaves popped up. They were all together in one stock with a node, so I cut below the node and am now rooting it in perlite. It's doing very well, but taking a long time to open up one of the leaves, as a snow queen would do. There are three leaves in total. I'm shocked by this, and wonder if you have any thoughts. Thank you! I very much enjoy your videos and learn a lot!
That would be wild
3! Self-heading
Hello from North Carolina, I’m excited to have been given a mature monstera deliciosa as a gift from an elderly customer the can no longer care for it. I’m a touch nervous to take it on but am looking forward to it! Hey if I can take care of my calathea’s I can take care of a monstera….right?😐
Definitely! Monsteras are easy peasy
@@Lela-plantsyeah I got this! Lol
@@jonathanhutchinson6669 compared to a calathea??? You are doing 1st grade math with a physics degree
@@Lela-plants ya know, calathea have a bad rap. I started my plant obsession trip with a 25+ year old rabbits foot maranta my mother in law was gifted when my wife was born and then I moved straight on to calathea! And at first admittedly it was a rough journey, but I’m not about to loose to some plant. I side with Mr Sheffield on this, it’s about consistency with them. I’ve never given them greenhouse conditions just water conditioning (now) I used to do rain water, but besides that I don’t do that much. I don’t worry too much about the humidity just how consistent it is along with keeping the soil from drying out all the way. Just needs more preventive care and maintenance.
One thing however is NOT misinformation about any prayer plant. Spider mites will END it!
Ramen noodles... Never thought of that! LOL! I recently got a start off of my 4 year old large monster. And that was NOT spell check bc it's a monster! 🤣
Love these videos!
Thanks!
Thank you for another great video, Mr Sheffield!
I have been using your water conditioner trick and my plants seem happy, but now I've heard from Harli G that the chemicals in water conditioner can kill plants over time so now I'm scared
Don’t worry about water dechlorinator harming your plants over time. I’ve maintained planted fish tanks for years and it’s just not true. Water dechlorinators use sodium thiosulfate to convert chlorine and chloramine to ammonium which is then rapidly scavenged by the plants. I recommend a product like Seachem Prime. A 250 ml bottle costs $10 USD and will treat as much as 2500 gallons or 9500 liters of water
No dying plants round here
Thank u
You can order fish emulsion for fertilizer too!!
At 30:44 you recommend "Houseplant Focus" fertilizer. Can you recommend something that's readily available in the US? Thanks!
You’re very brave to keep your cacti in decorative pots, looks painful 😮 I use terra cotta pots to reduce touching those thorns (Ouch)
@SheffieldMadePlants Thank you so much for your content and cheeky humor. Do you have any pointers for a Desert Rose? I’ve got one that I started from seed 6 years ago and though I hard pruned it 3 years ago I still have only the single trunk with no branching. I love Bonsai’s but am new to it but am hopeful in the pruning to encourage my vision as it grows. I improvised 2 years ago with the single stalk and bent it over with a cinnamon/ tissue paper bandage. The top has recovered but it’s looking lanky as before. I’m giving it (still nameless sadly) it’s first deep watering in over 6 months as the trunk is waning. (I’ve just been trying to mimic what I imagine its natural habitat would be) but I wonder how often they branch naturally or if it’s an adaptation after injury. Please advise. Thank you sincerely 💯👍🏼💗😊
Sorry I’ve never had that one or any other bonsai. I’d ask a bonsai channel tbh
You make spider plants sound so picky,😅
I cut up my plants roots so I can put them in the same pot and repot them in just potting mix all the time And they go outside in the summer. My regular green is in a 14 inch pot and she’s given over 500 baby’s In the time Ive had it.
Hey Mr. Sheffield, thank you!
You often mention grow lights, and I see that you use small lamps that you place close to the plant. But is it possible to get a grow light that is the size of a standard light bulb, and place it in the regular spot on the ceiling? I want to give a bunch of plants a few hours of light in a centralized way. Is this possible or do grow lights need to be a few cms from the leaves?
Probably not for the ceiling, but there are grow bulbs! Sansi (the same brand as his grow lights iirc) offer grow bulbs at different wattage -- I have two 15W full spectrum bulbs, one screwed into a standing floor lamp and another in an Ikea desk lamp. Both are about 1-2ft above* the plants and they all seem happy!
@@4lyeskas thank you 💚
The ceiling is probably too far. I’ve got a floor lamp with a 30w bulb on
Soltech in the USA/Canada has beautiful grow lights and also just bulbs to go into any light socket, these are all very handsome and would go very well in a living room or anywhere else. These are somewhat expensive but they often have sales. They also have a light that can be dangled from the ceiling-it only requires that you have an outlet somewhere even at floor level. The cord goes up the wall and is held by small clips and the light dangles from a small hook in the ceiling. No electrical work required. Looks great.
Hey @mrsheffield wat do i do wen the top of some of my plants get moldy?
I check them with the moisture meter before i give them water..
I think the soil mix is fine and have enough light..
Any tips??
Must be something wrong with the soil or watering. It’s not drying out quick enough probably
I live in central New York so a colder region. I currently use sansi grow lights, I have had them on for 12 hours but now as the season is changing should I start decreasing the hours they should be on for the dormant months?
I keep them on the same
Awesome, thank you very much. I've been debating this for a lil bit. Have a great evening 😊
In one of your earlier videos you showed a grow light plugged into a power strip and you had a timer plugged into it also. I was wondering if you remember where you got the timer. I have a couple of grow lights also plugged into a power strip and would love to have a timer for them. Thank you.
Sorry no idea
Okay. Thank you.
Do you have a clip about how to tell the difference between the different 2 color monsteras?
Which colours?
Didn't you already dismember Molly, or was that just a bad dream?
I think it was the monstera that he chopped up
Hello. I have a small orchid with 2 stems which have recently turned brown and fallen off. Is it part of natural aging or am I killing it somehow? Thanx so much
Hey there! I’m hoping you can help me figure out the verricosum. I made a mistake and wound the plant around a pole 🤦🏼♀️ obviously she’s not happy and has lost many bottom leaves. How can I restart the plant with no roots on the pole? I’ve tried water propping but I’m thinking I did it wrong some how… 🤔
I was going to say cutting it back and starting again
@ I chopped the one with no leaves back down to about 6-7 cms from soil surface. I can see two new growth points activated 🤩 I’m still lingering on chopping the bigger second plant stem as she’s giving a 5th large leaf. Should I cut each leaf separately and try to propagate those if I do chop the vine back? I don’t want to just cut and throw out the beautiful leaves.
@ it’s a good way to get lots of plants
I like your leassen and appreciate your time.thank you.maybe you wiil have same lesson foir dormant plants.what do to Oxalis,Elefant ears.Calaladium and other.i used to have alittle garden. Nou do to my healt i have only tropical,learn from you (thank you) .please have a lesson on dormant plants what to do .Please and thank you. Lili
What makes an rubber plant leaves call under thank you very much
Lack of water?
I found a monistera at the flea market with four mature leaves and one inch long Ariel root. Is it too early to put it on a plank?
Nope. Never too early to give it support. The earlier the better.
Never too early
Mine turn brown when I let it go dry, if I am on my game, I have a beautiful plant
I GOT A MONSTERA,DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS,WAS ON SALE CHEAP. IT IS DOING WHAT EVERYONE WANTS THEIRS TO DO ! I GUESS IGNORANCE IS BLISS.
I stay in Singapore and my Orchid is just not flowering, any ideas on how to make it flower Mr Sheffield?
Might need a cold period
sorry for my mistake,inmy countri isit not a leanguge learn in school.i learn this much on my own .hope you understand me and forghive me .thank you, Lili
Hello Mr Sheffield, I can see some cracks on my snake plant leaves recently, please any tips, i am really worried 😟
How often do you water?
@@SheffieldMadePlants when soil feels dry but few weeks back I repotted my snake plant and water it regularly, every 10-15 days.
@@hemanxidave4612 I thought too dry but not sure now
I have notched my rubber plant and have never had success so I gave up and just chopped it
❤thankse
I started using my grow lights recently. Now some of the leaves on my curly spider plant have started to roll inward. What is causing this? The plant soil is moist.
Not sure. Is the light too close to the leaves?
Possibly? I had them pretty close but not touching the plants. This was info I got from another site. How far away should they be?
@@janetharrison4374 20cm or so at least i reckon
Hi! I would like to ask why the beautiful purple passion plant (aka purple passion vine) is hardly ever mentioned in houseplant blogs. I was given one this last summer and it's so BEAUTIFUL that I keep going into the bathroom and staring at it. When someone has mentioned it, it's always called the "beautiful purple passion vine." No other plants get this adjective "beautiful." So far it is NOT a diva, it seems perfectly content, needs constant slight moisture and the jury's out on the amount of sunlight. I have it in a west-ish window, which allows it to glow beautifully with a purple haze. Not enough sun the purple haze disappears. It's a protection from too much sun. This plant glows purple and has gorgeously colored and shaped leaves. Check it out! Gynura aurantiaca
I like it too. Can get fussy in the end though
Do you have any tips of saving a fushia anyone. I get a lot of dieing plants from people. The fushia I am having trouble help me. I don't think it will survive a transplant.
Hi, thanks for your great shows! Please, please help! Recently transplanted my ZZs. A bunch of leaves are thinning... what's wrong? They were thriving before. Thanks so much, am desperate 😂
Where is the nearest window?
@SheffieldMadePlants Have a shaded south window & others that weren't transplanted do great. Are also under fullspectrum lights. Thanks so much❤️⚘️
PS I realize full spectrum aren't perfect t plant lights but all my jungle does well. 🤗
@@nancyd304 it’s hard to say really. Check out my handbook to help you
@SheffieldMadePlants Thanks, appreciate you⚘️
What's the brand of the grow light?
SANSI
@SheffieldMadePlants Damn! It has a PAR fitting that we don't use in Europe. We have E27 and E14. PAR is not very common. I used to work in the consumer light industry.
@ they have some with e27
5:10 you forgot to link the video 😁
Thanks!
When did having plants become such a consuming thing !
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I personally don’t like the look of snake plants. I like big, full plants such as ferns, lilies, monsteras, ficus etc.
Oh, snake plants can definitely become a full, beautiful plant. There are tons of species of them. I bet you could find one that would best suit you.
Sir,what Are the plants that are sensitive to tap water.For my personal reasons can❤c get special water.Need to know the oanes absolute sensitive to tap water.😢thank you.
Calathea and spider plant
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15:02 🤭😏
Is Monnie the monster a combination of a few ikea monsteras or is she a single girl?
I think she’s 3 plants in one
@SheffieldMadePlants for the moss poles I wonder if a central shaft of a sturdy stick/ stake of a naturally occurring tree in their native habitat surrounded by the moss but with an added boost layer of loose natural fiber cloth (looser than cheesecloth) covered in an embryonic (for lack of a better word) poultice made from blended moss/ soil/ broken down bark and ( 🔑) buttermilk sent through a blender and spread over the moss pole in a continuous layer from bottom to top as seen in the videos of moss-art/ moss graffiti. They key being to have it reach all the way to the base as it wicks the remnant moisture back to the top as happens in nature (fine silt is quite helpful as it builds structure and nutrients up the “ladder”). Over time it spores moss overlay will recycle and reduce the moisture/ nutrients from top to bottom and back to the top like a green ladder. 🪜 😎🤷🏼♀️😁
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Mr Sheffield did you forget to put in the timestamps maybe??🥲
It’s in the description omg
@@heyitsme6561ohh thank you😅🌿
Can you do one about begonias? Everyone seems to have it so easy with begonias, and mine just won't grow, or everytime a new leaf grows, an old one falls off 🫠 i've tried everything