Hi there. I think the problem with most of your plants that are not doing well is the soil. Hoya roots are very delicate so they need a very chunky, airy substrate. Do you have access to perlite and orchid bark in Nigeria? Hoya also like a good bit of humidity as well. Also, the plants need good air circulation around them, especially since its really hot in your country. Definitely try changing the soil on your plants. Add bio char or charcoal bits, perlite, coco bark, to the soil base, also with a good soil. Make it chunky. Hope this helps. Good luck!
ZZ is an aroid , they need a chunky soil mix, not just normal soil. Hoya also need rocky soil mix. Here is the thing, I know a lot of youtubers say that plants dont need special soil, they use normal soil mix and it works fine for them, but then they post another video showing how many plants they struggle with, to keep plants healthy you need to provide them with soil suitable for that plant or at least close to it. at this point ingredients themselves are not as important as the texture and moisture absorbtion of the soil. If you pot jungle plants in to soil that compacts in to cement after a few months, than no wander your plants are dying. Fine texture soil does not have enough air circulation for the roots to stay healthy, it needs to be chunky.
I moved my bop to the bathroom and the stress level it used to cause me dwindle. I wait for the soil in my zz to completely dry before i water it again. Since doing this I no longer see any yellow leaves. I owe most of my houseplant success to Planta (app) and my local plant nursery owner. Every time i go into her shop to buy a new plant she gives me lots of plant care tips.
When I tell you I resonate with this title, I am screaming it. POTHOS die within weeks when I get them, and yet so-called difficult plants like some anthuriums or the more finicky carnivorous plants are thriving with me. I love and hate this.
I got you when it comes to Zz - they need to dry out, and then dry some more between waterings. Seriously works so well. I have left mine for months before watering and there's been no issue. Check the stems are wrinkled and if you can check the tops of the Zz rhizome potatoes too. If in doubt leave it another ten days. Then when you do water it - drench it and feed it. These boys are hungry. I love my Zz its the only succulent I can figure out so don't feel bad. My aloes are crispy, they look like I left them in the air fryer.
You have lots of yellow leaves. The yellowiing is either overwatering, underwatering, low light or too much light. Did you Google the needs of each one?
I started using a water conditioner. The kind used for aquariums or fish tanks. I use a drop or two in the water, before watering my plants. It has worked great! Even my Jade doesn't have those white spots on it anymore. It's called API Stress coat +.
Caladiums....try this. When they go dormant, unpot the bulbs keep them in a dark dry place until after the "cold" season. Then repot them in a damp soil, not wet, damp. Keep them damp and see if new sprouts pop up...
Hello plant dad, I love your videos, your bird of paradise really needs to be repotted, the pot is to small, go up by 2 sizes, you won't have to repot for at least 2 years.
I don't know why you would be struggling with white bird of paradise. It is commonly planted here in south Florida and throughout the Caribbean, both as an understory plant and in full sun. I don't think the climate in Jamaica is vastly different from yours and it thrives there. It thrives here as well, and our summers are hot and extremely wet. I have one on my property that grows less than a meter from a retention pond, in heavy rain years the base of the plant can be submerged for short periods. I think your problem is actually that the pot is too small for the plant, it should grow a very robust root system. I would suggest repotting it and, If you have access to biochar or ground charcoal, add enough so that it is 30% of your soil mix. Keep it evenly moist and in bright light (not direct sun since the plant is weak).
I can definitely relate I've totally given up on spider plant about to give up on money tree when the last few leaves left falls off the one that's holding on for dear life and I've been thinking for months if I really want to give snake plant another try 😂🤣😂 ohh and my bird of paradise flew away 😢 man the struggle is real 😅
"Show them what you been showing me all this time" 😂 i tell you my dracaena warneckii thrives on once a month deep watering (i just use filtered) and I keep a top layer of spagnum moss moist between her drinks. She gets a grow light daily with morning sun. ❤
Maybe a chunkier mix for the soil, orchid bark, pumice stone, perlite to help with aeration for the roots. I water my ZZ plants once a month, I do not water in the winter. I moved my remaining 3 Hoyas into LECA under a grow bulb (I have no luck with Hoyas) i do not have Dracaena or Calatheas in my collection for the reason of crispy leaves ☹️
It appears Draceana are just as notorious as Calatheas for crispy tips . I’m not really the biggest fan of chunky mixes because they dry out quite fast in my climate especially for the outdoor plants, also they can be quite expensive to make here , but I’ll see how it goes . Thank you ☺️
I will pray for strength for you but with that being said. That Dracena Goldieana is going on my wishlist because I've never seen it and it was gorgeous or at least I think it could be in someone else's care. I also want that local ZZ. It's def a watering issue with the ZZ. I don't water mine until the stems are wrinkly and the leaves are easy to fold. Even then I only water enough to plump them back up I never drench them.
Wow ! I do the exact opposite with my ZZs I literally drench when I water them ! Lol wow anyways thanks for this ! I will also leave them to get wrinkly before I water . The goldieana is so breathtaking, but she’s certainly a DIVA . Thanks for the helpful comment
@@TheMillennialPlantDad Also don't feel bad about the Brandi. I believe those plants are sold just to take our money. I don't know anyone that has one that looks good. I'm on my second one and she struggling.
@ErikaA2582 thank you I really feel so much better , cause I legit thought everyone’s Brandi was doing good except mine. Turns out from the comments, that plant is a diva 😅
It’s a learning experience. I researched caladiums and they’re basically similar to some other plants. Keep trying and find the perfect conditions for your plant babies. I almost given up on some but I’ve learned more. And I know I’m in a different part of the world but I had to learn. I’m not sure what advice I could give but maybe since the heat is more intense where you add something to help calm it down for some of the plants. If things don’t work out just let it go. You tried.
The only dracaena I've had success with is the marginata, I have it in a terra cota pot in a west facing window, east facing did well too. I hea ya with the darn zz plant, I struggle with it too 🙄
HA! Good to know that I'm not the only one struggling! 🤣 "They're the problem. We're not the problem." Thanks for the words of encouragement. BTW where do you buy your plants?
@TheMillennialPlantDad Usually, it is more than one in larger containers. If you start to get her going, you can propagate her in water and grow several quickly for a larger arrangement. If you water prop with a potthos cutting in same vessel, they will show roots even faster.
Hi! Costa Rica here 10°N of the equator. We have similar weather!👋🏽 it has been my experience with the ZZ, the one I have growing outside in the ground is happy. The one I have in a pot inside is struggling. The one outside I do nothing with, dry season I drench it with water it once a week and in wet season I don’t do anything to it at all. It seems to have roots crawling along the ground and I never add dirt over them. It’s content to just be. My anthurium grows in a pot, outside, facing south, underneath a huge fishtail palm that gives lots of shade. Pothos like to crawl across the ground on top of leaf litter and dead stumps in the understory. Only in dappled light or full shade. Hope that helps 😬☺️💚
The plants did not try hard enough! I have failed with Dracaena too and am not putting up with them any more. Apart from surculosa (Florida Beauty) which is thriving and grows fast despite the internet saying it’s a slow grower
Ah! Thank goodness you're struggling too 😂 Scindapsus pictus exotica that everyone grows with their eyes closed. Heh. I've switched mine to semi hydro coz it was struggling in soil. It seems to be doing better. I've even killed pothos before 😭 My dracaena looks so raggedy it's not even funny. I also have bird of paradise the other variation. I used to read how it loves full sun. It has struggled for years under my care till I put it in the shade and now it's thriving.
Those bird of paradise girlies certainly cannot take our African sun ! I struggled with my Scindapsus for a while and now I’ve gotten the hang of it , thankfully lol
1:49 I had the same issue. Until I put the 4" nursery pot atop talenti gelato empty container. This helped the Dracaena maintain moisture for longer period of time. (Until I remembered to water again)
@TheMillennialPlantDad honestly, I was waiting too long, too. I have 3 small ones in particular that kept getting brown spots. I thought they had fungal issues. Once I gave them the gelato container, everything changed. I still forget about them, because they are located near the end of line. Close to window, where the retail space is limited, so, they better keep up with the Jones. Brother, I bought a 4" Gold Star Dracaena online to help me out. This is what helped me realize the others were not getting enough water, often enough. I put perlite in the container bottom also because the roots are fast to grow down into this area. Best of Gardening To You, Professor!
Those stunted three year old plants need new, bigger pots. They can't spread out in little pots! Give them big clay pots. Your Hoya is also pale, it's probably not getting enough light.
Sending prayers😊 zz really needs to dry a lot between watering. Brandi is a pain plant, never grows very well. I've seen some nice once growing in pon, mine is in soil and is a mess. Neon philo probably needs smaller pot. If it stays in a bigger it will work on it's roots for a while, but hopefully grow better next year. Dracena can be sensitive on minerals, I use only rain water on mine. Hope any of this helps❤
I feel so much better knowing that the Philodendron Brandtianum is not as easy as I thought it was and here I’ve been thinking the problem was me . Will try using rain water for the Dreacanas . Thanks so much ☺️
6:15 ZZ Plants should be forgotten about. Maybe water that size once a month. Same with hoyas. Forget about them. When they want water, they will let you know
I hope we are also watching the ads to the end!!!
Omg yes to this ! Thank you very much!
@@TheMillennialPlantDad followed you from tik tok to here
Oh wow how nice
Hi there. I think the problem with most of your plants that are not doing well is the soil. Hoya roots are very delicate so they need a very chunky, airy substrate. Do you have access to perlite and orchid bark in Nigeria? Hoya also like a good bit of humidity as well. Also, the plants need good air circulation around them, especially since its really hot in your country. Definitely try changing the soil on your plants. Add bio char or charcoal bits, perlite, coco bark, to the soil base, also with a good soil. Make it chunky. Hope this helps. Good luck!
When the iconic notepad comes out, we know its a read 🤓
Oh jeezus the 3 year old Hoyas 😂
This time I read myself the house down 😂😂😂
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Thank you for sharing your plant struggles with us. The algorithm makes it look like influencers grow everything perfectly.
@@brooke5258 ofcourse! We always keep it 100% real on this page 😀☺️
"The plant is the problem, not me." Love that.
Should literally be on a tshirt
ZZ is an aroid , they need a chunky soil mix, not just normal soil. Hoya also need rocky soil mix. Here is the thing, I know a lot of youtubers say that plants dont need special soil, they use normal soil mix and it works fine for them, but then they post another video showing how many plants they struggle with, to keep plants healthy you need to provide them with soil suitable for that plant or at least close to it. at this point ingredients themselves are not as important as the texture and moisture absorbtion of the soil. If you pot jungle plants in to soil that compacts in to cement after a few months, than no wander your plants are dying. Fine texture soil does not have enough air circulation for the roots to stay healthy, it needs to be chunky.
Snake plants! They thrive in the side of the road, but I take them in the house and it's surely a death sentence.
lol 😂 I can only imagine how that feels
The bird of paradise may need a bigger pot and root refresh. I find mine upsizes in pots every year and is always root bound
That seems to be the consensus with her . So I repotted her yesterday . Thankful for all the helpful comments
I moved my bop to the bathroom and the stress level it used to cause me dwindle.
I wait for the soil in my zz to completely dry before i water it again. Since doing this I no longer see any yellow leaves.
I owe most of my houseplant success to Planta (app) and my local plant nursery owner. Every time i go into her shop to buy a new plant she gives me lots of plant care tips.
When I tell you I resonate with this title, I am screaming it. POTHOS die within weeks when I get them, and yet so-called difficult plants like some anthuriums or the more finicky carnivorous plants are thriving with me. I love and hate this.
lol I know this feeling 😂😂🤣
I got you when it comes to Zz - they need to dry out, and then dry some more between waterings. Seriously works so well. I have left mine for months before watering and there's been no issue. Check the stems are wrinkled and if you can check the tops of the Zz rhizome potatoes too. If in doubt leave it another ten days. Then when you do water it - drench it and feed it. These boys are hungry. I love my Zz its the only succulent I can figure out so don't feel bad. My aloes are crispy, they look like I left them in the air fryer.
I’m a Millennial plant mom and struggle with my Peace Lily plants. ❤😭
Girl same! If I even look their way they rot out on me or drop leaves like nobody’s business. 😅🤣
You have lots of yellow leaves. The yellowiing is either overwatering, underwatering, low light or too much light.
Did you Google the needs of each one?
I started using a water conditioner. The kind used for aquariums or fish tanks. I use a drop or two in the water, before watering my plants. It has worked great! Even my Jade doesn't have those white spots on it anymore. It's called API Stress coat +.
Oh wow I know that will be impossible to get here
Water wicking isn't an option? That's the main way I keep indoor plants alive. Until I got a soil moisture meter.
You had me rolling on my worst day. Thank you, luv! I struggle with a lot of the ones you mentioned as well but beyond that you are So funny!!
Caladiums....try this. When they go dormant, unpot the bulbs keep them in a dark dry place until after the "cold" season. Then repot them in a damp soil, not wet, damp. Keep them damp and see if new sprouts pop up...
Hello plant dad, I love your videos, your bird of paradise really needs to be repotted, the pot is to small, go up by 2 sizes, you won't have to repot for at least 2 years.
Aah thank you for this . Hopefully that helps
I have a Dracaena. What type of water do you use? I've been using distilled water and my plant seems to be doing ok.
I water my zzz's once every month and she thrives. The hate overwatering, so I note in an app to remind when last I watered. The lord is your muscle 🤣
I do about once a month and the struggle is still real 😅. The Lord needs to come through asap 😅
I don't know why you would be struggling with white bird of paradise. It is commonly planted here in south Florida and throughout the Caribbean, both as an understory plant and in full sun. I don't think the climate in Jamaica is vastly different from yours and it thrives there. It thrives here as well, and our summers are hot and extremely wet. I have one on my property that grows less than a meter from a retention pond, in heavy rain years the base of the plant can be submerged for short periods.
I think your problem is actually that the pot is too small for the plant, it should grow a very robust root system. I would suggest repotting it and, If you have access to biochar or ground charcoal, add enough so that it is 30% of your soil mix. Keep it evenly moist and in bright light (not direct sun since the plant is weak).
Huh I haven’t dialed in care for dracaenas either love!
I always enjoy your videos.. I love the humor and rawness! Keep it up boo.. 😘
Thank you for the kind words 🫂
Have you tried self watering pots. It looks like you are waiting too long between waterings
This video has me wheezing😂😂😂😂. Is a fellow zz struggler I understand!
lol we need to form an association and you should totally make a video showing us how you care for your Obovata. She’s iconic !
I love hoya .. im just learning to grow them ...
I can definitely relate I've totally given up on spider plant about to give up on money tree when the last few leaves left falls off the one that's holding on for dear life and I've been thinking for months if I really want to give snake plant another try 😂🤣😂 ohh and my bird of paradise flew away 😢 man the struggle is real 😅
"Show them what you been showing me all this time" 😂 i tell you my dracaena warneckii thrives on once a month deep watering (i just use filtered) and I keep a top layer of spagnum moss moist between her drinks. She gets a grow light daily with morning sun. ❤
Second person recommending filtered water, maybe these guys are a lot water sensitive than I thought. Thanks you 😅
@TheMillennialPlantDad, thank you! Always enjoy your videos so much!
Maybe it's your water, some recommend distill or I saw someone recommend a few drops of fish stress coat added to the water they water with.
Maybe a chunkier mix for the soil, orchid bark, pumice stone, perlite to help with aeration for the roots. I water my ZZ plants once a month, I do not water in the winter. I moved my remaining 3 Hoyas into LECA under a grow bulb (I have no luck with Hoyas) i do not have Dracaena or Calatheas in my collection for the reason of crispy leaves ☹️
It appears Draceana are just as notorious as Calatheas for crispy tips . I’m not really the biggest fan of chunky mixes because they dry out quite fast in my climate especially for the outdoor plants, also they can be quite expensive to make here , but I’ll see how it goes . Thank you ☺️
Hmm, after dissing my beloved Dracena Aubryana in one of your vids, all dracena have rebelled! yes! and I lead the charge!!!
🤣🤣🤣 please help me beg them to take it easy
I will pray for strength for you but with that being said. That Dracena Goldieana is going on my wishlist because I've never seen it and it was gorgeous or at least I think it could be in someone else's care. I also want that local ZZ. It's def a watering issue with the ZZ. I don't water mine until the stems are wrinkly and the leaves are easy to fold. Even then I only water enough to plump them back up I never drench them.
Wow ! I do the exact opposite with my ZZs I literally drench when I water them ! Lol wow anyways thanks for this ! I will also leave them to get wrinkly before I water . The goldieana is so breathtaking, but she’s certainly a DIVA .
Thanks for the helpful comment
@@TheMillennialPlantDad Also don't feel bad about the Brandi. I believe those plants are sold just to take our money. I don't know anyone that has one that looks good. I'm on my second one and she struggling.
@ErikaA2582 thank you I really feel so much better , cause I legit thought everyone’s Brandi was doing good except mine. Turns out from the comments, that plant is a diva 😅
It’s a learning experience. I researched caladiums and they’re basically similar to some other plants. Keep trying and find the perfect conditions for your plant babies. I almost given up on some but I’ve learned more. And I know I’m in a different part of the world but I had to learn. I’m not sure what advice I could give but maybe since the heat is more intense where you add something to help calm it down for some of the plants. If things don’t work out just let it go. You tried.
Thank you 🥰
Soooo on board with you. I am not the best at dracaena but still own 4 types that mostly I try not to touch/blow on so they don't rebel!
Well good to know I’m not the only one they have been giving a hard time lol
ZZs stress me out too! I either don’t water them enough or I water them too much.
Basically the story of my life
I don't know anyone who grows the branditanum well. You are not alone.
The only dracaena I've had success with is the marginata, I have it in a terra cota pot in a west facing window, east facing did well too.
I hea ya with the darn zz plant, I struggle with it too 🙄
Put them in water to start water roots to save them. Then put them in Leca. 20:07
HA! Good to know that I'm not the only one struggling! 🤣 "They're the problem. We're not the problem." Thanks for the words of encouragement. BTW where do you buy your plants?
Same with my zz
The lemon lime may like a smaller diameter pot, all my philodendron love to be tight packed into small pot. She will pop off if you do it, i promise!
Second person saying this too so I’ll just move sis ti a smaller pot even though I was feeling my basin fantasy 😅
@TheMillennialPlantDad Usually, it is more than one in larger containers. If you start to get her going, you can propagate her in water and grow several quickly for a larger arrangement. If you water prop with a potthos cutting in same vessel, they will show roots even faster.
I transferred my bird of paradise to leca
Hi! Costa Rica here 10°N of the equator. We have similar weather!👋🏽 it has been my experience with the ZZ, the one I have growing outside in the ground is happy. The one I have in a pot inside is struggling. The one outside I do nothing with, dry season I drench it with water it once a week and in wet season I don’t do anything to it at all. It seems to have roots crawling along the ground and I never add dirt over them. It’s content to just be. My anthurium grows in a pot, outside, facing south, underneath a huge fishtail palm that gives lots of shade. Pothos like to crawl across the ground on top of leaf litter and dead stumps in the understory. Only in dappled light or full shade. Hope that helps 😬☺️💚
Thank you , it certainly does 🥰
The plants did not try hard enough! I have failed with Dracaena too and am not putting up with them any more. Apart from surculosa (Florida Beauty) which is thriving and grows fast despite the internet saying it’s a slow grower
You are absolutely right my Surculosa is the one draceana that is flourishing!
Ah! Thank goodness you're struggling too 😂
Scindapsus pictus exotica that everyone grows with their eyes closed. Heh. I've switched mine to semi hydro coz it was struggling in soil. It seems to be doing better. I've even killed pothos before 😭
My dracaena looks so raggedy it's not even funny.
I also have bird of paradise the other variation. I used to read how it loves full sun. It has struggled for years under my care till I put it in the shade and now it's thriving.
Those bird of paradise girlies certainly cannot take our African sun ! I struggled with my Scindapsus for a while and now I’ve gotten the hang of it , thankfully lol
Thank you for Sharing your houseplants lovely collections
Thank you for watching 🥹
1:49 I had the same issue. Until I put the 4" nursery pot atop talenti gelato empty container. This helped the Dracaena maintain moisture for longer period of time. (Until I remembered to water again)
Aah so maybe this means they don’t like to be left to stay dry for too long , like I have been doing !
@TheMillennialPlantDad honestly, I was waiting too long, too. I have 3 small ones in particular that kept getting brown spots. I thought they had fungal issues. Once I gave them the gelato container, everything changed. I still forget about them, because they are located near the end of line. Close to window, where the retail space is limited, so, they better keep up with the Jones.
Brother, I bought a 4" Gold Star Dracaena online to help me out. This is what helped me realize the others were not getting enough water, often enough.
I put perlite in the container bottom also because the roots are fast to grow down into this area. Best of Gardening To You, Professor!
I love your videos!!!❤
Thank you ☺️
Those stunted three year old plants need new, bigger pots. They can't spread out in little pots! Give them big clay pots.
Your Hoya is also pale, it's probably not getting enough light.
the soil looks dense on camera, could that be an issue?
Sending prayers😊 zz really needs to dry a lot between watering. Brandi is a pain plant, never grows very well. I've seen some nice once growing in pon, mine is in soil and is a mess. Neon philo probably needs smaller pot. If it stays in a bigger it will work on it's roots for a while, but hopefully grow better next year. Dracena can be sensitive on minerals, I use only rain water on mine. Hope any of this helps❤
I feel so much better knowing that the Philodendron Brandtianum is not as easy as I thought it was and here I’ve been thinking the problem was me . Will try using rain water for the Dreacanas .
Thanks so much ☺️
Zz actually need enough water to store away. So we should water them more. Take all th r plants out and look at their roots. ❤
Excelente plantas
Ima need links to where you purchase your shirts because they be on point! Please and thank you!
lol thank you , a local brand makes them for me 😅
6:15 ZZ Plants should be forgotten about. Maybe water that size once a month.
Same with hoyas. Forget about them. When they want water, they will let you know
treat like a snake plant?
Sorry to say it but you really do need to source some bark chips or perlite!
Yes!!!
I actually agree but they are not easy to get and expensive here so these plants are just gonna have to do with what I can afford for them 😅
Sadly I struggle with hoyas too 😫 idk whyyyyy
Maybe they’re just not for us babes 😅
Put them all in Leca. 19:06
LECA is not easy to get here 🙃
Anthrium grows better in leca and pon
Dracena?? Howw😭😭😭
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Same. Everyone can grow tomatoes except me. 😑
If it makes you feel better I have the blood of many a peace lily on my hands.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are you fertilizing?
Oh dear that could be it , I only recently started fertilizing my plants more often
ZZ is really really easy omg 😅
Well not for ya boy 😆
I have killed and almost unalived a pothos, a peace lily, a dracaena, an aglaonema Maria and a sansevieria 😂😂😂 what do you say about that
lol your own na special case . Sorry 😂😂
They are from Africa and meanwhile they cant be grow indoors easily in Africa 😅👍
The greatest irony of life 🤣
Hoyas are the most overrated plant species in existence
lol I lowkey agree 🤭🤭🤭
Zz plants are not easy at all