I enjoy seeing my plants individually rather than a mass of green. Obviously I must have fewer plants but that’s ok with me because I have a 400 square foot tiny house and I’m 80 years old. I have 21 med to large plants inside. Donna
I have ADHD too, and the past few months in terms of plant care have been pretty overwhelming. As a newbie plant mom I had my first ever thrips infestation and then immediately my first winter came, I struggled to keep my plants alive and I lost a couple of my favourites. BUT! I managed to save my calathea makoyana (thrips + root rot), and it’s giving me new leaves already! My gloriosum under a growlight has been giving me its biggest leaves yet, and a silver sword that lost all of its leaves during the infestation - I saved the bottom of it with all of the roots and it’s the cutest baby plant. My baby florida ghost reset itself BUT did not die, and is growing new leaves. I successfully sprouted a dozen of pomelo seeds and an avocado plant. And my adenium obesum that I was so scared to cut gave me four branches as a reward! I’m still learning to deal with the losses I experience but the little wins make them more bearable. Baby steps.
And even if it isn’t that nice, you could use a rope basket as a cover pot, which would go with your aesthetic. 😊 I put a plastic saucer on the bottom of the rope basket to catch residual water and that way you could drill drainage holes in the wastebasket.
Hi Claire, I've mentioned this before, but I've also got ADHD. Since living on my own for the first time, I've been trying to balance a need for minimalism (due to getting overwhelmed easily) and a need for warmth in the home. I've got all my books, cat stuff, crafting stuff... in a sideboard behind closed doors. There are no photos anywhere, but three minimalistic pictures. There's no knick-knacks, no hanging curtains, and airy furniture that is small enough to fit my space comfortably. Most of my furniture and accessories are in neutral colours, but I use sleek colourful plant pots to add a touch of colour here and there. I still get overwhelmed, but it makes such a difference! I've also got everything I possibly can mounted on the walls to free up floor space: the aforementioned sideboard, the bathroom cabinets, the TV stand, the bin... When buying new things, I like to research for months to find the right item for my space, taste, and budget. This way I can make sure I don't impulse buy unneeded stuff. Everybody's different of course. I wish you the best of luck on your decluttering journey. It might seem daunting at first, but oh, the benefits you will reap!
same, its rather cathartic to be cleaning up plants and sad for the ones not doing well, and feel less like only me who struggles keeping things looking good right now. Its like having a good pal working alongside me.
Well, Thai constellation is a Tissue Culture plant. As the name suggests, it was created in the laboratory in Thailand and you can't find it in the wild. So all Thai constellation plants are supposed to be tissue cultured.
Maintenance is the key for keeping spider mites at bay. I love alocasias and have some that are 4 feet tall. Every month they go into the shower and their leaves are blasted with horticultural soap every time. I am glad to hear you are considering downsizing your collection. I know it is hard for you, but seriously, honestly who needs 8 of one plant? Good luck with your 2024 goals and minimizing. ( you need room and time for Ross)
I had strep throat a few days before Christmas was a nightmare. I think alot of people got sick during winter seasons. Hope Ross is feeling better now sound so sore the fall that he had. I have done alot of plant purge in 2023 as i want to start off fresh 2024 focusing more on the plants that i love and take care on them more. This winter i notice more yellowing leaves on my Hoya’s for some reason. Especially on my Hoya Deykeae which i lost 3 leaves which i was so sad about. Since it took a long time given me 3 leaves last summer. After seeing your Euphoria Acrurensis i came across it in my plant nursery in town after checking out their website and went and got one which i was so excited about. I am still on the hunt for the variegated Euphoria Ingens one which I haven’t found one that i love in person to purchase. Also the white ghost lactea also on the search for. I find with these expensive plants you need to get it in person to choose the one that you love. I have fallen out of buying plants online now since always disappointing of the outcome. I always enjoy seeing your dog in your channel we really want a dog aswell. Maybe one day we will. I rather have a house with a pet since i am living in a duplex apartment with 4 flights of stairs very tiring going up and down. Also easy to put them in the garden to choose the bathroom early mornings and evenings especially.
I know you like to go the natural route with your pest treatments, but since you seem to have issues with pests constantly it might be worth using a systemic pesticide on all your plants as a reset once to make it more managable. Especially on your alocasia portodora since it will prevent pests from coming back for some time, so the plant will have time to settle in an hopefully grow more resiliant
I was just about to recommend a systemic pesticide too! I bought a croton from a big box store and it had spider mites very soon after. I treated it many times with soaps but nothing helped to end the constant spider mite attacks. Then I sprayed it with a systemic and kept on spraying every few months. Now for almost a year there haven't been spider mites. I also make sure to pest treat it once it comes back home from it's summer vacation at my balcony😎 Not every pest treatment has to be systemic but to stop those vicious cycles... Also if Claire has taken the alocasia out of the milsbo, then the systemic shouldn't hurt the beneficial insects?!
For as long as it's not spidermites, spidermites can actually get worse with systemic pesticides due to one of the chemicals promoting mating in Spidermites specifically.
My husband and I were sick with covid over the holidays I didn't get to do any planty stuff, either, for 3 weeks. I just couldn't get the energy to take care of anything while I was taking care of myself. thank goodness it had been raining lately and temperature dropped quite bit in Los Angeles so a lot of my plants were fine. . I actually got a Millsbo greenhouse cabinet for Xmas but I can't get myself to assemble it yet. I desperately need a reset like you did. Take care, love your videos, Claire! keep us posted on the alocacia's condition, please.
this is totally unrelated to the video but I'm just so jealous of your features - your eye shape, your ears, your teeth..you remind me of a fairy..so beautiful🧚♂💚
1:51:28 They don’t die in the spring. I’ve kept mine and even if it drops leaves, they can grow back in the same spot on the stems. I kind of love the mat velvety green leaves 😊
HINT ... Put your alcohol and water in a spray bottle and spray them on the balcony. You can do that with your horticultural soap also. It makes it easier to to treat them thoroughly then you can wipe down the leaves to get rid of the water spots.
I also tend to spray down my plants but I know lots of people who like to individually wipe down each leaf. And I think that if Claire has been able to have a nice large collection, then that must be working well for her.
Love your collection but found it stressful! Lolol! It felt like swimming in mud! I get overwhelmed too so I suppose that’s why I felt triggered. 😂 It’s hard to just let things go but I encourage you to not overthink. If it’s a lot of back and forth then bin it! If you really miss it then repurchase it down the road. This is just an opinion offered in compassion and care.
For Spidermites I sprayed my calathea with neemoil a few times and quarantined her for 2,5 weeks. Nothing since then! I really think it's worth having a little pop up tent for quaratining infected plants (obviously not for huge plants but those I feel are usually pretty resiliant and can get over pests with minimal help)
Watching your plant chore videos and similar content gets me motivated to get my to-do’s done. Laundry, dishes, sweep mop, cleaning my bunny’s area. I only have 6 plants in my collection but ugh we’ve be infiltrated by stink bugs. Every time I see one my souls nearly escapes me!!! HATE is not strong enough of a word on how I feel about those things!!! 😂😢
I started my planty reset over the holidays too, time to purge what I’m not excited about, care for the ones I am, clean, reorganize, reset ❤ I felt that plant burnout this late fall, I was grateful to have the love pick up again to do the reset, now I’m obsessed again!
My household was sick after Christmas through the New Year. My husband had the flu, my daughter’s boyfriend caught it as well. But then my daughter went back home and she came down with COVID. I managed to dodge both illnesses, I don’t do well with COVID. Haven’t caught the flu in a few years. (knocking on wood) I kept looking for a video from you, was so happy now that you uploaded. I absolutely admire your Dean McDowell… I purchased one off of Etsy from a seller I thought I could trust. I had made several purchases from them without incident. I got a very juvenile plant so couldn’t tell what it was or wasn’t. They sent me a Philodendron Summer Glory! Ugh, never purchasing from that store again. At least it was at a good low price. I’ll end up buying one in a couple of months and hopefully grow one like yours!
Richard,.im new to this plant journey im enjoying it all started with a nice lady who gave me golden pothos plant cuttings that rooted in water that amazed me and i was hooked my story from their i bought 2 other pothos baby plants that i have rooted how cool is that my plant journey continues to 2024.thank you for sharing this information on line!.take care.merry Christmas and happy new year 2024.God bless you.
55:50 I had a cutting of my albo that was poorly cut on my end .. but there was node and potential growth point, so I decided to prop it with rest of the cutting. After a long while it gave me a leaf! However when I checked the cutting it had no roots :/ I kept at it anyways. Now it has two fuzzy roots that emerged from the point where the new growth happened and it found its way down to the propagation solution. My propagations were in a semi hydro situation in aquaSolum and I only noticed the growth spurts when I needed to be away and filled the cup a bit too full (where the water was slightly touching the cutting)
Oh Clair, thank you so much for this video! After the last few days I really needed just to quite my mind. I'm currently sitting here in my home in Canada with heaters going so my plants don't get cold. I don't care if I freeze as long as I can keep my pets and plants warm! My furnace quit working 2 days ago and my husband can't get home till Sunday to fix it! You were just what I needed!❤
I love your videos. You and Wildfern are my only Patreon subscriptions. I think that if someone totally new to plants watched this video they would probably need to know what is in the bucket. Maybe you mentioned it and I didn’t catch it. Loved this video though!
Hi Claire For your problem of plants in isolation and lack of space, you can put them in a transparent plastic bag the right size for the plants and put them back in your cabinet. This way, the leaves won't touch and the plant will have plenty of moisture to regain its strength and grow again. As soon as there's a new leaf with no sign of mite bites, it's a success.
Awww.. I am so sad you were not feeling well. I am happy you are feeling better. I will be doing plant chores with you today. thank you for sharing this plant chore motivation. Happy Friday!
I really loved this video I definitely did my leaf cleaning while watching. The 3 plants on my wish list would be Hoya Wilbur graves, Hoya Kerri variegated and Hoya Australis tricolor
I have watched this and cleaned and rearranged my desk and shelf next to it and done a few plant maintenance jobs so thank you find these chatty videos help me motivate to do these things xx
For the Philodendron Esmeraldense: I also had that with a Philodendron. But the new vine that grew from the wetstick grew his own little arialroots and survived! Hopefully, your's will do the same.🤞🏻
What you could try with your big Alocasia Portodora in the future before parting with it, is growing it outside in summer and keeping it as a corm inside for winter
I had similar Xmas holiday as you. Me and my partner had a terrible infection so we had to cancel family meeting and stayed at home. We prepared a basic traditional Xmas Eve dinner and spent most of the time resting in bed with our dog and two cats. Now frosty winter came(-10 C) and to be honest it's difficult to motivate myself to do a proper plant care. I have to monitor my silver cloud philo due to spider mites. What cheers me up it's my collection of cymbidium orchids in full bloom now :) Happy and prosperous 2024!
My painted lady looks very similar and I'm with you about not having the passion and urge to moving it to a moss pole because it's a lot of effort..... I also use the 5 minute rule to motivate myself do a small number of tasks but once I get started I always do more, that way on those days or nights I don't feel like it's a right off...
Love love the length of the vlog ! Lots of cuttings taken and repotting whilst watching..stuttgart canna lilly...omg look that up ..its only 1 plant 😂😂
Watching other people doing stuff really motivates me to do something aswell. Especially when it comes to cleaning and plants . I wish it would work for doing a workout too😂 in general I remind myself that the things I want to do are not as big of a thing my mind is making it to be and I use an App to remind me on tasks I want to do regularly and every time i feel lazy and bored I look at it and do at least one thing that is listed before giving into the laziness.
For spidermites, to get rid of them completely, only thing that helped me was careo combi sticks, if you can get it in UK I highly recommend it. I know it is a pesticide , but it is great for the plants that you really struggle with, and it is very easy to use since you dont need to spray anything. You just put it in soil and within few weeks all of the spidermites are gone, same with thrips.
Claire, Happy New Year🎉✨️. Good on you for your reset and being in a space to take a realistic look and adjust your collection👏 The best of luck and joy in the days ahead🥂🪴
So far i've been liking superthrive ( is not a fertilizer btw but an extra additive you can use with feed), been using it for my anthuriums at every watering through the winter (UK) and they have been growing non-stop. I'm unsure if it's all thanks to superthrive alone but it's possibly part of it. What I got more of a clear experience with is importing, I found it really helps with preventing transplant shock + acclimation
The silver Hoya may need to get repotted. So when they aren’t plumping back up after a watering it may mean root rot. It literally just happened to mine and I researched and sounds like that’s what may be going on. I’m so sad because mine was so lush and now they’re all shriveling up 😩
Starting this video on break at work, and I plan on finishing it when I get home! I love your videos, they’re so relaxing and give me company while I do my own chores ❤️
I just got an alocasia regale shield a couple of days ago. In my research on how to care for her, I found your channel. You have given me so much more confidence in my plant care journey. At the moment, I have about 60 house plants. Most are doing good, but I'm always learning. Thank you for your channel! ❤
So many people I know were ill over Christmas - I was starting to feel left out! Glad you’re feeling better, and here’s to a new year full of plant chores!
I got through so many plant chores while watching, including making three moss poles and also cleaning my mat - thank you for the inspiration and motivation!
You're doing great Claire; we can only do our best! Thank you for the long video. Plantsbymelissa and Wild Fern (TH-cam) use Superthrive and say: "it helps the plants not shock and there's other benefits too. I purchased a bottle, but have yet to really use it. 🌿💦💚🌼🌵
Late watching this video, so if you end up scrapping it, please know this isn’t meant to guilt you- the Joepii is severely endangered in the wild, so if you can help it grow, you are definitely doing something worthwhile. 😊
I have used a plastic trash can as a pot before! Target has cute smaller ones that you can drill holes in for drainage! My alocasias always have spider mites too! I don’t know why they are so prone to them!
Some people use shower to wash em, or lint brush as well as I've used a vaccum depending on the plant to get rid of pests....depends on the pest too 💚🪴
Nice to see you back Claire ❤️ I’m glad you guys are feeling better! Your cabinet looks great 😍 I need to do some cleaning of my planty shelves as well 🥲
So, I keep wanting to reply to things your saying 😅 I agree with with you where ADHD, decluttering and feeling less overwhelmed. Sorting my whole house is my main goal now. I want to do everything at the same time which ends up with me doing nothing instead. The struggle is real 😆 Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It's made me feel like I am able to conquer my brain 🤗
I absolutely agree with the fact that pets come into contact plants in the wild all the time and most are toxic! I have two cats and they’ve NEVER eaten or messed with a plant other than casually checking them out, the occasional nudge on a leaf or a stroll through the jungle of plant stands playing hide and seek. I feel like as long as your pet isn’t constantly chomping on foliage or digging plants up, they don’t even care about them. In some cases though, I’ve seen some pets be naughty on purpose trying to get attention. lol so I guess it just depends on the pet and their view on your pet to plant ratio 😂😂😂
Happy New Year Claire! I completely chilled out whilst watching that, so thsnk you😌 my wish list plants are same as yours, pallidiflorum, veitchii and my 3rd would be the hoya wilbur graves. I did treat myself to my other wishlist plant in the black friday sale Grow Tropicals had and bought a baby Frydek for a great price. Transferred her to pon just before xmas, so losing a leaf, but hoping she grows nice and big this year 😃
I enjoy seeing my plants individually rather than a mass of green. Obviously I must have fewer plants but that’s ok with me because I have a 400 square foot tiny house and I’m 80 years old. I have 21 med to large plants inside. Donna
I have ADHD too, and the past few months in terms of plant care have been pretty overwhelming. As a newbie plant mom I had my first ever thrips infestation and then immediately my first winter came, I struggled to keep my plants alive and I lost a couple of my favourites. BUT! I managed to save my calathea makoyana (thrips + root rot), and it’s giving me new leaves already! My gloriosum under a growlight has been giving me its biggest leaves yet, and a silver sword that lost all of its leaves during the infestation - I saved the bottom of it with all of the roots and it’s the cutest baby plant. My baby florida ghost reset itself BUT did not die, and is growing new leaves. I successfully sprouted a dozen of pomelo seeds and an avocado plant. And my adenium obesum that I was so scared to cut gave me four branches as a reward! I’m still learning to deal with the losses I experience but the little wins make them more bearable. Baby steps.
For a tall pot, find a nice wastebasket. They tend to be taller and narrower than plant pots.
And even if it isn’t that nice, you could use a rope basket as a cover pot, which would go with your aesthetic. 😊 I put a plastic saucer on the bottom of the rope basket to catch residual water and that way you could drill drainage holes in the wastebasket.
This is a great idea that I had never thought of ❤
Hang your rug over several chairs inside the flat and it will dry and raise the humidity at the same time. Obviously not if it is dripping. LOL
YES YES YES I CLICKED SO FAST 😂 missed you Claire its so good to have you and yogi back xxxxx
I've been making my way through your long videos in random order, and I'm so happy to have stumbled on the origin story of the rug!
Hi Claire, I've mentioned this before, but I've also got ADHD. Since living on my own for the first time, I've been trying to balance a need for minimalism (due to getting overwhelmed easily) and a need for warmth in the home. I've got all my books, cat stuff, crafting stuff... in a sideboard behind closed doors. There are no photos anywhere, but three minimalistic pictures. There's no knick-knacks, no hanging curtains, and airy furniture that is small enough to fit my space comfortably. Most of my furniture and accessories are in neutral colours, but I use sleek colourful plant pots to add a touch of colour here and there. I still get overwhelmed, but it makes such a difference! I've also got everything I possibly can mounted on the walls to free up floor space: the aforementioned sideboard, the bathroom cabinets, the TV stand, the bin... When buying new things, I like to research for months to find the right item for my space, taste, and budget. This way I can make sure I don't impulse buy unneeded stuff.
Everybody's different of course. I wish you the best of luck on your decluttering journey. It might seem daunting at first, but oh, the benefits you will reap!
I must say I became quite addicted to doing my plany chores along with you :D I've done lots today, so thank you for that!
same, its rather cathartic to be cleaning up plants and sad for the ones not doing well, and feel less like only me who struggles keeping things looking good right now. Its like having a good pal working alongside me.
Worked on my plants all afternoon while watching her videos haha!!
Well, Thai constellation is a Tissue Culture plant. As the name suggests, it was created in the laboratory in Thailand and you can't find it in the wild. So all Thai constellation plants are supposed to be tissue cultured.
You are killing me with that water dribbling sound. I'm going to have to pause and run to the loo. 😂😂😂
I am just starting out with plants and i really want to get a peperomia in 2024 🙂
I am glad you feel better. The plant that gets spidermites and stresses you I would get rid of. Less worry. You have so many other beautiful plants.
Hi Jolie and Ross...take good care everyone ❤️😊🖤
Maintenance is the key for keeping spider mites at bay. I love alocasias and have some that are 4 feet tall. Every month they go into the shower and their leaves are blasted with horticultural soap every time. I am glad to hear you are considering downsizing your collection. I know it is hard for you, but seriously, honestly who needs 8 of one plant? Good luck with your 2024 goals and minimizing. ( you need room and time for Ross)
Thank you Claire!!! Exactly what I need tonight after a hectic week at work ❤❤❤❤ and happy 2024!!
I had strep throat a few days before Christmas was a nightmare. I think alot of people got sick during winter seasons. Hope Ross is feeling better now sound so sore the fall that he had. I have done alot of plant purge in 2023 as i want to start off fresh 2024 focusing more on the plants that i love and take care on them more. This winter i notice more yellowing leaves on my Hoya’s for some reason. Especially on my Hoya Deykeae which i lost 3 leaves which i was so sad about. Since it took a long time given me 3 leaves last summer. After seeing your Euphoria Acrurensis i came across it in my plant nursery in town after checking out their website and went and got one which i was so excited about. I am still on the hunt for the variegated Euphoria Ingens one which I haven’t found one that i love in person to purchase. Also the white ghost lactea also on the search for. I find with these expensive plants you need to get it in person to choose the one that you love. I have fallen out of buying plants online now since always disappointing of the outcome. I always enjoy seeing your dog in your channel we really want a dog aswell. Maybe one day we will. I rather have a house with a pet since i am living in a duplex apartment with 4 flights of stairs very tiring going up and down. Also easy to put them in the garden to choose the bathroom early mornings and evenings especially.
We have 2 cats and our black one we got as a kitten has never messed with my plants but the boy we rescued just likes knocking all of my plants over.
I know you like to go the natural route with your pest treatments, but since you seem to have issues with pests constantly it might be worth using a systemic pesticide on all your plants as a reset once to make it more managable. Especially on your alocasia portodora since it will prevent pests from coming back for some time, so the plant will have time to settle in an hopefully grow more resiliant
I was just about to recommend a systemic pesticide too! I bought a croton from a big box store and it had spider mites very soon after. I treated it many times with soaps but nothing helped to end the constant spider mite attacks. Then I sprayed it with a systemic and kept on spraying every few months. Now for almost a year there haven't been spider mites. I also make sure to pest treat it once it comes back home from it's summer vacation at my balcony😎 Not every pest treatment has to be systemic but to stop those vicious cycles... Also if Claire has taken the alocasia out of the milsbo, then the systemic shouldn't hurt the beneficial insects?!
For as long as it's not spidermites, spidermites can actually get worse with systemic pesticides due to one of the chemicals promoting mating in Spidermites specifically.
My husband and I were sick with covid over the holidays I didn't get to do any planty stuff, either, for 3 weeks. I just couldn't get the energy to take care of anything while I was taking care of myself. thank goodness it had been raining lately and temperature dropped quite bit in Los Angeles so a lot of my plants were fine. . I actually got a Millsbo greenhouse cabinet for Xmas but I can't get myself to assemble it yet. I desperately need a reset like you did. Take care, love your videos, Claire! keep us posted on the alocacia's condition, please.
this is totally unrelated to the video but I'm just so jealous of your features - your eye shape, your ears, your teeth..you remind me of a fairy..so beautiful🧚♂💚
We are all beautiful in our own way and I’m sure you are, as well.
1:51:28 They don’t die in the spring. I’ve kept mine and even if it drops leaves, they can grow back in the same spot on the stems. I kind of love the mat velvety green leaves 😊
HINT ... Put your alcohol and water in a spray bottle and spray them on the balcony. You can do that with your horticultural soap also. It makes it easier to to treat them thoroughly then you can wipe down the leaves to get rid of the water spots.
Right! Like it needs to get into every crevice of the plant and even on the pot to ensure they are all gone.
I also tend to spray down my plants but I know lots of people who like to individually wipe down each leaf. And I think that if Claire has been able to have a nice large collection, then that must be working well for her.
I'm thankful you and Ross are feeling better 😁
Thank you for making the videos that you love to make. I love to watch them 😊
Love your collection but found it stressful! Lolol! It felt like swimming in mud!
I get overwhelmed too so I suppose that’s why I felt triggered. 😂 It’s hard to just let things go but I encourage you to not overthink. If it’s a lot of back and forth then bin it! If you really miss it then repurchase it down the road. This is just an opinion offered in compassion and care.
You shoud show joli once in a while. I'm a petsitter :) + clerk, quite new to plants
Alcohol and water in spray bottle. Drench it! For mealy bugs!
Love your videos Claire ❤
Glad u r feeling better
What proportion? 🫠
@@Mayla.and.plantsI do about half and half
When my Hoyas won’t hydrate and the leaves stay that way they usually have root rot
We've missed you!!! I was literally having withdrawals!!!!! Lol I was hoping you would post!! 💜
Time to do “planty things” and listen to your new favorite ❤🌸
Claire, how do you deal with mean comments? I've got my first one today and it is 🥴😞 bitter! Thank you!
For Spidermites I sprayed my calathea with neemoil a few times and quarantined her for 2,5 weeks. Nothing since then!
I really think it's worth having a little pop up tent for quaratining infected plants (obviously not for huge plants but those I feel are usually pretty resiliant and can get over pests with minimal help)
Ooo I like your water bottle trick for quitting smoking I am definitely going to try that.
Watching your plant chore videos and similar content gets me motivated to get my to-do’s done. Laundry, dishes, sweep mop, cleaning my bunny’s area. I only have 6 plants in my collection but ugh we’ve be infiltrated by stink bugs. Every time I see one my souls nearly escapes me!!! HATE is not strong enough of a word on how I feel about those things!!! 😂😢
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소중하고 귀한 식물 영상 행복하게 잘보고 응원합니다❤❤❤
omg yay! i missed your videos!
Something is so addictive about long videos idk what is it
i fell upon your channel and where have i been??? subscribing!! this is my kinda cozy chill content . love it!!
I never normally comment but this video warmed my soul ☺️ repotted my monstera and made my dinner whilst watching!!
Hi, Claire! I love your videos and you are such a woderful person ☺️ ❤ Thank you for being here! Nico
I started my planty reset over the holidays too, time to purge what I’m not excited about, care for the ones I am, clean, reorganize, reset ❤ I felt that plant burnout this late fall, I was grateful to have the love pick up again to do the reset, now I’m obsessed again!
My household was sick after Christmas through the New Year. My husband had the flu, my daughter’s boyfriend caught it as well. But then my daughter went back home and she came down with COVID. I managed to dodge both illnesses, I don’t do well with COVID. Haven’t caught the flu in a few years. (knocking on wood) I kept looking for a video from you, was so happy now that you uploaded.
I absolutely admire your Dean McDowell… I purchased one off of Etsy from a seller I thought I could trust. I had made several purchases from them without incident. I got a very juvenile plant so couldn’t tell what it was or wasn’t. They sent me a Philodendron Summer Glory! Ugh, never purchasing from that store again. At least it was at a good low price. I’ll end up buying one in a couple of months and hopefully grow one like yours!
Richard,.im new to this plant journey im enjoying it all started with a nice lady who gave me golden pothos plant cuttings that rooted in water that amazed me and i was hooked my story from their i bought 2 other pothos baby plants that i have rooted how cool is that my plant journey continues to 2024.thank you for sharing this information on line!.take care.merry Christmas and happy new year 2024.God bless you.
55:50 I had a cutting of my albo that was poorly cut on my end .. but there was node and potential growth point, so I decided to prop it with rest of the cutting. After a long while it gave me a leaf! However when I checked the cutting it had no roots :/ I kept at it anyways. Now it has two fuzzy roots that emerged from the point where the new growth happened and it found its way down to the propagation solution. My propagations were in a semi hydro situation in aquaSolum and I only noticed the growth spurts when I needed to be away and filled the cup a bit too full (where the water was slightly touching the cutting)
You are my motivation!! Greetings from Washington state 😊
Thank you Claire, I love the long ones, as you keep me Company in my work space in the pottery 😊🪴
Oh Clair, thank you so much for this video! After the last few days I really needed just to quite my mind. I'm currently sitting here in my home in Canada with heaters going so my plants don't get cold. I don't care if I freeze as long as I can keep my pets and plants warm! My furnace quit working 2 days ago and my husband can't get home till Sunday to fix it! You were just what I needed!❤
Sweetie call a repair man.
Stay warm here in Ontario we are having our first real cold snap😮
Turn the oven on with door open but not when you’re sleeping. Also boil a large pot of water and release the hot steam in the air.
I love the chores videos 😊 I watch/listen while I'm working or doing my own plant chores ❤
I was waiting so much your New video!!! Happy New year!
I love your videos. You and Wildfern are my only Patreon subscriptions. I think that if someone totally new to plants watched this video they would probably need to know what is in the bucket. Maybe you mentioned it and I didn’t catch it. Loved this video though!
you have me hooked with this video! Great time!
Hi Claire
For your problem of plants in isolation and lack of space, you can put them in a transparent plastic bag the right size for the plants and put them back in your cabinet. This way, the leaves won't touch and the plant will have plenty of moisture to regain its strength and grow again. As soon as there's a new leaf with no sign of mite bites, it's a success.
Awww.. I am so sad you were not feeling well. I am happy you are feeling better. I will be doing plant chores with you today. thank you for sharing this plant chore motivation. Happy Friday!
I really loved this video I definitely did my leaf cleaning while watching. The 3 plants on my wish list would be Hoya Wilbur graves, Hoya Kerri variegated and Hoya Australis tricolor
I have watched this and cleaned and rearranged my desk and shelf next to it and done a few plant maintenance jobs so thank you find these chatty videos help me motivate to do these things xx
Whew. I did some plant chores last night and it was so chaotic and messy. Glad im not the only one.
For the Philodendron Esmeraldense: I also had that with a Philodendron. But the new vine that grew from the wetstick grew his own little arialroots and survived! Hopefully, your's will do the same.🤞🏻
I have used Superthrive. I diluted by half and used it every watering on plants that were growing. I thought it worked well.
What you could try with your big Alocasia Portodora in the future before parting with it, is growing it outside in summer and keeping it as a corm inside for winter
I had similar Xmas holiday as you. Me and my partner had a terrible infection so we had to cancel family meeting and stayed at home. We prepared a basic traditional Xmas Eve dinner and spent most of the time resting in bed with our dog and two cats. Now frosty winter came(-10 C) and to be honest it's difficult to motivate myself to do a proper plant care. I have to monitor my silver cloud philo due to spider mites. What cheers me up it's my collection of cymbidium orchids in full bloom now :) Happy and prosperous 2024!
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful houseplants lovely collection beautiful
Love the Ross cameos 😅 Glad you guys are feeling better. The passing out in the bathroom sounded so scary!!
My painted lady looks very similar and I'm with you about not having the passion and urge to moving it to a moss pole because it's a lot of effort.....
I also use the 5 minute rule to motivate myself do a small number of tasks but once I get started I always do more, that way on those days or nights I don't feel like it's a right off...
Love love the length of the vlog ! Lots of cuttings taken and repotting whilst watching..stuttgart canna lilly...omg look that up ..its only 1 plant 😂😂
Just be aware that mealy bug infestations usually start in the roots and then you notice them when they lay eggs and feed on the leaves 🙂
I use Super Thrive with every watering and also mixed with fertilizer when I fertilize once a month
Watching other people doing stuff really motivates me to do something aswell. Especially when it comes to cleaning and plants . I wish it would work for doing a workout too😂 in general I remind myself that the things I want to do are not as big of a thing my mind is making it to be and I use an App to remind me on tasks I want to do regularly and every time i feel lazy and bored I look at it and do at least one thing that is listed before giving into the laziness.
For spidermites, to get rid of them completely, only thing that helped me was careo combi sticks, if you can get it in UK I highly recommend it. I know it is a pesticide , but it is great for the plants that you really struggle with, and it is very easy to use since you dont need to spray anything. You just put it in soil and within few weeks all of the spidermites are gone, same with thrips.
I make lists for everything- i keeps me on track and you do get satisfaction from crossing things off 🤩
Claire, Happy New Year🎉✨️. Good on you for your reset and being in a space to take a realistic look and adjust your collection👏 The best of luck and joy in the days ahead🥂🪴
I’ve had Exactly the same problem with my Hoya Silver Splash! Have the reached the point of giving up and binning it.
So far i've been liking superthrive ( is not a fertilizer btw but an extra additive you can use with feed), been using it for my anthuriums at every watering through the winter (UK) and they have been growing non-stop. I'm unsure if it's all thanks to superthrive alone but it's possibly part of it. What I got more of a clear experience with is importing, I found it really helps with preventing transplant shock + acclimation
The silver Hoya may need to get repotted. So when they aren’t plumping back up after a watering it may mean root rot. It literally just happened to mine and I researched and sounds like that’s what may be going on. I’m so sad because mine was so lush and now they’re all shriveling up 😩
My Thai is in Leca and it's doing great.
Starting this video on break at work, and I plan on finishing it when I get home! I love your videos, they’re so relaxing and give me company while I do my own chores ❤️
I just got an alocasia regale shield a couple of days ago. In my research on how to care for her, I found your channel. You have given me so much more confidence in my plant care journey. At the moment, I have about 60 house plants. Most are doing good, but I'm always learning. Thank you for your channel! ❤
So many people I know were ill over Christmas - I was starting to feel left out! Glad you’re feeling better, and here’s to a new year full of plant chores!
I love it 🥰🥰
Thanks so much clair😊. John
I got through so many plant chores while watching, including making three moss poles and also cleaning my mat - thank you for the inspiration and motivation!
You're doing great Claire; we can only do our best! Thank you for the long video. Plantsbymelissa and Wild Fern (TH-cam) use Superthrive and say: "it helps the plants not shock and there's other benefits too. I purchased a bottle, but have yet to really use it. 🌿💦💚🌼🌵
So happy you’re back, missed you, all the best for you in 2024 from Belgium ❤😘
Thank you. I got so many plant chores done.
You will always get spider mites because they come from outside. Use a systemic. They are just more attracted to certain species.
Late watching this video, so if you end up scrapping it, please know this isn’t meant to guilt you- the Joepii is severely endangered in the wild, so if you can help it grow, you are definitely doing something worthwhile. 😊
I have used a plastic trash can as a pot before! Target has cute smaller ones that you can drill holes in for drainage! My alocasias always have spider mites too! I don’t know why they are so prone to them!
IM SO HAPPY YOU'RE BACK! ❤ I've been so impatiently waiting for a new post. You've just made my whole day thank you!
Great video thanks and Joli is so adorable 😍
Some people use shower to wash em, or lint brush as well as I've used a vaccum depending on the plant to get rid of pests....depends on the pest too 💚🪴
Nice to see you back Claire ❤️ I’m glad you guys are feeling better! Your cabinet looks great 😍 I need to do some cleaning of my planty shelves as well 🥲
Amazing video! Enjoyed the re😊set
Feel inspired to do my own reset!
Happy New Year to you both 🎉🥰
So, I keep wanting to reply to things your saying 😅 I agree with with you where ADHD, decluttering and feeling less overwhelmed. Sorting my whole house is my main goal now. I want to do everything at the same time which ends up with me doing nothing instead. The struggle is real 😆 Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It's made me feel like I am able to conquer my brain 🤗
Yayyyy your back! I missed you, happy new year Clair!!! X
I absolutely agree with the fact that pets come into contact plants in the wild all the time and most are toxic!
I have two cats and they’ve NEVER eaten or messed with a plant other than casually checking them out, the occasional nudge on a leaf or a stroll through the jungle of plant stands playing hide and seek.
I feel like as long as your pet isn’t constantly chomping on foliage or digging plants up, they don’t even care about them. In some cases though, I’ve seen some pets be naughty on purpose trying to get attention. lol so I guess it just depends on the pet and their view on your pet to plant ratio 😂😂😂
Happy New Year Claire! I completely chilled out whilst watching that, so thsnk you😌 my wish list plants are same as yours, pallidiflorum, veitchii and my 3rd would be the hoya wilbur graves. I did treat myself to my other wishlist plant in the black friday sale Grow Tropicals had and bought a baby Frydek for a great price. Transferred her to pon just before xmas, so losing a leaf, but hoping she grows nice and big this year 😃
Glad you and Ross are feeling better 👍 Happy New Year 🎉🎉😀🇨🇦
YAY YOU'RE BACK!! This is exactly what I needed to get me through my work day 😭💕🌿
So glad you’re feeling better and your back! Happy new year!
When I saw the thumbnail I thought who is this? This is not someone I subscribe to? I think it was your hair along with your look. You look great!
Just what I needed today 🥰
Thank you for these amazing long videos ❤️🙌🏻
Happy New Year!! 🥳