For me, the most important tip and the one that is almost always overlooked is, know yourself! What kind of plant parent do you want/need to be? Are you retired and have plenty of time to devote to plant care, or are you a single mum with 3 children working full time? Are you a helicopter plant parent who loves to tend to your plants daily, or are you looking for something that looks good with minimal care? Do you like to take nice long vacations several times a year, or is your home your staycation destination? Realistically, how much time, energy, and money do you want to put into plant care? Knowing who you are and what you're able to achieve puts everything else into focus.
🐈I'm always referring back to your plant spotlight/care vids and then adjusting to my conditions(QLD) Even how you style your plants is a big help! Love chucking your channel up on the big screen
Excellent Jan & Brad. I think the first time conditions really hit home for me was when I shifted into a totally different style of house as well. I moved from a modern sun drenched, well insulated house to an old house with high ceilings not bad light but definitely not as well insulated. The plants I had in the modern house & were thriving absolutely hated their new home so I had to make adjustments in their placements & buy grow lights to get everything back on an even keel. Big learning curve 😂😂
I moved in the same way late summer/early fall last year. My plants reacted in the opposite way though. They love my 100+ yr old house! They are thriving here with the 13’ ceilings, drafty original windows and covered East facing porch. They stayed out until the night we were getting our 1st hard freeze and holy cow they went nuts!!
@@FeatheredDreamStudio 😂😂 mine definitely like being cozy warm & we don’t even get hard freezes where I live in New Zealand. Our home is over 100 years as well. Love it, it really feels like a home 👍👍
Of course also depends on what the plants are used to - the plants that grew up in my plants room wouldn't handle the outside conditions well atm. The ones that always grew up outside are just fine :)
I find the whole Fungus Gnat issue interesting. I grew up in a home with soil plants and not a bug in sight. I'm in my 50's and have had plants since moving out of home in soil and no issue. The Fungus Gnat plague seems to have appeared in the last 6 years or so which means something has changed in the production of the soil. I went semi hydro to and no more FG
Might not have something to do with the production but with the storage of these bags of soil .... they are always moist & have no airflow ... maybe they used to take better care :)
When I clean our fish tanks, I save the "dirty" water for the plants. That's the only fertilizer I use and my plants have never looked better! 🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ 😺 🐱 😸
I have never fertilized any of my plants and they've outgrown one house and so many pots. Just ask my 4' wide aloe that started in a 4" pot like 5yrs ago. I guess they just like me 😂
🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ love your tutorials! I've been gardening over 45 years & even as a seasoned gardner I learn something new EVERYTIME I WATCH your videos.... GAME CHANGER🎉
Finally someone who really explains why its so important to have the perfekt conditions for plants, this is why i had a lot of problems with so many plants In germany, especially in winter and especially in my flat i just dont get a lot of light and heat, so plants like alocasias just will not thrive here, even though i LOVE them, i had to get rid of all of them, now i only have plants where i know, they will live and thrive even in the colder months Also, i work in a garden center and when people ask me how to care for a plant, oh boy, they are overwhelmed when i ask them, well, how are your conditions, how is the light, is it warm, is it cold, how far from a window is it standing and so on And you wont believe how many people come in and ask me which plants can live in room with NO windows... Well.. Fakeplants
THATS WHY they make grow lights ✨️, my apartment has 0 natural light so EVERYTHING in my apartment is grown with assistance of good, bright grow lights! It looks like day in my apartment 15-16 hours a day. My plants are chosen by my conditions in my place. Lots of natural humidity ( no use for humidifiers)! Living in Texas, USA , close to ocean, thus lots of humidity even though I run my A/C 24 7
I have grow lights too, but how i already said, its also too cold in my flat during the colder month, i have very poor isolation, so heat just literally goes right out Alsocasias do not want anything under 17° celsius or they will go dormant and i dont like that
@VinaSash Understand completely, no issues here in lower Texas near the Gulf of Mexico!! Praying you & your plant babies are snuggled in this coming winter 🙏
Yes !! Conditions are so important to understand first !!! But people want that 'instagrammable' outcome so they often just go for the plants that look good rather than the ones that suit but are not willing to put in the effort !! And the question regarding plants in rooms without windows .... I get that so often :D haha
Good points. I would also say don’t be afraid of failure and try something. For example, for years my mother told me alocasias are impossible and then one day 3 years ago I bought one and had success and another and another. I realized it liked the conditions of my office, not too direct sunlight but indirect light. In fact alocasias are easy care plants for me like pothos. One of my black velvets went dormant and died last season and that was because I didn’t maintain the “heat” conditions it required in that room.
a journey it is🍀 what works for me-here in austria- is "power"food pure organic fertilizer- onepump now and then, aroids, aeschinanthus, , ,they all seem to enjoy, thick compost soup but weirdly doesnt smell- good conscience+never burnt the roots 🌸
Dont ever be sorry for your passion that's why we're here and keep coming back. I love it so thank you for sharing from your heart Jan❤. I am in NZ and we have GT foliage here which is what I use.
The last year I seriously started with carniverous plants and it made me learn one important thing. All nepenthes species come from the tropics but they need 3 different temperature regimes. It is based on elevation, even in the tropics there are high mountains with snow. And highland species need wwarm days and a temperature drop at night to survive longtime ( not freezing ), lowland/sealevel species need hot day and night. This must be the same for other species, so could explain why some philodendron thrive and others dont in the same home. Poor Brad, you see him looking up annoyed when you start waving your hands around disturbing his sleep :)
🐈🐈🐈 Great advice !! No two plant environments are the same ! Your plants will benefit from you paying closer attention to how they are responding to their placement and your care. Out of sight and mind equals failure !
Hello 🐈. I love watching your videos. Thank you for all the information. I'm located in Austin, Texas USA I have a few questions. I love Kalanchoe, Orchids, Pothos, Monstera and all the beautiful ones you highlight on your videos. I know how to plant the orchids and the Aroid (thanks to you )plants. If I do not buy soil at the store, what do I use for my Pothos and Kalanchoe plants? The other day I potted 2 Kalanchoe plants using part of you aroid mix with Texas Organic soil. It was bought at a local hardware/gardening store. But what would you suggest for those plants that need soil?
Wonderful list, thank you. I DO buy store bought soil, as it is economical for me. I just STERILIZE the soil before use. I have no major issues with fungus gnats since I do that, as well as use mosquito bits (especially if I top water the plants).
They can survive in a variety of conditions .... but I assume people come to my channel to get the most out of their plants & to make them thrive, you gotta get the conditions as close to their natural environment as possible :)
Who is still asking Jan to troubleshoot their personal plant problems??? Can't you see he is busy making amazing videos for hundreds of thousands of people? 😂💚
🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛ I’m not sure it’s true that fungus gnats are coming from store bought potting mixes. I’ve had succulents and cacti for over 20 years. I used store bought potting mixes for most of that time. I only had fungus gnat issues when I started collecting more aroids and hoyas. I suspect that fungus gnats came into my home with a purchase and spread in the moist soil of my aroids. I dealt with the issue through a combination of approaches (having most of my philodendrons in semi-hydro, using tanlin when watering, sticky traps and not using compost in my own potting mix blend.)
I've never opened a bag of store bought potting soil and NOT had fungus gnats flying at my straight away :) suppose all depends on how it was stored in the first place :) cacti mixes would have much better drainage and more inorganic materials so probably not as inviting for them :)
Hi Jan ( and Bradley) , you have the most practical, honest , and relevant advice and information that i see here on YT. In my opinion, you are the " plant guru " 🐈 😊
Part of what im doing is adjust the potting mix. I live west of Seattle. I also grow orchids (55) of them. Like the orchids many need a different mix. In summer i give them 60-70%, 70-85 degree. In winter temps and humidity are lower.
🐈 New to your channel but really enjoying your common sense approach to plant care. I got started with succulents years ago but thanks to being able to rent a space for my photo studio with great SW windows I’m now into aroids. Spent the last 2 years just figuring out the garden variety tropicals and now trying the fancier stuff. LOVE your moss pole videos, I’m making my own now and plan to transition everything that climbs to them. Being able to keep them compact and use lights really opens up the possibilities of what I can keep at home too. I also strongly prefer the look of growing them as displays with a definite front side as you do. Anyway, just want to say that I enjoy your content, and congrats on taking it full time. I strongly suggest selling merch. T-shirts featuring your cat, whatever! Lots of people who do TH-cam full time find that to really be helpful. Your audience wants to see you succeed. Also, I swear your accent changes by the day. Sometimes more German, sometimes more Aussie. It’s delightful to this American. Have a great day!
Came from Portugal to Denmark, where plants come to die... 😢 I am a big alocasia lover, but the lack of light means I have empty pots 9 months of the year. Philodendrons are ok-ish
🐈 Agreed with everything except the potting mix! I use Pro-Mix here in Canada and I have no fungus gnats. I just make sure to buy it from inside the store and not from outside (which is easy since everything is inside 7 months of the year). Maybe it’s proof again that a lot depends on conditions, even for the soil you buy.
I learned, in Canada at least, to never buy the bags of soil that have holes poked in them. These are the ones that have fungus gnats. I too buy the pro-mix or sunshine mix #5 (I think it is the #5) in the big bales and they never have fungus gnats. I have bought it stored indoors or outdoors and never had issues.
😺 I'm new to plant care so your information has been very helpful. I have two cats and I have one that loves flowers and plants which makes it harder because I have to be very careful on which plants are safe. Will check your other videos to see if you spoke about cats and plants as well!
i have read somewhere that plants are the most stubborn…they have to let people know what they like. plants came from different parts of the world…they cant walk to go back where they came from. those who purchase them has the responsibility to get to know them and give the right conditions. the easier thing to do is to have local plants that grow in the locality.
Thanks Jan and Brad 💙I'm in the UK and use Liquid Gold which you can buy through Soil Ninja (who do amazing substrates too). Every now and then I also use Great White mycorrhizae but you can get that everywhere (works wonders but don't fertilise your plants at the same time as the fungi need to grow first).
I completely agree about the store bought potting mix, but unfortunately, where I am, it's really hard to get my hands on good quality substrates like sphagnum moss, horticultural Charcoal, and even chunkier perlite (all I've been able to find is the super fine, nearly powder stuff) without paying an absolute premium for them. So instead of buying gnat infested box store varieties, I've been using a pre-made soil mix from Very Plants, and so far, it's been great.
Just found your videos.. The first thing I noticed, was That you use much smaller planter pots than what I have been told to use. Can you add any information to that practice? Love everything I've seen.
Espoma organic is the bees knees! Made from chicken manure, bone meal and kept extract. It smells horrible but it works! I even started using it on my moss poles with great success!!😀
🐱you do such great tutorials, I love that Bradles just lies there, like omg he's talking to that thing about plants a g a i n!!! shut up I'm trying to sleep here... lol😸 A question, do you think the temperature of the water makes a difference? I use rain water from the tank, and it is considerably cooler that tap water so during winter if I am just individually watering not hosing I warm the water up a bit in a bucket before using.
I love fresh air too but I am hesitant to leave windows open for hours a day because 1. Pests can come in. Then I’d have to spend more time spraying with pesticide 2. Humidity escape leaving tropical plants in a not ideal growing conditions 3. Moisture escape so I have to water more often How do you fix these issues?
Agree with the soil. That’s why I purely use it for the outside plants now, all my plants they in semi hydro or getting converted to semi hydro :). You should check out my Monstera Thai con in Leca. So many roots 😅.
I always research the plants natural habitat and conditions. It makes all the difference!! I also (personally) dont like bark in plants. I was just telling a friend that I feel like that's where a lot of mold and gnat issues start. 🤷♀️
Fertiliser is linked in the description :) Air conditioning can drastically reduce the humidity but ultimately you just need to measure to find out your humidity level:)
What I want to know is.. how do you keep your kitty from destroying your plants? I have to keep most of my plants in a seperate room of the house because my cats love to shred and eat them 😭🐺🐈
GT foliage focus actually provides all 12 essential nutrients not just NPK. There’s a link in the description to Planthaul’s website with a photo of the full ingredient list:)
For me, the most important tip and the one that is almost always overlooked is, know yourself! What kind of plant parent do you want/need to be? Are you retired and have plenty of time to devote to plant care, or are you a single mum with 3 children working full time? Are you a helicopter plant parent who loves to tend to your plants daily, or are you looking for something that looks good with minimal care? Do you like to take nice long vacations several times a year, or is your home your staycation destination? Realistically, how much time, energy, and money do you want to put into plant care? Knowing who you are and what you're able to achieve puts everything else into focus.
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SO TRUE !! Well said :)
Yes, yes YES!!
Gold ❤
🐈I'm always referring back to your plant spotlight/care vids and then adjusting to my conditions(QLD) Even how you style your plants is a big help! Love chucking your channel up on the big screen
Thank you:)
Excellent Jan & Brad. I think the first time conditions really hit home for me was when I shifted into a totally different style of house as well. I moved from a modern sun drenched, well insulated house to an old house with high ceilings not bad light but definitely not as well insulated. The plants I had in the modern house & were thriving absolutely hated their new home so I had to make adjustments in their placements & buy grow lights to get everything back on an even keel. Big learning curve 😂😂
I moved in the same way late summer/early fall last year. My plants reacted in the opposite way though. They love my 100+ yr old house! They are thriving here with the 13’ ceilings, drafty original windows and covered East facing porch. They stayed out until the night we were getting our 1st hard freeze and holy cow they went nuts!!
People in my plant groups on fb tend to flip out when I tell them I leave my plants out until it gets cold LOL
@@FeatheredDreamStudio 😂😂 mine definitely like being cozy warm & we don’t even get hard freezes where I live in New Zealand. Our home is over 100 years as well. Love it, it really feels like a home 👍👍
Of course also depends on what the plants are used to - the plants that grew up in my plants room wouldn't handle the outside conditions well atm. The ones that always grew up outside are just fine :)
I find the whole Fungus Gnat issue interesting. I grew up in a home with soil plants and not a bug in sight. I'm in my 50's and have had plants since moving out of home in soil and no issue. The Fungus Gnat plague seems to have appeared in the last 6 years or so which means something has changed in the production of the soil. I went semi hydro to and no more FG
Might not have something to do with the production but with the storage of these bags of soil .... they are always moist & have no airflow ... maybe they used to take better care :)
Its like love - the reality of love - no matter what you do, if the 'conditions ' aren't right, it will die...🥰
When I clean our fish tanks, I save the "dirty" water for the plants. That's the only fertilizer I use and my plants have never looked better! 🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ 😺 🐱 😸
Well that certainly is providing nutrients :)
I don't have fish but I only use worm castings in my hand made soil & water everytime with fish emulsion in my watering cans
I have never fertilized any of my plants and they've outgrown one house and so many pots. Just ask my 4' wide aloe that started in a 4" pot like 5yrs ago. I guess they just like me 😂
@@FeatheredDreamStudio imagine how they'd grow if you did feed them. Both worm castings & fish emulsion are inexpensive
@@lesliebegamkenefic5961 I don't think I have a big enough house 🤣😂
GT is available in New Zealand, I use foliage focus weekly weakly. And I've started using the flower focus on my hoyas. Really happy with the results.
What does this "weekly weekly" mean? 🤓😇🙏
@@cwwwwwwwwww I use it with each watering but a lower dose 😁
🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ love your tutorials! I've been gardening over 45 years & even as a seasoned gardner I learn something new EVERYTIME I WATCH your videos.... GAME CHANGER🎉
Thank you so much :) that is great to hear :)
You Are (in ma opinion) the most aware and passionate plant dad on TH-cam ❤
Thank you so much :)
Bless your cotton socks! You are such a great person. Just in time, you gave me such a necessary piece of advice!! ❤love your Chanel!!!
Thank you :)
Finally someone who really explains why its so important to have the perfekt conditions for plants, this is why i had a lot of problems with so many plants
In germany, especially in winter and especially in my flat i just dont get a lot of light and heat, so plants like alocasias just will not thrive here, even though i LOVE them, i had to get rid of all of them, now i only have plants where i know, they will live and thrive even in the colder months
Also, i work in a garden center and when people ask me how to care for a plant, oh boy, they are overwhelmed when i ask them, well, how are your conditions, how is the light, is it warm, is it cold, how far from a window is it standing and so on
And you wont believe how many people come in and ask me which plants can live in room with NO windows... Well.. Fakeplants
THATS WHY they make grow lights ✨️, my apartment has 0 natural light so EVERYTHING in my apartment is grown with assistance of good, bright grow lights! It looks like day in my apartment 15-16 hours a day. My plants are chosen by my conditions in my place. Lots of natural humidity ( no use for humidifiers)! Living in Texas, USA , close to ocean, thus lots of humidity even though I run my A/C 24 7
Try great grow lights, my apartment has 0 natural light & my alocasias & other humid, warm loving plants thrive
I have grow lights too, but how i already said, its also too cold in my flat during the colder month, i have very poor isolation, so heat just literally goes right out
Alsocasias do not want anything under 17° celsius or they will go dormant and i dont like that
@VinaSash Understand completely, no issues here in lower Texas near the Gulf of Mexico!! Praying you & your plant babies are snuggled in this coming winter 🙏
Yes !! Conditions are so important to understand first !!! But people want that 'instagrammable' outcome so they often just go for the plants that look good rather than the ones that suit but are not willing to put in the effort !! And the question regarding plants in rooms without windows .... I get that so often :D haha
Good points. I would also say don’t be afraid of failure and try something. For example, for years my mother told me alocasias are impossible and then one day 3 years ago I bought one and had success and another and another. I realized it liked the conditions of my office, not too direct sunlight but indirect light. In fact alocasias are easy care plants for me like pothos. One of my black velvets went dormant and died last season and that was because I didn’t maintain the “heat” conditions it required in that room.
Hi Jan & Bradley 💫 Thank you for another enlightening video. Enjoy the rest of your week. 🙏🏻💫🐱
Thank you:)
GT foliage focus is AAAAH MAAZ ING! Total game changer! Bought their products for my orchids too and they've never been happier! 10/10!~
They are so good, aren't they !! :)
So glad to hear someone recommending GT Orchid Fert. I’ve recently bought FF and thinking of what I could try on my orchids. Thank you.
Your videos help me a lot in becoming a better plant parent. Thank you very very much indeed!😊
Thanks for watching :)
😺 Great video! We all need reminding of the basics. Thanks! 💚
Thanks :)
@4:15 hello Jan and Breatzels 😺😅 I find this so satisfying, for the pure fact that your nature seeps through and I'm here for it❤
Also, couldn't be more true about the store bought potting mix🤦🏼♀️ the war is ongoing ever since I realized that! God, if I knew early days
Thank you so much :)
@@sydneyplantguy thank you Jan, too much of an inspiration and help from you 🌻🙏🏼
a journey it is🍀
what works for me-here in austria- is "power"food pure organic fertilizer- onepump now and then, aroids, aeschinanthus, , ,they all seem to enjoy, thick compost soup but weirdly doesnt smell- good conscience+never burnt the roots 🌸
watching this video is the best way to start my day (10a.m. in Germany) :D
absolutely amazed by the size of your cuprea, WOW!
Thank you:)
😺greetings from Poland! I've learned so much from You! Thanks for all 😻
Thanks for watching :)
Liquid Gold Leaf for UK plant people 😁 can’t recommend enough! It’s an all rounder so great for all plants and hydroponic growing 🌿
Thanks for sharing :)
Dont ever be sorry for your passion that's why we're here and keep coming back. I love it so thank you for sharing from your heart Jan❤. I am in NZ and we have GT foliage here which is what I use.
Thank you !! Yes of course you do! Sorry forgot about that :)
I thought for the longest time Brad's name was actually Bread (insert cat emoji here)
🐈🐈🐈🐈❤️Bradley and all the got lots, lots of ❤️from daddy Jan😘
The last year I seriously started with carniverous plants and it made me learn one important thing. All nepenthes species come from the tropics but they need 3 different temperature regimes. It is based on elevation, even in the tropics there are high mountains with snow. And highland species need wwarm days and a temperature drop at night to survive longtime ( not freezing ), lowland/sealevel species need hot day and night. This must be the same for other species, so could explain why some philodendron thrive and others dont in the same home.
Poor Brad, you see him looking up annoyed when you start waving your hands around disturbing his sleep :)
Haha yes !! Verrucosum for example are high altitude cloud forest aroids ... so prefer it cooler & really humid :)
Hi jan, I'm in the UK and use liquid gold leaf, ive been using it for a year, my plants love it!. I think it's only available in Europe
Thanks for sharing :)
🐈🐈🐈 Great advice !! No two plant environments are the same !
Your plants will benefit from you paying closer attention to how they are responding to their placement and your care. Out of sight and mind equals failure !
Well said :)
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A great lesson for the new plant parents,
I wish i knew all these 4 years ago, when i started my indoor 🌿
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Thanks :)
I have Oxalis Triangularis envy. As soon as I see one or three at the local garden centre, I'm in the club!
💯 and if I don't see them in person soon, I'm buying some bulbs online. Too gorgeous!
I also love my oxalis! Every few years I separate the bulbs, I now have baskets of oxalis everywhere, both inside & outside my apartment
🐈🐈🐈 and thanks for the tips 🌿💚🌱
Hello 🐈. I love watching your videos. Thank you for all the information. I'm located in Austin, Texas USA
I have a few questions.
I love Kalanchoe, Orchids, Pothos, Monstera and all the beautiful ones you highlight on your videos.
I know how to plant the orchids and the Aroid (thanks to you )plants.
If I do not buy soil at the store, what do I use for my Pothos and Kalanchoe plants?
The other day I potted 2 Kalanchoe plants using part of you aroid mix with Texas Organic soil. It was bought at a local hardware/gardening store. But what would you suggest for those plants that need soil?
Enjoy your content!! Keep it coming!! 🐈 ❤
Thank you:)
Very good advice. Thank You. I have learned so much from your videos. 😹
Thank you:)
😻😻😻 keep up the amazing work. Love your videos
Thank you:)
Wonderful list, thank you. I DO buy store bought soil, as it is economical for me. I just STERILIZE the soil before use. I have no major issues with fungus gnats since I do that, as well as use mosquito bits (especially if I top water the plants).
1. Conditions… meanwhile my Opuntia grows next to Maranta 😂😂
They can survive in a variety of conditions .... but I assume people come to my channel to get the most out of their plants & to make them thrive, you gotta get the conditions as close to their natural environment as possible :)
Who is still asking Jan to troubleshoot their personal plant problems??? Can't you see he is busy making amazing videos for hundreds of thousands of people? 😂💚
Hehe about 5-10 people a day .... no wonder I'm so behind on my DM's :D haha thanks !!
😺 Great advice!!
Thanks :)
i live in spain and i fell like in europe in general is the fertilizer company more used is Heisi
never heard of it just until recently. Is it good? I use BioBizz and BioCanna
🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛ I’m not sure it’s true that fungus gnats are coming from store bought potting mixes. I’ve had succulents and cacti for over 20 years. I used store bought potting mixes for most of that time. I only had fungus gnat issues when I started collecting more aroids and hoyas. I suspect that fungus gnats came into my home with a purchase and spread in the moist soil of my aroids. I dealt with the issue through a combination of approaches (having most of my philodendrons in semi-hydro, using tanlin when watering, sticky traps and not using compost in my own potting mix blend.)
I've never opened a bag of store bought potting soil and NOT had fungus gnats flying at my straight away :) suppose all depends on how it was stored in the first place :) cacti mixes would have much better drainage and more inorganic materials so probably not as inviting for them :)
Your almost at 200k subscribers :DDD (you deserve way more btw)
Hehe it’s a slow grind :) thank you!!
I really didn't expect that you love house plants... Seems i don't no you well 😂😊
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Tip #6 have Brad be the king of the jungle, he is a good supervisor
Very good tip!!!
Hi Jan ( and Bradley) , you have the most practical, honest , and relevant advice and information that i see here on YT. In my opinion, you are the " plant guru " 🐈 😊
Thank you so much :)
Part of what im doing is adjust the potting mix. I live west of Seattle. I also grow orchids (55) of them. Like the orchids many need a different mix. In summer i give them 60-70%, 70-85 degree. In winter temps and humidity are lower.
I'm in the UK - liquid gold leaf is the best!
UK made (I think?) Liquid Gold Leaf is great and available to us in the Netherlands.
🐈 New to your channel but really enjoying your common sense approach to plant care. I got started with succulents years ago but thanks to being able to rent a space for my photo studio with great SW windows I’m now into aroids. Spent the last 2 years just figuring out the garden variety tropicals and now trying the fancier stuff. LOVE your moss pole videos, I’m making my own now and plan to transition everything that climbs to them. Being able to keep them compact and use lights really opens up the possibilities of what I can keep at home too. I also strongly prefer the look of growing them as displays with a definite front side as you do.
Anyway, just want to say that I enjoy your content, and congrats on taking it full time. I strongly suggest selling merch. T-shirts featuring your cat, whatever! Lots of people who do TH-cam full time find that to really be helpful. Your audience wants to see you succeed.
Also, I swear your accent changes by the day. Sometimes more German, sometimes more Aussie. It’s delightful to this American. Have a great day!
Thank you :) happy growing !! The accent definitely changes with the mood :D haha
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GT Foliage Focus is now available in Europe. It made a huge difference to my plants
Check your environment with meters! Turns out the window i thought was the darkest actually got WAY more light than the rest.
Came from Portugal to Denmark, where plants come to die... 😢 I am a big alocasia lover, but the lack of light means I have empty pots 9 months of the year. Philodendrons are ok-ish
A lot of anthuriums should be okay with lower light as well :)
🐈 Agreed with everything except the potting mix! I use Pro-Mix here in Canada and I have no fungus gnats. I just make sure to buy it from inside the store and not from outside (which is easy since everything is inside 7 months of the year). Maybe it’s proof again that a lot depends on conditions, even for the soil you buy.
Hehe fair enough! Different countries might have better ways of storing them but here in Australia, it's definitely something to shy away from :)
I learned, in Canada at least, to never buy the bags of soil that have holes poked in them. These are the ones that have fungus gnats. I too buy the pro-mix or sunshine mix #5 (I think it is the #5) in the big bales and they never have fungus gnats. I have bought it stored indoors or outdoors and never had issues.
Genau, wir müssen immer lüften 😁✌️
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I'm new to plant care so your information has been very helpful.
I have two cats and I have one that loves flowers and plants which makes it harder because I have to be very careful on which plants are safe.
Will check your other videos to see if you spoke about cats and plants as well!
🐱 I think I am mostly guilty of not providing airflow when I am not home 😅
Can someone tell me the difference between fertilizer and biohumus? What is better and why? Can I use both or not? Every opinion is important to me :)
Never heard of biohumus so can't help you, sorry
i have read somewhere that plants are the most stubborn…they have to let people know what they like. plants came from different parts of the world…they cant walk to go back where they came from. those who purchase them has the responsibility to get to know them and give the right conditions. the easier thing to do is to have local plants that grow in the locality.
Thanks Jan and Brad 💙I'm in the UK and use Liquid Gold which you can buy through Soil Ninja (who do amazing substrates too). Every now and then I also use Great White mycorrhizae but you can get that everywhere (works wonders but don't fertilise your plants at the same time as the fungi need to grow first).
Thanks for sharing :)
Your boy looks so much like my calliope! (In structure at least) 🐈
🐱 great advice
Thank you:)
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I've never seen a terrarium made by you till now :'(
I've never made one, that's probably why :)
@@sydneyplantguy then I'll wait for your magical terrarium :)
The 1st one I wish I would have known: they are ADDICTIVE!! Lol🤣🤣🤣
haha yes :D fair point
me sitting here looking at my philodendrons and aloe plants in the same room 😅😂
🐯 I found the forest tiger 😀
,😻😻😻😻 thank you!!Iam just starting my journey now, and will follow specially this 5 recommendations, you are an inspiration
Happy growing :)
I don’t use commercial fertilizer. I use the water from my pond and fish tanks. My plants grow great. I only use fish water.
As long as you're providing nutrients all good :) yours is probably the most natural u can get so that's great :)
Good sharing. Thinking there should b number 6 which is propagation (eg. cut away unwanted/damaged leaf). ☺️
Totally :) I always encourage people to cut plants !!
I completely agree about the store bought potting mix, but unfortunately, where I am, it's really hard to get my hands on good quality substrates like sphagnum moss, horticultural Charcoal, and even chunkier perlite (all I've been able to find is the super fine, nearly powder stuff) without paying an absolute premium for them.
So instead of buying gnat infested box store varieties, I've been using a pre-made soil mix from Very Plants, and so far, it's been great.
Sounds like you found a good solution :)
🐈 I absolutely love your videos. They're full of very useful and excellent advice. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.
Thank you:)
I always forget about airflow 🐈
Just found your videos.. The first thing I noticed, was That you use much smaller planter pots than what I have been told to use. Can you add any information to that practice?
Love everything I've seen.
Thanks :) HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT POT - let's talk about pot sizes (it's easier than you might think)
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Hey I apologise but what's your name? Can't find this information in this channel
Jan :)
Espoma organic is the bees knees! Made from chicken manure, bone meal and kept extract. It smells horrible but it works! I even started using it on my moss poles with great success!!😀
😻🐈 I’ve just started on my house plant journey and am finding your videos very informative and helpful thank you 🙏🏻 🌱🌿🪴🌵
Happy growing :)
🐱you do such great tutorials, I love that Bradles just lies there, like omg he's talking to that thing about plants a g a i n!!! shut up I'm trying to sleep here... lol😸
A question, do you think the temperature of the water makes a difference? I use rain water from the tank, and it is considerably cooler that tap water so during winter if I am just individually watering not hosing I warm the water up a bit in a bucket before using.
Thank you:) yes I always let water warm up to room temperature before using it :)
Thanks for your content! Very inspiring :) I use GK Organics and my plants seam to love all their products so far.
Thanks for sharing :)
I love fresh air too but I am hesitant to leave windows open for hours a day because
1. Pests can come in. Then I’d have to spend more time spraying with pesticide
2. Humidity escape leaving tropical plants in a not ideal growing conditions
3. Moisture escape so I have to water more often
How do you fix these issues?
It’s quite humid outside here so 2 & 3 are a non concern & pests are inevitable :) they’ll come in even with the windows closed :)
Where else other than the store, would you buy soil? I'm very confused about this. /srs I'm in germany.
I don't use any 'soil' ... I make my own aroid mix instead :) there's a video linked in the description
Thanks for the air flow advice, I need to work on this for my home, always nice to learn even after so many years of gardening
Often overlooked !! :) happy growing
Your number 6 tips for houseplant lovers you are good looking guy and l enjoy watching your channel . I love plants .
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Agree with the soil. That’s why I purely use it for the outside plants now, all my plants they in semi hydro or getting converted to semi hydro :).
You should check out my Monstera Thai con in Leca. So many roots 😅.
I always research the plants natural habitat and conditions. It makes all the difference!! I also (personally) dont like bark in plants. I was just telling a friend that I feel like that's where a lot of mold and gnat issues start. 🤷♀️
Thank you for another great video. Nugget (my cat 🐈), and I enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching :)
Totally agree 💯
🐱 thanks good advice.
What is the Best fertilizer for the plants and when You Say humidity it can be in air conditioner or Best out SIDE air
Fertiliser is linked in the description :) Air conditioning can drastically reduce the humidity but ultimately you just need to measure to find out your humidity level:)
What I want to know is.. how do you keep your kitty from destroying your plants? I have to keep most of my plants in a seperate room of the house because my cats love to shred and eat them 😭🐺🐈
I do nothing :) he’s just not interested :)
what are the numbers N-P-P of your Aroid food?...x
GT foliage focus actually provides all 12 essential nutrients not just NPK. There’s a link in the description to Planthaul’s website with a photo of the full ingredient list:)
😽😽😽 thanks for the wisdom!
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The drainage vs nondrainage and humidity vs non...it's insane.
What do you mean ?:P
Simple and so sensible, yet sometimes hard to follow! Perhaps Tip #6 is dedication to following Tips 1-5 :) 🐈
Great plant feed for Europeans; Liquid Gold Leaf! ❤
Thanks for sharing :)
Jan, is that a Syngonium steyermarkii next to Brad? 😍
It is :)
Cat emoji- I can’t find the link for GT foliage focus in the us
It’s in the description under the Nutrients heading :)
If we don’t buy store potting mix? Where do they sell it?? I am confused
I make my own aroid mix instead :) the big bags of soil you buy at garden centres just always come with fungus gnats
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Hlo i am from India and here vermicompost is best
Thanks for sharing :)
🐈 Solid list... so simple but so important.
Thanks :)