Unsolicited Plant Talks ep.3 - Why I love coco husks for hoyas!
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- Welcome back! I made a promise to myself to do more of these so here we go. Please let me know what you'd like me to show you next (related to growing in husks) as I could be a lot more detailed than this video. Send your questions down below and I would love to incorporate it in the next video.
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Here's the direct link for the exact coco husks we use here - bit.ly/3sWjCfP
Thank you and I hope to bump into you some other places!
Hey April, thanks so much for your input about coco husk. Really appreciate it! I hope you can touch base on fertilizing hoyas with which fertilizers! I'd be really looking forward to your another solicited plant talks!😁🤗❤
Hell yeah coconut husks!! After seeing you use husks, and switching mine to mostly husks, not only do I not rot my plants as much but the roots just grow like crazy with so many little root hairs. So bright white and fuzzy, happy and healthy!
Thank you so much for all your education about Hoyas. I have learned a lot by watching your three videos. I can’t wait for more. Keep up your amazing work. Thanks again!
I've been using chunky soilmix with husks for a while now in my hoyas, but never understood why they did well in that medium. So i learned a lot just from this video. Thank you!!!
Awesome! The difference is significant in my experience. I’m glad it’s working well for you too
Thank you for this thorough explanation! You answered all my questions. I was curious about how it would affect nutrients/fertilizing and was glad to see that you touched on that. I already use husk in my mix so I’d like to give it a try. The simplicity of being able to propagate right into the medium is a huge selling point for me and I’m definitely going to experiment with it!
Love your content! So informative and unique👌🏽
Really enjoyed this! Thank you for all the great information!!
Very interesting. Thank you.
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Love all the great Hoya tips
Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to your propagating video!
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Great video, April!! All my hoyas from UPT are doing so well in the coco husks!! Thank you for doing this video. 💚 Just ordered some.
looking forward to the fertilizer video. Love your videos so much
Love you April. It is so nice to see you once again. I love using the coco husk you sell. My Hoyas love it. Be well.
Thank you April ❣️💚🪴
Excellent information thank you,so glad I found your channel
❤ You and your videos please make more
Your content is such a fantastic reference. I do hope you upload in the future, though I see it's been a while. Hope you're well ✌️💚🌿
Rewatched this and found the missing link to my watering issues! Thanks April!
Thank you!I ordered some right away! I agree with the person who asked you to please make a video just showing off your plants! Would love to see that!
Thank you for the info!!🙌🪴💚🤩 I just bought coconut husks off your site!! And will be buying Hoya from your shop soon!! We need more videos!! 🤩💚🪴🙌
Love from India I like your information thank you so much
Great vid!! Thank you!
Hello there, I preffer semi hydroponics system. :) after this video I have to check this medium also! Great work😇
Thank you ❤
Very thanks!
I JUST WANT TO LIVE IN YOUR GREEN HOUSE 💚
I just received my order of coco chips from your store. I look forward to moving a few of my hoyas into it immediately. I was hesitant to use straight husks in arid Montana, but I think, with coir, it will work out. And I look forward to receiving the rest of my order - my first plant order from you. :)
I switched from chunky mix to Coco coir after watching your video. Thank you for sharing all your information with us.
Thank you! Make sure you use some husks (pure coir will hold too much moisture) ☺️
Hi April! I love using coco husks on my support poles for my climbing plants because sphagnum moss is expensive 😅 And when I finally decided to get sphagnum moss, I mix it with coco husks so I get both benefits of the chunkiness and airiness of the husks and the moisture retentive properties of moss while saving me some money because I don't use up all the moss so fast.
Lately, I've been using the mix not just for the poles but also as a propagating and potting medium - so far so good.
Yay! That’s wonderful to hear. And I totally get it. I think a mix of the husk and sphagnum moss is a good combo! I’ve been thinking about that for a while now but have yet to try! Thanks for the reminder! **runs to the greenhouse**
Amazing video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Lucky to come across 🥰 subscribed👍🏻🥰🙋🏻♀️🕊☮️💚
Great for Dischidia too.
I love your shirt! Where did you get it?! This is a Great video! I think I might have to try switching some of my Hoyas over for comparison. Thank you for the info!
And I want to see more of your videos ..thanks
Hey:) Thanks for all your videos, they helped me so much. Is there any chance you could make a video about fertilizing hoya?
Your videos are awesome! I have learned more from you about growing Hoyas and how to trellis them than I have from any other TH-cam video. I now need to re-trellis my Krimson Queen. I had no idea what I was doing when I put her on a trellis and she looks pitiful! Thank you! I am going to switch to the coconut husk and maybe add some coco coir because I live in hot Arizona. Question: What is a good ratio for the husks and the coir?
Hi April! Where do you get those coconut husk? Your Hoyas are gorgeous! Thank you!
please do a video about leca! or comparing the various mediums you grow hoyas in
Great video, April. Thank you so much for the info abt coco husks. Is yr propagation video out yet? Thanks
April, I had been wanting to try my Hoyas in coco husks and after watching your video I started to switch my Hoyas over to your coco husks that I purchased from your store- they are all thriving and doing so well. I'm seeing so much new growth & healthy roots. I'm so glad I made the switch to coco husks. I'm a "hovering plant parent " & using husks help to not over water my Hoyas. They love it. Please make more videos- I loved your Hoya trellising video also. Very helpful. 🪴🌱 edited: I do have a question on the Hoya Multiflora
Shooting Star- do you grow that in pure husks also? That's my hoya I've been holding off switching over to husks yet, & would love to know how it does in husks too. Thx, April.
Hi April, Thank you for this very informative video! I would like to try husks + coir mix with my hoyas, any suggestion on the ratio for the mix? Thanks!!
Can u do videos about the varieties u have. Most interested in knowing what's out there and what's popular
Hi April... first off, you've been putting out some great, well done videos... even for a veteran Hoya grower, I've learned some new things and really enjoy them. I just bought some of your coco husk as I'm going to start to transition some of my more picky Hoyas over. This is just so simple and much easier/cheaper than putting together all these different substrate mixes. Like you say everyone has their own methods and different environments but if we meet the 3 most basic needs of Hoyas we should have success growing our collections. Seems the invisible flat mites are going round.... have you noticed any difference or ease in treating pests (soil or otherwise) in coco husk as compared to soil or other substrates? A pest video would be nice.... I do preventive maintenance on my Hoyas as I have so many. The only concern I have is the coco husk drying out too fast in normal home conditions. All of mine are grown in the house with natural light and plant lights, I try to keep the humidity at 60 to 65%, maybe less in the hot summer months, have an overhead fan going and the temp is about 70-72. I'm having to water about once a week now but do notice the plants I buy in husk or in a very airy mixture need to be watered more. Thanks.
Can you do a video soon where you just show off your plants? Including your insanely gorgeous aroids?
* instant panic *
@@unsolicitedplanttalks omg no need to panic! Just thinking it might be a nice way to show off your stock for folks to oogle while they wait for restocks 😅
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Hey April, where are you in California ? If you are close to LA, I would like to visit your green house. Thanks!
We are about an hour east of LA! Let’s set up a date for you 💚 email us at support@unsolicitedplanttalks.com ✨
Love it! Do you sell that shirt BTW. If not WHERE can I get one?! I need that shirt!!!
I know I’m late to this video but I was wondering how well you think this medium would hold up during winter in New York! With dreary winters I always get scared to over water! Thank you have a great day!
Hello April. I recently brought your coco husks, but was wondering what brand of coco coir do you use?
Thank you for posting this! I need to move towards this medium. I've never tried it!!!
Question though: any thoughts on eradicating these DEVIL FLAT MITES!?? PLEASE and TIA!
How often do u water with just coco husks? Assuming the Hoyas get good light.
Hi, thank you so much for the video. After watching it, I decided to switch my Rosita from soil mix to coco chips. Unfortunately, the medium stays too wet for too long and some stems seem to rot. What should I do now?
Hi, thank you so much for the video. After watching it, I decided to switch my Rosita from soil mix to coco chips. Unfortunately, the medium stays too wet for too long and some stems seem to rot 😢. What should I do now?
Love your shirt. Where can I get one?
I live in Western Oregon, and rely most on my own pon mix. Pumice, horticultural sand and volcanic rock. The results are amazing! I had some in coconut husks that never quite did well long term, switched em to my pon, and now they’re like different plants that are flourishing. Maybe the climate and latitude make some kind of difference?
There’s many different factors we can consider. With pon, do you use reservoirs? Did you use reservoirs when you were using husks? They may be drying out too fast and we’re getting as much water as they want which can lead to dry rotting of roots and the plants declining.
I live in SW Washington. 2 of 3 hoya I’ve had in husk completely died. It dries out way, way too fast. I missed 1 watering and that’s all it took. It was pretty heartbreaking. I really liked both of them & they weren’t cheap. I’ll never use just coco husk. But it works well as an additive to a chunky mix
Hi April.. another great video.. thank you .. I ordered some of your coconut husk and I have a question. What is the difference between coconut husk and coco coir?
Husks are chunks and coir is pure (like dust) ☺️
Husks make me soo nervous, this was helpful! I’m still nervous about when to water though, how do you recommend knowing when to water with husk?
The weight of the pot is the best way for me to tell sometimes but that could be confusing for new users. If you’re using pure husk, as soon as you think the plant is dry (mostly looking at top husks), water it. It will soak up enough water again to slowly release to your roots overtime. Since it’s a very airy substrate, the roots wont be suffocated (assuming the plant is in an area with good air circulation)
Great information and love your detailed explanations! Question, what if I add some husks to my chunky soil mix? Would that hold too much moisture or just enough for the coming warmer months? Thanks and look forward to anyone's advice on this.
It will not hold too much. You’re going to be adding moisture but your mix should stay about the same as your current one is already chunky ☺️
Hi, I have only found three videos of yours here ....and I absolutely Love them...your information is So helpful.....where can I find More of Your videos Please???? Hope you are fine ?ninonly see one comment answered by you two months ago.
Thank you Melene! I received your email but couldn't respond. :( It says your email is invalid. I'd love to talk about your collection. Would you mind sending me another email?
support@unsolicitedplanttalks.com
Hi, I have all my Hoyas ( I just got them all a few weeks ago) repotted into coir. do you think they will be okay like that or should I def buy some husk to mix in
Hi April, thank you for the great video. When you are using coco husk, do you keep a water reservoir? Also, can you use self-watering pot with coco husk?
Yes you can! I actually have some plants inside our house in a self watering pot with this mix 😊
Can you tell me how to propagate some of the harder ones that are very Woody like international ones
do the hoyas grow soil roots then? or do they start forming water roots?
Do you add worm castings to your coco husk?
How did you move your plants from your “old” mix to coco husk? Did you remove the old mix or just add husk when you up potted? Also you use osmocote, but have mentioned adding magnesium and calcium. Do you use a liquid fertilizer for these micro nutrients?
I tried to remove as much old mix as I can but didn’t stress about it. Even if they still had a bit of soil and/or perlite, as long as the roots were loose, I potted them up in husk.
I use slow release and liquid fertilizer. Slow release because I’m bad at keeping up with fertilizing so even if I forget to use the liquid form, the plants are still getting something.
The magnesium and calcium I was talking about is from Cal-Mag Plus ☺️
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Great series btw. Hope to see more
Hi! As it is a medium that degrades over time, but the roots of the plants also grow in and through the chunks, how would one deal with repotting to fresh coco chips someday? Like when they start to break down and it’s time for fresh coco husk? Would love to hear how you deal with this! It’s the one thing holding me back from switching everything over to husk. Thank you so much in advance if you get the chance to answer!!
Easy! Either I don’t disturb the roots (since they have already made their network in the medium) and just add more husks/husks mix in the new pot or I shake the roots a bit to loosen any compacted areas of the rootball and just add some more of the new mix into the new pot 💚
@@unsolicitedplanttalks thank you so much!! But you know how plants potted in soil need to have all the medium replaced every so often? And coco husk breaks down after like a few years or something… like imagine I have a 4 or 5 year old Hoya that I keep up-potting in size like you’ve mentioned. What about like 4 years from now am I going to have rotting coco husks around the original stem area? Sorry this is so specific!! I’m just super worried to convert my whole collection fearing for the future if it eventually rots and degrades and then I have to restart all my plants. Totally new to this, hence I’m going straight to the best source :)
Thanks for the info on planting mediums. You said your nursery was in California. Where? Address? Thanks.
They're in Yucaipa, CA (it's on their website).
Hi April - is there any Hoya that you wouldn’t put in coco chips?!? Do your small leaf Hoyas like coco chips??
Hoya lithophytica is possibly one that I wouldn't put in coco husk. It seems to really want extreme aeration and it grows on rocks in the wild, the minerals that the plants get from the rocks is something difficult to replicate in our care 😅 Our small leaf plants seem to love coco husk all the same!
I was using a peat based soil with mostly perlite and bark. It has killed all of my hoyas. Now, I am trying coco peat/husk and nothing has died. ;-;
I have all my hoyas in potting soil and cactus mix, would my hoyas go into shock if I transfer them to coconut husk only?
No. I have been doing it and never had a problem. However, I don't strip the roots so even if it still has some soil or perlite on it, I just shake them lightly and pot with husks. The biggest shock that I could imagine is that it may dry out too quickly and you may not notice right away. Just keep up with watering change and you won't have a problem :)
@@unsolicitedplanttalks thank you
also the link to your website in the description is miss- spelled.
So you use Coconut Husks as substrate for your hoya's and nothing else?
Also, how often do you water the hoyas growing in husks?
So you can grow established Hoyas only in coco husk/coir?
Absolutely! All of our plants (young and mature) are all in coco ☺️
Great info. How do you move from chunky mix too Coco husk if already growing in chunk mix?
Thank you. I tried to remove as much old mix as I can but didn’t stress about it. Even if they still had a bit of soil and/or perlite, as long as the roots were loose, I potted them up in husk.
@@unsolicitedplanttalks Thank you for the info 💚
Is letting the pot sit in water 5-10 mins really enough to get everything wet enough?
Yes :) If it is mixed with coir, it will soak it up. if it is pure husk and has been dry for a while, you might want to water from top first to get them wet a bit and then bottom water :)
@@unsolicitedplanttalks Thanks so much for the response! Sorry to ask another question, but is there any risk or downside to letting it soak for a couple of hours or even overnight?
For reference I use a coco husk, perlite, bark, and a bit of charcoal and worm castings mix but I'm considering switching to pure coco husk now! lol
@@ReallyMartha No worries at all! you can keep em coming :)
not really as long as you don't do it often. Here and there is fine. I do think your mix is good and no need to do pure husk! If I may recommend, continue what you have as that is a much healthier mix than just using husk. If you're worried about rot, lessen the amount of worm castings or even completely remove it if you'd like. Use slow release fertilizer if you don't have much time to fertilize your plants weekly as an alternative. Otherwise, even if you don't want to remove that. there's nothing wrong with it. :)
@@unsolicitedplanttalks Thank you so much! You've been a huge help!! 💜
Love your channel and the content, but the video is over-edited. It’s distracting for the image to jump every few seconds. Don’t worry about mistakes/rambling, your followers don’t mind.
It was literally over 45mins 😭
I’m practicing I promise!
@@unsolicitedplanttalks personally I’d love a 45min video!
@@hoyas Okay, thank you for the feedback! It helps me a lot :)
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