Costa Farms Trending Tropical Plants + Pros & Cons of Buying Costa Farms Plants from Big Box Stores
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- Hello! Hola! Check 5 Costa Farms Trending Tropicals that I have in my house plant collection! Also, I will be sharing with you the pros and cons of buying plants from the Costa Farms Trending Tropicals Collection that are sold at big box stores like Lowe's, Rona, and Walmart. Hit that thumbs-up button if you enjoyed this video! Subscribe if you want to stick around and join me on my plant mom journey! Thank you for your support xo Mel
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Looks like you have a fantastic collection. We're glad to hear you're enjoying our plants! ---Justin, Costa Farms Horticulturist
I sure am!!! It's exciting to see more of them in Ontario Canada 😁 I am still look out for the cebu blue though! Fingers crossed it will pop up soon 💚🌿 and hopefully a monstera thai constellation next year 😁💃🌿
I love finding great plants from you guys but the stores are killing them by improperly caring for them. I gave $20 for a scindapus and when I got it home and looked at it the leaves fell off and I then found it had root rot. This was rt away not days later it was as soon as I got it home. I’ve looked around me everywhere to try and find another one but there aren’t any.
@@sharonbrown5238: We get it --- and it saddens us to see our plants suffering after they've left the farm. And we're working on how we might better help staff at the stores understand plant care. ---Justin, Costa Farms Horticulturist
@@CostaFarms I’m happy to hear that from you and hope it will stop the destruction of beautiful plants but it doesn’t help the people who already suffered loss of a plant like I have. In thefurture I will be much more careful I paid dearly for one leaf
@@CostaFarms I have a suggestion...some of the big box stores keep your plants outdoors and when it rains they sit in water and rot....maybe offer plants with out the ceramic pot or ship separately...or maybe put holes in them and send them with the rubber stoppers? Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. I totally understand driving to every Lowe’s in your neighborhood. I have been on the hunt for a zz raven. I have gone to each of the Lowe’s in my town and recently I went to visit my mom in another state and I went to several Lowe’s in her neighborhood. Then, while driving home, a 4hr drive was a 6 hr drive because I stoped at the Lowe’s and Home Depot’s off the free way. I have a problem, I know. It’s crazy because I keep seeing big box shopping videos with a zz raven in the videos. They should definitely sell the same inventory at each store. 🙄 looks like I may have to start calling and harassing the sales people.
Now that's what you call determination haha also a mission 😆🌿 I honestly think it's smart to call the store in advance versus driving around (unless you end up buying other stuff haha)
Omg I’m glad you found the scindapsus, smart to call ahead on those and it is a beauty! I agree the costa farms plants are affordable/accessible and full so you can divide but I tend to not get them bc they usually look half dead by the time I see them in store!
Yeah I was shocked I found it! 😍 Haha and yeah it's definitely a hit or miss for sure! Hopefully you will find some in better condition soon 💚
I just found your channel. What an excellent discussion over these plants! I'm in the U.S. and just started collecting Trending Tropicals. Your plants are beautiful!
Hi Marilyn! Thank you so much for watching 😁 I'm glad you enjoyed chatting about all these plants 💚 welcome to the plant community 🌿
Thanks for the great video. I am new to the house plant world and am hooked already! I bought 2 costa farm plants from our local Costco this past weekend. I bought the Birkin and the Moonlight and I am loving learning about how to take care of them. I just popped them out of the planters so they can breath and drain properly. I look forward to watching your other videos and I love your set up!
That's awesome!! Well welcome to the plant parent community 😁💚 Congrats on the new plant babies🌿 both of them are such beautiful and easy care plants! 👌
I found 3 ZZ Raven plants from Costa Farms in the white ceramic pots at Fred Meyer in February 2021 for $14.99 each. Such a steal!
This is definitely a great price!! 😁 I'm in Ontario Canada so the prices I mentioned are Canadian haha 🌿💚
Another some what con to buying from costa farms is sometimes the plants are propagations , potted up without hardly any root system or sometimes no root system. I had this problem with 3 of my scindapsus treubii moonlight. 2 of my plants I bought died because I didn't realize that they were cuttings without hardly any roots. I know scindapsus plants like to dry out so I wasn't watering them till they were dry but, the problem was they were cuttings and needed to be watered more to grow more roots. I thought they was already a established plant with a good root system. So I was watering them as such. Long story short, I lost two moonlights an had to re-buy a third one & water it as a cutting. That one is doing great! 😊 It did become expensive just because I never knew I had cuttings an had to buy 3 of them before I figured it out! So check to make sure the plants aren't just cuttings because watering, then becomes different with cuttings.
Hi Sheryl! Great suggestions👌 I agree. When repotting I noticed very small cuttings that have not established a good root systems. Definitely something to consider when it comes to watering. Sorry to hear 2 died!! But I'm glad the third one is doing better 😁 thanks for watching!
Great video 😁
Thank you so much! 😁💚🌿
I got my Moonlight at Walmart! I gave two rooted pieces away to friends! But since then she is thriving! Such a beautiful plant! People are literally buying them and going home and separating them and selling them for big money. I saw an ad on Marketplace and you could see the Costa Farm tags and pots....🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Congrats! I'm glad you got your hands on one 💚 such a beautiful plant!! .. Yes it was definitely a plant that hit facebook marketplace pretty quickly unfortunately 💔
I live in the States, and I buy from big box stores all the time. I have all the plants that you've talked about, except the shingle plant. I've only seen it in a store one time, and they were in very bad shape. I don't have a good nursery in the area where I live, so it's big box, or on line. I buy both, but on line is so much more expensive and you get so much smaller plants. I prefer seeing the plants that I'm purchasing, but like I said if I can't find one that I really want. I order. My big problem with big box stores are fungus knats.
Hi Patricia! I agree with a lot of your points regarding online plant shopping. I also like to see and pick out my plants in person! 👌 And definitely one of the problems with big box stores is that they just water all the plants when the can and this can lead to fungus gnats for sure! Thanks you sharing your thoughts and experiences 💚🌿😁
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@@plantsandcarrots5233 yes! Great suggestion 👌 thanks for sharing!
@@plantsandcarrots5233 they didn't work for me! Nor neem oil...🤷🏻♂️
The soil is exactly what I was worried about. I just got some plants from them from the grocery store and the employees typically overwater. I’ll repot this weekend. I noticed they typically do pot them in pots way bigger than necessary as well which is fine so they won’t need a larger pot anytime soon.
Hi Dominic! Yes the soil is not ideal for certain plants. And overwatering is more common for sure! I agree the pots are either to big oooor can be too small that the plant is already root bound haha if it's too big then the risk of root rot also increases! I'm sure the plant will be happy when you repot it 👌💚🌿
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Love the video, I've purchased some baby plants a few days ago I'm thinking of making a video ! I'm new to the planters world. Any advice ? 🌱🧘🏾♀️💕
Hi Shamesha! Welcome to the plant parent community haha 💚🌿 I would say do what works for you and your plants and be patient 💚 enjoy your plants and don't let them stress you out!! 😁🌿🌿🌿
I bought a Costa Xanthosoma through Home Depot in Oct.'21. 2 seeming healthy plants in a 6" pot. It was shipped really fast, like 2 days. One plant died, one is thriving. I unpotted it and the roots on dead one looked great. Complete mystery.
Hi Jan! Definitely a mystery there haha one was just stronger and maybe more established to handle the shipping than the other 🌿💚 Happy to hear you have one that is happy and thriving! Thank you for watching 😁
Over watering in big box stores. Check to make sure the cover pot isn’t full of water. I almost lost my silver Anne due to sitting in water at the store I had to rehab it totally
Hi Sharon! Oh yes for sure! - I'm assuming you successfully rehabbed your Silver Anne??
I have it still rehabbing I’ve got four new leaves on it but started with one and paid $20 for that one leaf.
Oh nooo 💔 well good for you for not giving up on the plant 💚 it's so rewarding to rehab and rescue a plant. I have a couple of videos where I rescued my rhaphidophora tetrasperma and my philodendron silversword if you want to check them out! 😁🌿 I can link the videos in my next comment in this thread
Rhaphidophora tetrasperma 💚 th-cam.com/video/jrDIQH-LPJQ/w-d-xo.html
Silversword 💚 th-cam.com/video/0QdfLt2BgSY/w-d-xo.html
I saw that BJs was selling 6” Birkins for 9.99. I was contemplating on getting one but ended up leaving it.
Hi Catherine! The price has definitely dropped significantly since I filmed this video haha if the plant looks healthy and pest free, then I would said 10$ is a good price!! 🌿 Thank you so much for watching 😁💚
All my Costa farm plants on cost 20$ or 18.98. Tim in N.C.
Hi Sonja! I am in Ontario Canada. So the canadian dollar / price is a bit more 😊 although I have seen some of the plants around 19$ this year but without the white pot. Thanks for watching 😁💚🌿
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You know this is Costa Farms your talking about ? Please read about their history in the “plant world” . Their only real con is that most of these “Big Box” stores employees don’t know about plant care-
Hi Melanie, For sure! I wish there was a position for "houseplant manager" or something haha just to be able to educate employees in big box stores 🌿 Costa Farms also commented on this video if you want to check out what they said. They have also replied to other people's feedback and suggestions 💚
I've heard some people say Costa farms have patents on certain plants so small growers can't sell them. I'm more concerned about environmental impact of the growing as well. I also would have to say it's probably hard on the environment / workers who make those cheep pots. I'm not for certain but overall I would prefer to buy from them if they are zero waste and carbon neutral. I would be much more imprest with that.
Hi Claire! Thanks for sharing 😊 I'm not sure about the patent part either. Good point about the impact on the environment and workers. And yes consumers do like to know that a company is "environmental friendly" 💚🌿
Claire: We don't have patents on any of the plants we currently sell, but we do work with plant breeders (such as the guy who developed Raven ZZ and the gentleman who developed Global Green Pothos) who patent their plants. If we find a plant that we think is going to be exciting and passes our test that is patented, we don't mind paying the breeder for the permission to propagate it.
Unfortunately, we can't say we're carbon neutral yet, but we are working toward it. We've installed solar panels on several of our buildings in Miami; we're actively working to reduce traditional pesticide use by switching to beneficial insects, fungi, and bacteria; and we use a mix of coir and shredded wood (both recycled byproducts of other industries) instead of harvesting peat bogs from Canada to grow most of our plants in. We have an aggressive recycling program and our Sustainability Team is working hard to further decrease our overall impact. If you ever have any questions about what/how we do things, feel free to reach out. We're always happy to talk plants/growing! ---Justin, Costa Farms Horticulturist
Hi Justin from Costa Farms, You said that you will buy the patent from different breeders ( like for the Raven ZZ & Globel Green Pothos) With that being said, does that mean that when you propagate the plants & sale them, they are still patented & the buyer can't propagate it or resale a start to anyone else? Or does the buyer therefore has to ask you if they can do any propagation or sale any starts? Hope this makes sense & you understand my questions. Btw, I love all my plants that I have bought from you. Keep up the great work! 😊
@@CostaFarms Hi Justin! Thank you for taking the time to answer people's questions💚 we all appreciate the information 🌿
@@Sheryl1026 Good Question Sheryl! Hopefully someone from Costa Farms will reply to your question 😁💚🌿
Costa Farms has a practice of packing starter plants (in plastic pots) in larger pots and covering with soil. They then sell as more mature plants. Unethical.
yyyeeesss I've recently started seeing people mentioning this on Instagram! I personally haven't bought a plant that was double potted. It's definitely not good for the plant, since the roots will grow out of the first pot and it would be a nightmare cutting it out without losing half the root system 💔😞
Every Aglaonema that I bought from Costa Farms , the root ball was inside a very tiny like hydroponic grow pot ... then placed inside a big normal plant grow pot. The problem with this was that the hydroponic pot was full of roots that were being choked through the slits of the pot. I noticed that my plants were loosing a lot of leaves & browning badly an when I removed the soil, this is what I found to be the problem. I had to cut the hydroponic pot in order to release the roots. It was awful!!!! I bought 5 aglaonemas, an everyone of them were potted up in this manner. So check yours out & make certain that it's not inside those like hydroponic grow pots with the roots being choked out.