We have one in our stairway. The only water it ever gets, is the water from the umbrella. It has become the umbrella dryer spot pot. I always forget that plant when watering, but it looks much healthier than the one in our apartment. The recent heavy rain has sprouted a lot of new stems, including the tallest one so far. It's also the only type of plant that our oldest daughter hasn't killed, since she moved into her own place. Perfect noob plant indeed
Funny thing, a couple of days ago, I realised that I hadn't watered my ZZ plant in over 3-4 months. I came back to check, and it sprouted 4 more stems out of no where! I completely neglected this plant, only for it to tell me, "I don't need you. See? I'm fine!" 🤣
I had no idea zzs didn’t need water. I watered mine once a week till it keeled over. I repotted it saved one stem and stopped watering it. A few months later it has a new stem and I’m glad I now get it. Your channel is really informative. Thank you!
speaking of rhizomes, I was about to throw my purple Oxalis in the trashcan , as it seemed to die completely last fall. Someone here on youtube (not sure if it was you Richard) said to dig out those rhizomes and replant them. My Oxalis only had five very small rhizomes, so I figured it wouldn't grow back, but it did. It's even bigger than the original plant now 👍🏻 ♥
Sorry to say but I killed two ZZ plants . I have a new one now that’s doing great because I am not over watering it like the previous ones. Now I know to go longer before watering it. I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you .
I took my ZZ plant outside on my front porch last summer (to the side so it wasn’t getting beat up by the sun too much) and I watered it almost every day while it was outside… when I took it inside, I basically stopped watering it again… Maybe 1-2 waterings between the end of summer and spring. Then, this spring, it shot out 4 new stalks and the stalks are about 3 feet tall each now.
Honestly, you could probably put it in full sun if you really wanted to. ZZs are kind of one of those 'can-be-everywhere' plants. The only thing you need to make sure is that it doesn't get overwatered. Anything else, can it's game on.
@@sandy_carpetsthesecond5013 eh, I’m in an apartment and don’t have access to the yard and there are no sides.. my front is wide open south facing.. Hoboken, NJ (literally looking at Manhattan…) it’s humid and sticky and sunny.. some of the leaves got a weird burn but it was kind of white?! so I shifted it a bit.. it was happier after
@@deltatango6793 Hmm, I'm not too sure that was burning, then. I only say that because ZZs are sometimes used in full-sun in gardens, and they do fine. Are the marks still there?
A few weeks later, it shot out 3 more stalks! So about 7 new stalks this summer.. also, it was getting quite tall, so I cut off the top of a couple of the tallest branches and propagated them in water, along with a few cuttings from my Pothos. The Pothos releases, a natural rooting hormone when it’s growing roots since it propagates so easily, so it only took about a week or two for my ZZ plant cutting to really grow some nice roots and I stuck those top cuttings in the dirt as well! Definitely one big happy pot of ZZ plant!
I agree. My. Zzs in the big pot are looking really good. I probably water it every 2 months. Never let it sit in water. I like your experiment your with your zz. That will help alot of plant parents who tend to over water. Have a blessed day.
People usually don't understand how tropical african plants work and why the are so special. African rainforest have a very extreme weather with continuous rainfall for literal months in summer and extreme drought in winter. ZZ plants can and will take A LOT of water with the proper soil, and will respond with fast growing owth. I water mine every two weeks but it's pure mineral draining soil, and it repond by growing a new whole leaf (what people call stems are compond leaves) every month from each potato. And the more light you give it, the more water it can take and faster it will grow. Same goes for most Sansevieria "snake plants", they are known to be low light plants that don't need water, but they will be absolutly happy to be drowned on a weekly basis as long as the soil is mineral and draining with a lot of sunlight.
I own a big ZZ plant for 2 years now. OMG I have been watering it mostly once a week, at times once every two weeks, along with the other house plants. Thank goodness it still looks healthy. Thanks for your video. I will stop watering it so often.
I often forget water my zz plant, but it has morning sun. It grows very quickly I gave a lot of cuttings to relatives and all of them are now very big and healthy plants.
Absolutely perfect timing.. I'm contemplating watering my zz plant. I have wrinkled leaves.. But the stems are very firm.. Might leave it for another month and see what happens
I bought a raven zz plant from Home Depot about 2-3 years ago. Turns out I wasn’t a big fan of the raven look and severely neglected this plant. I kid you not, I didn’t water this plant for over a year and left it in a random, partially lit corner of my room. Long story short, I got a new regular zz plant which lost the top of one of its stems, and I decided to propagate it. I didn’t have very high expectations, but after a few weeks, the cutting had 2 very good looking roots. So I decided to put my old and wrinkled raven in water, and the bounce back was miraculous. It grew 4 new shoots within about 3 weeks of being in water. It’s still in water now after about 3-4 months and has a beautiful new roof system and lots of new little rhizomes. Coolest thing I’ve ever seen a plant do.
I required a black zz plant so i made room in my pot of green one, and seems so happy for company. Im gettingbtwo new shoots from the little black one. 😊 thank you for another great video! You are the best! ( other plant utubers voice or personality gets on my nerves)
I have a large zz and raven zz potted together directly in an east facing guest room window. I water it maybe once, twice a month, I dont track it. However as I write this I have 9 new neon stems.
From your last zz plant video to this new video ...I have not watered the zz. Suddenly new shoot came up. Thankyou man. I pride in myself that I know everything about flora and fauna. But your videos make me realise many new things Tq
I got a ZZ from lidl with 5 rizomes in a pretty small pot. I repotted it in two separate ones and I have them in different rooms, different lighting. They both sprouted new shoots in a couple of months and look great. I'm really happy with them to be honest although I do water more than twice a year they are very low maintenance 😊
I have spelled disaster!! I have been watering mine weekly. I use the moisture meter, but I now going to listen to you. They are SO slow growing, but I have gotten two new sprouts this year, and it looks healthy so far, in spite of my water abuse. I am following your lead now.
Mine needs to be watered about once a month. I once forgot and it went two months and almost died It's still trying to recover sadly. It sits in a shaded window and it gets maybe an hour of dappled light.
Amazing plant! Also good for the bedroom, because ZZ plant can effectively remove chemicals like xylene (solvent in rubber etc.) from contaminated air, making your sleep a bit better!
I found a broken piece of ravin ZZ about 12 inches, and ZZ a couple inches. I put it in soil a couple of months ago to see if it will root. It's still really firm and standing good so I think I might be OK lol 🍃☕️❤️🙏
"I keep mine in my east-facing dining room 2m away from the window" Hilariously, that is exactly the location of mine! Except there's a tree in front of the window, so it's a VERY slow grower (just putting out two shoots now after nothing since last March). Ones I gave to friends and family have not grown at all and they bug me about giving them fake plants. But we are learning, and we will make these plants grow.
GLAD to know this. I recently took a similar tactic with my sanseveria, after discovering mushy, yellowing foliage. I've watered the plant just once this year. It's doing fine. No more observable damage. Some new growth ongoing! This video, along with your always-excellent detail & graphics, is a first-rate primer for plant parents. Thank you!
really! wtf..thats very odd! if I water mine once a month the leafs get soo thin and i've had roots dry out completely and die in some of my sansiveria pots. I've even put several of them in jars in "rehab" to get some water
I’m falling in love with the zz plants I might get one! Just taking it easy with buying alot of plants, I’m focusing on maintaining the ones I got and propagate them 😊
These plants are amazing if you are unsure what kind of plant will do well in your home because of lighting, they will thrive in bright indirect light as any plant but even in a darker room they will be as fabulous as the day you brought it home from the store, it may not just grow as fast. All this provided that you don’t overwater.
I water mine every 3-4 weeks. I use the water meter that use. It's definitely my most low-maintenance plant I have. Mine is in a west facing window. Some of the rhizomes on mine are above the surface of the soil, they don't seem to mind not being covered, my spider plant rhizomes are like that also.
I'm new to plant care. I really enjoy your content. I'll pass on buying a zz because I look forward to watering. I like feeling like they need me for something. 😅
My experience exactly, I live in a climate where 90% of the year temperatures are above 15C for most of the day, the plant is in a pretty shaded corner and it is an incredibly slow grower but everytime I use my moisture meter, there is still moisture at the bottom of the pot and I just leave it alone, cannot remember the last time I watered it...
Oh that's weird! I water mine once a week and it's doing great. I've had it for about 3 years. It just grew another stalk about 30 inches high. I live in So. California and it's by a sunny slider. I'll cut back the watering and see what happens.
Really like your videos. I managed to kill 3 stems of my healthy ZZ plant by overwatering (guilty watering every week). Watched so many videos but yours is an eye opener to know its okay not to water the plant for months! Thank you.
I used to have one of these guys in my bathroom. It only got indirect light, and it took a year or two of only watering it with the steam in the room from the shower, before it said enough is enough.
My mother has 2. A regular ZZ plant and a Raven. Her ZZ, is in a large pot. It's heavy but she just wraps her arms around it and carries it wherever she needs it. It's funny to watch because several of the leaves are between 2 to 3 feet long. I have 2 Zenzi. They are no where big as her ZZ! I thank you for this video as I almost realized to late that I was over watering her plants. I have cut back but after seeing your video. I see I can cut back even further. I don't think mom's plants can go as long as yours do Sir, but they can definitely go longer than the 3 weeks I've been giving them!🤤 Thanks!
Good stuff. I almost killed this “Unkillable Plant” 🌱 bc I watered it weekly. It died off to two leaves. It bounced bk and is thriving. Can you talk more about watering Jades please?
I saw from somewhere that the only reason to repot a ZZ plant is when it flowers and/or the pot is cracked. Otherwise it will be happy in the pot as it likes to be rootbound and too much soil in a larger pot will only retain too much water which may cause root rot.
Last year by a miracle it rain way to much in California and my zz plant died and I left the pot there. And about 6 months later it came back and sprouted 4-6 zz plants 🌱
I dont have one yet, i have been 'eyeing' them and they are a bit pricey for me. maybe i can find a small one and take it in to love. i think the Raven is lovely. Thanks for the content, i would have abused it if i did have one, ha. now i know. east window, hardly any water. i bet the big box stores will be over watering them very soon, perhaps i might cop one at a reasonable price and nurture it till it resembles yours! Thanks Charles. You really know your stuff! Im also a fan of Planterina & Kill this plant. yall are my favorites.
This is exactly the video I needed right now. Thank you! I bought a ZZ plant at Ikea 9 days ago. It's now in a room as the only plant with lower, indirect light where I hope it will be happy. I had a list going to the store based on your basement darkness test. :) I did water it for the first time on day 5 when the moisture meter was close to hitting the "dry" and just checked that the stems feel okay because I wonder if it didn't need the water just yet. I know to leave it alone a while, now, and how to check it--the house is pretty dry in winter. I'm also glad you talked about the rhizomes liking it to be a bit cozy in there, because it seemed that it would need a larger pot.
I used to water it every 10 days or so because that is what someone told me that i should do. It became lame, droopy and your video saved my favorite plant. Now its fully green and bright again
I water mine once a month. I always thought they were fine with low light. They seem to thrive better in bright light, right in front of my sliding glass door..
Thank you so much for the info! It was incredibly helpful! I just received a little variegated one - not the most happy plant when it came to me, but I want to try my best to keep it alive and growing. The soil was pretty moist when I got it and it was a weird mixture of somtheing like soft clay balls. Five days after I got it I saw that two leaves were turning a bit pale so I've build up the courage to check and maybe change the soil. The roots seemed fine, nothing rotting and the bulb was very firm and seemed so full. Thanks to your video I know for sure not to water it for a while because I was very tempeted to water it after changing the soil. I put it in something like 30% perlite, 30% suculent/cactus soil and the rest some Seramis planting granules. I will keep my fingers crossed that the leaves will stop turning yellow this way. I was also tempted to cut at lease one leaf off and try to propagate it, but I'm not sure I like the chances. It already struggles since it has only one original stem with four leaves on it and a new stem that is completly white and will probably die off - also I'm not sure if I should cut this one off or leave the plant to dry it up itself. Thanks again for all your videos, they are all very detailed and cover so many issues.
yes, they are very drought resistant as well. Not so much with even slight overwatering... RIP my Tineke 😢 Learned my lesson, and my regular elastica and my ruby are happy with next to no water
Well, this is an old plant. It was already here ten years ago, when I moved in (only much, much smaller). I wasn’t a plant freak back then, and I didn’t pay much attention to it seems like he doesn’t need anything else but the sun.
I bought mine at end of May and have only watered it once. Each time I use the meter it still says wet. I'm glad you uploaded this video or else I wouldn't have understood why all of my other plants are in need of water but my zz plant does not. I love your channel and appreciate your help tremendously 🌿
I repotted my zz beginning of feb coz it was bulging out of the pot and now its not showing any signs of growth. It grew well previously. Your so right. I should have left it but i now know thanks Rich xlol sarah.Plymouth
Ohhh the zz! I always touch the rhizomes to check what is going on in the pot 😅 since April I watered mine a few times maybe, he is living in 26-28 Celsius, in low humidity - and the more tragic are the circumstances for the other plant, the happier is Mr. Raven.
I water my Ikea ZZ about a month after the soil goes bone dry. This varies considerably in my climate (warm dry summers, cool wet winters) from about every two months to as much as every six months. My plant takes a bit longer to dry out than I would like, so when I replant it eventually, I will switch it from a glazed planter to a bare terracotta planter. Then I will switch to waiting two months after it dries out to water it, because I think I'm actually watering more than needed. Mine gets lots of direct west window light, and it also only sends out a few stems per year. It's definitely an easy plant as long as you water less than 6 times per year, but also a very slow grower, which is okay for most people, I think.
Thank you for this video! This is very helpful. I had several zz plants and they all died from overwatering. Geez! 🤦🏻♀️ Can you also do this for snake plant? Not water them for a very long time..I wonder how long snake plants will survive without watering. I am very horrible in overwatering! 😅
It depends I see alot of bad zz because people never water them. Water when the mix is dry - that could be once a week for some or every few months for others. Regular liquid feed makes them grow fast too.
Watching this after I accidentally pulled out a rotting stem when I examined it this morning. Clearly the bone dry soil tricked me and it was too soon to water.
@@SheffieldMadePlants thank you. Our plants have needed watering more often than I've ever experienced. The heat since June has been unbelievable. The plants have really suffered where there's no air conditioning indoors.
Thought I killed my ZZ Total NOOB. Everything rotted away. Just left with a massive Rhizome and big root. Potted it up and waiting for a new shoot. Fingers crossed. Love your channel.
Hi, I've got a question. I bought a ZZ a few days ago. When I brought it home, I noticed root rot. I treated the plant, and gave it a good spraying down to get rid of any pets that might have been present. It's now looking much better, only I think I've spotted either pest damage on the upper stems and leaves, or a type of fungus. It looks like light brown tree bark, is ripply and hard to scrape off. It's located around the leave nodes, and also the leaf itself. I cant find any explanation for this. Might you have an idea? I chopped off the infected parts of the plant, to be on the same side. My ZZ is looking a bit sad now, but I'd rather have recovering plant looking a bit sad, than a full one that is diseased.
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thank you for the advice! It's in quarantine for the moment. I check it daily to see if there any pests. In a few weeks, when it's recovered a bit, I'll give it a neem oil treatment.
FYI: I found out what it was. It's oedema from overwatering. Oedema is a corcky substance that can effect stems and leaves, especially succulents, when plants are overwatered. The affected areas will not recover. So, I guess chopping it all off was the way to go!
I love watching your videos. I have the attention span of a gnat, but your content always keep my full focus. It never fails, I watch one of your videos and "I want one of those", but, I have cats. There seem to only be a handful of plants that are cat/pet safe. Would you consider mentioning whether or not they're pet safe in your videos?
@@SheffieldMadePlants I understand your hesitance and really appreciate your honesty. (I would say integrity, but that might sound a little too simp-ish 😉)
My first ZZ was about 6" tall (a green one) and not knowing anything about it, I re-potted it into a larger pot. I was told they can survive in a bright room with indirect sunlight so that's where I put it. For months it just sat there. and only watered it when my meter said it was dry all the way to the bottom. Suddenly about 5 months ago I notices it looked taller. Than i noticed t was getting taller and more stems coming up in the center. I m not doing much to it and sometimes if I forget to open the blinds since we rarely use that room, it is actually sitting in a room with not much sunlght at all. Now it';s twice the height of when I got it. Plus I cut off one of the stems and stuck it in water. It took a few months but it did grow roots. I have it in a little pot now to see what happens. I looked yesterday cos it's under a grow light - just to se how it reacts. It looked droopy when it was standing tall when first planted it. I also have a Raven ZZ and it too has been growing more stems (which are green when they first emerge). I did notice a few dead/dried out stems but overall this too is doing well.
My pot of zz died. After a long time there were tiny shoots like bean sprouts .. very slim about a few centimetres or 2inches, with 2 leaves each . We thought they were weeds. They are taller n willowy now, very unlike the original parent's stiff stems . Do you think anything is amiss?
@@SheffieldMadePlants I put it in the sunlight and one of the sprouts looked slightly wilty.. or perhaps it just a curl. Where I am ( near the equator) the sun's really strong Dec to March. I'm wondering at what age will the stems start to thicken ( I mean when will they start looking like the full grown parent plant) ?
I got a lush ZZ raven in May and immediately watered it because the soil was bone dry. I watered again after just over a month but now thinking I could have waited much longer. It’s now sat in a dark corner with very little natural light so I’ll take this video as a sign to leave it be 😂
I still wonder if your zz did grow any new stems during these 10 month drought? Did you have it long enough to compare to the previous year, where it sound like you watered it a little bit more. you talked about 3/4 times a year instead of 1. Or maybe you talked about a different zz, still comparing this would be interesting. I water my zz-raven every 1-2 month I guess and always wonder if I should wait longer, so thanks for the info about soft stems and wrinkly leaf, I will have a look for that next time and probably water it less, though it´s very happy as is.
My ZZ plant's stems are wrinkled and falling down, some of them are curled. It's placed in direct sun area in AM. I give water about once - one and half a month. Is it a sign of overwatering?
I always forget to water mine, it looked healthy and stagnant for a while. Few days ago it shot a huge new stem which ive never seen from it since its obviously such a slow grower. I will never understand how people kill this plant lmao.
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We have one in our stairway. The only water it ever gets, is the water from the umbrella. It has become the umbrella dryer spot pot. I always forget that plant when watering, but it looks much healthier than the one in our apartment. The recent heavy rain has sprouted a lot of new stems, including the tallest one so far. It's also the only type of plant that our oldest daughter hasn't killed, since she moved into her own place. Perfect noob plant indeed
Haha noob plant indeed
HA HA!
Funny thing, a couple of days ago, I realised that I hadn't watered my ZZ plant in over 3-4 months. I came back to check, and it sprouted 4 more stems out of no where! I completely neglected this plant, only for it to tell me, "I don't need you. See? I'm fine!" 🤣
Amen to that
yeah ...they have that sassy attitude..haha
Adopted a ZZ a couple months ago from my neighbours and so glad I watched your videos shortly after cause I would’ve definitely killed it by now 😅
You’ve got this ✊
I’ve recently gotten one myself. Thank you for this video
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thank you 💚
I had no idea zzs didn’t need water. I watered mine once a week till it keeled over. I repotted it saved one stem and stopped watering it. A few months later it has a new stem and I’m glad I now get it. Your channel is really informative. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing 😁
speaking of rhizomes, I was about to throw my purple Oxalis in the trashcan , as it seemed to die completely last fall.
Someone here on youtube (not sure if it was you Richard) said to dig out those rhizomes and replant them.
My Oxalis only had five very small rhizomes, so I figured it wouldn't grow back, but it did. It's even bigger than the original plant now 👍🏻 ♥
I do that every year. Let it die back over winter by not giving water or light and then dig out the rhizomes in spring. Good for the plants
@@SheffieldMadePlants It seems that some plants are machocist by nature 🤪 🤣
Do you keep as an outdoor plant? I was thinking of getting one as an indoor because it gets too cold outside in winter, all rhizomes would die here.
@@pinkyssj4 indoor for me
@@pinkyssj4 I have mine indoors, winters get pretty cold here in Denmark as well
Sorry to say but I killed two ZZ plants . I have a new one now that’s doing great because I am not over watering it like the previous ones. Now I know to go longer before watering it. I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you .
My pleasure 😊
I took my ZZ plant outside on my front porch last summer (to the side so it wasn’t getting beat up by the sun too much) and I watered it almost every day while it was outside… when I took it inside, I basically stopped watering it again… Maybe 1-2 waterings between the end of summer and spring. Then, this spring, it shot out 4 new stalks and the stalks are about 3 feet tall each now.
Like it!
Honestly, you could probably put it in full sun if you really wanted to.
ZZs are kind of one of those 'can-be-everywhere' plants. The only thing you need to make sure is that it doesn't get overwatered. Anything else, can it's game on.
@@sandy_carpetsthesecond5013 eh, I’m in an apartment and don’t have access to the yard and there are no sides.. my front is wide open south facing.. Hoboken, NJ (literally looking at Manhattan…) it’s humid and sticky and sunny.. some of the leaves got a weird burn but it was kind of white?! so I shifted it a bit.. it was happier after
@@deltatango6793 Hmm, I'm not too sure that was burning, then. I only say that because ZZs are sometimes used in full-sun in gardens, and they do fine.
Are the marks still there?
A few weeks later, it shot out 3 more stalks! So about 7 new stalks this summer.. also, it was getting quite tall, so I cut off the top of a couple of the tallest branches and propagated them in water, along with a few cuttings from my Pothos. The Pothos releases, a natural rooting hormone when it’s growing roots since it propagates so easily, so it only took about a week or two for my ZZ plant cutting to really grow some nice roots and I stuck those top cuttings in the dirt as well! Definitely one big happy pot of ZZ plant!
I agree. My. Zzs in the big pot are looking really good. I probably water it every 2 months. Never let it sit in water. I like your experiment your with your zz. That will help alot of plant parents who tend to over water. Have a blessed day.
Thank you 😊 you too
Yeah i didnt water mine for 40 days looking so healthy
During covid. I left my room and went home for 11 months. And after returning i found my zz plant still alive and healthy.
😁 great
People usually don't understand how tropical african plants work and why the are so special. African rainforest have a very extreme weather with continuous rainfall for literal months in summer and extreme drought in winter. ZZ plants can and will take A LOT of water with the proper soil, and will respond with fast growing owth. I water mine every two weeks but it's pure mineral draining soil, and it repond by growing a new whole leaf (what people call stems are compond leaves) every month from each potato. And the more light you give it, the more water it can take and faster it will grow.
Same goes for most Sansevieria "snake plants", they are known to be low light plants that don't need water, but they will be absolutly happy to be drowned on a weekly basis as long as the soil is mineral and draining with a lot of sunlight.
My ZZ plant is much improved these days thanks to your advice. 😊
That's great!
Mr. Sheffield you are a plant genius 🍀🤗
Thanks!
I own a big ZZ plant for 2 years now. OMG I have been watering it mostly once a week, at times once every two weeks, along with the other house plants. Thank goodness it still looks healthy. Thanks for your video. I will stop watering it so often.
You bet!
I often forget water my zz plant, but it has morning sun. It grows very quickly I gave a lot of cuttings to relatives and all of them are now very big and healthy plants.
I'm so glad I watched this. I haven't had my Zz plant for long, now I won't kill it!
Great stuff 👍
This plant grows almost wild in old landscaping , parking lots, all around Miami. It can get a lot of rain there at times. .
Absolutely perfect timing.. I'm contemplating watering my zz plant. I have wrinkled leaves.. But the stems are very firm.. Might leave it for another month and see what happens
Best of luck!
I bought a raven zz plant from Home Depot about 2-3 years ago. Turns out I wasn’t a big fan of the raven look and severely neglected this plant. I kid you not, I didn’t water this plant for over a year and left it in a random, partially lit corner of my room. Long story short, I got a new regular zz plant which lost the top of one of its stems, and I decided to propagate it. I didn’t have very high expectations, but after a few weeks, the cutting had 2 very good looking roots. So I decided to put my old and wrinkled raven in water, and the bounce back was miraculous. It grew 4 new shoots within about 3 weeks of being in water. It’s still in water now after about 3-4 months and has a beautiful new roof system and lots of new little rhizomes. Coolest thing I’ve ever seen a plant do.
Wow that's great!
I required a black zz plant so i made room in my pot of green one, and seems so happy for company. Im gettingbtwo new shoots from the little black one.
😊 thank you for another great video! You are the best! ( other plant utubers voice or personality gets on my nerves)
Thank you kindly!
I have a large zz and raven zz potted together directly in an east facing guest room window. I water it maybe once, twice a month, I dont track it. However as I write this I have 9 new neon stems.
Wow doing well 👍
From your last zz plant video to this new video ...I have not watered the zz. Suddenly new shoot came up.
Thankyou man.
I pride in myself that I know everything about flora and fauna.
But your videos make me realise many new things
Tq
Awesome thanks!
I got a ZZ from lidl with 5 rizomes in a pretty small pot. I repotted it in two separate ones and I have them in different rooms, different lighting. They both sprouted new shoots in a couple of months and look great. I'm really happy with them to be honest although I do water more than twice a year they are very low maintenance 😊
Sounds great!
I have spelled disaster!! I have been watering mine weekly. I use the moisture meter, but I now going to listen to you. They are SO slow growing, but I have gotten two new sprouts this year, and it looks healthy so far, in spite of my water abuse. I am following your lead now.
You’ve got this ✊
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Thank you!! Love your videos. I am in Oregon, not far (but far enough!) from Portland. 😊
@@realitycheck6 are you keeping it weird? 😁
@@SheffieldMadePlants I am keeping it REMOTE!!🤣💕
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful zz plants
Thanks for visiting
Brilliant information..this is why I wait patiently for your next video…..
Awesome, thank you!
I found this video just in time!!!! My ZZ has started to look floppy. Gonna rescue it with a soil change and check the rhizomes
Glad you found it useful 👍
I'm in MN, USA.. I had my ZZ in a west window for a long time.. I moved it to a south window, close to the heat vent... it's doubled in size. lol
Thank you. I water my ZZ plant 2 to 3 times weekly and it is doing well.
Mine needs to be watered about once a month. I once forgot and it went two months and almost died It's still trying to recover sadly. It sits in a shaded window and it gets maybe an hour of dappled light.
What a cool plant! Now I want to go shopping for one.
Amazing plant! Also good for the bedroom, because ZZ plant can effectively remove chemicals like xylene (solvent in rubber etc.) from contaminated air, making your sleep a bit better!
I found a broken piece of ravin ZZ about 12 inches, and ZZ a couple inches. I put it in soil a couple of months ago to see if it will root. It's still really firm and standing good so I think I might be OK lol 🍃☕️❤️🙏
Sounds great!
About to go away for 4 months. Thanks for the informative video! I suspected they could live, but this gives me some confidence!
"I keep mine in my east-facing dining room 2m away from the window"
Hilariously, that is exactly the location of mine! Except there's a tree in front of the window, so it's a VERY slow grower (just putting out two shoots now after nothing since last March). Ones I gave to friends and family have not grown at all and they bug me about giving them fake plants.
But we are learning, and we will make these plants grow.
Eventually it might put out a new stem
GLAD to know this. I recently took a similar tactic with my sanseveria, after discovering mushy, yellowing foliage.
I've watered the plant just once this year. It's doing fine. No more observable damage. Some new growth ongoing!
This video, along with your always-excellent detail & graphics, is a first-rate primer for plant parents. Thank you!
Excellent thank you!
really! wtf..thats very odd! if I water mine once a month the leafs get soo thin and i've had roots dry out completely and die in some of my sansiveria pots. I've even put several of them in jars in "rehab" to get some water
I’m falling in love with the zz plants I might get one! Just taking it easy with buying alot of plants, I’m focusing on maintaining the ones I got and propagate them 😊
Amen!
These plants are amazing if you are unsure what kind of plant will do well in your home because of lighting, they will thrive in bright indirect light as any plant but even in a darker room they will be as fabulous as the day you brought it home from the store, it may not just grow as fast. All this provided that you don’t overwater.
For sure. Do fine in low light but much better in bright light
Excellent video. I have two of these beauties , I rarely water them and they are very healthy, Thank you .
Great stuff 👍
The ZZ is hands down the easiest plant for me to take care of! It's actually one of my favorite plants since they almost always look good and full!
I totally agree!
@@JJMiles-ms3nr omg shutup
I water mine every 3-4 weeks. I use the water meter that use. It's definitely my most low-maintenance plant I have. Mine is in a west facing window. Some of the rhizomes on mine are above the surface of the soil, they don't seem to mind not being covered, my spider plant rhizomes are like that also.
Nice one!
I'm new to plant care. I really enjoy your content. I'll pass on buying a zz because I look forward to watering. I like feeling like they need me for something. 😅
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I lied. I bought one yesterday. They're just too pretty! 😅
Had no idea my ZZ was being overwatered!😮
Thank you 🙏
Happy to help!
My experience exactly, I live in a climate where 90% of the year temperatures are above 15C for most of the day, the plant is in a pretty shaded corner and it is an incredibly slow grower but everytime I use my moisture meter, there is still moisture at the bottom of the pot and I just leave it alone, cannot remember the last time I watered it...
Great stuff 👍
Oh that's weird! I water mine once a week and it's doing great. I've had it for about 3 years. It just grew another stalk about 30 inches high. I live in So. California and it's by a sunny slider. I'll cut back the watering and see what happens.
Warmer and sunnier than me for sure
Really like your videos. I managed to kill 3 stems of my healthy ZZ plant by overwatering (guilty watering every week). Watched so many videos but yours is an eye opener to know its okay not to water the plant for months! Thank you.
Glad you found it useful 👍
I used to have one of these guys in my bathroom. It only got indirect light, and it took a year or two of only watering it with the steam in the room from the shower, before it said enough is enough.
What happened?
@@SheffieldMadePlants I don't really know. It just died. Maybe I started watering it 😛
My mother has 2. A regular ZZ plant and a Raven. Her ZZ, is in a large pot. It's heavy but she just wraps her arms around it and carries it wherever she needs it. It's funny to watch because several of the leaves are between 2 to 3 feet long. I have 2 Zenzi. They are no where big as her ZZ! I thank you for this video as I almost realized to late that I was over watering her plants. I have cut back but after seeing your video. I see I can cut back even further. I don't think mom's plants can go as long as yours do Sir, but they can definitely go longer than the 3 weeks I've been giving them!🤤 Thanks!
My pleasure 😊 Thanks for watching
You are a madman. Seriously though, goes to show how much we overwater our plants.
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Good stuff. I almost killed this “Unkillable Plant” 🌱 bc I watered it weekly. It died off to two leaves. It bounced bk and is thriving. Can you talk more about watering Jades please?
Good save
I saw from somewhere that the only reason to repot a ZZ plant is when it flowers and/or the pot is cracked. Otherwise it will be happy in the pot as it likes to be rootbound and too much soil in a larger pot will only retain too much water which may cause root rot.
I agree with that
Perfectly timed video. I've been thinking of getting a ZZ plant after I saw one with a blackish color.
Go for it!
From what I've learned from them the stems will wrinkle if they are absolutely thirsty, also they love being close to an east facing window
Sure 👌
Good stuff. Looks like I’ve been properly ignoring my ZZ. Upright and firm just the way they like ‘em
Love it upright and firm 🫢
Last year by a miracle it rain way to much in California and my zz plant died and I left the pot there. And about 6 months later it came back and sprouted 4-6 zz plants 🌱
The resurrection!
I dont have one yet, i have been 'eyeing' them and they are a bit pricey for me. maybe i can find a small one and take it in to love. i think the Raven is lovely. Thanks for the content, i would have abused it if i did have one, ha. now i know. east window, hardly any water. i bet the big box stores will be over watering them very soon, perhaps i might cop one at a reasonable price and nurture it till it resembles yours! Thanks Charles. You really know your stuff! Im also a fan of Planterina & Kill this plant. yall are my favorites.
They’re always sat in wet soil in the stores
Thank you for potentially saving my zz plant. I thought I watered it infrequently enough, but it could probably do with even less water.
Depends on your climate too!
This is exactly the video I needed right now. Thank you! I bought a ZZ plant at Ikea 9 days ago. It's now in a room as the only plant with lower, indirect light where I hope it will be happy. I had a list going to the store based on your basement darkness test. :) I did water it for the first time on day 5 when the moisture meter was close to hitting the "dry" and just checked that the stems feel okay because I wonder if it didn't need the water just yet. I know to leave it alone a while, now, and how to check it--the house is pretty dry in winter. I'm also glad you talked about the rhizomes liking it to be a bit cozy in there, because it seemed that it would need a larger pot.
Glad it helped. Best thing is to leave the watering for a bit
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thanks, I will. So many plants would still be alive in this house if I knew better back then. :)
I used to water it every 10 days or so because that is what someone told me that i should do. It became lame, droopy and your video saved my favorite plant. Now its fully green and bright again
Awesome!
My ZZ plant is Jet black, but has a ton of new green growth coming out of it, quite a unique plant!
You must have a raven?
I water mine once a month. I always thought they were fine with low light. They seem to thrive better in bright light, right in front of my sliding glass door..
Sure they can live but they thrive in bright light 👍
Wow! Now that is truly amazing.
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Thank you so much for the info! It was incredibly helpful! I just received a little variegated one - not the most happy plant when it came to me, but I want to try my best to keep it alive and growing. The soil was pretty moist when I got it and it was a weird mixture of somtheing like soft clay balls. Five days after I got it I saw that two leaves were turning a bit pale so I've build up the courage to check and maybe change the soil. The roots seemed fine, nothing rotting and the bulb was very firm and seemed so full. Thanks to your video I know for sure not to water it for a while because I was very tempeted to water it after changing the soil. I put it in something like 30% perlite, 30% suculent/cactus soil and the rest some Seramis planting granules. I will keep my fingers crossed that the leaves will stop turning yellow this way. I was also tempted to cut at lease one leaf off and try to propagate it, but I'm not sure I like the chances. It already struggles since it has only one original stem with four leaves on it and a new stem that is completly white and will probably die off - also I'm not sure if I should cut this one off or leave the plant to dry it up itself. Thanks again for all your videos, they are all very detailed and cover so many issues.
My pleasure 😊 Thanks for watching
I water my large ficus elastica few times a year. It’s doing just great :)
yes, they are very drought resistant as well. Not so much with even slight overwatering... RIP my Tineke 😢
Learned my lesson, and my regular elastica and my ruby are happy with next to no water
I water mine every week during summer. It is placed on a south facing window. Grows new leaves like crazy
Well, this is an old plant. It was already here ten years ago, when I moved in (only much, much smaller). I wasn’t a plant freak back then, and I didn’t pay much attention to it seems like he doesn’t need anything else but the sun.
I’ve give mine a bit more than that
I bought mine at end of May and have only watered it once. Each time I use the meter it still says wet. I'm glad you uploaded this video or else I wouldn't have understood why all of my other plants are in need of water but my zz plant does not. I love your channel and appreciate your help tremendously 🌿
Glad I could help 😁👍
When you watering yours Zamija ? And how many times, please č...Best regards
I bought a snake plant a while back and still haven’t watered it yet. I love plants that don’t like to be fussed over like the zz and such
Absolutely
Thank you. Been wanting to add ZZ to my collection. I would have killed it for sure.
You’ve got this ✊
I repotted my zz beginning of feb coz it was bulging out of the pot and now its not showing any signs of growth. It grew well previously. Your so right. I should have left it but i now know thanks Rich xlol sarah.Plymouth
We’re all learning 😁
I water my ZZ when I pay my rent, like you have taught us in the past. It's a good reminder also, rent, water ZZ. LOL.
Love that!
I just bought a raven zz plant! So glad I saw this video. ❤
You bet!
Ohhh the zz!
I always touch the rhizomes to check what is going on in the pot 😅
since April I watered mine a few times maybe, he is living in 26-28 Celsius, in low humidity - and the more tragic are the circumstances for the other plant, the happier is Mr. Raven.
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I water my Ikea ZZ about a month after the soil goes bone dry. This varies considerably in my climate (warm dry summers, cool wet winters) from about every two months to as much as every six months. My plant takes a bit longer to dry out than I would like, so when I replant it eventually, I will switch it from a glazed planter to a bare terracotta planter. Then I will switch to waiting two months after it dries out to water it, because I think I'm actually watering more than needed. Mine gets lots of direct west window light, and it also only sends out a few stems per year. It's definitely an easy plant as long as you water less than 6 times per year, but also a very slow grower, which is okay for most people, I think.
Perfect 👍
Genius 😀 was looking for this kind of tip
Glad I could help!
Thank you for this video! This is very helpful. I had several zz plants and they all died from overwatering. Geez! 🤦🏻♀️
Can you also do this for snake plant? Not water them for a very long time..I wonder how long snake plants will survive without watering. I am very horrible in overwatering! 😅
A long time but prob not as long
It depends I see alot of bad zz because people never water them. Water when the mix is dry - that could be once a week for some or every few months for others. Regular liquid feed makes them grow fast too.
Yep I said that in the video
Watching this after I accidentally pulled out a rotting stem when I examined it this morning. Clearly the bone dry soil tricked me and it was too soon to water.
Mine got
Overwatered in the shop and I never got it back again. All roots rotted away 😢
ZZ = zonder zorg, dutch for without care. Sums it up pretty well!
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Thank you for this video. What do you think the watering need would be in Madrid, in Summer? Very high temperatures and humidity of 33%!
More often than me. Hard to say exactly. Once a month might be a good place to start. Depends on the light it gets too
@@SheffieldMadePlants thank you. Our plants have needed watering more often than I've ever experienced. The heat since June has been unbelievable. The plants have really suffered where there's no air conditioning indoors.
Thought I killed my ZZ Total NOOB. Everything rotted away. Just left with a massive Rhizome and big root. Potted it up and waiting for a new shoot. Fingers crossed. Love your channel.
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Hi, I've got a question. I bought a ZZ a few days ago. When I brought it home, I noticed root rot. I treated the plant, and gave it a good spraying down to get rid of any pets that might have been present. It's now looking much better, only I think I've spotted either pest damage on the upper stems and leaves, or a type of fungus. It looks like light brown tree bark, is ripply and hard to scrape off. It's located around the leave nodes, and also the leaf itself. I cant find any explanation for this. Might you have an idea? I chopped off the infected parts of the plant, to be on the same side. My ZZ is looking a bit sad now, but I'd rather have recovering plant looking a bit sad, than a full one that is diseased.
I think you did the right thing. Not sure what it is but doesn't sound great. Should bounce back given enough time
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thank you for the advice! It's in quarantine for the moment. I check it daily to see if there any pests. In a few weeks, when it's recovered a bit, I'll give it a neem oil treatment.
FYI: I found out what it was. It's oedema from overwatering. Oedema is a corcky substance that can effect stems and leaves, especially succulents, when plants are overwatered. The affected areas will not recover. So, I guess chopping it all off was the way to go!
wonderfully informative… ty
Glad it was helpful!
I love watching your videos. I have the attention span of a gnat, but your content always keep my full focus.
It never fails, I watch one of your videos and "I want one of those", but, I have cats. There seem to only be a handful of plants that are cat/pet safe. Would you consider mentioning whether or not they're pet safe in your videos?
Thank you 😊. I’m not sure about the pet video. I’m no expert because I don’t have pets so i feel I’m not best placed to discuss
@@SheffieldMadePlants I understand your hesitance and really appreciate your honesty. (I would say integrity, but that might sound a little too simp-ish 😉)
@@JadedSidhe thanks!
I live in Canada, my zz is in a sw window. I probably my water 3 times a year
Wow!
I’m very curious how much this is down to climate. It’s much drier here than in GB.
Definitely has an impact
Your video is so helpful! Thanks so much!
My pleasure 😊
My first ZZ was about 6" tall (a green one) and not knowing anything about it, I re-potted it into a larger pot. I was told they can survive in a bright room with indirect sunlight so that's where I put it. For months it just sat there. and only watered it when my meter said it was dry all the way to the bottom. Suddenly about 5 months ago I notices it looked taller. Than i noticed t was getting taller and more stems coming up in the center. I m not doing much to it and sometimes if I forget to open the blinds since we rarely use that room, it is actually sitting in a room with not much sunlght at all. Now it';s twice the height of when I got it. Plus I cut off one of the stems and stuck it in water. It took a few months but it did grow roots. I have it in a little pot now to see what happens. I looked yesterday cos it's under a grow light - just to se how it reacts. It looked droopy when it was standing tall when first planted it. I also have a Raven ZZ and it too has been growing more stems (which are green when they first emerge). I did notice a few dead/dried out stems but overall this too is doing well.
Wow sounds like a beast
I’m wondering if the rhizomes should be covered with soil? Both my regular and Raven zz’s have the tops of the rhizomes above the soil.
Not sure if it matters to be honest. At least not the tops anyway
Great info thanks plant dad 😊
Any time!
My pot of zz died.
After a long time there were tiny shoots like bean sprouts .. very slim about a few centimetres or 2inches, with 2 leaves each . We thought they were weeds. They are taller n willowy now, very unlike the original parent's stiff stems . Do you think anything is amiss?
Could be a lack of light?
@@SheffieldMadePlants I put it in the sunlight and one of the sprouts looked slightly wilty.. or perhaps it just a curl. Where I am ( near the equator) the sun's really strong Dec to March.
I'm wondering at what age will the stems start to thicken ( I mean when will they start looking like the full grown parent plant) ?
Super helpful. Thank you
You bet!
I meant I listen to you every morning
I got a lush ZZ raven in May and immediately watered it because the soil was bone dry. I watered again after just over a month but now thinking I could have waited much longer. It’s now sat in a dark corner with very little natural light so I’ll take this video as a sign to leave it be 😂
You probably got away with it 😁
I still wonder if your zz did grow any new stems during these 10 month drought?
Did you have it long enough to compare to the previous year, where it sound like you watered it a little bit more. you talked about 3/4 times a year instead of 1. Or maybe you talked about a different zz, still comparing this would be interesting.
I water my zz-raven every 1-2 month I guess and always wonder if I should wait longer, so thanks for the info about soft stems and wrinkly leaf, I will have a look for that next time and probably water it less, though it´s very happy as is.
I think I got 1 new stem in that time. Not a lot but I’m happy with its size
My favourite house plant.
My ZZ plant's stems are wrinkled and falling down, some of them are curled. It's placed in direct sun area in AM. I give water about once - one and half a month. Is it a sign of overwatering?
Could be
I always forget to water mine, it looked healthy and stagnant for a while. Few days ago it shot a huge new stem which ive never seen from it since its obviously such a slow grower. I will never understand how people kill this plant lmao.
I know right!
Do ZZ's like bottom watering when they finally do need a drink?
Yep
Please help . Can neem cakes help with gnats ?
I’ve not tried it myself