I Tested Plants In ZERO Light...And THIS Happened
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I tested 10 plants in zero light for 3 months and got a shocking result.
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PLEASE PLEASE respond to this...I bought 2 black marvel hibicus and for some strange reason...I THINK they are little white flies all over the back of the leaves...friend I have tried EVERYTHING...i bought the plant baterial soap..peppermint oil...neem oil...bt spray...and lastly I bought orchard spray from Captain Jack and they STILL wont leave my poor plant alone.,....I am almost ready to start crying..PLEASE help me save my once beautiful black marvels.... :*(
@@CoconutbuttA not sure what to suggest. Looks like you’ve tried most things. Just keep applying the pesticide
Wash the plant then move it to a new place
@@SheffieldMadePlants ok thank you 😊
I am now imagining you decorating your house for halloween with dead plants from the torture chamber
Like it!
@@SheffieldMadePlants kids will come to the door, not thinking much of it but then a another plant parent appears and gets the garlic and stakes out right away 😆
@@Tminus89Bring the Holy watering can and the light of the Holy Ghost!
I can like your comment, but I really want an option to say I enjoy your humor.
Love these experiment videos! I don't want to sacrifice my plants so thank you for sacrificing yours for the sake of science.
They're all (almost) doing fine now 😅
The "flower spike" is actually an inflorescence or spadix used in the context for aroids
The devil's ivy is called that cause it stays green even under no light.
It would be interesting to know the temperature in your basement since that definitely could have an influence
Probably around 17c in the summer
@@SheffieldMadePlants Oh all right. I expected less so that temperature could have falsified the results
The temperature was my first thought.
I think the humidity is a factor maybe? That succulent’s dead leaves were so moist.
The peace lily surprised me for a bit until I started thinking. Almost every one I've seen personally was in an office building and mostly in rooms with no windows. And they were always very healthy and happy looking. It was a good experiment (rip haworthia) and nice to see that a healthy plant can go a little while without proper care before heading downhill.
Thanks for watching 😁
The trouble with the Peace Lily is that it gets so big, when I had one I had to keep getting it bigger pots. Finally I could hardly lift it. I have learned how to divide it by watching utube so next time I will know what to do.
Cool Experiment, I think the flowering of the zee zee plant is happening as per you assumption exactly- in order to produce offspring because it ‘thinks’ it is dying. Some hoyas are flowering only when you don’t water them for a while for the same reason. Interesting video 👍🏻
Looks like a new leaf to me.
Yes, i think so
Definitely not a new leaf
Plants are very forgiving, as you say ‘they always grow back’!
To get some plants bloom (like snakes and Hoyas) you need to treat them with some serious calculated neglect eg water deprivation. It is extremely exciting to see that your ZZ is bringing flowers, I’ve never seen that before.
It makes me want to place my ZZ raven somewhere dark.. 🦇
Thank you for documenting this experiment 💚🐍
Thanks for watching 😁
Thanks for this video, from now on i wont worry too much about my plants not getting enough sun light during winter in Rhode Island USA,
Glad to help!
There’s one devils ivy in my local grocery store that I visit often. I already have that variety so I just check it out every time and I couldn’t comprehend how it survives in there for months. Now I know!
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I gave a friend of mine some propagated succulent seedlings from my collection and they didn't do well and this video is really helpful for working out if light was a factor.
I suspected it was, but seeing the succulent with soft, mushy leaves in your situation confirms it for me.
Great experiment, it impressed me how much a plant can adapt to survive considering the whole idea of a plant is to soak up water and nutrients and of course soak up the sun and make the magic happen.. I would love to see a follow up experiment with some plants with different colours leaves such as red and black and anything else apart from green. I was under the impression that those colours do well in low light but could they survive no light at all? I guessed the succulent would be the first to only because they evolved to thrive in the most extreme of sun saturated environments.
Thanks for the idea
I was amazed with one of my plants. I had been living in a different city for a couple of years to study. I had a snakeplant with really tall and thick leaves. When my studies were done and I was set to move back up there was some issues with my new apartment. I had to wait 3 months to get it, so I had to store all my stuff, including my plant, in my sisters basement with 0 light for the entire duration of that summer as I was basically living in a suitcase. When I finally got access to my new apartment, I was SHOCKED to see my snakeplant, not only still alive, but had actually grown a little. Me and my family now refers to that plant as "The Immortal". I've been taking care of it really well since then and it is just as happy now. It actually sprouted new shoots a few months ago that I replanted in different pots and gave to my sister and mother. They're growing surprisingly fast as well.
Wow that’s amazing. Mine was looking fine too
Oh yea, they definitely is kinda immortal, considering that you can supposedly propogate them with small leaf cuttings...
Other PlantTubers try to give me confidence by showing how it's done, & really it's easy to keep them alive.
You're succeeding in giving me some confidence by showing that really it's hard to kill them! 🤣
Glad I can help in some way 😁
What did I learn from this video?
That is that I should go look for a dark basement to house my zz in for 10 weeks in order for it to flower.
Thank you for this experiment. I appreciate it.
Thanks for watching 😁
Very interesting experiment. Thanks for sharing it. I won’t be as anxious now leaving on holiday.
You bet!
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful
Thanks for visiting
Thank you for a great experiment! Now I know for sure which ones to get for my office 🤗Plants always can take more than we think 🤩+ I always believed that mushy leaves is a result of overwatering 🤔
Cool, damp basement means less water needed , generally 🌵
That was a good experiment. It helped me a lot because I unfurnately live in (elderly housing) =A Cave! They chose to build these units into a berm. They all have only one window in the front. I have a pythos and another plant I can't identify and they are doing ok with their grow light. But thinks to your information I may get a ZZ plant or a Peace Lily.
Great stuff 👍
when you smacked your plant i died 1:23
not surprised that the peace lily did well. I've been impressed by how little light and care they need. Some black ones from South America I got as gifts, even survived a Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada) winter, outside! (They didn't, sadly, survive their 2nd. : )
Very robust
Thank you Richard for your bravery. Very interesting indeed 😅.
You keep me happy. Cat x
You are very welcome
My guess is that the plants adapt to the conditions in which they are found. The leaves are killed on purpose. The plant replaces it with a new leaf that is better adapted to the given lighting. Or simply get rid of leaf that it doesn't need and that consume energy. My plant lost all its leaves and I thought it was dead. But after a while new ones started to grow. People think that the plant is what they see and that is the leaves. But in reality, the plant is roots and leaves are more like solar panels.
Good shout. Needs the leaves to keep the heart going
Really enjoyed the experiment. I would be interested to see a similar test with the Aspidistra (cast iron plant) to see if it lives up to its name.
Thanks!
wow, really surprising. didn´t expect so many of them to look this good after 8 weeks in the dark.
I just wonder, how did you water them? would you say it was way less than in bright light? And did you own all these plants previously?
I know right! I just watered that Calathea once. Everything else stayed moist
this was fascinating.....we travel often, so VIP to us. Aside from the initial watering, did you keep them watered?
No my basement is cool and damp so didn’t water
I know this is a month old, but I just found it today and just started watching. Someone else did a similar experiment and the ZZ Plant was the clear winner, so that will be my prediction
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Great info and very interesting! Thanks
Thank you 😊
Very good. I now know which plants I’m putting in my low-light bathroom (North window). I’ll just tell them to blame Richard!
Don't come after me when it all goes wrong 😂
Amazing... I love this experiment ❤ u all bad ppl which unfollow Mr Sheffield cos of this video 🙄 its a plant (obviously beloved ones), not life stock🐑, and this isn't a slaughterhouse🤦🙈to being not nice to Richard😑but how many of us killed some if not dozens plants, from lack of experience or knowledge. I still cry after some which died 2 years ago 🫣😭
Mr Sheffield Im your big fan ❤❤❤❤ i love this video. ❤❤❤
Thank you very much 😁
@@SheffieldMadePlants no need, its well deserved. 😍👏👏👏👏👌 Love all information and humor. Plz keep doing those videos for the rest of the world 😜🌍
@@SheffieldMadePlants I was glad and happy you were able to do this experiment because I feel like you that so so many people are concerned about less lighting on our vacations. This video made me smile actually to not worry anymore and just enjoy my trip.........isn't that what life is all about?? So, thank you AGAIN for doing what most plant tubers don't. I get tired of so many unboxing videos that I just skim over them........boring! This is your best video in my opinion.........very informative and educational!
@@jackiewhitney5031 Thanks for watching 😁
Very productive and well-edited! But you left the mushy plant in the dark for too long! Damn, I didn't know ZZ plants could flower, let alone in the dark!
Every single plant (angiosperms and gymnosperms) can flower!
Yeah should have got it out sooner
If it's in the basement how do you know if it's the light or the change in temperature and dampness??
Brilliant video again, thank you! I've always wanted to do this but never had anywhere that stays pitch black.
The hawarthia I'm guessing succumbed in such a major way as in its natural habitat its a relatively high-light plant, and as such maybe it was unable to cope with the amount of water stored within its leaves with no photosynthesis going on.
The peace lily is no surprise to me at all. I live in a very old house with hardly any natural light at all. My peace lily has survived - and thrived - in my kitchen for years with only 0.8-20 fc, depending on the time of year. The same goes for the one in my living room. The one in my kitchen which has the least light is a very dark shade of green which I am putting down to increased clorophyll production due to the low light conditions I torture it in. Every Sunday they go next to a window with no direct sun for the day. I have a few other plants with hardly any light and by just shuffling them around once a week it works. They would grow way quicker with grow lights but living in an old house I have few plug sockets and honestly I can't afford to have grow lights everywhere. I'm hoping to get a few more for Xmas as I'd like giant leave s on some of my pothos, and I'd also like to gain some of my windows back!
That's a great shout about the Haworthia. I just keep on getting grow lights even though i have no sockets to plug them into 😂
@@SheffieldMadePlants Lol who needs a freezer or washing machine, plants gotta have their light!
Great stuff! You are a proper scientist! Suggestion: maybe try peperomia, ficus, and jade plant to further expand your/our knowledge on light deprivation.
Thank you 😊
The latest horror movie by Rich.
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The ZZ flower melted my brain!
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let's not talk about the haw-
😂 😂 😂
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Love youre videos, keep it up😋👍
Thanks, will do!
My 5 peace lilies are in low light cuz wen I tried to put them in better light they kept getting yellow leaves
This was a great learning video . But the ending 😭🤣.
Hehe poor fella
Ooo.... and it will be cooler in a cement basement. Interesting
Yep cool and damp
I think the fern might survive
Plant Abuse !!!! LOL I could never do such an experiment because I have no patience. I've learned 'thanks to your time' is that peace lilies, devil's ivy and snake plants the monstera are the way to go.
Great stuff 👍
It's over for succulents once they start dropping mushy leaves
Lesson learned
Try veges, see if we would all starve in a super volcano winter
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Other than the calathea, did you need to water any of the other plants?
No just that once
Such an interesting experiment! Thank you for sharing this, it relaxes me more with all of these cloudy winter days.
I really appreciate this video, as i live in an apartment, great sun in summer spring, not fall/winter. i use grow lights all year round just to make sure. oh, you always me me laugh. 🪴🪴😀
Glad it was helpful!
What an interesting experiment! I’m flabbergasted at ones that passed the test with flying colors! Hope you rewarded them! 😅 and he I am worried leaving my plants with the grow lights off for a week with big windows in the house! Good one Richard…. 👌🏻🪴👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It's put my mind at rest about going away for sure
Don't worry at all! They will adapt for sure. Plants are like us. They'll be happy to see you again upon arrival :))
I'm not a native speaker, so sometimes I just get some words wrong.... Actually I thougt you would call the aglaonema 'ugly'. "But this is a nice plant" I thought. One day I asked Google what you were saying. The answer was: "ugly on Lima". I guess this poor needs a new name!
I can see how that could happen 😂
Why don’t you have high power LEDs in your house.
omg it was hard to watch
My guess .. they will try to flower in the need to survive
You're a genius!
@@SheffieldMadePlants I wonder if this would work with my hoya. .. .... Im going to try it.
Haworthia seems to have drowned in its own juices, so to speak.
Indeed
This was very educational.
I've never seen such an experiment done like this before and I thank you for sacrificing your plants to get a better understanding of their natural abilities.
Well done.
Thanks for watching 😁
Ummm Asap science
I was sitting at the edge of my seat for this one. Truly interesting and funny as always. Such dedication as well. King of plant TH-cam!
Legend!
did you say edge? :O
Absolutely seething that your calathea survived longer in complete darkness than mine did in my room. Great video!
Must be an anomaly 😂
I believe the results show these plants were quite happy before they went down - due to care bestowed by their human - these guys were robust and prepared for harsh times
Could be 👍
I thought this too
I've finally figured out why your channel is, at least in my opinion, constantly worth coming back to. I've been looking for new info and stuff, but every damn channel has the whole welcome welcome intro. When I open one of your videos, immediate action. Get the formalities out the window, we both know why I'm here, and it's not for a 457th good afternoon and welcome back to.
This guys a real plant parent. Don't got time to spare.
Legend! Glad you’re enjoying it
Ohh love this vid, how interesting! Would you also consider a video of the same experiment but with artificial light only? (So just like house lights). I always notice plants in shopping centers that would only have artificial lights and they often seem fine, and I always wondered if they are actually okay or they are just getting regularly replaced 😅
Great suggestion!
Those plants get changed out.
I have an older home, so some rooms are very low light. So thank you for your experiment. It's good to know, because I needed desperately to figure out which plants to put where. So kind of you to sacrifice your plants for the good of all . 😢
They're bouncing back!
One of your best experiments yet Richard! I was surprised at how long the monstera held out, and didn’t even know a ZZ could flower 😲. I really thought the fern would last longer though.
Thanks for more great content 👌and I’ll now be shopping for a snake plant or two!
Thank you 😊
Every single plant (at least angiosperms and depending on the definition gymnosperms) can flower!
I thought I was the only one who didn’t know that ZZ’s bring flowers 😳
Good luck with your new snake plants once you have them (I’m a snake lady) I’m sure you will love them forever.
Aglaonema is on my wish list, I’m waiting for a low price baby plant to appear online.
@@jhndr0nia I suppose that makes sense! For pollination and such in nature. Very cool.
@@_evangelina__ thanks! I’m excited 😆
I love your experiments! Very educational. I suspect the big chunky roots of the monstera, or the rhizomes of the snake and Zz hold more than just water for the well being of the plant during sparse times.
Potentially 👍
No I don't think you are a psychopath, but I will have to comfort my plants after they saw this😂 It's ok boys, don't worry daddy is not going to lock you in the basement. Maybe your plants have just developed stockholm syndrome 😋
Yeah I did have a silence of the lambs vibe... 'it rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again 😂'
@@He4dsp1nAUS😂
Haha maybe!
Cool experiment! The peace lily was very suprising. A channel called the Swedish Plantguys did a video on the zz plant and said that when it first hit the market it was said you could leave it in a closet so they tried it and left it for 6 months. It didn't die but all the new growth was without chlorophyll and a lot of the older leaves had died. I don't think that new growth on your zz is a flower because it looks like the new growth on my zz raven but paler.
Before I got really into plants I thought I was really smart when I bought a peace lily and used the drooping leaves to indicate when it was time to water... all my plants. It did not go well, apparently overwatering is almost the only way to kill a zz plant 😳
Yeah it looks like it
I can’t imagine trying to choose which one of my “green” children to get tortured in the dungeon. Good thing they were rescued. Interesting experiment, for sure.
Thanks!
I thought the Haworthia would be the, uh winner...
Honestly, I'm surprised at how well they all did. I figured most would be yellowing and shriveling after a couple of weeks.
Very interesting experiment 👍🏻
You're not a plant murderer (in this case), just a torturer 😉🤣
Take care and thank you for the video
P.S. I wonder if all the stored up moisture in the leaves of the Haworthia was its downfall. The stored ' water' in the leaves going bad because of zero photosynthesis to keep it fresh? With the way it began to rot and get slimy
I think that sounds like a sensible theory 😁
Just a wild theory/guess from an almost level two-ish Plant Padawan
Well, it makes some sort of sense anyway
Like I said I figured all of of the plants would do much worse in total darkness
Thank you for taking one for the team and doing this experiment 👍🏻
I'm much less worried about leaving my precious plants in shady conditions for a week now
Well of course the DEVIL plant likes DARKNESS, duh.😂😂😂😂😁😁👍👍.
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This is actually a relief. I’m going to have to move my plants to a new location for two weeks and I was worried about the decreased light. Seems like they’ll be okay for that time frame. Video idea, dealing with plants in a move?
Good shout 👍
this is a good video - none of us would be willing to commit to this, but a great use of the channel. thankyou!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is madness.. 😆 total madness, Richard! Hats off to the brave plants who signed up.. er.. _were forced_ into participating.. 🤣 All in the name of plant science! ✊
Loved it!!
Your hard work and editing is much appreciated! 💚🌱👏
Thank you very much 😊
That's surprised me! Maybe I don't need to worry about my plants when I'm on holiday so much
8:39 it’s getting rid of excess water. Since there’s no sunlight to help it evaporate some of it.
From my experience, a spider plant can take low light just fine but it needs to be all-green kind. Variegated ones are fussy, and they give me a lot of troubles, but all-greens are thriving in most dark corners of rooms.
Thanks for the tip 👍
Great tip! I like spider plants but I have not had any success with the variegated variety. It’s hard to find the all green variety where I live but if I see one I’ll grab it.
Variegated plants need more light than the all green ones as the lack of chlorophyll to do all the work during photosynthesis.
Yeah, everyone says that spider plants are easy going but I have a hard time to keep them happy.
You are the best at what you do .And yeah, i know these are not the most professional scientific experiments, but they surly help as get more insight on plants their needs and endurances
PS Keep it up 👍
Thank you very much!
Snake plants droop and the zz plant will start to turn yellow leaves. Experienced this. Not pitched black though just low light. I don’t buy the low light philosophy for these. Thank you for your info and humour.
Now I know which plant to hide in my basement when the kids show up for Christmas and New year. Thanks🤣
You’ve got this ✊
Snake plants droop and the zz plant will start to turn yellow leaves. Experienced this. Not pitched black though just low light. I don’t buy the low light philosophy for these.
Do your plants still love you after the experiment? (DARK humour this one huh) 😁😁🍂🍂
They always love me 😅
I wonder if it was just to damp for the succulent. 🤔
Yes probably and not able to use the water stored in its leaves
I just paused the video before you did the experiment in order to write my guess for a winner. I'm guessing that the snake plant will do the best in no light. My snake plant is the very first plant I got, I got it from my ex-boyfriend's neighbour and I was like "oh f*ck it's gonna die so fast" because I really didn't care about plants back then and I didn't even know what kind of plant it was and how easy it is to keep. And trust me, I tortured that poor plant for years, once I didn't water it for 8 months and another time I put him in a basement for 3 months. Did he care? Well, he did look a little bit sad after 8 months without water, but otherwise, no. I still have him, he sits in my bedroom looking happy as could be. He's even got a bunch of new friends since then, but I exclusively grow from seeds as I find it more fun, so he's still the biggest.
You're on to something 😁
A long time ago my grandmother passed away and the one thing I wanted was a mother hen she always had on the front porch in a pot. I bagged it up in a large garbage bag to protect the vehicle and fur to circumstances it stayed in that trunk sealed in the bag for 8 months part of that through a Utah winter. When I finally pulled it out the darn thing had tripped in size and it was a ghostly white color. I still have that mama. This same plant has been in the family for close to 60 years now.
It was so interesting about you mother hen plant. Long ago I had a neighbor who had Hens and little Chickens outside and was very proud of them. I always wanted some. When I bought a house they happened to have some outside. They were fine all the first summer but when winter came I did not know what to do about them. I dug them up, brought them in the house and they proceeded to die little by little. So I didn't know if they could be a house plant or if they were just outdoor plants. That's just amazing you have it all these years. Is it an outdoor plant or an indoor plant?
I love seeing these experiments! Very educational. 😁
Thank you! Cheers!
I wonder if You could do a video on the variety of buggs, how to identify them and what kind of cure is effective. Love Your channel!
Thank you 😊 . I've got an older one on the channel but might update it at some point
Interesting results. I live in a small condo and the two windows I have are insulated and covered to keep out noise and extreme heat. As a result I use grow lights on timers. My snake and ZZ plants are the farthest away from the lights and are thriving with new growth. I applaud your courage and thank you for doing this experiment. I would be heart broken if something happened to my star aglaonema. I just measured it and it is 41” high with a diameter of 52”. Needless to say I pamper that plant. The results of your experiment opens up some possibilities with my essentially windowless condo and I may do some rearranging of plants.
Glad you found it somewhat useful 😁
Guessing the spider plant will develop horrendous brown tips and sad dry droopy bits, even before the lights are turned out... they somehow always end up like that whatever the conditions! :)
You're my favorite plant guy but millions of people seeing this might be a bit of a stretch.
Hehe you’ll notice the video had 3 views
Great video, very informative and helpful as now I know at least four of my plants need to be moved either to more light or darker corner. Thank you 😊
I'm relieved to know my snake plant won't be fussy in the hallway. All light I get in my apartment is indirect light and the hallway is a little gloomy but the snake plant has recently started a new sprout in that dim corner so I guess it's fine 😂
I love your videos. I’ve learn so much , gaining more confidence everyday. Keep up the Great work!
Awesome! Thank you!
Interesting video! I'd like to see the same but with low light next. With no light it'll be all about running down the plant's energy stores, and the results might be very different to long-term low light
I had a very small peace lily fully submerged in an aquarium actually bloom after months. Talk about a tough plant.
If you do this with your cacti during winter without watering them, they might bloom. 😃
I’ve always genuinely thought haworthias are impossible to kill, but I guess not 😂😅
Very surprised at a couple of the results, specially the monstera! RIP Haworthia. Science will remember your sacrifice.
He’ll always be remembered
@lindsey4178 😂😂😂😂 your imagination 😮 are you a writer?
Blessings 💜💚
This was so interesting, thank you for sharing! I am curious how much the temperature differs in the basement from the rest of the house where the plants are usually kept? And if that also played a role in how the plants behaved? Thank you again!!
A few degrees cooler but was filmed in summer so not cold
And I can't keep my Devil's Ivy alive unless in water 😭😭😭 or ANY Pothos...
Strange cos they’re dead easy in my house
You don't water it enough in soil if that's the case.
My ma puts a quarter bottle of water in a plant and wonders why it dies after 2 weeks.
Don't be like that.
Put it in the sink.. make it rain.. the soil should not be dry within a week.
@@davemeade4371 Ahh! Yes! I doooo skimp on waterings most days so I'll try that next time. Thank you 💚💚💚
Honestly I'm very surprised. You always hear about how 'your home isn't as bright as you think it is' and supplementing light when it isn't enough and things like that. I didn't think ANY plant could last a week with 0 light, let alone months. Also surprised that the haworthia did so poorly since it's the only other succulent besides ZZ and snake plant that people consider ''low light''. Awesome video like always!
The Haworthia definitely shook me
Wow, I didn’t expect any pjant to survive this amount of time without light. Thanks for this experiment!
You bet!
had 3 onions in my fridge that seemed to grow white/yellow stems and it looks like they are about to flower or something