PLANT RESCUE - saving a Philodendron from my local nursery (includes 10 months of updates)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I am rescuing a Philodendron verrucosum from my local nursery. We follow the plant on it's recovery journey over 10 months :)
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the most impressive part of this is that you filmed the intro "before" shot and then REMEMBERED 10 months later to film the "after" shot and still knew where the "before" footage was🤣
Hehe thanks !!! It’s definitely a lot more work to film over such a period of time but think it creates a more rewarding viewer experience :)
I love that you included updates in one video. I appreciate all the work. The best part of having plants is watching them grow and you condensed all the joy in a short hour. Thank you so much, you're the best!
Thanks :)
Brad’s like, “Really? Blocking the view? I AM the view.”
Fair call!!:D
This is one of my favorite of your videos! I come back to it all the time.
Thank you:)
I was a happier plant parent when I accepted the reality that pests are an eventuality, and reminder that I wasn’t paying enough attention😊
Well said :)
What a fabulous video. Really informative and encouraging. Thank you for putting the time and effort in to this. I can only dream about growing plants this well…
Thank you :)
Really nice video as always ! Amazed by the long scale update of your videos and all the documentation filming you put into it, link to the process and tips, thanks for the content. Cheers !
Thank you :) appreciate it!
Thank you for rescuing the plant!
🐈 said it his world and we are just living in it…..see ya! 😂 And then just jumped off the table.😂❤
He's the cutest !
I envy the fact you have never had mealys! I live in the southern states (Georgia specifically) and can literally open my front door in the spring/summer and see them freely flying around outside like ashes and all over my bushes/woods behind my house yearly like clockwork! 😬😩🫣😮💨 I also found out this is also why the praying mantis LOVE my woods to feed on the mealy bugs! I refuse to put my plants outside because of them but I would loveeeeee to! Lastly all of your informative content is always just as amazing as your plants are! 🪴☺️
That cat is adorable 😻 just watching, or judging as cats do.😂😂
I'm so glad I found you. I love your consistency and how often you upload videos with new content. Most of all your plants are goals ❤
Thank you:)
This video couldn't have come at a better time. My verrucosum is struggling!
Good luck :)
Verrucosum is my favorite plant! It grows well for me for some reason, better than most of my plants. Probably because I am an overwaterer.
All about finding the plants that suit you !! :) Happy growing !!
I really like these updates. Viewers rarely appreciate that much work. Thanks for this, I only can imagine how long it takes and all the planning, cutting, etc. Grüße aus Hamburg 🙂
Danke :)
What a great transformation Jan! It’s looking so good.
Thanks :)
Brad looked interested in that Syngonium there at about 28 minutes. He is such a good boy!
He's the sweetest :)
That is one gorgeous plant.
Thanks :)
Absolutely love when Brad goes in for a nibble (or possibly a yawn) at 28:00 😂
PERFECT TIMING!! i just bought a verrucosum with thrips a few days ago!! it was 15€ at a random gardencenter that usually only sells super common plants.
i picked the plant with the least visible thrips damage, but it had some larvae on the leaf undersides which i rinsed off and then treated with insecticide spray. maybe i will add systemic treatment to it as well.
it had 4 different plants in the pot, 2 really small ones and 2 medium sized ones. the bigger plants are already on a sphagnum mosspole right now :) the plants have been separated into two pots (one for the bigger and one for the smaller ones) and repotted into better substrate. i think i will add the smaller ones to the pole in a few months when i size up the pot and they are big enough for me to find a point where they can attach. the roots looked pretty underwhelming on them so its good to know that its normal for them to look so meh.
thanks to your advice i will be paying extra attention to keeping the mosspole moist and i will move my humidifier closer to it as well
🤩OMG I dream to grow mines so fast like you do . I bought a verrucosum online on October 2023 and it only has given me one beautiful leave . I want to think it's because of the winter 😅. Hoping that when springs comes I can see my beauty V gets more lush . Love your content ! Greetings from Sevilla , Spain !!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Happy growing :) thanks !
Goodmorning Sydney from Hamilton New Jersey I love your videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you :)
I love your channel! Very informative and definitely reignited my passion for plants! 🌱 are you able to please do a video on your philodendron ring of fire? I have one on its way, and would love to know more on them ☺️
Thank you :) can make one eventually, just waiting to cook a little more pudding :)
Just starting my moss pole journey thanks to you! I'm excited to see the potential my plants will succeed to now!
Happy growing :)
At a loss for words... Thank you for this video 🙏 I greatly appreciate your presentations ❤
Thank you :)
Such an inspiring video! I’ve only really heard of tree fern being used for anthuriums, this is great to know that verrus love it also! I will def give it a try. Thoroughly enjoyed this video and the real star Brad😂😂.
Thanks :)
@@sydneyplantguy unfortunately i still can’t find you on instagram, will email you what comes up when i tap the link you’ve posted here 🤷🏻♀️
You’re making me want a verrucosum specifically, but also other velvet philos that I was never interested in
Velvets are the best 🙌🙌
This was a fantastic vid; quite the journey! And turned out to be such a beauty! I do wonder what the "too big" one looks like.
Thanks :) a video about my big plant is linked at the end screen :)
I miss this Philodendron Bosco so much...
Great video! Laughed when you hid the box behind the othe plant because it is “ugly” and will bother me. So relatable 😂
well, it is ugly !!! Thanks :)
Gladly your 🐈 repects your plants and doesn't detroy them
He’s the best :)
My cats are terrible, they destroy every plant they have access to. All my plants have to live in the basement with grow lights because of the naughty cats. That's okay, I love both so...we do whatever is necessary.
I've found that you can go 3 Grow Vertical poles up with reasonable stability provided the plant isn't too heavy
Less concerned about the stability of the poles but rather the small pot it's in. With another extension I'd definitely need to give it a bigger pot :)
You’re just so awesome..!
Thanks :))
💚 great rescue
Thanks :)
Hi Jan, I actually paused the video to search for vitality plus before you said it was discontinued, and 2 stockists showed up, one in vic and one in perth. I didnt like the postage, so I'll be watching closely to see what replacement product you endorse (no pressure). This vid was perfect timing as I'm readying to chop my verru that i got from coles last november. $17, mid size and in ceramic! Couldn't believe my luck 😊
Happy growing :)
Lasted a month with tree fern fiber in my vericosum pole before the mess drove me to switch back to moss. Now it looks like I need to up my game in the conditions department as my vericosum has definitely not reached nearly the potential in the same amount of time as you've shown here. Superb video, so inspired!😻
Yeah I only use it in my greenhouse now :) works well in there but CANNOT DEAL WITH IT INDOORS !! Happy growing :)
A+ for effort 😁 what a transformation
Thanks :)
Very informative indeed 💚
I really like your 🪴 parenting style 😊👌
It's giving me great tools on my helicopter parenting 😂
Thanks :)
That was really, really interesting Jan. it’s looking so beautiful. Could you chop back a longer plant stem so the lower ones can catch up or would that ruin it? I have been sprinkling diatomaceous earth around the top of the pot on the substrate because I’m sure the wee bugs like to crawl on there too & so far I have been super impressed with the results especially with my hoyas that are mealy bug magnets & I haven’t had a spider mite problem so far this year. The systemic spray I have used when I’ve had a real concern is Groventive Garden, I’m sure you must have it in Australia. It is really, really good. Honestly I don’t think I have ever seen a cat like Brad, he has the most amazing personality I have ever seen 🤫 don’t tell my Zena I said that. He is super special 🥰 Hope your Mum is having a wonderful time 👍
Amazing! Very much enjoyed this video.
By the way you can buy "floral pins" to use to pin them to the pole. Orchig clips might work better sometimes.
Thankyou, I really appreciate everything you have put into this video.
I have a rescue Micans, which I’m following your advise with and hoping to have a healthy plant too 🙏🌱
Thanks :) Happy growing !
OMFG...you will NEVER totally get rid of MB!...I've unfortunately had to toss a large moss pole cebu blue and a large hoya because I couldn't chance the rest of my collection...it's not worth it jon!...Love you to death!...I always wish you the best!...x
No risk no fun :) thanks!
Thank you for this video! I’m currently struggling with my verrucosum. This has been very helpful. I thought I was doing something wrong resulting in a weak root system. Also, I attempted to propagate in water, which was a failure. I still have plenty of plant to work with and will start over with propagations in moss.
Happy growing :)
Great video
Thanks :)
20:40 "Brad, you're blocking the view again" Brad "I am the view 💙" Great video as always, I wished I lived somewhere with better light, UK grey here :(
Great rescue and video, Jan! However, a more user and planet friendly solution for the mealy bugs, might be a 70% isopropyl alcohol solution in a spray bottle. (It is readily available in most drug or big box stores around the world and is rather inexpensive. As always, your subscribers should use precaution and wear gloves, a face mask and protective goggles or protective eyewear, when they are spraying their plants for mealybugs with a 70% isopropyl alcohol solution. Most important, spray your plant/plants outdoors or in a very well ventilated area and let them dry out outside or in a well ventilated area - that is away from living and sleeping quarters. Last but not least, your subscribers, should always keep their 70% isopropyl alcohol solution and their filled spray bottle, safely up and away from children.) I learned this from a very experienced plantsman and nursery owner on TH-cam. I was shocked as to how well it worked!
Great suggestion :)
So so beautiful ❤️
Thank you:)
I’m not a fan of using pesticides myself, and manage the occasional findings with either pulsing water, peroxide spray on plants and roots, or alcohol on the plant...with a bit of extra attention. That seems to work well for me. 😁
Great video, thank you.
Thanks :)
Tack!
Thank you :) Appreciate it !
Kill-a-mite or any treatment with ‘abamectin’ as the active ingredient works brilliantly against spider mites
Thanks :)
Lovely video❤ would've loved to have a quick look at your old girl to see the full potential or just to know how big they can get and change
The video about my mother plant is linked at the end screen :)
@@sydneyplantguy aaah danke dir :)
Bella, Muy Bella planta. You are amazing, informative, ingenious and so so handsome. Hug.
Hehe thank you:)
Great video! Out of all my collection, my vericosum is the only one doing poorly, yet it’s in the same conditions as my other moss poles, under grow lights 😢
Can you do a video specifically on your alocascia dragon scale? It’s the alocascia I struggle the most with!
There's nothing I specifically do for her so not really anything I got to say about her. She's just in my greenhouse... growing steadily but nothing impressive. But planning to make a general Alocasia video eventually :)
Be cool to see you make custom cabinets for your house maybe ceiling to floor
If I’d own my house, I would. But as a renter it’s not a good option :D
I'm on a similar mission 🎉🎉🎉
I need to rescue my OWN verrucosum
I'm with AJ...take the stickers off!!!
I'll keep them on just to annoy the two of you :P haha
@@sydneyplantguy hehe...we'll see
SPG- I love this video, I started with tiny plants and you give me hope.
Question- what is the plant on the left side of the video?? Manjula? In the “out of the cabinet video it’s on the right side of you!
Thanks :) this one?:) 10 WEEK PROPAGATION UPDATE - Manjula Pothos after the big chop & extend
th-cam.com/video/a7ejKIWPCrA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much Jan!!!! It’s stunning!!!!
this is such a sexy plant
IT IS !!! my fave !
Jan, do you recommend removing heavy soil from plants when you bring them home? Some that I've bought are in really moisture retentive peaty soil from the grower and I'm not sure what's the to do. Thank you for the great video.
Is that savoury cake for Brad? My cats eat that too.
Usually the mix Growers use is so water retentive, because they grow them in really hot greenhouses so the plants need the extra water. Ideally you change the mix to something that works better in your average indoor conditions but of course all subject to your specific conditions & willingness to water. I rather use a chunky mix & water frequently.
@@sydneyplantguy thank you Jan for replying, I'll have to change the soil.
Just watched your Mother Grow light video , mine is on its way 👍what time do u turn it on ?
I will get a timer, set at 14 hours . I have heaps of babies on moss poles ready to go
Thankyou for all of this , it has changed my life / gardening/ houseplants /utube ,
Really a new hobby, keeps one busy
Change is good 😊
They turn on at 8am and turn off at 10pm every day :)
I purchased one of those beautiful plant and it would not stop getting spidermites! Help!
I love the intense venation of the verrucosum ❤ but the idea of a perpetual spider mite issue really turns me off 😐.
Understand where you're coming from ... but it's so bloody beautiful !!!
@@sydneyplantguy yes, absolutely beautiful. Maybe, just maybe...
Bradly!!!
Hi there, loving your mosspoles but i wonder how they'd go in Adelaide where it's so much dryer.. I feel like you'd need to water daily to keep them moist..how often do you water in the grow season in Sydney?
It really depends... but maybe every 3-4 days in summer. Try a plastic backed moss pole instead :)
Ok. That being done, I no longer want to home a verrucosum😂😂😂
They are so pretty though🫣
So would you say internodal spacing can be decreased by relocating the light source?
I'd say light intensity....as well as maturity ... as the plant matures internodal space gets smaller
Hi Jan! My verrucosum keeps growing without leaves. It keeps putting out growing tips or cataphylls (not sure if this is what it's called). When it opens, it reveals another cataphyll, then another one. I have multiple nodes that have no leaves. Is this normal? Is there a way to avoid it? It's getting so anticlimactic. I get excited for a new leaf, then I find out there's no leaf inside. 🙂
Could be searching for more light
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Welcher Verrucosum ist das? In Deutschland findet man nur andere Arten… 😫 ich will aber genau den! 😂 der hat so wunderschöne andern und ist hinten sehr rot
Das ist der einzige den es hier gibt… also keine ahnung welche ‘art’ … just the ‘regular one’ 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
14:11 😂
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I will give more thumbs up if you made shorter videos. 😅 Joking... Always thumbs up... But please go for shorter videos...
Majority of my audience seems to prefer longer ones :) but i’ll aim for a mix of both :)
@@sydneyplantguy no problem buddy. I will fwd and watch it. You are an inspiration for me.
I believe these videos taken over several months are the most informative and valuable for people to really learn from. They answer most questions that new growers have when they get a new plant. They can see the process and progress through several months and any changes that need to be done for the plant to mature. Well done, Jan and Bradley!
Thank you so much :) glad they create a nice viewer experience :)
Best plantsfluencer ever 🔥🔥🔥
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Another fantastic video! Although I have a green thumb, I only dared to try mosspoles after I found your channel. Greatly explained - from your own huge experience, and not just parroted like many people do on TH-cam. Thanks for all the mistakes you save me! ☺
That's so nice to hear :) thank you! Appreciate it
"it grew too large"
Sydney Plant Guy problems 😅
I get what you mean though bc some plants just look so interesting while sizing up and lose some of those qualities over time
Yeah and they can be a pain to manage indoors!! Easy of care is definitely a big factor to consider these days :)
I also have a 100% rate.. Of dead verrucosum cuttings 😢 no that's a lie I had maybe one succeed.. But they were so hard for me!! I just bought a tiny bb one again (for €3,50 🎉
Oh well at that price it's worth trying again :)
"Good luck," lol and your face when you said that! Made me laugh out loud and so relatable. Beautiful specimen and what amazing growth!
Thanks :)
I’ve seen a few people recommend rubbing alcohol, but it doesn’t actually work - I watched someone on TH-cam showing how they eventually come back to life 😂 you need denatured alcohol like methylated spirits, 1 part alcohol 3 parts water.
After I gave up on my verrucosum following the nth spider mite infestation, it's good to hear that it's the norm! I'm trying a verru x fibrosum hybrid and am waiting to see if it grows up to fill the same niche
This makes me want to give Verrucosums a try again. Great job!!
Always worth a shot, especially now that they are more affordable :)
Hi there from Canada, do you water the moss poles with tree, fern, fiber, and perlite the same way as your other poles with the upside down water bottle thanks so much
Always happy if there is a new video from you :D
I often recommend your videos because you always give a reason for your doing and you do proper test before you give your feedback, I really appreciate that.
mealy bugs die when they have contact with alcohol.
And if you cut up the plant anyway, I would have just filled a tub with water, soap and some rubbing alcohol (DIY insecticidal soap) and submerged the cutting in it for a few minutes. I sometimes take pests as an opportunity to cut up a plant and then I do that. roots I wash off with clean water afterwards, the rest I just let drip off and dry. If it´s a more resistant pest like thrips I root the cuttings in water (I like that anyway) and this way I can wash them off super easy if I feel the need to.
Thanks for sharing :)
hi sydney where you buy your moss? i like you philodendron i never seen this kind before .quite nice
I think Bradley has something to say!
I use the Bayer spray. Works well.
Loved this video and really appreciate your taking the time and patience to put all the work into so much of an update video! Thank you!
Thank you:)
where do you get the confidor from?
Wow. i was just looking up videos for my verrucosum... not even joking.
Perfect timing 😊
I cannot find these locally 😢 I'm in Kingwood, Texas.
Maybe see if there's any online sellers nearby :)
Have you considered using Beneficial Nematodes and or preditory mites to take care of your pests? It was a game changer for me and now everything I grow is in "living soil". Nematodes improve the soil health and devour any pests in the soil... fairly quickly.. and permanently. The beneficial mites are also great for pests. I'd bet that'd take care of your spider mites.
I have been thinking about it :) probably time to give it a try!
What a tremendously helpful video, well timed for me as a Vera that I purchased over a month ago from Indonesia has finally arrived and needs some rehabbing. Thank you Jan!
Happy growing :)
Vericosums hate me 😥 I just found a pot with 6 babies for $19.95, thanks Bunnings , so I'm giving it one last try. I have already potted them on 2 moss poles with chunky aroid mix. Do you think I should get the roots into a more water retentive mix?
I've always used my chunky aroid mix & it works. But they definitely love the moss pole over a pole with chunky mix :)
I hit most pests with isopropryl alcohol if I really have to. (Which you can buy in woolies and coles in convenient spray bottles in the medication section). Like you I will just rinse plants regularly under the hose. I also have a steady army of lady bugs in my garden and sun room. I think they do the bulk of the job as I always have some pests but never in pandemic proportions. I view them as lady bug attractors so don't want to treat them with toxins ever. Every bug seems to have a purpose.
I watched in great awe as a few lady bugs completely cleared my ancient giant rose bush of aphids in just a couple of days a few weeks back. Nature is amazingly equipped to deal with it's own issues (except humans, we are the biggest pests).
That was some tangent, but anyway I do recommend rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol to squirt the odd infestations as a long time gardener and a nurse. Quick drying, sterile, no oil (so won't risk foilage burn) and can be used on self for small wounds inflicted by plants or cats. Can also be sprayed on your gardening tools if you are concerned about cross infection risks.
Great tip & agree … we are the biggest pest!!!
I love your videos. I know this is a little old but if you are still here lol- what grow light is producing that warm light in your grow cabinet?! I want more grow lights but i don't like the "cool" toned light that most of them have.
Hey :) they are the soltech grove :) there's a link in the description but I also have a full video on them & my ikea cabinet on my channel :)
I need a verrucosum! As always, I learn so much from you. I love the syngonium plants near the Manjula. What kind of syngoniums are in there?
Thanks :) it’s a mojito :)
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