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Plants are just so interesting…my first thought was to let it go and see what happens, does it just get exhausted without dormancy?! Why does it do that? Oh and nice to see leaves on your Plumeria, I can’t grow those at all! 🌱🌸
So what would be the right medium for a nobile indoors, I have what was a large plant but hasn't bloomed for a couple of years, canes are a bit dry and has loads of aerial roots,what should I do?
Few people want to hear it - but there isn't 'right medium' for a nobile orchid indoors - or any other plant for that matter. There is however, a 'right medium' for your specific plant in your specific circumstances. Based on what you've told me about the plant, in summer the canes shouldn't look desiccated. Either you need to increase watering, or you need to add more water retentive materials to the potting mixture. I don't know what you have it potted in to begin with - but try a mixture like orchid bark in the first instance, then add bits of sphagnum until your happy with the balance between watering frequency and the look of the canes. The plant will give you the feedback. They should only begin to look a little bit desiccated during the dry winter resting period. The aerial roots point to it not getting enough moisture from the pot. If they're keikis then I would remove them all. Good luck!
@@Grow_Up_Man55 Not too loud, I just find it too distracting whenever there is music in videos. Maybe I'm just weird. lol Loved everything else though! : )
Hi Geoff. Thanks for showing us whats doing well in your greenhouse. I watch a lot of orchid related videos and have rarely come across anyone that has something nice to say about Nelly Isler. They seem to be so difficult to grow well, even for experienced orchid growers. Regardless of you not giving plants in the greenhouse a lot of attention, there are still some very nice blooms. I love seeing flowers regardless of what they are so keep them coming Geoff. I would very much like to get a Nepenthes but worry that there's not enough humidity inside our house at present. Any suggestions?😊
Yeah it's a shame because I've had a couple that did really well for a while - then just declined out of nowhere. And re the Nepenthes - I once asked a hybridiser and seller of Neps about humidity, and he said don't even worry about it. My own experience, not just Neps, but with other plants - it tends to be only the extremes of humidity over a prolonged period of time that affect most plants. So really high or really low (say, 95% plus or below around 30%) are the only figures that will cause an issue, and even then only if they're over a long period of time. I'd say it's worth giving one a try! Try a popular hybrid like Nep. lowii x ventricosa.
@@Grow_Up_Man55 thanks Geoff for suggesting this hybrid, I've just had an idea where I can hang one in my bathroom, have taken down a pothos that outgrew the space so a Nep might be the thing to hang in it's place. There's a skylight directly above plus I have strong led lights above the mirror as well. I have a couple of hoyas hanging on an adjacent wall in there too, surviving but not thriving because the light is not close enough.
@@renatecormick7399 Great idea. I would add that brightness of the light is far more of a consideration for Nepenthes than the humidity - so if it doesn't do well it's usually the light rather than humidity that causes the majority of the problem.
the Syngonium is looking quite nice. I should have bought the Syngo podophyllum aurea when I saw it but I bought Monstera standleyana aurea instead and that plant is aggravating.
Hi, Geoff! Lovely to see your greenhouse again, thank you!😊 I am in Argentina, so it's winter now. We had a few polar waves, something very unusual as our winters are rather mild, so some my orchids that I keep outside are in bad shape, as I do not have the space to bring them all in. Most have resisted and are well. I did not water them during the cold spell, to help them cope better. We will see!
Wow you get around! I think if light is good, they're on the dry side and have plenty of ventilation, then many orchids can deal with surprisingly low temperatures. It's a lot of 'ifs'! What they really hate is persistent cold, wet, highly humid and dark - just like my greenhouse!🤣
this is what I tried explaining to an orchid growing youtuber who went from a SW facing conservatory to a N facing and has been having trouble with their plants ever since. There is only a short period during the summer when any sun comes in, otherwise the plants are in perpetual shade. It doesn't matter that the conservatory has a clear roof, they are only getting bright shade a few months of the year and dense shade most of the year. It is hard enough growing warm (or hot) growing orchids in the UK, when they aren't getting enough light it is even worse. You would think that losing all of their vandas would serve as a clue that the light is poor, but no, blame it on anything else.
It's funny - I think many people look for the secret ingredient - maybe someone is using a new feed or an unusual supplement - when for most part it's the obvious basic growth factors that are causing the issues. I'm probably not immune to that thinking either!
I use Yankee candle lids you put them all over the garden full of beer. Another lady used oatmeal but I told her ants will come. So yeah I did the beer method and it can be cheap stuff.
To get rid of slugs and snails put a bowl of beer near the plants that are being chewed on. I don't know if it's poison to them or they just get drunk and fall in and drown. I keep it in my greenhouse all year. I replace it every few days as they don't like it when it goes stale.
I get to continually start my plants over and over again, so I set up my pot and pour over a couple cups of boiling water over the soil the day before I plant... That worked for me... My plants were in my room so I constantly had these things in my iced tea... I leave out a half cup of Arizona green tea w/ ginseng at all times... it collects a lot if they are bad... they love the stuff... it works like the sticky traps... but with the boiling water I can almost drink my tea again without first checking for gnats
So nice seeing you again! Aside from the Streps the other plants look pretty good to me…hope you are enjoying the summer, we hit 101 last week ( east central NJ) 🥵🪴
Thanks Judy! I think I've put enough extra time into building up the gardening business again - so I'll be back making a few videos again now - until I go on holiday in two weeks of course!🤣 I really need to sort the lighting situation out.
Hey Geoff long time no see, glad to see your videos again. BTW if you want to heal pretty much any ailments, or just to feel the best you possibly can, check out the carnivore diet, it saved my life. I know it sounds crazy, (I did too) but @ 55 yr old I healed so many ailments, and I feel like I'm in my 20's again.
Thanks Danny - good to be back! I'm glad the carnivore diet has worked for you - but I'm not convinced any extreme diet is right for everyone. I need the Fountain of Youth I think...
@@Grow_Up_Man55 I thought it was "extreme" too, but when you think about what mankind & our ancestors have eaten for MILLIONS of years compared to the last few 100 yrs of us eating processed grains, sugars, seed oils, and genetically modified fruits/vegetables that are laden with glyphosate and pesticides, which 1 is extreme?
Your neighbours get annoyed if you water plants and the water drips through?? Bizarre. What do they do when it rains? Shake a fist to the heavens? 🤷♂️How about you collect it underneath in a bucket?
@@Grow_Up_Man55 Oh yes. The water drips and splashes on their railing, and some people complain that algae grows. That's apartment living for you. I do have some plastic tubs to catch water, but they're unsightly and get really dirty. I mostly rely on pots with reservoir spaces.
I note the comment that they don't need to be too wet but would they form roots in one of the misting propagators with a reservoir of water in the base which sprays water over the base of the stem and encloses the rest with a transparent lid which retains humidity. I use this to propagate most things but sometimes certain things root better placed in little pots of perlite and compost standing above the water and just benefiting from the humidity. Have you ever tried just rooting them in water for example? Thanks
I've never really seen any benefit of rooting in water. Why do it? I know I'm going to plant them in a soil-based media sooner or later, so why add in an extra step if it isn't needed? I realise water-rooting has its fans - but in my personal case, I've never seen any advantages to it, unless I'm missing something.
@@Grow_Up_Man55 I guess the only advantage is that with these mist propagation units you just stick the cutting through a little rubber disk with the lower stem below getting misted. You don't have to bother to mix up compost and find a pot (though of course you have to do so later!) You also have the advantage that you can see exactly when the roots start forming and then pot it up soon after that, while with a pot you have to wait to see roots coming out of the bottom of the pot. After watching your video I decided to play on the safe side and have used rooting compound and a small pot of perlite and compost, but put it inside my misting unit. I don't want to waste my cuttings as I only have one small plant of the variety I want to propagate. :)
This is the most straight forward, informative. educational video by far I have seen while searching for how to mend browning leaves and straggling vines on my Wandering Jew. I had no idea. Thanks so much. I will add that I keep mine outside on a covered front porch, lots of humidity, 6 hours of sun and very hot summers in the Carolinas. Can these be successful under those conditions? One of them is thriving while the other is peaked looking. I am repotting but after watching this, I will use your information to probably separate into a few pots. Neither are currently in hanging planters, but both are raised on columns that allows plenty of hang.
Thanks I appreciate the vote of confidence! These are very tough plants so should cope fine with your conditions. Give them good potting media and plenty of space to scramble or even put down new roots.
one thing ive noticed that no one really seems to talk about is the way their roots grow. i have about half a dozen planted in a 20" pot which is large. i filled the lower 2/3 of the pot with filler for drainage, and the top 1/3 is soil. ive done this because of the way wandering jews tend to completely consume the soil with their roots. i planted these about 3 months ago, and now i have a circular disc of soil which is hard like wood. the roots have SO thoroughly filled the soil, that now its more root than soil. its obviously a capillary type root, but it an important factor to growing them, no one seems to cover properly, atleast that ive seen. their roots are so aggressive, that my use of small branches to direct the vines has become problematic. the roots will not only consume, but grow right in to wood, or really any organic material. so if i leave a stick in the soil for a week or two, and then go to pull it out, i rip dozens of roots off, which have grown in to the wood of the stick. the reason i filled 2/3 of the large pot with filler, was because my last batch in this pot completely consumed the entire 5 gallon pot of soil, and it became impossible for water to drain properly, root rot set in and i refused to let that happen again. i used promix, which ive had great luck with, but id love a comprehensive guide on how to deal with their all consuming root growth
Yeah that's true - and likely why they're banned as weeds in a lot of countries. Their roots, which can arise from every single leaf node, seek out moisture of any amount. Obviously you don't want to be 'dealing' with these roots by damaging them - but one possibility, which I made a video about, is to grow them in a pouch. See this video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O2IwlfoatcY.html
We have 7 of these "rios" hanging by hooks on our fence. All bought at the same time. The pink ones are still flowering but the red ones are only "vining" but they look very healthy. (We had no problem with them last year (different plants; we lost those due to freeze).
Thank you for making this video! I bought this kind of orchid for the first time last year and it had one stalk with lots of flowers. I was very confused when it came around to this year with 5 new stalks shooting up and no flowers, but thanks to your video I know to just leave it alone and let it do its thing. Thank you!
Thank you so much, I’m new to houseplants and I have them outside on a overporch, my wondering Jew has something going on and I think this might be the issue because it’s been unusually humid here, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I just subscribed 😊❤
Where did you get the yellow sticky traps. I would have to buy a package of 32. I only have five plants and do not plant to get any more. I received these beautiful plants when my 29 year old daughter died 4 months ago and I simply do not want them to die.
I'm not a collector of rare plants, but I was thinking of at least one or two orchids. I have a very cold little flat in UK and no idea what orchid I should pick first. Thank you for sharing that video.
Great info on those snails, luckily not suffered yet ! Have one Strep, do the regular with the Dibleys feed . Taken some cuttings as well will see how they progress.
Thanks. I've found with the feeding tablets that you can overdo it. Dibley's recommend one tablet per month - but in my case that led to more foliage and fewer blooms. Might just be my environment though - but worth watching out for. I now wait till they 'look' like they need feeding i.e. leaves fading to paler green.
Yeah thanks for the concern, Michael - appreciated. I'm all in on improving my garden services and increasing income at present which is taking all my time. I'm just about keeping the plants going - although some (Streps!) are suffering from a lack of light after the insulation I put up. I'll need to buy more grow-lights once I get around to it. I do intend getting back to the videos once the gardening season slows down again but for now I need to make all the money I can while the work is there.
Awesome information! I have been doing research and you are correct no one has a good tutorial on how to tidy the plants as they go dormant. i am definitely going to start pulling leaves and stems out and no more cutting.
I grow Streptocarpus. I have some mini and some regular varieties. I just purchased 4 new hybrids from Violet Barn in NY. Now usually when I get a plant, they look great and soon after bringing them home, I live in California in USDA Zone 9b, they start to bloom and they bloom a lot but as winter approaches, they slow down and then never come back. I have yellow leaves, saggy leaves, just sad looking plants that never bloom as profusely as they did when I brought them home. I do know that they like bright light, and I have mine under LED grow lights and I fertilize with a balanced fertilizer once a month. What else can I do to get them to look as amazing as yours? I also keep my house between a low of 65F (18C)(at night in winter) to a high of 78F (25C)(during the day in summer).
I've always found that a good tidy up makes all the difference - but looking at your other comment I see you've found how I've been doing it! Maybe by pulling the weaker rosettes out it give more room and prevents them from getting too congested.
@@Grow_Up_Man55 You rock. I love this channel and I bought 4 new varieties from a place in NY state. I cant wait to see them thrive with my new care routine compliments of you. :-)
When it comes to Drosera I believe each variety of needs their own grow guide. Because people who are new to carnivorous plants might get confused. You wouldn't grow tropical Drosera the same way you grow a temperate or tuberous variety.
