Very informative video. 😊

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Love my Hoyas! I have a lot that I’ve grown from cuttings and sometimes inconsistent with watering, need to get better 🌱💚 Very helpful and informative thank you!

Fabulous video, excellent information and well presented.

Thank you for the video. I learned a lot. Do you buy substrates in bulk? If so where do you get fir bark from?

When you wrapped the tendril downwards, most of the time that vine will die back and stop growing. Try to warp with the direction facing upwards.

Thank you so much for this video! I am a new Hoya collector and its really helped reaffirm what I am doing. I water my Hoya’s as every few days as I have airy substrate. They are flourishing with all the water 🎉.

This was a super awesome video. I've been growing hoyas for like nine years now, and I agree with ninety percent of this maybe even ninety five. I'm guessing I might have a few more years under my belt. I was wondering if you'd be open to advice about one subject matter, and that's pests. You would be way better off to obliterate the pests out of your house and never have to deal with them again by spring, a completely natural d.I y spray and preventing these issues from coming back, your life would be so much easier. I have never had root mealies. I have never had mealy bugs ever in my house. A lot of that is because of the alcohol in the spray.I have never had the baby leaves die. It's because there's not enough alcohol in the spray to kill the baby growth. I started doing this about seven years ago and have never had pests since. Because I do the preventative. Now, I am much stricter about the plants that come in getting sprayed, getting treated, checking the soil or other medium.. This prevents new infestations. I put the new plants through a two week process in my bathroom before they enter the plant room. This may sound strict, but I do not deal with bug. Outbreaks ever and it makes being a plant keeper plant mom, much more enjoyable. But in the beginning, it can be a little bit hard for that first two months to get your old bugs situations under control the best way I found to do this was to have some propagation bins, you know, clear plastic bins, or anything, you can have even the To put all your plants under and lay some towels around it. If there were any way that you could leave your plants that in these bins for a few weeks, you could get rid of the problem and never have the problem again. I do not have a youtube.I don't think I even ever wanted one.But part of me thinks I should make a video just about pets to help people out. I've heard versions of this d. I. Y mix getting more well known, i'm one of the o g users. Over the years, i've come up with my own recipe i like to take up spray bottle, fill it three quarters of the way up with water if it's a medium size spray bottle then I would put three tablespoons of doctor bronners two tablespoons of alcohol, two tablespoons of hydrogen paroxide then one of the most important parts is essential oil. You could just use one type of an oil, but I find the best ones are clove, peppermint, tea tree, lavender lemon. I tend to do a mixture cinnamon is a great one too. If you want to just have one oil, a thieves, oil, or what's known as immune strength by some brand like rmo, which stands for rocky mountain oils. They are not m l m you can just buy it on amazon or on their website. A lot of the oils I just mentioned are in that blend.Call immune strength can you put ten drops of oil if you have a bad outbreak or you're doing the first session, you could use up to twenty drops i especially do this when I have a bigger spray bottle. You literally have an eighty percent water situation.All of the treatments are very strong, so you only need a smaller amount. When you are first starting this process, you spray everything tops, bottoms of the leaves, the stems all of that you let it dry, you do this at night so that the oils don't call sunburn. Then in three days, you do the same thing every three days. If you have an outbreak, you can do it every two days. You're only doing it this extreme to get rid of all of the bugs that you currently have on your collection. You can even spray your rocks or whatever your substrate is and water. It through it will help kill everything that's in there. I only do something like this once a year, and then you wanna add nutrients back into your soil. The peroxide literally explodes the eggs.Explodes the bugs. People have been using peroxide with planting for a hundred years at least. And remember it's quite diluted. If you do this for a week every 2to3 days. Then you can put your plants back on the shelves.You want to really clean the shelves down with alcohol. Make sure there's no bugs by cleaning everything all around. This might seem extreme, but you're setting yourself up for life here. Then, after your first week, you do it twice a month for The first two months. If at all possible, the easiest thing to do for yourself is just to leave them in the bins.Unless you have hard floors, where once you did the initial thing, you can just spray them on the shelves, it doesn't cause any issues, but it does have the soap in it, which, if you have glass shelves will leave that residue. Once you've done this, you've gotten every cycle by doing it, for the it first week, and then twice a month for the first two months, you will literally obliterate everything, if there was another cycle of eggs, it will work. I have done this on every type of plant, even the most delicate, and sometimes it bubbles up because it's killing the bugs. After that, once, you have the situation completely under control. In some cases, you need to change out your sub. Strate, and have clean substrate as well. Sometimes just flushing it with the spray. Will be enough to kill anything that was in your substrate. If you have soil, you might need to change your soil, if you had bugs in your soil. If I get new soil plants in, I kind of once they're used to my house, pull them out, shake off that substrate, a little spray, the roots even so, nothing new comes in. I spray the plants completely down every three days and keep them in the bathroom for a week and a half. Once i'm sure things are all good, then they're ready to move in with the other plants, I have literally not had an outbreak of anything sent stewing this four years. Because I treat everything new in and there's alcohol in there. It kills anything so if there were mealy bugs, they never make it. Although i've never seen a mealy bug on any of my plants, the almost ten years that i've been to growing plants indoors. Since I focus on hoya.. This spray has been successful with flat mites, but I check for the symptoms of flat mites. If I think that a new plant in might have them, it will spend more time in my bathroom until i'm sure that they're gone so that they don't enter and with the other plants. This is not hard, it's so worth it. I have not dealt with an outbreak. Since I started doing it at this level. The only time I spray my whole collection again is when I'm entering a new season and there's a chance that some bugs may have gotten in to the house. So I do a spray of the collection, usually in its place, I don't take everything down or out in the spring and in the fall. Doing this has kept me from having to deal with bugs at all. I have hundreds of plants, and if you do that first overhaul? Were you completely obliterate bugs out of your house and then do that 2 month process where you make sure you continue to spray them at least twice a month? If not, every two weeks, you will get rid of all of the cycle of the eggs, and you should be able to have a bug free home. There is a creator right now. That is a Hoya, grower, that does the same thing as me. He is the only other person that does something similar to what I do.And he also says that he has never had a bug out break since he started. He does a similar DIY spray. He may take his stuff outside to spray it in the summer and out in buckets and stuff. I thought that your video was so good. I thought the only improvement would have been a better way of not even dealing with bugs. The creator i'm talking about his name is sober plant guy. Anybody who's read this comment could watch his video on how he treats bugs.The only thing he does different than what I do is he does not add the essential oil. He uses soap with essential oil in it. I personally think that my way is stronger and more effective. What's also amazing about the recipe? Is it also cures fungus and bacteria? So i've also never had fungus or bacteria in eight years. Specifically, clove oil is an anti fungal and anti bacterial and antiviral. That's why I think the essential oils from my recipe make it the most effective spray.. I also change out my oils periodically so that the bugs don't get used to my sprays. I hope this helps anybody who's watched this video. I also hope it helps this creator. I personally found it so stressful when I had bugs. And the spray changed my life and made me enjoy gardening so much more.

I never have problem with Hoyas they have the same treatment than my Calathea 😅 good humidity 50-65%, growth light at 400FC. They life together very well, the only difference is the soil, more draining, more bark. I never go dry at 100% it’s not good for a heathy substrate too , between 75-80% like my calathea.

Thank you very much. I think I am going to give it a try since I do order quite a large portion of beneficials, which have to be exchanged every 6-7 weeks, and I have a feeling there are still some in the hanging bags. May I ask, do you habe butterflies coming around? I keep seeing some sweet critters flying around. Thank you ver much for such detailed information.

Wow, i have many hoyas since a year and i learned many thing. Tanks you so much for share your knowledge with us. This vidéo is precious in information for me. Tanks à lot another time😊❤❤

I bought 2... had them like 2 weeks & they both died!! I dont buy them anymore!

Hello Genna from Puerto Rico!! You have beautiful plants and a very thorough video. First timer on your channel and just subscribed. I just started my English speaking channel and would appreciate your support. 🙋🏼‍♀️🪴🌿 I believe the Reikius is also called a Spur.

This was an excellent video, definitely worth the hour investment. I will refer to it in the future. Question please, I have a variety of genus' that have random groupings of what looks like open pores, no colour damage or scarring over. I have a magnifying glass with a light and can't see any bugs. Have you heard of that? It's on my heart leaf philo, hoyas, and probably some others I can't remember right now. Please let me know, thanks!

I've started switching all of my plants to DIY pon and they've never been so happy!! I have been a chronic under-waterer and now have 200 plants, so the diy pon is a life saver. And I use a liquid food weakly 100% of the time. I may try flushing, but haven't needed to so far.

Excellent job 🎉Thank you

Nice!! Was the background something you made?

I totally agree that this is the most thorough hoya video that has been posted. I have a larger collection and you do learn many things trial and error. The only thing I differ with you about is humidity. Hoya are so easy to root when given lots of humidity; easily rooting in a plastic bag with nothing but moisture. I have also found that their speed of growth is many times more when kept warm (over 70F). And some do so much better on a window sill than under any artificial lighting. Love your parrot; and I second that you are very easy to listen to. You make great videos. Please don't stop.

I’m fairly new to Hoyas and this video was very informative for me. I look forward to watching the other videos you have. You’re very easy to listen to.

I have seen many many hoya videos and intro to hoya videos. This is probably the best hoya and plant care video that I have seen. Well done, very impressed.

Why do the ends of the vines just dries up even when i am very consistent with my watering?

Love this video! Great job, Genna! 🙌🏽🪴

Based on experience, not all splashy and silvery hoyas are the same. Some varieties have stable splash and silver while some are dependent on light plus growing environment (for example are the carnosa varieties and hybrids. The Wilbur Graves and Mathilde splash will give fuller silver/splashing with good light and with cooler environment. It doesn't like humid or hot environment)

Thanks for sharing, and for all the work. Hoyas are the best, but they can be annoying when they don't grow the way you want them to lol .

Do the dunks have to dissolve completely

Such an in formative video, thank you! On the cal-mag supplement, can that be used with my regular fertilizer or should it be used in a separate watering? Love seeing your bird flying around, I also a have flighted parrot, geckos, poison dart frogs, you know what they say…great minds think alike! I have no idea why you don’t have more followers, your videos are so informative and educational, I wish we had them weekly! ❤. Thanks again for such a great video!!! I also joined your Patreon!

Excellent video ❤ So informative! I definitely learned some good hoya bits! And the naughty parrot blooper at the end was perfection 👌 😂❤

Exceptional information in one video, thank you sharing Genna!

Thank you! This is a very comprehensive care guide

Update on the spots on my argentea princess: I treated with sulfur powder but it didn't seem to affect the spots. It seems to just be triggered by stress - inconsistent watering, damaging the leaves while they're growing, change in temperature, etc. It's not spreading to other plants so I'm not worrying about it! This would normally be a video I post exclusively for my Sprouts & Plantlets on Patreon, but I want to give you a taste of the content I put in my care guides! I have care guides for anthuriums, pinguiculas, alocasias, and more! www.patreon.com/collection/4164

I found your videos on a whim, now I'm thinking about designing a 3d-printed box that can mount on tent poles or hang off a plant like the sachets do. I'm thinking a drawer for a sponge you can soak with water for humidity, then an upper chamber above the sponge, with a textured shelf for the mites to live on, and for food, and then one can just put some cotton rounds or cotton balls on top of the shelf. The top section will have a simple swing-top lid for easy access to swap out the cotton, or to add food. The sponge drawer can be changed as needed. Might add a small humidity sensor in there to know when to change the sponge. The enclosure walls can then just have tiny slits in the walls for airflow and mites to escape. And also depending on the life-cycle of the mites trying to breed, I'm guessing one could just swap out the cotton every couple of weeks and place the old cotton somewhere in the garden out of direct light to disperse. I'm thinking soak the sponge in HOCl or h202 solution to prevent it getting too yucky too quickly. I dunno got more to learn.

Wow you're a visionary! I don't have the energy to do this project anytime soon but saving it for the future, it's amazing! Thank you so much for your service 🫡

I was just reading about NEEM being SYSTEMIC! Water it in! Problems with foliar spray are solved, no stinking, no blistering! Why didn’t we know that? Why didn’t the label say so?

What brand do you use? Mealy bugs attacking my pandan plant so annoying i did spray with neem oil, insecticidal soap but still they’re not gone yet 😢

Been getting attacked by thrips when mowing my pasture or walking through it any solution for treating your body. Tried Dawn soap today hope it worked

Thank you for getting to the point. Other vids I’ve watched just talk a lot of bs

Thank you for this tutorial! Any tips on watering plants when we've applied beneficial mites? Is bottom watering best?

Do u sell these i need some for broad / cyclamen mites

Please tell me, is flower pollen (granules) or pine pollen suitable as food for predatory mites?

I started my own cultures, all thanks to you! They seem to be doing ok so far, but I noticed what I think are springtails in with the mites. Admittedly, I didn't get all of the bran or whatever out very well on a few, and those seem to be the ones I'm seeing these other bugs in. Have you ever experienced anything like that?

Where are your mesh panels from?!

Do you have any for sale I been looking for one for months 🥲

I’ve tried to get rid of them for one year, changed soil, cut back on watering, mosquito dunks, peroxide, sticky traps. Somehow they still are alive and very happy with killing all my expensive plants and yes they ONLY go for the expensive ones 🥲

Thanks for the update! My predatory blend is doing amazing. I haven’t had to buy mites in about 6 months. I’m happy since the shippings is always way more expensive than the mites! I’ve been looking for empty sachets I’ve been reusing my optional ones from old order. I fill them from my Petrie dish and we are good for another month!

Do you know what temp. I should be keeping my cucumeris mites at? My grow room gets a little cold at night. Starting my breeding today.

Amazing video! Thank you soooooo much!!

Hi Genna, if I place the container inside the greenhouse with high humidity (70%+), do I still need to have the bottom cotton pad layer to increase the humidity? I feel removing that wet layer will make maintenance much easier in the future.

I’ve been wanting to redo my 3 dart frog tanks, this was helpful. What brand of monster do you use? Thanks

Blessings ❤

Axel F!