This guy is the best. Great information straight forward and he doesn’t waste your time. I’m not even a plant person, but I’ve learned so much about taking care of the two little plants that I have my plants. Thank you.
I’m very happy that I came upon your channel. I have a mini forest in my apartment. I’m learning so much from you of how to take better care of my plants. I’m always hesitant to cut some of my plants, fearing the worst. Because of watching you, I’m now going to be a little more adventurous in pruning my plants. Thank you very much for all of your wonderful tips. I’ve learnt so much.
Wow I’ve learned so much today ~ binge watch ~ I’ve unsuccessfully tried to get rain water but it’s difficult for me with some health problems so I’m happy to hear I can make use of my fish tank water & the filter as a natural approach. I use bamboo knitting needles to help air out the soil. Every day is a school day!!! Thank you so muchly 🙏🏼
@@SheffieldMadePlants Nope, unfortunatelly not and after watching a lot of your videos I realised I should give him new Soil. But that's also a task I have no idea how to manage it.... but I love this Plant, I bought him about 20years ago.
50 years ago when we went on vacation my mother would run about 2 in of water in the bathtub and put all the plants in it so that they would water from the bottom and when we came back home all we had to do was to clean out the tub
I probably disagree with the first 2 tips because those nutriet media haven't decomposed yet. The decomposition that will start will probably promote strong fungal growth and ph drop in the pot soil. Not all plants will like that. Instead I water them with aquarium water and fertilise with aquarium filter contents.
I love your tips. I like to cut off the bottom of my bottle so I can controll the humidity, one of my seedlings leaves started to mold, too much moisture so I tried cutting the bottom of the bottle so I could unscrew the top and have a little ventilation, or maybe poke holes in the bottom with a hot nail it works great. Thank you for your great advice. I love watching all your videos❤️
Thoroughly enjoying binge-watching your videos! *I use chopsticks or thin wooden skewers to aerate soil in the pot and just turn it over (‘plough the field’). Then gently tap the pot and it makes the plant look more attractive with fresh soil appearance. Prevents impacted soil and I’m sure it re-introduces air back into the soil which benefits roots. *Spent tea bags: I save them, allow to dry out then cut open and collate in a separate container then periodically add 2-3 spoonfuls (even more) into each plant pot. This saves me from replacing the soil as it adds nutrients. My plants seem to thrive with intense green colours and general vibrancy.
@@Joce-bl7qi I sprinkle the dried tea leaves to the soil and then use a chopstick to mix and aerate the soil. Tap the pot gently on the table and allow the soil to become evenly levelled again. You can water your plant now or if soil still looks and feels moist hold off watering until soil feels dry at least 1-2 inches down from top of soil (and your pot also feels lighter).
@@SheffieldMadePlants ,I also use them if not sure if plant need water I will stick the chopsticks into plant when I pull it out no dirt on it means it needs water ,If it come out with dirt on it that means it don’t need watering .
Really enjoyed this video and now am one of your subscribers. Especially liked your tip about using Google Lens. I should have been on top of identifying my plants upon purchase but failed at that within a few more purchases. 🥺 Thank you so much for your great contribution to us plant lovers. I’m a Hoya and Philodendron lover and enjoy their beauty. Thanks so much👍🪴🌵
I've tried moving them into the light not watering so much. I've just watered one with warm water and not watering the other. I think I'm probably overwatering as the supermarket I bought them from are known too not take care of their stock of plants but these were great when I bought them.now starting to go floppy at the leaves.
Put banana skins into a container & add water. A day or 2 later, you'll have a great tonic to water the plants with. They seem to like it, and it encourages growth. If it's quite strong, then I water it down and can water more plants. It can sometimes smell of bananas while you're watering, but it doesn't last long.
Before you add the water bottle to the soil, take a second bottle and cut it in half. Take the top “half” and insert that into the soil first, with the cap side down- remove cap. THEN add the bottle with water. Now the hole will not be blocked by soil and will drip freely.
Over my last year of going from my first plants to having a mini-jungle in my office, this channel has been such a life saver. Your videos are informative, fun, and encouraging. I've learned sooooo much from this channel and share it with all my houseplant groups!
TIP: Unscrew the cap from the bottle and set it against a hard surface, like a table top. If you do it this way and the hole poking thingie slips it's going to poke you instead. Poked myself too many times to not leave this comment.
You can use unsalted water from your boiled vegetables to fertilize your houseplants... but that means you're boiling (!) your vegetables in unsalted (!!) water and should dedicate some of your houseplant time to learning to cook
Good idea about using cooking water, especially when boiling eggs. The vegetable water I am drinking it for myself 😅. Maybe I will share a little of my fresh coconut water mixed in with their regular watering. Maybe, it is just so delicious. 😂😂😂
I have watched two of your videos prior to this one. Your videos has taught me a lot. I will continue today watching your other videos. Wow!!! you are very clear and informative. I have subscribed. Thank you.
I know that water has to be great for plants. I like all of the hacks! I need to make a list of them. If I think of anything I've used I will definitely tell about it in a comment. I ran into your channel while looking up a Swedish Ivy. I am really glad I did. I really enjoy it. You are so calm and knowledgeable. Thanks much.
I’ve read that coffee plants make a chemical/compound that inhibits other plant’s growth around the plant to reduce competition for soil nutrients. Not sure if that extends to coffee grounds, but might be worth looking into.
How do you wipe down Snake plants when they're in a bunch that have been replanted in July that's been divided from 2 100 year old plants that were poorly taken care of before?
I use salt and butter in my veggies and sometimes bacon fat. So that one is out for me. I throw the coffee grounds out the back door. Can’t hurt. What kind of string do you use for the vacation watered?
I have a polkadot plant that doesn't look normal , the underside of the leaf has white patches & look like it has fur on the plant,I have put it under the tap now the plant has been watered from the top, what more can I do
I like the Turkey baster trick. I have some big potted cycads that probably weigh 50-60 pounds. This would be a lot easier than lifting them to empty out the excess water in the saucers.
I'm glad you spoke about identifying plants by using Google photos. I've been using it as well although I have a couple plants it can't quite configure 😢 any other options? I need HELP 😔
I love this video and I wish I wasn’t such a poor plant lover so I could send him the money he so deserves making these awesome care vids your an amazing human ❤
@@SheffieldMadePlants I can't really remember but I don't think I mixed it up I think I just put a bit on the top and by the way after a while it started to stink too🤢
I am so glad that I found your channel. I will be following you to pick your brain. I love that watering hack for when I go on vacation. It’s hard to find someone to take good care of all my green babies. 😊
Funny enough that was the first plant I slowly suffocated due to lack of knowledge and understanding a plants needs and I'm glad to say my brain is now bursting with so much information but not enough plants 😁👍
The plants in the other video that you warn us not to get cause they're edges turn brown? Don't water them from the bottom. Like you said, rain forest floor so they get wet daily. They enjoy water dumped over them. I spritz them daily n they love it. N all plants that like humidity like to be in the bathroom when you shower n the kitchen when you boil water.
when "adding" anything to house plant soil - less can be more beneficial than more or too much due to: development of any strange odor/fowl new smell or creating MOLD or fungus or new BUG /pest growth or burning leaves & roots (just as anyone can burn their lawn easy as well when adding too much of anything) - balance is needed & not too much ! (i notice a lot of plant videos just say "water your plants regularly" yet rarely explain how much water is enough for each plant or too much) mold issues are not something anyone wants to be breathing in their home either !!! yes plants need proper air flow also local weather climate conditions & light exposure & window directions all alter outcomes ... EXAMPLE: SAN JOSE/SANTA CLARA -aka: The Bay Area - northern california - is very low humidity !!! DRY air and my Grandmother & family have huge plant collections inside & outside !!! including many TROPICAL PLANTS that people say need "humidity" or must have it - well the humidity again is not HIGH or even near high there and for example my family have several 50 yr old Jade plants that look great as well as many huge hanging tropical plants .... my Grandmother has plenty of the exact plants people say "must have humidity to live!" meaning: plants can adapt and anyone in north California with plants knows this - and no one in my family from north California ever use or increase or try to create humidity for their plants - my Grandma has 3 different colored huge huge huge big Christmas cactus sitting on her porch all year around !!! very old too and no negative drama plants have been around longer than human beings most likely and plants adapt typically i bought several little "4$" typical majestic palm trees and planted them outside my TAMPA FLORIDA 🇺🇸 house in 1993 - omgeeze now they are tall huge & healthy !!! they have lasted through 29 yrs of Tropical hurricane winds and snap-freezes too !!! $4 is what i could afford then ... many people on you tube say palms just typically always die fast (FAKE NEWS) 🤣 many plants just obviously thrive in "the ground" and not always in "every" person's inside home --- not everyone knows that fact or considers that in their decision making (Ernest Hemingway's home in KEY WEST Florida -typical popular house plants on youtube are planted outside the home and are "thriving" everywhere with Hemingway's 40 plus exotic Cats live at his house (open for tour) the plants are incredible doing well outside in tropical areas of USA -lower States and many people do not know these facts --- the birds of paradise are huge and Fiddle Leaf Fig & Scheffleras grow outside TALL - bigger than 1 story home !!! -everywhere -even on the driving freeways & roads growing wild in south florida (south florida=any city south of Orlando/Tampa area -typically ! i hear many people on youtube complain they die a lot indoors ... yes that can happen too --- plants can and do go into Shock & can die sometimes due to too much human manipulation and no health balance going on with a plant on several different levels of understand
Since I have watched this channel, love your tips very helpful. Definitely will try the first one. I use left over tea for my maidenhair to keep it thriving and a happy success. Thank you 💝
i use water from my (heavily planted) fishtanks to water my plants, do you think that is ok? (for ten gallons of water in the tank, there is 1/2 tsp of aquarium plant fertilizer, 1 tbsp aquarium salt, and one ish teaspoon of a dechlorinator + stress coat) im only worried about the pond salt, but since its safe for my aquatic plants I would think its fine for the terrestrial plants too edit: just got the notification that you (sheffield) relied to my comment on a different video, thank you for taking the time, and for all the wonderful tips on your chanel. You're the reason I stopped discarding my nursery pots, and started using them inside of decorative pots instead
I used coffee to my plants but insects came and ruined my plant. I also used the bottle watering method but all the water finished within few hours 😢😢😢😢
I am very thankful to have found Sheffield Made Plants! This was a great start, adding some new and useful hacks, while confirming some tried and true. I use skewers from Dollar Tree cut to fit the plant, but chopsticks are awesome for larger plants. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Excellent hacks, clear audio and speech, and pleasant presentation! Thank you!
Beverly, I'm using a couple of wooden rulers as stakes in a recently-repotted 8" Bird of Paradise and my nearly year-old Raindrop Pepporomia. Use garden ties - or garbage bag twist ties - for easy securing.
My personal hacks Bathroom shower for cleaning dust Asprin in snake plant (1 table in 1 litre, once in 3 months) Use dripper in top of moss stick in harsh summer Milli bug cocktail : banking sods + neem oil + handwash liquid + cockroach killer. My fertilizer mix : compost + bone meal + mustard cake + neem cake + epsom salt + dap granules + npk granules + urea. Let them ferment for 2 months then one tea is sufficient for one plant for 2 months. Every plants parents got many hack and so do I but can't recall all now. I m also pet parent and hacks for taking care of my Labrador and German shepherd.
Love these! I used some leftover bamboo skewers (I knew I was saving them for a reason!) instead of the chopsticks to stake up my golden pathos. I used the 2 liter pop humidity dome for my nerve plant (Cookie) and moon valley friendship plant (Porus Horace). Worked really well and saved them both. Horace was down to 3 little stubs and now has a bunch of baby leaves popping out. Cookie was down to 2 stems with 1 leaf. Thank you!!!
one thing i like is having an extra washing bowl. i have 6 big plants in kitchen bowls and when i get runoff i like to move plant to empty bowl , then when they're all done i use the runoff for outdoor plants
