I know you didn’t intend to do this video separately but it turned out fantastic this way. It was so incredibly sweet to see you “interacting” with each other while being apart. Claire’s expressions, and how Ross speaks of Claire, is absolutely endearing. I’m so happy for you both to have found one another ❤️
The fly traps and sarracenia should be kept in bog like conditions so having the pot in a saucer of water is completely appropriate! Old flytraps will turn black as they die, it’s normal. If there is new growth happening it should be in good shape. Both of those plants need super high light! A very sunny windowsill or strong grow light will help them thrive! Best of luck with all of them 😊
I relate so much to Ross right now! Wait. . . I'm not killing plants? Tell me I'm not killing plants. They don't seem to be dying. 🤔 Addiction unlocked!
My mind is blown by how lush "Freddie" Calathea Ornata is! The Ornata is one of the most difficult Calathea and I couldn't imagine taking that one on when I started, but he's done incredibly well 👏
Ross is a natural! Well done! 🏆 Claire, you must be so proud!💚And your censoring is on point! 😆 On the tradescantia, I think it's actually a Calissia Repens and you don't even need to bother with propping them in water. Just put the cuttings straight into the soil and they will root and grow like mad almost immediately! Higher light for better color and tight growth; and even though it's considered a succulent it prefers a little more water. Doesn't want to dry out for too long. 👍
My venus flytrap also died back after flowering, I think it's quite normal. Mine bounced back in a few weeks and I've had it a few years now. Some people chop off the flower stems as soon as they appear to prevent them taking all the energy. I also bottom water mine with distilled water once of twice a week during the summer and less during the winter, and yes, they are very fussy about the water, use distilled or rain water.
I genuinely enjoyed this; Ross is such a natural in front of the camera and I appreciate the effort he put into this! I really can see how your personalities match so seamlessly. Also, Aglaonema Fireworks is at the top of my wishlist now. The leaves are absolutely unreal!
What a fun video! You had asked for some feedback. This feels weird because you have way more knowledge and experience with plants than I do but I do have a pretty happy Fittonia. I keep her pretty much the same as my prayerplants/calathea. I don't let the soil dry out, I try to not let the humidity drop below 55-60%, bright indirect light, bla bla. But they are drama queens and will "faint" when they're thirsty and perk up within an hour of being watered. But I also have very happy prayers plants pushing out multiple leaves every week and I keep my Fittonia nestled in with them and it's happy too. I use grow lights and a humidifier and only distilled water with them. They are extremely spoiled lol. Also about the venus fly trap. That's an entirely different animal. They actually do need moist/wet substrate all the time. And they can't handle anything but distilled or rain water on their roots. I keep mine in 50/50 coco coir and sphagum moss with a very shallow water resevoir of distilled water and never let it dry out. Never give them fertilizer. They can't handle any minerals or anything extra. They come from North Carolina USA in marshes with no nutrients. They get their 'fertilizer' from the bugs they "eat". The science behind it all is very interesting. But his is flowering so it must be doing well. However some of those heads could be dying from using tap water. Also, if it "dies" in the winter, don't throw it out. They do go dormant, and actually need about 3-5 months rest every year. UK winters will be perfect for them . But go ahead and let them get cold and you can stick them by a north facing window and forget about them over winter. They still need some water to not actually die, but in their natural habitat they spend part of the winter frozen and they look completely dead but they come back in the spring. There's tons of videos on RU-vid about them. I just did what they said to mine and it's still alive and I repeated it here. I'm no expert. Anyways sorry for the novel. Much love to you both! :)
Ross!!! 🎉 Ahahahaha I'm totally here for more of him on the channel and as always Claire but also your relationship journey! He also cracks me up!! That intro interpretation 😂🤣😂 you sound great though Claire no need to change a thing! It's like a theme song to a TV show the same is great and comforting. 🤗 I appreciate you so much I've learned sooo much from you to get to my 80 plants now! 🥰🌿💚 Can I also call the first relationship quibble is going to be about when you move in together and you are determined to keep his pink and colorful plants out of your carefully curated green and silver variegations 🤣😂🤣
Fantastic video with two extraordinarily natural hosts - and Joli! I love how this turned out with you commenting as Ross so sweetly described his collection! I love that he's into Spider Man and LOTR especially! I name my plants for characters all the time. 😅 You two are great together! More please! (I still need to watch the Ross Moved In video and many more) Wishes for a joyful, prosperous, love-filled, and planty New Year!
I always love your videos and your intro is the best! Don’t change it please 🙏🏾 you’re so lucky to be able to get your SO into plants! I got mine a vanilla orchid for his birthday and he’s afraid of it 😂 lovely video and as always thank you for sharing!!
Totally agree! I grow sundews and sarracenia in a vase in a constant puddle of rain water, sun sun sun and use special carnivorous plant soil (without any nutrition)
Ross's venus flytrap is most likely dying back either due to lack of light (carnivorous plants need a lot of light, especially flytraps) or water quality. A lot of carnivorous plants (especially the ones indoors) have evolved to grow in nutritionless, waterlogged soil due to being bog plants. The roots are practically immune to rotting from bacteria, and the only issue that may come from the roots is either root damage from travelling, or root burn from nutrition in the soil.
What a great video Ross is so much fun. Ross you are doing really, really well with your plant babies! From 1 to 23 is good going in 8 months 😂. That Calathea is amazing I can’t keep one alive for love nor money lol.
His jack skellington impression got me 😍 Calathea looks awesome, they do love semi hydro too, if you wanna check that out ☺️ Regarding the fittonia: they are epiphytes/lithophytes so they do love a well draining soil. I keep mine in mid light place and water very frequently. Also I wouldn’t repot the store bought ones bc their roots are very delicate. Rather take top cuttings and let them root in water ☺️
Really great and entertaining video! Ross is such a hoot! My house is like Ross's apt.....dark, dark, dark ! I have lots of the same plants you do, but they are generally kept outside since I live in florida. I set up a popup greenhouse outside for the winter which really doesn't last too long. But I have discovered grow lights which are allowing me to have more plants inside. Thanks for all the information you share!
For venus fly traps and sarracenia, it is fine to absolutely soak them in water. As long as the water doesn't contain too much mineral content they won't rot. My sarracenia is currently sitting in water up to half of the height of the pot and they are absolutely loving it. They do however need a LOT of lights to thrive. My is next to a east facing window and I run a Pianta grow light for 14 hours a day just for it
29:44 I would highly recommend distilled water. I don’t have a sun trap but I grow Sundews. The other weird thing about the carnivorous plants is sometimes they push flowers when they’re stressed. Just be very gentle with the tap roots, maybe even refresh it’s soil and moss. Then use a much shallower tray. It’s totally good if you let the tray dry out even some of the soil dry out from time to time! OH and if you don’t have bugs… get bugs!!
What a lovely video ❤. In regards of blue plants - i have an oil slick fern (Microsorum thailandicum), dark green with a blue shimmer. So yes, they exist 😊
Both carniverous plants need lots of sun, a consistently moist soil, rainwater/distilled or reverse osmosis water (basically very soft water without minerals) and a dormancy period. Best to keep them outside in full sun even in winter.That traps die is normal, they only last a few times opening and closing, and it has new traps forming so that is good. Dont throw them out if they look worse in autumn and winter, they will get back, think of them as herbacious perennials
I think water propagation might be the way to go with monstera standleyana! I got cuttings from the Edinburgh plant swap, I propagated them in water and they’re rooted enough to be potted up now. The leaves haven’t curled up either, they’re still super healthy!
I had fittonia a few years back, and I used it to carpet the bottom of my crested geckos vivarium.. it was planted in there with a bromeliad and a snake plant i believe and it did really really well. I think it's definitely a plant for vivs in my opinion as they get regular misting, high humidity, and lots of light from the bulbs used for reptiles.
Re: the venus fly trap...it is ok to be sat in water, mine are sat in 1.5cm of water constantly and I keep it topped up and I do only give mine rain water. Traps can just die off do I snip off any black bits and I'd snip the flower off 🙂
Totally love the aglaonema! I just got my first one and here's a bit of useless information: Following my German roots, I googled it in German and found the prosaic name Kolbenfaden (spadix thread). But in Danish, where my plant hails from, it's Sailor's Solace:) Love the video and totally jealous that your partner engages in plants😋. Mine tolerates, so maybe there's hope...💚
Maybe you can use your sticky tags and make labels for Ross so he can learn the names😂. He seems to “want” to know 😊. ❤how you two interact with one another ❤🌸
My Fittonia does well outside of a terrarium- my general humidity is mid 60s in the house, its about 2 meters back from south facing french doors & I water when the leaves don't feel full and are soft ❤
For the fittonia / nerve plant. I own quite a few of them and ive found best way to grow them is in bathrooms just because of the really high humidity. But overall like Ross said, any way to keep the humidity in with them they will thrive and love. But definitely humidity and light are the main ones with them (based on what ive found with mine)
Love my philodendron Mexicanium. Would recommend putting it on a coir stake. Mine is massive, so massive that I can no longer move it by myself. I put him on a 90cm pole about 8 months ago and I am going to have to extend it after his next leaf pops.
I had fitionia. She likes very humid conditions only way she was fine with me was when I kept her in the shower. She died, the leaves were completely dry and I was about to throw her away when I noticed perfectly healthy stems. I put her in the bathroom window moved her in the evening into the shower and then moved back on the windowsill she was thriving but I got rid of her as she was pain anyway. Too much for me, sometimes I kept forgetting and she was too dramatic to care :D
I love this video! I think the sad Tradescantia might actually be a Callisia. I confirm that they're a pain in the ***, they need a lot of bright light to stay pretty. Mine has been going back and forth between absolute beauty and crispy mess for a year, and I think I'm giving up! 😅
I have a few fittonias, I have them in my window and bottom water them with about an inch of water a week. I have found that if you let it dry beyond that they shrivel up and don’t bounce back
Hi Claire and Ross. I have a fittonia. I actually have it on wick watering so it is wet all the time. Maybe for 6 months? No terrarium. Wish I could show you a picture. Fittonia aka Nerve plant is so pretty.
Venus fly traps definitely need distilled water - using tap will usually be enough to make it rot 😅 it’s a bog plant so keeping it in a dish of water might be fine but yeah definitely use rain or distilled water haha
Just get Ross a big bottle of fish tank water conditioner. Then he just needs to add a bit to the water for his carnivorous plants. FYI- the Venus fly trap goes dormant in the winter so you might want to read about getting it ready for winter.
Love this! We need more Ross on the channel 😊 and yes blue plants do exist - check out the microsorum thailandicum, it’s beautiful I have one and it is blue 💙💙💙
What a coincidence, my first plant was also a kentia palm! I water mine twice a week and mist it daily. It's doing great and it recently gave me a ton of new growth, but I still get brown tips. It's probably normal. I don't think I've ever seen one without them.
Oh, you loved the palm! That’s why you moved in! You got lucky with the man though too didn’t you?! Next time we move, hopefully soon as we’re right next to a big highway atm, I’ll be looking specifically for how much light it has, I’ve got grow lights everywhere, it’s a little unsightly
I have the Trads plant. It is so huge this year it is in a 20 gallon pot outside. I have split it twice plus cuttings. The love outside not direct light. Mine are massive. I bring inside in the winter.
