How To Care For Aglaonema commutatum "Silver Bay" (Chinese Evergreen) | Plant Of The Week Ep. 36 

I messed up my aglaomena first year. All the lovely stems broke off one by one. I tried rooting the "cuttings" in water but was not successful even after 6 months. Then as a last resort, I put the ach of the unrooted cuttings in separate small pots of soil, watered them well, and plopped each one in 2 gallon ziplock bag. Opened bag once a week or so for 1/2 -1 hour when condensation got pretty heavy. Never needed to add more water. In a few months new leaves started growing. After about 1/2 year all had good roots and I potted them back in with mother plant of stumps. Figured I would give all a year to recover or give it away. Well the rooted "cuttings" looked great and the mother stumps all grew 2 branches at their bare top and new shoots started popping up from the soil. Years later I have a gorgeous pot filled. So worth the wait.

I love Aglaonemas! I think they're underrated. Thanks for the video!

I bought this plant this past November and it is thriving! It has shown new growth since then, about 4-5 leaves so far… they are beautiful and easy houseplants 🥰

I inherited mine from a dear friend who passed from ovarian cancer in 1997. She had it as long as I can remember. It's still doing well in 2024. I never knew houseplants could live so long. It's only been repotted once since I've had it but already thinking I'll give it some attention this spring.

Im still obsessed with your Aglaonema Chocolate ever since I saw it! Can't find it anywhere

I got mine at a big box store and we're definitely entering our LEAP growth year! It was 3 plants when I got it, put off a single pup in the 2nd year. Now it's working on about 10 new shoots! :) Love this series, thank you, Nick!

I love that planter Nick.

Got mine on the bargain shelf at Lowes. It has thrived for a couple of years.

I am so glad you are back to the plant of the week. I need that in my plant life hobby.

Thanks for the video. I think I told you before Aglaonemas are my favorite. I have about 21 varieties at the moment. I had Silver Bay when I first got into plants back in 2020. I got it at a big box store. It was in a 10” pot. It lasted about 6 months and died. After about 3 months it started losing leaves, several each week. I’m not sure why. My first Aglaonema was Siam Aurora which I still have and doing great. Maybe I’ll try Silver Bay again.🤗💕

My 1st, and favorite, Aglaonema!

Got my silver bay on sale because it was ‘too big’. I don’t care that these plants are ‘common’, mine grew all throughout winter and was just happy to have a home instead of wasting away in the discount section. One of my favorite plant babies 🤍

Always appreciate your content!!!

I’ve had an aglaonema since July 2018! The leaves were damaged and it was on clearance. Last spring I started learning how to care for plants and since then it’s been growing like crazy! I repotted to a smaller pot 8’ then this year I had to repot to a bigger size again 10’, it loves the sun. It’s about 3ft tall with huge leaves and a spotted variegation. Idk what kind it is, but it’s looking great!

I managed to grab a couple cuttings of this from my job back in the fall. I’ve been propagating them in water ever since. I’m really excited to finally pot them in soil after months of waiting for them to root!

I managed to give my first one root rot but chopped the stalk off and re-routed it in water, in which it's still growing really well in a pretty conical flask.

I've been looking for this type of plant for about a year and a half and my aunt just gave me a piece of hers I'm so happy I found this video

Love aglaonema. They are my second favorite after scindapsus. I find the common types are prolific growers but my rare variety, sterling silver, is much slower.

I think it's a really beautiful plant. I have a smaller grey patterned variety called aglaonema Jubilee Petite that is just as tough. Highly recomended.

Thanks for sharing.

Great video, Nick! I love Aglaonemas and I always look for a new variety. The ones I get in 6 inch pots seem to grow slower but on their second year they step up their game. 😊 Many thanks for mentioning that typically they don’t carry a ton of leaves. My Red Siam is like that and years ago I would panic at a yellow leaf. The rest of my Aglaonemas stay fuller with a yellow leaf just now and then. Many thanks for your video! 👏🪴🥰

Looks Gorgeous in that pot!!!🤗😍🌱

Thank you so much for all of the information! I love your channel, I legit could listen to you talk forever! Love your humor and your overall vibe. I’m here for ALL of it! 😂🤘🏼💝

"Give it a grow" I love it, lol. Such a beautiful plant and definitely underrated. Thank you for taking the time to show us how to properly care for them 😊 Happy planting 🌺

Hey nick, recently found your channel. I've been branching out 😉 and getting more into the leafy side of house plants. My comfort zone is definitely with cacti and succulents in general. But every question I type into RU-vid one of your videos pop up. It's awesome!

I find this plant to be fast growing.. i get about 3-5 new leaves every month. And its shooting new pups on the sides.

Early gang!!!💚🌱

i just got one of these and look forward to seeing it develop over the next few years hopefully.

Perfect timing! I just got a silver bay plant a month ago. I’ve been letting the leaves droop a little before watering them, not sure if that will stress the plant out.

Omg I got one of those (already in a pretty mature stage) from lowes and its the most rewarding plant I own. All I did was to keep it by a north facing window and its always putting up leafs and flowers for me! I just think they are way more thirsty than I expected.

“Sleeping creeping, leaping” haha.

I just bought one this week!

I noticed you favor " peperomia, hoya and monsters " and a little dabble of pothos. Could you widen your " plant of the week " selection and gives us other plants? I learn so much from you!

Love ur video! Just got one lil baby from I’m a coworker. Wasn’t sure how to take care of it. Have a new leaf coming in. We have huge beautiful ones in our office ❤. Thank you!

Super helpful video, especially the ligthning tips

Hi Nick! I really like aglaonemas, but have trouble keeping them alive for very long. I'll definitely buy another one if I can find one. This was a very helpful video on the care of them. Thank you so much for sharing!

Ive had several Aglaonemas in the past 2 yrs and found light stemmed ones needing more light than green stemmed. Have you noticed the same? My fave ags currently are chocolate and stripes! They really stand out

Nick, you are simply adorable. And have very helpful content! Just found you today and subscribed right away.!!

Droutish and foliagish are my new favorite words 😂😂😂

I had one and loved it. It grew well for a year and I don't know what happened and it died on me. I haven't been able to find another believe it or not.

Ag's to me are what Pep's are to Nick lol. I have to have them all.

Nick, I hope you're enjoying the weather. Do you read our comments? :/

I got a stam cutting of Silver Bay from the guy that looks after the plants in a building that I'm in and out of fairly regularly! I've had it in water for two weeks! It is sending out a new leaf, but there are no signs of root growth? How long does it take for the roots to form? I very rarely see the guy that gave me the cutting!

I’ve had this and another, unsure of the sp. for a few years now, their new leaves are having a hard time unfurrowing and when they do they’re limp and have vertical ridges in them like fold marks almost. I thought I was under watering so I ramped that up and no change. I am going to repot with fresh soil as I’ve not done that yet! Any recommendations?!

Mine keeps dying. Not sure what I am doing wrong. I use fertilizer plant stakes and water every two weeks. Maybe too much sun? I have it near a bright window ?

Thanks

Should I be concerned about the droppy leaves?

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I was given 2 cuttings back in November and I rooted them in water. While in water, 1 cutting had a new leaf that opened up. Once the roots got long enough, I moved to good soil and... they're not dying but not growing. One cutting has had a furled leaf this entire time and there has been no movement AT ALL. I'm wondering if something's wrong and if the leaf will ever open. Any ideas? What could I be doing wrong?

I keep getting rotted stems and roots on mine. I let it dry out completely before watering again to keep this from happening but it’s still happening I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I even have orchid bark mixed into the soil to help with drainage. SOS

I have one but I notice the tips. Just the tips are curling a bit. Why. Please help