Thank you. I thought it helps illustrate how caring for a plant varies based on their environment when compared to mine etc. I’m thinking we turn this into a monthly series and do this format on a few more plants? 🤔
@@CrazyPlantGuy Yes please, your videos have been super helpful. I have a Ficus that's finally putting out some new growth thanks to your other video. :)
A lot of these PlAnT gUrUs don’t like to admit that it’s easy to have and grow nice long plants if you buy them as nice long plants. I bought my string of hearts in a four inch containers with no trails over the sides yet. Homie bought a lush two foot long soh
I've been into plants for 3 years. I always buy long or established plants. I say this because people even big stores as well. They will have plants that look really nice just bc they trim clippings and they just put then in pots without proper rotting or them being properly propagated which in a couple of days might rot because of over watering. I always purchase my plants from small businesses bc they actually love and care for their plants. Best wishes to you and you're plants 🙂
I bought a baby one that started off as 3 single little cuttings in a 6cm pot and was about 15cm long. She's now in a 9cm pot and has shot out 2 new vines on the top and grown to about 25cm in 6 weeks and she's 3 meters away from a north facing window on a shelf so gets not much light apart from first thing in the morning and she's growing well for me.
@@blove3414 Definitely small business owners take more care of their plants! I had an accident when mu String of Hearts fell from a bracket shelf, and chopped half the length off on the way down by hitting the radiator. Thanks to the internet, I found out how to propagate in water and now have lots of them..But Plant Guy has the best S.O.H EVER!
Aww. They can be tricky, if you can give good lighting and water it appropriately base on the size of the plant and lighting then it can work well for you.
@@jessstaxx1864 Jess, pearls are tricky. I killed mine too, more than once. My string of hearts on the other hand, is a breeze. Enough light really is crucial.
I have a variegated string of hearts that I had under it's own grow light (a knockoff aerogarden with just the lights going, SOH in a small pot just set on the top surface) and it FLOURISHED. Nodes were super close together, leaves were getting fairly large and full, absolutely stunning pink colors coming through. A few months later I put the aerogarden thing away and moved it to my plant cabinet, and all the new growth since has been anemic and leggy. I'm going to chop and prop the new growth and put it back under a bright grow light. These little guys can handle much much more light than most of my other houseplants and even seem to thrive in it.
I got mine last year and it was doing soooo good. I was using a grow light bc my house is basically a dungeon 🙄 I was being super careful not to over water her and like I said she was doing great.. until.. like two months ago I made the terrible decision to repot, she obvi didn’t like that bc soon after she croaked. I was able to save about 10 strands and am currently trying to root them up.
Oh no. I’m confident that String of Hearts doesn’t need to be repotted if they’re doing well and growing healthy. They like to be more root bound since their roots are also shallow and more threadlike. Good thing you were able to save some strings. 🤞🏼
I got my string of hearts passed down from my grandma so it’s very long but very stringy and not full at all. This definitely gave me some good tips to revive it to its former glory!
I find that the lighting is crucial to growth of the leaves combined with watering, BUT to stimulate the plant to build “Tubers” or new strands I mist My Baby. It keeps the leaves moist but most noticeably it activates the nods with moisture and that with the light brings new growth. Also if You have a “Bald head with Dreadlocks” plant, mist the leaves and stems and that will encourage the nodes to grow. The “Tubers” then cascade down making the plant fuller. Also I have had success simply sticking the stem with the node in the moist soil. After a while, 2-3 weeks the roots are formed and starts growing. As long as You keep the essentials, She will grow. Your Baby is beautiful. That plants are Living Beings I’ve given most of Mines names. Each has a different story and Character. I’ve named My Baby RAPUNZEL. Thanks for the video and info. ✌🏿
I’m in a hot low elevation desert climate and had my string of hearts in a south facing window sill but it burnt the new leaves. I had to move it to the back wall that’s facing the north facing window and now she is living her best life
Oooh yes, desert climate and south facing will definitely be too much light for this plant. I have mine about 10 feet away from window and live in Canada. Although I’m sure it can tolerate being closer, I probably wouldn’t want to put it eight against it just incase it gets burnt. 😅
@@CrazyPlantGuy he replied! Aww hahah I think Canada might get a little more direct sunlight in the south facing window. For me being so down south on the border of California, Mexico and AZ the sun shines directly on top of my house at noon. 😅 and it gets to be 100-110 at this time of year. Now I’m having a problem with new leaves being thin and curling 😳🤦🏻♀️ I just noticed yesterday. What temperature do you keep your house at?
@@cd7228 yea..so it’s doing great it even bloomed for me..but since we installed a window cooler in that particular window, my only south facing one, I had to move it,not enough space for all my sun loving plants...it got moved to a north window...I’ll be moving soon, hopefully I find a place with lots of windows...
I started my string of hearts from a single cutting with just 2 nodes. Now, my 1.5 year old SOH doesn't look nearly as lush as yours, but it's finally a cute healthy plant that's getting fuller every few months!
I love your string of hearts and all your plant videos! I became a plant momma 10 months ago and mostly have Pothos and a huge "Smart" Cane. This string of hearts is definitely on my wish list among others. Truly enjoy all your knowledge you crazy plant guy ☺ thank YOU!
Just wanna say thank you! My string of heart my mom gave me was in a pretty bad shape and after watching your video I managed to revive it just in time and it’s now thriving, slowly growing new leaves and getting more lush and thicker ^^
I only saw two of you SOH videos so far and nothing else but I’m absolutely subscribing based on how well done your content is. Especially this video is so professionally done and covers everything I’d ever want to know about this wonderful plant. Thank you very much for sharing! 😊
I got my SOH as a 2' cutting its now growing at a crazy pace. Where it has dropped 1 leaf the plant shoots a new section of vine. Lol I am still so in love with it. Yours has me setting goals 😁 Mine is under a bloom 1000 grow light, 4 1/2' away give or take.
Mine is 3 meters away from a north facing window and has grown about 10cm in the last 6 weeks. Its growing and filling out well considering where it is.
Thank you so much for your thorough video on string of hearts! Your plant is amazing and its obvious that you know want you're doing and thanks again for explaining how you do it! Your plant enthusiasm is addictive 😊
I just got a string of hearts it's only two long strings I have it in my east window and it's already growing (have had 1 week) I am super excited because my husband was like "you got a new plant...I like it's little hearts" then he looked on top and like I said it's only 2 long strings so it's sparse lol and he was like 😬 is it dying and I was like no lol and showed him a pic of ur plant and he said it looked awesome! I love your videos so much and the chopstick method has seriously been a plant saver on my larger plants
My string of hearts also started to grow tubers. I had no idea what they were and thought it was some kind of infection 😓 I ended up throwing the plant away, I am such an idiot! Glad I found this video so I can take better care of my new string of hearts plant
Ur string of hearts is goals. So dope!!!!!!!! I hope mine gets like urs. Just got it 2 weeks ago and it needs some love but I got faith. Right on for ur tips.
My SOH is a baby but she is growing. Her leaves are thin and she is facing a NW window. I water her every week as she is in a small container with well draining soil. So far so good. Thanks for the tidbit on caring for the SOH!
Hai, I saw your channel unexpectedly when I was searching for the care of string of heart, I live in Belgium from last year.I am very much interested in gardening but in a rental apartment I have limitations so started to grow some indoor plants but I had no idea about which one is indoor which is outdoor. And buying plants are also one of the difficulty I faced as it's very expensive I can't able to afford it. So I ask my friends and collegues for plants, in that way I got string of heart I put that in water for propogation and it's rooting
In my experience, this is one of the easiest houseplants out there. I’ve had one for over twenty years. It’s moved with me several times, been cut back completely more times than I can remember - I have no patience for de-tangling, and they grow so fast anyway. I had it in a shallow clay pot, in a room with a skylight, and let it dry out completely between waterings. Sometimes I move it outside for the summer. Mostly I ignore it. Since they became trendy and are now ridiculously expensive, I divided mine to share with 2 other people. It was time for a repotting anyway. All three of the “new” plants are doing great. I also started some leaf and stem cuttings as an experiment. No way in hell am I paying $20 for a stem cutting of this plant, that is just ridiculous. You used to be able to buy a 10” hanging basket full at Lowe’s for less than that.
It always fascinates me how something like house plants can go in and out of style. I took my 4 year old daughter to the garden center to try and shake some winter blues today and she wanted one so bad. The fuller 6in string of hearts was $40. I was floored. So I compromised and got her the $8.99 2in pot that had 3 strings in it 😂 I figured we can use it as a teaching experience on how to propogate and how to be patient.
@@dobaleedo don’t worry, they grow very quickly. Put it in a bright spot, hopefully where it will get light directly to the top of the plant. For the winter months, I put a plant light bulb in the fixture over my kitchen sink, and have mine hanging there under it, where the light shines on the tops of the plants. If it only gets light on the side hanging pieces, the leaves will die off at the top and the plant won’t be as attractive…..and always under water. Don’t wait until it’s bone dry, especially with a young plant, but don’t water until it feels dry. This will require checking frequently, but that is important with plants. You have to love and care enough about them to check them frequently, every couple days. I’m trying to teach my niece this right now. When it feels dry and the pot gets a very light weight feeling, time to water, and do so sparingly. More plants die from over than under watering, especially succulents. Putting the plant in a bright indirect spot outside in the summer always makes them happy too! I hope your daughter enjoys her little plant, and that it grows well for her. I didn’t have much luck with stem cuttings. I think with this plant, you need mature cuttings that are growing little tubers along the stems.
I love string of hearts I just got one today as a wish list plant my mum bought me one I am so thankful! I also got a pilea I bought so after I am going to watch one 9f your videos for that :)
Your sting of hearts is beautiful 🥰 I wish I knew how to add a pic or vid. I'm in Western Australia Perth. I have taken to the propergation(?) method of allowing the mother plant grow into another pot, placed under it. I have had much success with this. I would love for you see my verigated string/s of hearts. I grow all of mine outside, even thought it's freezing here atm! 🥶 The biggest problem I get with my string of hearts (& some of my other succulants) is mealy bug! I HATE these things! I think of them as 'plant nits' (head lice 🤢) they really Grose me out! So from time to time I get my cotten tip out & my isopropyl alcohol & dab that around. It is a bit of an ongoing issue, especially in winter. Happy growing ☘
Great video, thanks very much for sharing. I love my string of hearts and am always trying to improve my care for it. Thanks for the tips . Do you know why sometimes the lawer leaves be one smaller? Is it water issue or light?
Thank you for your previous SOH care video… now I managed to grow SOH healthily and beautifully. I got bright indirect light ~ west facing balcony in tropical climate and it does get dry rather quickly but I managed to control the watering frequency… thank you ❤️❤️❤️
At the moment my one's are in a N window but they still growing nicely and I did manage to propagate a good amount of cuttings in that window. So fingers crossed 🤞 it will stay healthy further on
I love 💕 my strings of hearts. I have the regular, variegated, Orange River, spades and the glory. I don’t have great light so I can and do keep mine in windows. I use different soil than you do I put mine in superfly bonsai soil, which means I need to water more but they seem to like it. I love yours!!!! Goals! 🥰
Oooh Orange river? I've never heard or seen that one. Must check it out. Glad you figured out a way to care for your String of Hearts that works well in your environment. Soil you're using sounds about right for the lighting you get. Thanks for sharing Vicky.
You rock! Thank you for listening to your fans. Spent too much time yesterday attempting an untangling 🤪. Will sit down now and get my much needed tutorial. 💚
My husband knew how much I LOVE your string of heart so he surprised me 5 days ago withh a 3" pot string of hear VARIEGATED!! It has 6 looong strings. And BOOM here you go video 🤣 I'm propagating it just in case i kill the mother plant😅😅 thanks for the video! Regard from a Panamanian crazy plant girl in Lithuania 😁
Yay. Congrats. What a great surprise gift. Variegated string of hearts are beautiful, i do find they tend to grow slower than the non variegated. part. But good call on propagating a few hearts. Best way to duplicate but also save a plant.
Started to detangle my string of hearts when I was watching this video just about when you first uploaded, finally done now. Thanks for the vid, I'll try following the tips and get a healthy pot or two of string of hearts :)
Last year I found some individual leaves on the floor of the garden centre and I thought I'll stick them on some moss with some other props and see what happens. Other props rooted and we're moved, little leaves were alive and doing nothing, until I pulled one and felt resistance. It's been about a year!, but all 3 leaves have formed their own tuber. So yes, this isn't for the impatient, but even individual leaves, with no node and only half an inch of stalk may give you a new plant. Plus if you were going to throw them away anyway, you've lost nothing. Also, because it was so long , I did forget about them, so at times they went weeks with no water. Such a tough little plant
Oooh that’s so awesome. Always curious if heats wit a tiny petiole can grow into a vine. Agree, no loss in putting them in a prop box and see what happens. And yes, this plant requires a lot of patience. Thanks for sharing your experience. ☺️
SOOOO weird but I’ve been watching u since u had a small RU-vid and subscribed LONG ago and once u made that joke about subscribers, I checked to make sure I was subscribed AND I WASNT. IDK HOW THAT HAPPENED BUT 😭 thanks for reminding us to check
YES!! Thank you for this video. My SOH is super long but not as dense and I have been worried I won’t be able to propagate it properly. Perfect timing! :)
This Plant, known to me only as Rosary Bead was one of my first, given to me over 50 yrs ago . The lady had a huge lush (outside) patio garden area, so mine was an outdoor plant .I didn't see them again for years, but my next one also stayed really hearty on an outside window ledge protected by other bushes having morning to mid day light ( mid Calif. Coastal) leaves grew thick and vines really long...and now I just found an established one outside a grocery store, I bought. I don't have the best indoor light, so I plan to put outside for light daytimes, keep inside overnight. I will keep water light...and let you know . Also how are you with the Purple Velvet Plant?( vine) I've had One that was full and amazing at either extreme out in cold or inside by wood stove heat. But any later ones I tried didn't last long. Very touchy plant .Any advice on those? Thanks
I have north facing windows only. It’s tragic! Should I just cut my losses and give my SOH to a friend with that good light? I supplement many of my plants already with grow lights, so I could try that if it would help, but I just love this plant so much I can’t do nothing and watch it suffer if that’s what’s going to happen in my dungeon
Who has a string of hearts and which direction of lighting does it get? Is yours a young juvenile one or more mature? How is yours doing? 🪴 P.S. if you found this video helpful don’t forget to like, comment and share. ☺️
I had a variegated one years ago & my immune system isn’t very good so I lost mine when I got sick during the summer a couple years back. I had bought it at Lowe’s around $10! To replace it now 😳 I did come across a regular one & I have cuttings from a contest I won on instagram or RU-vid & I’m glad I got more. Mine live on the west side on the porch which I have a white “bamboo” blind with my Hoya
I have two and mine are in a west facing window in my kitchen 😁 I got them in autumn winter but boy are they growing now 😎 be like your lush one in about 5 years 😆
Hi Christian 😃 I have my SOH + V in a west window an they are growing nicely. Had problems at first, but they are over a year old now. Yours is iconic!! 💚🤗
I love this plant. So pretty! I finally got my hands on one and I've been propagating it like crazy. Woo-hoo lol can't wait to have these hanging around the doorways and windows. Thaks for sharing this video with us! It's ways great to see you!
Christian ... thank you for this ... so informative and filled with tips for success as well as subtle insertion of humour here and there ... do you even realize the effect you’ve had on string of hearts sales ? I mean this plant is the envy of all in the plant community... I have a baby and he is so wee and sparse ... he and I sat and watched this vid and he wants to grow like your guy and play in the NBA one day ;) cheers - stay safe and green my friend :)
I love your videos in my string of plant new leafs are very small in size they can't grow what can I do?pls tell me about fertilizer pls....love you from India😍
How many strings does your string of hearts have? Give or take. Several hundreds? I'm inspired by your plant, so i've started my own one. I only have about 15 rooted "butterflies" though. I'm wondering how many more i'll have to root to achive this lush dense look.
Very helpful as always. That literally saved me. I have my baby string of hearts hanged in a macrame near the window to get more light. Do you know how can I water it without taking it our of the macrame? I am afraid that the vines will brake if I do so. I think bottom watering perhaps.
This might be a dumb question! But can you water propagate with strings still attached to the plant? Like just put the bottom of the plant in water, doing all the same steps to the water method, but keep them attached until they root? Orrrr is the string being removed from the mother plant the catalyst for roots to form? Thanks for all the amazing info, I love love love love love love love your channel (love!🖤)
I know you can place the bottoms of your strings still attacked to mother plant on dirt in a planter and roots will grow. Then you can cut them off how ever long you want. You can either make another plant or add to the mother plant. I’d imagine you could place in water too 🤷🏼♀️
this is a really helpful video! :) i really enjoy this detailed and informative series of yours, quite timely that i'd just gotten a string of hearts and a ficus elastica tineke and definitely benefited from your recent videos. thankyou!
Hello Christian, I don't have a string of hearts yet! I want to share something with you. I recently repotted a neighbor's plant, within 10 days I had an infestation of......you guessed it, fungus gnats. I thought to myself.........how is this happening. I told myself, there must be eggs in my soil?! I put approximately 4 cups of soil into a plastic bag and tied a knot. I brought the knotted bag into my house, to keep a close eye on it. Sure enough, a little over a week.....that plastic bag had about 35 fungus gnats. Just wanted to share my finding with you. I know that a lot of us are getting ready to put our plants in bigger pots. You might want to see if your soil is gnat free. P.S. No, my soil is not old or moist. 😊
@@jenniferdaniels3076 No, it was not Miracle-Gro. Last week I ordered some soil from Foxfarm it is called Happy Frog and I paid more than I usually do, if it solves the gnat problem it is worth it. I am hoping that it is gnat free. I have only tried it on one of my plants so far. Seriously, I never thought that I would order soil! I learned that soil should not be on pallets outside, like all of the big box store. I was told that the moisture attracts the gnats to the bags and that is how they get into the bags?!
First I want to start with.. your videos inspired me to get a SOH. It is beautiful! 🤩 Now for my question I hope you can help with.. Are yellow leaves also a sign of too much sun/burn? I've had 3 yellow leaves recently but the rest of the plant looks fine and I water about every 2 weeks and use a moisture meter. It's in a south facing window that is sort of obstructed by a building next to mine so I wouldn't consider the window full sun but maybe it is? I have it hanging right in the window behind my open shades/blinds and it seemed to be doing fine until I realized today the 3 yellow leaves 😭 I'm sort of scared because I splurged on the silver glory variety which was pretty pricey for a small pot 😬
I recently bought a small hanging plastic pot of string of hearts. Pot size is 4 inches across. It looks very healthy and the strings are hanging down 14 inches long. When I look at the top of the pot, it's full of tubers. I can't even see any soil and when I touch it/press down on it to see if the soil is wet or dry, I just feel a mass of tangled tubers. Is this normal? Should I try to take it apart and maybe repot it into 2 pots? I have watered it once and whatever medium the plant is in, the water does drain quickly. Should try to separate the tubers and plant them into two or three separate pots? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
I really love the format of these videos. So informative and fun and 🙈 I may now be on the hunt for a ceropegia. I also have a suggestion for a spinoff of this theme: If this were my plant. For example, I've got a relatively young monstera adansonii that's got a good start but is only one vine... If it were your plant, how would you proceed to grow, and maybe propagate it, to help it reach it's full potential?
