I'm Having A Stressful Week So I'm Repotting More Houseplants 

From one plant content creator to another, I understand feeling weird about doing sponsored content not directly related to plants. I went through a similar dilemma myself when I moved into content creation full-time. Someone I really look up to on plant RU-vid is Summer Rayne Oakes. If you watch her, I'm sure you've seen that she has a decent amount of sponsorships in her videos. Summer does a lot of plant-related sponsorships, but she's also done sponsorships for mattresses, Hello Fresh, and other large companies. As a viewer, I never have negative feelings when I see her take on these opportunities. I feel happy for her that she's able to monetize her platform and be successful. After realizing I felt this way toward her sponsored content I decided to take on more non-plant-related sponsorships. I only do ads for companies where I've used their product before and enjoyed it, or genuinely believe in what they're advertising and would recommend it to my audience. It can be very limiting if you only take on plant sponsorships as there isn't much of a social media market for it yet. If you're under financial stress it just makes it more difficult to appear in front of the camera, be creative with content, and be your joyful upbeat self that I know your audience loves. I highly recommend you take on more sponsored content outside of plant stuff! I could see you doing sponsorships for companies like Squarespace, Notion, and Hello Fresh. I think the way Summer does her sponsorships would work well for your videos. She pretty much just does the sponsorship at the beginning of the video and then starts her video after that.

Hi Nick! As a long-time subscriber, I could confidently say that I will watch your videos regardless of what sponsorship you take. I appreciated you wanting to be loyal and stay true to the sense of being a "planty" channel. But I also understand that this is your job and that you have to do whatever is good and beneficial to you. Take the sponsorships. Create the patreon! We'll be here. ❤❤❤

Go ahead and take the sponsorship offers, if we don't like the product/ products we can always fast forward through it. I hope your weekend is awesome. 💚

Nick, hang in there. And yes, just because other people are going through worse, does NOT mean your problems aren't bad. Don't fall for that. And sponsored content is okay with me!! You need to make money right?

You could offer plant care consulting. Like zoom with people who are having issues and walk them through proper planting and placing in their homes. Or just give advice on the best plants for a room.

I’m never very quick to comment but I feel compelled to say that I really appreciate your thoughts on sponsorships and your desire to focus on integrity. That’s truly admirable. That said, for me, I wouldn’t mind seeing sponsorships outside the realm of plants, especially knowing how feel about staying true. RU-vid is your job, sponsorships are a big part of that. Patreon isn’t a bad idea either. Best of luck to you either way!

"it has an areola" XD literally had me dying. I hope you feel better soon! Please feel free to take on more sponsors! I am fine with anything you have tried and genuinely enjoy as well. It doesn't have to be plant related as long as you actually like the product and the company is fairly ethical (Like no weight loss teas lol).

When you put the anthurium from the terracotta to the gray pot, it was like finding a great pair of jeans. It just felt right. Hang in there and always take care of yourself.

Sorry you're having a rough week, Nick. I'm happy you made a video anyway, and just wanted to tell you that any video you make is a good one! 😁

I don't see why not to do other sponsorships other than plants. I know its more to you than plants🙂. I will still support as long as you keep being you.

i love your honesty and no-bullshit attitude :) sponsorships you resonate with that aren’t plant related isn’t bad!! your life is more than plants, but i so appreciate your realness in only accepting opportunities with companies you are loyal to. also the pot for the fern is CUTE :)

Nick, I started watching you because I love your voice and your sense of humour. Watching you motivates me to go around my house to take better care of my plants. Go ahead with those sponsorships! You do what you need to keep up with the videos! ❤

Dear Nick. Honest repotting magic. ❤ When one is flustered there is nothing better than soil, dirt and plants. To fix them up gives me a sense of stability and achievement and helps my brain compartmentalize and defragment. 👌

You cannot go wrong with Repotme products. I have over 30 orchids and have used their mix for over 2 years or so and since I caught your channel I have gotten more Hoyas and trying peperomias and ordered more mixes to give them their best life.

you could totally do more non-gardening sponsorships! we wouldn't mind! also, my rent is going up over 200 a month if I renewed my lease and now I can't afford to live in the building, so I TOTALLY understand being concerned about finances! we really wouldn't mind you needing to do what you need to!!

I do the very same thing when I'm stressed. I find your channel so refreshingly honest. Thanks for sharing.

I love re potting with your vids! such a calming presence even when you’re stressed haha. 🌿💗 edit; also I really don’t mind you getting sponsors (get your money!) but I appreciate your pov on it.

I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that you can absolutely rant and vent and get things off your chest all you want and we will listen because we have ALL been there and having a safe space is so important. You have created a wonderful space and a beautiful community and if you need to vent then you vent 💕

Nick, you are like the Bob Ross of the plant world. 💚 I have a Patreon account myself, and while it's not huge (yet), it is cherished. I look forward to being a patron!

Playing with my plants really lowers my stress level so much. Watching you repot helped me unwind for bed, thanks nick

If this is your source of income I think you should do some spomsers as long as it is something you feel is legit.

Hey hope you feel better soon. Your videos brighten my day and get me excited to do planty things :)

2.5 hrs before I need to get up and get ready for work to drive 2 hrs to a new office.. can't sleep, stressed and unhappy. No sleep or meditation music helps, this video is just the distraction I needed to take my mind off racing thoughts. Thanks for sharing! Do more of these spontaneous casual videos!

Your next very stressful day, I'd looove to see you make some clay pots! You wouldn't even have to speak... no information, no tutorial. Just calming music and a pottery wheel. Maybe I'm just strange though Haha.

Aww. You sounded a little stressed in your last video. So sorry times are tough right now. I’m painting my kitchen cabinets to keep myself busy because LIFE 🤪. 🥺 hope things get easier for you soon

Your videos are always worth my time. I like your unpretentious low key style. Don’t really care what it’s about. I know it’s going to be good. Wishing you a better week to come. Thanks!

I enjoy hearing your thoughts on these things, and I’ve always thought you were very genuine and well spoken. Your videos are very professional which I appreciate and you are probably the most consistent at showing me plants I’ve never heard of before!

I've subscribed to your videos for all four years you've been making them and I've learned so much from you. I would follow you to Patreon and be absolutely okay with any sponsorship you take! Do whatever you need to do to afford bills.

I love the realness of your videos, but GET THAT BAG NICK!! I'll still watch your videos if you do those cooking box ads.

Nick I don’t know how you live in a city, wouldn’t it be lovely to have a small courtyard to give you more space and your cat would love it😍 Great content 🙌

After having a shit day at work, I gravitated heavily to the title of this video. I put you on, made dinner, and might have shed a few tears over my melodramatic life. Thanks for feeling like a friend, and bitching about living situations, finances, and general life problems while doing a few things we love together. 🖤

Loved the video ! Seems much more natural. Take care and feel better soon. Do take whatever sponsorship you want. It doesn't change the content of the video.Your subscribers watch the videos for the plant content.

Nick! I love your content so much and would totally sign up for your Patreon! Don't feel like turning down sponsors just because they aren't gardening-related, if it's a product or company you use and enjoy then that's all that matters. Yes pursuing an online content creation career is a fun thing to do but it's still a career, you still have to make a living for yourself and that's not something you should ever apologize for! If the community you have created truly enjoys you and your content (which they do!) they will support you in any way they can! I would also suggest utilizing the super thanks on youtube and possibly setting up a Kofi account for anyone who wants to send a little extra thanks your way. Whatever you do I support you!

Yes Patreon! I'd love to support you through this and see what you could offer. I've been watching for a few years and you have completely made me fall in love with plants and now I have my own jungle. I cannot watch anyone else b/c I don't enjoy it the same way. Love that you are in Philly, hearing about the local places to find good plants, as I am close by and went to U of Pa and lived in Center City like yourself. All this love of houseplants has led me to start trying to create a guided support group for different populations as I am a retired psychotherapist. I wonder if I would have ever been where I'm at with plants if I hadn't started watching your videos, Nick! Thanks so much for being true to yourself and caring about your audience. May God bless your endeavors!

Absolutely loved your video, Ive watched it 3 times now. Please dont feel upu need to apologize. We all have lousy weeks and weive spending plant time with ypu. Every time I watch it I earn something new and also feel better. Enjoy your week.

Sending you love and support! ❤️

Six months will fly by! Good on you that you are thinking of your options now.

You are essential…I look forward to your talks WHEN I need to Calm Down…to reGroup🤗😘🙏🏻

Loved all the plants in this re-potting video. Wonderful video, as always! Many thanks for sharing your time and your tips with us. Both are always appreciated! 👏🥰🪴

I too am mad for Ferns and Begonias all of a sudden Nick. I have that asplenium as well. I love your random repot video. Start your patreon,it will take off. Tfs.🪴🍃🌱

Sponsored content is just fine! Make that money. I love that this video was super long. I put it on while I was working and it's a super slow day, so you definitely made it better! I love seeing your video notifications pop up!

Nick like others have said I’ve started watching and learning from you because it is nice to see someone who loves plants just as me. Get your sponsorships and your Patreon.

Do the Patreon! I do enjoy all your content, also the rambling repotting ones - you keep me company when I work. :). This is your job now, so you should be compensated and I believe many people would sign up to support you that way.

Love your channel and information. With so many plants you could do a repotting every week.!! Yea

Oh Nick..... so sorry to hear of your rough day. You know we all enjoy your plants...your videos....

Hope you have a better weekend to make up for the tough week 🤗 and hope ur bugs start eating the pests instead of you lol 💚

Hi Nick, I hope your week ends on a good note 💚 I would love to join your Patreon if you decide to do it! And take all the sponsorships you need to, people can forward through the content if it doesn't appeal to them.

Hello! Thank you so much, Nick! So grateful…

Liking this for the title alone and enjoying what follows. We’re with you Nick!

Do whatever you need to do, Nick. You have the best plant videos and we're not going to stop watching you because you have to make money! I think the patreon idea is really good although I don't know anything about it really. But I would love more informative videos and would definitely pay for them because right now I don't know who to ask! I can't imagine bringing one of my precious hoyas into Lowe's and asking one of the cashiers in the garden section about them!

Thanks for the very enjoyable video.

I love your videos. I have learned a lot about plants from you, you're knowledgeable. I will continue following you. I hope your day goes better.

You're great Nick. You should totally do Patreon. It's worth a shot and not "Cheugy" at all. (as the kids say).

I watched last week and meant to comment, so I had to come back. One, I hope you are having a better time now. I also wanted to say, I like watching your videos, full stop. And I have no problem with you taking sponsorships. This is your job and I would rather see sponsered content, plant related or not, than no content at all. Also, plant related or not, I understand your integrity and I know that whatever item or company you would choose as a sponser would be a good one.

Just wanted to let you know I love your videos so much. Thank you and feel better soon.😀

You’re such a wonderful person, I hope things start to get better you. Best of luck

Appreciate your integrity and that you want to stay true to yourself and not sellout. ❣️

I appreciate your approach on ads/sponsored content! Some of my favorite art/watercolor youtubers use patreon as their way to support their content.

Don’t be afraid to take the sponsorships Nick! We will still watch. This is your job, I think most people understand that.

Hi Nick! Love your videos and this repot chit chat. It sounds like you should consider owning your first home. That way you have a fixed mortgage (no increase in rent or lease), can drill holes for multiple shelves for your fantasic plants and have privacy for filming. Food for thought. Take care!

You’ve taught me so much, Nick. Whatever you chose to do, I’ll follow you!

I’m dying!😭😭😭 @ they’re eating me alive! You are too funny! I needed this today❤. I Watch your old and new videos. They are uplifting. 🦋

Thank you for not doing the meal boxes!!! They lie. The reason they pay so well is because they’re saying you get free meals, but you really don’t. Nearly all RU-vidrs I follow have patreon but I would actually consider subscribing to yours due to the exact reasons you stated. ❤️ all your videos, Nick. Love the pot you put the fern in!

Hi Nick. sorry things have been stressful for you lately. I don’t mind the venting - it’s therapeutic. Patreon sounds like a great idea and I’ll gladly support you. Take a deep breath, this too shall pass.

omg I would 100% subscribe to your patreon page! love that idea of more specific plant tours, etc

Hi Nick, I have learned so much from you. Your videos are what I watch as soon as they are posted. I am a fairly new house plant parent and you have opened my eyes to new plants and given me the courage to try them. I enjoy outdoor gardening and have built edible beds that are also visually appealing. If you decide to take on different sponsors, I would totally still watch. Not sure about patreon since I have not done that yet but I love your style and might consider it because of YOU. It would also be cool if you got into the outdoor plant space.

I say patreon, and thank you for being a genuine soul. No hawking stuff you wouldn’t use and not withstanding you don’t enjoy

Almost every RU-vidr I watch uses sponsors to make money. I want them to be successful, so I don't mind watching a few seconds about meal kits or VPN's. I think you should do the sponsorships. And Patreon is a no-brainer, you have a lot of adoring fans.

Nick you don't owe us anything. Make whatever content you want and we will watch it.

If it was up to me take any sponsorship you want and as long as the break is not too long I wouldn't mind at all. But Patreon is a great idea too, you can do live stream there once a month or once a quarter and chat with us, that's always fun.

Nick - big, big fan of you. If I know one thing over the years, you are truly a no bullshit guy all along. You have such a direct spirit. Please do try new things even the sponsorships and have fun. We are here to support. I think the sponsorship would help to focus on RU-vid vs. Stretching yourself thin with adding Patreon content. Sending much love.

i love your videos where there is no set thing. i love just hearing you chat and rant

I too had a long day and re-potted some plants to de-stress 🥰 tbh I wouldn't mind if you did sponsored videos. You take the time to make free content for us. The least we can do is sit through sponsored segments. Go ahead n get ur bag!! 💰 💰 💰 💚

Awesome nick,loved watching and listening as I was trying to motivate myself today around paperwork I pray your babies are just thriving and your heart amen brother.

I have 3 of them and have them planted in orchid bark. They do absolutely beautiful in that.

You're doing great! Take those sponsorships! Thank you for sharing and being real about bad days.

Oh honey, you sound so stressed. Listen, pain and struggle isn't a competition. It doesn't matter if the world is burning down, you're having a tough day too and that is valid. I end up repotting when I'm stressed so often, I put two rhaphidophora decursivas on poles just yesterday. Self care is health care. I sincerely hope you are feeling better soon. 💖

I would 1000% pay to see more in depth videos!

Personally, I love your repotting videos! I don't have any issues with sponsored content as long as the host is giving an honest review, so I say go for it! As a renter myself I can reassure you that lease renewals are always on my mind. Try rubbing a droplet of Dawn dishsoap into those bug bites (no water), and they should clear up in 24 hours. I hope your week goes better! 🪴

Patreon is a great idea! More indepth plant updates would be great 😃

I’m not feeling well, and this video is exactly what I need right now… so thank you!;

I love our little chats. Get it all off your chest, maybe have a drink. Always trust your gut. All the re pots look great.

I will try some repotme products with your code 😀 Your videos are such a casual peaceful vibe, even though it kinda seems like we have different tastes in plants, I still really really enjoy your videos and content. So if you wanted to do a patreon, I'd join! Especially if it meant more of these casual chatty videos. They are my absolute favorite. Also also also, I too was dreading rent price increases at like 6 months til lease end 😅 Sometimes we worry far too much. But also, rent is a literal crisis right now. We need some legislation to protect housing from becoming another capitalist hellscape. My partner and I have two full time jobs, health insurance, make well over minimim wage, no dependents other than cats. And I still have to have a second part time job to make ends meet. It's so incredibly frustrating to be doing everything "right" and still be confronted with it not being enough. Love your channel, I hope your coming week gets better. We all weather storms, just remember the sun will shine again ✨️

Nick, I appreciate your honesty. I think, as long as they are products you actually use or look forward to exploring, it's perfectly fine to be sponsored!! I would really love more pot video's. YES, I said pots, lol. It's tough to find attractive & affordable pots. Also, advice for stuck leaves? The more creative content the better. Don't be afraid to think outside the box!

Omg!!! I totally enjoyed this video!!! You were in rare form ! So funny! ! You gave me a few LOL! I've learned so much from watching your videos! You are in my top 5 plant RU-vidrs ! Hope the bugs stop feasting on you lol!!!

When you were talking about your technical issues I just wanted to make you a cocktail or something 😭 Hope you got it sorted out and I’m glad you have your plants to soothe you!

Nick you are just so lovely even when you’re stressed! I’m sorry you’re having a rough week and please don’t feel bad venting or talking about financial problems! I’m going to echo what everyone else is saying and agree that I would not mind at ALL if you took on non-plant related sponsorships. You absolutely deserve to get paid for your work and I think we all trust that you would always be 100% honest and not bullshit us. Patreon is also a great idea - I’m totally up for both or whichever you feel most comfortable with!

Hi Nick! I don't mind your sponsored videos at at, and am happy that you have them to help with your channel. If you feel comfortable doing other sponsorships that aren't plant related, I'd watch them, too. Other YT channels do the sponsorship at the beginning of the video, then do their regular content. We can get good ideas from them, too, especially if you've tried and liked them. Whatever helps your finances and channel, I'm up for. I don't do patreon, so would love to see you have more sponsored videos on this channel. I like the anthurium in the pot you chose, and I do like the pot from Marshall's that you put the fern in. You do look damn good/great in blue, I agree! It definitely brings out your beautiful blue eyes. I know I've commented on that before, too. I didn't mind you venting with us and it seemed to help you. If it's not too much trouble, just do some short videos and work them in. I LOVE your chatty videos and repotting videos. Take care of you! Thank you so much for sharing!

You’re the sweetest! I’m apartment hunting too so TRUST you aren’t alone in the stress of it all

Hope next week is better for you! Love a good repot!

Repottings and plant care are my go to if I feel anxious or stressed. Thanks for the great video Corbin

Would absolutely sub to a Patreon account. Love to support the creators I love watching - was great to have you keeping me company with this video while I was doing my own plant chores. Def would also pay extra for some help on plant placement and new plant ideas for my space, plus propagation help! Thanks for doing what you do!

Repotting is therapy for the soul sometimes. I've been having a rough week too, and did get the chance to repot 6 plants this week and it really helped. Hope everything works out and your stress disappears!

Hi there, Nick. Take the sponsorship(s). I, for one, would enjoy videos where you cook and chat - expanding the lifestyle component of your channel (like the plant / apartment tours you do.) We already know you can use that spoon to repot plants - just saying. 😀Thanks for all the wonderful content. 💚

Thank you for your candor and vulnerability! As a long time viewer, I can 100% say I’d subscribe to your Patreon. P.S the sound quality on your videos is always superb nick!

Repotting is always such a good way to deal with stressful times! I've been watching your videos for a really long time and love your authenticity and chilled attitude. I am sure it'll work out for you in the end 💜

I drove down to Logees yesterday! Only an hour and 20 minutes from Boston, WOW! What a place- so amazing, I spent a few hours checking out all their plants, and ended up with a couple of Alocasia and 4 small terrarium plants- 3 peperomias and 1 fern for a project. If you are ever in the East Coast/New England area, it's a must for any plant lover.

hope you feel better soon. You are so right repotting always helps us to feel better. Love that first plant it looks like it has a peace sign on it and me being an olde hippie i have to have one! Start a patreon account!! There are so many Plant videos out there but i feel i get more info on one of your videos than watching 3 videos by another. Keep up the great videos!!

Hi Nick! Thanks for the video. Appreciated.

Long time viewer! This is your JOB your BREADWINNER! Do the sponsorships you like, we will keep watching. (never used Patreon but if you make one I will start!) Might finally pull the trigger on the soltech light too!