Making Crazy Plant Guy's String of Hearts for $9 

The ending where you're calculating the costs had me in stitches. 😆

“After months of research and minutes of planning” describes every impulse plant purchase I’ve ever made

The dedication to keep track of all the video clips to stitch together this video over 2 years is crazy. I appreciate it very much.

Really enjoying your videos. I appreciate that while you're so knowledgeable, you are willing to share your mistakes, so it feels like we're all kind of learning together. I just really like your vibe. Thanks for the smiles.☺️🌱

Wow, great work Lee. This IS fantastic. There are no problems and this will work out perfectly- my phrase for the day 🙌🙌 And that moss drop… the anticipation… another great video 😁

“…and literal minutes of planning…” 😂😂😂 I love your content. Glad I found your channel! Question: why do my string of hearts break off if I breathe on them?

😫😫ugh! Those last 5 seconds had me feeling personally attacked!! My “cheap” string of pearls already cost me twice the amount I refused to pay.

Got into your channel with your more straightforward q and a videos but this style of content and humor works really well for you, looking forward to more!

This is some serious commitment to producing a video for this long, I think I would've lost the footage meanwhile. Anyway, it ended up looking stunning!!

Love the realization of the crafters lament (applies to planty things too I find) - why spend $65 for a plant when you can spend $100 to do it yourself! Still, you gave me excellent ideas for me and my “string of arrows”. I water prop mostly but that moss “bowl” might be my next trick to get more bang for my patience!

SIR! Respect!!!! I finally bit the bullet and got a string of hearts yesterday, after YEARS of coveting them. Of course I came to YT for help and found Christian’s video. Very helpful. Today, searching for more help I found your video. So funny but also very educational. I don’t know if I’m that patient though 😭 I may try your method with a few cuttings and not the whole plant. I paid about $18 for a 4” pot. I have 40+ plants but somehow this one intimidates me to no end 😩 wish me luck!

I've been trying to make my string of hearts look like his for two years, this method is way more efficient than what I've been doing lol.

I'm an old planty person that loves propagating and I've never had success with the variegated Chain-of-Hearts in the water method. I wrap mine around the surface of the pot and pin them lightly to the soil. That way, if they don't take, then I've lost nothing. Love your channel. Keep up the good work.

TWO YEARS?! Wow. Thanks for putting so much time in this Video!

Love this! Your nerdy humour is just my style lol. I have an over 5-foot-long string of hearts that I can't decide what to do with. Maybe I'll take 90 cuttings and try this process out. Also, I wondered if you might be Canadian, too! Enjoy the coming winter lol

And this right here is why I stopped trying to save money on just buying baby plants and growing them up, because for me in addition to all this he showed I have the issue of sometimes being a bad plant mommy and so there’s the added expense of killing off a couple of the cheaper baby plants before I can really get one going. There is also the most important cost - precious time. At this point I just want to enjoy having the plants I really want, and my house looking the way I want right now, not years from now. Plus I feel like when I spend a bit more I’m more motivated to take care of the plant more carefully. This was a hilarious and fun video though and your SoH looks beautiful in the end 🤗😂

This is dedication and I really appreciate seeing the whole process. Hilarious and super informative video. So many RU-vid plant people are giving advice on plants that seem like they just brought home from a box store and did 10 minutes of Google research. You demonstrate real experience and talk about the mistakes and victories. Love this content!!!

I just love your videos. Your whole demeanor is great…your delivery, timing, authenticity, just great.

Fantastic video! I really enjoyed the tips, the process, and the humor 😂

I wanted string of hearts soooo bad, 3-4 years ago. And I just got rid of it...I got tired, it grows like crazy. I kid you not, about a foot a month. All of my co-workers got cuttings of this plant from me. The pot was hanging all the way to the ceiling and it kept on growing. So basicaly, for me it was a space issue. I was cutting it every month or two, just to keep it at bay. So easy to propagate, I did it in water.

When I look at a plant and see the price tag it's either for one of two reasons. The plant is an absolute ball ache to grow or you're shopping at a place that rips you off. That said though there's two differences. 1) You buy the plant outright and you get to enjoy it. or. 2) You grow that fucker yourself and cry many times along the journey but you have a plant you grew, and I feel that adds so much more value to that specific plant and you can't buy that.

Haha love your humor. I also refuse to pay more for something I can grow myself even if it means I pay more in the log run, the knowledge and power to do it myself is priceless😄

This is really helpful: direct, clear-and fun! I started a whole batch of small Hoya Linearis cutting in moss the same way and was wondering how to get them transitioned to a pot, love the transfer demo here. Thank you!

The crazy plant guy is OK but you're my favorite!!✌️

I've been trying to keep the same tiny variegated string of hearts alive for years. Every time I think it's going well, part of it dies. (I'll admit, I'm not as meticulous with watering schedules as I should be.) You're definitely on to something with the moss. I'm going to give that a try. Thanks so much for your videos!

This is such a fun presentation! You’re awesome. Thank you. Just for the record, I have zero success with soil propagation. Ok. Not zero. Minimal!

Thank you for inspiring me to do the same! My string of hearts is like 8 feet long. Today it gets cut...💚😎💚

I'm not sure if string of hearts works the same as a string of turtles but I've been able to start plants from single nodes and even leaves, though with leaves there is a lower success rate. Moss definitely works better for rooting them than water or soil though

“Let’s talk problems with this method: there are no problems, and this will work out perfectly” 😂😂

I was given a 10 cm string of hearts about 3 years’ ago. I now have 2 big plants from that plus a healthy bag of sphagnum with a load more rooted babies. I’ve found that piling it up on itself gives a more lush plant. It is a crawler. It is not supposed to hang and drape. Plant it under other tall plants. It will create a beautiful carpet. Take cuttings and root in water to make lots of plants and have some as drapers if you want. You can propagate this endlessly. It gets bigger leaves if it is in slight,y lower light I find. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s trying to maximize photosynthesis?

Thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge!!

"Let's talk problems with this method: there are no problems and this will work out perfectly." Gold lmao

I started mine in coconut coir with a bit of pearlite added. It never stays waterlogged and still retains enough moisture to cover the lazy days. You can also just coil the vines around inside the pot and lightly cover, with no need to take cuttings. Here in Perth Western Australia, the vines from my outdoor hanging basket reach the ground and root in the soil below. There are always plenty of ferals snaking off into the garden if I need new plants. I adjust the length of the hanging basket vines with hedge shears, which also thickens the plant up nicely.

Lmfao im so glad i ran into your page, i love hearing plant talk while i do my planty chores, your hilarious

Love this! Especially your calculations at the end!😂

Honestly. I love the aesthetic of the propagation tray! I will totally get me a tray of string of hearts now!

When you began adding I was like no, buddy, don't do that 😂 but you got this awesome story about how you used basically 100 propagations and that's super impressive!🌱

LOL! I have never had a String of Hearts, but may buy one next summer. I think that are a bit costly at my local Gardening Center, which is why I don't have one yet. LOL! Anyway, another great video, Lee!! I love your SOH!...... And I hope Christian @CrazyPlantGuy gets to see this video. And yeah, he would probably get some good laughs in just like I did!🤣🤣🤣

Not to include the water, housing, and time spent caring for the plant....makes you appreciate the price tags even more. I can imagine this was super fun and you definitely got a beautiful plant and loads of experience on how to care for it and keep it lush. Thanks for sharing.

I think it’s more fun to grow than just buy ❤

That feeling when you realize how much time and money you spent on your diy... 😂 😭

I’ve been binging your videos! Love your personality and comedy, especially the ending haha Also I love a long and bushy string of hearts, but untangling them is such a nightmare lol. I’ve embraced the 5 strand string of hearts for my own sanity.

I have a method wich works every time and 100%! Its a bit more work but even cheaper and you can decide afterwards how many strings you will plant in one pot: ~ make cuttings with two pairs of leaves each ~ carefully tear of the lower pair of leaves by hand (one by one) ~ fill up a non-transparent vase with water ~ put plastik kitchen foil over the vase an tighten it with a rubber band ~ pierce the tightend foil with a toothpick ~ put the lower end of the cuttings all the way through the small holes into the water ~ just wait until they have long enough roots to plant them With the plastik foil the water won't evaporate too fast and the moisture is even high enough even if the cuttings don't reach the water. The cuttings will take roots where the pair of leaves got seperated and will grow on top. When the cuttings are ready you can carefully rip the foil from the edge to one hole at a time too get them out. ~ not a native english speaker so just ignore the mistakes

Super funny. Thanks for a good laugh

The biggest problem I have with this whole video is why would you flip a pizza?

Bro I got a $1 string of hearts from end of season clearance! And I know how to macrame so Imma spend $64 on cord now, wheee

I never hit subscribe so fast after watching a video. just brilliant.

First time here from Connecticut...I've tried to grow the string of pearls, dolphins, tears, bananas and hearts...killed them all😭 ...you make it look so easy....I'm going to check out more of your vids....

I don't own a SOH but this was so entertaining!! Great job, Lee!!

Cry laughing and subscribing

I wish I could like this twice.

this video was so good! lol gives me hope for my tiny string of hearts. started as two small strings and now I'm up to 7. i use coco coir instead of sphagnum moss because it's what i have on hand but i totally agree with the method! only way to go in my opinion!

I need a string of hearts update 😊

The insanity of plant prices sometimes baffle me. That 65$ string of hearts? I just got myself one that's as long and slightly less bushier for 6,99€ at my local nursery 😳 I couldn't put in as much patience as you did, so I got a long plant xD It's even blooming

Currently in the middle of this exact process cause I have been so in love with his string of hearts. I have a whole prop box filled with single nod cuttings.

THE PUNCHLINE AT THE END LOLLLLL. Such good quality videos. Brightens my day

THE END HAD ME ROLLING, i love your energy and humor

I see you are a Torontonian too, and you have your plant humidifier on now already. Seems like it was just yesterday we had to run our dehumidifiers 24/7 in TO, crazy isn't it. I have killed two sting of hearts/turtles in the past. Good Job guy! Love your videos

😂😂😂 I’m so stoked I found your channel. Love your humor and that string of hearts looks awesome!

He looks like a grown up version of the corn kid 😅😅

Thank you for your tips Lee! I don’t have much chance with soil propagation. I have chance with water, sphag and perlite, depending on the plant type

I've got very much success with water, perlite an spaghnum moss propagation. Unfortunately soil propagation never worked for me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

The end 🤣🤣🤣 this is me calculating the cost of the cucumber I grew from scratch. 300$ cheep plastic greenhouse & landscape fabric. 12$ insecticidal soap, 5$ large grow bag, 8$ potting soil. Daily watering my time 13$ per hour at 60 hours 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣

My favourite plant guy!! String of hearts prop day for me today

LMFAO Omg you shaking as you place the hearts in the terracotta is SO RELATABLE 😂

You forgot to add the cost of the soil mix ingredients 😂

I started some in Spaghnum moss also, I love how you did it in saucer!!! 💚🌱🤗 lol your adding up costs is hilarious 😄😉😃 looks beautiful!!!

He’s my inspiration too lol I just got SOH VARIEGATED and I am determined to get to have one the same looking as his !! Which me luck !!!

That's what you get for literal minutes of planning ;) Tbh you could just make a macrame hanger, it's stupid easy and takes like 2 hours max from first reading/watching instructions to having a complete hanger. Also I do not recommend hanging terracotta nor ceramic pots indoors. They look nice, but they're also very heavy and do a lot of damage if they fall down. Plastic is uglier, but much more sensible, especially if a macrame hanger is covering most of it. You don't need to buy zipbags in big bulk, just go to Ikea and get their biggest freezer bags, they're like $4-5 for 50. So it would be like $7 for macrame cord, maybe $3 for plastic pot and $5 for bags, $3 for mounting supplies and $9 for plant (honestly pretty pricey for what you've got, I got plant twice that size for $5), bringing it to $31 for everything, excluding of course sphagnum, perlite, soil and charcoal for potting mix. If one wanted to go even cheaper facebook plant groups are right there (for some reason plant enthusiasts of all age mainly congregate on facebook), it's easy to just swap plants and cuttings for free, especially since string of hearts is a pretty common houseplant. I'd be interested in seeing a similar video, but with string of pearls, its propagation is giving me constant grief.

Wow! I love this channel. you are the Glasers of plants. SUBSCRIBED!

Cane for the syring of hearts Staying because you stole my heart Im in sw florida so i can grow outside and in several mediums ... love rooting cuttings...growing is loads of fun...

Not me coming here knowing full well my SOH is scrappy, yet easily five ft long, touching the ground and needing a trim… I’m just lazy 😂

Came for the plant info, stayed for the comedy

I just wanted to fix my veeeerrryy leggy Monstera Deliciosa but now I want to watch ALL the videos 😱🌱

My friend gave me three really nice, long, healthy string of hearts plants. Then thrips tried to kill them and I ended up with a handful of leftover tubers. I stuck them in two tiny terracotta pots and now have one leaf each. I'm hoping if I don't overwater them, they'll be revived in the spring 😬

Right now it's hot summer where I live (India). And they are selling bare rooted string of hearts at very low cost. I am bit skeptical that they maybe selling strands /cuttings. But after watching this I feel it will better I do not buy them. As my propogation will fail for sure even if I follow same methods.

I just found your channel I dont know why its taken RU-vid so long to throw you on my feed... Better late than never.... Thankfully today is my day off so I can do nothing but binge your videos uh I mean educate myself on proper plant care 😂 thank you!!

Amazing plant video. You’ve just burgled a subscriber

$13 for 2 terracotta pots?! someone find this guy a cheaper terracotta pot supplier. I usually only pay a couple of dollars per pot of similar size and that's AUD. Great video by the way, i now know that i can just put my cuttings in the pot with the sphagnum moss, i actually had been wondering what to do with them because the roots have now become so established in the moss...it's been 8 months since i put the cuttings in the moss lol

I am really good with soil propagation. I have played with water, but find the best results with soil. I do not use Miracle Grow soil products, I have always had the worst results in just growing plants with that brand of soil, unless I am growing immersed aquarium plants. Because the soil is constantly wet.

Thanks for sharing your tips! I almost bought a string of hearts earlier this summer but decided not to, it seemed a little too intimidating at this time in my plant journey 😅

These years in the making videos are the best! As a modern person living in the good year 2024 I am severely allergic to waiting, so it's nice to see everything happen in one video. Also the editing and scripts are really clever. Please don't let that go to your head. Anyway, I came to rewatch this video because I'm about to start my journey for one hell of a string of hearts, I hope it won't take several years :)

Lol, I'm one of the crazies who bought a $75 variegated string of hearts. I've had it for almost 2 years and this year it bloomed like blooms were going out of style. It's nowhere near as big as yours, I'm too nervous to mess with it too much but it's going to need a bigger pot soon. I'm still pretty pleased with the purchase and my expensive plant lol. Alot easier than trying to grow an albo node, now that was a waste of $100

Plus the 2 years and the plant wasn't even close to the floor :))))) You're so funny! I'm glad I found your channel :D

Hello! I am looking at propagating my string of hearts which has become a mess and outgrown the pot she's in. Soil has become really hard and big bulbs are on the surface - I will try the method you're showing with the cutting to create a new fresh pot. Could you please tell me what are the measurements of the terracotta pot you're using here? Seems great size. Also - can I do the propagation in September or isn't good time? Thank you

Do you only propagate in the growing season?? I do in winter times as well. Takes a wee bit longer but hey. Results are there tho. I just stumbled op on your page. I'm gonna watch some more of your videos. Greetings from the Netherlands

Great video! Can you show the rack/plant display behind you? Stacking shelves infront of a window is a great idea but I have no idea what will work etc

I'd rather use volcanic rock, SoH really appreciate light and airy substrates

4:06: cue Dramatic music 🎻 6:02: The feeling of hard work to achieve a goal: Priceless

I don't know why you spend so much when it can be way cheaper. First and most of all you'll need is patience , I had bought 3 mini plants plus pots with magnets (so that I could attach them to a metal door frame) for €15.00. every time I go to a garden center I look for cuttings twigs / leaves that have broken off, they are free otherwise they throw them away anyway and at home I will try to grow them into a plant. I only use potting soil nothing else and they grow well on it. nothing special

Lets talk about the problems with this method... There's nothing wrong LOL

“Let’s talk problems with this method, there are no problems and this will work out perfectly”

Ug thank you for encouraging us to use what propagation method we're most used to using. I recently got a florida ghost cutting that was BEAUTIFUL but i tried using sphagnum for the first time instead of water, and it rotted because i'm not familiar with how to maintain the moisture in sphagnum. Good lesson for propagating and also not spending much on cuttings lol

Growing it on your own from propagation, I think it's more worth it. It's priceless. Then again, why would you need terracotta pots when you can recycle plastic containers? It will save you a ton of cash there.

I have no patience watching my plants grow, so I get the biggest one possible. I love the string of hearts 🥰, I do have one dying slowly. Help!!!

This is hilarious 😅

Yo I just stumbled into this video randomly. I love your sense of humour! Great video! I got all hyped and riled to try this myself now haha!

Don’t guess too much it’s boring Show your experience and results 😮

You are hilarious lol I do not regret clicking on your video!!!! Wow keep it up you have a wonderful personality btw!

Oh but think how much more rewarding this would be than just buying the plant for $65 😅