In this video there's no mention of how most Marantas don't like hard tap water and all the chemicals we have in our tap waters, maybe where Fern lives the tap water is better? usually they advise to use filtered water
I think making plant care a series would be an awesome idea for you to do! Like each week or whenever you pick out 1 plant from your collection and do "care tips and tricks" and especially " how to propagate" for that plant! There are so many plants that propagate differently from one another, It's not as easy as one might think . Anyway, Love this video, of course! you're great! Thanks Fern! xoxo
I have "typical" maranta near my east facing window. It gets direct sunlight for 1 or 2 hours, I keep humidity around 70% and it's literally thriving in there! (it's smaller than your variegated one but is having like 9 inflorescences!). Omg, I am extremely proud of it and of course myself :P
Omg I literally JUST bought a maranta today and I am so excited my FAVORITE planttuber posted this specific video! Thanks Fern, love you, hope you are doing well! Glad to see all the new content lately 🥰🌱💚
Ahhh so excited! You posted this just in time for me, I just ordered a red maranta prayer plant from Etsy and have had it for about a week now and I'm so excited to have her now! ❤ She's so pretty and I can't wait to watch her grow but she is my first maranta so I need all the help I can get 😅
Wow I’ve never been this early lol I’ve been thinking about getting a maranta but wanted to do some research first so I’ve literally been watching maranta care videos all day, this is perfect timing thank you so much 😂
I meant to thank you for mentioning Super Thrive and in a past video you even told me where to buy it in Canada (Canadian Tire). Thanks also for showing where the nodes are, they look different than say a monstera.
Someone help me out; I purchased a big, beautiful Maranta, put her around 1m away from the window without direct sunlight, watered her so she doesn't dry out, and humidity stays around 50-60%. I noticed her leaves becoming limper, some even turned yellow and the whole plant seems like all the leaves are too heavy and the twigs aren't standing up anymore. The roots are strong and white, there's no bad smell and no pests. Do I have to repot her? Does she like her roots to be a bit snugger like some pothos do, or does she like more room for them?
Another great video! I laughed when I saw the green price sticker on the pot, lol, every time I turn my plants I come across 1 or 2 Value Village stickers 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
oh wow 3 seconds ago lol. I just got a red leuconeura recently after many years since the last attempt so this is helpful! I love how it actually is kind of secretly a hanging plant, that was something I did not understand last time. Thanks!
It's the same species so obviously the care requirements are very similar or even the same. The same applies for 'Silver Band', NoID (actually var. leuconeura), var. erythroneura and var. massangeana (Black maranta). Since they are all cultivars of Maranta leuconeura. However, in my experience, the ones with reddish leaf undersides can tolerate a bit more shade or better said less light than the one with green backs
My varigated maranta's leaves are leggy and relatively small, wi th a pointed end not round. I'm thinking this is due to immaturity AND the lighting it was under @ the store. I'm hoping to baby it back a better state bc everytime I see others, their leaves are rounder and shorter. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you so much Fern, I really really enjoyed your video. I am new to Calathea’s and mine are very very well at the moment fingers crossed 🤞 that they will stay healthy and well
I was just at my local nursery and they had one of the lemon lime Maranta which I bought. My mother had one several years ago but it was not a lemon lime and it was not nearly as bright and colorful as this one. She called it a “prayer plant.” I paid $15.00 for it and it came with a very nice planter. Not the cheap plastic stuff that usually gets sold at department stores and with nursery plants. Great deal. It is a good size for a plant sold at the nursery. So glad that I was able to get it. Don’t remember a thing about what to do with it though. I avoid getting the white stains on terracotta by not watering with hard water. It is the minerals in the water that leach through the clay that cause the staining. Using purified water usually works well. I have a lot of succulents so I use a lot of terracotta planters. Love the stuff because terracotta helps to prevent over watering. Succulents need really good drainage and the clay pots help pull the water away from the inside of the pot more quickly than it happens with a ceramic or plastic pot. Succulents are a different breed then regular house plants. If you want to reuse a terracotta pot just wash with soap and water and then soak it in vinegar and water for a few hours depending on how bad the staining is. Then scrub with a scrub brush or toothbrush and it should all come off.
I have a lime green maranta too and currently have it in an east facing window! Should I be worried that it will crisp up? I got it about a week ago now but not sure if I should move it :(
Hello! Is it possible to keep the plant in water? Or they will need anyway soil? I propagated one Maranta and she gave more leaves and many roots as well, but I dont want she suffer for been only in water 😐
They are gorgeous now i have to put them on my wishlist 💚 i love that you will read and talk to us - subscribers .. I also love that you link all the stuff you use for plant care. I've got a few in my cart so thank you for that. Question: do you see a difference when feeding your babes that vitamin??
This was EXACTLY the video I needed 🤣 I’ve been wanting a lemon lime maranta and finally found one just last week and I am in loooove. I’ve got it in a room quarantining away from all my plants, and that room has much lower lighting conditions than my bedroom where all I plants are, so I’ve held off on watering...but I think this might be the encouragement I need!
Hi! My plant has a little brown on the leaves and I was trying to figure out why. It’s in our semi-dark hallway right now, maybe I will put it in my bathroom for more humidity. Thanks for the tips!
I've been having my maranta fascinator propagated in water for three months and nothing happened, but the leaves still made their natural prayer plant movements so I didn't want to give up. The other day I was checking my propagations and finally... Roots! They're certainly slow, so if it happens to you just don't give up. :)
@@wildfern Not yet,I got it about 3 months ago,should I ? They say to fertilize when it's the growing season but marantas put out leaves all the time even though it's fall here.
@@sharlaangulo3649 I do use worm castings on the soil mix that I make and haven't been long since I got it, like 3 months maybe? But I'll try fertilizing other way ❤️😔
@@Simplystf_23 yeah I've only had my 2 about 6 months, it happens quick! With mine it felt like a nutrient deficiency, so I replaced soil and added eggshells and worm castings to it. I really hope you figure out what yours need.... They are the most beautiful plants. 😍
@@heather379 it is technically alive and still hanging out on my shelf getting water and light but i had to cut it back to the dirt after the heatwave hit the west coast this summer. it only had two leaves when i found it and they both burned up in the heat / lack of humidity because i couldn’t run the humidifier at the time. 😭 i really hope it comes back.
I’m trying to propagate my prayer plant in water with several cuttings. They have been in water for over a week now and one piece have grown roots.Any suggestions on why most aren’t growing roots? Maybe the cuttings weren’t right below the nodes?
I just recently bought some "string of" cuttings from a local person on fb marketplace, and she was an hour late so she threw in some EXTREMELY rooted rabbits foot maranta cuttings (to the point that I didn't know if they would do well transferring to soil because they were so rooted in water) I eventually decided to bite the bullet and put them in soil to see how they did since I didnt pay for them anyways. the cuttings were enough to fully fill out a 4 inch pot and after about 1 1/2 weeks of sitting under my grow light while keeping the soil moist it has fully put out a new leaf and is unfurling 2 more as I type this, I had no clue how to take care of a maranta considering ive never cared for one before. I came to your video to find out how to care for it in the future. super helpful video!!! my maranta has been THRIVING the last couple weeks so im really excited !
I have a red maranta and all the new leaves are turning out weird looking ... They are much lighter and more narrow, and they don't have the pattern that the older leaves have. Does anyone know why they are like this and how I could fix it??
I love your necklace! As far as leaf propagation goes. My question is do you have to see the nodes? I took a cutting a few minutes ago. It's a young one. You cannot see the nodes yet. Will that develop roots?
OMG I can't get over how much you paid for yours. I bought mines I can't remember how much it was but it's much smaller. Yours is huge! I'm about to repot mines so I watched some videos. I also have a red one and that one has a wide spread I could probably propagate now.
So little information on the Parisian Shield plant. It is so incredibly beautiful and will be arriving next week. Would love to see a video on it if you own any.
Thanks for sharing your tips! I want to proagate my Lemon Lime since a few days but I didn‘t know how to - so thanks a lot! 🙆 Now i‘m able to cut my maranta in more plants.
That variegated maranta 🤩🤩🤩 so beautiful! I have a little lemon lime cutting and the new immature growth looks like the reg green Maranta. They are such interesting plants 🥰
I bought two at the beginning of summer. Gave one to a friend and hers is lush and amazing. Mine is crispy and almost dead. She is NOT a plant person 😂😂😂😂😂 I think I’m trying to hard.
HAPPY NEW YEAR we made it through 2020 Yayyy !!! LoL These beauties are next on my wishlist so I am glad I found this video. It seems like they're pretty easy care prayer plants but I'm waiting for a humidifier before I can get them Thank you for your easy to understand video
Yay... Finally to see Lemon Lime Maranta of yours. Thank you.. hope to see more Pickle Plant, Christmast Cactus, and Black Velvet of your, too... I am enjoying your video so much. Greet from Indonesia :)
I've been looking for lemon lime but couldn't find it. I guess no one in Japan has lemon lime...（´-`）But, it's good to know how to care them, and the leaves are soooo beautiful!! Thanks always for the nice video!
Question!!?? Anybody know if the verigated Maranta Kim (the tai constellation of marantas) have stable verigation or will it revert back to green?Also what can we do to increase verigation?
For anyone wondering about marantas + direct light, I put mine in a south facing window as a treat one day in July and it SHRANK out of the direct sun, it was very unhappy. These babies are big fans of indirect only!
I’m so happy you made this video! I’ve got a red, lemon lime, variegated, and I just found a silver band that I ABSOLUTELY snagged up real quick. They LOVE my apartment and I’m so thankful cause they’re so easy and gorgeous. Thank you for this video! I also agree about the humidity aspect, I pop those babies in the bathroom sometimes when I shower to add a little bit humidity for them. ✨
Hey thank you beautiful for sharing such great knowledge:) It’s my first winter with plants & I do keep my Calethea in my bathroom which is like 60% humidity or more all the time Should I put a daylight grow bulb in my bathroom fan with the light & since my plants will be like 7 feet away I’m guessing that’ll be like not to direct light?
Hi Fern, I love these guys too. I have a rattle snake, a pin stripe and a rose painted calathea. They are my favorites. I've had them about 4mos. I guess and they just recently started curling up in the ends. I don't have a humidifier so I spritz the leaves regularly. But one thing I did do recently was to let it completely dry out accidently. Maybe that was the problem 🤔. Thanks for the info!
Heyyy! Does it affect your plant what type of water you use? Does it matter if you use tap or do you need distilled water? My friend told me fish water has benefits lol.
It totally depends what the water quality is like where you live. I know a lot of people use filtered water or distilled for these guys. I just use tap water because in my city the water quality is really good! You can try distilled if you're noticing a lot of crispy edges.
