@@plantsbymelissa To clean and disinfect dirty ponds or any pebbles/rocks etc. get a big pot to cook up the dirty ponds. Cook to boil and leave it boiling for no specific time but I usually leave it on the stove for at least an hour to give me time to do something else. Sometimes I leave the pot of dirty substrate boiling until there's no water left because I start doing other things and I forget about it 😆. I use inexpensive metal strainers for pasta that I find at dollar stores to pour the clean ponds and drain out the water.
I am truly amazed that you are able to keep up with all the plants & props & poles & shop all at once! It just blows my mind. I'm in awe of you, seriously. One very hard working plant mom, but please take care of yourself as well ❤
I love when you do moss pole anything. They are my favorite. Your moss poles are the best. I adore the humongous leaves they are beautiful...just like you. Thanks for sharing your plant journey with us. You are my favorite plant mom💚🌿🌵🌷
Hi Melissa, I just wanted to say you have such beautiful plants and your kitties are absolutely precious 🥰 I love how you allow them to traipse in and out of your videos while never getting annoyed lol. Some other RU-vidrs get annoyed with their animals. I could never lol. Thanks for sharing all of your hard work and experience with us.
Thank you so much! Sometimes I distract them with their toys lol but I usually just give them some cuddles and cut a lot of that out in editing. I love having them with me 🥰
You are the BEST I've ever seen at plants. You have your plants looking like they are in the wild. Never seen pothos grow so big. You ah e helped me save some plants and grow some to points I have never imagined. You are awesome 👌
You are my Plant idol Melissa truly amazing how natural you are on video and your ability to teach us every time. I hope one day I can be more like you. 😊
I noticed your energy drink in the background. I'm sure you've downed a few of them to get all that work done. God bless you. You work so hard and it pays off in success. Your plants show it 100 fold ❤
Thank you! Haha I have one occasionally if I feel I need one 🫣 I was feeling it after the plant room clean out and all these pole chops. It feels good to get it all done 💜
I love how honest you are about over or under watering and neglect alot of others make up excuses or just dont say the quiet part out loud. Thanks for all the vids and keeping it real ❤😊
I have 2 yo Raphiradora Tetrasperma to chop; I've Never done it before and am putting it off. Thank you for the great video. Your plants always look so lush :-)
I’m in awe how hard you work at keeping your plants happy and healthy. Also I keep meaning to mention how much I love your painting of your St.Bernard 🥹
I feel your pain with this constant rain up here in ATL. We went through 100+ heat index with zero rain for a few weeks and now it's been like 3 weeks straight of it raining at least once a day so it's muggy and miserable. I'm OVER IT hahah. The good news is I've just been plopping my moss poles outside in the rain to wet them when they need it. I have zero clue how you manage to keep up with yours so well because all your plants are so happy!
Love your kittys they are super cute and chill you have beautiful plants you do soo well with them and inspire others with your growing techniques awesome videos thank you
I love moss poles and what plants can do on them, but you are right they can be a bit of work!!!😂 I just did a chop on my golden. It took me some time to get it done. My leaves are huge and she is beautiful. I would like to get a manjula on a pole next😅 love your videos. Hoping someday to get a plant from you. I'm waiting patiently. Would love that top cut you just did. What a beauty. Also love your kitties❤❤❤
Thank you!! Right! It’s amazing seeing them size up 😍 it feels good to chop them and get them growing more. I’m patiently waiting for my manjula to grow 😂🫶🏻 i appreciate the support so much!
Hi Melissa, great video! Those plants are gorgeous. We get pothos plants but I ve never seen a Jessenia pothos here in Canada where I live. Absolutely gorgeous . I love how curious your cats are. They are so adorable! My favourite things -plants and cats!❤❤❤ Love watching you.. ThankYou 😊
Melissa, I would love to add some moss poles to my collection. But, I work part time at a nursery (40% off plant material and 25% off gifts and pottery woot woot) and I’m an rn and work prn pre/post op at KU med. I tried a couple of moss poles and the maintenance was way too much with all of the plant chores I have. I have 100+ plants and I’m in the process of moving everything to pon, which creates big beautiful leaves IMO and I’m happy with that. Moss poles are so messy and dry out so quickly, so I have a lot of respect for you and adore your content and collection, have a great day. Is there a better way to clean your pon than boiling it…Such a hassle?.
They're definitely a lot of maintenance! Mine are usually overgrown when it's time to chop them since I fall so far behind in plant chores. Pon is amazing! I don't think you even really need to sterilize it but I'm going to just for peace of mind lol. I'm not sure if there's an easier way but I just let it sit in boiling water for 10-15 min then rinse it outside.
Hi Melissa! Hey regarding your kitty and your Jessenia, pause the video and take a snippet on your computer or screenshot from your phone and voilà you got yourself a beautiful picture 💚🐈
Your poles really make me want to put my golden pothos, n´joy or marble queen on a pole or maybe all 3 😁 I would remove the plant velcro right above the auxiliary bud (min 32:50), so the new growth doesn´t get stuck.
Hi Mellisa 😅. Lol, I think you need a little help. You are a pretty busy lady now. 😅. I learned a lot from you. I got about 8 moss polls now. But I'm slowing down & and yes, you are right. It takes a lot of room for these polls. 😅. But I do want to do one more, though. But I will be finished. ❤. I love all yours, though, looking good 👍.
Thank you! Haha yes I definitely stay busy now with the shop. 8 is a good number of poles 😁🫶🏻 I’ll probably stick to coir poles from here on out though lol
@plantsbymelissa I'm thinking of using the regular wood poll like home made from Lowe's well for Monstera. They will climb on it no matter what easier to remove & to use . But you got to make a video on the coir polls. I'm not sure I know what it looks like yet. Thanks 👍 💗
I'm glad you posted this video...I was thinking of trying out some kind of support for my pothos plant but I was wondering when would it be better to put it on a support plank or moss pole? Which do you recommend for beginners a plank or moss pole? If a moss pole what's the most efficient way for you has this worked when it comes to watering...keeping it moist...and whether you can extend or not? Thank you
I only have experience with moss poles. The only thing with using a plank is if it reaches the top you can't really chop it in half and extend on. I guess you could pull the roots off and try to replant it and place on a new plank but I would think the roots wouldn't have enough growth to maintain the plant once chopped. Maybe someone with experience with planks and comment their experience but I prefer moss poles :)
Beautiful plants, huge leaves, I’m not sure what else to say. Well, it turns out I can think of a few ideas to convey which I doubt surprises you. One, you must be experiencing a high oxygen level with the tremendous amount of photosynthesis taking place at Plantmore Estate. Two, are there any plants left on Pandora? Three, are moss poles made the size of telephone poles? Four, are you well versed in chain saw safety procedures should your plants get any bigger? Five, talented plant parents are said to have green thumbs. If that’s true then you must be solid green through and through. lol, I hope you don’t mind my silly comments but I’m trying to convey respect and thanks in an original way.
Worth mentioning that you get the premium moss specifically. That brand has a larger bag but the quality is much worse and the pieces are smaller and make a mess. 😅
My favorites are the pothos and the fig trees. I was buying everything I liked before but there are only so many plants I can handle well. I need to give away a few cuttings.
Thank you! I sell small starter plants on my website when I have them ready. I do restocks on Fridays. I have a lot of props growing right now but it can take a while because I grow everything out myself. I don't do wholesale plant sales. I also don't sell the cuttings just because they're too unpredictable and I prefer to root and grow them out to be healthy plants before selling :)
6:42 the good thing too about taking some off of poles is the cuttings will have mature leaves and huge chonks! ❤ But I do have a question though! When you are chopping and propping and the plant has arial roots, do you just put them straight into prop substrate? or do you trim them back? I’m worried about them rotting if I plant them down into the soil. 28:39 I started using Velcro tape to hold and guide the new growth closer to the vine so that it stays closer as it hardens off! I’ve noticed it really helps with keeping it compact!
Isn’t that usual to have thunderstorms in the afternoon. When I lived in Virginia we always did. And it would storm so hard that I couldn’t see the houses across the street.
💚💚💚 When you let your Micans keep growing off the top of the pole, once it reached the bottom from trailing down, did you reattach it to the bottom to climb back up? Mine is almost outgrown to the bottom again. Hope that makes sense.
I tried attaching the vines with pins just to anchor it on but the vines kept growing up to the light no matter what. Some of them never made it back down to the bottom 😂
Amazon! I got it on prime day recently. There’s lotsss of the same pattern going around. Let me find a link for it! 💜 www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW97CZYV?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmeli0992-20&creativeASIN=B0CW97CZYV&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3ROMN6GEG911X&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_asin
I have a golden on a moss pole that has 12 inch wide leaves by 16 inch long. She is beautiful. I have the mother plant trailing, it is amazing to see te difference in leaf size.
I heard you can pour hydrogen peroxide on used pon to sterilize it for an hour or two and then rinse it off instead of boiling it. What’s your opinion?
I was repotting my alocasia which is in semi-hydro and it has very healthy roots but the stem where the roots come out from I pruned because the stem was extremely long. I didn't cut any roots just the stem. Did I make a boo boo...Did I cause my baby issues now? Do I need to let it callous first or just put it into its new pot? Help please Alocasia 👑
Hi Kelly! I explained in the video a couple times about the growth and what to expect. I don't sell cuttings, only healthy established growing plants from my props.
If you’re not going to sell the chopped off top why are you keeping it? You have sooo many poles already. Why would you add another one when you a say you already have too man poles?
She’s not keeping it she said she’s putting it in a vase and then might give it to someone once it roots. But if she wants to keep it she can without providing an explanation.
I might give it away to a follower if it roots okay. It’s sentimental I suppose but even just keeping it in a vase is still nice :) better than flowers 😂🫶🏻
The wire poles are the most cost efficient. Wire cutters are great but I recommend using aviation snips (cutters)/aluminum snip cutters they go by different names easily found at Home Depot but if you have a Harbor Freight in your area they sell goods one for a low price. You'll be cutting like scissors instead of one cut at time and you'll decrease hand scratches. @PlantsbyMelissa
