More Hoya Chores! Repotting and (failing at) Trellising 

Just recently started washing pon before using it. Gooooood... It's super dirty 😬

I think the pon instructions tell you not to wash it, I think you may be washing out some of the nutrients provided naturally by the amendments. It’s funny how we say these things are dirty and then plant in, well, dirt. At least those of us using soil. The amendments are never really clean because they continually shed and breakdown. Really just wasting water and time. No judgement here for you washing or not.

@@vintageelements710 pon is supposed to be prewashed :) The one that comes premade by lechuza. That ones has added fertilizer. I don’t buy that one though, it is too expensive for me. I make my own but I don’t add fertilizer. Instead I fertilizes as I usually do, when I water. All the individual components that I buy lava rock, pumice and zeolite are very dusty, especially lava rock. It is much different than dirt. Dirt has larger granulation, this is really like fine dust, finer than sand, that sediments if not rinsed off. But I take my plants to shower occasionally so it helps if there is that buildup :)

I am so glad they make you feel better 🥺💚

@@BasiePlants they do and I'm sure it becomes a happy day to a lot of people. Keep going ❤🌱

I am so happy you find comfort in the videos. I hope your wrist heals fast and that you are not in a lot of pain 💚 Greetings from Serbia ❤️

I prefer shorter ones 😂 But they don’t seem to happen xD

What a peculiar way to spell chaos.

I am happy to hear that 🌸

Oh that is a great chore to do! I envy you that all your plant chores are done!

I have seen them :) Amazon doesn’t deliver here so whatever they sell has to be imported with additional cost. That’s why I tried to find something locally, but unfortunately it doesn’t work. 🥲 Thank you for the tip 💜

@@BasiePlants oh that’s a bummer! Do you think a hardware type of store might carry them? Idkw but I just thought Amazon delivered everything everywhere lol 🤦🏻‍♀️ Those damn import taxes. They are usually more than the items being shipped.

😂😂😂 I could have done a better job with it.

@@BasiePlants They aren't worth the effort to make them perfect, in my opinion. 😂 As long as they stay up, it's good enough for me!

I saw on a video from Knot Dude that he used a jewelers loop and a small bright flashlight in a dark room and looked his Hoya over and he saw them. I believe he then wiped them down with rubbing alcohol or a mix of water and rubbing alcohol. He has a video on it. Check it out.

@@Nikibaby74 I just ordered one that will be here tomorrow. 🤞everything is good.

I am glad you do! :)

I have :) It is a good idea, but I am thinking of something else for the tent :D

@@BasiePlants I can't wait to see. You're both so creative and have amazing collections.

Mine was in the tent, but it didn't do much. I was possibly underwatering it. I will try it again as soon as my hoya tent arrives :) Thank you!

Thank you! I will check it out :)

I know of them. I watch his channel :)

Some say they will grow, most say they won't. I haven't tried it, since it is easier and faster to get a plant going froma cutting with a node. :) I am glad you like them better as well!

@@BasiePlants oh ok so it will be a fun experiment! Thank you 😊🌱

There are some! I might try it out :)

It is coated wire :) Similar to rabbit fence, but just single wire.

I use Kumulus, which is sulphur based fungicide. It has been found that sulphur does have effect on mites, but you may need to repeat the treatment several times. I am trying to get a hold of predatory mites. From what I understand, not all predatory mites will work. Here, they recommend to use combination of Phytoseiulus persimillis and Neoseiulus californicus. I also know that hot water bath works - like the one I previously talked about for root mealybugs. But you would need sou-vide for that, as you need to keep the temperature constantly at above 40 degrees celsius for around 10 minutes. There are different opinions on what temperatures work best; I have read some suggest 43 degrees for 15 minutes, some say 46 degrees for 7-8 minutes. I would do more research before I go down that route. For now, I use sulphur until I can get predatory mites. Here, they import them during spring and summer, but they haven't started yet to do so unfortunately. In any case, I don't think neem and less aggressive methods will work, as they are very hard to get rid off and quite persistent. In Hoya groups they recommend certain miticides, but I don't have those available here.

@@BasiePlants thank you for all the info! I’m in the US so I will look for miticide.

Thank you 💚 I will check online in Amazon in Europe :)

@@BasiePlants Great! I live in Canada. If you're ever looking for something on this side If the world, let me know.