Hi. I work for a florist. Orchids don't change colors when they rebloom. If you think it did, you might have mixed up your phals. Do not put a sponge at the bottom of your pot. It will cause rootrot. Use non-biodegradable packing peanuts. Ladybugs are best if you have an aphid infestation. If you do not have aphids/have other pests, the ladybugs will likely just crawl around your house and die in places you don't want them to only for you to realize 4 months later and find dead ladybugs sitting on your bookshelf. Cloches (jars to put upside down on plants for high humidity) are magical but they will cause severe mold on every plant you use them with. If you put egg water on your plants, do expect a smell. Same with the banana trick. Whenever you aerate soil, make sure not to stab roots.
@@fallingapart Yes! If the "massive roots" are greenish gray and coming out of the pot, that's normal and don't cut them. Mist them with a spray bottle every day. If there are lots of dead roots (dark brown, black roots) snip them off with shears and repot the orchid in moss and bark.
i swear, whenever i’m looking up why my plants are droopy, they’re always saying: “it’s either over watering or under watering.” like that’s not gonna help anybody- what i learned from my experience is that it’s better to underwater than overwater since the chances of them dying of overwatering is higher and is quicker.
Yeah but they’re right. It’s either under watering or over watering. How is that not going to help anyone? If the soil is really dry and your plant is droopy then it’s obvious that you’re under watering. If the soil is really wet and your plant is drippy then you’re over watering.
@@bingorfm724 it’s just sometimes it’s not that obvious, for example, if it’s a deep pot and the top 2 inches are dry, yet the bottom is soaked, so you decide to water it. and then you keep that going and it eventually gets root rot. or you think you’re watering it enough, and the problem ends up being that the soil or either the plant soaks up most of the water and needs frequent watering. maybe you’re more of an advanced house plant owner, but for beginners, i don’t really see it as help.
that sponge one tho- why would you do that i mean like- the sponges will hold a lot of moisture and it would probably cause root rot cause its just a big pocket of moisture that never dries out-
@@eedeeo3536 today I literally found out that my plant I’ve had for two years was doing so badly because the plant nursery had propagated the plant in sponges and then never took them out and also put them in soil that is water resistant basically!!! It’s insane. I sat there for a good hour trying to save the roots and get all the gunk out so my plant could drink and breathe again.
I LIKE THAT IDEA OF SAVING WATER FROM BOILING EGGS. JUST LIKE WHEN YOU STEAM VEGGIES AND THE WATER HAS THIS GREEN COLOUR THAT CONTAINS VITAMINS AND MINERALS. AND THAT MAKE SENSE!
The leaves in jars at 1:10 look like Israeli ruscus or some other type of ruscus, they can litterally last for YEARS if you give them water changes and enough light. I've had ~6 stalks in the same jar for at least 5 years now, and they still look like we just got them
Get a notebook, do research on each plant, most important, get to know the plant, listen to it's origin, then learn light and water needs, whenever you water, go based on that. Do not water before unless they need, but if a succulent, they store water on leaf, so unless a few days passed, for example, anything considered a dessert plant watered today do not need water till the 30th, but give it two extra days without water..... Snake plants, pilea, succulents, etc... anything in that category, I usually write notes, so I do not mess up, oh btw, ginny is also a succulent, if you over water they rot. You are all great parents, otherwise, you would not be watching this video.
