Hi friend ,I have huge issue with butterfly moths in my indoor flower pots.My whole house is infested.How to get rid of them without harming plants?thank you!
I just got a new spider plant after my last disaster (RIP) so I'm ready to try again. Your rubber tree pruning tip is gold; new growth in just a few weeks!
On Monstera, I had 10 small plants, took the top cuttings after a year, rooted them in water for about 7 months. Made the mistake planting them all in a very big container, transferred them to a snugger pot. Another year later I cut the bottom leaves, 1 top cutting died. One more year, just cut the lowest leaves again. They are such a happy bunch, supportive of eachother, no moss pole etc❤
Hopefully you will see this. I can’t seem to find a plant video on RU-vid on “how to manage your time with plants”. Something like, today I’ll focus on orchids, tomorrow, succulents, the next day, outdoor plants, etc. I’m just curious how you manage your schedule and how much time you devote to your plants daily and how to prioritize. Could you do a video on this? I’d be curious. Thanks!
Great video!! I’m just getting started with my houseplant journey and it’s exactly what I needed. It gets overwhelming so it’s nice to have all that information in one place
Hello from Trinidad, last week Friday I went to the mall to buy a a dress and came back home with a ponytail palm and 3 aglaonemas, today I went to see the Ophthalmologist and came back home with a pencil cactus, 4 different types of pothos and 2 jade plants I think I am going to put myself under house arrest. :0)
Omg that's so funny! I literally did the same thing this whole summer 😂 Every single time I left my house I would come back home with at least one more plant. I also went crazy buying pots and planters too. 😂
I went through a plant buying mania a few years ago, and still have most of those plants which are thriving in my south facing windows. The climate here is cloudy and cool in the Pacific northwest.
Thanks for the heads up about the size of pot to use for my monstera. I thought being in a bigger pot it would be better, now I know why it wasn't doing anything but looking sad. Spider plants are my 3 strikes your out, I gave up. Oh well a good reason to get a new plant. Great video.😀
Hello from North Carolina, I’m excited to have been given a mature monstera deliciosa as a gift from an elderly customer the can no longer care for it. I’m a touch nervous to take it on but am looking forward to it! Hey if I can take care of my calathea’s I can take care of a monstera….right?😐
I guess I’ve been lucky with my spider plant. I have a large variegated version that hangs out in direct sunlight for most of the Texas day. I water it daily and have very few tiny, brown leaf tips!
HAhahaha literally first tip is my monstera thai con right now, just endlessly filling the 5" pot till it's bulging and the roots are heading to the surface now (I keep a layer of perlite on top so they like to grow into it) and a super long aerial root growing up out of the base but only three small (but pretty) leaves lol. I used a super chunky mix so I thought it would be fine and it would still grow leaves but oh well, at least the roots are healthy.
You make spider plants sound so picky,😅 I cut up my plants roots so I can put them in the same pot and repot them in just potting mix all the time And they go outside in the summer. My regular green is in a 14 inch pot and she’s given over 500 baby’s In the time Ive had it.
Houseplantygoodness started doing poles with soil for the main d shape and moss against the mesh so soil stays in and the moss can absorb water from the soil, just something else you could try. :)
Good Morning Mr Sheffield!!! Absolutely loved this video!!! I am still having issues with my 10 year old Rubber Plant Susie. Moved from hot and sunny Texas to cool/cold and sunny-ish Colorado.... Susie just doesn't seem to like her new home. I moved her last month into a South facing window and she actually put out her first new leaves... sux as it is October so she is going into hibernation... any suggestions?
Thank you for another great video, Mr Sheffield! I have been using your water conditioner trick and my plants seem happy, but now I've heard from Harli G that the chemicals in water conditioner can kill plants over time so now I'm scared
Don’t worry about water dechlorinator harming your plants over time. I’ve maintained planted fish tanks for years and it’s just not true. Water dechlorinators use sodium thiosulfate to convert chlorine and chloramine to ammonium which is then rapidly scavenged by the plants. I recommend a product like Seachem Prime. A 250 ml bottle costs $10 USD and will treat as much as 2500 gallons or 9500 liters of water
Mr Sheffield, I wonder if you can tell me if a snow queen pothos can spring from the center of a golden pothos. I've had the golden for years and years, and just recently at the very center of the pot very white and pale green leaves popped up. They were all together in one stock with a node, so I cut below the node and am now rooting it in perlite. It's doing very well, but taking a long time to open up one of the leaves, as a snow queen would do. There are three leaves in total. I'm shocked by this, and wonder if you have any thoughts. Thank you! I very much enjoy your videos and learn a lot!
Hey Mr. Sheffield, thank you! You often mention grow lights, and I see that you use small lamps that you place close to the plant. But is it possible to get a grow light that is the size of a standard light bulb, and place it in the regular spot on the ceiling? I want to give a bunch of plants a few hours of light in a centralized way. Is this possible or do grow lights need to be a few cms from the leaves?
Probably not for the ceiling, but there are grow bulbs! Sansi (the same brand as his grow lights iirc) offer grow bulbs at different wattage -- I have two 15W full spectrum bulbs, one screwed into a standing floor lamp and another in an Ikea desk lamp. Both are about 1-2ft above* the plants and they all seem happy!
Hey @mrsheffield wat do i do wen the top of some of my plants get moldy? I check them with the moisture meter before i give them water.. I think the soil mix is fine and have enough light.. Any tips??
I live in central New York so a colder region. I currently use sansi grow lights, I have had them on for 12 hours but now as the season is changing should I start decreasing the hours they should be on for the dormant months?
Hi, thanks for your great shows! Please, please help! Recently transplanted my ZZs. A bunch of leaves are thinning... what's wrong? They were thriving before. Thanks so much, am desperate 😂
Just to frustrate Mr. Sheffield and other croton keepers, let me tell you that in Florida they plant them as hedges! Imagine a six-foot hedge of these...it's like one of those mad splatter paintings one sees in galleries. So if you're wondering why your indoor version isn't doing so great...it's because your house isn't in Florida.
