These 5 Plant Hacks Change EVERYTHING 

well actually pots without drainage holes aren't a problem just becouse you can overwater them, the problem is all about having stagnant water, if the water moves away it clean the soil from eccessive mold and microorganisms. if the water doesn't escape from the pot then the plant can be damaged more easly. Sure if you keep the soil with low levels of moisture then the problem almost don't exist, but it also depend on the plant ability to resist stagnant water or molds.

Hi! I've been enjoying your videos. I'm having trouble/I keep killing my succulents because I don't know what I'm doing till it's too late - so now I've watched your videos and I'm going to try to do better now. lol I liked your tip about not touching the leaves of the ones w beneficial 'powder' on them. Didnt know that. --> I've used a plastic serrated lettuce knife to trim the bottom 3rd of roots on one of my rootbounds. Plant was looking awful anyway so now I can watch to see if I fixed it. The lettuce knife is easy to clean potting soil off of, non-rustable if I don't, and is now a dedicated gardening root tool. I figured plant roots were the same consistency as lettuce/sprouts so it made sense to me to try it. IDEAS: I have a bad habit of overwatering pots w no drainage holes. I use my plant meter to show me that I overwatered but then what can I do about it? So I think to try this to get the excess water out without disturbing the plant too much: --> Cut up a man-made chamois cloth for car into typical 'plant tags' shapes of different lengths/widths (for different depth pots) so pointy end can be pushed when dry/hard through soil at side of pot to bottom/pooled water [like Shammy brand for instance, but any brand cuz all man-made shammies are hard like thick cardboard when they're thoroughly dry so I think it will work if tags are pushed down to bottom quickly]. Pull out soggy shammy tags, wash off, wring out, let dry flat till stiff again. Use additional dry tags until excess water is removed from pot. THEORY: The shammy tags will #1 soak up overwater until excess water has been removed #2 aerate the soil a bit to help plant breathe #3 are reusable indefinitely Is that crazy? I'm going to try it to apologize to my plants for my occasional brown thumb. At least they'll have a better chance of surviving me. --> Ive been using the dehumidifier water from my Eva-Dry mini dehumidifier to water my plants since I rarely remember to collect rainwater. I've been doing this for a year and my plants haven't complained and look better than if I use tap water. My plants seem happy with it. In my mind, this water is as good as rainwater since it doesn't have the chemicals that tap water contains and no acid rain. --> This Winter I also used my old Brita filter pitcher using almost depleted filters to make extra houseplant water when needed because dehumidifier in winter doesn't produce enough. The filters are leftovers ready to be thrown out (according to manufacturer) but I believe still a little life left in them/just not full strength filtering cuz they're 3-4 mo. old from my normal daily use Is that also crazy/bad idea? Well, those are some of the tricks I've experimented with to improve my houseplant caretaker responsibilities. Thanks for your videos 💚💚💚🌿🌱🌵

@@CrescentMoonPye cool thank you for the tips 👍

That's a great idea!

This is brilliant!! Mind. Blown.

Is Virgo one of your signs; Sunshine, moon sign or rising sign? The reason I ask is that I'm a Virgo rising in that sounds like something I would do😂

I always relocate a spider I've found in the house on to one of my houseplants where gnats are zooming around. The spider usually stays in the region where I put her/him and catches all the gnats for me. Win-win usually. Have a great summer.

Oh man, you just made me realise where all these gnats in my house came from. I've got a bit of a black thumb, so usually don't have house plants, but I bought a plant the other week and accidentally overwatered it. It all makes sense. LMAO. oof.

Very true thanks 👍

@@SheffieldMadePlants 8:06, great content from a lifetime gardener here. Suggestion: when suggesting a video at the end, leave it up for 6-8 seconds, not 3. Let there be extra seconds at the end to play out so people have time to click on the suggested video.

Neat idea 💡

Thank you - I'm going to use that or a wooden popsicle stick from now on! The meters I tried previously never functioned as advertised. But the wood would be easy - you can see the soil cling if slightly damp. Brilliant idea! (Although I don't mind dirty fingers - I also cook a lot - and so cleaner fingers are wiser when one does a lot of food handling!)

Nice one thanks 👍

Spot on 👌

Thanks Sushma. I’ll have a think about those ideas.

Cool thanks!

I bought 2 of those from Amazon and they were absolutely inaccurate and useless! Both returned. Better use your fingers as mentioned in the video.

Thanks very much 👍

Orchids are pretty hardy. Especially phals (the ones you see most often in stores). I have a bunch of phals, oncidiums, and a couple cattleya and they’ve survived so much neglect, I’m amazed at their resiliency. Get one, you probably won’t kill it 🤗

They just need a different way of thinking about them and they'll thrive

They’ll be fine 👍

Sounds great!

I find it stressful 😂

I enjoy it as well!

Super, thanks for the tips. Very inventive, I like it!

Brilliant. Thanks!!

Sure there’s nothing wrong with drainage. I just believe there is another option available if you don’t want drainage holes

@Queen Christopher The Merciful 🤴 In summer my rice is "flooded". In winter watered. Extra water evaporates.

@Queen Christopher The Merciful 🤴 I mean that since overwatering isn't a problem for rice, it can be easily kept in pots without drainage holes.

Drainage holes are safer, but you don’t need them if you know how much water your plants need. I have a lot of happy succulents and common house plants like philodendron that don’t have drainage holes. There are some plants that you have to be extra careful with, like echeveria, pothos and ZZ plants. But even then you can make it work by being careful.

Thanks Sylvie 😁

I love it, a real game changer

I guess the zones would depend , literally , where on earth you live !

Thank you very much Sandy 😁

Thanks Louise. Thanks for the fly screen tip. Rotating is definitely worthwhile 😁

Cheers Jon

I like the analogy haha!

Nice tip, thanks 👍

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Glad it was helpful!

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Sure it wasn’t something else 🤔?

@@SheffieldMadePlants it might have been! I'm just paranoid of not doing it now lol

@@notlurking2128 I can understand that 😁

I rarely untangle roots! I didn’t even know you were supposed to!! By the time I found out, I’d already successfully repotted so many, I just didn’t want to fix something that didn’t seem broken! And the few times I did give it a go, the plant didn’t make it because it died before it could dry out

@@rachellongcrier2236 exactly!

To be honest I’ve never noticed any problems with using cold water. Maybe because it’s always cold in Sheffield they are used to the cold 😅

@@SheffieldMadePlants Ah! I'm in Southern California 😄. That explains the difference in how much of a shock cold water might be to our respective plants. I just found your channel and I'm enjoying it so much. I love seeing your gorgeous plants 🤗.

@@virginiaschabacker5712 thanks Virginia and I must say I'm jealous of where you live

@@SheffieldMadePlants My plants have it made in the shade, if they're the lucky ones I can manage to find some shade for. This summer's sunlight and heat were so intense, I had to rig some midday shade even for plants that have been acclimated to full sun for years. And indoors, it's all about grow lights, ironically. I can't let sunlight come through the windows in summer or the house becomes unbearably hot. So your options to choose an east, west, or south-facing window to best suit each plant leave me a bit jealous too!

@@virginiaschabacker5712 I heard about the California heat this year, sounds rough

Cheers Jay

Cheers Jay

Cheers Jay

Cheers Jay

That's interesting. Didn't dawn on me that's what was happening

@@SheffieldMadePlants a lot of people don’t. I was new info to me too up until a few years ago 😅 makes so much sense really when you think about it

@@George1789 Are you alone and without God in the world ? Have you no hope of life after death ? What are you even here for , George ? Did everything really come from nothing ? Is that logical do you think ?

It’s a mystery to me 😂

Thanks for the tip

Keep fingering my friend

Dramatic 😂

It should bounce back 🤞

It’s the way

Thanks Sarah. Sounds grim about the weevil! I don't think I've experienced this pest before

Thanks for the knowledge bombs 😁

Fingers crossed 🤞

I would water when I repot and then wait for the soil to dry before watering again

I’d give it a repot and just check the roots while you’re at it

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Pull it out and have a look. If there’s tons of roots then yes needs a repot 👍

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Absolutely they always bounce back

Into the bottom half

Thanks for the tips Sam

Yea no one says "Dumb as a plant." They're quite intelligent. Being dumb is a rock's job.🙃

Nice!

Great, thanks Stella 😁

Spot on 👌

Probably is for sensitive plants

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Nice tips, thanks PC!

@@SheffieldMadePlants Oh thank YOU. I have been binge watching your videos and appreciate your knowledge!

@@piccadilly171 love that!

My pleasure 😊

I need to try leca for sure

Give it some time and lots of light and they should bounce back hopefully

Will do. Thank you!

Thanks 🙏

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I use compost with a large amount of perlite for good drainage

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These are your plants you have?

@@SheffieldMadePlants they are!

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Thanks 😊

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Nice tip thanks big dawg 😁

I don't even bother with that to be honest.

I use a gravel drainage layer, just like I do in terrariums. I add a layer of horticultural charcoal on top of that then mesh then the soil. It really does work beautifully, for both terrariums AND houseplants.

Fun aren’t they

@@SheffieldMadePlants 💚

Thanks Kim. Water when it reads dry. If moist leave it another few days and check again. You'll have nicely watered plants.

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I get ya. I tap and shake the pot so the soil gets in the air gaps. A good watering settles the soil too and I normally have to top up the soil after.

@@SheffieldMadePlants That's what I do too. And that's after the first watering that the plant collapses a bit. Anyway, I will apply what you say in the video because now that I fertilize and repot regularly, the soil isn't in such a bad shape that I need to discard as much as possible of it.

How did you guess 😂

@@SheffieldMadePlants I saw the ballet company rehearse and I was impressed by the long backs and graceful arms. Which I notice when you reach up for a plant. Also, my neighbor used to dance in NYC so I always see how graceful she moves.

@@waxon123 😁

Nice repotting technique. I never think to pre-water the soil. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Dale and no probs if you disagree 👍

Thank you 😊

English is great and thanks for watching 👍 Your Calathea might bounce back after a rehab. Hope it does

Perlite. I put it on top for gnat prevention but didn’t really do much

Thanks 👍

Funny you mention that because I’ve got a video coming about about root pruning. It needs to get out there more

@@SheffieldMadePlants Looking forward to your root pruning video.

It doesn't really matter but it's a pain when the soil is wet!

Exactly. Funny you mention that because I’ve got a root pruning video coming out in a couple of weeks.

@@SheffieldMadePlants Great. Looking forward to it :)

Nah no need it’ll be fine 😁

If you want to keep a plant small do you mean? Root pruning helps

@@SheffieldMadePlants I mean when it's a huge plant (fiddle leaf in this case) in a 18" pot already.

Great thank you 😁