I've just bought a large bag of tree fern fibre and am looking to add charcoal and chunky perlite for my large leaf hoya as and when they size up. We have just had a very mild winter in Tasmania and I've been able to keep most plants at 17 degrees Celsius. I've also noticed the plants on my mother forest have thrived the best and some are starting to bloom.
I really appreciate that you talk about hoya "all the time". I need to filter with most other youtubers, because I'm really not interested in aeroids and what else is out there (except for orchids 🤩). So it's nice to have a channel that goes nutts on hoya 😁 And it doesn't hurt that you are really funny, either. Always a good time watching your stuff, thanks :)
Great video! Now please dispel the statement I've heard a thousand times a week, relating to repotting into a pot that's not small: "The plant will expend all it's energy filling the pot with roots before it will grow." Feels like a myth that keeps getting passed to newcomers. To me, it seems like repotted plants just need their existing roots to take hold... then top and bottom growth continues simultaneously?
I like repotting but always worry when I do it. I worry about causing issues. I just uppotted my Linearis because it was drying out super fast in the mini orchid pot I had it in. The plant is so small. Like only 3 strings on it. I just wish it would take off and grow faster. I should have bought a bigger one. Thanks for the info Miro. Your videos warm my heart. 🌱💚🌱
Clay balls at the bottom of the pot just reduce the space for the substrate. They do not help with the wicking, they can even break capillary force water columns and produce dry patches. By far the best wicking material I could find is microfiber cloth. Cheap and does not decay.
I’m learning so much from you, mainly what Hoya I want/need next so thanks for that… not! 😂🤣 Seriously though am enjoying your channel very much, thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos 🌱💚
You are so right about pot size! The same can be said for orchids too. I hate when I get the comment about my orchid being in too big of a pot. 250+ orchids I try to pot them in what they are capable of growing into. I just recently moved into the Hoya realm (well I had the carnosa “basic” for a while) so am now binge watching BasiePlants😂❤
Hello from Puerto Rico!! First timer on your channel and just subscribed. My channel is in spanish but can be captioned. Very good information. Thank you!! 🌿🌿🪴🌱
Hi Miro 💫 Yay!!! My mid-week pick me up I so look forward to. 🙏🏻 l was seeing so much growth with Pon then my Bella just decided to kick the bucket on me. I think because I was overwatering in a no drainage pot I didn’t really know how wet Pon stayed at the bottom even when the top was bone dry. So, I’ve cut her and am trying to save her and NOT make that mistake again. I did buy some self watering pots that are the perfect size, but they were $3.00 for a reason. They have no inner pot and no window viewer on the outside to see when I actually need to water again… ugh! I can’t win for lose. I’ve found that 3-4” pots work best for my small Hoyas as they are no where near established and hopefully they’ll live comfortably in them for a couple of years. Thanks again for another video. 🙏🏻💫 Also glad to see you didn’t melt into a puddle 😂😂
I have a bunch of tiny hoyas in tiny cups because I was just trying pon for the first time. I'm dreading moving them up to a bigger self watering pot and figuring that out.
Awesome! I'm still trying to find my perfect medium. I got rid of all the soil that brought in fungus gnats. The difference was immediate! So just bouncing between a looser orchid mix and a more barky orchid mix. I have a few in just the coconut husk. I think the roots do better in that mix!
Yes, I think many mixes can work if they are not too dense :) I'd avoid anything peat-based as that can be infested with gnats, but so can bark too, sadly. but I am sure there are even brands better than I could get my hands on that are fully sterile.
What are your main reasons for not using Pon anymore? You have mentioned it quite frequently lately and I would love to know (chronic DIY Pon user here but very open to switching it up)
Just found your channel. I'm in heaven as I've recently turn into a Hoya Head and have over 100 Hoyas. A lot of info, thanks!! where do you get the white self watering pots> yours are so nice and I seen any I like: I like yours:) Now I gotta catch up on all your videos!!!!
I don't think that is necessarily true. They can thrive in any mixes; the reason we have seen them the most there is because that is how a lot of hoyas are imported and they are infested at the place of origin :)
What a pity, I had a spare million dollars and I just threw it out. I could have sent it. I am enjoying watching you ramble on about Hoyas, because I used to be so bored with them, they are slow. I am starting to get more now thanks to videos like yours, but I have no Central Heating system so I need to find varieties that are more cold resistant as many die over Winter. My Wayetii is hanging in there and actually beginning to grow, and I have Carnosa. Any other recommendations from the Wicked Witch of the West? 🌱
I get a lot of my poting mix from reptile shops its cheaper and in my opinion the best quality I have reppotted my hoya Rebecca many times recently. Its got its first puduncle too. It was not by choice. My (add swears of your choice) cat has just decided he wants to sit in window sills but only if there is plants in there. The little... I do worry about pot size and style. Great video
If I get a new Hoya at a store or something I always let them dry out for about a week and then repot. If it’s a shipped plant I normally get them bare root so I repot because they need it.
One observation I have made, terrestrial Hoya produce a large root system, whereas the epiphytic ones don’t, as you mention. This is the reason imperialis needs a big pot. I think globulosa is terrestrial too!
I’m thinking I like Leca best for Hoya, still experimenting, love seeing what you do and your advice. Do you have a link for the see through self watering pots please 🌸
I used coconut once on some plants and it had salt in it i guess because they died and I heard other people had that problem too. Maybe its better quality now but Id be careful
Usually cheap coco has a high EC and CEC with potassium and sodium. It is a selective ion exchanger. So it needs to be soaked for several days and rinsed to let salts dissolve and have them flushed out, and it needs to be buffered with high amounts of calcium or calcium/magnesiumto have the cation exchange sites be fully loaded with harmless ions and useful. Usually, when the coco is expensive, someone else did all this for you. But that is not always the case.
Hey Miro, thank you for another fab video. You have mentioned in a few recent videos now that you are not really happy with pon anymore, I was wondering if you could do a video on the reasons?? Ive noticed that when i root in non my (couple) of little hoyas have done really well but when I’ve repotted to a larger vessel they lose all the roots and just about die. Is this something you have experienced at all?
Roots are quite sensitive. And pon is not a soft medium, damaging the roots when one is manipulating the pot to get the Rootball out. The shock of transplantation can be severe. Plus pon is heavily fertilized. The shock of transplantation is relatively low, if the roots can hold all the substrate themselves, and it is too early to transplant, if they dont. Removing the roots that come out of the pot at the botton regularly, encourages the plant to branch the roots in the media and makes it easier to get the plant out of its pot when repotting. Just dont remove them tight before repotting, because the wounds need to heal first.
This was the video i have been waiting for. I have a hoya carnosa crimson princess and a obovata. They are very big and bushy and are trellised. They are in 6-8” pots. I havent repotted for 2-3 years. They are actively growing and look very healthy. Do i need to repot? If i do i would trim them up. The vines are probably 2-3 ft long.
Hi! I really enjoyed your video. I am struggling with a Hoya Carnosa (varigated). I got it about two years ago from a cutting. So, my issue is it is a very slow grower. It is in a 4" nursery pot, gets watered about every two weeks. I recently moved it under a grow light and it immediately grew a new leaf, that was about 3 months ago. Any advise?
Hi! I got them here: ananas.rs/proizvod/santino-saksija-orchidea-twin-1-3-l-providna/379173 I don't think they are shipped abroad. But the company is Santino.
So a couple of times they’ve grown so much roots in the reservoir that you have to cut them all off to repot it. Would it be better to trim the long roots and not let it get so packed down there that you have to cut them all off?
With coco chips you have to be very careful because a lot of them have a high salt built up in it. You can check by soaking it in water and measuring the water.
As coco is a selective ion excjanger, not just the salts dissolving need to be taken into account, but also the ions on the cation exchange sites, typically sodium and potassium. Buffering coco is important. It is evenly important with zeolite.
@@alainaharten5165 with CalMag product. You need to soak the coco husk/ coco coir in water that has CalMag in it (some suggest 7.5ml CalMag per 3l of water, or a gallon) and let it sit overnight. However, some coco coir/ coco husk is already buffered, especially the high quality ones. It will state so on the label. I know Plagron's coco coir is buffered, but I don't think they have coco husk. :)
I just bought my first bag of Lechusa pon and my concern is when my hoya get big I'll have to buy a lot of pon. It ain't cheap stuff! I know you mentioned root pruning, is that what you'd recommend to avoid having to use big pots of pon?
All plants grow. And half of that growth is below the surface. When the growth below the surface is not healthy, the growth you see over the surface can not look beautiful. A happy plant has happy roots. Just diy your pon. It will be much cheaper than lechuzas.
I wish too those selfwatering pots to be transparent pot inside and not transperent pot outside -and Im sureeeee that would be their most selling pot! But why to listen custumers when factory desinger knows better... 🙄🫤
