I took a Master Gardening class several years ago, the person who ran the class did a whole talk on fertilizers. He said something that has always stuck with me, "You can't feed a plant." I always equated fertilizers with feeding. I brought this up, and he quickly informed me that fertilizing may help the plant uptake nutritional items from the soil, but the act of "feeding" the plant was all done by the plant via chlorophyll. Looking at this as a puberty/growth relation makes even more sense :-)
Hey, I just found you today! appreciate the time you have taken to explain fertilizer and growth. I haven’t seen anyone say it quite like you. Us plant fiends need to be gently reminded about the natural cycle of the plants we care for. We sometimes want growth so quickly we forget the valuable lessons our plants teach us. patience. endurance. acclimation. To name a couple. I look forward to watching and learning more from you. Thanks again 🌱♥️
Thanks so much for the kind words! Yes, I agree we forget patience in this hobby. Glad to have you following along and hope you enjoy my upcoming content. Cheers friend!
This all made sense to me, but then I'm a nurse🤣🤣🤣🤣 coming up in winter I only use fish and kelp emulsion and only if they are putting out new growth actively. Even then, only a minimal amount compared to what I feed in summer. Just to help them keep energy for the new growth. Great video!
I love using fishtank water for my plants. My plants love it, and I feel like I am helping conserve water. My happiest plant is the Peace Lilly that gets to grow out of the back of the tank.
This is a great idea! It reminds me of the aquatic systems that are set up with fish in the water to feed the plants such as lettuce. It's a very effective system.
This is the gardening talks that I’ve been searching for. It’s interesting how each gardener brings their traditional education into how they care for their plant friends. I have a background in cardiac critical care nursing so translating the concepts is right up my alley. :) Thanks for sharing!
Great job again at making plant physiology more understandable and relatable to plant growth vs. humans’. Though wish someone would make plant hormone as they do hGH so we can have big plants without waiting 10 years ..maybe someday 🤕
Thanks - great analogy to human health and nutrition. I think of the poor parent doting upon the adorable skinny child who just "isn't eating enough" then - along comes the growth spurt and suddenly the child is really really hungry - who is this child? :0) Warm regards Jennie
Hello love your knowledge of plants.i have a standleyana and for the first 5 leaves grew well.i have in in a well lit area but nor in a window.for some reason it is growing long vines with no leaves.i see this a lot on some other ut channels.what is the problem?thx
why my ficus Elastica doesn't grow in 2years I have it? has good light, almost warm place, fertilized monthly but it is not growing at all. I checked roots and seen it isn't growing at all since repotting them
Thanks for the video. You pose a very interesting question which is whether people are over fertilizing plants. It also makes me think about Matantacae plants and the fact that they easily get crispy leaves. Could crispy leaves be due to root burn rather than low humidity or chemicals in water? In my case I rarely feed my Calatheas and, use a humidifier when humidity is under 30% (my home is very dry), and use tap water (my tap water is high in Calc but low in chlorine), and they are doing just fine. Anyways, just some thoughts here, at the end its a lot of different factors that should be considered all together. Thanks again for your videos and for adding a scientific perspective to plant parenting!
I’m convinced some plants like some calatheas are very sensitive to minerals in unfiltered water. Fertilizers up the minerals a ton so yeah, it definitely can burn the leaves. I fertilize once every 1-2 months during the warm months.
So, the fact that my Monstera has live earthworms is a bad thing (just discovered), and the slight yellowing around the edges of some leaves (that I cannot find pictures of to help diagnose) probably is low-key burn from over-fertilization.
okay so you answered my question about getting bark off of a tree but the mixture I made has a lot of coconut strands whatever that is andOregon mixture two bags I didn't have her light cuz I couldn't find it so I crushed up styrofoam and put in there I have tons of it it's in a huge been I can't hardly move it but when I watered it it seems like it I held a lot of water is that going to drain out quickly I don't know
Hey! Your videos have helped me so much. I love your channel. When you propagate a monstera albo do you use the same 30/70 mix? I don’t want to use water because I’ve had mixed luck in the past transferring from water to soil once it has roots and I don’t want to kill $100 worth of plants 🙂
I use cheap miracle grow though I know lots of people are against it. I will refer you to the variegated adansonii episode and the “white curse” episode with socaltropics. They have been growing rare aroids for 17 years and use miracle grow as well.
@@LegendsOfMonstera wow thank you so much for your answer. I heard that too much nitrogen will triger less varigation even the plant get ideal light. Will check on that video.
Putting fertilizer having too much Nitrogen will change the color of the variegation in plant or not ? I have heard from friend but never try. Thank you
I think lots of indoor plant hobbyists are moving toward more frequent fertilization with much more diluted fertilizer solution. Seems to be working well for them. Hope that helps.
