sorry to be off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I stupidly lost my login password. I would love any tips you can offer me
My first impression was unsure about the approach, but I kept watching it and I love it! This is honestly perfect 😁😁 (first time watcher) I think another reason companies would say "thrives in low indirect sunlight" is because people CANNOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS... Oh my gosh lol. I have worked for 5 years as a cashier in a local plant shop that gives great consultation on how to take care of plants in our zone and SOO many people do not listen and many who come in for advice like to tell you that you are wrong lmao... It is easier to kindly treat the general public like they are... Ignorant... just the truth. Anyone who has worked in retail know what I mean lol. This is great and detailed advice ❤❤
@@stevennguyen4993 ZZ plants are native to the rocky and arid terrain of Eastern Africa. They can be kept in changing conditions but are mostly a dry plant, that can handle some humidity. Def. Not a rainforest plant! 🤓👍🙈
@steven nguyen so.many. assumptions... 😂🙈 And what low key, yet obvious hatred and dismissive talk towards women, (even those blasted soccer moms with their damned mini vans!) you ought to check yerself on that🤔 Arid and at best sub-tropical climates in which the ZZ grows, are NOT rainforests, no matter how many pleonasms or wrongly implemented academic references you would like to use. Arid-does not mean desert. It often refers to savannahs in the plant world, and they often experience both a dryer, more desert-like state, as well as a rainperiod, in which it transforms into an almost subtropical climate for a short period of time. The ZZ can adapt to it all, with its rhizomes, as already was stated plainly above. Go plant yerself somewhere, you seem in need of grounding!
This is the kind of content I want from plant RU-vid influencers. I’m tired of the plant unboxings and fake excitement about a plant that they can’t name but swear it’s on their wishlist, then they kill it a few months later, then they write a book about caring for indoor houseplants - I just can’t stand that. Keep the good job Nick. You’re going places!!
I'm going to write a memoir on the struggle of giving my plants bright indirect sunlight. Yeah overly exited unboxings get me. It's like 'WOW SO AMAZING" to try and project that excitement on the the viewer when its like oh ok, wasn't that exiting. Used to do unboxings and stopped because what's the point?
While over excitement does come off a bit fake and I don't personally enjoy unboxing vids too much, sometimes it's beneficial to see what to do when plants arrive in not so good conditions. Cuz most of the time, not always, plants arrive in somewhat poor conditions or disappoint us in other areas, so it's good to know how to deal, what is saveable what is lost. And Nick's sarcasm helps😄
I'm with you, you don't know the name, nor much about the plant for me that is just you showing me the plant you are going to kill. However, I will take an unboxing and plant haul from Nick any day of the week. Never a dull moment.
@@phytosexual lol. And just to clarify, your unboxing videos are not boring. Your reaction to a new plant is similar to mine when I get a new plant. Plus, you know the name of the plant.
Honestly this is my attitude about a lot of things. I don’t like when people tell me factual things when I want the contrary to be true. 😅 I want to keep super lush plants in my windowless shower so I dislike this information.
Honestly, I don't feel like I want huge plants, that were not grown under my care. I prefer them to larger plants, and I'm not just saying that because I too cannot afford huge expensive plants. Enjoy the experience others are missing out!
When you buy the small ones you get a chance to really learn about the plant, figure out if you really like them & feel so accomplished when they get big!! That’s how I started collecting too!! Plus, unless you live in a green house, you can have a variety of plants in limited space. Then you can save up & buy the large size of your favorite one!! I have small ones of philodendron Brazil & neon pothos & propagated them & now I have a big one of both that I made myself. Also, the cute little plants usually come with cute cover pots. 😃 🌱
Nothing is better than buying tiny little rubber trees for two bucks and have them only a few years later be taller than you. 🥰 They're my children. My beloveds.
At my old my apartment, prior to me convincing them that my outdoor garden *would* in fact *look pretty* and *not* die, the manager said I could 'take my plants out once every couple weeks to get some sun.' As if access to sun is recreational for plants.
Lol, I know how it sounds. But I live on a close to Ecuador country, but a house with useless window's 😒. So I actually do that and it works. I also have grow lights but they are only to keep them alive without leaving me on the street with the electricity bill 🤭😅. I actually say I take my plants on vacation, or sun camp😜.
I live in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia to be exact... It always struck me as weird that all the plants I grew up with which thrive in outdoor gardens and in FULL tropical sun, that I come to plant IG/RU-vid and these “experts” say low light or indirect.
What's your humidity in Caribbean? 70-80%? I live in Eastern EU and right now it's 37%. See the difference? There are many things that affect how much direct sunlight a plant can be exposed to before it's leaves get scorched. Don't point fingers at the so called "experts" unless you take into account all the variables. I could never grow a Philodendron in direct sunlight over here and i have a half-cooked Pothos if you want proof 🤣
All of them grow in the wild, most under the Canopy. I have all my plants outside, Alocasias zebrina, amazonica, all kinds of calatheas, colocasias, Alocasias etc. Grant it I live in a humid tropical rainforest in Panama, it rains every other day, perfect humidity for all those "house" plants
I have a bay window in my room that faces south and gets intense heat even in winter months. All my plants shoot out so much growth and my boyfriend is constantly asking “why are you plants so big and mine don’t even grow?” YOU NEED SOME SUN IN THAT DARK ROOM!
@@terransage8857 yes, there certainly is. I've got a bit over 200 plants, and a fuckton of growlights. Just waiting for the police to pay me a visit because from the outside it looks like I'm growing something... funky in here ✌😉
thank you for confirming to me that "bright indirect light" means absolutely nothing of value. I tried for so long to keep the direct rays of sun off my plants, until i finally realized that most of them do quite well in those rays. At this point, i basically just assume any new plant I get will do best near the window, and gradually move them away as i see how well they tolerate lower light.
4 minutes in and I'm sending this to all my home girls; who don't like to open their curtains but want a forest in their room and don't want a grow light because A E S T H E T I C
I never close the curtain on my South facing window unless I'm taking an exam or about to get changed and there's someone in the yard. My East facing window tends to have the curtains drawn, but I don't really have any plants around it. My Ferb does get a little extra light if I open it, but I don't always remember lol
@@erinb4237 my room is behind a dorm, (don't ask😐) I don't want anyone seeing my personal stuff lying anywhere. I only get to open the windows in the summer when they gone
Finally someone talks about this! Some of the care tags on plants are full bullshit and I've always thought that they did it purposefully so that the plant would die and the customer would have incentive to buy them again.
I'd argue "burned lobster" or "no sunscreen" should count as a colour, as it's very distinctive group of people, with their own culture (or lackthereof), traditions and behaviour.
I have an old man cactus, but I don’t need to burn its hair because it’s outside in the south Texas sun. It was recently mauled by a dry tree branch that attempted to kill the old man tho. Thank goodness I intervened before it was too late.
I’m so impressed by your lack of embarrassment or hesitation when pronouncing “Hoya Pubicalyx”. Every other plant person on YT refuses to say PUBIC clearly and confidently. Subscribed AND I hit that BELL. Can’t wait to see more content...
Truth is a lot of these companies/big box stores are hoping you kill your plant... Why? To keep you spending money. This is why it's super important to support local nurseries who will want your plant to thrive, and will always help you do so. Also the genetics of plants will typically be of higher quality... It's all about those genetics peoples.
a year after I got my zz plant (which literally didnt grow) I decided to get it acclimated to the outside. So the last few summers it's basically been getting full sun in the morning and afternoon and SO MUCH GROWTH omg. and this year one of my divisions decided to flower! people say zzs are low light plants but SIS ITS A PLANT IT NEEDS THE SUN TO MAKE FOOD
I need more windows. I keep as many plants in my south facing window as I possibly can and they are all doing incredible. I feel bad for the ones that aren’t getting direct sunlight.
Girl I feel this. So deep. My living room gets all the good light. I bought a 3 tier window shelf off Etsy for my south facing window and have 6 plants hanging from my west facing curtain rod on the other side of my living room. Then the other half are spread out to the best of my abilities. When we have a particular sunny day, I get 2 stands, set them up in my living room and stick all my plants on them, to soak up some of that south west sun! My 6 year old calls it plant party time lol!
Ugh you're so therapeutic. I just had the worst day from work--only to come home to a new video from you and dude you seriously make my day, thank you!
@@phytosexual lol me too! But keep doing what you're doing, you seem to really enjoy it and that's what makes a great video! Your personality is bar-none the best on YT
I have a hoya it is honestly a beast of a plant. A friend shipped me a cutting during Christmas from Estonia to Ireland the package took approx 5 weeks to arrive and I'm pretty sure it nearly froze multiple times and was left on my porch but that cutting survived and is growing strong despite my cat tipping the pot over more then once.
When talking about "bright indirect light" I have two guides I use. The first comes from Berenice Brilmayer's All About Begonias, written about 1950. She said, "If you can read a phone book there, you can grow begonias there." Since Phone books are a thing of the past, now I would say, "If you can read the fine print on a Pringles can." The other came from a book on African Violets. He said to hold your hand about a foot above your plants. If you could see the moving shadow of your hand on the leaves of the plant, that is enough light. Remember that these refer to plants that like fairly low light. I find the shadow test most helpful. If there is not enough light to cast a shadow, don't put your plant there.
Ok, I'm subbing. I do not know where you came from, do not know where you have been. This showed up in my recommend, I'm thrilled that I found you. I've never experienced someone actually throw shade and direct sunlight at the same time eloquently. Thank you.
My yucca is etiolated into weird bends like a Dr Seuss tree because one of the previous growers thought it was low light. I've seen soooo many similar and even bendier. Love the character it gives him, but have to think he's happier now with the grow light lol.
Honestly I've learned more watching this video than I have in the four/five months I've started collecting house plants. I live in a really similar climate and I've had a hard time finding growing advice that applies to the conditions I can offer.
I found your channel after I got shamefully hooked into the "aesthetic uwu tiktok instagram" trend (after downloading tiktok for .5 seconds). I want to say that your editing is super quality and hilarious. I know how long small detailed edits can take, especially for long videos, so it's all appreciated and loved. Thanks for being EPIC.
The most informative 29 minutes of my life as far as plant care. DEFINITELY subscribing. This explains so much about what I'm doing wrong with my plants. Thank you 🙏🏼😊
My roommate bought a string of bananas thinking it was low light. She couldn’t be bothered to listen to me and move it out of a window facing a courtyard and to somewhere with actual light. So after the top half had shriveled and died I convinced her to let me prop the rest. Boom free string of bananas. 🤦♀️
its useful to know which plants will manage under artificial lighting (maybe not THRIVE, but manage which ones will go perfectly well in an apartment with bad windows. and which ones can tolerate the window that COOKS all your plants. by the by, the best test is the hand shadow test. hold your hand about where the top or side of the plant would be, and look at the shadow it casts on a white paper. crisp clear edges? clear hand shape? thats HIGH light soft edges but clear hand shape, just... blurred? MEDIUM light sort of a hand shadow i guess maybe? LOW light
This is why people on Reddit keep posting “huge”/“mature” plants that look super straggly and sad in comparison to the same trees growing happily outside
Thank you for being honest about this. People in plant groups get so mad when you tell them their plants will only survive, not thrive and grow in low light. They don’t like when you tell them their plants will eventually die in a bathroom with no windows. They are shocked when they see a picture if my 5 ft tall ZZ plant that lives in a sunny window
I live in Brisbane Australia and I’m currently growing some cute little herbs like thyme, rosemary ect. Every single thing I read about them on the tag or on websites all say that they need to be out in full direct sun BUT I did that and they burnt! I was so mad. They never really specify different climates or anything so I don’t trust what they say anymore
I know this is a joke, but: most of the time when plants die from "overwatering" they don't actually literally die from too much water, they die from rot which is caused by too much water. The microbes that cause rot like to live in soggy soil, but they can't live in plain water, which is why plants in hydroculture don't rot to death!
I live in NJ & the area of my house that gets MOST sun all year is the back of the house. My problem is I cannot fit all of my plants in the back of the house. Am I correct that the rear of my house is South facing. It gets All afternoon & evening sun. Even in winter the sun heats up my back porch. So, is the back of the house South Facing?
My ZZ Raven has doubled in size over the winter. It’s reasonably close to a west facing window, but it’s grown up inside the lamp it’s near to get to regular ass light bulb in it. It’s a weird thing, but it’s easily my favorite plant.
Dude, I love watching your content. I've been growing cannabis for years and fruit and veg for a couple now and am getting into houseplants to feed my need for plant therapy year round. Just so nice watching your vids, nicely delivered, knowledgeable info and all around nice to watch...keep up the good work!
I love how different your vibes are from the rest of the other plant youtube channels I watch lol also hi from the lone kpop pfp on this vid at the moment
I live in South Florida where UV levels and heat are extremely high and where most "house plants'' are winter hardy outdoors here. I laugh out loud when I read low light/no direct sun for many of the plants that thrive in the most brutal full sun even here. And yet some of the plants that say full sun absolutely need shade here to survive long term.
My two eastern windows are covered by a porch, my two southern windows are blocked by another house, and my ONE western window has my bed in front of it. My poor planty babies. Thank God for grow lights
This is everything. I kept leaving my rubber plants in "bright indirect light" and then wondering why they were a) not growing and b) turning pale green. Moved them into a south-facing window sill and what do you know...growth. Also lolol to hoyas being indestructible. Thanks for the trick about drying out overwatered soil! I found two large hindu rope plants that were sopping wet and had some yellowing foliage. I think I managed to save them in time. 🤞🏽
My understanding is the most indoors can be is bright indirect. Given windows and ceilings it's never direct light. (Though some plants may still need to build up to bright indirect.)
I've spent years working in horticulture and you're absolutely right. When I was in sales I would always encourage my clients to learn about their plants (where it came from and how it grew naturally) and try to give light, water, and heat that was commensurate. That not only gave them the chance to get the best from their plant if they tried to replicate it's natural habitat but also meant they grew to appreciate the incredible variety and diversity the plant world has.
I love this haha! I remember looking up conditions for some of my houseplants to flower and they both will flower if they're in full sun. These plants are way more adaptable than people give them credit for. You just have to know how to take careeeeeeee of themmmmmmm
A Dutch firm is already making coffins out of fungus. The idea is to lessen the contamination of the soil and use them (with a body in it) as fertilizer. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9hT09E-4M0s.html
Omg preach! Subscribed! I've gardened for years and found indoor plants way intimidating. I broke down circa March 2020 and got a fiddle leaf, a mini snake plant, and zz plant ($15 per plant at TARGET 😱). I was soooo protective of the fiddle leaf for 6 months and it did nothing. I moved it to a south-facing window and it is popping paired leaves every like 14 days!
I've just been fortunate enough to become aware of your existence. Watching an entire plant video is suddenly possible, whereas previous to awarenessofyou, I could only listen to the information I was searching for, whilst experiencing frustration at the deliverery of said information. Your videos provide frustration free information, for which, I am grateful
Love how entertaining and thoroughly educational your videos are! I'm new to owning houseplants and started trying to amass as much knowledge as I could regarding the plants I could adequately care for in my space. After my primary round of research i bought a few plants to go in my south facing window and a couple to go on shelves a bit further away in lower light. Being a first time plant carer I wanted to learn even more to make sure I don't mess up but the stuff I was reading and watching wasn't going into enough scientific details and focusing on what you should do but not why. (And also as it turns out having plant selling businesses that profit from trying to tell you that your plants will thrive anywhere) I ended up here after looking up the details of misting after not understanding how it would help and not just dissipate (lol) and found your video about plant misting. I'm feeling pretty conned right now for my poor ZZ plant and the pothos I thought I would be able to grow in my lower light spaces and now i'm scrambling to find a way I can put them closer to the window.
This! Very helpful! So many times I've heard to give your plants "bright, indirect light"...wtf is that? I get it now. My plants usually do well but some inexplicably don't. After watching your video I have a better idea on what to do for them. Thanks for this!
