I'm not an expert on caudex plants by any means but I have 2 and just water them thoroughly when the caudex starts to wrinkle. When the leaves start to die back I chop the vine off and store in a warm, dark place like an airing cupboard for the winter leaving it dry and start giving it a small amount of water at the beginning of March, gradually increasing the amount over the next few waterings.and give it it's first bit of fertiliser when new growth starts to appear. I have no idea if this is the right way to do this but it has worked for me for the past 3 winters now.
I have the Stephania erects the same as you and a Euphorbia stellata. The stellata I don't chop back unless the mealies get it which happened last year but it came back fine treating it the same as the erecta.
I find personally that the leaves tend to start dying back before the caudex wrinkles. But im growing dioscorea elephantipes and they’re still seedlings. I thought I killed mine when the caudex got really wrinkled but they came back fine when I watered them. I grew them from seed, so that would have been really sad if they died! Airy soil is important.
I have found my aloe does great outside during the summer and during the winter I keep it on top of my dryer which has a window with a nice sun bean that hits it for a few hours a day. During the summer outside I water her mayb once or twice a week because it's hot out and during the winter I water her only when I see that she is just starting to get dehydrated. It's warm in my laundry room so I would say mayb 2 to 3 times a month. It just depends on how she looks. I also have her in a plastic pot that fits her size kind of snug an only up her pot size when she fill the current pot. I'm not sure if any of this will help but I hope so
This is such a great idea! I’ll do that for the next one. And from what everyone was saying just water very sparingly. Like once a month, maybe even less.
Hi marina ! I’m a new subbie of yours🥰 I’m a silent subbie and I love your content 💜💜 For your aloe, I struggled a bit too. I realized that bright indirect light works best. They hate direct sun the fry quickly. As for watering, I’m not joking during the hotter months I water ONCE every 3 weeks you can push it to 4 😂 and since winter is coming you water even less. I moved mine to a shady area where it gets bright indirect light and I haven’t watered it in 2 months and it’s thriving ! It’s pushing out a leaf almost every week LMAO 😂 in a nutshell put her in bright indirect light and forget about her and once in a blue moon when you remember to water give her some 😅 Love, you’re new subbie 🥰💜
My Caudex are doing the same. I saw a video of them in Indonesia and they growing all year around. I think it’s the temp an day light hours are shorting in our part of the world. 💚 I hope I can keep them alive till spring. 😀
I know the feeling. I might have flat mites on my hoyas now. Which weren't there EVER before. So I'm sure it's either those mites or when I missed a watering. If mites though I'm positive they came in with new hoyas from online orders 😧 and If you don't have a home for that P. Pastazanum I can help there 😂😂😂😂. But you should prop her and make a full pot of them. At least you'll be able to train them some as they grow💚💚💚
Hahaha I’ll keep that in mind! And yeah the flat mites are so frustrating. But pest are just inevitable and I knew it would happen eventually with all the Hoya I have 😩
I thought I was the only person who killed aloe Vera plants. I killed my husband’s 20year aloe and her six babies within a few months of his death. I have no problems with Calathea but I cannot grow aloe. Good luck!
Okay, I totally need to film one like this too!!
Omg yessss! Do it
Omg I haaaate those pots with attached saucers too!!
Right?! They’re the absolute worst
I'm not an expert on caudex plants by any means but I have 2 and just water them thoroughly when the caudex starts to wrinkle. When the leaves start to die back I chop the vine off and store in a warm, dark place like an airing cupboard for the winter leaving it dry and start giving it a small amount of water at the beginning of March, gradually increasing the amount over the next few waterings.and give it it's first bit of fertiliser when new growth starts to appear. I have no idea if this is the right way to do this but it has worked for me for the past 3 winters now.
Oh thank you so much for sharing this! If it’s worked for you for that long, I’ll definitely do that this year. Which species do you have?
I have the Stephania erects the same as you and a Euphorbia stellata. The stellata I don't chop back unless the mealies get it which happened last year but it came back fine treating it the same as the erecta.
I find personally that the leaves tend to start dying back before the caudex wrinkles. But im growing dioscorea elephantipes and they’re still seedlings. I thought I killed mine when the caudex got really wrinkled but they came back fine when I watered them. I grew them from seed, so that would have been really sad if they died! Airy soil is important.
I have found my aloe does great outside during the summer and during the winter I keep it on top of my dryer which has a window with a nice sun bean that hits it for a few hours a day. During the summer outside I water her mayb once or twice a week because it's hot out and during the winter I water her only when I see that she is just starting to get dehydrated. It's warm in my laundry room so I would say mayb 2 to 3 times a month. It just depends on how she looks. I also have her in a plastic pot that fits her size kind of snug an only up her pot size when she fill the current pot. I'm not sure if any of this will help but I hope so
I had one I put outside and did horrible. It got way too much rain since it can rain everyday sometimes here 😅
My aloe is 3 years old and so HUGE that I named her Audrey (Little Sop of Horrors). I water well once a week ank keep in a bright window.
It would be nice to do updates on the last non favorite At the end of new episodes. Is bottom watering the answer for aloe? I'm going to try it
This is such a great idea! I’ll do that for the next one. And from what everyone was saying just water very sparingly. Like once a month, maybe even less.
Hi marina ! I’m a new subbie of yours🥰 I’m a silent subbie and I love your content 💜💜 For your aloe, I struggled a bit too. I realized that bright indirect light works best. They hate direct sun the fry quickly. As for watering, I’m not joking during the hotter months I water ONCE every 3 weeks you can push it to 4 😂 and since winter is coming you water even less. I moved mine to a shady area where it gets bright indirect light and I haven’t watered it in 2 months and it’s thriving ! It’s pushing out a leaf almost every week LMAO 😂 in a nutshell put her in bright indirect light and forget about her and once in a blue moon when you remember to water give her some 😅
Love, you’re new subbie 🥰💜
Okay this is GREAT advice. Thank you so much! And thanks for subbing 💚💚
My Caudex are doing the same. I saw a video of them in Indonesia and they growing all year around. I think it’s the temp an day light hours are shorting in our part of the world. 💚 I hope I can keep them alive till spring. 😀
What, really?! That’s incredible. Do you remember what video that was? I need to look this up
@@HelloJungleRoom I think it was on Leafing around, a private collectors tour. It’s been a while, June, July I’m thinking.
I know the feeling. I might have flat mites on my hoyas now. Which weren't there EVER before. So I'm sure it's either those mites or when I missed a watering. If mites though I'm positive they came in with new hoyas from online orders 😧 and If you don't have a home for that P. Pastazanum I can help there 😂😂😂😂. But you should prop her and make a full pot of them. At least you'll be able to train them some as they grow💚💚💚
Hahaha I’ll keep that in mind! And yeah the flat mites are so frustrating. But pest are just inevitable and I knew it would happen eventually with all the Hoya I have 😩
I thought I was the only person who killed aloe Vera plants. I killed my husband’s 20year aloe and her six babies within a few months of his death. I have no problems with Calathea but I cannot grow aloe. Good luck!
Literally me tho 🤣 we just love our plants too much