How to water houseplants from the bottom - Bottom watering plants
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About this video:
In this video, Lucia from Plants and Lucia explains how to water houseplants from the bottom. If you are wondering how to water houseplants correctly, and/or how to water plants from the bottom, this video is for you! Watering plants from below works very well for watering houseplants without making a mess and making sure they get as much water as they need, I hope you find it useful!
I hope this is helpful! I know it can be difficult when watering our plants ! Let me know if this method works for you and I will be happy to help with any questions 😊🌿💚
Hi I purchased my first plant on Saturday, I got a boston fern. I have been watching a bunch of tip videos on how to water my plant and I came across yours and I really liked your method. I am going to try it tonight and hopefully all goes well. Thank you
Very helpful thank you! How do you recommend top watering plants?
I love how you get right to the point of what youre presenting. So many videos ramble on and on about unrelated subjects before they get to what their videos are supposed to address. Yours are precise and instructive!
Thank you! So happy you like the videos :)
Hi! Lucia , my name is Myra , I collect plants too and I have accumulated a good amount of plants. I came across to your channel and you made me smile . Love how you showed how to water it and like the way you talk to us . I’m new here and I can tell you I’m loving you great video plus your personality .
Hi Myra! It is so nice to hear from another plant lover 😊! This comment made my day and I'm so happy you liked the channel! Make sure to subscribe so we can keep the conversation going! I will make sure to take a look to your channel as well 🌿
Thank you for the quick informative video! Scrolled past a lot of 10 minute+ videos to find this one.
3min video. Instant sub. So refreshing to find a RUclips who doesn't talk s@#t for 12 minutes just for extra pay. Thank you for your integrity
So happy you enjoyed it and found it helpful 😊!!
your amazing advice has saved my rubber plant - it looks so happy now. thank you so much for this informative video :)
Oooh this makes me sooo happy! You are very welcome 🥰!
Excellent video !!! Clear and concise. Thank you.
Thanks! It is very easy ... and we can be sure our plants are ok!
I'm so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for your comment 💚💚💚
I love that you name your plants {I do, too!!!!!}
Love your videos, they're so helpful! Thank you!!!
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Hi! Thanks so much for your comment! So happy you like the videos and find them helpful ☺️♥️
Yes! Since I started naming my plants, I find that it helps me connect with them more, and see the differences that exist between them 🥰! Do you feel the same?
Sending lots of positive energy to you a d your plants!
Thank you! Such a great and helpful vid!
Helpful tips. Thanks!
I'm so happy this was helpful! Thank you for your comment 😊
Another succinct and helpful video! Great channel!
Thank you so much ! So happy you liked it 💚💚
I love your channel! Such great advice! I totally love the video and i just noticed that my plant it totally dry!
Hiii! I'm so happy you liked it 😊! haha yes it happens to me too with my plants sometimes! Let me know how your plant does 💚
you are so adorable que te acabas de ganar una suscriptora ❤️
Hii! I'm sorry I missed your comment earlier! But today it made me smile 🌿🥰♥️!
Gracias! Que bueno que seas parte de la comunidad! Te mando un abrazo :)
I just discovered this video and I'm so happy! Thank you for sharing this tip. ^____^
Hii! So happy you enjoyed the video ! I love watering my plants from the bottom. I made an update with more detail here: ruclips.net/video/XvZ-OfunpvQ/видео.html Let me know if you have questions, I am here to help 💚💚
so sweet thanks for this and all your videos :)
You are very welcome 🥰!
Wonderful ! xxxxxxx
Hola Lucia! Can you please do a video on how to bottom water different types and sizes of plants in your home?
I really like this method.
Also, I would love a series on how to style or decorate your home with indoor plants.
Gracias for all your knowledge! I'm learning so much!!!
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Hi Luna! These are great ideas! Thank you so much!! I will add them to the list ☺️❤️📃🌿!
Sending lots of positive energy to you and your plant 🌿🤗
Hi Lucía! Thanks for all your helpful videos. Here a question, is the bottom wattering method recommended for all house plants or only for some, lets say tropical?
Love the channel! You seem like a really happy, positive person :) I've just started getting into plants and want more round the house. Could you recommend a couple that are easy to maintain that I could place in my music room? Thanks :)
Hiii! Thank you for your comment and welcome to the plant life 🌿❤️! I’d say a very easy and adaptable plant is the ZZ plant 🙃 you can also try the anthurium, and maybe, could you tell me how much light your music room gets ? Depending on that we can see others :)
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hahaha a TRUE plant lover right here 😊😊😊😊!
Thanks for sharing good tips to touch the soil to check if it dry before waterin n method to water it. 11th like n subbed previously.
You are welcome! Thank you for the support 😊
I´'m just starting to take care of plants and I love your videos, your so sweet with the plants
Aww welcome to the plant world ♥️♥️ let us know if you have any questions 🥰🌿
Hi! I’m a little late to this video, but I am wondering if I need a wick in my pot in order to water and if it needs many drainage holes or if just one is enough to bottom water? Thanks!
Does this method prevent the fungus gnats in your plants?
Great tip!! Do you change water between plants? Can you use the same bowl of water for other plants?
This is such a great question ☺️!
That is one of the things I love the most about this method, you can use the same water and bowl for different plants, so we save more water too.
I am actually now doing this method in my kitchen sink (I fill it up and it works like that) I will make a video about this to give you guys the update ☺️!
I change my water between plants. Water spreads contagions really easily. One of your plants may have a disease or pests you may not have noticed.
Where do you get all your aprons? I love them!
Thank you! I got them from a vendor who comes from Ghana, in a market here in Berlin.. I'm trying to find a shop online because many have asked about them, I will let you know once I find it :)
How much is considered wet? If I reach my finger and the soil is slightly damp does that count as wet? Is it possible to over water a succulent though the bottom watering method?
Hi, I'm glad I found your videos about pilea glauca, there's so little information about it! I noticed from the vase (hope I'm not wrong) you probably bought this from Ikea - mine is from it and yesterday when I tried to repot it I noticed that the soil was really hard and couldn't separate the roots, I ended up putting it back but I'm worried about the bad soil she has. Do you have any advice on repotting this? Thank you so much!
Hi! Oh yes hard soil is not good... Hmm I would maybe water my pilea glauca a day before, this will make the roots strong and the soil a bit softer around them... Try to remove the soil very gently from the roots (as much as possible but very carefully) with your fingers... I have a potting mix recipe here as well that may help when repotting. You can find here 👉 ruclips.net/video/EMBzzbQ_nr8/видео.html
If you have Instagram, feel free to send a picture and maybe we can talk more there and figure it out together 💛
Plants and Lucia yes I do have instagram, and since I found you on RUclips I started following there as well :) I tried to repot it with moistened soil but it seemed hard, I was actually thinking to let it dry so that it becomes more "powdery" maybe.. I'm gonna send you a pic on Instagram if it's ok for you. Thank you so so so much for your kindness!
Do you add fertilizer to the water ?
Hi Lucia!
I’d like to convert to bottom watering for my house plants. I’m new to keeping house plants, and this looks like an easier method. 😊 I have a few questions:
Do you keep all your plants in the plastic nursery pots? Even the bigger ones?
I have a large Snake Plant that I’m getting ready to repot and want to repot it for bottom watering if you recommend it.
Do you trim your nursery pots if they don’t quite fit in the decorative pot? I need to start collecting recycled ones so I can start converting!
Thanks 😊 🌱
Hiii Ashley! So great you are thinking about converting to bottom watering 💦😊! I find it super easy and also really sustainable, as you can use the same water for various plants!
1. I keep almost all of my plants in plastic containers that then go to decorative pots. The only one that I don't have in a plastic container is my monstera, she is 30 years old and super big haha so for that one I actually water from the top! How big is your snake plant? Could you send me a picture on Twitter (@LuciaPlants) or on Instagram (@plantsandlucia)? I have a medium size snake plant and I water her from the bottom, she is very happy!
2. Hmmm I don't trim my plastic pots, because I always save the old ones for when I repot my smaller plants. I would recommend this because it's loving for your plants and for the planet, it's such a great feeling ❤️! Thank you so much for your questions! Let me know if this is helpful, and I'm here for any other questions you may have ❤️❤️
Plants and Lucia
I actually learned my local nursery has a large bin of recycled nursery pots out back. I was able to recycle and collect so many of them. Enough to convert all my house plants and enough to continue growing my collection. I’ll tag you in a picture on IG soon! 😊
@@atariashley WOW that is amazing! Yes definitely tag me! I'd love to see :)))
Hi Lucia, I was wondering what the advantage of this method is. When is it better to water the plants from the bottom rather than the top?
Hi Zoee! Thank you so much for your question 😊! In my experience, this method works better than watering from the top. This is because from the bottom, the water goes through the drainage holes up, and fills up the pot getting to the roots.. Whereas when watering from the top, depending on the soil, water can go to the sides and down the edge of the soil (not getting to the roots)
I water all of my plants using this method 😊 and it has worked really well! Sometimes I add some water to the top (while the rest of the soil soaks in the water from the bottom) that way I make sure that water gets to every single hole of air in the soil :)
Please let me know if this makes sense and if you have any other questions 💚!
@@PlantsandLucia Thank you, that's helpful, keep up the great work on the videos!
Hi! Just subscribed to your channel, can you do this with terra cotta pots?
Yes you can for sure ☺️ terracota pots are porous and will absorb the water, just follow the same procedure and it should be okay ☺️♥️🌿
@@PlantsandLucia thank you
Hi Lucia, Do you find bottom watering like this works well for plants that are in terracotta pots too? When I tried it, it seemed like the pot itself (instead of the soil) soaked up the water.
Hi! I have since changed my method with the plastic pots and I think the new method may also work better for the terracotta pots ☺️ I now water from the top and the bottom at the same time... So I water from the top, let the water go through the soil and draining holes to a container, where I leave my plants for about 10 to 15 minutes... You can see my new method here :
ruclips.net/video/e85Tzzllq1U/видео.html
And my whole plant routine here :
ruclips.net/video/Skl3BPJdGHI/видео.html
Hope this is helpful, and let me know if you have any other questions ♥️
Hi Lucia, great video, thanks for putting it up
Is it true you can't over water a plant by water feeding as it'll only take what it needs?
Cheers
Sorry I meant bottom watering
Hi! Sorry I missed your comment earlier! hmm you can overwater your plant with bottom watering as it depends not so much on the method but on the frequency that you water her.
However, bottom watering will help to prevent overwatering, as when you are done you make sure that your plant is not standing in water. But always check before you water just to make sure. I usually let the soil dry in between waterings with most of my plants and it helps me prevent too much water :)
What type of water do you use for your plants? Thank you for this video.
Hi! I usually try to filter the water for my plants, and especially for my calatheas I let it stand for at least one day (the water in Berlin is very hard and they are very sensitive to hard water!) I'd recommend leaving the water stand for one day or filter it if you can :)
@@PlantsandLucia - thank you so much. I appreciate your response. ;-)
@@liziking306 anytime :)!
How to use this metod if I have ceramic pot swith hole?
Hi! You can still do this method for sure! Is your pot ceramic or terracota? You can simply place the pot in a bucket and follow the steps (given that the ceramic pot can go in water and will not be ruined of course)
But i think this method doesnt help if the plant was recently repotted as the roots have not yet reached the bottom of the pot right?
Hi! So I’m guessing bottom-watering doesn’t really work unless plants are still in the nursery pots? All, except 2 of my 10 plants are in actual pots (with & without drainage holes), and of that, my 2 Snake Plants don’t have drainage holes... but I do have 1-2” of pebbles in the bottom of each pot.
Hi! Yes, for the bottom watering method, you should have a pot with drainage holes so the water goes down 💙, I always recommend this method because you actually make sure that the water gets to the roots... It also helps to save water, as you can use the same water for various plants you may be watering that day ☺️🌿🌷
But how do you know how much water to give it when you do bottom water it?
where did you get your watering pot? It holds a lot of water and it's open at the top. I've been looking for one like that but all of the ones I found are too small.
I got mine in ikea here in Germany :)
Should I leave it longer if it is a bigger plant?
That is a great question ! The way I know how long to leave my plants in the water is by looking at the bubbles coming up. When I don’t see bubbles anymore that’s a good sign water is in the potting mix and we can take out to drain 😊
Hi Lucia, does not work for pot which I’ve filled the bottom with a layer of pebbles before adding potting soil, doesn’t it?
Thank you Lucia !
Hii! It does, I also have pebbles below the soil :) I actually have updated my watering technique from the bottom since I made this video, so I water from the top and the bottom.. You can watch here : ruclips.net/video/e85Tzzllq1U/видео.html
You can also watch my full plant care routine here : ruclips.net/video/Skl3BPJdGHI/видео.html
Hope this is helpful!
Hello! How long do I leave a large plant in water for this method?
Hi!! I usually leave the for about 15-20 minutes there :-) but the best way is to check when you don’t see bubbles coming up the soil (if you submerge the whole pot) or when you feel that the soil has absorbed the water. I’ve made a more recent video where I show my updated method for this. You can watch it here ➡️ ruclips.net/video/XvZ-OfunpvQ/видео.html
Hope this is helpful and of course I’m here for any other questions you may have 🤗💚
@@PlantsandLucia Great! Thank you!
Hey Lucia :) Do you know if this method works with clay pots?
Hi Andrea 💕 yes ! It does, as long as your pot has drainage holes it should work. I also love watering my plants from the bottom with terracota pots because with time the water will leave lines on the pot (from the salt residue) and it looks super pretty 🙃
@@PlantsandLucia Thanks for the reply Lucia! I started watering my plants like that, I think they liked it!
Mine is planted in a ceramic pot with one hole in the bottom and it refuses to draw water up through the bottom. Arg.
Hello! I totally understand that issue 😅 I have since then modified the way I water from the bottom, including also watering from the top so the water gets to the roots (even with plants that have a shorter root system).. I actually made a video about my whole watering and care routine where I explain how I do it ☺️ you can find it here ruclips.net/video/Skl3BPJdGHI/видео.html
Hope this is helpful ♥️♥️🌿
What if my plants are infected with fungus?
This is my first time having calathea, when I did under water I kept them for couple of hours not 15 minutes. The time I took them back they were so wet,
I left them to drain the access water, other than that what can I do?
Hi! How are they looking now?
They are not that bad, but I can see few places looks bit transparent and the edges getting curved. still I’m keeping some kitchen towels underneath the pot, every time they getting wet.
Philandra birkin leaves getting too much curved, what can I do for that.
Thanks for ur short n informative videos
Hi , my Question is how do you use fertilizer like organic plant food if we r bottom watering ??
Please help
What I am doing is using a foliage fertilizer like GS plant foods 'Ocean Magic Sea Minerals", and i also put a little bit of worm castings on top of soil and just add vey little water to the top :)
Jessica Melendrez
Thanks for your tip , where did you buy warm castings from ?
I mean *worm castings
@@mahinahsan8363 I get them from amazon. VermisTerra brand, they are organic :)
Jessica Melendrez thanks Again :)
Should have watched it earlier with Ricky, so he knows how to water our plants when I was aways for more than 1 month (-;
Hahaha hope all your plants and doing great! And welcome back to Europe 🥰
:)
Sending lots of positive energy to you 🌷🌷🌷!