Thanks for this! I got a begonia Pavonina a while ago and your channel was super helpful for care/prop guide(it’s thriving!). Got a selaginella arriving soon so I’m back here for more tips :)
Hello! Very helpful video. I just bought one. I live in northern idaho. It’s pretty cold around here this time of year and very dry. I have a cool mist humidifier going most the time. All my other plants are doing great. So I just bought the blue spike moss yesterday. Brought it home from my store which is also pretty cold and dry. It came from a nursery/green house about a week ago. So today I noticed it looked and felt very wilted and sad 😢. I’m not sure what it could be just from bringing it home other than I have heaters on. So maybe it just didn’t have much moisture to begin with. So I gave it lots of water and put it under my grow light for the night. Any tips on how to help it and to help it live in this dry climate. I know you mentioned it needs mainly shade
They do like wet soil, but it doesn’t beed to be overly soggy. Warmer air holds more moisture than colder air so the heater may lead to a drop in relative humidity unless you add a moisture source which combined with the heater will allow for a warm and humid environment. They’re actually a cold hardy variety of selaginella so a heater may not be necessary. I have mine under grow lights. Shadier will bring out the iridescence though. What if you surround it by other plants? That would help humidify the environment around it.
So this plant will not work in a terrarium that needs a grow light, as that would be too much light for it? I am trying to grow it in my dart frog terrarium. Can it grow in sphagnum moss and substrate?
A friend gave me there's because it has laid over the sides of the pot. The center of the plant is brown, but the outer tips are green. Can it be saved, other than propagation? TYIA
please help! peacock moss is my absolute favorite and my beautiful blue leaves are turning yellow :( i keep the soil moist and i keep it out of direct light, and I mist it every day and I live in central Florida so its PLENTY humid here. I don't know what else I can do to keep my baby happy T_T Short of putting it in a closet IDK how much less sun I can give it
There are many different reasons plants leaves turn yellow. The standard causes most websites convey to the reader is that the leaves can turn yellow if they get too much moisture, too little moisture, too much light, too little light, too cold or too hot. One thing they may not mention is that sometimes the leaves turn yellow because they’re old and dying which is normal of any plant. The leaves in the center of my pot turned yellow but the ones hanging out of the pot remained green. I figured that the ones in the center were the ones originally out in the pot when it was propagated and green growth outside the pot are younger parts of the plant. New green growth started to emerge from between the yellow parts. If your plant looks healthy otherwise, and isn’t utterly collapsing, and you still have healthy green growth it may still be ok. I hope this helps.
@@Growing-Things- unfortunately the whole thing is yellowing :( ill deff keep that in mind though, i do have some plants doing a bit of yellowing but still otherwise look OK. im hoping putting it in a terrarium will help it bounce back with the extra humidity. i have 2 peacock mosses and 1 is on its last breath it seems, the other is green/yellow. so hopefully i can turn thes babies around
@@Growing-Things- I haven't yet, we're having a cold snap and I was worried that would REALLY kill it. Will it be OK with 50 degrees or is that too cold
Hi Sylvia, While Selaginella uncinata is a shade loving plant, it is best to give it part of the time shade and part of the time bright light. Extremes in either direction is not recommended for most plants. So intense direct sunlight is not good as well as leaving it continuous shade.
Thanks for this! I got a begonia Pavonina a while ago and your channel was super helpful for care/prop guide(it’s thriving!). Got a selaginella arriving soon so I’m back here for more tips :)
Hello! Very helpful video. I just bought one. I live in northern idaho. It’s pretty cold around here this time of year and very dry. I have a cool mist humidifier going most the time. All my other plants are doing great. So I just bought the blue spike moss yesterday. Brought it home from my store which is also pretty cold and dry. It came from a nursery/green house about a week ago. So today I noticed it looked and felt very wilted and sad 😢. I’m not sure what it could be just from bringing it home other than I have heaters on. So maybe it just didn’t have much moisture to begin with. So I gave it lots of water and put it under my grow light for the night. Any tips on how to help it and to help it live in this dry climate. I know you mentioned it needs mainly shade
They do like wet soil, but it doesn’t beed to be overly soggy. Warmer air holds more moisture than colder air so the heater may lead to a drop in relative humidity unless you add a moisture source which combined with the heater will allow for a warm and humid environment. They’re actually a cold hardy variety of selaginella so a heater may not be necessary. I have mine under grow lights. Shadier will bring out the iridescence though. What if you surround it by other plants? That would help humidify the environment around it.
Thank you for the profile of the plant - found it very helpful as two of those just arrived for me today :)
Glad it was helpful!
So this plant will not work in a terrarium that needs a grow light, as that would be too much light for it? I am trying to grow it in my dart frog terrarium. Can it grow in sphagnum moss and substrate?
I don’t see why it won’t do well in that environment. I would suggest trying a cutting in there and see if it establishes.
A friend gave me there's because it has laid over the sides of the pot. The center of the plant is brown, but the outer tips are green.
Can it be saved, other than propagation?
TYIA
It should be. As with any plant, older growth will typically die as the plant grows and produces new leaves, etc.
Thank you for making this video 💚
I’m glad you fount it helpful.
thank u so much for this video, i have one but it's dying and i don't know why :c so i would try what i see here
Is it receiving enough water? Is it dying from the center only?
my peacock fern has some purple hues in it as well!
Coolness.
please help! peacock moss is my absolute favorite and my beautiful blue leaves are turning yellow :( i keep the soil moist and i keep it out of direct light, and I mist it every day and I live in central Florida so its PLENTY humid here. I don't know what else I can do to keep my baby happy T_T Short of putting it in a closet IDK how much less sun I can give it
There are many different reasons plants leaves turn yellow. The standard causes most websites convey to the reader is that the leaves can turn yellow if they get too much moisture, too little moisture, too much light, too little light, too cold or too hot. One thing they may not mention is that sometimes the leaves turn yellow because they’re old and dying which is normal of any plant.
The leaves in the center of my pot turned yellow but the ones hanging out of the pot remained green. I figured that the ones in the center were the ones originally out in the pot when it was propagated and green growth outside the pot are younger parts of the plant. New green growth started to emerge from between the yellow parts. If your plant looks healthy otherwise, and isn’t utterly collapsing, and you still have healthy green growth it may still be ok.
I hope this helps.
@@Growing-Things- unfortunately the whole thing is yellowing :( ill deff keep that in mind though, i do have some plants doing a bit of yellowing but still otherwise look OK. im hoping putting it in a terrarium will help it bounce back with the extra humidity. i have 2 peacock mosses and 1 is on its last breath it seems, the other is green/yellow. so hopefully i can turn thes babies around
Sorry it seems like it’s dying. Since you’re in Florida, have you tried placing it outside to see if that would help it recover?
@@Growing-Things- I haven't yet, we're having a cold snap and I was worried that would REALLY kill it. Will it be OK with 50 degrees or is that too cold
Selaginella uncinata is cold hardier than that so I think 50 or higher is ok.
Mine was beautiful with blue when I bought it but now it’s all dried and hard. I’m in Florida. I’m sad.
Did you give it enough water and keep it away from long daily sunlight exposure?
Sir can it be grown under water?
No. While some plants are amphibious, this is not one.
What about under a grow light?
Grow lights are fine.
got something similar growing out of mine moss wall , lol foc plant
Coolness.
can someone help me understand what he means when he says, "no more than 50% shade"?
Hi Sylvia,
While Selaginella uncinata is a shade loving plant, it is best to give it part of the time shade and part of the time bright light. Extremes in either direction is not recommended for most plants. So intense direct sunlight is not good as well as leaving it continuous shade.