Calathea white fusion plant care and propagation
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- Опубликовано: 24 сен 2020
- I finally gained some confidence in caring for this diva house plant (which I killed plenty of) and in this video share you the tips as well as a neat propagation method that is tried and tested. To summarise the care: Bright indirect light (dappled direct is fine), very airy fast draining soil, very frequent watering (never let the media dry out), group together with other plants for humidity. And if the plant reverts to all-green new growth (which happens a lot to me), its either too stressed out to push out variegations or is receiving not enough light.
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I got rid of my white fusion and it decreased my blood pressure and my hair is fuller
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I understand completely 😆😆😆
Your scaring the shit out of me🤣🤣🤣 ordered my first one online yesterday
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When you just bought one, and you find this video with these comments... oh god what have I done 😂
Same... Im comfortable with caring for ordinary Calatheas but now I'm nervous. 😅
@@wontstoptrying I have to say... it’s not going very well. Just found some white bugs in the soil and on the pot... rip 😭
Same! I bought one on a whim and now I’m scared 😦
I just bought one and now I realize I may be in over my head 😂
Just purchased a Stella… ummm…. Well, here we go!
the way you say "send me likes" is so sweet and wholesome YOU DESERVE ALL THE LIKES IN THE WORLD
Whoaaaa thats so sweet thank you
I love the new background
Thank youu 🙂
Your video is just what I needed. Battle tested tips and not just hearsay that is common regurgitated online assuming everyone has a similar climate and sunlight heat/intensity.
Plant: I feel the humidity dropped 1% ... I am panicking!!
Me: stop torturing me
Me to the plant: you better toughen up or else I will cut you up and start again.
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I must laugh so loud, when you were trying separate the big root bounded green plant, oh my, that came so good, you wrote down you look happy and then you have a grimace, because it's hard to get it apart.
You are entertaining person with plants, did you know that? I love it so much.
But yes, after you look very happy, especially when you look at the baby plants from propagations. And I'm sure alot video watching people in this moment aswell.
Very informative video, thanks alot Shawn 👍 well done as always 👏
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏽
I first got this plant 4 years ago and just like you said it was impossible to keep alive! Sooo frustrating. But I’m glad I found this video (almost 3 years later haha) coz I’ve recently just got a new white fusion, and this video gives me hope for my second attempt. Thank you!
The key is to propagate and let the new leaves adapt to your space 😀 also treat for spidermites often
💫 Gr8 presentation Sean, tkx! I'll keep my fingers 🤞 from plenty of new growth. Stay healthy
This is such a brilliant idea for propagation! I'll definitely have to try it.
Great video, thank you. I just got a White Fusion so this has definitely helped me 🌿💚
Oh thank you so much for this video. My plant was growing all green and I was looking everywhere for answers ! I’m so grateful I found you. I will let it be green for the winter and will probably try your technique next spring. Thank you 🙏
Good luck! The babies are so darn cute 😌
This was super helpful, thanks. I'm going to try the prop. Method! 1 plant into 2.or more ..bonus!
I really love the new background.. Thanks Sean.. 🙏
Thank you 🙏🏽🐸
Great video as always Sean, love your new workspace!
Thank youu 😌
🌿Thank you for this video, my own White Fusion has also lost its white color, so I will do as you demonstrated, and cross my fingers and hope for the best. Your new filming space is just beautiful!🌿
Good luck 😀
Good stuff. Very informative. Between you and Planterina, I have learned a lot since I started binge watching your respective channels.
Whoaaa that is such a compliment. I watch all her videos too shes a joy and a wealth of knowledge.
@@onlyplants As are you. Keep up the good work.
Love how you just tear apart the lil delicate diva! XD thank you though. Your videos provide confidence to my new plant ventures!!! I might scoop a white fusion up sooner than later!
These guys have since grown so much and I’ve propagated them into a few more plants 😅
I live your new space! It turned out nicely!
Thank you 🙏🏽 😌
thank you so much! I also like your comments on your video, and you really do look happy.
Yaye 😀😀
Really cool to know about this calathea. Thank you.
I'm a Malaysian staying in Singapore~ Most plantubers I saw are from the states, and their care tips are not as applicable to our tropical climate. So glad i found ur channel! I only have a few cacti/succulents and some pothos. Watching your channel makes me want to start collecting more.
My aunt and uncle in Malaysia have a rather sizeable collection of Calathea/alocasia/etc, and once the border reopens between Singapore and Malaysia, I'll be going to their place to beg for cuttings!
Whoaaaa thats amazing because alocasias and calatheas are some of the hardest plants!
I learned something new. I will do that with my future house plants.
Keep in mind not all houseplants have this rhizomatic roots and may have different propagation methods
If it’s hard to maintain in Indonesia, I can’t imagine keeping the White fusion alive here in LA where it’s basically a desert 😂
A household humidifier works. Keeps a home 60% humid. Not the small toy humidifier, a $150+ machine.
For those people who can keep calatheas alive in a low humidity environment... I really give my hats off and bow deeply. Its truly a piece of work to be able to achieve thay 😌
@@onlyplants unfortunately, I am not one of those people 😂
@@weareorigin yes, but much easier if you live somewhere that is naturally humid 💚
You can keep it in your bathroom as well
I’ve been through a lot with my white fusion and am scared to propagate it. It’s almost time, so this video has been a great help, especially seeing how happy you are !!!! ♥️♥️♥️
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Bonjour Sean,fantastic,as always !!😃😉🌱🌿
Merci! 🙏🏽
Learned something new from you Today😃👍🏻 Tq for sharing this Sean! Love your new studio too😍🙌🏼
Thank you 😌
Great info! I'd like to see the rhizomes up close though. - Love the closing image - wow!!!
Thank you
Thank you for responding to my comment! Btw I'm a member of AIFD. American institute of floral designers, you would be great as a speaker when we can have our symposiums again.
Oh my god that would be such an honor. Do keep in touch 🙂
Very interesting and helpful. Thank you !
Definitely. Plant makes me happy too, haha. I said to my self that I am done with prayer plants, but guess what, two days ago I was in Bunnings and who was staring at me, the beautiful Calethea white fusion, for $20, I don't see this often, I could not resist and took her home, so wish me luck.
Your studio looks great really nice table as always plants seem very happy
Thank you 🐸❤️
Your set up for filming is beautiful, very professional looking.
Thank you so much Karen
YAY!!! NEW PLANT STUDIO! 🤩 It looks awesome! And finally, a care video on this diva. Not sure I have the patience and time in all honestly though 😅 * continues living vicariously through your video *
Haha difficult plants are not for everybody, sometimes its more to watch others care for them and see them fail/succeed 🙈
Nah, ini yang beberapa hari ini gw cari-cari di youtube. This is what I'm waiting for when you mentioned about it at balcony in your previous video before. My white fusion leaves are green after reviving from overwatered. Thank you so much, Sean.
Hope this method will work well for you. I think this is why the prices on these plants are so cheap... their propagation is insanely easy.
This was so helpful. I bought a white fusion about two weeks ago because she is so pretty. What I didn't know is that she's a diva and I am a plant newbie 😖
She is currently on the floor near a window, in indirect medium light, next to a humidifier set to 65% humidity and she looks just as good as when I bought her so far...I watered her lightly once when her soil was dry. I am nervous!!!
She will be your light meter. If you see greener new leaves it means your light level is not high enough. Definitely very tricky when it comes to watering… and spidermites love it
@@onlyplants Thank you! Def keeping a close eye on her for sure
Nicely plant💚☘️ Sending full support☘️
Thank youuu
Great tips! Thank you
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Thank you so much for your help!!
I'd love to see the update on them in a few weeks/ months time. Keep us updated. Thanks! 😊
Hello, in the video I show you updates of the plants I worked on 3-4 weeks ago. Do check them out. I will most likely post an update on instagram on these as well
Fascinating,
Hi Sean! You're almost like family! I like how you put together the new background: the white/ beige backdrop, the heart shaped monsteras in the center, the draceanas on the left and staghorn, on the right side. Different shapes and textures. Superb aesthetics...
Thank you so much Norma 😀
Not only that, I find you not on informative but funny as well when you pulled apart the white fusion mother plant! I was thinking that must be your way to build biceps!
Thank you so much for these hidden tricks to propagate all green Calathea to white fusion. As the C.White fusion was none existing here in Malaysia but if do, only limited with a sky-rocket price. I can go buy a super all green Calathea for a cheap price and propagate it. Wow, I'm excited and go apical dominance.
Oooo they are so inexpensive here and a lot of people are selling the babies. I assume the babies were produced the same way as I shower in the video
Thank you always for the video...
Thank you ❤️
I have a few calathea plants so when I get my white fusion i am quite confident to make it grow well. And your video is so useful coz now I know how to propagate them. I suggest ppl who want to have calathea just buy a normal cheap one first to test your environment suitable for calathea or not. It is such a fuzzy plant.
They like more light than other calatheas 😀 this plant has actually taught me a lot
Lmao, I just found out seperating those root bound plants is a good chest-day workout variation!
From my own experience, they grow to bushy green monster under direct sunlight too. I have one huge pot, bought years ago, long before all this global plant craze, sort of abandoning them out there in the south facing garden (I don't know if that even matters with us in the tropics), can't even recognize them when I came back home. Tried to cut them bald, and put 'ajinomoto' as one of my plant sellers suggested, but well, they just stick to the shades of green, and rhizomes that only Hulk can seperate with bare hands.
Oooo maybe you have to propagate the rhizomes and get back those white leaves
@@onlyplants is that possible?
Another interesting video! I would like to try this once I find a white fusion! 🙏🏼
Good luck! 😌🤓
OMG! thank you! I've been finding a way to get the whites on my white fusion back! I am going to try this out. When I bought it, it wasn't a plant most sort after yet.. but to buy a new one now, the price has risen so much.
I have 4 pots of white fusion now and 3 pots of reverted green ones! Takes a while but worth it!
@@onlyplants roughly how long did it take for the rhizomes to start growing leaves?
That plant, I am sure, has been the most difficult plant to separate on your videos hahaha, you did great, I struggle with you just watching. Love your videos!!!
Thank you so much Sonia
I love the under notes (not sure how they are called, the notes at the bottom) they are fun xD and sometimes with important details haha
Thank you Tomas 😌
It's a video where your propagation curiosity shines. You did brilliant and experimental subject very well. I think I'm gotta try wt my v.peace lily bc I don't have w.fusion. I enjoyed your video so much, thank you 👏👏👏
Forgot to mention, so envy your V.MONSTERS!!!!
Hello, peace lilies have to be separated horizontally, as they don’t have rhizhomes. 😌
Thank you 😌
@@onlyplants I see, thank you 🤭
I love your plant studio so zen like! Love your thumbnail! Handsome! :)
Thanks Charlie
hello nice to see ure videovlog....watching in philippines,/region7
Great video!
Thank you 😊
Hey thanks man.. btw your microphone quality.is so good..
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sorry for being late but watching this now woooohoooo!!!
Whoaaa thank you
Thanks for this! I don't own this specific type (yet...???? hehe) but I do have other ones and love learning about care and propagation. Please update us on your props!!
I didn’t know about these plants having to die before they can thrive... now I don’t feel so bad about my calatheas being dramatic and sad 😂
Haha propagation is a big part of plant care that will elevate our experience!
All the time while watching your video I was watching the philodendron glorisium plant behind you... Have been trying to get one but am not getting. Again a very informative video.
Thank you, gloriosums are quite fast growing and easy to care for. Hope you manage to find one 😌
I love ur channel.
Thank you so much Adrian
i am buying my first one tomorrow. i have good luck with my other calatheas so i hope this one will do well also.
Whoaaa good luck. This calathea likes higher light than others
This is high on my wish list! Despite how fussy it is 🥰. Can you do a care video for the Stromanthe trio star? Love knowing the science behind it all so thank you for sharing!
Hello Angie, I did so well with the stromanthe but... i killed most of them from neglect haha. They want to dry out completely between waterings actually and will grow really fast for you in medium-bright indirect light
onlyplants ah oops! Haha.. ok thanks for the tip! MInes doing pretty good I think. Growing new leaves but not as big as the previous ones. Think she just needs a bit more light 😊👍
Mine white fusion came yesterday. What a perfect timing for this video ☺️🌿
Good luck! 😌
After watching your video, I repotted my newly bought white fusion in a lighter mix with more coir, perlite, vermiculite. Separated it into 8 plant grouped into 2 pots. But I noticed that they all had rather healthy roots without any sign of rot despite being grown in an apparently homogenous loose loamy black soil that is quite water retentive, so now I'm hoping mine are not going to die now after the repot :'( I repotted because I was found that the original soil was very moist via my usual preferred method of watering for most plants: via a wick leading into a water tray.
Try blasting tangled roots with a bidet to clean off the soil, improve visibility of their separation, and also loosen them up, it always works when I want to separate clumps of plants.
Whoaaa good effort
About two months ago..My calathea white fusion was geting suffer with dry crispy leaf...I think its because of under watering or wrong plancement....(my fault) unfortunetely its take a long time for me to realize that I put it too close to the outdoor unit of AC (stupid me)
My friend told me to cut leaves at the base where the leaf joins the main stalk to encaurage new growth...after a month the leaves was starting to grow again....and
Its still have the varigation...so glad
They have strong will to live!
14:14 💚 if only I had one of them.
Sean, thanks again for the video!
Filming the video at 7 am before washing your face or brushing your teeth?😂Not even a cup of coffee? That's a new level of devotion!😲🏆
Besides the sound of the airplane flying, your microphone also picked up lots of birdy signings which was really soothing.
Does anyone have the feeling that you were also helping Sean pulling the plants apart?
I mean like my hands and arms seemed to be trying to do the pulling too...
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Haha you must have a compassionate personality, someone who feel for characters in movies and can cry/laugh alongside them. 😌
@@onlyplants Wow, how did you know?! Such good people reading you are. 👏
That's right, I'm that person whose friends would avoid sitting next to me if we go see a movie together. haha
That's because I would be to overly emotional, laughing, crying, screaming, or jumping up in fetal if watching a scary movie.😅
Thanks for this video. I have all my Calathea in the bathroom and not had to many problems. I was wondering why my green Calathea had smaller white fusion leaves popping out. I would love to see how the first propagation goes in a few more months. If the white variegation is more prominent when it's bigger. Thank you.
The reverted green white fusion remind me of calathea rufibarba minus the fuzziness lol
I always enjoy your propagation videos because of all of the helpful information that you share. Btw the butterfly and air layering propagation methods you’ve shared before has been very successful for me 😍 thank you so much and i hope you continue to share more!
Whoaaa im so glad to hear. A massive hoya propagation video is coming real soon!
Haha. U don’t have to tell the world that you didn’t brush ur teeth cuz they won’t know and will imagine it after U said it. Haha but thanks for sharing. I love ur channel very useful. I have my white fusion too n love mine so much.
thank you ❤ now.., i have an idea on how to propagate my white fussion because it starts growing green leaves.
I have so many of them now that I propagated again
I am literally looking at my newly acquired white fusion while watching this vid... All the time telling it dont die dont die and dont turn all green
Give it very good light. Mine gets some direct and they love it
SAME I'm looking around my room thinking "is there a better light spot" and "oo i need to get it a friend!" Haha
@@onlyplants mine is getting some bright indirect and trying my best to mist it as often as possible but the brown crisp just wont go away... hopefully it will get better :P
Great video and honest. Helped me a lot. Subscribing now.
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bagus..👍👍👍
My calathea orbafolia hated me for 4 months but she has FINALLY acclimated. I have her in a self watering pot in medium light next to humidifier. The room is at 50 percent humidity. I snipped off all the brown edges. And she has pushed out 5 leaves with 2 growth points in the last month 😁
😀 good to hear. I have yet to try self watering/semi-hydro but would love to at some point
What soil mix did you use?
@@personalchannel4472 it’s very airy, I use charcoal, coco coir, wood chips and pumice rocks. I have another Calatheas in just pure Lecca in a self watering container and it works well
@@reyakisakura3971 thanks for your reply
I just got my first one thanks to my friend, but now I'm worry that I'll kill it 😌, anyway im waiting for the roots propagating update,
Bc of you and your channel now i got my courage to plant more plants. And maybe start my own shop too , wish me luck🤞
Ps: I'm starting with the hard one, succulents 😌😌😌😌 and the easiest one "kribo" i don't knpw the name in English
Wiii good luck 🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@onlyplants thank youu
I just got a white fusion calathea today. It will live in my bathroom with my other calatheas. I hope it will do well there.
Ooo make sure it gets very good light. It likes more light than the other calatheas
@@onlyplants Good morning! They all stay near the window in the bathroom. So far they are all doing good (pin stripe, rattlesnake, orbifolia, myokana, and a white star).
Sean, maybe you should prepare all your equipments (soil mix, planter etc) ahead before you start filming, so you won't have your back to the camera. Keep up the good work Sean! Love your contents!
Hello, the table is so small I cant fit everything on there 😅 thank you for the tip though Ill try to consolidate!
Beautiful plant,,,Saat tanaman terlihat indah ketika rimbun tapi harus diperbanyak dan dipisah2 rasanya ada yg hilang,,,pengalaman saya,,,
Iya... tapi kalo kita sabar nanti tumbuh lagi brp tanaman rimbun 😌
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Thank you mas 🐸
Thanks Sean. Another great video. How deep do you plant the baby rhizomes?
Not that deep, just make sure the babies can emerge with ease 😀
thank you for the very informative video! my white fusion got brown tips and edges that feel dry and crispy to the touch. i thought it was caused by the lack of humidity, so i placed it outside grouped with other plants receiving bright indirect light. it's been more or less a week now since it's moved and a couple days ago it got rained on (i know it's my fault). now the problem is.... idk if it is underwatered (when it was still placed indoor) or overwatered (from the rain). how should i work around this? she gives me headaches i swear
Hello it is hard to find out what happened to it... my advice is to give it a very fast draining/airy soil, and water it daily or twice a day (if outdoors). Bright indirect light is a must.
Thanks for sharing....actually I have the same problem.why the leaves turn green when it getting older and older.
I 'll try your tips.Thx Sean.....Like your channel much
Thank you and good luck 🙃
Great content! I wish I had known this about 3 months ago! Do you know if you split and remove rhizomes that are replanted from the all green ones, if they also will be green, or will you get white fusions again?
The green top that you saved will put out green growth. But the rhizomes will put out baby white fusian leaves with the whites
Nice new setup. I wonder if anything can be done to lessen the echoe/reverberation of the audio?
Hello, Im not sure about the audio as well... I have just bought this wireless mic which is a very reputable brand and quality... I think the audio editing skills may have to be stepped up a bit
What?! That's so cool. I so have not seen that propogation method before. Are rhizomes unique to the white fusion or do all Calathea have rhizomes?
I have seen rhizomes on almost all my calatheas so I suspect they can be propagated this way too. Though the safest way may be to root divide them horizontally.
That is some interesting stuff, I guess we have a similar hobby. I was wondering though, idk if you tried this, but if a rhyzome is quite big, could you also cut it in half? So you have double the growth points?
Interesting... seeing how small the new baby leaves emerge from full bulbs, I wouldnt cut it in half as I cannot imagine the wait 😅
OMG the last $$$$$$$ shot! those beautiful beautiful beauties monstersa!!!!!!!!!! OMG to die for!!!!!!! cant wait! good weekend, rest up and look fwd to next video yahoo!!!!!!
See you next week :)
Can you do a video on planting the rizomes? Also show us how to mix the soil?
For the soil, do check out a video titled forest floor potting mix. They can also do well in general potting mix amended with lots of perlite 😀
Do you have to plant the rhizome with all its old roots attached? Or can you trim all the roots away and plant only the rhizome node
You can trim the roots away. But if it has a bit of roots why not 😀
Hey great video!! You think orchid medium will work too? It’s airy
Depends what your orchid medium is made of, it wants to be airy but retail a bit of moisture too
I have these guys too and the only problem I find is that it has a fungal issue that’s common with Calatheas that’s sometimes mistaken for a watering issue
Ah yes that can happen. I find air circulation really helps with preventing fungal/bacterial growth
Just ordered mine and super nervous about reverting leaves cuz they're not cheap 😢
Thank u so much for this video.. I learnt soooo much.
But also, was there an update on the rhizomes you propagated in this video? Did they get back their variegation?
@@onlyplants I'm just across the pond from you in Malaysia and the cheapest I have ever seen are in the USD 11-15 range.
I need to move there, man 😂
How deep do you plant the rhizomes? And how often do you water them in your mix? Your new space looks great by the way! Well done.
Not very deep at all. The top portion of the rhizomes is maybe 1 cm beneath the potting mix. I keep it moist but not soggy... watered deeply once, and then lightly every day or every two days
@@onlyplants I'm wondering how do you water them lightly?
What should you do if the plant loses the purple color on the back? It's also been pushing out more white than green. Could this be a lighting issue? It's a few away from a floor to ceiling window. New leaves have a yellow-green tint to it, especially the white part, not sure if it's cause they are new leaves.
Im not familiar with what you have described but do DM me with pics?
Have you had issues with spider mites on your white fusion? I lost one to mites, even though I treated it (probably too late). I’ve been afraid to try again.
I did when it was indoors! But never when They were outdoors.
curious about your mixed soil. What is the ratio?
NICE BACKGROUND....White fusion are hard to find in Malaysia ...and too expensive....I m not confident enough to spend so much only to kill it...so will wait for now ...but i find white fusion so beautiful...thank you for this video learnt a lot...btw how can you function without coffee first thing in the morning???🤔❤
Hello, they grow quite quickly hope you can find more of those in Malaysia soon. Plants are my coffee 😛
I want a white fusion, but I haven’t gotten the courage to actually buy one 😆
Its easy once you found the right light and watering for it 😀and group them with other plants.