10 Essential Tips For Spring You Must NOT Miss!
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2023
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Are there any plants that will successfully grow in a room where you have a heat pump -inside blowing part 😢 I can’t find any videos or information.
@@melanieh8398 not sure. What’s the concern? I’ve not a clue about heat pumps 😅
@@SheffieldMadePlants Well I live in Nova Scotia and my house is filled with hanging plants as I have five cats and I’ve made lots of high places for most plants to survive where the cats can’t get them. Macramé is one of my favourite hobbies and I make some pretty cool things. I have one room where the hot air blows in through the wall all day long to keep my house warm so I guess my question is, are there any plants that survive a very warm dry climate that you would recommend growing in there that hang or grow well Other than maybe a cactus? 😁 You don’t have heat pumps where you live?
@@melanieh8398 we do but there’s not much take up here due to our old non insulated housing stock. Sounds like you’ll be limited. Sedums spring to mind or peperomias.
Came here for the plants, stayed for the deadpan humour 👌🏻❤️
Love it!
I have an indoor plant fertilizer tip. If you use a liquid fertilizer take a piece of duct tape about the size of your hand and put it on the side or the bottom of the bottle. You can then write on it with a sharpie or really good pain and you can put the date that you fertilized your plant. The duct tape is strong and isn't going to come off if the bottle gets wet or if you need to rinse it or leave it outside. And usually the sharpie or the pen won't come off unless you've introduced rubbing alcohol or acetone to it.
Thanks for the tip 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants rather log it in my plant book . My plants are my hobby and I try to take the best care of them that I can.
the next time i fertilize my zz plant will be in the Summer. I will fertilize her with Miracle Grow. in the summ probably june or july.
Since I started watching you I bought 20 new plants,I did all your tips and my plants are thriving!My favorite place to get plants is Trader Joe’s.They are huge and full and 1/3 the cost of other places.Keep your videos coming, I think you’re AMAZING and the absolute best on RUclips so much vital information and so concise!
That is awesome! Thanks very much.
I agree. Trader Joe’s has healthy great variety of inexpensive plants ( check for pests and overwatering still) No question returns as well. Even rare plants. Here they are locally sourced so not stressed .
"I Henry the Eighted it" 😂😂😂 Omg
Exactly what I was looking for, your channel is a blessing for plant parents. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome! 😁
Great tips! I'll be showering with my plants this weekend.
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Used your Sansi code yesterday and got the 45W grow light panel (UK model) currently on sale, with your code it was £17.50 and free delivery. Amazing!! Thank you so much for everything you do. Me and my plant babies would be lost without you!
Awesome thank you!
I have had the Sandi light for ~5 years, it is great. My fiddle fig tree is gigantic now, and I live in Canada in a condo facing north, so almost no light.
I've got to say, the way you say "debris" makes me desperately homesick for the UK🥺 Anyhoo, carry on. Just an expat over here in NYC, minding my business, bingeing your show...
Haha trying to think how they’d say it in NCY 🤔
Thanks for helping my plants feel more appreciated by me applying these tips and preparing them for the hot season!
You bet!
What you say makes sense love all the good information you give
I like your none nonsense advice! Very straight to the point and informative! Natalie Australia
Thank you very much! 😊
I like to use liqui dirt for fertilizer but it’s technically an organic plant food. Has worked great for me!
Great tip!
For FUNGUS GNATS I swear by neem meal (sometimes called neem cake). You put the powder/pellets in warm water for several hours to make a “tea.” Then you water with it. Repeat for the next 3-4 waterings. It works!! I have tried EVERYTHING. This is the only thing that did it. Smells a little funny but worth it. You can also mix the dry meal into the potting mix when repotting plants.
Interesting! I’ll look into that
The cinnamon powder has worked amazingly with the little buggers lol
Just an update for you Sheffield. A while ago I bought a stressed out Pink Dragon Alocasia and you had a vid with a homemade fertilizer of oats and tea. I made a little moderation and I'm using rainwater instead of tap water. I've been watering my Dragon with it and so far, it's doing well. I cut off the dying or crusty leaves, just leaving the healthiest leaf. It only has the one leaf, but it's still going good. Thank you for the recipe and I'll keep using it until it starts to grow new leaves 🥰👍
Nice one. Glad it’s working out nicely 👍
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Wait, what kind of tea and what amount of oats?
Gah! I’m so ready for spring!🫶 so are my plants. Thank you for all the great spring tips, you are always to the point and super informative. Love your videos. Thanks again👍🍃😃🌴🦋
You are so welcome!
This is the timely advice I needed, all of it. Root pruning - wow, that is ingenious. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I'm planning my plants preparation for spring growth. These are great tips, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Yesssssssss! Let’s go SPRING!
Can I get an amen!
Yup during spring & summer I usually shower my plants to clean them and as well as to remove the build up salt from soil due to fertilizing. Bottom water during autumn and winter or if with fungus gnats. I'm jealous it's spring up there, enjoy🌱🌱🌱🌱
Will do 😁
I really enjoy your videos, they're informative and enjoyable. Spring is just starting here in Finland, so it's time for me to put these tips to practice!
Glad you like them!
Love your videos
Thank you 😊
The yellow fly catchers, instead of pushing them into the soil, I use a wooden/plastic hinged clothes peg and put the pointy end of the catcher in the grip part and then clip the open side onto the pot, there is less contact with you fingers 🙂
Great shout 👍
Spring I am ready for ,it is my favorite season. Good video . Keep up the great work. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I have found that 1/4 inch of sterilized sand over the top of your plant soil will take care of the bugs. The young are too weak to make it through the sand. However, some do come through the holes at the bottom of the pot so the yellow sticky paper is a great tool.
I keep meaning to get that stuff
I found that sense I started putting rocks as top dressing on the soil, the fungus gnats are not a problem.
Nice 👌
A few months ago I only owned a few plants, and couldn't manage to keep them looking good and healthy. Thanks to your videos, my knowledge (and obsession) with plants have grown immensely. Keep up the great work!!
Just a small suggestion: You often post links to other videos at the end of your video. When you finish speaking, the videos usually end pretty quickly leaving just little time to press on the suggested links. I often find my self rewinding the video to find these links. It would be nice if you could add a few more seconds at the end of the videos so we have more time to click them!
Thanks for pointing that out 👍
OMG 😮 I just got my moisture meter and I have no idea how my little friends have survived this long without it 😳 being autistic my brain is wired differently so my senses are not experienced in the common (I’m trying to stop saying normal) way but I naively thought I could improve my sense of touch by using the finger method and oh, how wrong I was, which is obvious when I think about it 🤦🏻♀️ I thought my first plant that I tested was ok for moisture but it turns out, it was bone dry 😭 and not only is this great for testing moisture but already it’s taken all the stress out of watering which is good for me and I can hear my plants cheering 🙌🏽 and saying it’s good for them as well 😍
… I think this is my best plant purchase buy ever 👍🏽 it’s definitely taken my plant life to another level ✔️ I highly recommend and can’t wait until the next watering day and I haven’t finished this one yet 🤪 that’s the adhd brain, always ahead of the game, or so it thinks 😆
Plant moisture metre for the win 🥇
Fantastic. I’m glad it’s made you and your plants happy. I always recommended it on the channel cos I know how much of a difference it makes 👍
Hello there!! Is it very sad that I tell my plants " Sheffield Made Plants" fella has put a new video on??? Great advice as usual 👍👍xx
Perfectly normal 😁
Love your videos! I noticed in couple of them that you use yellow sticky pads for fungus gnats, I used to struggle with them as well for months and then discovered nematodes, little parasitic helpers that got rid of the gnats in just one watering! The only downside is that I have a lot less spiders as well as they used to feed on the gnats, haha, and I loved having them around
I do need to try nematodes. I’m trying tanlin drops at the moment to see how it goes
Great tips to keep our plants looking great. I left a snake plant in my porch , and to my surprise it survived freezing temperatures and no water. They are tough plants. I will leave it out there because I have no more room in my house for plants. I try and keep up with my plants and have decided if they get to big for pot I will trim roots and put back in the same pot. Have a blessed day.
Root pruning is a great way to go 👍
I totally needed all of this today.
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2 months to go until spring!
Another great and timely video! Thanks! I recommend your channel for all my plant loving friends.
Awesome, thank you!
I am so glad for the spring time. Thank for the video and reminder about the rubber focus tree. Yesterday I found some webbing in my pothos while wiping the leaves to my plants. So I will stay on top of it.
Hope you found it nice and early!
Thanks a lot for the reminders and cool tips ☘️🌿🥰
Thanks for watching
Your video is inspiring me to check and clean up my plants for spring. I will also look for Focus plant food to see if it works. Another great video!
Thank you very much!
Very helpful tips. I am a new subscriber I was attracted by "Sheffield" I was born there but now live in Germany.
Nice one, thanks 👍
Like you I have a lot of plants, so I actually find myself trimming and cleaning the plants at every watering. Because as you I like them pretty and presentable. 🪴🌱🌷🌵🌿
I definitely don't like an ugly plant 😅
I really !!! love you tips, you really helped me to take care of my baby's !!! Thank you
Awesome thanks for watching 😁
Wish you made a vid on plant care in winter time.
I did 😁
Ok, I'll search for it. Thanks! :)
Thank you for this 🤗😍
Thanks for watching
Thank you for your tips. They are a great help to make a list and check all points off.
Just today I checked all plants for pests.
As for fungus gnats, I water my plants with Nermatodes every other month. Especially plants that like to stay moist (like calatheas or caladiums) have problems with those pests. But yellow stickers combined with nermatodes work great for me.
I also buy predatory mites every other month to keep off spider mites, just as a precaution. Better safe than sorry with those pests.
That'll do the job!
I set reminders on my phone for every two weeks in summer and every month in winter to help me fertilize regularly, the same goes for watering my cacti - I find putting the responsibility on my phone very useful 😅
On a different topic, how do you decide whether you need to repot or prune the roots and put the plant back in the same pot?
I need to do that on my phone! I prune the roots when the plant is root bound and I don't want to put it into a bigger pot
Great idea! My plants thank you. 😊
Great video again ❤🪴. You and Lee 💀manage to both make me laugh whilst giving great advice 😊
Cheers Glen. Lee makes very funny videos 😁
I like to put my plants outdoors in the summertime. They love it, but, it is necessary to spray with water containing soap, including the soil before bringing indoors. I then put them under the shower to be sure there are no bugs or eggs. Unfortunately I have lost some plants to hail and some swept away during our flood.
It’s a good hack 👍
Informative 👍🏻
Thanks 🙂
I'm really looking forward to spring and so are my plants. We need some 🌞
For fungus gnats you should try nematodes. I've tried bottom watering, cinnamon, yellow sticky cards and still some fungus gnats in my house.
Why not try nematodes?
That's a last resort for me. I'm trying Tanlin drops that someone swore by
@@SheffieldMadePlants I’ll give those a try, I’ll get some in before summer starts 👍🏽
Great video I'm trying dried mint on top of the soil for fungus gnats, apparently they hate the smell!! So far so good 🙂.
Ooo keep us posted
Hey Mr Sheffield we have Spring here all round in Trinidad things grow here like crazy cause we have rain and sun thats it you just have to wet in dry season and have proper drainage in d rainy season thats for those outside but we love it . Be safe Carnival is over here is coming to Easter just now so plenty beach goers love it anyhow you all are always welcome. Keep safe Plants R Us lol
Carnival in Trinidad sounds fun 😁
Yeah it is but you have to experience it so next year maybe
I've resigned myself to a certain level of fungus gnats in the house, but my partner is putting the war paint on as we speak. Will check out those yellow stickers.
I’m trying tanlin drops as my new potion. Heard good things about it
The yellow stickers did the trick here. I couldn't believe how many of those little gnats those things caught last year! It took patience, but after about 2 or 3 weeks of changing out the yellow stickies when they got full, no more gnats.
Fingers crossed then!
Bottom water and yellow sticky got rid most, only see one occasionally, but if I gets worse I ll use mosquito bits. Need oil and cinnamon help. Need to get the flying ones and soil. They live in top couple inches so can change that out as well.
👍 thanks good tips
You bet 😁
I don't have cold rooms in my home, so most of my plants kinda grow during the winter as well. Also, with Blossom APP you will never forget when to water/fertilize/repot (for watering always check ofc, and put on snooze if the time is off a bit). :D
The dust returns after a few days in my home :D
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white mold is symbiotic with the plant and supports it afaik
Bottom watering, FTW!
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I just stumbled across your video and love all the valuable tips on the care for house plants. I am a house plant lover. You mentioned house plant focus fertilizer for indoor plants. I live in Toronto, Canada and was wondering where I can find it. Thank you and keep up the good work.
I get it off Amazon. Not sure if it’s available in Canada
Thank you!
Just purchased some carnivorous plants to combat gnat problem. I hope this helps. I’ve done all your suggestions.
Cool 👍
I saw they need an occasional meal worm? I can’t even buy them for the birds. 😂
Love you chose a FLF as the ugly duckling.😂
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I use food grade DE and cinnamon on top of the leaves, and sticky traps too!
Nice!
Plant lights had my plants pushing out growth all winter, so I kept up with the fertilizer. Don’t know what you do if you used potting soil with fertilizer already in it though. I get mine from a grower and it has none, but all the big box stores sell fertilized soil here. I got my rubber trees because of you….love them..thanks!
For fertilised soil you'd just wait a month to start feeding. Rubber trees are great 👍
I checked out Neem pellets/powder as a good fungus gnat killer and it’s a fertilizer so it’s a 2 in one!
Thanks for the tip
Great video, thank you! Quick question: what should I do with the white mold in the soil? I usually remove it with my hand, and try not to over water afterwards.
I'd change the soil completely to make sure it's all gone and check if any roots are affected
@@SheffieldMadePlants thank you for your reply. I’ll be checking that out.
Bheegi bheegi si hai raatein
For fungus gnats I use Steinernema Feltiae nematodes. I mix em with my water and feed them to my plants. Make sure the soil stays moist for at least a week so they can eat all the fungus gnats larvae.
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“I Henry the Eighth it” 😂😂😂
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I've got a small ponytail plant that's been struggling. Leaves are turning brown and dropping. It's been in the same pot it was in when I bought it a few years ago. They had put a layer of gravel siliconed over the whole soil surface, so I haven't been able to get a finger or the moisture meter into it to check moisture level. I finally decided this morning to pull it out and check the roots, per your recommendation for various plant issues. Since I haven't been able to check the moisture level in it, I give it very little water and only when I need to water my much larger ponytail (maybe once a month). Apparently even that was too much. When I removed the 1/2" thick layer of siliconed gravel, the soil was DRENCHED. Ack! No wonder the poor thing wasn't happy. The roots were small and skimpy, so it's not rootbound by any stretch. So I blended the existing soil with some new substrate (including water absorbing elements) and repotted it back into the same pot. Hopefully it'll bounce back. At least now I can actually check the moisture level!
Phew, sounds like you got there in the nick of time 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thanks to you! Living in Arizona, I'm used to plant leaves turning brown from LACK of water or underwatering. Never occurred to me until I was watching one of your videos that it could be TOO MUCH water.
I used to have a really bad fungus gnat problem with the houseplants in my bedroom. It was so bad they were disturbing me in my sleep! The best thing I ever did was to thickly top dress the plants with vermiculite. I still top water but I do so right at the root crown so the rest of the surface stays dry. Yellow sticky traps are also great for catching those lingering adult flies.
Problem. Solved.
Sounds like a good system. Couldn’t bare to have gnats waking me up 😅
Amazingly informative video, thank you 😊 what is the plant that is shown 2:17 min within the video?
Thank you. It’s a fiddle leaf fig
Stomata is mostly located at the underside of the leaves, not top of the leaves.
Henry the Eighth your rubber plant... I legitimately alarmed my cat with an unladylike guffaw
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great tips! when you add water to your decorative pot and put the plant back in, do you leave the water or drain it out once the plant looks like its drunk it up?
I’d check and discard the next day
"You can even finger the soil."
Snorts & giggles like a teenager 😂
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What if you (me) are the ugly duckling in your (my) home???? 🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the video!!!!! I have been watching your videos faithfully and following them step by step! I feel inspired! Thanks!!!!!!! You’re also funny af 😂
You’re a ⭐️ thank you 😊
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Do you have any tips for a purple envy? It’s a new to me plant however I’m struggling to find a good educational video regarding them
Sorry I don’t have the plant
where's the painting at 8:09 from? it really catched my eye!
That’s a Pete McKee. Local artist
Henry the 8th it 😂😂😂
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Have you tried Mosquito Bits? It’s excellent for preventing gnats.
I've looked into it. Tricky to get affordably in the UK. I'm trying tanlin drops at the moment
I keep gnats down by growing Sundews as a natural fly catcher. A well watered (rainwater, no tap water!) happy Sundew will produce masses of sweet sticky mucus that will catch loads of these little buggers and digest them. They work 100x better than the little yellow cards, and you only have to buy them once, plus you also get another plant instead of just a bit of card.
Plants like the Cape Sundew (Drosera Capensis), are the ultimate fly catcher, and they grow all year round and are easy to care for. Put them in a pot in a very shallow water tray in bright sunlight and let them do their thing. You'll be happy to see gnats because they'll feed your Sundews.
Loving your vids by the way, very good production, and straight to the point. Thanks for previous replies to comments too. And your plants look outrageously healthy!
Great, thanks for the tips 👍
I used a combination of Nematodes and a Neem Oil product to completely get rid of the fungus gnat population in my plants last year 👍🏻
Good combo 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants oh and yes, the yellow stickers of course, to be in control what's going on and to catch all those creepy creatures already flying around because the Oil and Nematodes only kill the larvae in the substrate. Active adult gnats will lay new eggs. So fight them on all layers :D Btw thanks for you videos, very helpful and entertaining 🙌🏻
@@monochromfotoart thank you 🙏
I dont know which video of yours but you recommended to not move aloe vera. So, I didnt touch my Aloe Vera and just let it be in SW facing window about 5-6ft away from window and they are thriving. Thank you!!
That's great!
How soon after you repot or refresh your potting soil for spring do you fertilize your plants
If you're using nutrient rich compost then leave it a month and then start feeding
@@SheffieldMadePlants thank you
Have you ever tried BTI tabs (i.e. 'mosquito bits') against fungus gnats? Every youtuber, who has ever tried them claims, that they get rid of the entire population when used regularly in the water. I havn't come around to try it myself, but am planing to do so this year.
I've wanted to but it's tricky to get hold of in the UK for a decent price
What should I do about mushrooms growing in my plants?
I leave them. Mushrooms are a sign of good soil
Any advice for mealy bugs? How far away should i keep the affected plant from my other plants? Also, why does my perlite on the top of my soil turn an orange/brown color? I’m going to start bottom watering all plants so maybe that will some that issue.
Mealybugs dab with rubbing alcohol and then wash/wipe off. The colour is probably a reaction to the light
Hello! When you bottom water your plants, do you get condensation forming underneath the planter? I’ve tried bottom watering and some planters, especially terra cotta, seem to get damp underneath, damaging the counter or surface it’s sitting on. I’d like to try more bottom watering but I might need to take stock of the material that my decorative planters are made from. Any advice?
Yes that is a problem with terra cotta and it damaged my windowsills too. I’ve got mats underneath now
Thank you very much.
Question please regarding cinnamon- I recently reported my philodendron verucossum to new soil as thought it had had fungus in the soil in the pot. I sprinkled cinnamon on the top f the soil and in a couple of days the cinnamon started to rot and create fungus looking webbing on it. Is it possible that the fungus somehow kept on the roots and is now in the new soil? Or does it normally mould? Thank you
Hmm something is very wrong with your plant. Cinnamon is an anti fungal so it should eat the fungus. You say webbing - are you sure it's a fungus and not a bug (spider mites)?
Thank you for your fast reply! Much appreciated.I will need to look into spider mites, I am fairly new to household plants so it is possible it’s a bug
I've never cut off roots like this. I'm a little scared I'll kill my plant. My pothos definitely needs a repot and I do not want to up size my pot. I think I'm going to cut the roots and hope for the best.
Pothos do well with this. Be fine
@@SheffieldMadePlants Great! Thanks for the encouragement. 💚
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I have a fertilizer (happy happy house plants) that says you can use it every time you water. I haven't been doing it in the winter but is it safe to do in spring if they recommend it?
Yes that'll be fine. It will be dilute enough to not hurt the plants and give nutrients at a nice steady pace
Do you recommend dust then apply neem oil to leaves?
Sure
Do cacti roots continue to grow during winter? thanks!!
If temps are above 15c roots will continue to grow
How do you know how much water to add? do I go crazy and add a lot of water or just a small cup?
For bottom watering? Start with about a third of the volume of pot and go from there
Do you use root hormone when cutting roots before repotting?
I used to but don’t anymore. No harm but didn’t see much difference
Thanks
(knock on wood) using diluted coffee seems to keep bugs away
Interesting 🤔
I hope its ok but i started using the miracle grow liquid for indoor plants. I dont think they sell what you use here in the states
It’s decent enough
Referring to your "reset" on your rubber plant - Can I do this to my money tree?
I've not done it myself on this plant but it should work
I cut off about 2 feet of the top of my money tree every spring because I like it a certain height so I can see out the window for years. It loves it!
Neem cake