Nice little hack I do for plants that are sensitive to chemicals or chlorine, use water conditioner for fish tanks mixed with your plant water. Used to buy distilled water, but that gets expensive and all those plastic jugs are unsustainable. I saved a couple of those jugs and a small amount of the conditioner, a couple of squirts of fertilizer and my plants are loving it
Strongly advise others follow Angela’s money saving advice. Totally works!! No negative effects after 4 months doing this regularly. Remember, do NOT water your carnivorous plants this way - dissolved mineral content too high in tap water.
@@missy912 Hi. Yes, my maranta, calathea, xanthosoma and caladium seem fine. I don’t mist plants with this water (especially this category) - just for my high humidity ferns.
I have one and it’s also my favorite plant. A neighbor gave my mom a cutting over 40 years ago and we’ve made many plants from that original one over the years . ❤️
I just bought myself a variegated Maranta.. the wide variety of variegation possibilities has me obsessed! I don’t grow any other Calathea/prayer plants so hopefully I can translate my aroid knowledge 😂
hey fern!! ive found that my alocasia do well in a taller narrower pot when upsizing since the roots dont spread out horizontally a ton !! makes repotting easy too
I just now realized I have a hoya shepherdii seeing yours and your blooms. Someone had ID it differently for me before I knew anything about hoyas. Mines beem blooming like crazy and it really made me warm up to hoyas a lot (I got a ton in a package deal and almost rehomed them--I'm really glad I kept them)
I was given a mystery begonia from my coworker (who got it from her mom who got it from her neighbour lol) and after watching your videos I realized it’s a Begonia thurstonii!! I also love mine and it’s growing like a champ ☺️
I love that begonia! I've heard that begonias prefer chunky mixes/ well draining soil due to their thin roots. They may be prone to root rot? That could be why it's doing so well.
I find that when I repot my alocasia that keeping the root ball totally in tact and just dropping it in the new pot keeps them from flopping after repot! Hope this helps!
Ican't wait until my mamei gets bigger! I love crawlers so much. My mine has ruffles, and it's even pretty young. It also develops the pink veins on the back. Mine is much lighter in color, but that's probably due to immaturity. Alocasias are a pita. Imo, what they hate most is change, but I was told bright grow lights and leca, and I'm not there yet. They still have issues that look like one thing but are not so who knows.
I will never get “sick” of seeing your beautiful velvety plants. I am obsessed! I just got a baby glorious and can’t wait to get it bigger. Thanks Fern!
Philodendron will probably always be my favorite 😍 just got a Thai constellation and plowmanii and Billie....plowmanii is my favorite lol, it's still small but I love the leaves ✨️💚🪴
I love my Maharani so much it was dormant over a year through summer then winter then another summer all the time in my tent , she looks beautiful now and sometimes it good to not give up if it doesn’t take up a lot of space - so cool !tfs I can see my plants growing now with spring coming tfs
girl do i feel you on alocasia!!! i love them so much but the minute i repot it they lose all their leaves. My black velvet, frydek, and silver dragon lost all their leaves in a few days after repotting but my maharani is thriving after a repot. luckily they are all growing back after being leafless for months so at least alocasia can come back from the dead haha
Here to say that I also knock my plants down A LOT. If you're the queen, I'm the princess, lmao. I knocked over two yesterday. It'll happen right after I'm done watering, cleaning, and vacuuming, then BOOM. there goes a plant
Easy to see why these guys are your March favs. So pretty. Also lol at that Hoya for wanting top billing. Shame about the broken vine but I love your sense of humour over it, you cracked me up with the centre stage thing.
Seeing your variegated maranta is making me have so much regret that I passed one up at Lowes the other day because they also had a Ruby Cascade and I chose that 😂 I may need to go back and see if it’s still there ha
I'm so happy spring is finally arriving, I can tell my plants are a lot happier and start growing again. Your plants all look beautiful! Watching this video made me realize begonia might be my favorite genus (but hoya and philodendron are also really pretty 🥺 difficult too choose), I surely need to get the thurstonii!!
Your variegated maranta is purdy as heck! Where did you find it? I’ve never seen it in local stores or online. And don’t apologize for showing your splendid again! It’s a beauty! Lastly, I’ve had the same happen with some of my Alocasia’s where they don’t grow a new leaf for a long time then starts pushing out new growth. I am guessing they are more prone to dormancy in the winter cause that’s when mine stopped and then recently they started growing again.
Alocasia need a ridiculous amount of feed and light, which makes them pretty difficult to grow in certain areas. In my country the water has very low EC which makes so difficult to get the amount of feed that alocasia actually need to grow and size up. An edit to add that the silver cloud is a climber and the plowmanii and mamei are crawlers. the silver cloud also doesn’t have ruffles. That’s the official word on it, but it’s tricky. I have a plant that was sold to me as a plowmanii, but so far it only wants to climb. It’s still pretty juvenile though, so I’ll have to wait and see ☺️
I love begonias but I've killed them all they're too finicky for me. I gave up on them, the edges always slowly crisp up until there's nothing left or leaves drop entirely :( kinda same story with prayer plants and ferns. I've just gotten a splendid cutting I put in water, no roots yet, kinda nervous, but it's not rotten and the leaves look ok still. Hopefully it grows soon 🤞
I have a beefsteak begonia, def one of my absolute faves 🥰 It does have a very similar vibe to this, just a slightly different leaf shape. Yours looks much better than mine growth-pattern wise though, being on the trellis. I’m gonna have to try that 🤔
I think your going to keep highlighting your Splendid until I buy one. 🤣 I know, I know. . . .I’m looking but only see Splendidum being sold. I can’t tell the difference so I may get one of those. 🤷♀️
I heard that mamei and plowmanii both get the ruffled petioles but it runs down much further on the plowmanii compared to the mamei where it’s less pronounced. But honestly who knows 😂
I have a plant that looks exactly like your Mamei except it climbs? I think... I just got it a few months ago and I can't tell because there is a lot of empty stem space between the roots and the first node. Anyway, I was sold it as a silver cloud Plowmanii. But now I am wondering if it is a Mamei. Also if its a climber or crawler.... Mine also has ruffles.
Fern question & it may be a loaded one. But what kind of soil is your variegated maranta in? Is it chunky soil mix? I can’t get the soil mixture right for them 🫠
It’s chunky yet, and it seems really happy with that. I, however, am not super happy with it in that because it dries out so fast 😂 when I repot im going to put it into a more dense mix, so we’ll see how that goes 👀
I found a company called Ecuagenera that has an Americas store and a Europe store-and they have Philo Sharoniae. Except, they don’t have the OG, they have the goat (greatest of all time…or leaf shape? 😂) and another one, forget the name. Buuut they gotta get in my collection at some point this year
Just wanted to say that you should research with this shop. I am not 100% sure but i Remember it being mentioned in regard to poaching from the wild so please consider researching that beforehand ❤
@@mk.paper.creations I don't believe this is correct. It's my understanding that they actually use part of their property for conservation and their plants are propagated and grown by them.
@@wishingonthemoon1 I don't believe the other poster is correct. My understanding is that Ecuagenera uses some of their property for conservation and they propagate their plants themselves.
I have so much trouble with Alocasia dragon scale but I think I shocked it pretty bad. Trying to grow back from some corms it left. My black velvet is super happy tho! Your hair looks super cute! Are you working towards blonde again?
Right now I’m using the beneficial bugs. Otherwise, for mealies I was spot treating them with isopropyl alcohol, and then spraying the whole plant with a neem solution. You need to repeat weekly until they’re gone!
I knock plants over all the time especially when I bend over to do something with another plant and my behind takes an unsuspecting plant down. 😔 😟 🙁 😥
Please consider doing a Deep Dive into using Terracotta Planters? I think its very important for the average person especially for Succulents to use Terracotta? Better too dry than too wet 😉
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Nice little hack I do for plants that are sensitive to chemicals or chlorine, use water conditioner for fish tanks mixed with your plant water. Used to buy distilled water, but that gets expensive and all those plastic jugs are unsustainable. I saved a couple of those jugs and a small amount of the conditioner, a couple of squirts of fertilizer and my plants are loving it
Strongly advise others follow Angela’s money saving advice. Totally works!! No negative effects after 4 months doing this regularly.
Remember, do NOT water your carnivorous plants this way - dissolved mineral content too high in tap water.
That's a great idea
@@stephenw.6588 Does this work on sensitive like marantas as well? With tap water and water conditioner? Ty for the tip and response in advance! 😊
My plants love that too. I‘ve been doing for 3 months now.
@@missy912 Hi. Yes, my maranta, calathea, xanthosoma and caladium seem fine. I don’t mist plants with this water (especially this category) - just for my high humidity ferns.
Fern you are GLOWING! 💫 Your hair, rainbow hour, that maranta, just stunning. Love you and all of your content ❤
Oh thank you so much 🥹🥰
I love it when you film in 'rainbow hour'!, 🌈 it's all so magical looking!
Thank you, my fave time to film 😊
You always make me fall in love with my own plants with these kind of videos 🥰
your rainbow lighting is so cute
I'll never get sick of seeing philodendron splendid!! ❤
Okay good 🙌✨
I have one and it’s also my favorite plant. A neighbor gave my mom a cutting over 40 years ago and we’ve made many plants from that original one over the years . ❤️
I just bought myself a variegated Maranta.. the wide variety of variegation possibilities has me obsessed! I don’t grow any other Calathea/prayer plants so hopefully I can translate my aroid knowledge 😂
hey fern!! ive found that my alocasia do well in a taller narrower pot when upsizing since the roots dont spread out horizontally a ton !! makes repotting easy too
Thank you!! I need to search for some good ones 👀
Your knocking over plants is a small space thing, I too do it all the time. I need a house!
Your hair is the cutest I have seen on you. So pretty and healthy.the plants are incredible
Oh this is so nice, thank you 🥺
I just now realized I have a hoya shepherdii seeing yours and your blooms. Someone had ID it differently for me before I knew anything about hoyas. Mines beem blooming like crazy and it really made me warm up to hoyas a lot (I got a ton in a package deal and almost rehomed them--I'm really glad I kept them)
That's so cool it's blooming for you!!!
My variegated maranta and silver band look sad after winter. I need to chop them all back and restart! You’ve inspired me!
I love seeing philodendron splendids!
I was given a mystery begonia from my coworker (who got it from her mom who got it from her neighbour lol) and after watching your videos I realized it’s a Begonia thurstonii!! I also love mine and it’s growing like a champ ☺️
My Mamei has ruffled stems and is a runner. Love your plants.
Mine too! Definitely a mamei I'd say. Love the ruffley stems so much
The last plant is for sure a philo mamei, not a plowmanii. I have both in my collection 😊
I love that begonia! I've heard that begonias prefer chunky mixes/ well draining soil due to their thin roots. They may be prone to root rot? That could be why it's doing so well.
Could you do a guide video on different soil types and which soil to get for different plants?
You totally jinxed yourself at the beginning knocking the plants over! I’m totally the same way 😂love these updates 😊
I find that when I repot my alocasia that keeping the root ball totally in tact and just dropping it in the new pot keeps them from flopping after repot! Hope this helps!
Ican't wait until my mamei gets bigger! I love crawlers so much. My mine has ruffles, and it's even pretty young. It also develops the pink veins on the back. Mine is much lighter in color, but that's probably due to immaturity.
Alocasias are a pita. Imo, what they hate most is change, but I was told bright grow lights and leca, and I'm not there yet. They still have issues that look like one thing but are not so who knows.
I will never get “sick” of seeing your beautiful velvety plants. I am obsessed! I just got a baby glorious and can’t wait to get it bigger. Thanks Fern!
Love the hair today!
Thank you 😊
Philodendron will probably always be my favorite 😍 just got a Thai constellation and plowmanii and Billie....plowmanii is my favorite lol, it's still small but I love the leaves ✨️💚🪴
Beautiful plants👍
💚☘️🌵🌱💚
Would you please talk about your succulents and cactus plants? Thank you.
Hello Fern from Puerto Rico!!! Love your plants and I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Blessings to you and yours!! 🙋🏼♀️🪴🐩
Hi, your splendid is stunning 💚 also love seeing your rainbow hour ✨✨
I love your rainbows 😍 Such nice vibes.
Thank you!! 😊
I love my Maharani so much it was dormant over a year through summer then winter then another summer all the time in my tent , she looks beautiful now and sometimes it good to not give up if it doesn’t take up a lot of space - so cool !tfs
I can see my plants growing now with spring coming tfs
girl do i feel you on alocasia!!! i love them so much but the minute i repot it they lose all their leaves. My black velvet, frydek, and silver dragon lost all their leaves in a few days after repotting but my maharani is thriving after a repot. luckily they are all growing back after being leafless for months so at least alocasia can come back from the dead haha
I love rainbow hour. Do you have a link for the window stickers you use?
Thanks for chatting with us on the priemer chat!
Here to say that I also knock my plants down A LOT. If you're the queen, I'm the princess, lmao. I knocked over two yesterday. It'll happen right after I'm done watering, cleaning, and vacuuming, then BOOM. there goes a plant
Yesssss omg exactly. So annoying to have to haul out the vacuum again 😭 and move everyone around so I can get all the pieces ugh lol
Your plants are really looking very nice😍
Thank you so much :)
The plants that get knocked over or fall, i call that, “ unplanned propagation or pruning”. 😂😂
So true hahah
Solid content Fern!! Keep it up 👍🏻
Easy to see why these guys are your March favs. So pretty.
Also lol at that Hoya for wanting top billing. Shame about the broken vine but I love your sense of humour over it, you cracked me up with the centre stage thing.
Haha glad you enjoyed - thank you for watching!
so happy you're using beneficials and they're helping !!!
Yes 😃 so helpful especially during a busy time when I haven’t been able to keep up with a pest prevention routine
Dang - I snapped an 18” long section of Hoya late last night too. Sorry your little friend lost a vine - hope it props back effortlessly ;-)
Seeing your variegated maranta is making me have so much regret that I passed one up at Lowes the other day because they also had a Ruby Cascade and I chose that 😂 I may need to go back and see if it’s still there ha
❤❤❤❤❤❤ so, happy you uploaded and video, have a wonderful week!! See you in your next video!!!!
My 3 mamei all have ruffley leaves! (All different plants but from the same shop.)
The only indication of spring is my marantha's blooms, but the snow outside indicates something different
I'm so happy spring is finally arriving, I can tell my plants are a lot happier and start growing again. Your plants all look beautiful! Watching this video made me realize begonia might be my favorite genus (but hoya and philodendron are also really pretty 🥺 difficult too choose), I surely need to get the thurstonii!!
Youre splendid leaf is sp big!! Excited to see you size them up more
All your plants look stunning ❤❤ also I love rainbow hour
Thank you!! 😊
Gorgeous plants!!! 🥰
Thanks to you!! 😉🥰
I just got a sherpedii cutting. I can’t wait for it to grow roots and then grow big.
Your variegated maranta is purdy as heck! Where did you find it? I’ve never seen it in local stores or online. And don’t apologize for showing your splendid again! It’s a beauty! Lastly, I’ve had the same happen with some of my Alocasia’s where they don’t grow a new leaf for a long time then starts pushing out new growth. I am guessing they are more prone to dormancy in the winter cause that’s when mine stopped and then recently they started growing again.
Thank you!! I was actually lucky to score the maranta from someone on Facebook.
I have a Philodendron Mamei Silver Cloud and it has the same ruffles 😁
Just got a variegated maranta. It’s so cute.
Great looking favorites. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
That philodendron should be hybrid “majestic”.
I so enjoy your videos! ❤️🌈
Thank you so much!
My maharani is a current favorite too! About to finally join the four leaf club. 🌿💚
Thanks for sharing for favs!!
My mamei has ruffles too.
Your variegated maranta is so beautiful, I had one and I can't get it to come back for nothing
Alocasia need a ridiculous amount of feed and light, which makes them pretty difficult to grow in certain areas. In my country the water has very low EC which makes so difficult to get the amount of feed that alocasia actually need to grow and size up. An edit to add that the silver cloud is a climber and the plowmanii and mamei are crawlers. the silver cloud also doesn’t have ruffles. That’s the official word on it, but it’s tricky. I have a plant that was sold to me as a plowmanii, but so far it only wants to climb. It’s still pretty juvenile though, so I’ll have to wait and see ☺️
I got my mamei from Equagenera and it has ruffles on the petiole.
I cannot get my variegated maranta to grow in soil. I have it proping and thriving in water so I think I need to just leave it in water
I love begonias but I've killed them all they're too finicky for me. I gave up on them, the edges always slowly crisp up until there's nothing left or leaves drop entirely :( kinda same story with prayer plants and ferns.
I've just gotten a splendid cutting I put in water, no roots yet, kinda nervous, but it's not rotten and the leaves look ok still. Hopefully it grows soon 🤞
Wow look at those wicked nails in that photo you showed.
Haha yes my Halloween nails 🕸️
Hey fern!
Interested in lace wings, wondering where you ordered yours from?
Koppert!
I have a beefsteak begonia, def one of my absolute faves 🥰
It does have a very similar vibe to this, just a slightly different leaf shape. Yours looks much better than mine growth-pattern wise though, being on the trellis. I’m gonna have to try that 🤔
My mamei silver cloud has ruffles too.
So jealous of your Glorious and Splendid. Gorgeous.
Thank you so much!
0:46 I hate that when that happens to me
My maharani has those same spots on the petioles. Doesn’t seem to be an issue 🤷🏼♀️
Do you spray your Hoya plants with Orchid fertilizer mist? Your plants are so beautiful 💚💚💚
I’ve fallen off doing it regularly. I do think it helps though, so I want to get back into it.
I think your going to keep highlighting your Splendid until I buy one. 🤣 I know, I know. . . .I’m looking but only see Splendidum being sold. I can’t tell the difference so I may get one of those. 🤷♀️
The last one definitely is a philo mamei. 🙂
I heard that mamei and plowmanii both get the ruffled petioles but it runs down much further on the plowmanii compared to the mamei where it’s less pronounced. But honestly who knows 😂
Ahh interesting! This makes sense.
Love a favorites video!! 🤩🥰🙌🏽
I have a plant that looks exactly like your Mamei except it climbs? I think... I just got it a few months ago and I can't tell because there is a lot of empty stem space between the roots and the first node. Anyway, I was sold it as a silver cloud Plowmanii. But now I am wondering if it is a Mamei. Also if its a climber or crawler.... Mine also has ruffles.
I’ve heard that there is a climbing type of mamei!
I’ve been looking for a Thurstonii for so long. I need one!! Please let me know if you see one for sale
One of those begonias on etsy! 25 bucks, someone scoop it up!
Fern question & it may be a loaded one. But what kind of soil is your variegated maranta in? Is it chunky soil mix? I can’t get the soil mixture right for them 🫠
It’s chunky yet, and it seems really happy with that. I, however, am not super happy with it in that because it dries out so fast 😂 when I repot im going to put it into a more dense mix, so we’ll see how that goes 👀
I found a company called Ecuagenera that has an Americas store and a Europe store-and they have Philo Sharoniae. Except, they don’t have the OG, they have the goat (greatest of all time…or leaf shape? 😂) and another one, forget the name. Buuut they gotta get in my collection at some point this year
Just wanted to say that you should research with this shop. I am not 100% sure but i Remember it being mentioned in regard to poaching from the wild so please consider researching that beforehand ❤
@@mk.paper.creations oh my gosh! Thanks for the heads up! I haven’t bought from them yet, and now I don’t think I will 😅 i’ll look into it, thanks!
@@mk.paper.creations I don't believe this is correct. It's my understanding that they actually use part of their property for conservation and their plants are propagated and grown by them.
@@wishingonthemoon1 I don't believe the other poster is correct. My understanding is that Ecuagenera uses some of their property for conservation and they propagate their plants themselves.
@@LulaMae21 i wasn‘t sure which is why I suggested researching. Thanks for letting us know!
omg the rainbow lighting on you!!!! 💛
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I have a tiny splendid and I only hope it grows as big as yours 🥹🥹 Yours is beautiful Fern 🫶✨
ENJ💚YED L💚💚KING AT THE 8 H💚USEPLANTS Y💚U'RE L💚VING RIGHT N💚W!!!
Thank you so much 😊
I think Plowmanii has glossy leaves
Beautifull ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have so much trouble with Alocasia dragon scale but I think I shocked it pretty bad. Trying to grow back from some corms it left. My black velvet is super happy tho! Your hair looks super cute! Are you working towards blonde again?
I was thinking about going lighter, but now I don’t think I’m going to.
@@wildfern well you’re beautiful ! 💐
How long do you think it takes for alocasia to make corms?
could u pls tell us what u do about mealie bugs on hoyas i can never seem to beat them😭😭😭😭
or like pest control in general would be great. been watching u for years but i still have issues with managing pests
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Right now I’m using the beneficial bugs. Otherwise, for mealies I was spot treating them with isopropyl alcohol, and then spraying the whole plant with a neem solution. You need to repeat weekly until they’re gone!
Will a maranta with variegation ever revert?
Does the Glorious need high humidity? I would love one but Im intimidated by humidity requirements
I grow mine in 30% and it’s beautiful!
Nope, it doesn’t! Mines been happy in room humidity. Just keep up on watering :)
I cannot even count how many times I have knocked plants over and it always sucks so bad. Sorry that happened
I'm early! ❤❤ haven't watched in a bit
Thank you for watching 😃
I knock plants over all the time especially when I bend over to do something with another plant and my behind takes an unsuspecting plant down. 😔 😟 🙁 😥
I always struggle keeping alocasia's alive inside.
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Please consider doing a Deep Dive into using Terracotta Planters? I think its very important for the average person especially for Succulents to use Terracotta? Better too dry than too wet 😉