Whys and Hows PLUS does Plant Advice = Life Advice?
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Today, let's get our fingernails dirty, and go planty with full abandoned. Grab those niggling little projects you've been ignoring, and let's get 'em done! (Of course you're about to see some really cool Hoya....)
If I use it, I love it, and those products are linked here:
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Plant Food:
Growth Technology GT Foliage Focus (aroids, etc): amzn.to/3yyyIKW
Tezula MSU Orchid fertilizer (for all Hoya): amzn.to/3KD9IFg
Soil Amendments:
Legigo 6 Pack Coco Husk Chips, medium: amzn.to/4dNLRjo
Thunder Acres Premium Coco Coir brick: amzn.to/4bmJaDP
Supreme Super Course Perlite: amzn.to/3QPMzTw
Bonsai scissors: amzn.to/4bKdoR3
Lights:
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Soltech Solutions Vita (bulb): amzn.to/44Mwgg2
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Barrina T5 Grow Lights: amzn.to/4bMduHN
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AGLEX 240W Bar Light: amzn.to/3K9h6bg
Pest Control:
Dr. Woods: amzn.to/3QRSXJQ (see • World's BEST pest prev... for the recipe details)
Grow Tent & Accessories:
Mars hydro tent: amzn.to/3UMcVam
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GREAT NEWS! GT Foliage Focus is back in stock in the 'States. Click my link (in description) and grab a bottle if you've been left out of the parade these past few weeks!!
Was so pleased this fertilizer is available in Canada! I don’t think the Michigan state stuff is though
@@wootlesswocks I wonder if the MSU is available under a different brand name? I know we have other companies that market it under their brand down here. Cheers
I haaaaaaate plugs. Even with bedding plants. I use a box cutter to cut it into strips, it doesn’t damage the roots but frees the plant
At 4AM this morning I did all my watering for the day using cal-mag and spritz all my Anthurium. I like doing that before work so they have a wonderful moist day! ❤
Big fan of the morning routine myself!
Dave you crack me up....fashion icon 😂. Great to watch your videos as I am a beginner hoya collector I have learnt so much but to be able to laugh while learning is unique. You are a star.
Star? I better try to keep my feet on the ground after this. Thanks so much!
Fashion icon.... Well, iconic is as iconic does, maybe? Kind of, right? 😁🇨🇦
I don't know, but this definitely describes me best 😁
GREAT video. And I'm very happy that I'm not the only person dancing and singing to their dogs. I also do not care who is watching. Music makes me so happy. and of course, so do plants! Especially hoya.
There's no other way live ☺
Thank you for teaching your views on repotting a plant when you bring it home! I feel the same way.
We have been taught to be afraid, to be VERY AFRAID 🤣
@@soberplantguy Sooooo true!
I always repot a plant I get the same day I bring it home. I don’t use plastic pots that go into another pot, I pot into ceramic pots directly. I enjoyed the long video.
Oh good! I know a video this long with test some peoples' patience. Agree on the repots, obviously. The only way to go (for me). 😀
I’m not afraid, like you I break that rule ! Love the trellises
That's the only way I approach rules 🤣
I did it! Less expensive than my liquid fertilizer. Awesome. Exited to try something new. I’m stuck in old ways, as usual. So thanks for encouraging me to change up.
Hard to imagine that you'll be unhappy with it!
returned to give a like and finish watching, fell asleep last time because it was bedtime, and I was exhausted ( not because of the content!)
Hey, I'll except partial blame for putting you to sleep 🤣
Oh his fashion style is unique and makes me think of Hawaii also love the hats. My dad wore them a lot. But I'm in my 70s
I definitely don't mind a nod to the old day! It's more my style anyway 😁
Ooooooo! A really long video! Dreams do come true!😁 great video!
Glad you feel that way! I was wondering how it'd be received. Believe me, I edited it down. Wayyy down 🤣😂🤣
I love it! I’d rather watch plant videos than silly tv shows 😅
@@angieheredia4336 Even the Golden Bachelor?? What is WRONG with you??!!!
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Yes, Dave, you are a Fashion Icon! Keep up the good work and don’t let go of that image! Enjoyed this video very much much. All these Hoya are gorgeous but my favorite out of this group was your lovely and exotic looking Hoya SP Bogar. Talk about perfection. Great job! 👌🪴🥰
I accept your assessment of "icon" 🤣 Thanks on the sp Bogar. I love that plant. I think you're the second person to comment on it, so.... we're only *almost* alone.
@@soberplantguytoo funny! 👌🪴🥰
Love the hat !!!❤ super enjoy your forthright advice on Hoyas...please continue ❤
Thanks so much! "Forthright" sounds so much nicer than "brash" !
Hey Dave! Lol, you're such a card! If you are serious about a beauty and skin care channel, hey, why not? You have good skin. Do you have hats for styling or other tips to share? I really like that hoya sp. bogor, kind of reminds me of my hoya India. Yes, the way we rear children, raise pets and grow plants there is no one way. Between 2020 to 2022 there were so many newbies who pretended to be experts during Covid and I tried it all until I came to my own conclusions and concoction. Let me tellya, I was dancing today by myself- salsa, afro pop, and chutney soca ( Indo Caribbean music from Trinidad west indies) and didn't care who saw me ! I need to release stress and loosen my joints after dealing with the high supermarket prices, lol, and having to deal with long covid, loosen my mind. I always loved this quote, "life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain"...💚 Dee, NY
Oh, wow. That's a great quote. Here's to dancing, and getting wet, Dee 😀
Hi! First time viewer here. I also repot the plant as SOON as I bring it home from the nursery or plant mail. I never trust what is sent to me and I am always more comfortable in my own mix. I don’t like moss poles either and so far have not used one in my collection.
"It will stress the plant out more" if you repot the plant right away. Maybe, but killing it dead seems worse to me 🤣 As I said, I'm about to be down to one moss pole, and I have no regrets. Bully for those who use them, it's just not gonna be me. Thanks for stopping by! I hope to see you again ☺
I wish that when you held up your soil components, that you would also have held up the bag of perlite in your links. I ordered it, and I knew it was going to be big, but it's HUGE! 😳😂 I'll have perlite for many years to come. 😂 I love it
ooooops 🤭
I ordered that too, and yes I knew it was going to be big, but man when it came I laughed so hard because both my husband and my son were asking me why the heck would I need that much perlite. 🤭
Thank you so much for the videos. I've been a plant fanatic since I was a teenager and come from a long line of plant fanatics but just learned about hoya. I love them! My favorite are the fuzzies. My orchid you tube icons introduced me to them. I also live in iowa and am happy to find a fellow iowan to follow your iowan hoya care regime. I have 50ish hoya now. I'm sure there will be more. Thanks for the videos🤍
If you are anywhere near Cedar Rapids ... you MUST visit Crazy Plant Gal. She's having sales every other weekend. I was just there and snagged a Bat Cave, Elephant, Svetlana ... and so on. Cheers from Iowa City
Btw - you’re definitely a fashionista !!
I should pin this comment 🤣😂🤣
I am not a hoya grower but MAN you have some beautiful plants I never even knew existed. So interesting to watch. Im pretty sure my lowly kerrii is getting ready to do something and i want to be ready. So appreciate you and kudos to your wife on her support! I thoroughly enjoyed your live or die talk with your plants😂😂
Ah, thanks so much! My wife is the best, truly 🥰
Your video is great timing for me since I just purchased 5 small/medium dragons tail for $6.00 from Pikes Nursery in Matthews, NC. I agree with you regarding Moss Poles and keeping things simple. Thank you so very much for sharing. The info will help me tremendously.
Six bucks??!!! What a steal. And hear I was pleased with $20 😅
@@soberplantguy Pikes Nursery had them all on clearance. Fingers crossed that they'll get on well.
@@simplydee4522 well I'm the last person to offer assistance, best of luck with them!
I was just at this Pikes on Sunday! Love their Nursery!🙂
Be careful of getting into orchids, they can be quite addictive! As for recommendation, _Dendrobium nobile_ is a very popular species. You can find a lot of care info here on RUclips. _Phalaenopsis schilleriana_ is a good one, kind of a more interesting alternative to the regular complex hybrid phalaenopsis. Also paphiopedilums and phragmipediums especially cool growing ones which a lot of them are.
Entertaining and fashionable. Love the plants and appreciate the commentary. LOL😂
But mostly fashionable?? Of course mostly fashionable .... 🤣
Your husband is a fashion icon!!!!!!
Check's in the mail .... thank you!
I always felt kind of guilty for re potting my plants as soon as I get them home, but now I'm glad that I see you and others do it too. I feel so scared that the plant will not make it mostly because %99 of the time it is in a really bad substrate. the only exception are the ones I got form you. 😉
I sent you off a real beauty yesterday! I started repotting straight off about two years ago. Whatever stress that induces is mild compared to the plant dang near die off from choked roots. Cheers, and thanks again for *all* of your support ☺
@@soberplantguy thank you so much, I can't wait.
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Once I was able to grow store bought phalaenopsis, I bought a true phalaenopsis from Borneo name phalaenopsis Belina. The blooms are nothing like the store bought, and it has a great smell. I have mottled leafed phalaenopsis and then I moved to jewel orchids which you grow more for the foliage than the blooms. I also have several catleyas and oncidiums. On the oncidiums, I have more twinkles, that are miniature oncidium orchids. Most of my hoyas are fragrant and the blooms come in such a wide variety of colors and sizes of blooms. You will enjoy the orchid growing journey.
I want to try growing a hoya from seed. I'm intimated by it for some reason. Do you have any cuttings of Jennifer available??? You and your wife have a beautiful Iowa evening.
I'm going to enjoy looking into those orchids--thank you! I need to roll through a few hundred Hoya for this weekend first, though. I do have those really gorgeous 'Jennifer' cuttings from the recent video available. Stunning. (I'm also about to shop a less mature plant as well.) You can always email me at soberplantguy@gmail.com, as well. I'll get you some pics, if you like.
ooh decursiva, good move getting it on a stake it will produce long runners otherwise. I started mine from a wet stick 4 years ago and have big fenestrated leaves now. As for roots, it will send long aerial roots down the stake like a monstera. Actually just seen your using a bamboo cane, you would be better of with some chunky timber so it can attach and thicken up, sorry, good luck!
oooh, good tip. Thank you!
*OMG!!!*
That Rhaphi is indeed a *🤤"SHOWSTOPPER"🤤* ,but I doubt it will ever upstage your Hoya Merrillii😍🤤😍🤤😍🤤😍
I'm like a little kid with that new plant 😁
@@soberplantguy
Enjoy😍
Than beautiful Hoja so green and full would look good hanging not going on a trellis. That’s my next purchase from you Dave!
@@orchidenere You know, I think you're right about that 😀
Love Dragon Tail too❤
I'm like a little kid with a birthday present 😆
@@soberplantguyYes you are pure. I also repot my plants asap
Hands down Paphiopedilums are my favorite orchid. I love Vanda's but not for Iowa, unless you have a grow tent to keep them in. Good luck!! There are more, but love those lady slippers.
oooh, thank you. Those are beautiful !
The ones I love have variegated leaves and I tried to get the little ones so more fit in your home.
@@ttschrock7126 I think my H heuschkeliana falls into that category!
As for orchids, I have mostly mini phals, but I think you'd love neofinetia (now vanda) falcata or cattleyas. I dont have a lot of space, so I tend to have smaller plants. My cattleyas are minis or compact. This was a great video. You have gorgeous plants!
Thank you! Smaller sounds better. I’m looking forward to checking these out 😊
My Rhaph. is amazing, grows so fast!!
I can't believe how excited I am about it!!
Oh your funny Dave, you’re not a dumb, dumb. , just like I tell my husband, man are not multitask people!!!
That’s a charitable way to put it 🤣
How do I go about ordering your plants? I really love your videos.
Thanks so much! You can reach me at soberplantguy@gmail.com. Happy to shoot you a list, pics. Cheers from Iowa 😀
I have only 5 Hoya's 😢 but I love them all❤
It's definitely not about how many. How well have we learned to grow them--that's what matters to me 😀
@@soberplantguy that is true
There are so many types of medium out there and so many recipes!
I still have a compiled list with like 3-4 recipes (from the “all knowing” internet) for each type of plant, but I hardly use it anymore. If a plant needs water twice a week, then it needs a bigger pot or more moisture retentive ingredients.
If it doesn’t need a drink after 2 weeks, then it needs less moisture retentive ingredients, for me it is now as simple as that.
As you say: 3 ingredients are enough! (Still slowly mixing away the rest of the stash though 😂)
And for new plants I’ve become even lazier recently….
Propagating everything in moss-perlite mix and then sticking it into pure tree fern fibre. So far only a piper didnt appreciate that, the pipers now go into pon for me.
And if I have to water more often than I want to… that plants goes over into a 3 ingredient mix
I don’t like propagating in tree fern though, so far it had a much lower success rate than moss-perlite mix for me.
I don’t think tree fern is “better” than a good soil mix. But it for sure is easier. While expensive, it doesn’t really need amendments (mixing it with things like cocochips/cocohusk, perlite, bark would make its use cheaper) and when it gets dry-ish the colour becomes lighter, so when checking on the plants it is easy to see which ones needs water. This is good for plant parents who check on their plants often and tend to be on the over watering side like me 😂
It has a property that is nice for underwatering plant parents too…. It doesn’t get hydrophobic. So for someone who underwaters it would be great to put into a regular mix, to rehydrate the hydrophobic substrate quicker/easier. (If not for underwatering it would be a waste to mix it into a soil/peat/etc based mixture)
Still on the same repots here, though I did half of my friends repots in between so its ok to be behind on schedule 😊
(RUclips rarely shows community posts for me)
Im glad you have things that still make your day while suffering the effects of long Covid.
Losing the ability to do the things you love and enjoy can be devastating. But then sometimes when we find something that we can still do, it brings all the more joy!
Do you have a plant limit? I mean like a certain amount that you can manage to take care of
If we would all worry about how others would judge us for being stupid, the world would be stiff and/or fake.
As for strong opinions………… If they make sense……. 👍 I mean.. the nonsense opinions out there are strong, so they need something to counter that 😂
Looking forward to your experiment with all those different substrates! 😊
And to your styling vid and whatever other planty video you post, though I’m sure you could make the skin care successful (maybe even together with your wife?)
Will leave it at that, this comment already got waaaaaaay too long 🫢
Not too long for me! I don't really have a plant limit. But I'm not one to cram a ton of plants together, style-wise. I am careful to only grow plants that I actually care about, no matter how common they are. As for fashion/beauty/etc, I was really just teasing my wife because I reality, I have NO patience for any of it 🤣
Good to hear that you haven’t hit a limit!
Fashion/beauty/etc: expensive and it runs out
Plants: can be expensive but they multiply (somehow)
Does that tetrasperma crawl rather than climb and won't that be a problem for the bamboo pole? Love your videos they are inspiring in process of repotting my hoyas so I'm grateful for soil recipe. Thanks again.
It's crawling looking for something to climb--but it sure does look like a crawler at the minute. They all, basically, look like that when purchased. I'm so stinkin' excited about that plant 😁
It is a beauty
What is your opinion on long vines that grow bare? Do you cut them back in hopes to stimulate new productive growth? Or do you just let them keep growing?
I take this plant-by-plant. I have an AH074 with very long vines that have no leaves because it's hanging--but, the inner-nodal spacing is tight, and it wants to produce. I'll trellis it.
If I have a vine that has scarred over nodes, are huge spacing between them, I'll cut it, stand back, and watch it push out new growth. I have never once regretted doing it, either. (As you can probably imagine at this point 🤣).
@@soberplantguy Makes sense! If there's anything I learned from your channel is ... Try it and find out! I'm about to find out......✂️🤣
@@soberplantguy I'm even more aggressive with the scissors. I'm like Mrs. Scissorhands with long hoya vines. I love watching the plants put out new growth more than I like long vines I guess.
One more question- Do you buffer your coco coir/husk? Or do you use it straight out of the bag? I hear about people buffering it to prevent nutrient lockout but don't really know how to do this or if it's even necessary
I know you'll be looking at comments so I want to know if you deal with mold (not mineral deposits) with your terracotta and greenhouse etc. I'm spraying on hydrogen peroxide for now. I have amended soil and use a moisture meter but where I live things don't dry out quickly. Thanks for any wisdom you cast my way!
I really only deal with mold *if* I put the pot in a plastic sleeve, in the tent. Once I take it out and wash it with my pest spray, it’s gone. This probably wasn’t too helpful. Thanks for tuning in again, though!
Hi Dave 👋 when you water your plants, do you first water with tap water to moisten the roots, or do you water the plants right away with fertilizer water? Edit to add... I love your directness! You're not mean but you speak your mind! It's a great quality in a human IMHO 👌 ❤🌿
Well thank you! I get straight to watering, no time for pre-watering around here 🤣
Hi! Your Merrilli looks beautiful. I like your substrate recipe. How long have you been collecting hoya? I used to think hoya needed to dry out but no longer. They're thirsty plants
I got really earnest about it a couple of years ago. And agreed, drying most Hoya all the way out at best leads to slow growth, at worst, well.....
@@soberplantguy I always refer to this hobby as an ongoing experiment. You live and learn... I may try your substrate recipe soon, I just like to have an alternative to soil and PON. I'll have to get caught up on your videos. And you are pretty stylish. LOL. Oh, is your info available on your channel description for buying? I'm smitten with the Merrillii.
@@planttherapy1860 Don't go too far back in the videos ... they keep getting worse 🤣 You can email me at soberplantguy@gmail.com if you like. Happy to set you up with a merrillii, or whatever else might interest you. Cheers
❤🌹Loved it! Have not seen you previously address bottom watering vs top watering or vice versa.
I water everything top down. In essence, my plants get flushed with each watering. Though obviously people have their preference. Cheers from Iowa 😀
Don’t we all do the best we can on each thing we do?
I have a few friends that may not be doing that 🤣 But generally speaking, yes indeed.
Need to link where you get you hoya seeds and plants Pretty pls. 😊
The seeds are from Rice and Swiffer's Hoya, a private FB group. Super positive vibes on that one. Crazy Plant Gal can be reached at crazyplantgal.com@gmail.com, and if I have something you'd like: soberplantguy@gmail.com -- cheers
Real quick- do you mind if I ask you a question, unrelated to the video? Gee, thanks 😊
Do you have any experience with Hoya Sp. Af. Bertoniae or Hoya Cumingiana? I’ve heard Cumingiana blooms smell like cinnamon… sigh. All of my Hoyas are slowly coming back from flat mite infestations. I watched your video about pest treatment and have used your recipe 😊 Thanks so much! I really appreciate your time and enthusiasm. I think we can all tell that you’re really into this! It makes me happy
Quick pro tip: do not give up on that pest treatment when you see new growth start to explode. It's a trick!!! 🤣 Flat mites have a very, very long life cycle, and eggs will hatch way on down the road. Be vigilant. Yes, I have killed a cumingiana, but am growing the other one really well. If I do say so myself 🤭
@@soberplantguy Great advice. Yes. I. Will. Continue. To. Treat. My. Plants. For. A. Ridiculous. Amount of Time…. 😆
Also, do you have a Hoya platycaulis? Can you talk about your experience with it?
I would love to have one, but no. Not *yet*
I water my plants about weekly with plastic pots and a chunky aroid mix. How do you keep yours hydrated in clay?
Mine work out to just about the same, except for a few in the west windows. I don't seem to have quite the problems that many have growing in terracotta.
Hi Dave, love your videos! How can I order plants?
Hi, there. You can email me at soberplantguy@gmail.com. Happy to provide list/pics. Thanks much!
Hey, Dave!!!! How do I get to your Hoya sales site?
Hello! I'm pretty low tech. You can email me soberplantguy@gmail.com. Happy to send a list/pics and so forth 😀
Maybe the person giving a thumbs down thinks it means (/looks like) something different 😄
I don't know ... but I"m having a blast with it 🤣 (Signed Dave, easily amused)
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How do I find what hoyas you have available A far as you to start on beauty tips......take your own advise and keep to what you do best lol
You can shoot me an email at soberplantguy@gmail.com. Happy to send a list/pics. As for beauty, I'm just having a little fun with my wife. Plants are my passion, for sure 😁
@@soberplantguy I was only having fun at you also
@@MT-fq6xj But we both agree that I could definitely be a fashion mogul? 🤣
@@soberplantguy absolutely 🤫
I have two dozen Hoya and I didn’t have problems until recently with flatmites on my Hoya. It appears that a Hoya from Lowes or Home Depot had some and I keep my plants apart and those buggers have spread to almost all my other Hoyas. . I use systemic granulars and spray them weekly and cannot get rid of them. They pop up on the new growth chomping the leaves. I had removed damaged leaves as soon as I saw them. I have tried sulfur, jacks dead bug brew and now I have to clean all the sulfur off before I can order beneficials. Do you have this problem and what do you do?
Because of how those things munch, the systemics won't help (which is how they got the rep for being super bugs). I use my DIY spray, from the video I shot. But you must be vigilant because they have an incredibly long life cycle. I think most people feel their in the clear when new growth starts, but it's just a break in between outbreaks. Sucks, and I'm sorry.
@@soberplantguy I will look for your vid on your diy spray. Thanks
Crazy plant gal still does not have any plants listed
Contact her directly through Insta or an email. She has about 500 Hoya for sale right now. She's doing in-person every other weekend, and said she's happy to mail order again. Cheers
Where do I go to purchase from you?
Hey, there. You can reach me at soberplantguy@gmail.com. Let me know what you've seen and/or I can send you a list and pictures! Cheers from Iowa 😀
I love people in Iowa I almost married a guy from Iowa when I get my check I will be in touch right now sunrise has my eye
@@kathrynvaughn359 You might have dodged a bullet, based on the guys in Iowa I know 🤣😂🤣
Havent watched a min of you yet. Subbed bc of your namw and will sub under my real name also!
Come for the name, stay for the content (I hope!) 😁 Glad to have you
If you have a good facial and body care regime I think you could definitely make a go of it. There are a lot of men, all ages, that do appreciate good skin care. We are all becoming more aware of the need for healthy younger looking skin. I say do it you have nothing to lose but your time.
Thanks so much, but I must confess, I was just needling my lovely wife. She knows I have no patience, at all, for that kind of thing 😁
Can I have her email ?
You bet. crazyplantgal.com@gmail.com
Also, can I be best friends with your wife please? Thanks
I'm going to draw the line here. NO. You cannot be best friends with me, Memo, and now my wife. I'm afraid you're going to have to choose 😇
P.S. Choose me
@@soberplantguy hmmmmm…. Yeah, your wife. But hey, she married you. 🤗
I've been watching your channel since your very first video and got a lot inspired from your sharing. May I know how to purchase plants from you? Very much appreciated.
First, thank you for sticking with me while I figured out how to make a video! Really appreciate the support. You can reach me at soberplantguy@gmail.com and I'm happy to send a list/pics to you. Cheers ☺