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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • To be honest, this really scared me off of importing. My friends and I bought 3 houseplants, all philodendron, through an import. We had planned on me taking care of them, acclimatizing them, propagating them, and each one of us gets a cutting. It went...ok i guess.
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Комментарии • 139

  • @Sandreline
    @Sandreline Год назад +169

    I appreciate when plant youtubers are open and honest about their struggles.

  • @ot7stan207
    @ot7stan207 Год назад +241

    Not gonna lie I thought you were holding a paper bag

  • @Kelps_K
    @Kelps_K Год назад +87

    The way you edit with so much humor makes your videos so very enjoyable to watch, on top of the educational and informational plant content. Very funny video, keep up the good work! 😊

  • @abbytonyardor3701
    @abbytonyardor3701 Год назад +14

    For what it's worth I typically take my newly delivered cuttings and soak them for 24. Hours in distilled water. Then I root them in a mix of perlite vermiculite and orchid bark. After about 2 months I check them and go to soil. I just found your channel and I love what you do!!!

  • @hedgewitch59
    @hedgewitch59 Год назад +5

    I guess we're lucky in Australia. Quarantine doesn't allow plants in so no headaches. If they are imports they need to go through 6 months quarantine which costs $thousands for each plant. I'll leave it to the experts.

  • @aethissykes
    @aethissykes Год назад +7

    I recently bought my first cutting from Etsy, I've never bought a cutting online before, it is a silver sword philodendron and it's doing pretty great, it has three growth points and some little roots, it already has a tiny leaf sticking out of the biggest growth point, it looked kind of rough when it came but it's growing very fast now

  • @greentape7817
    @greentape7817 Год назад +11

    I actually love re-using those vacuum storage ziplock bags for propagations too, not only are they huge and pretty robust, but something about the 1-way valve on the bag just makes me feel better about the whole thing for some reason, like its somewhat airtight but not like, anaerobic environment airtight. This may be more important from a psychological perspective than a botanical one, but I worry less about things spontaneously rotting and dying in bags like that.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      They're really great. I still leave the top of the bag open a bit regardless of the vacuum seal.

  • @deon5329
    @deon5329 Год назад +19

    Loved this and your sense of humor. RIP philo splendid 🙏🏽

  • @xinetrevino4681
    @xinetrevino4681 Год назад +21

    You're so good at youtubing! I appreciate how funny and informative and honest your videos are, and they're a nice concise length (although if you do longer form videos in the future I'll happily watch those too). I subscribed to your channel quite recently and I think you've gained another ten thousand subscribers since then -- I hope your channel blows the heck up, it absolutely should, you do great work

  • @lanalong6736
    @lanalong6736 Год назад +5

    Oh my! 😂 I learned and laughed…a lot. Yes, a ‘Splendid’ take on plant recovery.

  • @ildikojones7073
    @ildikojones7073 Год назад +14

    So glad to see you again! Thank you for sharing this adventure of saving these fabulous plants with us. Every time I watch a clip from you, my confidence in my own skills grows. Thank you!

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +2

      Thanks for always leaving kind messages.

    • @ildikojones7073
      @ildikojones7073 Год назад +1

      @@KillThisPlant My pleasure. I’m just being sincere. You rock! 🤗

  • @plantypittsburgh
    @plantypittsburgh Год назад +7

    Do we have another Q&A video coming soon? Love em! You're definitely my fave plant RUclipsr. Informative, funny and concise. Always leaving em wanting more.

  • @Sapientiam
    @Sapientiam Год назад +1

    I bought a monstera deliciosa this summer for $17 and I just managed to kill it 😅.. It stressed me out since I had spent so much money on the plant, the dirt mix, pot and the time and energy on it.. Just for it to die from my over loving it with over watering and taking it apart time and time again. 🙈 I'm happy that I didn't pay any more on this thing. No more monstera deliciosa for me in at least a few years time lol😭😜🤣. I have to say that I've had several of these during covid but none that I've mishandled quiet like this though. And this was the one I payed most money for. 😅🤣
    I need to add that I love your videos. You've been a great source of inspiration and information, so thank you 🙏❤️.

  • @TheTuidi
    @TheTuidi Год назад +25

    Thank you for the informative and funny content 😂👏 I love it and your personality, always straight to the point, easy to understand, and a great inspiration for a plant parent ❤

  • @that.neurodivergent
    @that.neurodivergent Год назад +1

    Hehehe the end made me giggle, can’t blame ya for wanting to keep that one to yourself 😂

  • @gabumonboys
    @gabumonboys Год назад +3

    Honestly, I wouldnt even transfer from sphagnum to soil. Sphagnum has always been the best media Ive ever grown anything in. If you want you should transfer the sphagnum root ball to another mixture that contains a lot of sphagnum and perlite combined. Sphagnum is super easy to work with because you can tell when it it is dry, watering one part of the moss will osmotically circulate water to the rest of the moss. I grow all my expensive plants in sphagnum or sphagnum+perlite.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +3

      What's your fertilizer routine while growing in moss?

    • @ramenchuu
      @ramenchuu Год назад

      .

    • @gabumonboys
      @gabumonboys Год назад

      @@KillThisPlant I just make my normal strength fertilizers in empty distilled water jugs. Usually it is about 1 tablespoon of fertilizer for a gallon of water. But definitely go by the printed instructions.
      Whenever I need to fertilize, I just dilute the normal strength fertilizer to about half or a third. I dont think the sphagnum has too much effect on fertilizing. Some guy who directs a big botanical garden says that he fertilizes on the basis of “weakly weekly.” So essentially every week you use a super diluted fertilizer.

  • @nareegreel
    @nareegreel Год назад +3

    You are quickly becoming one of my fav plant youtubers 🤣

  • @GraceEvangelist
    @GraceEvangelist Год назад

    This man knows how to stick a landing. I laugh at every ending! 🤣

  • @flaekjaflintstone5656
    @flaekjaflintstone5656 Год назад +1

    thanks for sharing :) i know the struggles also you had. what worked out good to me with propagate big leave plant was to cut the most parts of the huge leaves off do reduce the mass of plant which needs water so there is enough power to grow new roots but still enough leave for photosynthesis. keep on and good luck and thanks 😊

  • @reyhosein2533
    @reyhosein2533 Год назад

    Dude, the splendid was giggling at the end, interesting video, happy planting. 😂😂

  • @irene.143
    @irene.143 9 месяцев назад

    The added comedy to your content 🫶🏾😂🤌🏽

  • @moldytowelsmom
    @moldytowelsmom Год назад +1

    Use a fork to get the moss off! It works perfectly! Will not hurt the roots if you are gentle

  • @dianakoshman3365
    @dianakoshman3365 Год назад

    Second video I watch of yours. Thank you for being real!

  • @FranktheTank319
    @FranktheTank319 Год назад

    I just bought some philodendrons that I will be importing. This definitely helped me assuage my fears of dead plants. Lol I'll just stick to my homemade aroid soil, though. They're not rooted cuttings but growing plants.

  • @single_use_planet_
    @single_use_planet_ Год назад +3

    I'm a simple person, I see a philodendron, I cry because I don't have it yet

  • @silmarlis9449
    @silmarlis9449 Год назад +1

    Delightful vid, packed with great info, thanks again for sharing your wonderful insights

  • @NinjaXryho
    @NinjaXryho Год назад +2

    I'm sure you simplified for brevity, but IMO root rot isn't JUST due to moisture, but from anoxia which can result from over-moist media. Have you experimented with aquasoil? It's kinda trendy, but I'm having good experience with it. It's designed for total submersion, so I feel it's a great fit for transitioning plants to LECA. It's like a middle step. Aquasoil is clay and baked humus, seemingly very resistant to rot.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад

      I might look into that. We talking Fluval stratum?

    • @NinjaXryho
      @NinjaXryho Год назад

      @@KillThisPlant Yep, that's one! I'm using a chinese knockoff of ADA Aquasoil though, just something I found at a local fish store.

  • @janinebean4276
    @janinebean4276 Год назад

    The bell thing is KILLING me 😂😂😂

  • @kristinchong629
    @kristinchong629 Год назад +2

    Just found this channel and its so fun. Also wondering like can there be something be done about how we all internally institutionalized having a lawn. ( my grandma actually just made hers concrete. :( and like its a little world into homestyle diy science. And maybe understanding climate change in a more immediate way ?

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +2

      Get involved in local politics. Remove bylaws preventing construction of gardens in front yards. Support community garden in general as 3rd space. Add communal tool rental spaces to those gardens. Create incentives to grow local wild flower spaces on lawns. You're asking for an anti capitalist structural and cultural shift.

  • @VeryKinkyCurl
    @VeryKinkyCurl Год назад

    Great vid! Once they see the Splendid actually survived. Wish I were a fly on the wall😂

  • @philippebartz8922
    @philippebartz8922 Год назад

    6:46 introvert...... welcome to my world xD

  • @yolyrom7233
    @yolyrom7233 Год назад

    This was great, especially the very end. I was 😂 so hard!

  • @RenegadeLK
    @RenegadeLK Год назад

    4:03 Yeah I bought some plants online and I'm having the same mush problems with the roots. I just put the surviving ones on two pots and praying they make it, time will tell if they do.

  • @heatherdegreeff1092
    @heatherdegreeff1092 Год назад +1

    This was so informative and entertaining!

  • @raeannrees9706
    @raeannrees9706 Год назад +1

    I enjoy this channel so much!!!!

  • @ThatGworl2023
    @ThatGworl2023 Год назад

    Leca has been good to me

  • @dh4767
    @dh4767 Год назад

    Fascinating

  • @Kim-ts8nq
    @Kim-ts8nq Год назад +3

    Have you tried Tree Fern Fiber for rooting? It just falls off the roots when you take it out of the pot. Great for rooting and great to move to semi hydro

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      I have not! Thanks for the suggestion I will look into that.

    • @noraramos3798
      @noraramos3798 Год назад +1

      Love, love tree fern fiber, but man is it pricey! (Worth it imo tho!)

  • @carolwilkeshoward5629
    @carolwilkeshoward5629 Год назад

    Leca has been very harsh to use and I had to learn which plant’s could stand leca

  • @ruthmeow4262
    @ruthmeow4262 Год назад

    Not doing a propagation thing, but am doing a rescue. I have a bad habit of going through the discount plants at my local garden nursery for house plants. Lots of time they just need a bit of love, but I picked up a curly lipstick plant that looks like it was allowed to fully dry out for a while then flooded. The soil was dripping when I got it home. Roots still looked good, but not enough roots for the pot size. So, shook off all the soil, repotted into much smaller pots (there were eight stems) with damp soil and put them all in a clear storage bin under some led lights. After four days, there are signs of recovery. The leaves are starting to spread open. Why did I buy it in this condition? It was $5, not a loss if the plant doesn't make it, and if it does, I have the curly lipstick plant that I have been looking at all summer but never pulled the trigger on.

  • @cascadianroots
    @cascadianroots Год назад +1

    Thank you for this video! I got a philodendron mayoi a few months back and I thought I started to kill it, it's pushing out a new leaf but the other not fully mature leaf it had, died in the process. It was just a small 2 leaf cutting when I got it, and watching the new leaf unfurl I thought it was going pretty slow compared to the Rhaphidophora tetrasperma I got at the same time lol. But hearing you say they grow fast and are pretty forgiving gives me hope 🥰

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      Good luck with it. I love the leaf shape.

    • @cascadianroots
      @cascadianroots Год назад

      @@KillThisPlant I just checked on it and she's pushing out another leaf! I knew she was needing some extra humidity so I upped that. 🥰

  • @plantypittsburgh
    @plantypittsburgh Год назад

    This video made me LOL.

  • @PushyMuse
    @PushyMuse Год назад

    This was hilarious! Great editing. I've been tempted to get some imports myself.

  • @Sandreline
    @Sandreline Год назад

    In my (albeit limited) experience, when you have those long crunchy aerial roots spaghnum is best.
    A few months ago I recieve a Philodendron Rio with a bunch of MASSIVE aerial roots. There were literally some that were like 6+ inches long. I propped some cuttings in water and some in my spaghnum prop box.
    The cuttings rooting in spagh started shooting new white roots out of those aerial roots almost immediately.
    The cuttings rooting in water eventually shot out NEW roots, but the older aerials rotted and died off.
    With spaghnum propagating you just really want to make sure it's packed loosely around the node, and you're regularly letting the box get some air.

  • @janinebean4276
    @janinebean4276 Год назад

    I need plant friends I can split new plant purchases with!

  • @coriroo9323
    @coriroo9323 Год назад

    Maybe try some other providers, if there is a next time? I know there are bad and good importers, though I haven't imported much myself yet.
    Overall though, I'd say you did a pretty great job! Even larger plant shops have imports die, and two outta three ain't bad.

  • @FavOnIcon
    @FavOnIcon Год назад

    bought 12 plants "Venus flytrap to be exact" from italy $183.8

  • @JessDivaTM
    @JessDivaTM Год назад

    i love this so much xDD my import i got in july is still slowly dying :) gives me some hope..

  • @danaversal4726
    @danaversal4726 Год назад

    Keep up the great content 😊

  • @KurlyKB_2023
    @KurlyKB_2023 Год назад

    You’re hilarious 😂

  • @cillamoke
    @cillamoke Год назад

    You’re a champ!!

  • @thatonedog819
    @thatonedog819 Год назад

    One of these days I'm going to play with rooting in water with an air stone. After all, it's the lack of oxygen that's a problem.

  • @albertotr1
    @albertotr1 Год назад +1

    …I should buy a philodendron today.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад

      but which one?

    • @diediedice
      @diediedice Год назад +1

      Just bought a philodendron scandens micans today haha. Love this little fella already

  • @mainsupp6853
    @mainsupp6853 Год назад

    Did you check the water and soil ph?

  • @TheReepe
    @TheReepe Год назад

    Do you know where exactly the plants come from
    Like are they harvested from the wild? That would be bad :/

  • @vuninh2010
    @vuninh2010 Год назад

    Perlite would be a better medium for growing cuttings in my experience.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      Great. Always stick with what you're good at. I've never quite been able to manage perlite.

  • @jack27nikk38
    @jack27nikk38 Год назад

    I thought you were mkbhd for a sec. (:

  • @abbyntexas4942
    @abbyntexas4942 Год назад +1

    Your hilarious! Love your videos!

  • @hpb19
    @hpb19 Год назад

    I am leary about getting plants online for that reason. It's the only way to get certain ones though.

  • @joannenardoni17
    @joannenardoni17 Год назад

    What type of water do you use on your plants

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      Just tap that I let sit out overnight. My city water is quite good.

  • @zc1312
    @zc1312 Год назад +1

    Love this video! I am currently trying to combat a fungus gnat situation… it is mostly contained but I am still waiting to see if they completely die off or not. I have to say, it has been a stressful battle and seeing you make that peat moss tube is giving me PTSD of feeling super anxious about gnats using the moss as their new home. I have quite a few varieties of plants in my apartment and definitely a pretty big monstera deliciosa (that was how I found your channel). Any suggestions on keeping gnats away besides not over watering?

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад

      I have made a video on fungus gnats. Hope it's helpful.

  • @that.neurodivergent
    @that.neurodivergent Год назад

    Rewatching this because I’m thinking of getting some imports soon: what are the benefits of leca vs soil? Like if it’s technically easier in this case to transfer to soil what would the benefit of leca be? More air to the roots? Easier to check on their progress without much disruption?😊

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/S0BacqvLV0g/видео.html
      This should help give more context.

    • @that.neurodivergent
      @that.neurodivergent Год назад

      @@KillThisPlant thank you!!

  • @jennacook2505
    @jennacook2505 Год назад +1

    This honestly sounds like it’s the seller’s fault for shipping a plant unrooted if they know it’s unable to survive that.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      Could be! They were also stuck in outgoing customs for a month so who knows what could have happened.

  • @princepalmer3329
    @princepalmer3329 Год назад

    Can u explain what air layering is please or do you have a Vidio on it?

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      Air layering is rooting the plant from different nodes while it grows up a moss pole. It's a faster way to propagate plants.

    • @princepalmer3329
      @princepalmer3329 Год назад

      @@KillThisPlant thanks so much. It's getting cold now here in Britain and your info helps me too keep them alive. Watching more this morning.Nice one!!

  • @you_gullible_fucc
    @you_gullible_fucc Год назад

    What are your thoughts on using pumice/ perlite to acclimate plants?

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      As long as you know how to manage moisture + humidity with that medium I'm sure it could work.

    • @you_gullible_fucc
      @you_gullible_fucc Год назад

      @@KillThisPlant thanks!

  • @steveowlhollamac8065
    @steveowlhollamac8065 Год назад

    Awesome 👌 idea 💡

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +2

      Thanks, and it would have worked too if it weren't for those meddling roots!

    • @steveowlhollamac8065
      @steveowlhollamac8065 Год назад

      @@KillThisPlant absolutely 🤣🤣🤣

    • @steveowlhollamac8065
      @steveowlhollamac8065 Год назад

      Any , ideas 💡 on maintaining my three MASS CANE PLANT doing the WEATHER CHANGE in ST.LOUIS....?

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад

      @@steveowlhollamac8065 usually it's just a matter of continuing to water when the plant needs it. Really depends on your home. If they were outdoors, focus on pest management when bringing them inside.

  • @1146g02
    @1146g02 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for your tips. Why do you call your channel "kill the plant?" No disrespect intended ..just curious

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  8 месяцев назад

      It's easy to remember and I thought it was funny. 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @1146g02
      @1146g02 8 месяцев назад

      @@KillThisPlant definitely easy to remember

  • @z3nocl4ps43
    @z3nocl4ps43 Год назад

    To funny 😂🤣😂

  • @emmt1256
    @emmt1256 Год назад

    😂👍

  • @qaphqa
    @qaphqa Год назад

    Plants: they too are mortal!

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      All of a sudden they choose mortality.

  • @writegirl2937
    @writegirl2937 Год назад +1

    Mr. Lee, you are an awesome plant rescuer!🪴
    And that was too funny how you dropped those plants off and left without greeting your friends and kept that last plant for yourself!🤣🤣🤣🪴

  • @jessek8114
    @jessek8114 Год назад

    Ahaha. Sorry.

  • @Kudachi144
    @Kudachi144 Год назад

    I just keep my plants in moss forever.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад

      How do you fertilize your plants in moss?

    • @Kudachi144
      @Kudachi144 Год назад +1

      @@KillThisPlant I use superthrive and other stuff- but then- my roots are happy forever. All my rates go right into moss. Sometimes I layer in a littttttle dirt.

  • @ONYXPages
    @ONYXPages Год назад

    🪴

  • @seethruyou255
    @seethruyou255 Год назад

    lol

  • @FatCharlie215
    @FatCharlie215 Год назад

    Black man to Black man- you need to get a shape up

    • @FatCharlie215
      @FatCharlie215 Год назад

      @@toytoy7527 maybe, maybe he's never known the joy of an up-town fade. Maybe we're wasting time with this discourse.

    • @KillThisPlant
      @KillThisPlant  Год назад +1

      My barbers name is Barry he says I should come in more often too.

  • @claudekim7876
    @claudekim7876 Год назад

    just grow cactus, indestructible in shipping. looks cooler too IMO.