When my neighbours leave town, some of them usually ask me if I can water their plants and of course I do. I myself use water reservoir pots (or I create them myself, usually with pots for orchids as they taper at the bottom so my pot will get stuck after 2/3 of the pot, all that is left is a at least 0,5 cm thick string made of cotton) or drip devices or I might think about something new, it works with electricity, little pumps that hang in a jar of water and they pump little amounts into the flower pot over the day. If you use bentonite in your soil, it holds more water, some types of soil hold more water to begin with, you can experiment with this (the fun never stops! :D). If you are from Germany, I use the soil of „Lubera“, beste Erde überhaupt. Hält Wasser ohne Ende.
Every new plant owner should watch this. In fact, experienced plant owners would probably learn something here too. Thorough explanations and very informative. Thank you.
This video is great, I love you being the representative of all the young people getting into the hobby! I feel really lucky getting to watch your greatly produced videos and learn from you ❤️🏵️
I'm on the verge of a pannick attack in self isolation, can't sleep for 2 days and your soothing voice and beautiful house just made me feel so fuzzy on the inside. Thank you
Watch comedy and plant videos. 😁🌱Forever! Now you can also watch Flock Finger Lakes to see the rest of the story. 🏞️🚜🌳🌲🌲🌲Travel along with these videos and they and even comments will connect you with others.
You're so informative. Summer would you be able to test the air quality of your apartment & maybe upload it in one of your future videos? I am dying to know if that many plants will make a significant difference in air quality. Much love
This is simply one of the best videos on plants I have ever watched on RUclips, and it is going to help me with bringing my houseplants into the home over autumn and winter for the first time since I bought them and had them outside over spring and summer. I now understand how to gauge the correct amount of light for my plants, and I hope it'll ensure survival of them. Thank you for putting out this video for plant-parent-hopefuls like me.
first came on to her from seeing her in the news. Didn't realize she's making a career out of this. This video series seems to be exactly what i was looking for. Her delivery is precise and slow enough to where I can process what she's saying and not have to rewind the video (most people I've seen speak a mile a minute). I also love the video quality of this. Looking forward to watching the others.
Wow. Today, I literally was trying to rearrange my plants according to the natural lighting in my home. I was also looking for a light meter. ..then, you upload this video. Very informative and helpful. Thank you! 😊
I've just started buying and taking care of plants and this has to be, hands down, the best video that I have watched so far. A very scientific take, very structured and I am so glad I found this!
Wow that was the most adorable way to tell about skin cancer, I'm on love with that girl.. subscribed and waiting for new episode, that s literally the best channel about house plants :3
But she's more environmentally friendly than a cat lady. Lots of cats fill up landfills and kills so many birds. We should all aspire to be more like the plant lady.
Cat poop anywhere. I hate cat lady, because they just hug and adore the cute little kitty. But the cat poop on her neighbor's soil. I have one such neighbor, her cat poop on my shallot pots and garlic pots. I finally tired of cleaning their poo for 2 weeks straight. So i put many small nails under my soil. Yes the cat injured his foot. But dont blame me. I am not the one let loose a pet.
Summer - you saved my life. I always went out and bought some random plants when I thought they look beautiful. Nearly all plants died on me and I always thought it’s my fault and I only bought some plastic plants cause I didn’t wanna kill them all. Now I can start to grow some plants in the condition they need. Thanks for giving your advice. Now I’m excited to start my home garden.
What a wealth of information, Summer. It is such a pleasure watching you talk about your passion in such detail. Thank you for inspiring me to dig deeper into the world of home gardening. Keep up the good work!
I’ve been binge watching plant videos these days. All plant lovers are nice and kind. But you are the exact plant role model I’ve been looking for 😱😱 Starting the journey with observing and understanding light is so refreshing and inspiring. I wish I knew this from the beginning but as you said, not all hope is lost 🍀🍀
Wow! Thank you for this well thought out and explained video. My plant obsession is fairly new but the more that I learn, the more important I am realizing that the level of light I am able to provide is. All new plant lovers need to see this.
I only clicked on this video because your home is so beautiful with all the plants.i stayed because of the beauty too and now I know a lot about plants😂😂
This is the first video I watched on houseplants, a year ago, in preparation for my first houseplant haul. I had never heard of some of these plants till then! I took notes which I still keep. I come back to this channel constantly for information, as well as for enternainment :)
Thank you so so much for how much detail you went into and how far down you broke light requirements. I had no idea what low-medium and highlight were supposed to mean for houseplants, but this helps me think like a plant, thank you!!
I can't say I'm your first subscriber, but have been on the journey since Plant One On Me episode 001. This one is great, but I'm still waiting on your episode about pots and planters. You have the coolest around.
I love gardening and I have quite a few plants inside my home and in the balcony. I find your videos super informative and extremely refreshing ! I can watch them back to back ! Lots of love and power to you ! 💕
I'm fairly new to houseplants, mine are thriving in my North and west facing windows in the UK, South is full sun as I know my back garden is south facing. I have a pergola covered with a climbing rose which provides shade for my south windows which has been good. I think every window sill in my house is covered in plants, plus hanging from curtain rods. Very useful info.
i learn how i care when i kill a plant.. now i have 44 perfect and happy plants. :D but i need more and more!! =D (sorry my english, i'm from Portugal)
I honestly can not express how much I appreciated every second of this video, Summer. I needed this info so badly a few years ago when I 1st began growing houseplants and I've since learned much of this by trial and error BUT I still learned so much from this video and information mainly because of the excellent way you were able to actually demonstrate lighting situations!!! I feel so much better equipped to properly figure out and assess my own lighting situations now and that is invaluable. You know how much I LOVE your videos but I'll say it again...love what you're doing and I am always thankful! 😊 ~Len 💚🌿💚🙏🏽
I really appreciate the intro. I always just thought I had a black thumb because I even killed a few succulents but the more I tried and kept at it, the more I realized that wasn't true! This year I even forayed into growing food and it worked out pretty well. :) Much better than I expected. Nowadays most of my plants stay alive!
THIS WAS THE MOST IN DEPTH INFORMATIVE VIDEO I NEEDED TO WATCH! I have a south facing window that barely receieves light, maybe an hour a day in Winter and a few hours in the summer, but i can tell it's burned some leaves on my Song of India plant, and that my grow lights may have damaged my Skindaptus Pictus! Thank you so much for touching on this, big help!! I know what to do now!
WOW! I have been watching many of your videos for the past three days. Your videos are so well done and offer me all the information I have been looking for over the past 2 years. You explain it in a way that is easy to understand. Now I know I have SW light. I am looking to find out why my spider plant leaves all have cracks, even the new growth gets cracks, and it has not had babies (I had it over 1 1/2 years) I will keep searching through your videos for the answer. Thank you so much. Judy
Love these types of videos we are getting recently, lighting is so hard to figure out! I'd love more in depth info on grow lights and how to use them properly. What types, the light they give out, how to set them up and how near your plants they need to be etc.
Hey Summer &Greetings from middle of nowhere! :) Great video (you are terrific speaker/orator, I like how well organized &thought out your message is &whoever does the filming/editing is doing an awesome job), love your channel. Have a very pleasant day!
I just moved to a new place and I only get low-medium light. I SO miss my Southeast-facing window because I used to watch the Sun rise every morning, it was the best lighting for my plants and I could literally see New York from there!! So from now on wherever I move from here will definitely have a Southeast-facing window from now on!!🥰
I really am into plants, I am a registered librarian already, and because of this obsession into plants -- I make my library a green house plants, that I really loved about. It even entices my students to go to the library.
Summer, as a cameraperson, a new plantperson and a fan of good, concise science education, i have to say that I'm impressed with you guys. This has such solid cinematography and editing to show clearly what you are saying. Great "script" and hosting btw (i can't tell if you wrote everything down and did 20 takes or if you're just that good now). This vid also made me realize that i may not really need it and am no longer a total beginner... ...and i have you to thank for that. Cheers.
Hi Alex, thanks always for your vote of support and so thrilled you're learning and growing here too! And thrilled you appreciate the quality, time and effort that goes into these videos. Being a cameraperson yourself, I know you know firsthand how much goes into these. Luckily I really have internalized what I know (but I'm always learning), and try to write out a loose storyboard in the beginning, and we try to do everything in as the least amount of takes possible. 1, 2...maybe three times. It's easier then on the editing.
I also live in Brooklyn and have an East and west configured apartment with my bedroom on the western side, haha, too funny. However, my building is at a slightly different angle; my living room windows face East/SouthEast and my bedroom windows face West/NorthWest. So.. the “strong southern and western sun” designation isn’t so straightforward for me.. frustratingly enough. that said, I still have my plants with lower/medium light needs in my eastern window, like you do. And my cactus/succulents in my western windows, also like you. Only problem with this, for me due to my configuration, is that in the winter, not as much direct light shines through my west windows.. so, rather than swapping all my plants, I bought a grow light for my cactus and succulent plants. My most prized being a massive aloe mother plant. The one thing I worry about and would love to ask you about (if you read this), is if my marantaceae plants (I have 3 of them) are receiving too much direct morning light in the east/southeast window? The direct morning sun is a lot softer, but does shine through the windows until about 11am the latest (and, of course, not as much in winter). I have positioned these prayer plants closer to the right side and inside section of the sill where the shadow begins earliest. Basically, just want to know if the prayer plants can handle about 2-3 hours of direct morning light starting around 7:30-8am. Thank you!!
thank you! this is very helpful! before i stumbled upon this video, i've tried observing the light coming to my home using a compass app and a lightmeter app. i guess i did the right thing
This is definitely the video for me. I have started filling my house with plants. Have no idea what I'm doing. I have ferns right now. I have the snake plant. And I have Ivy plants.
I just moved to a new place and the first thing I moved were the plants lol. The toughest ones were my 2 foot tall Palm tree and my 2 foot Spider plant with four babies attached but somehow I did it lol!!
Would you consider making videos on urban vegetable gardening? I love listening to your voice, looking at you in your videos, and believe in what you are saying, so I'm hoping you could make videos on food production.
I love this video! 💚🌿 This is incredibly useful information for every user when it comes to plant placement and the details to help it thrive 🌿! Great video💚!
For some reason I thought I had a north facing window in my bedroom. I just checked the compass app now and it’s actually facing mostly west. So the light is not as sucky as I thought? 😂 This video sure is a helpful one!
This is such a great video Summer!! I love learning from each of my plants! Your so knowledgeable and I really wish I could meet you one day! I am going to be a crazy plant lady just like you.. lol I have close to 180 gping on 200 now(both indoors and out).. lol I love your place so much and hope to have so many plants around me like you one day. I love when you share your great knowledge with us
Hello from Romania! I subscribed seeing what I have seen. I struggle for space and light too and my windows are all facing North in a temperate climate. In front of my window are block of flats and 40 years old trees and from East another block is semi-blocking the light. Imagine I grow orchids, all types, anthurium and sanseveria, draecena, lilies, gloxinia, fresies, lavander, oregano, mint and irises. All are growing flower spikes because I supliment with artificial light.
Very good video! I have a terrible time with house plants here in so fla all that works for me is pothos & philadendrons & lucky bamboo 😭 this video will surely help thank you! Love little palms but have the worst luck with them
Wishing you live in a landed house with a great garden. You are the queen of plants. I live in tropical climate near equator (upper). Mind you, I am a bit struggling with sunlight, it is not much or less, but the movement of the sun in a year. Learning to plant well; either too much watering and/or fertilizing. The more we care, the more we destroy. Now I am ok. Kelp and fish pellets are magic, and I added ajinomoto and black strap mollasse, wonderful. Your plants grow so well in a not so forvarable conditions (sunlights and space), admiring you with a green heart. Watched your Singapore trip video, thumb's up!!
I have a big south east facing window. But got two huge trees infront covering a lot of light. So I feel there is quiet less light because the branches and leaves cover a big part. So it makes it feel like lower light for long periods of time
This is some great advice...just to add a little of my own knowledge...instead of fluorescent bulbs, you can get full spectrum LED lights that include the "warm" tones the fluorescent tubes lack. They also consume a lot less energy. This will also aid plants to flower if they are so inclined (flowering plants need the warm spectrum). Also, I would not advise a humidifier. Instead place a plant on a tray of moistened pebbles (just dont let the water get as high as the drainage holes), and they will get more than enough humidity and you wont be promoting growth of something you dont want...mold. Also, how clean your windows are will also affect your light...clean windows = more light (not an easy task in a bustling city environment). Also...lots of plants can be easily propagated simply by sticking a small cutting in water and left in a sunny window. I have two 8 foot ficus trees that I propagated doing just that that I took from a plant that someone had thrown out in an alley (it had a piece that wasnt dead...that was over 20 years ago) so you dont even always have to spend money on a new plant! One more thing...be aware of the active growing season for your plants...just like the rest of us...they require a rest period. Just like we can't keep going all the time...there are times of the year when a plant needs to slow down and chill out...if you let them rest...they will grow much faster and healthier when the active growth time comes around (this is really important if you use grow lights since they dont mimic the seasons like natural light). When a plant is resting, it doesnt need quite as much water or fertilizer. Hope some of you find this as a useful add on to a great video.
This video came on while I was eating a pbj sandwich with aloe Vera gell in it. I'm inspired to clean my whole appartment now and start an indoor garden.
Ohh Girl I thought I was bananas having all this plants in my department but seen your I still not on that extreme yet😂 Definitely love ❤️ all your videos and your kindness with all that information ❤️🙏
thanks for the excellent overview! ... figuring out indoor lighting here needs considering the seasonal positioning of the sun being higher in the summer and low in the winter with every changing rising and setting positions, as well as having large trees surrounding a home so being in leaf or not changes things and then having a large overhang also effects things since the high summer sun is shaded and low winter sun comes right in... yikes it's all so very confusing lol.... very much appreciate all your inspiration and wonderful information and no doubt will figure out this changing lighting business eventually... :)
This video is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing with us all your knowledge! I am just obsessed with your videos LOL. I am like you, I love waking up with the sunrise and following the light throughout the day. And I know that I am the kind of person that is always checking how my plants are doing. We can learn so much through observation itself, but a little help is always welcome as well ^^
I actually felt breathing the cleanest air from watching this video
Falling in love with plants on Instagram is too easy, specially because people place the plants on unrealistic areas just for a pic...
Miriam M. Hopefully they are just there for the photo and get moved to a proper spot later...
I live in a really dark room, I grow mushroom instead
Get a lamp 🌞
Does it get stuffy when they spore?
Thats smart!
try growing lights!
Magical ones
Can you imagine the level of anxiety if you had all these plants and had to leave town for a few days?
o0o0o0o yes i know that... that's why i use drip irrigation and its very handy.. saved my mind and plants
or when you have plants like these you don't need to leave anywhere for few days :)))
You can leave for a week. No problem. Just don’t buy those which require moisture everywhere and you will be fine.
If leaving for a longer vacation, one would have to hire a plant sitter xD
When my neighbours leave town, some of them usually ask me if I can water their plants and of course I do. I myself use water reservoir pots (or I create them myself, usually with pots for orchids as they taper at the bottom so my pot will get stuck after 2/3 of the pot, all that is left is a at least 0,5 cm thick string made of cotton) or drip devices or I might think about something new, it works with electricity, little pumps that hang in a jar of water and they pump little amounts into the flower pot over the day.
If you use bentonite in your soil, it holds more water, some types of soil hold more water to begin with, you can experiment with this (the fun never stops! :D).
If you are from Germany, I use the soil of „Lubera“, beste Erde überhaupt. Hält Wasser ohne Ende.
This is the most helpful, I repeat THE MOST HELPFUL plant video I’ve EVER seen. Thank you for the time you took to prepare this.
Every new plant owner should watch this. In fact, experienced plant owners would probably learn something here too. Thorough explanations and very informative. Thank you.
Pleased that you found it useful.
My wife and I love watching your videos. Thanks for the hard work and knowledge bombs.
My pleasure. So thrilled you're both tuning in. :)
This video is great, I love you being the representative of all the young people getting into the hobby! I feel really lucky getting to watch your greatly produced videos and learn from you ❤️🏵️
Thank you for such a lovely note. Very pleased you're enjoying the extra efforts and touches to the video.
A superb video, especially for beginners. I love how you break it down and explain it in a simple and straightforward manner.
Very pleased!
I'm on the verge of a pannick attack in self isolation, can't sleep for 2 days and your soothing voice and beautiful house just made me feel so fuzzy on the inside. Thank you
Hope you’re feeling a little better. You’re not alone, no matter how far apart we are.
@@Hannah-nh5qj I am, thank you so much. Have a great day 🍀
Watch comedy and plant videos. 😁🌱Forever! Now you can also watch Flock Finger Lakes to see the rest of the story. 🏞️🚜🌳🌲🌲🌲Travel along with these videos and they and even comments will connect you with others.
You literally live in a green house 🏡 🌱
Indeed and I'm jealous...
I love her home with all the beautiful plants.
You're so informative. Summer would you be able to test the air quality of your apartment & maybe upload it in one of your future videos? I am dying to know if that many plants will make a significant difference in air quality. Much love
haha maybe. If I can find an affordable way to do it and have a baseline.
Omg I’m dying to know too!!!
Ji yoo I think NASA has done some research on this maybe you should look there!
Helen Catt Yes I already read into it. That was different since it was in an enclosed space. It’s not the same with our homes.
DITTO, for me as well, Summer Rayne! Please.
This is simply one of the best videos on plants I have ever watched on RUclips, and it is going to help me with bringing my houseplants into the home over autumn and winter for the first time since I bought them and had them outside over spring and summer. I now understand how to gauge the correct amount of light for my plants, and I hope it'll ensure survival of them. Thank you for putting out this video for plant-parent-hopefuls like me.
first came on to her from seeing her in the news. Didn't realize she's making a career out of this.
This video series seems to be exactly what i was looking for. Her delivery is precise and slow enough to where I can process what she's saying and not have to rewind the video (most people I've seen speak a mile a minute). I also love the video quality of this. Looking forward to watching the others.
Wow. Today, I literally was trying to rearrange my plants according to the natural lighting in my home. I was also looking for a light meter. ..then, you upload this video. Very informative and helpful. Thank you! 😊
Very pleased it came at the right time for you!
You are such a great teacher. The best plant 101 video I’ve ever watched. Thanks so much!
I've just started buying and taking care of plants and this has to be, hands down, the best video that I have watched so far. A very scientific take, very structured and I am so glad I found this!
Wow that was the most adorable way to tell about skin cancer, I'm on love with that girl.. subscribed and waiting for new episode, that s literally the best channel about house plants :3
She's like a crazy cat lady, but with plants.
And that is why I aspire to be her
If she becomes a supervillain i know who she'd be
But she's more environmentally friendly than a cat lady. Lots of cats fill up landfills and kills so many birds. We should all aspire to be more like the plant lady.
Cat poop anywhere. I hate cat lady, because they just hug and adore the cute little kitty. But the cat poop on her neighbor's soil.
I have one such neighbor, her cat poop on my shallot pots and garlic pots. I finally tired of cleaning their poo for 2 weeks straight. So i put many small nails under my soil.
Yes the cat injured his foot. But dont blame me. I am not the one let loose a pet.
@@eilexion Would you be okay if she stabbed your plants leaves?
Greetings from Poland
I have 20 plants in my apartment already but I can’t stop because of you. YOU TRULY INSPIRE ME
Summer - you saved my life. I always went out and bought some random plants when I thought they look beautiful. Nearly all plants died on me and I always thought it’s my fault and I only bought some plastic plants cause I didn’t wanna kill them all. Now I can start to grow some plants in the condition they need. Thanks for giving your advice. Now I’m excited to start my home garden.
What a wealth of information, Summer. It is such a pleasure watching you talk about your passion in such detail. Thank you for inspiring me to dig deeper into the world of home gardening. Keep up the good work!
Summmmer you are soooo GOOD AT DROPPING THE PLANT KNOWLEDGE....🥰! Two videos in one day equals....HAPPY CAMPER😁
My pleasure. Thanks for tuning in!
Finally someone who addresses light! Thank you!!
Oh my god so beautiful how do you have time to water them all
Man, your editing is spot on. Awesome video.
Very glad you're enjoying the little touches.
@@summerrayneoakes if you'd like to see our greenhouse video I'd be honored. No cool editing though i can assure you. Thank you.
Beyond amazing video here! This woman is on another level on plant care - super zen! Learnt alot so thanks!
I’ve been binge watching plant videos these days. All plant lovers are nice and kind. But you are the exact plant role model I’ve been looking for 😱😱
Starting the journey with observing and understanding light is so refreshing and inspiring. I wish I knew this from the beginning but as you said, not all hope is lost 🍀🍀
What a wonderful video about something that most people don't send enough time thinking about. Thank you!
My pleasure!
3:20 i was shocked to know that was your kitchen..!!
Maybe she is not eating or cooking there ;-)
Wow! Thank you for this well thought out and explained video. My plant obsession is fairly new but the more that I learn, the more important I am realizing that the level of light I am able to provide is. All new plant lovers need to see this.
Your home is beautiful! Love the light coming through the windows and leaves giving everything that natural and green color
I only clicked on this video because your home is so beautiful with all the plants.i stayed because of the beauty too and now I know a lot about plants😂😂
This is the first video I watched on houseplants, a year ago, in preparation for my first houseplant haul. I had never heard of some of these plants till then! I took notes which I still keep. I come back to this channel constantly for information, as well as for enternainment :)
Thank you so so much for how much detail you went into and how far down you broke light requirements. I had no idea what low-medium and highlight were supposed to mean for houseplants, but this helps me think like a plant, thank you!!
This is a really nice explanation of light. Will help me keep things in mind when I'm moving out of the apartment!
Thanks for tuning in and letting me know!
I can't say I'm your first subscriber, but have been on the journey since Plant One On Me episode 001. This one is great, but I'm still waiting on your episode about pots and planters. You have the coolest around.
Thanks! Hopefully you get a first hand look at my planters/pots on the #365DaysofPlants too!
I love gardening and I have quite a few plants inside my home and in the balcony. I find your videos super informative and extremely refreshing ! I can watch them back to back ! Lots of love and power to you ! 💕
I'm fairly new to houseplants, mine are thriving in my North and west facing windows in the UK, South is full sun as I know my back garden is south facing. I have a pergola covered with a climbing rose which provides shade for my south windows which has been good. I think every window sill in my house is covered in plants, plus hanging from curtain rods. Very useful info.
I couldnt help but notice Joey's photograph in your living room 👌👏
i learn how i care when i kill a plant.. now i have 44 perfect and happy plants. :D
but i need more and more!! =D
(sorry my english, i'm from Portugal)
I honestly can not express how much I appreciated every second of this video, Summer. I needed this info so badly a few years ago when I 1st began growing houseplants and I've since learned much of this by trial and error BUT I still learned so much from this video and information mainly because of the excellent way you were able to actually demonstrate lighting situations!!! I feel so much better equipped to properly figure out and assess my own lighting situations now and that is invaluable. You know how much I LOVE your videos but I'll say it again...love what you're doing and I am always thankful! 😊 ~Len 💚🌿💚🙏🏽
I love your explanation as well as I love plants!!! I have learned a lot about location where plants should be placed!!! Thank you!
omg finally someone talking about northeast and southeast windows FINALLY
Ooooh Summer!! This is like 10 years to late but so necessary!!! I LOVE IT!!! WooHoo!!! Thank You!!!
All your plants are lovely but I am in awe with your succulents
This was so helpful, so informative and clearly and concisely delivered. Thank you so much 😊🌱🍀
Glad you found it useful and enjoyable!
I really appreciate the intro. I always just thought I had a black thumb because I even killed a few succulents but the more I tried and kept at it, the more I realized that wasn't true! This year I even forayed into growing food and it worked out pretty well. :) Much better than I expected. Nowadays most of my plants stay alive!
I absolutely loved this video. I love how you broke down lighting. Thank you thank you
My pleasure. Thanks for tuning in!
I watching this video triple times, thanks for your sharing.
THIS WAS THE MOST IN DEPTH INFORMATIVE VIDEO I NEEDED TO WATCH! I have a south facing window that barely receieves light, maybe an hour a day in Winter and a few hours in the summer, but i can tell it's burned some leaves on my Song of India plant, and that my grow lights may have damaged my Skindaptus Pictus! Thank you so much for touching on this, big help!! I know what to do now!
WOW! I have been watching many of your videos for the past three days. Your videos are so well done and offer me all the information I have been looking for over the past 2 years. You explain it in a way that is easy to understand. Now I know I have SW light. I am looking to find out why my spider plant leaves all have cracks, even the new growth gets cracks, and it has not had babies (I had it over 1 1/2 years) I will keep searching through your videos for the answer. Thank you so much. Judy
Your explanation of light helped me so very much. Thank you.
Love these types of videos we are getting recently, lighting is so hard to figure out! I'd love more in depth info on grow lights and how to use them properly. What types, the light they give out, how to set them up and how near your plants they need to be etc.
Hey Summer &Greetings from middle of nowhere! :) Great video (you are terrific speaker/orator, I like how well organized &thought out your message is &whoever does the filming/editing is doing an awesome job), love your channel. Have a very pleasant day!
Hi Alex! Thanks for tuning in and I'm so thrilled you're enjoying the videos. Thanks for the vote of confidence.
You are downright delightful. Thanks for the good info!
my pleasure!
I absolutely LOVED this video, it is full of useful information and you explain things in a way that’s very engaging. Loved it!
I just moved to a new place and I only get low-medium light. I SO miss my Southeast-facing window because I used to watch the Sun rise every morning, it was the best lighting for my plants and I could literally see New York from there!! So from now on wherever I move from here will definitely have a Southeast-facing window from now on!!🥰
Thank you! I just started my indoor plant journey and am so grateful for your videos!
Can you do a vedio on terraium plants from open and closed terrariums
great suggestion!
I will be eagerly waiting for this one... ♥️
I just discovered this channel and it is the best thing ever. Simply awesome, thank you! So much to learn on this plant caring journey :)
I really am into plants, I am a registered librarian already, and because of this obsession into plants -- I make my library a green house plants, that I really loved about. It even entices my students to go to the library.
Summer, as a cameraperson, a new plantperson and a fan of good, concise science education,
i have to say that I'm impressed with you guys.
This has such solid cinematography and editing to show clearly what you are saying. Great "script" and hosting btw (i can't tell if you wrote everything down and did 20 takes or if you're just that good now).
This vid also made me realize that i may not really need it and am no longer a total beginner...
...and i have you to thank for that.
Cheers.
Hi Alex, thanks always for your vote of support and so thrilled you're learning and growing here too! And thrilled you appreciate the quality, time and effort that goes into these videos. Being a cameraperson yourself, I know you know firsthand how much goes into these. Luckily I really have internalized what I know (but I'm always learning), and try to write out a loose storyboard in the beginning, and we try to do everything in as the least amount of takes possible. 1, 2...maybe three times. It's easier then on the editing.
Hi Summer, I appreciate your sharing. It's very helpful to me. Hope more plants in this crazy world!
I also live in Brooklyn and have an East and west configured apartment with my bedroom on the western side, haha, too funny. However, my building is at a slightly different angle; my living room windows face East/SouthEast and my bedroom windows face West/NorthWest. So.. the “strong southern and western sun” designation isn’t so straightforward for me.. frustratingly enough. that said, I still have my plants with lower/medium light needs in my eastern window, like you do. And my cactus/succulents in my western windows, also like you. Only problem with this, for me due to my configuration, is that in the winter, not as much direct light shines through my west windows.. so, rather than swapping all my plants, I bought a grow light for my cactus and succulent plants. My most prized being a massive aloe mother plant.
The one thing I worry about and would love to ask you about (if you read this), is if my marantaceae plants (I have 3 of them) are receiving too much direct morning light in the east/southeast window? The direct morning sun is a lot softer, but does shine through the windows until about 11am the latest (and, of course, not as much in winter). I have positioned these prayer plants closer to the right side and inside section of the sill where the shadow begins earliest.
Basically, just want to know if the prayer plants can handle about 2-3 hours of direct morning light starting around 7:30-8am.
Thank you!!
thank you! this is very helpful! before i stumbled upon this video, i've tried observing the light coming to my home using a compass app and a lightmeter app. i guess i did the right thing
This is definitely the video for me. I have started filling my house with plants. Have no idea what I'm doing. I have ferns right now. I have the snake plant. And I have Ivy plants.
O in by the way I live in Eastern Ohio.
Thanks for tuning in and I'm glad this was helpful. I think you'll like the others coming up as well!
Imagine moving to a new place with all these plants
I just moved to a new place and the first thing I moved were the plants lol. The toughest ones were my 2 foot tall Palm tree and my 2 foot Spider plant with four babies attached but somehow I did it lol!!
Imagine a fire!
PLANTS EAT LIGHT....
I never thought of it that way and those words are disturbing me and now I love it
I've just discovered your channel
You're my new favourite human.
Would you consider making videos on urban vegetable gardening? I love listening to your voice, looking at you in your videos, and believe in what you are saying, so I'm hoping you could make videos on food production.
Love love love this episode. Very informative
glad you are enjoying!
Loved this video. So informative and clearly explained. Thanks Summer!!!
my pleasure!
Thanks for making botany cool! So informative. I appreciate all of the work you put into creating your videos💕
This video is a tour de force!
Fyi: I still use an actual compass. No service? I can still get you there 😊👍
totes. You got us!
Same! Hiking in Scotland you’d be underprepared and quite lost without one! Lovely content in this video, Summer. So, so knowledgeable.
Great video Summer im so glad you explained the light and showed it as well such a good teacher thanks so much❤
I'm glad to share and so thrilled it made sense!
How have you learned all this knowledge? Even most experienced planters don’t seem to know as much or explain as clearly as you do
Thank you 😂👍🏻
I love this video! 💚🌿 This is incredibly useful information for every user when it comes to plant placement and the details to help it thrive 🌿! Great video💚!
Thanks for your videos, it makes it easier to care for my plants.
My pleasure. Thanks for tuning in!
Imagine how clean the air she breaths in
12:20 the plant in the back 😂😂
For some reason I thought I had a north facing window in my bedroom. I just checked the compass app now and it’s actually facing mostly west. So the light is not as sucky as I thought? 😂 This video sure is a helpful one!
I could listen to her voice all day
how valuable its to have all subtitled videos
This is such a great video Summer!! I love learning from each of my plants! Your so knowledgeable and I really wish I could meet you one day! I am going to be a crazy plant lady just like you.. lol I have close to 180 gping on 200 now(both indoors and out).. lol I love your place so much and hope to have so many plants around me like you one day. I love when you share your great knowledge with us
My pleasure. Thanks for tuning in Stacey!!!!
You’re videos are so positive, thank you
I have a ZZ plant that is sitting in a corner of my room and it seems to being doing perfectly fine, it don't get watered a lot either.
Yeah, they are fighters!
Finally found the content ive been looking for! Love how its organized by episode! Thank you! Currently binging your content!
Wow, so much information. I'm so glad someone told me about this channel.
Hello from Romania! I subscribed seeing what I have seen. I struggle for space and light too and my windows are all facing North in a temperate climate. In front of my window are block of flats and 40 years old trees and from East another block is semi-blocking the light. Imagine I grow orchids, all types, anthurium and sanseveria, draecena, lilies, gloxinia, fresies, lavander, oregano, mint and irises. All are growing flower spikes because I supliment with artificial light.
Very good video! I have a terrible time with house plants here in so fla all that works for me is pothos & philadendrons & lucky bamboo 😭 this video will surely help thank you! Love little palms but have the worst luck with them
Wishing you live in a landed house with a great garden. You are the queen of plants.
I live in tropical climate near equator (upper). Mind you, I am a bit struggling with sunlight, it is not much or less, but the movement of the sun in a year. Learning to plant well; either too much watering and/or fertilizing. The more we care, the more we destroy. Now I am ok. Kelp and fish pellets are magic, and I added ajinomoto and black strap mollasse, wonderful.
Your plants grow so well in a not so forvarable conditions (sunlights and space), admiring you with a green heart.
Watched your Singapore trip video, thumb's up!!
I have a big south east facing window. But got two huge trees infront covering a lot of light. So I feel there is quiet less light because the branches and leaves cover a big part. So it makes it feel like lower light for long periods of time
This is some great advice...just to add a little of my own knowledge...instead of fluorescent bulbs, you can get full spectrum LED lights that include the "warm" tones the fluorescent tubes lack. They also consume a lot less energy. This will also aid plants to flower if they are so inclined (flowering plants need the warm spectrum). Also, I would not advise a humidifier. Instead place a plant on a tray of moistened pebbles (just dont let the water get as high as the drainage holes), and they will get more than enough humidity and you wont be promoting growth of something you dont want...mold. Also, how clean your windows are will also affect your light...clean windows = more light (not an easy task in a bustling city environment). Also...lots of plants can be easily propagated simply by sticking a small cutting in water and left in a sunny window. I have two 8 foot ficus trees that I propagated doing just that that I took from a plant that someone had thrown out in an alley (it had a piece that wasnt dead...that was over 20 years ago) so you dont even always have to spend money on a new plant! One more thing...be aware of the active growing season for your plants...just like the rest of us...they require a rest period. Just like we can't keep going all the time...there are times of the year when a plant needs to slow down and chill out...if you let them rest...they will grow much faster and healthier when the active growth time comes around (this is really important if you use grow lights since they dont mimic the seasons like natural light). When a plant is resting, it doesnt need quite as much water or fertilizer. Hope some of you find this as a useful add on to a great video.
This video came on while I was eating a pbj sandwich with aloe Vera gell in it. I'm inspired to clean my whole appartment now and start an indoor garden.
Ohh Girl I thought I was bananas having all this plants in my department but seen your I still not on that extreme yet😂
Definitely love ❤️ all your videos and your kindness with all that information ❤️🙏
Thank you so much. Such great and supportive advice for me.
thanks for the excellent overview! ... figuring out indoor lighting here needs considering the seasonal positioning of the sun being higher in the summer and low in the winter with every changing rising and setting positions, as well as having large trees surrounding a home so being in leaf or not changes things and then having a large overhang also effects things since the high summer sun is shaded and low winter sun comes right in... yikes it's all so very confusing lol.... very much appreciate all your inspiration and wonderful information and no doubt will figure out this changing lighting business eventually... :)
Thanks Jenny! So pleased you enjoyed and thanks for your additions.
This video is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing with us all your knowledge! I am just obsessed with your videos LOL. I am like you, I love waking up with the sunrise and following the light throughout the day. And I know that I am the kind of person that is always checking how my plants are doing. We can learn so much through observation itself, but a little help is always welcome as well ^^
Por fin tus vídeos traducidos al español....ahora si voy a aprender a cuidar mis plantas....gracias