STOP Believing These 6 Houseplant Myths!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

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[@roym7557]

In general, I agree that misting doesn’t increase the humidity. However, sometimes I do mist new leaves that are unfurling. If I really stay on top of it and mist new leaves several times per day, they seem to unfurl with fewer blemishes such as brown spots or tears. I think moisture plays an important role in new leaves unfurling, especially in certain tropical plants. When I mist new leaves, I use distilled water.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Fair enough you’ve found something that works for you. Maybe I need to do that on my Monstera Adansonii.

[@petroleumjelly1488]

I mist my houseplants with thinner, non-succulent leaves only during hot days because I live in a desert environment with hot and arid air during the summer

[@SarahWilson-yy5bf]

Mr sheffield...have taken in so many opinions of ...all manner of subjects. Plants purifying the air is just one of them. We are many times prone to believe everything that comes across the internet. We also get an idea in our head and Nothing and no one can debunk those ideas. Mr Sheffield has yet to steer me wrong... until he does, I will listen to his advice.

[@ladyjsunshine6325]

BRILLIANT ! I've just discovered you in the past few days. You are so "no nonsense" it's entertaining ! I am in Canada so of course LOVE the accent. It's so refreshing to find down to earth common sense information from someone who isn't trying to sell me something. I'm not sure how I became a plant parent to such a housefull of of names I don't even know or cannot pronounce but they seem to like being here so I do my best. Some are known as " oops I forgot that was over there" & "the one on the sewing machine...no the other sewing machine" and "that thing with the spikes" . Who would have known that plants need a sense of humour to survive with me ? I am learning so much I can actually trust ! Thank you !

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

What a cracking comment, thanks! You need a sense of humour to deal with these plants and you've got plenty! Glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@leis.6701]

Guilty of almost all the mentioned "beliefs" except the one about winter , we don't have that here in the Philippines. Thank you for the informative video.👍🏼😊

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

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[@missj9908]

You learn a little something every day. Thanks 🙏

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😁 glad you liked it

[@lealeanne4249]

I'm loving your videos. It's so good to see a plant lover based in the UK. They are always US based and they have different weather

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thank you. Great to have such nice feedback!

[@angeliquedevosd416]

I've learned so much about plants on RUclips since covid. Thanks for the informations.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

No problem glad you enjoyed it

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

To increase humidity I add a swamp plant to most windowsills. They grow in water, the water evaporates and humidifies the air. For example, sundew, Venus flytrap, rice. I also keep an aquarium.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Nice tip thanks

[@vivimannequin]

Most bog plants like that require full sun. May I suggest a pinguicula for this purpose instead? They are carnivorous as well and don't require full sun

[@sharonkerr3482]

Succulents have been one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced with plants but you do need to water. Just not too often 😊

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Yes I agree. This is why folks kill their succulent

[@dawwnn4506]

I watch your videos , they are very informative. I used to mist my ferns and saw some brown round spots on leaves, I thought that was some kind of disease and I tore those leaves to reduce infection. My English is bad hope you have understand. Lots of love 💗💗💗 to you.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Great, I’m glad you found the video useful. Your English is good. Understood perfectly

[@sandyloyst1811]

Love this. The lady I bought all 27(yes it's 27 ) plants from is a firm believer in spraying all her plants. I noticed on some of the leaves at the stems of the dracaena fragrance are black in there from all that sitting spray water dripping in there. What am I going to do? Nothing I guess! Love and Peace.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

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[@craniumrex4614]

Great video. I’d have to respectfully disagree about letting chlorine dissipate. The chlorine in the water is fine for us to drink, but will kill a fish in a short period of time. Using the rationale that it’s okay for a human to consume doesn’t always stand for all beings. This is true of chocolate or xylitol for humans/dogs, avocado for humans/parrots. I use water straight from the tap for most of my plants, but I’ve seen a benefit for my calatheas using “overnight” water in reducing brown tips. Someone gave my son a Venus flytrap and it gets only distilled water - different sort of situation but similar principle. Edited to add: I have 9 fish tanks and have studied water chemistry in depth. Not an expert but from what I can tell, water is so different in its composition from place to place that it might make a difference for certain plants.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Fair enough it’s good to debate! I’m just not sure it dissipates much over night. Prob better just using distilled like you say. Calatheas are so temperamental it’s hard to know what water they like. Our water in Sheffield is soft but still my Calatheas get crispy 😞

[@craniumrex4614]

@@SheffieldMadePlants I’m glad you enjoy a debate - not enough open minds out there these days so delighted and I know I will learn from you because if it. New subscriber!! Also if you have chloramines instead of chlorine then for sure sitting out won’t help a bit. Chlorine for sure will dissipate in 24 hrs. I have a 2.5 year old calatheas lancifolia who was also browning and I shouldn’t have changed 2 things at once but in the last 4 months no brown leaves with aged water AND I moved it back 3’ from a southeast window. We will see if this holds up in the dry, dry winter! Your other plants looks so healthy and beautiful! I am convinced some plants (coffee plants and a certain peperomia that was said to be “easy”) just don’t like me as they both died in under 5 months 😭)

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

@@craniumrex4614 great stuff glad to have you aboard! Sounds like you know your water 👍. I’m surprised about your Peperomias, they’re always fine for me. I guess where you live can change a great deal

[@SapphirreEyes]

I'm sharing this with literally everyone 😊

[@Yupppi]

I've been watering with preferrably cold water because I have never encountered even mildly warm water in the nature. Maybe in the middle of the summer a rain might feel pleasant, but otherwise it's rather breezing.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Very true

[@mariepatterson7804]

I have learned so much from your videos thank you

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

My pleasure 😊

[@debbie7860]

I enjoyed that thanks it takes me about 40mins to sort out my plants be 10mins now

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@donovan12310]

I love you video it's very helpful it's amazing it helped me a lot

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@khari83637]

If it’s ok to give plant a shower why isn’t it ok to mist? I’ve haven’t seen a mention of drying the plant after giving it a shower.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You’re misting everyday…

[@covelight1904]

I can say why i still do some of these *myths*
I let the tap water sit because the water here is very high in rust and calcium and it creates reddish-white crust on top of the soil, so you have to let it naturally separate out.
The water is not that cold *looks at my frozen pipes* yeah i guess so

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Blimey where do you live?

[@konstantinasakka2429]

Very interesting.!thank you for the information. Concerning the tap water, I experienced Brown spots on my pilea peperomioides when I tap watered, and my alocasia amazonica has brown spots at the ends of the leaves. I thought it was due to the water of Athens. Do you think it is something else?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I don't think tap water can make the leaves go brown. It's more likely to be something like water droplets getting on the leaves, over or underwatering or a lack of humidity. Lack of humidity tends to make the ends of leaves go brown.

[@imranbohari1]

@SheffieldMadePlants Tap Water Purity point is contradicting one of your videos where you said tap water can actually cause brown edges in plants, as chlorine present in tap water which makes water edible for humans can have an inverse effect on some of the plants. You said to use 1 drop of a solution (the one that you recommended was also used for water tank fishes). Can you please clarify as to what is the right approach, as I am really confused here?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I can’t remember what I said in this video? What’s the contradiction?

[@imranbohari1]

I mentioned it in my original comment, but will summarize again. You said that tap water can be harmful for some plants. So to add a drop of aquarium water conditioner which will treat the chlorine in tap water and then to use it to water plants. In this video you mention that tap water aka the chlorine within it isnt harmful for plants at all.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

@@imranbohari1 it’s an old video and I changed my thinking

[@jeannettelee2806]

Great job

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@mariepatterson7804]

Please take your weather back we can be 70 one day now 32 your videos we have snow oh no😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Now that’s cold

[@alihussain4349]

I do have a question? Isn't there a symbiotic relationship between us and plants, they absorbe our carbon dioxide and expel oxygen? Does that lower one and increase the other?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

That’s true but you need a lot of plants. I mean for that effect we’re talking rainforests

[@mariepatterson7804]

You’re number one

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks 😊

[@seageo4303]

Although I like this channel, so much of this video seems conjecture, or suggestion for specific circumstances.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Like what?