On the stealing cuttings topic : there is a great nursery a few miles away from my house, I really wanted to get a plant from them (i don't remember which one) but they were in huge pots and too pricey for me, so I just went up to the owner and explained this to him and asked if I could take a few cuttings. He gave me 5 small cuttings that I paid 10 dollars and he was super nice about it, and was really happy that I asked and he even gave me a small cactus for free. Always ask when in a small business
Would you consider doing a video talking about stress. Like if you feel stressed sometimes at the amount of plants you have to care for. I know you love them, but I’m sure it gets stressful. Or talking about if you do have to go somewhere just that kind of thing in general.
In regard to plant care anxiety in general - I experience agoraphobia, severe ptsd and depression, and oftentimes crippling anxiety (I am also slowly dying from EDS, lol) - and for me? The plants get me out of bed. I love my dogs more than I love myself, but even they couldn't get me in the right headspace for a schedule outside of taking care of them. Plants have given me discipline, focus, and, funnily enough: more energy and willpower (not to mention physical strength) to take care of my dogs! I know for some people it may make anxiety worse having to worry about living things while they are unwell, so that is something to keep in mind. But I know that a lot of plant-obsessed people are kind of the same way as me, although there are of course plenty of us who just go "OOO PLANT PRETTY" and buy stuff impulsively and later realize we've made a terrible mistake lmao (I'm lookin' at you, cactus people XD)
Regarding the cuttings stuff I think the same absolutely goes for succulent leaves. I will only take them from big box stores when they've already fallen off, but at smaller stores I will ask if I can take one or buy it for a dollar or something. Always better to be courteous and ask :)
Glad you brought up the “stealing” topic. Anything that belongs to any stores if we take it without asking permission is simply “stealing”. Anyways, interesting plants suggestions for beginners.
I agree…. I don’t understand people just taking things… I have asked once or twice if the business would consider selling me a cutting of a large plant and it’s been a 50/50 split on their answer …. Just ask! Or if you cannot afford it… then wait and save!!
tbf I think the 'everything belongs to the store' argument is a bit weak. All plants were originally just stolen from the wild. A stolen painting doesn't become yours if you buy it, it's still stolen. And yes, some of these plants haven't been wild in a very long time, but if propagating a wild plant gives you full ownership of the new plant, then by that logic, propagating someone else's plant gives you full ownership of your new plant. To be clear I don't think taking things from the wild is inherently immoral, I don't think taking anything is inherently immoral. What i'm saying is it's unclear whether we actually own nature or just use it, so really property rights are a bad standard to base your moral judgments around. It's much easier to judge whether you should take a plant cutting on whether it could hurt someone else. Is it likely to harm a small business? or even just ruin someone's day? Yes? then don't do it.
It’s not right because the store needs to make money. That’s why I feel like stealing from a big box store is better than a small business. Also stealing from peoples yard is so wrong because they put a lot of effort and money into their plants
Great video -- I would really like one of those Sansevierias, too! And that side note about stealing was important. I'm not sure why people think it's ok to steal just because it's a plant? Stealing is stealing, right? LOL
Yes! I just got my Monstera siltepecana! She's doing so well and is so pretty! I have to stop and check her out each time I go by her!! Just loving it!
Omg the Dischidia is one of my favorites right now. I love when some of it gets sun stressed too. Super gorgeous. I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s loving it.
I work at a bog box store garden centre (in canada) and let me tell you there’s some weird plant theft. Like, cacti pulled out of mixed planters and raven ZZ’s pulled out at the root bulb. I have come across several plants pulled out of their nursery pots and even some empty nursery pots. The cacti theft is more like why and how. Cause ouch. But seeing people do those black ZZs done so dirty was super not fun to deal with. And even though we are a big box store and don’t hike our prices up that much, those 4” raven ZZs are still 50$ so it really hurts me to see them treated so poorly by customers.
I just bought my first Monstera Siltepecana and I love it. It’s doing so well. I love trailing plants so this one was perfect for me. It’s a beautiful plant.
Monstera siltepecana looks like a weed and grows like a weed - I think it's my fastest growing plant right now as I bought a two leaf cutting last year and already have a full basket although I have traded many cuttings, too. And I love rhipsalis - definitely in my top 3 genus of plants. Not to mention their natural habitats are disappearing so having them as houseplants is literally saving the species from extinction.
I'm guilty of swapping clearance plants at Lowes. I like to raid the clearance shelves. Once they had alot of plants with different fancy pots all for the same price range. I'd take plants I like and put them in the pots I like. I don't need a Live Laugh Love pot, but I did want a raphdaphora for 5$
@@mstickney6612 that's what I figured. Thats why I didn't feel all that bad. But if I'm at the local nursery I don't even touch plants I don't buy because I'm nervous I'd get told "you break it you buy it" if I knock a branch or something 😅
It would be great if you had captions available for your videos. Gonna have to watch later when i'm not in a noisy environment. But also it's helpful for hearing impaired folks.
It would also help to leave the plant name on screen as long as you are talking about that plant. I can’t remember names and it takes a few seconds to get my pencil. 🌵🌿🌱 Please 👍🏻
Couldn’t imagine taking a whole ass cutting from a lil plant shop. That’s way beyond picking up lil fallen “trash” pieces which I don’t even like doing at those small places because they propagate too! And just a wild tip- I’ve discovered shops in my area willing to sell cuttings for a few bucks. Wouldn’t to hurt to ask a place if they’d do that.
"...or pita, whatever makes you the hungriest." @9:30 Haha, thanks so much for the great info! I love unique "low" maintenance plants. *clicked subscribe*
I agree with you about clippings, anyone who comes to a store with scissors or just rips live stems/leaves off a plant is stealing 100%. But if I find a piece on the floor or some knocked off succulent leaves there should be no issue taking those. I especially make sure I buy something if I see some fallen succulent leaves and want to take them. Lost respect for my local greenhouse when they put signs up saying it was theft and they would charge you for taking a fallen leaf from a plant. Like come on guys you already charge insane prices for some of your plants and ALL you plants have pests. Let me take a fallen jade leaf when I buy the pepperomia next to it.
My personal policy is to only take fallen bits from the big box stores, just because small nurseries might actually take the time to root that cutting if they find it, but in a big store, it’s bound for the trash. Just my 2 cents tho.
@@myconfusedmerriment the nurseries here don't root cuttings they get all their plants from shipments. They are big enough they also supply the greenhouse of local stores so they are just destined for the trash.
Loved all the different plants. Years ago I saw a pencil cactus and lady gave me a cutting. It's now so large it has to stay in the greenhouse year round. I'm a little more careful with what odd plants I pick up
Recently found your videos and love watching your passion about your plants --oh and you're super adorbs too could I ask about the pests situation and your larvae you use where can I get these I need help with little gnats all over my plants thanks!
I love how you showcase very interesting plants, I have acquired some of my plants after seeing your videos, thank you!. Also, stealing is wrong, I do not encourage any type of stealing, my children are fully aware that even stealing a chocolate from a large store is wrong and morally wrong.
Hi Nick! Those are some really pretty plants. I especially like the Monstera siltepecana, Dischidia oiantha, Sansevieria "Fernwood" and Rhipsalis pentaptera. The peperomia are pretty, too, but I don't have good luck with peperomias. The Peperomia viridis "Variegata" kinda reminds me of a Philodendron Brasil. I have the Fernwood, but I think it's a Mikado. I would love to find a Monstera siltepecana, Dischidia oiantha and Rhipsalis pentaptera. I recently found a Philodendron Birkin for $5.99 at Trader Joe's and was very excited! It's in a 5-6" pot, but not very big, but I'm excited to watch it grow. Thank you so much for sharing and please give Muffin a love!
Hahaha! I actually stole a cutting from a store just yesterday! However, it was a leaf from a very beat up, slightly too big for me, and slightly overpriced peperomia in a big box store - if it hadn't been the last one left I would have probably just bought it in spite of the price tag and size, but I couldn't bring myself to pay that price for a plant that had been treated that way, so I nipped a small piece off the interior of the plant instead. I feel like I can forgive myself, though, as the mother plant probably went in the trash upon closing. I agree that it's really shitty to take a cutting in a visible spot and/or in a small business, though.
“Such a fantastic mess to look at” “If the plant is gorgeous it’s probably too hard to take care of” Are we still talking about plants, because This sounds like a collection of comments about people. I LOVE it!!
So envious of that peperomia viridis. I love peperomias, but they are way too hard to find! There's like ten varieties that you see everywhere and the rest you need to really hunt down if you want them.
Nick. Any chance you know where a Natal Mahogany (Trichilia Emetica) can be purchased? I search and research and I get nothing. Big love for any help. Becki Killingly, CT
Stealing cuttings from plant shops is horrible! Picking stuff that's already fallen off is great though 😂 I'm growing peperomia rosso from a leaf that I just found on the ground in a garden center. And a few other plants. I'm such a criminal, lol. I also frequently buy trashed plants that people have obviously been stealing cuttings from in the discount section, so consider me the savior of the dying.
I am a new plant mom 😃 but I live in a duplex... This means I have only south facing windows and no north facing windows 🤦🏻♀️... Most plants that I have read into prefers north facing windows 🤷🏻♀️ can I get some suggestions of plants that can tolerate south facing windows?
On the stealing cuttings topic : there is a great nursery a few miles away from my house, I really wanted to get a plant from them (i don't remember which one) but they were in huge pots and too pricey for me, so I just went up to the owner and explained this to him and asked if I could take a few cuttings. He gave me 5 small cuttings that I paid 10 dollars and he was super nice about it, and was really happy that I asked and he even gave me a small cactus for free. Always ask when in a small business
aww that's such a wholesome story, i love that
sorry to be that person but i’m rlly nose, what plant was it👀👀😭😭
@@kanecurtis2256 A pothos (n'joy)
Do I need any more houseplants? No. Do I have an obsession with unusual plants? Yes. Am I going to watch, and purchase these plants? Also, yes.
Would you consider doing a video talking about stress. Like if you feel stressed sometimes at the amount of plants you have to care for. I know you love them, but I’m sure it gets stressful. Or talking about if you do have to go somewhere just that kind of thing in general.
In regard to plant care anxiety in general - I experience agoraphobia, severe ptsd and depression, and oftentimes crippling anxiety (I am also slowly dying from EDS, lol) - and for me? The plants get me out of bed. I love my dogs more than I love myself, but even they couldn't get me in the right headspace for a schedule outside of taking care of them.
Plants have given me discipline, focus, and, funnily enough: more energy and willpower (not to mention physical strength) to take care of my dogs!
I know for some people it may make anxiety worse having to worry about living things while they are unwell, so that is something to keep in mind. But I know that a lot of plant-obsessed people are kind of the same way as me, although there are of course plenty of us who just go "OOO PLANT PRETTY" and buy stuff impulsively and later realize we've made a terrible mistake lmao (I'm lookin' at you, cactus people XD)
Regarding the cuttings stuff I think the same absolutely goes for succulent leaves. I will only take them from big box stores when they've already fallen off, but at smaller stores I will ask if I can take one or buy it for a dollar or something. Always better to be courteous and ask :)
That rhipsalis is just breathtaking. Mine are so tiny right now. Having plants is about the only thing that makes me want to get older 😭
Lol I love your king of the hill reference in your username 😂
Glad you brought up the “stealing” topic. Anything that belongs to any stores if we take it without asking permission is simply “stealing”. Anyways, interesting plants suggestions for beginners.
I agree…. I don’t understand people just taking things… I have asked once or twice if the business would consider selling me a cutting of a large plant and it’s been a 50/50 split on their answer …. Just ask! Or if you cannot afford it… then wait and save!!
tbf I think the 'everything belongs to the store' argument is a bit weak. All plants were originally just stolen from the wild. A stolen painting doesn't become yours if you buy it, it's still stolen. And yes, some of these plants haven't been wild in a very long time, but if propagating a wild plant gives you full ownership of the new plant, then by that logic, propagating someone else's plant gives you full ownership of your new plant.
To be clear I don't think taking things from the wild is inherently immoral, I don't think taking anything is inherently immoral. What i'm saying is it's unclear whether we actually own nature or just use it, so really property rights are a bad standard to base your moral judgments around. It's much easier to judge whether you should take a plant cutting on whether it could hurt someone else. Is it likely to harm a small business? or even just ruin someone's day? Yes? then don't do it.
It’s not right because the store needs to make money. That’s why I feel like stealing from a big box store is better than a small business. Also stealing from peoples yard is so wrong because they put a lot of effort and money into their plants
… The only exception I would say is if you’re rescuing a dying or sick plant plants from a negligent person/business!
I'm all for taking things off the floor or dropped leaves from big box stores. I've even taken out of a trash bucket before In order to propogate
Nick* "Sometimes the plants that are too beautiful are really hard to take care of"
Calathea* "tehe"
Can you do a rhipsalis only tour, or jungle cactus in general?
Yes please this
*I just love the sansevieria fern wood!* 🥰🌿
I love your style and tips, I just wish I could stay awake for them all I get such strong asmr from you I’m out like a light after a few minutes
Great video -- I would really like one of those Sansevierias, too! And that side note about stealing was important. I'm not sure why people think it's ok to steal just because it's a plant? Stealing is stealing, right? LOL
i'm so early that the video is only available in 360p lol
I'm so late that the video is only available in 3060p lol
I cannot thank you enough for your taco test
I agree 100! I use your taco test, and my succulents/ semi succulents thank you...lol
Yes! I just got my Monstera siltepecana! She's doing so well and is so pretty! I have to stop and check her out each time I go by her!! Just loving it!
I’m all about the Rhipsalis (one day I hope to have all ~50 species), and Peperomia - def one of the most underrated under-appreciated genus.
Omg the Dischidia is one of my favorites right now. I love when some of it gets sun stressed too. Super gorgeous. I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s loving it.
I love your videos !! You are so natural, so knowledgeable but mostly such a pleasant person 🌱
I love peperomia, I think peperomia hope is the cutest little plant!
I work at a bog box store garden centre (in canada) and let me tell you there’s some weird plant theft. Like, cacti pulled out of mixed planters and raven ZZ’s pulled out at the root bulb. I have come across several plants pulled out of their nursery pots and even some empty nursery pots.
The cacti theft is more like why and how. Cause ouch.
But seeing people do those black ZZs done so dirty was super not fun to deal with. And even though we are a big box store and don’t hike our prices up that much, those 4” raven ZZs are still 50$ so it really hurts me to see them treated so poorly by customers.
Succulents usually go bald where I work
I always love watching you! Love those rare beginners’ plants!!! 🌾❤️ HAPPY JULY 4th NICK!
I just picked up a Monstera siltepecana and I am loving it. Thank you 🙏🏻 for this unique list of plants 🪴.
I just bought my first Monstera Siltepecana and I love it. It’s doing so well. I love trailing plants so this one was perfect for me. It’s a beautiful plant.
Nickkkkkk you are popular on Facebook plant groups ! Absolutely love your videos 💚💚💚
Love that sansevieria fernwood!
Love your plant suggestions and your description of each plant. Great content, you inspire me. ❤
Monstera siltepecana looks like a weed and grows like a weed - I think it's my fastest growing plant right now as I bought a two leaf cutting last year and already have a full basket although I have traded many cuttings, too. And I love rhipsalis - definitely in my top 3 genus of plants. Not to mention their natural habitats are disappearing so having them as houseplants is literally saving the species from extinction.
Hey Nick, you talked me into an Incana 2 yrs ago, I think and it’s as big as yours is now. 😀 Thank you so much, I love it 💚💚💚
I'm guilty of swapping clearance plants at Lowes. I like to raid the clearance shelves. Once they had alot of plants with different fancy pots all for the same price range. I'd take plants I like and put them in the pots I like. I don't need a Live Laugh Love pot, but I did want a raphdaphora for 5$
They’ll get thrown out if they don’t sell, if the pots are on the rack, do it
@@mstickney6612 that's what I figured. Thats why I didn't feel all that bad. But if I'm at the local nursery I don't even touch plants I don't buy because I'm nervous I'd get told "you break it you buy it" if I knock a branch or something 😅
It would be great if you had captions available for your videos. Gonna have to watch later when i'm not in a noisy environment. But also it's helpful for hearing impaired folks.
It would also help to leave the plant name on screen as long as you are talking about that plant. I can’t remember names and it takes a few seconds to get my pencil. 🌵🌿🌱 Please 👍🏻
@@jeandarbyshire4391 The names are listed in the description. 😬
captions take time, it's not easy for someone to do when they don't have others helping to run the channel.
Yhay another vlog from Nick! I love your plant vlogs 😊 keep it up
Great video! I absolutely love the Incana and have one in my collection too. I love how it kinda looks like a green peach!
Do a video highlighting the different varieties of rhipsalis.
Please, you forgot to say please.
I love rhipsalis!
Pleeeease
@@jenniferleejohnson2075 well said
At this point I’m just going to use screenshots of your videos as a shopping list.
How about a vid on ONLY Rhipsalises?? I love them too😎
You had very beautiful house plants , truly love them all ,and thank you very much .
I love my pilocarpa and my incana SO MUCH! I love that you got to showcase them :')
Thank you for your knowledge and kindness! My list is getting so long 🌵🌿🌱
Omg thank you for mentioning rhipsalis! They are the most amazing plants but no one ever talks about them!
Thanks for sharing another fun list of cool plants.
You should do a video on how to water when you have a lot of plants without it being a chore….
A Hoya-free video?! be still my heart ;)
You and I both fail to keep the dust and pet hair off our plants lol I feel so terrible when I notice
Thanks love learning and watching your vlogs
Couldn’t imagine taking a whole ass cutting from a lil plant shop. That’s way beyond picking up lil fallen “trash” pieces which I don’t even like doing at those small places because they propagate too! And just a wild tip- I’ve discovered shops in my area willing to sell cuttings for a few bucks. Wouldn’t to hurt to ask a place if they’d do that.
I love jungle cacti. I have 5 or 6 different kinds. Such cool plants 💚
I just got a peperomia incana and I love it so much!! I really like that it's a larger peperomia and the fuzziness is just awesome. 😍
I plan to get that one soon!
Love you Nick!!
I agree! I love all types of rhipsalis!
Rhipsalis are my fav!!
Hi Solo, Just started appreciating rhipsalis myself. Love them! And they do well in my environment. Win-win!
Awesome video so much info be blessed keep growing
ugh tysm for this video cuz im so tired of the regular plants
We love your stories!
You are lovely! Thanks for the video!
Love your plants but your pots are magnificent.
"...or pita, whatever makes you the hungriest." @9:30 Haha, thanks so much for the great info! I love unique "low" maintenance plants.
*clicked subscribe*
I LOVED my sanseveria Fernwood and it did fine for I guess 3 years and then I made the mistake of overwatering it. They cannot tolerate that at all.
Love that taco test!!
What fun, thanks!
I love ur channel because we love the same types of pants.
Hiii!!!!!! I love your videos !
Love the rhipsalis 🥰
I agree with you about clippings, anyone who comes to a store with scissors or just rips live stems/leaves off a plant is stealing 100%. But if I find a piece on the floor or some knocked off succulent leaves there should be no issue taking those. I especially make sure I buy something if I see some fallen succulent leaves and want to take them. Lost respect for my local greenhouse when they put signs up saying it was theft and they would charge you for taking a fallen leaf from a plant. Like come on guys you already charge insane prices for some of your plants and ALL you plants have pests. Let me take a fallen jade leaf when I buy the pepperomia next to it.
My personal policy is to only take fallen bits from the big box stores, just because small nurseries might actually take the time to root that cutting if they find it, but in a big store, it’s bound for the trash. Just my 2 cents tho.
@@myconfusedmerriment the nurseries here don't root cuttings they get all their plants from shipments. They are big enough they also supply the greenhouse of local stores so they are just destined for the trash.
Another great video! I have never seen any of these except the Rhipsalus. Are they hard to come by at stores, or usually only found online?
Loved all the different plants. Years ago I saw a pencil cactus and lady gave me a cutting. It's now so large it has to stay in the greenhouse year round. I'm a little more careful with what odd plants I pick up
Recently found your videos and love watching your passion about your plants --oh and you're super adorbs too could I ask about the pests situation and your larvae you use where can I get these I need help with little gnats all over my plants thanks!
I now do the taco test several times a week lol thank you for this Nick!
Taco test! It's been so long since you mentioned it 😂
“It’s really withstanding the neglect fantastically”
I love how you showcase very interesting plants, I have acquired some of my plants after seeing your videos, thank you!. Also, stealing is wrong, I do not encourage any type of stealing, my children are fully aware that even stealing a chocolate from a large store is wrong and morally wrong.
Hi Nick! Those are some really pretty plants. I especially like the Monstera siltepecana, Dischidia oiantha, Sansevieria "Fernwood" and Rhipsalis pentaptera. The peperomia are pretty, too, but I don't have good luck with peperomias. The Peperomia viridis "Variegata" kinda reminds me of a Philodendron Brasil. I have the Fernwood, but I think it's a Mikado. I would love to find a Monstera siltepecana, Dischidia oiantha and Rhipsalis pentaptera. I recently found a Philodendron Birkin for $5.99 at Trader Joe's and was very excited! It's in a 5-6" pot, but not very big, but I'm excited to watch it grow. Thank you so much for sharing and please give Muffin a love!
Xerosicyos danguyi - silver dollar vine is a very interesting succulent to grow.
Hahaha! I actually stole a cutting from a store just yesterday! However, it was a leaf from a very beat up, slightly too big for me, and slightly overpriced peperomia in a big box store - if it hadn't been the last one left I would have probably just bought it in spite of the price tag and size, but I couldn't bring myself to pay that price for a plant that had been treated that way, so I nipped a small piece off the interior of the plant instead. I feel like I can forgive myself, though, as the mother plant probably went in the trash upon closing. I agree that it's really shitty to take a cutting in a visible spot and/or in a small business, though.
Goldfish plant is another good one that no one talks about
Just bought a goldfish plant! Looking forward to seeing the “goldfish” on there. Mine is only in a 2” pot right now.
“Such a fantastic mess to look at”
“If the plant is gorgeous it’s probably too hard to take care of”
Are we still talking about plants, because This sounds like a collection of comments about people. I LOVE it!!
Hi Nick! Where is the best place to purchase beneficial insects? (Besides Arbico)
I like epiphytic cacti 🌱
Hi! If you were driving from Gettysburg to Philly, what's the one nursery/plant store you'd recommend for medium priced aroids 💰💰💰
So envious of that peperomia viridis. I love peperomias, but they are way too hard to find! There's like ten varieties that you see everywhere and the rest you need to really hunt down if you want them.
Do you currently own a frizzle sizzle if so i beleive they would fit on this list pretty well.
OMG im so early!! hi nick 😃
The Tim Gunn of houseplants
Do you have any care tips for a dark mystery piela?
What’s the grow lights on your videos? Could you share the link?
I’m with you on your opinion to not take a cutting from a store’s plants, but if I find a spider baby on the floor, I might be tempted to take it.
Nick. Any chance you know where a Natal Mahogany (Trichilia Emetica) can be purchased? I search and research and I get nothing. Big love for any help.
Becki
Killingly, CT
Stealing cuttings from plant shops is horrible! Picking stuff that's already fallen off is great though 😂 I'm growing peperomia rosso from a leaf that I just found on the ground in a garden center. And a few other plants. I'm such a criminal, lol. I also frequently buy trashed plants that people have obviously been stealing cuttings from in the discount section, so consider me the savior of the dying.
❤your my favorite
What do you do if your peperomia got accidentally over watered? It's my favorite plant that I have!! Help!
Hi Nick, I miss your old background set up.
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Aggg I remember looking at a bunch of dischidia plants to buy not too long ago and then something happened and the prices shot up 😭
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So I bought a beginner monstera siltepecana. It is just one stem. Growing new leaves but the bottom ones are wilting...
I am a new plant mom 😃 but I live in a duplex... This means I have only south facing windows and no north facing windows 🤦🏻♀️... Most plants that I have read into prefers north facing windows 🤷🏻♀️ can I get some suggestions of plants that can tolerate south facing windows?
Anything that falls in the ground I’ll propagate. Just make sure it’s not diseased, or an old leaf or node. :)
Tfs
I absolutely loathe thieves and thieving
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Wait, what? 11:05, what are you talking about? What do you use for pests? Please someone explain to me what he was talking about.