🎬 Plant Room Tour + 11 Questions Answered! 🌿
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Welcome plant enthusiasts and curious minds alike! 🌱 In today's video, I'm thrilled to share a deep dive into the world of houseplants and rare tropical beauties, answering 11 intriguing questions you've asked on RUclips and Instagram.
00:00:00 Intro:
Join me in my lush plant room as we embark on a journey of discovery and intrigue.
00:02:21 Question 1 - My Plant Cozy Corner:
Let's explore my personal oasis where I unwind amidst greenery, and maybe inspire you to create your own!
00:07:21 Question 2 - The Ultimate Plant Hybrid:
Imagine crossing any two plants to create the perfect "Memo" plant. What would it be, look like, and be named? Dive into my creative vision!
00:13:29 Question 3 - Unearthing Reliable Plant Info:
Research is key! I reveal my go-to sources for trustworthy plant knowledge.
00:17:37 Question 4 - Alocasia Woes:
The challenge of transferring alocasia to semi-hydro without the dreaded rot - let's troubleshoot together.
00:21:28 Question 5 - Fern Frustrations:
I confess my struggles and solutions for keeping ferns thriving, even in challenging environments.
00:27:48 Question 6 - Plant Trade-Offs:
Which plant would I willingly part with? The answer might surprise you.
00:34:04 Question 7 - Cutting Success with Rooting Hormones:
Discover my insights on using rooting hormones to boost propagation success.
00:39:16 Question 8 - Exquisite Inflorescence:
The art of hand pollination - an exciting journey into plant breeding.
00:42:10 Question 9 - Houseplants Fertilizer:
My thoughts on this new fertilizer on the market. Is it the secret sauce for plant growth? My testing will be starting soon.
00:48:42 Question 10 - Caladium Conundrums:
Tackling the challenges of growing Caladiums. Let's reset and grow together!
00:53:41 Question 11 - My Plant Favorites:
Discover my current plant crush and the top-performing philodendrons in Pon.
01:00:00 Final Thoughts:
Closing with some key takeaways and my final musings on today's plant journey.
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🌴🌴🌴. Hoping to see your mom’s plants and other planty things on your trip. Even little short videos would be greatly appreciated. Nosy little people aren’t we. 🤣
Absolutely, will share some snippets from the trip! 🌴📸 And yes, we're a curious bunch! 😂
Thank you for all vids, Memo. I find your content the most reliable plant info here on YT. Love the new remote camera. Have a safe trip and enjoy your vacay. 🌴💚🌴
Thank you for the lovely words! 💚 The new camera is indeed a game-changer. Thank you for the vacay well wishes! 🌴💚
Before I started watching your channel, I only knew of a couple of Philodendrons. I have since started buying and growing other varieties and discovering more as I watch your videos. Thank you for the informative care of each variety.
🌴 Loved the new camera/your ability to move around more in your space! Great info as always!
Glad you enjoyed the new camera setup! 🌱🎥
I love the new perspective. We get to see more of your fabulous jungle 👀🪴🪴 Your Emerald Seraphim AI plant looks like an absolute dream, I would definitely add that to my collection. But can you imagine how awesome it would look with the Thaumataphyllum spruceanum style leaves? 😮🤤🤤🤤 You picked a great name, too.
My method of transferring Alocasia corms to semi-hydro is as follows :-
If it's in soil already then I will leave it in soil. I just transfer corms that have started to grow.
I start corm/s in damp moss in a non-drainage plastic vessel with a cloche lid that fits the pot and place in a warm environment under bright grow lights, I don't peel the corms, as they have still grown fine for me.I just water enough to not leave any water sitting at the bottom or have overly wet moss After it has sufficient roots and it's first 3 leaves, I remove all moss carefully and then transfer it to its semi-hydro pot with drainage or a self-watering pot. I trim 1/3 of its roots first so that it can concentrate on root growth in its new pot.
For the first 2 weeks, I water through from the top every 3rd day without any form of reservoir and no feed. This encourages the roots to grow downwards in search of water. The penultimate water through, before the 2 weeks are up, has a half-reservoir left and then on the 2 week mark a full reservoir with a half-strength feed is introduced.
I have had a 100% success rate this way with no knock backs in growth or any rotting issues.
As you know, Memo, I have been using Kaylee Ellen's feed wih great success, and I also thouht the measurement rate for semi-hydro application a bit odd. So I just use half-strengh for some soil applications, full 2ml per litre for the majority of plants in soil, and 2ml per litre for all my semi-hydro plants which still does the job. Every 4th watering all plants get flushed with plain rain water.
I thoroughly enjoyed this Q&A (and that I made you get your thinking cap on and be creative 😜) P.S, I don't mind that you say my name wrong, believe me a lot of people do the same, but it's actually pronounced in the same way as the way Carey in Mariah Carey is pronounced. Or Jim Carrey. Take your pic 😂😂😂 Just don't call me Carrie as all I can think about is that pig's blood bit in the film 😱😱😱😱 Oh, and of course I made it right to the end 🌴🌴🌴
Hey Carey 👋👋👋👋 thanks for the correction on the pronunciation, I will make sure I say it properly moving forward. Love your enthusiasm for the new perspective and the detailed Alocasia method! 😂 Hope you enjoyed the end-to-end journey. 🌴🌴
Alocasia´s transfer into semi-hydro:
I swear by removing gently all the soil (washing it off) and then putting them into Lechuza pon with Lechuza slow release fertiliser and clear plastic pots and sitting them on top of pebbles with water slightly below the pebble level (or self-watering pots instead, if you can afford it). Then watering from the top every 4-7 days (depending on the season) and keeping low amount of water under the pebbles. The water under the pebbles is to encourage faster growth towards the „self-watering reservoir“. With this, I had 100 % success - however, a slow leaf loss is likely to happen. With time, they will slowly exchange all the old leaves for new ones - and the new leaves will stay on. I tried it on alocasias of size 5-11 cm pot (I´d avoid transferring mature plants). The growth few months afterwards is simply phenomenal. I do this on 100 % of my alocasias and 2 years later, everyone is still doing great (my largest is Silver Dragon currently holding on 13 leaves).
The only time, this method failed for me was when I put the alocasia into a water jar (after removing the soil) and left it there for a few weeks to make water roots - very bad idea. The plant died. I couldn´t even resurrect her from the corm (it went so bad). I tried this also on calatheas in water jar, and had about 50 % death rate - I would not ever do it on anything.
Your success with Alocasia in semi-hydro is inspiring! 🌱 And thank you for the kind words and detailed experiences. 🌴💚
Phil. Esmeraldense GREW on me and took over because I now own two regular forms and JUST got my narrow form. THANKS, MEMO 🤣
Looks like Phil. Esmeraldense really grew on you! 😂 Enjoy your new additions!
🌴 Thanks for your "secrets"!
Thanks for sticking around for the "secrets"! 🌴😉
Enjoy your vacation 🌴🌴
Aw thank you so much and thanks for sticking with me to the end 💚💚💚
Dude, I always stick with you until the end. 🌴🌴🌴.
That's loyalty! Thanks for sticking with me till the end. 🌴🌴
🏝️🌴Enjoy your family time Memo and see you when you come home 🌱🫶🏼
Thank you, Kathy! Family time is indeed precious. 🌱🫶🏼 See you soon!
🌴💚🌴💚 Hope you have a great holiday xx
Thank you! Hope to bring back some sunshine. 🌴💚
I’ve only transitioned one Alocasia from soil to diy Pon so far (planning to do the rest in the spring) but what I did was clip all the roots back to about 1/4”, then put in pure water for about a week before moving to Pon with about 1/3 reservoir (none of the roots sat in the reservoir at first). It lost 2 out of its 5 leaves but grew massive roots and more bigger leaves within a couple weeks.
I do the same, it's always fine 😁
Great job on transitioning your Alocasia! 🌿 And yes, I'll be capturing some planty moments in Greece and Cyprus! 📸🌱
Great video Memo! Have a great vacation.
Appreciate it, Carol! The vacation is indeed wonderful. 🌿
Also, I hope you are filming while in Greece and Cyprus! I’d love to see your mom’s plants as well as any of our houseplants living large outside there!
Yes please!
On it already dont worry ☺💚🌿
🌴 Waffle on!🌴
Value ur insight & 🤎 Ur channel❣
🌴 I will Waffle on then 😅! Appreciate your support. 🤎🌱
🏝🌴 i think i could listen to you all day. have a nice holiday .
So glad you enjoy listening! 🏝️ Have a wonderful day and thanks for the holiday wishes! ☀️
🏝️ memo has new toys! 😂
I like how you said science is always finding something new to change previous findings as opposed to science gets it wrong and is always changing it's mind.
For the Alocasia question, passive hydro has been the only way I've managed to keep mine from melting and dying. There are plenty of other answers saying how people do theirs and I've just deleted my version because I've just remembered the Swedish Plant Guys. I use pumice, they recommend it, but also I have to have it shipped and I can get more pumice for less $$. I know the Leca Queen uses Italian leca which is smaller, I only used Luchuza pon once. The Swedish plant guys say that the various sizes and shapes of pumice is better for the plants. I've used small grain pumice for propagation but I've had better success with large chunky Perlite. Same with most plants, they don't seem to like the finer grain. Hydro is about oxygen and liquid food, the smaller the grain, the less oxygen because liquid is held there as well. So, maybe that person could try a different/larger substrate and see if that makes a difference? My dwarf Bambino has just unfurled it's 7th leaf and the 8th is just emerging, my Alocasia lauterbachiana was a rescue has just grown is 4th leaf from a new grow point, and Melo and silver Dragon jewel Alocasia have both grown several new leaves without losing any.
🪴 😶 🫢 😅 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sorry! I'm no better but that poor fern!
Avagoodweekend... Translation: Enjoy your holidays and time with family 🙋🏻🇦🇺
Hey Chris, I thought you might appreciate the comment on science 😅 Love your method for Alocasia in semi hydro! Thanks for the laughs and the holiday wishes. 🏝️😂
Memo, great video as always :-) I very much appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos, researching the information and patiently answering our questions. Thank you so much for that 🌱 Your videos have significant positive effect on my plant collection :-) It´s actually much more helpful & practical than all the books I read on houseplants 🙂🌴🌴🌴
Ohhhhh that is super kind of you to say, so glad it is useful 😁💚🌿
Love your content and videos. I love the Q&A format every once in a while 🌴💚🌴
Thanks, Silvia! Glad you're enjoying the occasional Q&A format. 🌴💚
🌴 great video again, good luck with the inflorecence
Thanks! Fingers crossed for the inflorescence. 🌿🤞
Yellow Duckie crocks for the win!!🏆 Love the name of your AI plant! Wings all around with a eye in the middle 😂🌴💚
Yellow Duckie crocks for the win for sure! 🏆 Glad you loved the AI plant concept. 😂🌴💚
My Alocasia soil to semi hydro method.
(Worked on A frydek, dragon's breath, and silver dragon) I'm in the middle of transferring a Melo. No issues yet
1. Move to water and BLAST with light and warmth for 1 week
2. Remove and dead roots / leaves. There'll might be one or two
3. Transfer to semi hydro. Continue blasting with light for 1 more week
4. Move to forever spot and enjoy
That's a solid strategy for Alocasia! 🌱 Thanks for sharing your method. 🌿🌞
Couple of things. On the alocasia front. Whatever it is in when you buy it... just leave it in that medium. People tend to move everything to hydro or leca or semi to make it easier on themsevles. Stop doing that. Plants have different needs. If you want to start an alocasia, or anything with a corm, put the corm in damp, damp moss and then just use moss from here on out.
On ferns... almost every fern lives on the forest floor near a pond or other saturated medium (Im not talking about stag ferns).
Ferns are tremendously resilient. If you're killing a ferrn, I would check the aeration of the medium or the water. Air circulation is just as important as anything.
Great points on Alocasia & ferns! 🌱 Each plant's needs are indeed unique. Appreciate the insight! 🌿💧
🌴 Hello Memo! Great video - and enjoy your vacation ...
🌴 Great content ! Thank you and have a fantastic vacation - will miss you though , must confess 🙃
Will miss you too! 🙃 Thanks for the kind words. Enjoy the plant content! 🌴
🌴🌴🌴 I loved this video, but if you could easily position yourself closer to the camera, that would be perfectly delightful! It's so nice to see your space! Thank you for sharing and have a fabulous trip!
Thanks for the feedback! Will do. Have a great day! 🌴🌱
🌴 Absolutely love your content, always so interesting and informative, thank you! 🫶🌱
Thank you so much! 🫶 Your support means the world. 🌱💚
🌴Love your videos! Thank you for all you do!
Thanks, Jennifer! 🌱 Your support means everything.
🌴☘️ Going home to Greece / Cyprus??.. I wish you a super duper holiday and enjoy the sunny blue sky and warmth 🤗 bring back some of the sunshine and warmth to the rest of us, please 🌞🤗
Thank you! Will definitely soak up and share some Mediterranean sunshine. 🌞🤗
I think if you had a plant named after you, it would be “Spirit de MEMO “ and this is my new favorite video!! I have stayed to the end
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Great insight about the rooting powder. I was wondering 🌴
Glad you found the rooting powder insight helpful! 🌱🌴
🌴 great video. Loved seeing all your plants in the back ground.
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🇺🇸🌴I also grow my ferns either in self watering pots or pon. The ferns in both still have their soil since the roots are super fine.
Interesting approach to fern care! Thanks for sharing. 🌿🇺🇸🌴
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Someone asked about transitioning Alocasia into pon. Using seaweed emulsion before and after did wonders for me. I also rest my Alocasia in water with a tiny amount of seaweed emulsion before putting in pon, couple of hours to a day or two. This was suggested by someone on Reddit, credit goes to them. But I successfully transitioned a few including ever so finicky Jacklyn/ Tandurusa/Sulawesi.
Thanks for the tip! 🌿 Seaweed emulsion sounds like a magic touch for Alocasia. The community here in the comments will surely appreciate the info 🌱✨
🌴🌴🌴 amazing work thank you for your insights!
🌴🌴🌴 Your encouragement is truly appreciated!
🌴 Loved this video Memo
Thanks, Morweena! Glad you loved it. 🌴💚
I'm so curious about how many square meters your concervatory is?
A question about Memo plant is 10 of 10. Glories for the questioner!
The first picture looks like it is a x beetween your Esme and Bird of Paradise, another one looks like some Philo x the Banyan tree 🤯I guess my one would be some ficus x some anthurium.😄 And I would give mine a name for a poet.
It was a dramatic and hard week here, and plant tube is a true remedy. I wait desperately for every video from you, and it is always a joyful surprise. Thank you for being different and so creative. I wish you the biggest inspiration. I managed to find the Philodendron Esmeraldence baby from local collector. It is quite expensive and ugly now, but I am considering buying it. Also, it seems like I have to go on the first in my life war against thrips. I thought it were spider mites.
Good luck with your journey! Kiss your beautifull Greece for me :) I'm a partualy Greek too. 💚🌳Alex (and the invisible palm emoji is also here).
The conservatory is quite spacious if i remember correctly it is 3m x 5m and half of that space is shelves with plants at this point! Love your plant hybrid ideas. 🌿🤯 Thanks for the kind words and hope you find your Philodendron Esmeraldence! War against thrips - you've got this! 🌱💪 Awww lovely, hello to a fellow Greek heritage plant person 💚
🌴 Love all your content and positive vibes.
Thanks for the love and positive vibes! 🌴💚
I have alocasia silver dragon in pon and omg she has growned lots, she has now 5 beautiful leaves and new one coming out. I took her from grown to pon. She is so beautiful.
Your Alocasia silver dragon's progress sounds amazing! 🌱🌟
Great video. Loved your chatty tour. 🌴❤
🏝 love from Canada.
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🌴 great video Memo. I have my Glorious, Splendid and Florida's all in PON, and loving life. Hope you're having a great time away!
Glad to hear your plants are thriving in PON! 🌿 Enjoying the holiday, thank you! ☀️
This Esmeraldense makes me crazy !!!
Esmeraldense can be quite captivating! 😍
For me I have been having my Alocasia plants in leca they have been doing so much better for me. I removed them from soil, and I leave them in just water first. That was the best thing I did for mine I think. After that then I move them to leca. The duration is about a month from start to finish.
🌴🌴🌴I have transitioned 7 alocasia from soil to pon and only lost my green dragon. All others are fine. I water through for a few months before i start giving a reservoir. So sliw snd steady, but they get there!
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Memo, wouldn’t you need a stronger amount of fertilization for semi hydro because that is the only source of food in the pot, whereas soil can have inherent nutrition? 🌴
It depends, semi-hydro does require mindful fertilization, I try to use the manufacturers instructions as the starting point before I begin tweaking it for my needs. I found that method has worked well for me so far, but that is mainly as i assume/hope the manufacturer has done some initial testing to come up with the suggestions for their specific product! 🌴🌱
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Fantastic video!! I have a question, 🙋🏻♀️ for the plants that you try from soil mix to semi hydro, are you trying the vessel with drainage as well as trying vessel with no drainage?
Thanks! 🌟 Yes, I experiment with both to see which suits the plant best. Drainage is key! 💦🌱
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😂 Hey Xenia 👋👋👋? Welcome to the club, I was a fern serial killer for the longest time, but hope the answer on that in the video helps with trying something new! Chairetísmata! 🌿
@@Houseplantygoodness yes!!! I will try again with something tougher like a Japanese Holly fern . I appreciate your help and how responsive you are to the community
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Best hydro rooting hormone? 💯 pothos cuttings! AMAZING and FAST results.
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