PLEASE PLEASE respond to this...I bought 2 black marvel hibicus and for some strange reason...I THINK they are little white flies all over the back of the leaves...friend I have tried EVERYTHING...i bought the plant baterial soap..peppermint oil...neem oil...bt spray...and lastly I bought orchard spray from Captain Jack and they STILL wont leave my poor plant alone.,....I am almost ready to start crying..PLEASE help me save my once beautiful black marvels.... :*(
@@SheffieldMadePlants kids will come to the door, not thinking much of it but then a another plant parent appears and gets the garlic and stakes out right away 😆
This was very educational. I've never seen such an experiment done like this before and I thank you for sacrificing your plants to get a better understanding of their natural abilities. Well done.
I believe the results show these plants were quite happy before they went down - due to care bestowed by their human - these guys were robust and prepared for harsh times
I've finally figured out why your channel is, at least in my opinion, constantly worth coming back to. I've been looking for new info and stuff, but every damn channel has the whole welcome welcome intro. When I open one of your videos, immediate action. Get the formalities out the window, we both know why I'm here, and it's not for a 457th good afternoon and welcome back to. This guys a real plant parent. Don't got time to spare.
The "flower spike" is actually an inflorescence or spadix used in the context for aroids The devil's ivy is called that cause it stays green even under no light. It would be interesting to know the temperature in your basement since that definitely could have an influence
I have an older home, so some rooms are very low light. So thank you for your experiment. It's good to know, because I needed desperately to figure out which plants to put where. So kind of you to sacrifice your plants for the good of all . 😢
The peace lily surprised me for a bit until I started thinking. Almost every one I've seen personally was in an office building and mostly in rooms with no windows. And they were always very healthy and happy looking. It was a good experiment (rip haworthia) and nice to see that a healthy plant can go a little while without proper care before heading downhill.
The trouble with the Peace Lily is that it gets so big, when I had one I had to keep getting it bigger pots. Finally I could hardly lift it. I have learned how to divide it by watching utube so next time I will know what to do.
Ohh love this vid, how interesting! Would you also consider a video of the same experiment but with artificial light only? (So just like house lights). I always notice plants in shopping centers that would only have artificial lights and they often seem fine, and I always wondered if they are actually okay or they are just getting regularly replaced 😅
Richard this was a very good idea to do this experiment and very interesting. Thank you and to your family of plants for taking part, as if they had a choice. 😂
I can’t imagine trying to choose which one of my “green” children to get tortured in the dungeon. Good thing they were rescued. Interesting experiment, for sure.
One of your best experiments yet Richard! I was surprised at how long the monstera held out, and didn’t even know a ZZ could flower 😲. I really thought the fern would last longer though. Thanks for more great content 👌and I’ll now be shopping for a snake plant or two!
I thought I was the only one who didn’t know that ZZ’s bring flowers 😳 Good luck with your new snake plants once you have them (I’m a snake lady) I’m sure you will love them forever. Aglaonema is on my wish list, I’m waiting for a low price baby plant to appear online.
A long time ago my grandmother passed away and the one thing I wanted was a mother hen she always had on the front porch in a pot. I bagged it up in a large garbage bag to protect the vehicle and fur to circumstances it stayed in that trunk sealed in the bag for 8 months part of that through a Utah winter. When I finally pulled it out the darn thing had tripped in size and it was a ghostly white color. I still have that mama. This same plant has been in the family for close to 60 years now.
It was so interesting about you mother hen plant. Long ago I had a neighbor who had Hens and little Chickens outside and was very proud of them. I always wanted some. When I bought a house they happened to have some outside. They were fine all the first summer but when winter came I did not know what to do about them. I dug them up, brought them in the house and they proceeded to die little by little. So I didn't know if they could be a house plant or if they were just outdoor plants. That's just amazing you have it all these years. Is it an outdoor plant or an indoor plant?
Cool Experiment, I think the flowering of the zee zee plant is happening as per you assumption exactly- in order to produce offspring because it ‘thinks’ it is dying. Some hoyas are flowering only when you don’t water them for a while for the same reason. Interesting video 👍🏻
I love your experiments! Very educational. I suspect the big chunky roots of the monstera, or the rhizomes of the snake and Zz hold more than just water for the well being of the plant during sparse times.
This is madness.. 😆 total madness, Richard! Hats off to the brave plants who signed up.. er.. _were forced_ into participating.. 🤣 All in the name of plant science! ✊ Loved it!! Your hard work and editing is much appreciated! 💚🌱👏
Plants are very forgiving, as you say ‘they always grow back’! To get some plants bloom (like snakes and Hoyas) you need to treat them with some serious calculated neglect eg water deprivation. It is extremely exciting to see that your ZZ is bringing flowers, I’ve never seen that before. It makes me want to place my ZZ raven somewhere dark.. 🦇 Thank you for documenting this experiment 💚🐍
Cool experiment! The peace lily was very suprising. A channel called the Swedish Plantguys did a video on the zz plant and said that when it first hit the market it was said you could leave it in a closet so they tried it and left it for 6 months. It didn't die but all the new growth was without chlorophyll and a lot of the older leaves had died. I don't think that new growth on your zz is a flower because it looks like the new growth on my zz raven but paler. Before I got really into plants I thought I was really smart when I bought a peace lily and used the drooping leaves to indicate when it was time to water... all my plants. It did not go well, apparently overwatering is almost the only way to kill a zz plant 😳
Other PlantTubers try to give me confidence by showing how it's done, & really it's easy to keep them alive. You're succeeding in giving me some confidence by showing that really it's hard to kill them! 🤣
This was a great experiment. It's one thing to read that a plant can tolerate low light; it's another matter entirely to see it in action. The monstera and peace lily surprised me the most, the monstera especially - I always see them displayed next to huge windows that receive plenty of sunlight. I don't have that in my space so I didn't think I could ever have one. Now I'm encouraged to go for it. I will also be picking up some peace lillies. It's great to know I have viable plant options for my low light livingroom other than the zz (prohibitively expensive here) and the snake plant. Thank your plants for us, their sacrifice was not in vain. Part 2 of this experiment featuring some popular indoor tree species would be mighty helpful.
There’s one devils ivy in my local grocery store that I visit often. I already have that variety so I just check it out every time and I couldn’t comprehend how it survives in there for months. Now I know!
This is actually a relief. I’m going to have to move my plants to a new location for two weeks and I was worried about the decreased light. Seems like they’ll be okay for that time frame. Video idea, dealing with plants in a move?
I was amazed with one of my plants. I had been living in a different city for a couple of years to study. I had a snakeplant with really tall and thick leaves. When my studies were done and I was set to move back up there was some issues with my new apartment. I had to wait 3 months to get it, so I had to store all my stuff, including my plant, in my sisters basement with 0 light for the entire duration of that summer as I was basically living in a suitcase. When I finally got access to my new apartment, I was SHOCKED to see my snakeplant, not only still alive, but had actually grown a little. Me and my family now refers to that plant as "The Immortal". I've been taking care of it really well since then and it is just as happy now. It actually sprouted new shoots a few months ago that I replanted in different pots and gave to my sister and mother. They're growing surprisingly fast as well.
I know from having the “Peace Lily”, loves the Dark, because it forces them to bloom! I had mine under fluorescent lights for years, and it stayed dark about 50% of the time, but it always had flowers!
Makes me feel a bit better about the areas of my house that are not as light as others now. Fantastic experiment! Really amazing how strong our plant friends really are! 😊
From my experience, a spider plant can take low light just fine but it needs to be all-green kind. Variegated ones are fussy, and they give me a lot of troubles, but all-greens are thriving in most dark corners of rooms.
Great tip! I like spider plants but I have not had any success with the variegated variety. It’s hard to find the all green variety where I live but if I see one I’ll grab it.
Variegated plants need more light than the all green ones as the lack of chlorophyll to do all the work during photosynthesis. Yeah, everyone says that spider plants are easy going but I have a hard time to keep them happy.
Fascinating video! I had predicted the peace lilly would do well, having quite a few myself in very low lit home, and the pothos too (they like humidity too so maybe the basement damp suited them), but I was shocked how well the monstera did! Thank you for the experiment and saving them (cough haworthia cough) as needed.
I gave a friend of mine some propagated succulent seedlings from my collection and they didn't do well and this video is really helpful for working out if light was a factor. I suspected it was, but seeing the succulent with soft, mushy leaves in your situation confirms it for me.
Great experiment, it impressed me how much a plant can adapt to survive considering the whole idea of a plant is to soak up water and nutrients and of course soak up the sun and make the magic happen.. I would love to see a follow up experiment with some plants with different colours leaves such as red and black and anything else apart from green. I was under the impression that those colours do well in low light but could they survive no light at all? I guessed the succulent would be the first to only because they evolved to thrive in the most extreme of sun saturated environments.
Interesting results. I live in a small condo and the two windows I have are insulated and covered to keep out noise and extreme heat. As a result I use grow lights on timers. My snake and ZZ plants are the farthest away from the lights and are thriving with new growth. I applaud your courage and thank you for doing this experiment. I would be heart broken if something happened to my star aglaonema. I just measured it and it is 41” high with a diameter of 52”. Needless to say I pamper that plant. The results of your experiment opens up some possibilities with my essentially windowless condo and I may do some rearranging of plants.
Interesting video! I'd like to see the same but with low light next. With no light it'll be all about running down the plant's energy stores, and the results might be very different to long-term low light
What did I learn from this video? That is that I should go look for a dark basement to house my zz in for 10 weeks in order for it to flower. Thank you for this experiment. I appreciate it.
You are the best at what you do .And yeah, i know these are not the most professional scientific experiments, but they surly help as get more insight on plants their needs and endurances PS Keep it up 👍
Honestly I'm very surprised. You always hear about how 'your home isn't as bright as you think it is' and supplementing light when it isn't enough and things like that. I didn't think ANY plant could last a week with 0 light, let alone months. Also surprised that the haworthia did so poorly since it's the only other succulent besides ZZ and snake plant that people consider ''low light''. Awesome video like always!
Great experiment. Thanks for doing it and showing us the results. I've had a similar[-ish] experience with my plants: I grow a number of tender plants outside (here in Northampton) and never have enough room on the windowsills for them when the temps dip below zero. So I now bring them into the garage whenever the forecast is due to go below freezing and leave them there till the cold snap is over. Consequently, my plants - mostly pelargoniums and aeoniums, spend periods from a few days to 2 or 3 weeks in total darkness (apart from a few minutes when we're in there with the light on). They seem to suffer no ill-effects at all. I appreciate the amount of editing this video took to produce (like all of your work). I love your channel: the information, range of plant topics, the humour, etc. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for a great experiment! Now I know for sure which ones to get for my office 🤗Plants always can take more than we think 🤩+ I always believed that mushy leaves is a result of overwatering 🤔
Thank you Richard for your scientific research! I love seeing the results, it's fascinating. I've enjoyed all of your experiments. Thanks for making me laugh, love your playfulness 😄
I will store some of my plants in a cool and dark basement over winter months. Down will go some chillies, a figue and a lavender. They will stay there dormant for about four months, or five. They will get a very light watering about once a month. That is all the care during winter. Some plants really need a dormancy in cold. The figue is such a plant. Chillies should do fine too. My lavender is a bit weak, so it may not survive. I wish I could sleep through winter too - but in a warm place, under a blanket.
I was joking around in other comments, but in all seriousness I was amazed how long it took for the plants to start showing their displeasement. Most people don't go out for holiday more than 2-3 weeks anyway, I would have thought that using grow lights in this situation was the only viable solution to keep the plants alive
Guessing the spider plant will develop horrendous brown tips and sad dry droopy bits, even before the lights are turned out... they somehow always end up like that whatever the conditions! :)
I know you are not a big peace lily fan, but I love them! They are so resilient! My money was certainly not on the spider plant! I lived in an appartement in a basement when I was 18. I had a few spider plants I put on the windowsill and they all dies within a few months.
You know that Spider Plant may have been able to come back even after 100 days. It would have been completely defoliated, but if it started out with good thick roots it would have grown back. Our outdoor atrium Spider Plants freeze back to the ground in the winter, or defoliate due to drought in July-August, for weeks, but if the roots are still robust, they come back when conditions improve
I'm relieved to know my snake plant won't be fussy in the hallway. All light I get in my apartment is indirect light and the hallway is a little gloomy but the snake plant has recently started a new sprout in that dim corner so I guess it's fine 😂
not surprised that the peace lily did well. I've been impressed by how little light and care they need. Some black ones from South America I got as gifts, even survived a Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada) winter, outside! (They didn't, sadly, survive their 2nd. : )
I thought the Haworthia would be the, uh winner... Honestly, I'm surprised at how well they all did. I figured most would be yellowing and shriveling after a couple of weeks. Very interesting experiment 👍🏻 You're not a plant murderer (in this case), just a torturer 😉🤣 Take care and thank you for the video P.S. I wonder if all the stored up moisture in the leaves of the Haworthia was its downfall. The stored ' water' in the leaves going bad because of zero photosynthesis to keep it fresh? With the way it began to rot and get slimy
Just a wild theory/guess from an almost level two-ish Plant Padawan Well, it makes some sort of sense anyway Like I said I figured all of of the plants would do much worse in total darkness Thank you for taking one for the team and doing this experiment 👍🏻 I'm much less worried about leaving my precious plants in shady conditions for a week now
Cool experiment! This makes me feel a bit better. I don't have real AC in my home for summer so I leave my blinds in the living room closed all day, so I don't come home to an 85 F (29 C) apartment after work. But, I put them all in my bathroom this summer and they got plenty of filtered light and survived my hot apartment.
I’ve never had good luck with Spider plants not surprised it was the first to go. I’m really impressed by the Peace Lily, I had one for a couple of years but I killed it, think I burned the roots with fertilizer 😢, but this was an amazing experiment, thank you for sharing it with us.
My guess is that the plants adapt to the conditions in which they are found. The leaves are killed on purpose. The plant replaces it with a new leaf that is better adapted to the given lighting. Or simply get rid of leaf that it doesn't need and that consume energy. My plant lost all its leaves and I thought it was dead. But after a while new ones started to grow. People think that the plant is what they see and that is the leaves. But in reality, the plant is roots and leaves are more like solar panels.
Amazing... I love this experiment ❤ u all bad ppl which unfollow Mr Sheffield cos of this video 🙄 its a plant (obviously beloved ones), not life stock🐑, and this isn't a slaughterhouse🤦🙈to being not nice to Richard😑but how many of us killed some if not dozens plants, from lack of experience or knowledge. I still cry after some which died 2 years ago 🫣😭 Mr Sheffield Im your big fan ❤❤❤❤ i love this video. ❤❤❤
@@SheffieldMadePlants I was glad and happy you were able to do this experiment because I feel like you that so so many people are concerned about less lighting on our vacations. This video made me smile actually to not worry anymore and just enjoy my trip.........isn't that what life is all about?? So, thank you AGAIN for doing what most plant tubers don't. I get tired of so many unboxing videos that I just skim over them........boring! This is your best video in my opinion.........very informative and educational!
That was a good experiment. It helped me a lot because I unfurnately live in (elderly housing) =A Cave! They chose to build these units into a berm. They all have only one window in the front. I have a pythos and another plant I can't identify and they are doing ok with their grow light. But thinks to your information I may get a ZZ plant or a Peace Lily.
This was so interesting, thank you for sharing! I am curious how much the temperature differs in the basement from the rest of the house where the plants are usually kept? And if that also played a role in how the plants behaved? Thank you again!!
I think your theory with the ZZ plant is a good guess. Plants that aren't usually big on flowers will push one out if it senses that it is close to the end of its life cycle. It's a last-ditch effort to continue its genes. I'm surprised the fern struggled so quickly because ferns prefer heavy shade anyway.
Very interesting! I would love to see an experiment on too much light which is actually my problem! I have several big south facing windows. They are shaded in summer when the sun is high so I get great indirect light. However, in winter the sun comes blasting in directly when the sun is low in the sky. I just moved all my plants off the window sills and experimenting with how far they need to be from the windows. I believe the sun is weaker in winter so maybe they can tolerate direct light from the south, but it also gets fairly warm near the windows. My violets cannot take the heat. I may need to focus on more sun tolerant plants.
Great video. I’ve always wondered just how tolerant/intolerant my plants are to low light conditions. And I’ll make a few changes based on your experiment with placement. I was most surprised with the peace lily. Least surprised with the pothos and ZZ.
I'm amazed about the Devil's Ivy because it's a Marble Queen and they need more light to keep their colour from fading. And, I actually binned my Peace Lily the other day because it was always looking droopy and there 'aint no room in my house for weak plants. I'm glad you rescued the lemon mint aglaonema, the poor little baby.
great experiment! Devil's ivy is pothos, right? I have one in my windowless bathroom, I have no idea how its still alive. Good to know I could add a zz plant or 2 to the dark room mix 😅👍
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PLEASE PLEASE respond to this...I bought 2 black marvel hibicus and for some strange reason...I THINK they are little white flies all over the back of the leaves...friend I have tried EVERYTHING...i bought the plant baterial soap..peppermint oil...neem oil...bt spray...and lastly I bought orchard spray from Captain Jack and they STILL wont leave my poor plant alone.,....I am almost ready to start crying..PLEASE help me save my once beautiful black marvels.... :*(
@@CoconutbuttA not sure what to suggest. Looks like you’ve tried most things. Just keep applying the pesticide
Wash the plant then move it to a new place
@@SheffieldMadePlants ok thank you 😊
I am now imagining you decorating your house for halloween with dead plants from the torture chamber
Like it!
@@SheffieldMadePlants kids will come to the door, not thinking much of it but then a another plant parent appears and gets the garlic and stakes out right away 😆
@@Tminus89Bring the Holy watering can and the light of the Holy Ghost!
I can like your comment, but I really want an option to say I enjoy your humor.
Absolutely seething that your calathea survived longer in complete darkness than mine did in my room. Great video!
Must be an anomaly 😂
This was very educational.
I've never seen such an experiment done like this before and I thank you for sacrificing your plants to get a better understanding of their natural abilities.
Well done.
Thanks for watching 😁
Ummm Asap science
I believe the results show these plants were quite happy before they went down - due to care bestowed by their human - these guys were robust and prepared for harsh times
Could be 👍
I thought this too
Love these experiment videos! I don't want to sacrifice my plants so thank you for sacrificing yours for the sake of science.
They're all (almost) doing fine now 😅
I was sitting at the edge of my seat for this one. Truly interesting and funny as always. Such dedication as well. King of plant RUclips!
Legend!
did you say edge? :O
I've finally figured out why your channel is, at least in my opinion, constantly worth coming back to. I've been looking for new info and stuff, but every damn channel has the whole welcome welcome intro. When I open one of your videos, immediate action. Get the formalities out the window, we both know why I'm here, and it's not for a 457th good afternoon and welcome back to.
This guys a real plant parent. Don't got time to spare.
Legend! Glad you’re enjoying it
The "flower spike" is actually an inflorescence or spadix used in the context for aroids
The devil's ivy is called that cause it stays green even under no light.
It would be interesting to know the temperature in your basement since that definitely could have an influence
Probably around 17c in the summer
@@SheffieldMadePlants Oh all right. I expected less so that temperature could have falsified the results
The temperature was my first thought.
I think the humidity is a factor maybe? That succulent’s dead leaves were so moist.
I have an older home, so some rooms are very low light. So thank you for your experiment. It's good to know, because I needed desperately to figure out which plants to put where. So kind of you to sacrifice your plants for the good of all . 😢
They're bouncing back!
The peace lily surprised me for a bit until I started thinking. Almost every one I've seen personally was in an office building and mostly in rooms with no windows. And they were always very healthy and happy looking. It was a good experiment (rip haworthia) and nice to see that a healthy plant can go a little while without proper care before heading downhill.
Thanks for watching 😁
The trouble with the Peace Lily is that it gets so big, when I had one I had to keep getting it bigger pots. Finally I could hardly lift it. I have learned how to divide it by watching utube so next time I will know what to do.
Ohh love this vid, how interesting! Would you also consider a video of the same experiment but with artificial light only? (So just like house lights). I always notice plants in shopping centers that would only have artificial lights and they often seem fine, and I always wondered if they are actually okay or they are just getting regularly replaced 😅
Great suggestion!
Those plants get changed out.
Richard this was a very good idea to do this experiment and very interesting. Thank you and to your family of plants for taking part, as if they had a choice. 😂
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for this video, from now on i wont worry too much about my plants not getting enough sun light during winter in Rhode Island USA,
Glad to help!
this is a good video - none of us would be willing to commit to this, but a great use of the channel. thankyou!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I can’t imagine trying to choose which one of my “green” children to get tortured in the dungeon. Good thing they were rescued. Interesting experiment, for sure.
Thanks!
One of your best experiments yet Richard! I was surprised at how long the monstera held out, and didn’t even know a ZZ could flower 😲. I really thought the fern would last longer though.
Thanks for more great content 👌and I’ll now be shopping for a snake plant or two!
Thank you 😊
Every single plant (at least angiosperms and depending on the definition gymnosperms) can flower!
I thought I was the only one who didn’t know that ZZ’s bring flowers 😳
Good luck with your new snake plants once you have them (I’m a snake lady) I’m sure you will love them forever.
Aglaonema is on my wish list, I’m waiting for a low price baby plant to appear online.
@@jhndr0nia I suppose that makes sense! For pollination and such in nature. Very cool.
@@_evangelina__ thanks! I’m excited 😆
Thank you so much for sacrificing your plants to educate us. Since I’ve become a better plant parent, going on vacay has been a big worry.
Thanks for watching 😁
A long time ago my grandmother passed away and the one thing I wanted was a mother hen she always had on the front porch in a pot. I bagged it up in a large garbage bag to protect the vehicle and fur to circumstances it stayed in that trunk sealed in the bag for 8 months part of that through a Utah winter. When I finally pulled it out the darn thing had tripped in size and it was a ghostly white color. I still have that mama. This same plant has been in the family for close to 60 years now.
It was so interesting about you mother hen plant. Long ago I had a neighbor who had Hens and little Chickens outside and was very proud of them. I always wanted some. When I bought a house they happened to have some outside. They were fine all the first summer but when winter came I did not know what to do about them. I dug them up, brought them in the house and they proceeded to die little by little. So I didn't know if they could be a house plant or if they were just outdoor plants. That's just amazing you have it all these years. Is it an outdoor plant or an indoor plant?
Cool Experiment, I think the flowering of the zee zee plant is happening as per you assumption exactly- in order to produce offspring because it ‘thinks’ it is dying. Some hoyas are flowering only when you don’t water them for a while for the same reason. Interesting video 👍🏻
Looks like a new leaf to me.
Yes, i think so
Definitely not a new leaf
I love your experiments! Very educational. I suspect the big chunky roots of the monstera, or the rhizomes of the snake and Zz hold more than just water for the well being of the plant during sparse times.
Potentially 👍
This is madness.. 😆 total madness, Richard! Hats off to the brave plants who signed up.. er.. _were forced_ into participating.. 🤣 All in the name of plant science! ✊
Loved it!!
Your hard work and editing is much appreciated! 💚🌱👏
Thank you very much 😊
Plants are very forgiving, as you say ‘they always grow back’!
To get some plants bloom (like snakes and Hoyas) you need to treat them with some serious calculated neglect eg water deprivation. It is extremely exciting to see that your ZZ is bringing flowers, I’ve never seen that before.
It makes me want to place my ZZ raven somewhere dark.. 🦇
Thank you for documenting this experiment 💚🐍
Thanks for watching 😁
Cool experiment! The peace lily was very suprising. A channel called the Swedish Plantguys did a video on the zz plant and said that when it first hit the market it was said you could leave it in a closet so they tried it and left it for 6 months. It didn't die but all the new growth was without chlorophyll and a lot of the older leaves had died. I don't think that new growth on your zz is a flower because it looks like the new growth on my zz raven but paler.
Before I got really into plants I thought I was really smart when I bought a peace lily and used the drooping leaves to indicate when it was time to water... all my plants. It did not go well, apparently overwatering is almost the only way to kill a zz plant 😳
Yeah it looks like it
Other PlantTubers try to give me confidence by showing how it's done, & really it's easy to keep them alive.
You're succeeding in giving me some confidence by showing that really it's hard to kill them! 🤣
Glad I can help in some way 😁
That's surprised me! Maybe I don't need to worry about my plants when I'm on holiday so much
This was a great experiment. It's one thing to read that a plant can tolerate low light; it's another matter entirely to see it in action. The monstera and peace lily surprised me the most, the monstera especially - I always see them displayed next to huge windows that receive plenty of sunlight. I don't have that in my space so I didn't think I could ever have one. Now I'm encouraged to go for it. I will also be picking up some peace lillies. It's great to know I have viable plant options for my low light livingroom other than the zz (prohibitively expensive here) and the snake plant. Thank your plants for us, their sacrifice was not in vain. Part 2 of this experiment featuring some popular indoor tree species would be mighty helpful.
Thanks for watching 😁
There’s one devils ivy in my local grocery store that I visit often. I already have that variety so I just check it out every time and I couldn’t comprehend how it survives in there for months. Now I know!
😂
Wow, I didn’t expect any pjant to survive this amount of time without light. Thanks for this experiment!
You bet!
This is actually a relief. I’m going to have to move my plants to a new location for two weeks and I was worried about the decreased light. Seems like they’ll be okay for that time frame. Video idea, dealing with plants in a move?
Good shout 👍
I was amazed with one of my plants. I had been living in a different city for a couple of years to study. I had a snakeplant with really tall and thick leaves. When my studies were done and I was set to move back up there was some issues with my new apartment. I had to wait 3 months to get it, so I had to store all my stuff, including my plant, in my sisters basement with 0 light for the entire duration of that summer as I was basically living in a suitcase. When I finally got access to my new apartment, I was SHOCKED to see my snakeplant, not only still alive, but had actually grown a little. Me and my family now refers to that plant as "The Immortal". I've been taking care of it really well since then and it is just as happy now. It actually sprouted new shoots a few months ago that I replanted in different pots and gave to my sister and mother. They're growing surprisingly fast as well.
Wow that’s amazing. Mine was looking fine too
Oh yea, they definitely is kinda immortal, considering that you can supposedly propogate them with small leaf cuttings...
I know from having the “Peace Lily”, loves the Dark, because it forces them to bloom! I had mine under fluorescent lights for years, and it stayed dark about 50% of the time, but it always had flowers!
Very interesting experiment. Thanks for sharing it. I won’t be as anxious now leaving on holiday.
You bet!
I had a very small peace lily fully submerged in an aquarium actually bloom after months. Talk about a tough plant.
Makes me feel a bit better about the areas of my house that are not as light as others now. Fantastic experiment! Really amazing how strong our plant friends really are! 😊
Really is
Very surprised at a couple of the results, specially the monstera! RIP Haworthia. Science will remember your sacrifice.
He’ll always be remembered
From my experience, a spider plant can take low light just fine but it needs to be all-green kind. Variegated ones are fussy, and they give me a lot of troubles, but all-greens are thriving in most dark corners of rooms.
Thanks for the tip 👍
Great tip! I like spider plants but I have not had any success with the variegated variety. It’s hard to find the all green variety where I live but if I see one I’ll grab it.
Variegated plants need more light than the all green ones as the lack of chlorophyll to do all the work during photosynthesis.
Yeah, everyone says that spider plants are easy going but I have a hard time to keep them happy.
I love seeing these experiments! Very educational. 😁
Thank you! Cheers!
Fascinating video! I had predicted the peace lilly would do well, having quite a few myself in very low lit home, and the pothos too (they like humidity too so maybe the basement damp suited them), but I was shocked how well the monstera did! Thank you for the experiment and saving them (cough haworthia cough) as needed.
Thanks for watching 😁
I gave a friend of mine some propagated succulent seedlings from my collection and they didn't do well and this video is really helpful for working out if light was a factor.
I suspected it was, but seeing the succulent with soft, mushy leaves in your situation confirms it for me.
Great experiment, it impressed me how much a plant can adapt to survive considering the whole idea of a plant is to soak up water and nutrients and of course soak up the sun and make the magic happen.. I would love to see a follow up experiment with some plants with different colours leaves such as red and black and anything else apart from green. I was under the impression that those colours do well in low light but could they survive no light at all? I guessed the succulent would be the first to only because they evolved to thrive in the most extreme of sun saturated environments.
Thanks for the idea
2:01 I’m looking forward for this plant !
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Interesting experiment! I'd love to see one with plants near radiators.
Thanks!
what a cool experiment, now I know what plants will hopefully b able to survive in my extra dark bedroom. 🤭
Thank You 🌿
Great stuff 👍
Interesting results. I live in a small condo and the two windows I have are insulated and covered to keep out noise and extreme heat. As a result I use grow lights on timers. My snake and ZZ plants are the farthest away from the lights and are thriving with new growth. I applaud your courage and thank you for doing this experiment. I would be heart broken if something happened to my star aglaonema. I just measured it and it is 41” high with a diameter of 52”. Needless to say I pamper that plant. The results of your experiment opens up some possibilities with my essentially windowless condo and I may do some rearranging of plants.
Glad you found it somewhat useful 😁
Great experiment, thank you for doing it. I was actually planning on doing something similar with my plants. You saved me a LOT of time!
Glad it was helpful!
Best video ever! ❤ Please do this with again different set of plants this time
Thank you 😊
Interesting video! I'd like to see the same but with low light next. With no light it'll be all about running down the plant's energy stores, and the results might be very different to long-term low light
I love your videos. I’ve learn so much , gaining more confidence everyday. Keep up the Great work!
Awesome! Thank you!
What did I learn from this video?
That is that I should go look for a dark basement to house my zz in for 10 weeks in order for it to flower.
Thank you for this experiment. I appreciate it.
Thanks for watching 😁
Great video, very informative and helpful as now I know at least four of my plants need to be moved either to more light or darker corner. Thank you 😊
Now I know which plant to hide in my basement when the kids show up for Christmas and New year. Thanks🤣
You’ve got this ✊
You are the best at what you do .And yeah, i know these are not the most professional scientific experiments, but they surly help as get more insight on plants their needs and endurances
PS Keep it up 👍
Thank you very much!
Cool, damp basement means less water needed , generally 🌵
Your experiment was an eye opener and the humour is super cool
Thank you 😊
Thank you for this hands on approach, makes finding the right candidate for the shady spots in my home a lot easier ^^
Any time!
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful
Thanks for visiting
Thank you for doing this experiment I was honestly surprised and really wanted to know how they would react
My pleasure 😊
Thank you Richard for your bravery. Very interesting indeed 😅.
You keep me happy. Cat x
You are very welcome
I love experiments. Love and Peace.
Always love your videos. Thank you for the information.
Thank you 😊
I wonder if You could do a video on the variety of buggs, how to identify them and what kind of cure is effective. Love Your channel!
Thank you 😊 . I've got an older one on the channel but might update it at some point
8:39 it’s getting rid of excess water. Since there’s no sunlight to help it evaporate some of it.
Honestly I'm very surprised. You always hear about how 'your home isn't as bright as you think it is' and supplementing light when it isn't enough and things like that. I didn't think ANY plant could last a week with 0 light, let alone months. Also surprised that the haworthia did so poorly since it's the only other succulent besides ZZ and snake plant that people consider ''low light''. Awesome video like always!
The Haworthia definitely shook me
Loved this experiment, as figuring out the light requirement for my house plants has always been a challenge for me. Thank you comrade!
My pleasure 😊
Great experiment. Thanks for doing it and showing us the results. I've had a similar[-ish] experience with my plants: I grow a number of tender plants outside (here in Northampton) and never have enough room on the windowsills for them when the temps dip below zero. So I now bring them into the garage whenever the forecast is due to go below freezing and leave them there till the cold snap is over. Consequently, my plants - mostly pelargoniums and aeoniums, spend periods from a few days to 2 or 3 weeks in total darkness (apart from a few minutes when we're in there with the light on). They seem to suffer no ill-effects at all.
I appreciate the amount of editing this video took to produce (like all of your work). I love your channel: the information, range of plant topics, the humour, etc. Keep up the great work!
That’s very interesting thanks for sharing. Glad you like the vids 👍
Thank you for a great experiment! Now I know for sure which ones to get for my office 🤗Plants always can take more than we think 🤩+ I always believed that mushy leaves is a result of overwatering 🤔
Thank you Richard for your scientific research! I love seeing the results, it's fascinating. I've enjoyed all of your experiments. Thanks for making me laugh, love your playfulness 😄
Thank you 😊
I will store some of my plants in a cool and dark basement over winter months. Down will go some chillies, a figue and a lavender. They will stay there dormant for about four months, or five. They will get a very light watering about once a month. That is all the care during winter. Some plants really need a dormancy in cold. The figue is such a plant. Chillies should do fine too. My lavender is a bit weak, so it may not survive. I wish I could sleep through winter too - but in a warm place, under a blanket.
Yeah i'd skip winter too
I was joking around in other comments, but in all seriousness I was amazed how long it took for the plants to start showing their displeasement. Most people don't go out for holiday more than 2-3 weeks anyway, I would have thought that using grow lights in this situation was the only viable solution to keep the plants alive
I was worried too but not anymore
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video! Exactly what we needed to see!
Thanks for watching 😁
Guessing the spider plant will develop horrendous brown tips and sad dry droopy bits, even before the lights are turned out... they somehow always end up like that whatever the conditions! :)
Wow that as plant is amazing. You discovered a surprise. Good job. We need surprises now and then. Great !!!!!!
We sure do 😁
Very good. I now know which plants I’m putting in my low-light bathroom (North window). I’ll just tell them to blame Richard!
Don't come after me when it all goes wrong 😂
This is a excellent video. Great experiment. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
I know you are not a big peace lily fan, but I love them! They are so resilient! My money was certainly not on the spider plant! I lived in an appartement in a basement when I was 18. I had a few spider plants I put on the windowsill and they all dies within a few months.
I don’t mind a peace lily 😁
You know that Spider Plant may have been able to come back even after 100 days. It would have been completely defoliated, but if it started out with good thick roots it would have grown back. Our outdoor atrium Spider Plants freeze back to the ground in the winter, or defoliate due to drought in July-August, for weeks, but if the roots are still robust, they come back when conditions improve
Yes I agree. The leaves always come back fine. It’s happy as Larry now
Another top video! Thank you Mr Sheffield!
Thanks for watching 😁
I'm relieved to know my snake plant won't be fussy in the hallway. All light I get in my apartment is indirect light and the hallway is a little gloomy but the snake plant has recently started a new sprout in that dim corner so I guess it's fine 😂
not surprised that the peace lily did well. I've been impressed by how little light and care they need. Some black ones from South America I got as gifts, even survived a Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada) winter, outside! (They didn't, sadly, survive their 2nd. : )
Very robust
At first i I thought, he's banged his head. Who knew plants were such survivors.
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that is a beautiful basement. it's perfect.
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15:04 😂😂😂 thats sooo me!!! but heeey we’ve all been there 😅
1:16 is better!!! And that slap! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m crying
I thought the Haworthia would be the, uh winner...
Honestly, I'm surprised at how well they all did. I figured most would be yellowing and shriveling after a couple of weeks.
Very interesting experiment 👍🏻
You're not a plant murderer (in this case), just a torturer 😉🤣
Take care and thank you for the video
P.S. I wonder if all the stored up moisture in the leaves of the Haworthia was its downfall. The stored ' water' in the leaves going bad because of zero photosynthesis to keep it fresh? With the way it began to rot and get slimy
I think that sounds like a sensible theory 😁
Just a wild theory/guess from an almost level two-ish Plant Padawan
Well, it makes some sort of sense anyway
Like I said I figured all of of the plants would do much worse in total darkness
Thank you for taking one for the team and doing this experiment 👍🏻
I'm much less worried about leaving my precious plants in shady conditions for a week now
Cool experiment! This makes me feel a bit better. I don't have real AC in my home for summer so I leave my blinds in the living room closed all day, so I don't come home to an 85 F (29 C) apartment after work. But, I put them all in my bathroom this summer and they got plenty of filtered light and survived my hot apartment.
Glad it helped 👍
I’ve never had good luck with Spider plants not surprised it was the first to go. I’m really impressed by the Peace Lily, I had one for a couple of years but I killed it, think I burned the roots with fertilizer 😢, but this was an amazing experiment, thank you for sharing it with us.
Thanks for watching 😁
My guess is that the plants adapt to the conditions in which they are found. The leaves are killed on purpose. The plant replaces it with a new leaf that is better adapted to the given lighting. Or simply get rid of leaf that it doesn't need and that consume energy. My plant lost all its leaves and I thought it was dead. But after a while new ones started to grow. People think that the plant is what they see and that is the leaves. But in reality, the plant is roots and leaves are more like solar panels.
Good shout. Needs the leaves to keep the heart going
Dude ur basement looks like a horror movie… keep up the good work though. Love ur vids
😂 so true
Appreciate it!
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Amazing... I love this experiment ❤ u all bad ppl which unfollow Mr Sheffield cos of this video 🙄 its a plant (obviously beloved ones), not life stock🐑, and this isn't a slaughterhouse🤦🙈to being not nice to Richard😑but how many of us killed some if not dozens plants, from lack of experience or knowledge. I still cry after some which died 2 years ago 🫣😭
Mr Sheffield Im your big fan ❤❤❤❤ i love this video. ❤❤❤
Thank you very much 😁
@@SheffieldMadePlants no need, its well deserved. 😍👏👏👏👏👌 Love all information and humor. Plz keep doing those videos for the rest of the world 😜🌍
@@SheffieldMadePlants I was glad and happy you were able to do this experiment because I feel like you that so so many people are concerned about less lighting on our vacations. This video made me smile actually to not worry anymore and just enjoy my trip.........isn't that what life is all about?? So, thank you AGAIN for doing what most plant tubers don't. I get tired of so many unboxing videos that I just skim over them........boring! This is your best video in my opinion.........very informative and educational!
@@jackiewhitney5031 Thanks for watching 😁
That was a good experiment. It helped me a lot because I unfurnately live in (elderly housing) =A Cave! They chose to build these units into a berm. They all have only one window in the front. I have a pythos and another plant I can't identify and they are doing ok with their grow light. But thinks to your information I may get a ZZ plant or a Peace Lily.
Great stuff 👍
Haha. Only you would try this experiment. Loved it. Love your channel. Lots of humor. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was so interesting, thank you for sharing! I am curious how much the temperature differs in the basement from the rest of the house where the plants are usually kept? And if that also played a role in how the plants behaved? Thank you again!!
A few degrees cooler but was filmed in summer so not cold
I think your theory with the ZZ plant is a good guess. Plants that aren't usually big on flowers will push one out if it senses that it is close to the end of its life cycle. It's a last-ditch effort to continue its genes.
I'm surprised the fern struggled so quickly because ferns prefer heavy shade anyway.
Good point!
The beginning of this video made me chuckle so hard 😂
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Very interesting! I would love to see an experiment on too much light which is actually my problem! I have several big south facing windows. They are shaded in summer when the sun is high so I get great indirect light. However, in winter the sun comes blasting in directly when the sun is low in the sky. I just moved all my plants off the window sills and experimenting with how far they need to be from the windows. I believe the sun is weaker in winter so maybe they can tolerate direct light from the south, but it also gets fairly warm near the windows. My violets cannot take the heat. I may need to focus on more sun tolerant plants.
I would but trouble is I don’t have a south facing window. They should be ok in winter
@@SheffieldMadePlants I just checked the temperature on my south window sill. 95 degrees! However, it is not really winter yet.
Great video. I’ve always wondered just how tolerant/intolerant my plants are to low light conditions. And I’ll make a few changes based on your experiment with placement. I was most surprised with the peace lily. Least surprised with the pothos and ZZ.
Yeah those flowers didn't want to die off!
Great info and very interesting! Thanks
Thank you 😊
I'm amazed about the Devil's Ivy because it's a Marble Queen and they need more light to keep their colour from fading.
And, I actually binned my Peace Lily the other day because it was always looking droopy and there 'aint no room in my house for weak plants.
I'm glad you rescued the lemon mint aglaonema, the poor little baby.
He's doing alright now he's getting some sun 😅
when you smacked your plant i died 1:23
great experiment! Devil's ivy is pothos, right? I have one in my windowless bathroom, I have no idea how its still alive. Good to know I could add a zz plant or 2 to the dark room mix 😅👍
Sort of 😅