Claire let me help you with your "humidifier problem". Get a Xiaomi humidifier. Xiaomi humidifiers have a temperature and humidity sensor. So it turns on and off when the humidity has reached a certain percentage (can be set individually). I got the Xiaomi smart humidifier 2 and I am very happy with it. It's very affordable and super quiet. Oh and it also infirms you when you have to refill the water tank ✌️✌️✌️ PS I love your videos
I dident want to get a maranta when I started growing plants but then I decided I would and was amazed by how easy it was for me grow it. I couldent see how anyone would struggle with it and I live in a very dry climate and water it with tap water so I am just amazed why mine grew so well
Oh thank god I’m not the only one who has had mealy bugs in my prayer plant !! I was struggling and could not figure out what was going on !! They were in the stalks !! Sadly I lost that place t to them but I know check the stalks when checking the leaves over
I love my marantas. I have 3 different kinds. I love watching them grow because of the way they put out a new leaf. It looks like a little rolled up piece of paper. They're so pretty 😊
Hi Claire, I had to let you know that I found and purchased a Begonia Sinbad!!! YIIIPPPEEEE. Thank you for introducing her to me. And on the Maranta, I love them, too and right now have 3 in my collection, and I do find them to be a bit challenging, but I have put 2 of mine in Pon and the other is in potting mix. Pon is winning right now!!
Yes! This is my moment!! I love these plants--a plain little 5-inch maranta red was my first ever houseplant 3 years ago and inspired me to start caring for and collecting plants 💚
One of my favourite plants, ive passed so many cuttings on to friends and colleagues. Also Morrisons are selling lemon lime and silver band marantas for £5 each or 2 for £8. Thanks for sharing 🌿
Hard water has elements like calcium and magnesium at high levels. They are positively charged elements, so water softeners swap out a different cation(+ charge) for the Mg and Ca. The result is removal of the positive Mg and Ca and replacement of the positive charge with sodium (Na). Love your stuff! I'm a Science nerd teacher 😂
Do you know if the same mechanism is used for fish tank water supplements? I know they have their own dedicated type of water conditioners (for whatever that means), and I doubt they'd just create a salty environment for fish that aren't salt water fish, right?
Such a beatiful plant. Prayer plants were my first love too and I still have several. I keep them all in a self watering situation. Most in pon and a couple in very chunky potting mix with lots of coco husk and fir bark etc. They absolutely love it because as you say they like to be consistently moist and self watering systems accomplish that for them.
Love this, thanks Claire! One thing I'd like to see included in plant care guides is "pot style." E.g. I've seen recommendations for low/wide pots for marantas, and tall/narrow pots for alocasias
I have the varigated prayer plant, the lemon-lime and the silver band. All are growing like weeds and blooming. I didn't know about their susceptibility to mealie bugs, I will have to check closely for them. I use aquarium water conditioner for all my plants, since I also keep fish, this is easy to do.
Thanks so much for providing the humidity and draft tips!!!! Have a prayer plant that hasn't been doing well, can only guess was in a draft-filled spot; but after your comment did a plant swap relocating it to a draft-free humid basement (90-95) and bringing up a philodendron; can only hope for the best!
I'm about to get my first ever Maranta. My mom used to have them when I was a kid and the nostalgia factor is huge with this one... I do wonder about using isopropyl alcohol for treating mealy bugs. What makes it better than other methods, and how is it used properly? Thanks for all the tips!
Prayer plants are my absolute favorite. I have Maranta, Calathea, Ctenanthe, Stromathe; you name it, I've got it. My green maranta is about 20 years old. Sadly, I had a bad outbreak of thrips this past winter and lost about ten of them, mostly Calathea, because, as you mentioned, they are quite difficult. I lost my white fusion, which really upset me, but it was a true drama queen and one of my greatest challenges. Other than pests, I have never really had a problem growing them.
I love marantas 😍 What I don’t get with all the plant people is how you don’t have mold all over the place? I’m genuinely asking bc mold starts to grow at 60% humidity. Rn my landlord is kind enough not to get my flat (and the whole house) dry so my humidity is between 65-80% (rather high than low) and I do have mold 🥲
I feel you there! No one seems to talk about it or experience it for themselves but I've got loads of plants all in one flat and battle with mould in the winter. I don't notice so much in summer but the colder months are bad but I don't want to dehumidify the flat because it'll harm the plants🙄
@@amzyobrien98 for me it’s spring and fall. When the air outside is high in humidity for a while, the walls of this house get wet and it needs a lot of heat or dry air for over a week to get to a humane level of humidity again 😕
Thank you for this video. I have 3 marantas that I love and want to keep happy. I’ve never used pon, but I want to. I think I’ll make my own though. Any suggestions on that?
I think I'll try one in semi-hydro. Next time I need to give her a trim, I'll plunk it in water so it'll be happy to keep growing in Pon later on. Great video, Claire 💚 I appreciated how color conscious you were. Also, your nails look amazing. I often find nails distracting, but yours flow to the right length with a classic curved end. You're always elegant, even when you're edgy or cute.
I love all my Marantas. I had a tragedy the other day where the main stem of my lemon lime snapped due to the weight of all the leaves. Lost half the plant. Trying to propagate a bunch from the snapped off section.
Hi Claire, perfect timing! I am struggling with mine, I am growing a few cutting in semi hydro but my red maranta keeps browning on me for some reason, lemon lime doing great! bought a big red maranta that I am considering moving to pon but I am terrified and not quite sure how to go about, any advice would begreatly appreciated! love your content!
Mine has really long aerial roots. 10cm + long ones and then some have just randomly curled upwards at the ends of the roots and put new tiny leaves out. I presume in its natural habitat that is how it spreads and establishes new plants across a rainforest floor. Edit: mentioning because when researching I haven’t found much on aerial roots for this plant. I never even knew it grew them. Is it rare?
What do you recommend doing if your plant is getting leggy? It's a few years old and has a lot of propagated children, but the original plant has 7-8 main trailing groups of leaves but the top of the plant is all stems or nodes, I'm not sure the proper term. So if you look at the plant from the top there are few to no leaves, but spilling over the sides of the pot are beautiful full healthy groupings of leaves
I have 2 marantas, lemon lime and silver band. I put both in pon (they were doing great in soil), one got very happy the other one is still unhappy and lost quite some leaves :(
I love my red maranta. New leaves are constantly unfurling and the plant is currently blooming. I am puzzled by the way multiple leaves (4 or 5) grow from each node, whether the stems are short or lanky. The leaves lay awkwardly and look like they are choking each other out. I prune the stems and prop nodes with all leaves attached. My current props produced several roots each in 3 days. Everything seems healthy but the plant just looks too compact and awkward. Is that normal to have that many leaves at one node?
Hope you lovely can advise. I have a silver band and all the new growth is coming through really small. Well watered and well draining mix and kept not directly under but close to a grow light. Any suggestions? T.I.A
Knock on wood, I’ve never had a mealy bug or spider mites on my maranta. I just found mealy bugs on a Hoya, not a bad infestation but it got dunked in insecticidal soap!
I have got three marantas, a fascinator tricolor, a kerkoviana, and an amabilis mint. They all are growing new leaves like weed and are flowering busily, but the fascinator tricolor never puts the leaves up, but rather has droopy leaves. Does anybody know if that is normal?
I keep my old plant where it was. My biggest problem with my red maranta is when I try to move it -- even gradually. I put a prop back in to fill the top and gave away a little pot of the other props.
Every time I look for advice on plants , your channel pops up 1st ,I guess RUclips knows that I am in love with you Claire 😊
Claire let me help you with your "humidifier problem". Get a Xiaomi humidifier. Xiaomi humidifiers have a temperature and humidity sensor. So it turns on and off when the humidity has reached a certain percentage (can be set individually). I got the Xiaomi smart humidifier 2 and I am very happy with it. It's very affordable and super quiet. Oh and it also infirms you when you have to refill the water tank ✌️✌️✌️ PS I love your videos
O my gosh I’ve been looking for a new one, the last one I had was like that but it broke and they don’t make them anymore. Thanks.
@@Lola-i6h You're welcome. I'm glad I can help :D
I dident want to get a maranta when I started growing plants but then I decided I would and was amazed by how easy it was for me grow it. I couldent see how anyone would struggle with it and I live in a very dry climate and water it with tap water so I am just amazed why mine grew so well
I've had mine for 3+yrs, one of my original 5 plants, when starting my collection.
Oh thank god I’m not the only one who has had mealy bugs in my prayer plant !! I was struggling and could not figure out what was going on !! They were in the stalks !! Sadly I lost that place t to them but I know check the stalks when checking the leaves over
I love my marantas. I have 3 different kinds. I love watching them grow because of the way they put out a new leaf. It looks like a little rolled up piece of paper. They're so pretty 😊
oh my gosh i absolutely agree, this is my fav thing about marantas, calatheas do very similar things so i'd recommend a calathea if you don't have ome
@@JessicaWhite-dj4hm I do have calatheas. I love them
Hi Claire, I had to let you know that I found and purchased a Begonia Sinbad!!! YIIIPPPEEEE. Thank you for introducing her to me. And on the Maranta, I love them, too and right now have 3 in my collection, and I do find them to be a bit challenging, but I have put 2 of mine in Pon and the other is in potting mix. Pon is winning right now!!
So cute that your scrunchie and maranta pot match!🧡
I was sad i'd just caught up on all your vids, and now i get a new video 🥳
Yes! This is my moment!! I love these plants--a plain little 5-inch maranta red was my first ever houseplant 3 years ago and inspired me to start caring for and collecting plants 💚
One of my favourite plants, ive passed so many cuttings on to friends and colleagues. Also Morrisons are selling lemon lime and silver band marantas for £5 each or 2 for £8. Thanks for sharing 🌿
Hard water has elements like calcium and magnesium at high levels. They are positively charged elements, so water softeners swap out a different cation(+ charge) for the Mg and Ca. The result is removal of the positive Mg and Ca and replacement of the positive charge with sodium (Na).
Love your stuff!
I'm a Science nerd teacher 😂
Do you know if the same mechanism is used for fish tank water supplements? I know they have their own dedicated type of water conditioners (for whatever that means), and I doubt they'd just create a salty environment for fish that aren't salt water fish, right?
Such a beatiful plant. Prayer plants were my first love too and I still have several. I keep them all in a self watering situation. Most in pon and a couple in very chunky potting mix with lots of coco husk and fir bark etc. They absolutely love it because as you say they like to be consistently moist and self watering systems accomplish that for them.
I have a water softener and my 175 plants (including several maranta) are, thankfully, perfectly fine! 💚
I love you and your plants 💞🌵 tfs
Me 2 she has something special about her
Maranta are such cool plants, they look like they're painted
Love this, thanks Claire! One thing I'd like to see included in plant care guides is "pot style." E.g. I've seen recommendations for low/wide pots for marantas, and tall/narrow pots for alocasias
I have the varigated prayer plant, the lemon-lime and the silver band. All are growing like weeds and blooming. I didn't know about their susceptibility to mealie bugs, I will have to check closely for them. I use aquarium water conditioner for all my plants, since I also keep fish, this is easy to do.
Thanks so much for providing the humidity and draft tips!!!! Have a prayer plant that hasn't been doing well, can only guess was in a draft-filled spot; but after your comment did a plant swap relocating it to a draft-free humid basement (90-95) and bringing up a philodendron; can only hope for the best!
Mine is blooming right now too! 😊 love my maranta have some props going to make it fuller
I'm about to get my first ever Maranta. My mom used to have them when I was a kid and the nostalgia factor is huge with this one...
I do wonder about using isopropyl alcohol for treating mealy bugs. What makes it better than other methods, and how is it used properly?
Thanks for all the tips!
Beautiful Maranta. Love mine. Also like how your hairband and the pot were colour coordinated! 😂
Prayer plants are my absolute favorite. I have Maranta, Calathea, Ctenanthe, Stromathe; you name it, I've got it. My green maranta is about 20 years old. Sadly, I had a bad outbreak of thrips this past winter and lost about ten of them, mostly Calathea, because, as you mentioned, they are quite difficult. I lost my white fusion, which really upset me, but it was a true drama queen and one of my greatest challenges. Other than pests, I have never really had a problem growing them.
Mine has thrips right now. 😢 Last time they had them I lost my huge, favourite one.
@@canadiyank , yeah, thrips suck; they are the kiss of death.
I love marantas 😍
What I don’t get with all the plant people is how you don’t have mold all over the place? I’m genuinely asking bc mold starts to grow at 60% humidity.
Rn my landlord is kind enough not to get my flat (and the whole house) dry so my humidity is between 65-80% (rather high than low) and I do have mold 🥲
I feel you there! No one seems to talk about it or experience it for themselves but I've got loads of plants all in one flat and battle with mould in the winter. I don't notice so much in summer but the colder months are bad but I don't want to dehumidify the flat because it'll harm the plants🙄
@@amzyobrien98 for me it’s spring and fall. When the air outside is high in humidity for a while, the walls of this house get wet and it needs a lot of heat or dry air for over a week to get to a humane level of humidity again 😕
Was hoping you would cover soil
I had one of those lemon limes that I loved to death, I just could not leave it alone. I have a red one now that is thriving.
Thank you for this video. I have 3 marantas that I love and want to keep happy. I’ve never used pon, but I want to. I think I’ll make my own though. Any suggestions on that?
I think I'll try one in semi-hydro. Next time I need to give her a trim, I'll plunk it in water so it'll be happy to keep growing in Pon later on.
Great video, Claire 💚 I appreciated how color conscious you were. Also, your nails look amazing. I often find nails distracting, but yours flow to the right length with a classic curved end. You're always elegant, even when you're edgy or cute.
I love all my Marantas. I had a tragedy the other day where the main stem of my lemon lime snapped due to the weight of all the leaves. Lost half the plant. Trying to propagate a bunch from the snapped off section.
I snapped off almost a whole long stem of my red maranta about 9 months ago. Cut the stem at the nodes and it propped nicely.
Mine sadly recently passed onto plant heaven 😭
Love your videos!
What kind of soil mix would be best for these plants?
Hi Claire, perfect timing! I am struggling with mine, I am growing a few cutting in semi hydro but my red maranta keeps browning on me for some reason, lemon lime doing great! bought a big red maranta that I am considering moving to pon but I am terrified and not quite sure how to go about, any advice would begreatly appreciated! love your content!
Mine has really long aerial roots. 10cm + long ones and then some have just randomly curled upwards at the ends of the roots and put new tiny leaves out.
I presume in its natural habitat that is how it spreads and establishes new plants across a rainforest floor.
Edit: mentioning because when researching I haven’t found much on aerial roots for this plant. I never even knew it grew them. Is it rare?
Hw do u not get mold..specially in u.k weather where houses r so prone to mold nd having tropical plantz requiring high humidity
What do you recommend doing if your plant is getting leggy? It's a few years old and has a lot of propagated children, but the original plant has 7-8 main trailing groups of leaves but the top of the plant is all stems or nodes, I'm not sure the proper term. So if you look at the plant from the top there are few to no leaves, but spilling over the sides of the pot are beautiful full healthy groupings of leaves
I have 2 marantas, lemon lime and silver band. I put both in pon (they were doing great in soil), one got very happy the other one is still unhappy and lost quite some leaves :(
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I love my red maranta. New leaves are constantly unfurling and the plant is currently blooming. I am puzzled by the way multiple leaves (4 or 5) grow from each node, whether the stems are short or lanky. The leaves lay awkwardly and look like they are choking each other out. I prune the stems and prop nodes with all leaves attached. My current props produced several roots each in 3 days. Everything seems healthy but the plant just looks too compact and awkward. Is that normal to have that many leaves at one node?
Im growing mine in water only…How do i transfer it to soil without killing it?
Love love love marantas but I somehow always managed to kill mine... I feel selfwatering system would be an answer
I have the same Maranta plant, and it's beautiful.
Hope you lovely can advise. I have a silver band and all the new growth is coming through really small. Well watered and well draining mix and kept not directly under but close to a grow light. Any suggestions? T.I.A
My silver band is doing this, too!
I just chop mine and not doing well in water. We have a heat wave in California.
Knock on wood, I’ve never had a mealy bug or spider mites on my maranta. I just found mealy bugs on a Hoya, not a bad infestation but it got dunked in insecticidal soap!
I have got three marantas, a fascinator tricolor, a kerkoviana, and an amabilis mint. They all are growing new leaves like weed and are flowering busily, but the fascinator tricolor never puts the leaves up, but rather has droopy leaves. Does anybody know if that is normal?
Where does the "old" plant continue growing after you cut off a propagation?
I keep my old plant where it was. My biggest problem with my red maranta is when I try to move it -- even gradually. I put a prop back in to fill the top and gave away a little pot of the other props.
* acclimatise ☺
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