This Will Instantly Make Your Plants Thrive
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Published 2024-07-20
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All Comments (21)
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For cheap smaller cache pots, check the grocery store florist section clearance. Mine always has cute pots for dirt cheap, most are from orchids that died before they sold.
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I started taking your advice when I got a couple of plants from Ikea and now, 2 years later, I swear by perlite, a moisture meter, plant velcro and Sansi grow lights. My collection has grown to about 30 plants and I propagate so many that I regularly give them to 2 local charity/thrift shops. One supporting a cancer hospice and one mental health charity. Thanks for all the great tips, Richard. Me, my plant babies and the charities are all very grateful!! ๐ชดโค
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I dont bother with a pipette for the stress coat. When you next get a new bottle make 2 pin holes opposite each other in seal. Gently squeeze the bottle to dispense. A drop comes out of the one hole and air enters the bottle through the other. ps I'm an absolute convert to the moisture meter. Totally brilliant.
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I donโt really have fungus gnats anymore because of 2 reasons. First I create my own soil and second I have a carnivorous drosera plant that catches gnats all the time
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๐๐๐๐๐You're one of my favorite internet people.๐๐๐๐๐ Thanks for the plant advice and the bits of comedy. Keep doing what you're doing.
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Yeah I've always done this I use velcro for cable management all the time
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for the velcro ties, the soft velcro should be on the inside against the plant stem :)
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I found cat litter pans at dollar tree here in Florida for $1.25 and they're deep enough and long enough. I couldn't find anything cheaper. Those trays are costly.
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8:10 I bought a moisture meter about 15 years ago and probably never used it. It actually still looks pretty new. I didn't dare to get any houseplants because everything in my care was just dying. Even the weed, lol. I found my meter few years back and added it to my garden stuff so I could find it when I would need it. Now, that I have started my houseplant "collection", moisture meter got its own space right next to the plants. I find it very useful, especially for plants like ficus, zeezee plant, calathea zebrithea ๐ and bird of paradise. Mine is actually 3 in 1... It measures moisture, light and ph
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It makes me laugh every time you give things love๐ you are too funny and seem like a very kind man๐
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I now use the moisture meter and havenโt killed my plants, and I fertilize with those seaweed stuff I buy at Amazon that small worse than raw sewage but itโs safe to use year round, wonโt burn the roots. Come winter (south Florida winter) I will be watering only once a month.
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4:09. I reckon decorative stones also slow down fungus gnats
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Poor Mrs. Sheffield have to put up with your madness. But Iโm sure there is never a dull moment
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A lot of great tips, I like the one with the zeolite, looks great! I did the same thing with 6-8mm. perlite on any plants that attract fungus gnats, because the plant likes constantly moist soil. I put a 1" or 30mm. layer of perlite on top of the soil, it stops the gnats from getting to the soil and I got to like the clean way it looks... Double bonus.
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At the beginning of the year I had a 100L bag of perlite, now I don't. I started growing veggies from seed in perlite and now the plants are still in pure perlite in a semi Hydro setup. And boy does this need a lot of perlite for about ~22 Plants plus some trays with herbs.
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I definitely use the moisture meter and the water conditioner. I even moved my calathea medallion out of the bathroom. It didn't seem to be happy in there anymore. I guess I will see how it does in my room.
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Iโve changed to the mineral substrate Lechuza Pon for some of my some of my plant instead of soil. Easy watering, good drainage, no gnats!
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Here in the Netherlands 'Pat My Cut' sounds like a good time.
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I started watching your channel couple of years ago, when I initially bought few Creepers and Hardy plants, Now I have a collection of 700+ plants and I just can't stop adding more, it's no less than an addiction! Thanks for everything man!