Hey Pete 👋 I love your tangents and rants, sometimes my ADHD brain struggles to stay focused when I watch plant videos because they are so structured, and theres sooo much information to take in. But your videos are much more laid back, they are more like listening to a strange grumpy uncle discuss his life stories and intense plant obsessions 😅 You're by far my favourite plant youtuber! ❤️🌵

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Haha you're way too kind, Ellie. Thanks a lot haha I love the "Strange grumpy uncle". I'll take that :D

I love your longer videos, kinda prefer them.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate :D

thanks Pete! Rants? thats what i like. Chatty is good & fun for us.

I love how you’ve become so flustered once your wife passed by with no pants on hahahahaha so cute!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

haha... she just gives no fucks... lol

Hi from Florida. I happened across your channel while looking up succulent and cacti. I recently became an addict. Love your duct tape trick. I just learned a trick from binging videos. Kitchen tongs. Enjoy your growing.

Pete, I must say I can’t believe I look fwd to seeing you unwind the paper to see the cactus. I thoroughly enjoy all your videos: cacti, aroids & rant. Thanks for sharing!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, Carol!

Hi, Austria speakin:my son s got a beautiful biblical name, my besties 4a old is called Paul Peter Maria... Can't get more biblical 😉 We love cacti 🍀

Man you were scaring me with those scissors😅😂 Great to stumble across your account, loving your work already and just followed you on Insta as that’s my usual jam. I’m a cactus/succulent collector and love watching other people spend the money for once and unbox. Re cat allergy- me too! Grew up with them till I moved out of home and got a job as a screen printer and boom allergies. I use a couple of those suppliers too,no weird freebies for me yet 😂. Love your wife’s work! Whatever gets you motivated for housework- I need motivation for that instead of playing with plants.

Hey Pete, g'day from my little greenhouse in Bavaria, Germany! Just discovered your channel and subscribed, love your videos, entertaining and full of interesting infos!! Nice unboxing and great cactus haul video, thanks very much for sharing!! Enjoy your Saturday evening and the rest of the weekend! Best wishes and happy growing!!👍🌞🌵🪴🌵🏵🌺🌻💚😎

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, Joe! Glad I stumbled upon your channel too. I have to ask (as I'm an English teacher), are you a native German speaker or English speaker? Your English sounds nearly perfectly American to my ear.

@cactusjoe

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 thanks Pete! I grew up bilingually, speaking German at home in the family but attending English-speaking schools and later working and living abroad for many years. So a bit of a hybrid languages background, haha! Where in Australia are you based? 👍😊🌵🌱🌵🌼🌺🏵💚😎

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

@@cactusjoe Oh nice! Man, if you'd never mentioned you were in Germany, I'd have thought you were in the US somewhere haha. Amazing. I'm outside of Melbourne in a town called Curlewis. It's about as south as you can go on the mainland before having to swim to Tasmania haha Have you been Down Under yet?

@cactusjoe

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 wow, great! I have friends in Melbourne, climate must be great there! So far I have been to Perth and Western Australia only. Botanical Gardens in Perth were fabulous, especially in the Spring! Plan to travel to other places Down Under sometime in the future if I can. Enjoy your Monday evening, best wishes and happy growing!!😊👍🌵🌱🌴🌿💚😎

🐸🧦 Awesome video Pete! Thank you for the long-form content.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, mate!

Ha! My brother’s name is Peter and mine is Ruth. ‘Old’ names rock 🤘🏻

All old fashion names r back where I live in the USA. Ruth and Lucy r very common in my younger daughters grade. She’s in 5th grade.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, they've come full cycle then? Very cool!

Ha, I am a Bunnings unpacked cart stalker too. I hate those labels that just say "cactus" Usually I can work it out. I only came across the species on the internet I got after owning it for several months . It turned out to be a small cluster of Grey Organ pipe cactus. Kind of looks like a small astrophytum with black spines when young. Glochids, yeah picked my first prickly pear fruit yesterday, full knowing about the glochid thing. So I am being ware, as Billy Connolly would say. Rubbed of glochids with a wet cloth not before the C U Next Tuesday got me bad. Tweezers and a magnifying glass last night.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Eeeeeek hope your hands are okay, mate. I once tried dying a shirt with the fruit and didn't know about needing to remove the glochids first. (This is what the convicts first used to get red dye here apparently). Though I now realise years later that it's actually the cochineal bugs that feed on the cactus that do it... derp...

@andyroo3022

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 👍Yeah weird how those fluffy grey bugs get squashed and turn into bright purple juice.

Yaaaaaaay lithops, nice one Pete

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

:D

🎉Congratulations on 4k well done Pete 👍. Not into cacti as you know but some of those are, as you say stunning

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Kathy! You've been here from the start, so I really appreciate it :D

@KathyGallagher01

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 I’m just pleased for you Pete, oh and Peaches 😉

Hi Kelly!

Oh mate. I feel attacked. My parents made my name up because they couldn't agree on the name so they combined the name each of them liked. I'm an old fart though wrong side of 40. 🤣🤣🤣 Good luck with the new haul I hope your duct tape trick works!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

LOL I always just assumed it was French haha no judgement :P yours is definitely along the lines of normal compared to the 4 people I knew...

Awesome video been watching you for a few weeks now and agreed that a lot of people who do aroids and whatnot don't usually do cactus and you inspired for me to go and get some and learn about the process of the grafting ( im in the U.S ) have a great day and keep up the awesome work

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Oh nice work, John! What've you grabbed to begin with?

@johnbiggles9015

Жыл бұрын

Trichocereus grandiflorus hybrids, Notocactus leninghausii, and a few other with no name and I also grabbed Cylindropuntia mini cholla, Cereus forbesii monstrose, Mammillaria hahniana. And lastly opuntia microdasys 😁😁👍

Lol How do u go from “Should I even be holding this?” To “Should I eat this or grind it up and sniff it!!?” LOL!!!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

lol my brain...

Nice haul! Never really been into cacti myself, but it's cool to see what's out there. Also, very interesting to hear the same names are popular right now in Australia as are in the US. So many Graysons, Gracyns, Greysons, etc lol

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Ah too funny... Wasn't sure if it was the same across the sea

I'm wasn't into cacti, but I bought some the other day and some of them are blooming. I'm now hooked. I might have to kick out some of my aroids to make room 🤣

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

I know! The flowers are other-worldly. Look into Echinopsis flowers. They're ridiculous!

Try rooting the little ‘chicken foot’ and see if it takes. 🤔

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Lol I may've turfed it. It was totally cooked. Dry as a bone and pretty much hollow, so I don't think anything would've happened. Maybe a chick would've grown?

U really make me wanna just pack up and move “Down under!!” I always thought even as a kid I was supposed to be in Australia!!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Haha I think you probably were then. Come on down!

I microwave soil as well or i will pour boiling water. The idea of baking i cant get into. Im sure microwave isnt any different hahah just faster for me. The smell is somethin else lol

You need a cactus plier, tong, will help a lot :)

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Hehe good idea. I just fear it'd damage the plant. Though the trade off is not getting damaged myself

Oh P.S. I work in a school and someone named their child Princess… which was quite a combo with a solid sounding surname 🤔 … I couldn’t help thinking though it would be pretty interesting if they turn out to be something like a judge

You have a unique ability to keep my attention through the whole video. It's weird. Keep up the good content - I'm learning a lot, too. Please tell us if you find out what that chicken foot plant was 😅

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Hehe thanks, mate :D

So drop always and just say they never include. I love how America and Australia language can differ but it’s the same!!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Lol I rewatched this and was thinking the exact same thing... wtf Pete?

I have been growing my lithops in PON and they have been going really great and growing really big!

@surgeinc1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Wow, very interesting. I'll have to try that.

Oush! What a cool bunch of cacti! But now I’m intrigued about that chicken leg. Have you figured out what it is? Love the rants! 😂

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

lol no idea... It went in the bin to be honest haha I was worried it was a Horcrux

You are becoming a total catus guy!!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Hehe it's not even my final form!

I bought a spiral cactus, Cereus forbesii 'Spiralis', last week. I shouldn't. Space is full and the spines are more of a problem than leaves or pitchers in moving around them. But I have always loved them. Also have 2 bowls of lithops, they also grow well from seed

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Nice work!

Those lithops do flower, most are pink some are coral in color.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

I’ve had MANY Lithops and no matter how close I have them to a grow light they stretch!! And I have also learned to ignore them which is very hard for me bc I am a total hoverer!!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Weird. I'm still a total noob here so I'll have to see how I go. I've a friend growing them from seed and his are all beautiful. Might be because they're grown outdoors with sunlight not artificial light.

@jessicazentz6454

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 yea it’s gotta be the lights. I have friends that grow them beautifully I just can’t seem to keep them from stretching and it’s way too cold to put anything outside. I’ve debated on moving south just so I can have plants outside!!

Dude! Had the same issue with cats. Grew up my entire life with cats and wasn’t allergic. Then I moved out and didn’t have any and went back to visit and spent the night and was sick as a dog! It kept happening every time. Couldn’t figure it out for a bit. Got my own cat and had issues for a little while and it eventually went away. Now I just have the occasional itchy eyes if I touch the cat and then my face. Goes right away with some eye drops. So strange how our allergies come and go like that. My boyfriend is the same. Always said he was allergic to cats. Now we have a house together and my cat doesn’t bother him at all.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's exactly my story. I think it's just exposure then that keeps the reactions at bay. Lol you need a constant low dose of aerosolised cat saliva haha

A body is a body.We all have the same equipment for the most part.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

haha

I‘m German and no one is called Hans anymore. Maybe people over 60. We have that name cycle here as well. Like my grandma‘s name is Ruth (German pronunciation) and I think the name‘s slowly coming back now. On the other hand people I‘ve grown up with now have names for „older“ (hahahah) people like idk… Markus, Phillip, Sandra, Stefanie, Christopher (yes these are actually also traditional German names). You get it. We have a lot of people called Peter here as well, but most of them are 40 plus now.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Hehe it's funny how it's clearly happening in a lot of cultures.

I named my daughter Lucy, an old fashioned name which she doesn't appreciate lol

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's not as bad I don't think :P

@ZoeAlecxis

Жыл бұрын

I guess most younger people don’t know “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” anymore. Could be a problem :D but I like Lucy, it’s kinda cute imho

@ronjakh

Жыл бұрын

Lucy is such a lovely name!

@joannanovara815

Жыл бұрын

@Pete vs Plants it's really not, most people are fond of it. She's just an angsty teen 😂

@joannanovara815

Жыл бұрын

@Zoë yes most people love it! I'm hoping she'll "grow into it"lol

Wonder if ya could chuck ya soil in an air fryer and if that would be healthier 😂

I’m an ass. Other than just enjoying your normal personality, I watched the video just to see how many glockards (sp?) you got stuck. 😅

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

lol 'glochids' and you sadist

Is the value reduced when one sells a cactus without an ID? Just curious 🧐

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

I think like any plant, it probably depends on the specific one for sale. If it's expensive because of its name only, then I'd assume so, but if it's about its appearance more so than the name, it probably makes no difference.

I hate the loss of tactile function that any gloves give too.

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Yeah 100%

Quick question: Where/why do you buy plants that are endangered and how do you make sure they're not poached there? I recently have been more into plant market backgrounds and started thinking about it more so I thought why not ask you abt your experience

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

So, in Australia, it's almost impossible to get anything that's poached because of our really tough import laws. I think poaching is probably mainly an issue where these plants occur naturally (in the Americas) or can be imported easily (e.g. Europe/Asia) because laws are lax. Most stuff in Aus is very small because it's grown from seed, so again, almost certain it's not poached because of the size too. You can also typically look at a plant and see whether it's really aged, ugly from natural damage in the environment, and/or has a very contorted tap root that's grown around rocks and other stuff (as opposed to in a pot).

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Check out the channel Cactus Quest and his interviews about poaching plants and how to avoid buying them.

waooo hi hi copiapoa beautiful

I just want to thank you for calling out the “bad grammar” habits (more big vs. bigger, more green vs. greener) in one of your last videos. I CAN’T stop hearing it and catching everyone doing it here on KZread!!! It’s all your fault, damn it. 😂 I need it to stop!

@1marcelo

Жыл бұрын

Next step: improving the Latin pronunciation of scientific names, like never saying "eye" at the end of a scientific name

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Haha I know... it's everywhere!

@1marcelo

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 I know LOL I don't know why it triggers me ;)

@NatTayHill

Жыл бұрын

@@1marcelo here in America that is how everyone says it. We aren’t supposed to say “eye” at the end? I have never heard this before. I’m so confused.

@1marcelo

Жыл бұрын

@@NatTayHill For example, Monstera adansonii is pronounced adan-SON-ee, not adan-SON-ee-eye.

I think your chicken foot may be an Adenium?

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Yeah good question. Might be. Seemed very dead though

They never include. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

they never include!

@petevsplants7516

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm?

@1marcelo

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 instead of they always don't include? ;)

@1marcelo

Жыл бұрын

@@petevsplants7516 I shouldn't be correcting native English speakers LOL

Please don't use the F bomb . You can use your brain cells to find a more suitable way to express yourself. 😮