People don’t talk about plant “duds” enough. My first Hoya krimson queen did nothing. I’ve had it for 5 years and it looks almost exactly the same. I purchased a second one thinking I would make the first fuller, but I never actually put them together because the second one grew like crazy! I’ve had it for maybe two years and it is easily four times the size it once was. I treat them the same… I swear the first was just a dud.

@PetraEmmy

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Jaclynns Jungle.. she just posted 5 things you should try with hoyas that are having issues..

@eyleentorresdiaz

2 жыл бұрын

Put it in a smaller pot

@Brittany_B

2 жыл бұрын

I just watched a video by Betsy Begonia about mites and some specifically feed on new growth...so the plant doesn't die, but it also doesn't grow...the mites are also microscopic! Just something to consider.

@dianeallen6819

2 жыл бұрын

I must have a dud then... 🙈

@GardenMinistry.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Brittany_B the thought of microscopic mites being around is giving me the heebee-jeebies 😆🤢🫣

More and More I’m returning to such a vast variety of snake plants for my home. They are available in so many colors, shapes, and sizes. They can thrive on neglect and only die with too much water. I’ve found my genre of houseplants!

@heatherdegreeff1092

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you! I'd rather have ordinary low-maintenance plants that are inexpensive and easily replaced (which are still beautiful!) than trendy fussy plants! Took me a while to figure that out but I'm living my best houseplant life now 😆

@aprilshowers1037

2 жыл бұрын

most of my snake plants have died, and I was careful about the watering... is there something else I don't know about for keeping them healthy?

@heatherdegreeff1092

2 жыл бұрын

@@aprilshowers1037 for me, thorough but infrequent watering (like, only every 3-4 weeks or so), and lots of light does the trick.

@myconfusedmerriment

2 жыл бұрын

@@heatherdegreeff1092 Saaame. I just don’t have time for the fussy ones! Figuring that out has made made the hobby way more fun for me. If the plant is annoying me more than I’m enjoying it, then it’s gone lol.

@annacostello5181

2 жыл бұрын

I can usually find a more common plant with similar qualities to a rare one I’ve fallen for 😊

The more I hear about these rare plants the more I am happy with my happy Pothos

I like the old stand bys, pothos,snake plants, rubber trees, spider plants ect. I have a geogenath because I love the leaves, we will see how it dose. In my opinion people don't stop to think about the care involved in caring for some of the plants out there. I stay away from the more" exotic" ones simply because I don't not have the time, space or desire to care for them. As you mature in you plant hobby you do learn what you truly love and what is just not for you, thank you for this video.

@Peterrdee

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t keep a pothos alive for the life of me yet I’m great with roses, orchids, hibiscus 😂😂😂😂

@Paula-sw2tt

15 күн бұрын

Spider plants hate me.

When I got really into plants my whole wish list got really huge because of following plantfluencers, I couldn’t afford any of them otherwise I would have been influenced to buy all of them 😂

@Zelda00Gamer

2 жыл бұрын

I theoretically can’t afford it but here I am with over 20 new houseplants in the last 3 weeks 😂😂 send helpppp

I regret almost all peperomias that I have purchased except my string of turtles. It’s so happy, it grows like crazy, super vivid patterns. I’ve had it three years and I still I love it. I absolutely hated and regret purchasing an alocasia silver dragon. I only purchase plants I enjoy now not hype plants. I only buy plants that are full unless they are trades, I don’t like the look of sparse pots or singular leaves. I now live in Missouri and it’s been interesting which plants did better in Washington and Colorado vs here.

@evieolan5203

2 жыл бұрын

Peperomias are so difficult for me!!

@0carinaofthyme

2 жыл бұрын

@@evieolan5203 I have killed or given away nearly all of mine. Not sure why I struggle with them so much. 🥲

@meowk5812

2 жыл бұрын

Damn I got the silver dragon a few months ago and it's doing so well, its quickly becoming my favorite plant. I live in WA and it seems to like the climate.

@0carinaofthyme

2 жыл бұрын

@@meowk5812 I got mine in Seattle 3 years ago? when I lived there. I had it barely two months before I straight up killed the plant. I have only killed two other plants in my plant journey. I spent a lot of money on it too. I will probably never buy another alocasia. I bought purely because it was rare. I don’t even like the way most of them look. Lesson learned. 😅

@da1stamericus

2 жыл бұрын

@@evieolan5203 once I stopped watering my peperomias... They have thrived. So now i only buy plants that I can go at least three weeks without watering. This includes alocasia's go figure. Haha.

I love my variegated string of hearts! It grows so quickly and I love seeing the little leaves come out. Some leaves are more variegated than others and it’s a fun guessing game

I have to do the “self check” when it comes to plant purchasing. Do I want to take care of this? Where will I put it? How big will it get? Is it prone to bugs? I love the macrophylla, and the Peru. The standelayana is on my “iffy” list cuz it’s very thirsty. I do regret my string of hearts. I think the pot is too big and it’s sparse on top but super long. Now the variegated SOH I love. Just not the regular one.

@BeccaDeLaPlants

2 жыл бұрын

I love that self check!! Very good to have that practice.

For your anthurium put sphagnum moss around the base on top of the soil i promise you it'll grow more leaves. I do this with all of my anthurium with great success.

@iftheshroudfits1148

2 жыл бұрын

This. There’s sooo much stem sticking out that could be producing big nice roots that will help the plant grow. Cover that stem in moss and keep it moist.

The string of turtles lose their patterning when it gets exposed to too much light. I've moved it a few times to find a darker spot for it and it gives me nice vivid patterns now :)

ngl, I just like hearing people who are passionate about plants talk sh&t about plants. Super funny stuff. I don't care if you're talking about my favorites (M. peru & P. melanochrysum are 2 of mine), and I TOTALLY know what you're talking about. It's weird when people get upset about it...it's all love to me

Plant I was influenced to buy that I wish I didn't have, but was actually thriving (before deer destroyed it).... Monstera deliciosa... LOL ... and I got a Fiddle Leaf because I thought "surely it isn't that bad!" and it is also thriving... but I have discovered that I really don't like big leaves that much. They are fine outside, but inside I want little leaves HAHA

@dianeallen6819

2 жыл бұрын

I like them because I have no room for big leaves anymore

I grew my Melanochrysum from a wet stick. It has 4 leaves and it is absolutely beautiful. No runners, elongated leaves, and growing at a decent rate. He is sitting in a humidity fill grow light cabinet.

Thank you for sharing the truth about your bad experience with your plants... It makes us feel we're not alone. Teachers are sincere, and you're the best one of them. That's why we love you , thank you.

I love my monstera Peru! It grows so fast that I started recommending them to everyone. Now I’m curious to hear other experiences 😳

I totally agree about the Strings of things, they are not for me and I will never buy another one. I have not had any of the other plants mentioned.

Super agree with melanochrysum! That plant made me feel like a forever noob 😅😂🥲

I love caring for plants that get really big so I genuinely love the philodendron melanochrysum, but I get that it's not for everyone.

Calatheas were influenced for me and I cannot make them live for the life of me. I’m a chronic under waterer and have stopped buying plants that require moist soil consistently lol. I was able to keep a few alive for awhile but then I got spider mites because of them too and was so fed up. I was able to make a rattlesnake live for I think a year or a little over it and it was my favourite but then I moved and it retaliated and died lol. I have a makoyana right now and it was thriving for a bit in the colder months but now that it’s summer and my apartment is very hot… she’s struggling. I think she might be one of my last calatheas for awhile when she inevitably dies lol. I love how beautiful they are but they’re so high maintenance imo and I hate how they’re spider mite magnets… I had so many infestations when I had calatheas and since I’ve only had one I haven’t had any pest issues so far *knock on wood*.

@meowk5812

2 жыл бұрын

My calathea medallion was doing so poorly then it got spider mites. I cut off all the leaves and relocated it to spot that has less light and I now keep the soil more moist. Its doing very well. It really does like soil to be more moist

Pink polka dot plant!! Omg that thing…I gave it more light, less light, more humidity, less humidity, and it was so leggy and got brown edges no matter what. I ended up trying to cut back & prop the leggy parts; they died. Then the rest of the plant died. Never again!

From my experience hoyas just take some time to get comfortable with their new environment. Somewhere between 4 to 12 months to get use to your environment. Not all of them are like that but I do give hoyas there time to grow out.

i can’t stop looking at the hoya in bloom behind u!!!

For the regale, they are really thirsty and they like high light and humidity and they are heavy feeders. I have one in open air that does pretty well but it’s in self watering pon. It usually keeps two leaves at once. Maybe try putting yours in your greenhouse once that’s ready? Your probably under watering it to be honest. Anthurium are sooooo thirsty. Yours really doesn’t look that bad to be honest.

Bought 3 Allocaisia Polly - adore the leaves, but every one slowly died leaf by leaf - destroyed me ! Had a string of hearts and hated the tangly thin stems so will never get another one ! Love most Calathea but not wanting any plant I need to stick in a greenhouse - I have a few hardy ones and although I would love more, I refuse to go there again ! 🌿💚

@jessier834

2 жыл бұрын

Okay but the Pollys do that though! I totally get what you mean about watching the leaves go--it's painful. But even if it goes down to a stump, give it a few months (of summer growing season) and it will come back. I have two... one dropped every single leaf, but it's now putting out new shoots after about 3 months of dormancy. The other dropped all but two leaves, and it sat like that for a couple of months and just put out a MONSTER new leaf. So be patient! They just have dormancy cycles!

The Hoya Krimson Princess. I have had mine for over a year and it reverted. Other people have such gorgeous ones but mine will not grow. My macrophylla is amazing. It is in an East Facing window sill and on a trellis and it grows like crazy!

ok but I keep getting distracted by the beautiful hoya compacta bloom in the background! Also, I would love to see more plant roasts! This is such good information that will save a lot of people a lot of money!

I don't understand the hipsters who buy plants because of popularity with a certain crowd and rarity. Why don't you buy houseplants you genuinely like? Why is it an impulse buy that you feel you must get? I don't care how rare or quirky my plants are. I get what I truly like and fits with my home.

@BryTheNiceGuy

2 ай бұрын

Not hipsters though. A genuine hipster just does his or her own thing. The word "trend" is literally gross to them. No offense to the YT lady here, but if someone bought a plant solely because it was trendy then they may lack some uniqueness, character, or more on the basic side. If you liked a plant because the environment it thrives in is the same as your house environment, you liked the look of it, and it matches your style for plant care AND it happens to be trendy then it's alright to get the 🪴. Ultimately, anyone can get any plant they can buy and want to buy but a true hipster would not buy something based on trendiness level.

@picklethepepper

2 ай бұрын

@@BryTheNiceGuy hipsters buy what's trendy before the masses deem it also trendy. Vinyl records, birkenstocks in 2014 etc etc. These are things they were all wearing and it's a continuation of an echo chamber.

@BryTheNiceGuy

2 ай бұрын

@@picklethepepper you said it yourself. They are first to the product or lifestyle. My argument stands: a true hipster won't buy something solely because it's trendy today and buy that same thing today.

@picklethepepper

2 ай бұрын

@@BryTheNiceGuy they buy it because other hipsters are buying it lmao

@BryTheNiceGuy

2 ай бұрын

@picklethepepper then they are posing as a true hipster. Like I said, a true hipster is a hipster simply because they do socially deviant things. More precisely, they do and get exactly what they want. And since each personality and mind is different, you'd end up with a lot of unique things and mannerisms or ideologies. If these people you've seen are buying plants because the hipsters in their lives are buying them then they are aspiring hipsters but haven't found their true characters yet.

I don't hate my melanochrysum but I gave it something to climb, it climbed, the leaves stayed the same, I have yelled at it a lot, it never answers, it has now climbed past where the grow lights hit it, I need to take scissors to it and make propagations, I'm so bad at propagating, this sentence is a run-on, this sentence is like what growing a fucking melanochrysum is like.

Lol at Bekah dragging one of my favorite Hoyas 🤣 H. macrophylla/latifolia did nothing and slowly died for me when I first got it, so I absolutely get it. But! I finally figured her out, and she's just ahhhhhhh so pretty, and grows SO quickly. It needs way more water than I was giving it, loves being fed, wants really bright light and needs to climb. It's not exactly low maintenance but I love it. And she blooms for me, so that helps. I'd honestly say string of pearls is one I was influenced to buy and is just so...meh. I love their little pom pom flowers, but literally everything else about growing it is annoying to me lol. Edit: string of turtles, man. I think it belongs in terrariums, growing it out as a houseplant is so underwhelming.

My regale is a TWO leaf wonder! They are very slow growers but each new leaf is super rewarding. They are my first and one of my favorite anthurium.

The Hoya bloom behind ya!!! 🥰

Its almost normal for me to easily regret a plant a I bought that some people say are easy. But I always tell to myself that I dont have the same environment conditions they got for the plant to grow big and fast. And Im learning a lot from keep trying and finding out what they like. Sometimes I failed but atleast I tried and know better next time😁

I bought a fittonia because it is “someone’s” favorite plant! Mine is no longer with me. Harli’s favorite plant is a syngonium, so I bought that, too. The syngonium is still alive, but I don’t like that it trails. I’ve also been given several plants that I’m just not into, but I just can’t get rid of them.

@ninabeena83

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh fittonia 😭 I too succumbed to buying one 😉 and it slowly petered away. Moved it to a dark corner of my windowsill a year ago for last rites and would you believe the single stem I had left thrives on - it’s a whole vine hanging over the side of the pot now 🤦🏾‍♀️😅 Depending what type of syngonium though, put it on a pole! I don’t like the way they look trailing either, but standing up they look much better. Leaf maturity too And I literally just dropped off four meh plants at a plant market. Didn’t even try to trade, just left them at the “leave/take a cutting table” 😂 cuz just get them out of MY house pls & ty

@BeccaDeLaPlants

2 жыл бұрын

Lolol!!!! I’m sorry 😂😂

@ethella6206

2 жыл бұрын

my fittonia was BY FAR the most dramatic plant I owned. Within an hour it can wilt to the point of "death". You water it and it's back to full health. I honestly just let mine die because I was spiteful.

@lesliewheeler7071

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethella6206 mine sucked, too. Lol

Monsteras are an invasive species where I live (HI) so my deliciosa is actually one of the plants I regret buying!

I also had a really hard time with my hoya macrophylla. It would randomly yellow and drop leaves and I was about to give up on it so I tried putting it in leca as a last minute attempt and it has completely turned around. It has given me its first new leaf in the entire time I've had it and it looks so healthy! Not sure what it is but every hoya I've struggled with has done really well in leca so I think it's worth a shot!

Standleyana is one of my easy going, favorite plants. I've got so many props from it, once I knew how it worked! I've got both the albo, and the aurea versions. I've got a larger plant, about 2/3 feet high, and yes, some runners, but I cut and prop those, once they developed nodes! ❤️🍀

i never regret buying plants that ended up not liking it over the years. because it gave me joy at that time i bought it. and for some reason it did not thrive under my care. remember its on me. i decided to take them out of their natural habitat and brought it home. i must take full responsibility. i dont blame it on plants.

I’m totally influenced and need a monstera d. I recently bought a plant thinking it was a ficus benjamini you know pretty easy care NO it’s a “china doll” planted in a group….she’s gorgouez obsessed sickening and finicky. now I’m soo nervous 😬 I kinda wish I didn’t buy it but kind of intrigued I’ll be hyped if goes well….Plants give adrenaline I swear

My favorite gene of plants is Hoya, but I do agree with you the house that thrive in my home are in a green house condition, the ones in the regular house condition don't really grow 🙃

I'm so glad I don't have money to spend on plants!! I'm sticking to Hoyas and I don't need the unique fancy ones!

I bombed out with one of the "string of" plants myself. I was greatly relieved to hear a couple of years later that yes, they are very persnickety. Now the fancy philodendrons and all the anthuriums struck me as too obviously hard to attempt, but string of pearls was supposed to be a succulent. Succulent from hell.

@muhammadomer764

2 жыл бұрын

I agreee

@muhammadomer764

2 жыл бұрын

There just sooooo fussy i watered my string of pearls once in 3 months and it decided that was too much water and unalived itself

@christinak9587

2 жыл бұрын

Mine always turned into the strings of death. I gave up.

@aprilshowers1037

2 жыл бұрын

me too with the strings, other people made them look easy to care for, but all my strings slowly died. ALL my indoor succulents did poorly for that matter. Only a few that I kept outside did well.. the ones that didn't get burned by the sun :/

I’ve failed at the string of hearts and string of pearls. They looked great and grew lots for like 1/2 a year and then just decided to die on me. I’m debating whether or not I want to try propagating but I’m almost over them.

Love the honesty in this video🥰 I laughed the whole time and totally feel your pain. For me the Queen Anthurium is the bane of my existence!! However, I have noticed when it comes to anthurium roots at the base of the plant they sprout when it’s surrounded with potting media. Its like they need to grow into something in order to push a baby out. 🤦🏻‍♀️ They’re so sassy!

There are some plants that I do regret buying but the two that come to mind are the Philodendron Birkin and Peperomia Quito. The first time I bought a birkin she was a starter and made sense. However, I tired everything that I’ve read to increase her white stripes - boost with low-level nitrogen fertilizer, propagate the ones that have some variegation, etc. It’s been over a year and still nothing. As for the peperomia quito, it stayed super small (got her as a starter too) and actually began to lose its vibrant color and became more dull. I had no idea why and I tried to research it, but I could find nothing

That’s so funny! I agree completely. I never had a regale, I would replace the macrophylla with a black margin. And I would have disagreed about the string of turtles until about a month ago when they went to shit. I would also add the cercestes miribilis to this list.

My regale has 3-4 leaves at a time, so it's not always a 1 leaf at a time plant, BUT all of my leaves are also always at least a little damaged... from literally nothing other than unfurling. It's annoying but I learned to live with her never being perfect :)

@silver8941

2 жыл бұрын

What's your secret to having more than one leaf?!

I’ve heard you should plank your sting of turtles. I guess they like to climb and if you offer them that the leaves get bigger and the pattern in the leaves gets more defined. I haven’t tried it yet but I would love to with one of those natural tree bark planks

@0carinaofthyme

2 жыл бұрын

Mine hangs and has decently sized leaves and pattern. I keep a south window in St. Louis, MO. I find it doesn’t love to be water super often. They are creeping plants, they prefer shallow wide pots! :)

@luislandofficial

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how easy that would be as every time I move it a leaf falls off so trying to plank it 🤷‍♀️

@sarah9314

2 жыл бұрын

@@0carinaofthyme hiii I’m in WI and new to string of plants…. I was wondering in the winter do you leave it in the window or pull it back? I was thinking of putting mine in a south window on the curtain rod but was worried about the cold 🤷‍♀️

@0carinaofthyme

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarah9314 it’s maybe a foot from the window. I have hangers placed in a few spots above the frame. I haven’t had any issues with cold damage it. I live in an old building with not the best sealing from the outside. I have had one severe storm where we were negative temps for a few days that I got nervous and pulled my plants back a little further a few years ago.

@sarah9314

2 жыл бұрын

@@0carinaofthyme ohh ok thank you 🙏🏽

I struggle a lot with pepperomias so I never bought them again. For peru, yeah I agree they do produce runners but this happens if you dont give them enough sun. They also hate direct sun because they will burn easily but overall they are also easy. I now planted it in the same pot as the adansonii and currently letting it climb on a coco fiber pole

Absolutely agree on the Macrophylla, all my Hoya are super happy and growing, this one though is just slowly dying for no reason... String of Turtles was the first plant I ever killed, it did nothing for months and I started ignoring it, so eventually it just dried up, oh well... I enjoy the variegated String of Hearts though, I like the colors on it 😊

I agree, I have so many more in mind that were not worth buying!! I was over it for a while. Thanks for sharing this video.

My biggest regrets were the white fusion calathea, a top cutting of a monstera albo (I still have it but it just keeps pushing out pure white leaves that I have to keep cutting and it grows soooooo slowly. Meanwhile, my other albo was growing like crazy... until I chopped it), my philodendron pastazanum and plowmanii. I found out I don't like crawling plants like the last two. I wasn't influenced to buy any of these.. just found all these while browsing etsy. lol

Girlll, I'm with you on this whole list. Especially hoyas bc the cooler varieties are so expensive and one node just grows into a stand and I'm like what am I suppose to do with like 6 random strands of hoya. Also melanochrysum are the fussiest philos I've ever dealt with, they want a pole, amazing humidity, great light even though they climb so much and cutting them starts it back to square zero. Splendid are so much better

@Dieppaloveplants

2 жыл бұрын

Is true with the melanocrysum my melano was very fuzzy even me giving it the best care that i ended up propagating it she die i was soo upset

@shannoncarr7338

2 жыл бұрын

love hoyas, so cool

1. I still hunt for Perus every time I go to a big box store. They have my heart and probably always will. 2. We're in v different zones, but my macrophylla is doing very well in Southwest FL! It may be, like you said, conditions. 3. I JUST ordered a melanochrysum this morning from the Ecuagenera sale that ends today. Again, different area, so I have hope! ☺️ 4. My regale only likes to have one damaged leaf at a time, too. Idk what's up with her. But I haven't had her for very long, either! Got her this year. 5. I've been away for a week and very unmotivated to water my plants, but they needed it, and this video and a few others have gotten me off my butt and watering my plants. So thanks! ♥️

Monstera Peru and standeliana need rather stable support to climb, once they have that, they don't put out runners but grow up real nice. Mine ignored all the moss poles, but found other plants terracotta pots on higher shelves, and attached their very meaty aerial roots to them. Now they grow tight and happy, but I don't know what will happen once they run out of pots to climb.

@BeccaDeLaPlants

2 жыл бұрын

I’m considering trying again with a plank… with the peru maybe haha

I traded a cutting of my P. Mayoi for a melanochrysum... it was stretched when I got it. So I chopped and proped... now I have 3 plants in one pot putting out baby leaves 🙃 I am fertilizing it to see if it helps with the tiny leaves 🤷‍♀️ tbh I won't be mad if it curls up and dies. 😆

I'm with you on most of these, but I have to disagree about the regale! It does only put out 1-2 leaves at a time, but I love that it provides a big statement leaf in the back of my cabinet without taking up a whole shelf like some of the other large anthuriums would. And I love the shape of its sinus and lobes!

I 2as influenced by a couple other youtube experts to get a calathea. The only time it was ever happy when we had a family dinner and the house was filled with steam. I did not take seriously their need for humidity. I just thought they are pretty, interesting and non toxic but the humidity or lack there of led me to throwing it off the deck which I feel guilty about. Otherwise I have appreciated your down to earthiness Becca that is why I mostly focus on what you share

thank you for calling out the “string of” plants lol, I never understood why people lost their minds over them

@risksandhope1849

2 жыл бұрын

I agreed with this for so long, until I rescued a string of peas with severe root rot. It bounced back and is now thriving, so it has reclaimed a soft spot in my heart.

@plantsbyhailey8326

2 жыл бұрын

they’re SO high maintenance and hard to deal with 🙄

Hoya is definitely one of those that you can't skimp on the light. It won't play nice if its not getting maximum light all the time 😅 I sit them on the front porch as soon as the nights get above 50 in the direct sun in the south and they thrive. The rest of the year they just languish

@0carinaofthyme

2 жыл бұрын

I keep all my Hoyas I my south window, most are thriving and very happy!

@aprilshowers1037

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, they got to have good lighting and humidity. During spring and summer I was keeping mine outside too a year ago, until the morning sun got too hot and burned some leaves on them all. Now I keep them all under a good LED grow light next to a humidifier and they are all growing and doing well :)

I'm not drawn to plants with huge huge leaves, like monstera for example. Here is where we differ - I LOVE small leaf plants like my Ceropegia woodii for example, it is the cutest ever and growing and thriving.

watching now… the standleyana is one of my favorite plants!!! i think the key is to have it climbing. but to each their own 🤣

Love the plant roast, that made my day.

I've given up rhaphidophora. I've bought it twice and both times it slowly lost all of it's leaves. The second time around I revived it and it did okay for a while, but then it randomly croaked again! It was a relief when I finally let myself throw it away.

A. Regale is awesome, I get many leaves on mine. Nice video, thank you.🐸

To grow big philo leaves there is a method where you just grow all roots even aerial, with proper fertilizer and then chop the biggest leaves with time. So you stay with bigger and bigger leaves with time. And the plant is not in a lot of shock since it has good aerial roots grow. I think its called chop and extend method. Sydneyplantguy is really good at it. You should check his videos as well. It helped me a lot. 😊

Oh I disagree with the “string of” plants. Though I admit that they are only truly at their best if the pot is full and lush. I found the ones that consist of a few strands like the one showed are a bit sad and boring, yeah. They really benefit from active maintenance and propagation to fill up the soil.

My raindrop and pilea peperomias annoy me. They look ok now... But during the winter, they barely survived! Also, peace lily's are for the birds 😅

omfg sis really went awfff!!! hahaa i am crying. not "it's boring" to string of turtle. So true about these plants!

Just got myself a standelyana last week and a baby leave just popped out two days ago. Wish me luck in making it thrive 😄

I just think you shouldnt have told your viewers "not to buy this or that plant" because what didn't work for you might work for others. I am an absolute planthouse beginer. Started last month and my very first plant is a melanochrysum. I got it like a very tiny cuttings with 6 tiny leaves, and in just a month it gave me additional 3 more leaves that has double the sizes of the leaves when I got it. Because of that I bought every plant available that caught my attention even if im not familiar with it. In a month time I now have monstera borsigiana albo, monstera oliqua peru and brazil, scindapsus mayari, caramel marble, golden dragon, paraiso verde, pedatum, florida beauty, splendid, alocasia silver dragon, nebula elaine, lauterbachiana, scalprum, anthurium forgetii, chrystalinum and so many pothos. They are thriving and very lush now. Some of the plants that I've mentioned may be slow growers but I think that is the essence of the hobby. Will give you beautiful results and will test your patience. Be an inspiration. Not a person who will discourage people not to... BTW I watched this video til the end. And sorry for my English, not a native speaker.

"This one is punishing me for no reason!" 😂😂😂

3:50 I have an extremely difficult time propagating/rooting Monstera Karstenianum 'Peru'. I got 6 top cuttings using 3 different propagation methods after 2.5 months w/ rooting hormone and no signs of rooting. Other than that I've had no problems with it, It's a prolific grower from a 5 leaf plant to growing to the ceiling in under a year.

Regale is one of my favorites. It’s just not easy.

I guess all the plants just depend on the environment cause my string of turtles is doing better and better everyday and the leaves look twice as big as yours at least and it’s blooming and it’s great. Now, ALL of my other string of things seem to be struggling though.

Such a timely video. I’m so over plants at the moment. OVER IT. The time and mental energy required to care for a large collection is exhausting me for some reason. I’m definitely in the mood for a good plant bashing video. Don’t get me wrong…I ADORE plants. I’ll always have them around me but for some reason I’m loathing them right now.

@mwoods4608

2 жыл бұрын

you can always sell or trade

Alocasia. I have like 10 of them from a friend who grows them beautifully. They hate me, I want to love them but I resent them. Except my frydeks and var. macrorrhiza. They can stay.

I just purchased the macrophylla variegated hoya so not sure if it will stay a fav or not. I must say I love my Peru! Thank you for the advice.

Wildfern's love of the silver sword philodendron made me obsessed with it too and mine just absolutely hates my home conditions and the care it gets. R. decursiva has also been an ugly challenge I'm kinda over lol.

@angela86753

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the Silver Sword. I got sucked in too. 4 inch pot, I think it grows stupid. I have moved it again next to a grow light hoping it will get bigger leaves

@AberD_

2 жыл бұрын

I have two silver swords. One thats the regular and a wide form one. I find that the wide form one (which i believe is the one Fern has) is a lot more giving, I only water it when the leaves curl. But my like regular form silver sword and I just do not get along. We are in a love hate relationship. Mostly hate. Lol

@LucasEY

2 жыл бұрын

Decursiva is at the top of my hate list too ahaha it just shot out long runners regardless of the conditions I gave it. As for silver sword, I got one after seeing Fern's as well, and struggled with it for the first 6 months, then figured out it really just needs high humidity and a stake and it sizes up quite quickly!

@GenuineGrief

2 жыл бұрын

omg hahah these are the exact 2 plants i thought of for my hate list. gave my decursiva away (was ready to throw it out the window) and ready to give away the silver sword as well. not necessarily fussy plants, just horrible growth patterns and all around unrewarding!

Love this video! I get on the trend kick too. The only one I disagree with due to personal preference is the string of turtles. Mine is a very full pot and the leaves are bigger and the colors are vibrant. I have mine in a north east facing window so it gets direct morning light and it's in a warmer room in the house. Very cute turtles. I'm glad you mentioned the regale and melano. I've been wanting those but I don't live in Thailand so I think mine would end up unhappy.

I totally agree with Standelyana Runner Albo. RUNNNN DONT GET IT!!

Not the string of turtles!! LOL This is a fun video. Would enjoy more of these

i like the string of turtles. mine grows like a weed but it get some direct light on my porch so it's probably that.

Here's a little string of turtles tip! Prune it. The new leafs should grow bigger. And you can propagate what you cut off :D

I think I may have an antherium, I thought it was an alocasia but it looks just like that & it also ONLY puts out a leaf at a time but watching it put out when it looks half dead then the beauty leaf :)

I regret PPP (simply disapointing in every way, ended up in trash can), aglaonema in general (too passive, even a cactus is more thrilling), and every type of philodendron hederaceum (worst thrips magnets I've ever had). On a more positive note I've never regreted an alocasia or a hoya.

Melanochrysum without a MOSSpole (Sphagnummoss) and 50% humidity is compost. Otherwise they are quite easy Very big leaves need more light

The struggle is real! I love watching planty videos and seeing influencers plants on Instagram but man, I get envy and have gotta have them. I got into calathea first and couldn’t keep them alive and healthy and let most of them go or they died. I’m into Hoya now but I have them in my cabinets so you are right about light and humidity. I’ve got a few I’m looking at right now that are rare and that’s why I got them coz I couldn’t pass them up. I don’t love them but I just can’t get rid of them. I’m sad I fell for it. I’m working on my wish list and really looking at the ones I love and really want. Any tips and tricks on how to do that would be HUGELY appreciated. My husband and our house budget would also thank you 😘

my orbifolia is such a drama queen and soooo thirsty but definitely one of my favourites look-wise, just lights up my room.

Hoya Bella, total waste of time and loads of frustration. Guessing from state of leaves that it got those weird (not spider) mites that the bellas get. (Heard from other plant tubers) None of my other plants got the pest, (thank goodness). It felt so good when I tossed that one in the outside bin, soil and all! Hoya non-Bella!!!! Fun video Becca!!! My monstera Peru looks like crap too! Put out one of those super long runners last fall, chopped up runner and put in prop box, and it’s still there! Pieces have done nothing, but have not rotted either....Has nodes, will wait a full year and then conclude they are “inactive” and bin them.

you get that pressure to have the cool pricey types

Calathea and Begonia are so pretty, but I only admire them in the store now, they can't come home with me.

Alocasia Black Velvet. I’ve killed three and finally have one that’s “thriving”. Will never buy again. I have two corms in sphagnum moss so we’ll see how that goes.

My biggest regret is a Hoya Sunrise. I spent way too much on a plant that has been so fickle about its watering. I had to re-root it because I gave it rot. Shortly after nearly killing one of my most expensive plants, I joined my local Facebook group. Someone was selling super healthy Sunrise seedlings for 1/4 of what I paid for mine 🤦‍♀️

@chortlesandcheerios1463

2 жыл бұрын

My sunrise had root rot when I got it! I also had to re-root it and it's doing well now!

Great video! I agree with all your choices except I really love my string of turtles… I have a small pot full of turtle babies and I keep some growing in terrariums. They are an excellent terrarium plant and the leaves get so jewel-like in the high humidity of a terrarium! My Melanochrysum is huge pia too but I still believe in magic and someday I’ll make that lil b**** happy lol

i think standleyanas are easier to get in the UK, or I just got really lucky, bc I got a huge one (four vines rooted up a moss pole, maybe 2 feet tall, 17cm pot) for I think around £40 a few years ago! It's now probably 4 feet tall and very dense, puts out leaves with lovely variagation, and I've never had it produce a runner! It's sat in a west window, no extra humidity, and gets watered when it flops, honestly probably one of my easiest plants.

@elins4741

2 жыл бұрын

although I am struggling a lot with my Peru, lol. Endless runners and the leaves keep yellowing

You could ‘stem propogate’ your regale, to make it a fuller plant. 🤩 The stem is super big, so it should be possible.

I have a baby Monstera s as you described… it had two leaves and cost me a dollar. 😂

I completely agree about philodendron melanochrysum, I did a lot of research on KZread before buying it, but in that period everyone were just talking about how beautiful it is and how big it can get (and then referencing the same few pictures). Then I got one and I felt like the sentiment changed almost immediately after than, then everyone was saying how leggy it is and how difficult it is to get large leaves. Which of my experience too... Kaylee Ellen from Rare Plantshop said it's so tough and can handle a lot, but what's that with to be now that it's one long stem with one in three leaves surviving and always staying tiny. Oh well, Ehh I should have waited another 6-12 months in order to decide that I didn't need it. My regret list is: 1. Philodendron Melanochrysum (people didn't mention the leggines nor the tiny and self-sufficating leaves) 2. Philodendron Verrucosum (people didn't talk about the spider mites in the beginning) 3. Monstera Peru (the never-ending runners) 4. Monstera Adansonii (legginess and tiny leaves when trailing, but I heard that some of the early specimens on the market are just bad specimens) 5. All Calatheas, both the first-time honest mistake round, and the second "I think I'll manage this time"-round (they are just suicidal, coodos to those who can care for them, but never again for me)

I love my standleyana, my peru, my macrophylla (no runners and great growth) but my conditions are different than yours obviously. I love my melanochrysum, it was my first wishlist plant. Don't have a regale but haven't seen one I'd want bc I see so many one leafers. Hate string of anything's and only have seen one beautiful string of hearts from crazy plant guy. But I get it. My Gloriosum and pastazanum and sp Columbia were disappointments for me. I think everyone is influenced to buy plants and IG definitely influences me a lot. Oh, and my vittarifolium and pallidiflorum we're disappointments for me too. Great vid.

I think more than just buying for Asthetics and time of dedication, maybe people should start buying plants that will be more suited to where they are living. Some plants just don't do well in certain countries indoor conditions without dedicated set ups and it's just not worth it when you can easily ask your local plant nursery what suits your home conditions. Less plant deaths that way! I say this as someone who sees so many plant recommendations from you tube from all across the globe and TONS will just not survive in the drastically changing conditions here in Melbourne Australia where we go from hot, humid muggy heat to freezing ice cold temperatures. Sometimes native plants can be bought as seedlings to grow in your home and they're the ones that LOVE where you live and give your collection a unique vibe without causing you heartache after spending alot of money on something exotic that you might just have die anyway.