I actually love when plant channels share their failures because I feel like I learn way more from other people's failures than their successes.

@helloplantlovers

25 күн бұрын

So true! Thanks for watching!

Ahhh....spring is still just a dream in these parts as we struggle to endure the cold Arctic blast! But, as you know, hope SPRINGS ETERNAL. Soon the daffodils will be adorning the streets and my Paperwhites narcissus will flower and spread their fragrance far and wide here in Washington in the Pacific Nothwest of the USA. I will watch your spring pursuits in awe until I can do some too! Thank you for your inspiration and forward thinking!!🤠💪😎💥💚

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I really like that you talked about your failures, but I wish you would have shown the roots too. There are so many KZreadrs that say that you can revive orchids with no leaves... there's even a few that say they can revive orchids with no roots. But I totally understand giving up on plants that you've poured out your heart for years and you just can't give anymore. But please next year, show us the roots too. 💖🌞🌵😷

@helloplantlovers

Ай бұрын

Honestly - if it's dead - its dead!

@suzisaintjames

Ай бұрын

@@helloplantlovers , yes, but showing the roots helps me learn more about the reason why it died and maybe a glimmer of life that maybe revived. (Some plants will drop all their leaves when too cold and come back because their roots were spared.) Sending lots of love 💖 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵. Take care of yourself and each other 😷.

Matthew, Matthew, you are so funny! I loved the “Academy Award” show😂. I, too, lost quite a few orchids this year. Not for the same reasons as yours since we absolutely do not have the same growing conditions (I live in Southwest Florida😱) but it was as disappointing. Enjoy your spring chores while we are getting shorter days here😩😍

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching - its always a disappointment when something dies - I take it personally!

I live in Michigan.. we are still in winter mode.. we have until April before we can talk spring❤😂🎉

Was lovely to meet you Matt! I have found it so useful when you explain the climate of the origins of an orchid, to better understand the growing requirements. Your relaxed approach to fertilising, and using trial and error and not being afraid of some failures, gives me as a beginner, confidence to have to go. Your insights on various microclimate in our own gardens was also a good perspective to have, but the best advice from you was to just to keep an eye on your collection, and let th plants show you what works for them, and what does not. So grateful for all your advice

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching!

I've heard many orchid growers that crumple eggshells and top dress their outdoor orchids with them. The jagged edges of the eggshells deter the snails and sluggs and the eggshells breakdown and provide the orchids with calcium. (How fine do you crumple the eggshells? Depends on the size of your snails. You don't want them too fine or the snails won't get cut to shreds by the eggshells!) 💖🌞🌵😷

@helloplantlovers

Ай бұрын

I use shell grit - much more attractive! Thanks for watching!

@suzisaintjames

Ай бұрын

@@helloplantlovers , yes, but my point was you can make your own. I use a stick blender that became dull and was replaced with a new one. Works great and it's free! Just wondering if you use shell grit do you still get snails and slugs as you mentioned in this video? If yes, you might try a more course grind. 💖🌞🌵😷

I appreciate to see other growers struggle to keep certain orchids alive as I do! 😂

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Yes show me the failures!! Show me what not to do!!❤❤

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

.....a video of dead plants.....!!!!

Refreshing to see an orchid grower who will show their losses. I've just declared 4 seedlings dead that have spent the last 6 months in my OICU (orchid intensive care unit) I was sick of worrying about them! You mentioned looking up your records to check on a plant, could you do a video, or a segment on how you keep your records. I do mine on a spreadsheet and a have laboriously entered each plant in my phone along with their numbers so I can do short notes when outside then update the spreadsheet my laptop. I've looked for an app to use on my phone but they are all for iphones and I use android.

@helloplantlovers

7 күн бұрын

It just has to be done! Thanks for watching!

Hi Matthew, this was a timely message, as I just had to say goodbye today to a phaph that decided it did not like my care. I really enjoyed your humor and honesty in this video! Wishing you much success this Aussi Spring.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Many thanks - things are looking good - two different cattleyas in spike!

I enjoyed watching Mathew😊🙏💖Thanks for your orchid care tips

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

So sad to see the roll call of those lost 😂 But that just means we got more room for more orchids 😅 Just want to say Matthew that thanks to you, I will be attending my first orchid show tomorrow 😊 I'm clutching my list and checking it twice before anything comes home with me 🤣

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Oh good luck and have fun!!! Tell us what you found!

That catasetum might still might be salvageable if you want . But cut off the rot and put the stem flat on top of the media and make sure it doesn't move around and it might start to grow another shoot.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Too late - in the bin it has gone!

Hi Matthew, I'm from Melbourne as well. Recently caught the orchid bug and now I'm addicted and my collection is growing bigger everyday. I love watching your videos and I look forward to your new video every Fridays. I think you are absolutely hilarious and entertaining to watch. I just can't help but laughed at your academy award show for those orchids that didn't make it. I hope I don't loose many over the coming winter. I feel your pain especially for those orchids that you really loved or spent a lot of money on. I am in the same shoes as you, no green house, just me and my orchids either inside my house or outside. Hope to bump into you one day in Collectors Corner Garden world or orchid show. Keep up the good work mate.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and good luck!

Well God bless you. At least you tried.. You get points for that?❤😂🎉

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I feel for you as I too have lost special orchids. I’m lucky while I live in Brisbane but may have to move to Adelaide in a few years. I fear for my orchid collection & may have to spend a fortune on heating!!

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Oh no! Or....change the type of plants you grow? Quite a dilemma to face though!

Thx for showing the miss...es,don't feel bed,I also tossed a few😊

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Looking forward to seeing your sarcs in bloom 🎉 A horrible family of grasshoppers ate all my sarcs’ flower spikes 😢

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Oh no!!! This year I think will be a good one for them for me!

Lol! Small heart attack when I saw “spring tasks”. I just put garden to bed and brought my plants inside here in the eastern United States. Forgot where you were. I’m jealous of your collection. My condolences to your losses 😢

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

Yes! Horticultural loss is REAL!

I'm so jealous that you are in spring when here in Virginia I'm having to bring everything indoors. But thank you so much for this tutorial. I have taken notes for next spring. And thank you for introducing me to new to me orchids

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Hi Matthew, I live in SE Tassie so your channel is great for me as a beginner with similar growing conditions to you. Do you have any clips or advice on how much water to give orchids when watering. I have 4 sarcs ,4 dens, one C Cristata & one C Mooreana. A tiny family I know 😁

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! There is no one answer for watering I'm afraid! It will depend on your climate and then where you're growing, the potting medium, the pot, the type of orchid..... I will say though that the Coelogyne's require watering all year, including winter. Here's my play list of Coelogyne care videos: kzread.info/head/PLXVNKHj1A0dT6Yyalllya52mzqyBpnPrY Sarcochilus here: kzread.info/head/PLXVNKHj1A0dQSBiyFPVOXAQwwBLACxXQy And with Dendrobiums it will depend on which type it is. If you're ever unsure; less is more! Good luck!

Hi Matthew, I love your channel and content. Do you have any plans in the future to do more interviews and nursery tours? I am asking as I really enjoyed your visit to Ally’s Orchids and your interaction with her as you exchanged a lot of information in an entertaining way. And I also very much enjoyed your visit to Collector’s Corner where you covered phalaenopsis.

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

Hi there - sorry I just noticed this comment! I do - though it's always hard to schedule the time with a visit or guest!

$52 for the seasol seweed extrct is a rip off. It's less than £20 a gallon here. I know you keep saying that the slow release fertilizers are released by heat but that isn't quite true, they are specifically released by water or moisture. It's true that they will release more in warmer weather because the water will be warmer. It's like placing a broth cube into some water. In cold water it won't really dissolve well and take a long time. In boiling water it will disintegrate and dissolve very fast. So warm water releases the fertilizer faster but if the media is dry, then heat alone will not release any slow release fertilizer. Only when you water, to slowly fertilize all water that runs through the pot.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching - lucky you to have cheap Seasol!

@neil9274

9 ай бұрын

I make my own totally organic, l collect the sea weed rinse the salt and sand and little Crawleys out . Then slowly heat mush up bottle let it cool . 1 part seaweed extract 5 parts water.😅😅😅😅😊😊

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Well done! That sounds like a very satisfying process! @@neil9274

love the video! With those seedlings going mushy in pure sphagnum, I'm an amateur myself but I tend to add a bit of charcoal to the moss (for aeration) and springtails to eat fungi (I once added mycorrhizal fungi to one of those seedlings and it went out of control 😅).

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

Oh good to know! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for sharing your failures, it's good to know that even you have them sometimes. I was wondering if you've ever felt indifferent toward your orchids? My collection is small but I'm in a phase where I see them more as a bother than a joy. Sacrilege, I know, but your honest sharing prompted me to share as well.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Oh yes indeed! That's why I only grow things that are low maintenance, I just don't have the time or inclination to fuss! So for me it's finding the type of plant that once you find the right spot is happy to just go on giving!

I've been doing an autumn toss out myself. Some of the plants don't really bother me to lose, but losing the Pridgeonia insignis, that one hurts. I'm probably never going to be able to replace that plant and I just don't know what went wrong. It had been doing great for almost two years, putting up new growths, flowering. In about two weeks, the whole of the plant turned brown. I didn't change anything, other than putting it in fresh sphagnum in the spring.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Oh no! Isn't maddening when this happens!!

I heard that you must not throw your dead plants in your compost as it might have a disease. Rather in the municipal trash. 😊

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

I think that's a little extreme!

Ow. I bought the sea snake based on previously posted vid on it. Mine failed in the roots department & in trying to grow roots back with sphagmun moss now. My fingers are crossed. So, I failed a new sea snake in TX.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Oh no!! Well I love it so I will get another.

So jealous of the southern hemisphere!😅 It has always scared me bringing the outdoor plants cuz of the weird bugs they bring in.

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

Nothing too frightening - worse bugs inside for orchids!

I'm such a tragic... I'm sitting there going, "Noooo, trim it back and try to save it!" 🤣🤣🤣 That said I've also had those plants that refused to thrive but refused to die and felt secretly a bit relieved when they finally took care of things themselves and did, in fact, DIE. (Sorry little plant... but you truly were awful.)

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

I know ....RELIEF!!!

Look for Dendrobium Nestor(anosmum x parishii)It would grow like a weed for you.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Oh I will! Thanks for the tip!

Matthew, will you repot your Catasetum when you are ready to start watering? Just curious?

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

Not this year - I did last year - but this year is about trying something new with them!

Appreciate if you can advise where you get your microrisal...

@loribadgero1035

9 ай бұрын

Mycorrhizal fungi, is relatively inexpensive. I buy two packages for one on Amazon, in the States.

@helloplantlovers

6 ай бұрын

this is one I use: biostim.com.au/shop/myco-gold/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8NKtBhBtEiwAq5aX2GO45krz7N8dSsLNpVseDaqVIUkSDV52GaVUGYhAU0FSGcnzylQloBoCbYwQAvD_BwE But I'd just google around and find reviews of a good one in your area.

I'm just begining my orchid journey, and the Orchid nursery i purchased some from told me to fertilise the leaves with a spray, and not the pot/roots. I can't seem to find anything online to back this up?

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Everyone will have their own iron fast opinion on fertilising! Some types of orchid will do very well with a spray fertiliser to the leaves, others not so. Find whatever works for you and your conditions and go for it. And perhaps try to find an orchid group near you and find out how others are growing orchids in your area. Good luck!

@Richard-ck5zk

9 ай бұрын

@@helloplantlovers cheers!

Do you have one of these or similar? I need info on potting mixture.. Thanks Black Orchid Monn. Milenium magic witchcraft Blooming Size 🖤

@helloplantlovers

7 ай бұрын

I would follow thew same regime as a Catasetum; medium bark + sphagnum moss. Good luck!

Thank you for sharing your failures! So many plant vids are frustratingly uninformative. You must be very good at growing orchids if you can de-flask a seedling, impressive. There is nothing embarrassing about losing a plant. I lost my entire collection of succulents. Why? Bc they are not suited for my environment. I got tired of the HARD WORK it took to keep them alive. I gave up.

@helloplantlovers

9 ай бұрын

Sometimes it just comes to that! I recently put a Medinilla magnifica in the compost bin - GAVE UP!