For those of you interested in the Beaverlabs Microscope: beaverlabtech.com/?ref=mJOgGdd4jePQs9

Not sure whether to "like" or "dislike". I don't like that you're having such a bad week, but I appreciate you sharing your experience so we can all learn😂 Also, having literally just repotted my Gloriosum a couple hours before watching this video, I felt absolutely gutted by that little chonk you were left with💔. Here's to a peaceful spring with lots of happy, healthy plant growth 🤞🌷🪴

I’m so glad I found your content. I’m new to my houseplant journey. I’m learning so much.❤️I know you have had a crappy time, but you sharing your knowledge helps those that are learning “all of the things”😆

Drea, I'm sorry you went through all this in one week 😞 thankfully this all ended on a positive note 🎉 TFS your journey with us...always learning something from your videos. I love it ❣️

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

You’re not the only Dora anymore and it’s messing with my mind lol! There was literally a comment from a new Dora below yours in my comment feed just now and I was like, “Wait what?”

If you know someone with a planted fish tank that has lots of driftwood in it, the water is likely on the acidic side, I know mine is.

I give my plants coffee & tea all the time they love it

Hi Drea, good luck treating your flat mite outbreak. Ewwwww. I look forward to learning more about moss pole alternatives. I am so tired of them when I chop and prop now I’m going back to planting next to trellises instead. Looking forward to your experimental video 😊.

🤞🏻 🙏🏻 🍀 🌠 What a CRAPPY week! I'm empathising with you. Emma from good growing has been treating her while collection for flat mite - which involved a sulphur spray... You could kill two birds with one stone (perhaps I should have used a different expression 😅) and fix your flat mites and Freddy at the same time? Here's hoping for better planty days ahead 🤞🏻 🙏🏻 🍀 🌠

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

Good point!💚

Plants add a layer of complication to life! I went into the weekend thinking maybe things will go smoothly and I could do some plant maintenance, but my pool is dirty from a windstorm and spring pollen off my neighbor’s oak tree and my sand filter valve needs all new o-rings! Then I noticed while doing laundry that my agitator isn’t turning at the top. No telling how long it has been that way and I’ve been oblivious. Thank goodness for Amazon and KZread repair videos! Today, I saw Lowe’s had some clearance plants and I got a Hoya bilobata and a Raven ZZ hoping they don’t have pests or root rot!

What a week you've had Drea! 😮 For Fred I would go with sulfur which will give you the best long term results but you're right, it takes a while to get there. In the meantime I would use either aluminium sulphate or ferrous sulphate in your water for near instant (but short lived) acidifying. It's usually sold in powder form for azaleas / hydrangeas (those so-called "blueing agents"). They'll do the trick until the sulfur is broken down and starts working. Good luck! 🤞 As for your hoya, yup, that's a peduncle alright! Good news! 👍

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

i got spider mites. epic battle. like Bill Murry fighting ground hogs in caddyshack. i been feeding the mites capt jacks and permithim. it at first they laughed at me. but now im knocking them down. . but all the soap and powder on leaves cant be good, but there are doing ok. i cant even see straight from looking through magnifying glass. 2 spotted mites are so nasty close up. i hate them

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

3 ай бұрын

i open round bales at the farm in the evening for the cattle , the bales are rolled up green. wrapped it airtight plastic. i am so covered in spider mites bugs. every day,, then i come home, It is to cold this time of year to strip outside, so i most always have mites . i just assume i always have bugs. or STDs as i call them ,

Hi, I am new to your channel and have been going through your videos. You had treatments that you use and said you can spray on your plants once a month. Do you still use these? The homemade spray of alcohol, hydrogen peroxide. Tea tree Castillo soap and water.

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

Yes, but I’ve been falling behind lately on my spray schedule and here is the result unfortunately. Beneficial bugs are a more expensive solution but is honestly less work when it comes to treating active infestations so that’s why I chose that option to try and eradicate this particular outbreak

Wtf how doesn't she have more subscribers, she one of the best plants youtuber

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

Awe, thank you!💚💚💚

i use tea for my acid loving plants

Hi drea, thank you so much for the corm video . I got corms from my black velvet alocasia on feb 24 and one of them already has it’s first leaf. So fun and exciting. It’s like a treasure hunt. Sorry you’re having trouble with pests. I wound up with some aphids on my China doll plant not too long ago and it started spreading to my African violets. So annoying.

I have around 600 cacti & other succulents, and flatmites is one of the big issues to keep on top of. With early detection, they are manageable. Your learning curve on flatmites sounds very similar to mine this year with thrips - never had those before I started with leafy plants.

@lindastraughn1193

3 ай бұрын

What method do you use to treat flatmites? and thrips?

@sbaroke

3 ай бұрын

@@lindastraughn1193 I just rotate several systemics whenever I notice an outbreak. Caught the thrips early, sacrificed patient 0, and got it under control. Never tried beneficial mites/nematodes, but maybe at some point in the future. My main problem with succulents/cacti have always been root mealy bugs - early detection is sadly impossible.

Years ago, I had a really large collection of African violets. At the time, the bane of African violet collectors' existence was cyclamen mites. (Might still be, but I don't collect them anymore so I'm out of the loop.) So, though I love the look of cyclamen, I look at them and think "bugs." Sorry you're going through this with the flat mites. For me, pests are the absolute worst part of the houseplant hobby by a long mile.

@sonyad.5942

3 ай бұрын

Yep! I was in an African violet club in the ‘90s and can’t look at cyclamen without thinking about mites!

😂 Only you can make an awful experience funny with sarcasm. I ❤ love your content and by you telling your sad nerve-wracking story has made so many of us grateful because we all have those moments, hours, and days! ❤ 🌷🪻⚘️😊🌺🌻🪴🌱🌵🌿

Drea, while coffee is acidic (actual coffee, not coffee grounds), so is tea. I have watered my plants with tea in the past and it's safe. Tea also contains tannic acid which is beneficial to plants because it fosters increased nitrogen. I'm not suggesting watering exclusively with tea, however, as that would most likely lower the ph too much, as I'm sure you're aware. Best of luck, and I'm sorry your week has been so crappy. ☹

I have thoroughly enjoyed this video! Regarding soil PH, I've resd that baking soda supposedly helps to make the soil more acidic. So weird that only Freddy has this problem, though. One of life's great mysteries!😅

@msscamp100

3 ай бұрын

Baking soda raises ph, so it would make the soil more alkaline.

@pinstripesuitandheels

3 ай бұрын

oops!@@msscamp100

@pinstripesuitandheels

3 ай бұрын

@@msscamp100 Oops!

So sorry about your week! Keep your chin up, things will get better! I do hope things turn around for you quickly and this week finds good things happening for you! ❤

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

I hope so too! Thank you!💚

Chinese proverb says "the more you try the more you fail."(I just made that up) I don't even check plants for pests and never had any outbreak of pests spreading like wild fire other than fungus gnats when it gets humid. That's mostly in July and August. I think I had some fungal disease on some philodendrons but after I chopped the affected leafs it seams things are under controw.

Really sorry to hear about your collection! 🙏 Nowadays I limit my plant collection to around 30 because I really need to take the time to rinse them all once a week. Sounds too much but doing that minimizes pest infestations, which will really set them back.

@jackiewhitney5031

3 ай бұрын

I'm like you..30 plants is plenty so I can take lots of care for them. I do not want anymore because I travel and I don't want to worry about them while I'm away :))

@gaddaitherage8204

3 ай бұрын

@@jackiewhitney5031 oh totally! I travel a lot as well. Short trips ok but long trips I get nervous. When some people see plants they see “beautiful! I want.” When I see plants now I see “oh beautiful! But potential pain to take care.” 😂 I get very very picky

Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us so we can learn too!! Good luck with your flat mite issue 💗

Sorry your week was so lucky! I have had the same kind of week. Had to put my oldest dog down. And struggling with my damn Alicasias. Ugh

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss ❤️‍🩹

Love your videos. So much good information

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

I would just like to say thank you so much for leaving a nice comment today. I really needed that. I’ve had some people coming for me in some other comments for no good reason so it was nice to come across this nice one from you💚

I’m new to your channel so idk whether you’re living at Hawaii (just guessing bc of the aloha) 😅 but I immediately thought that you could get help with all your chores by offering space to workawayers. Idk if you want that but I’d jump on that if you’d offer it. I love plants and cats 🤷‍♀️😅 just a thought bc I know how overwhelming life on your own can be sometimes 🙈

This might be a stupid question, but I have tiny and what appear to be mites on some of my Alocasia that keep popping up every few days or so. I’m constantly rinsing them off and spraying with insecticide, neem and various insecticidal soaps. But they keep reappearing. I see NO webbing. Is it possible to even see flat mites with the naked eye? I can’t tell for sure what this pest is, but it’s super super tiny and slow moving. Also, there appears to be no damage to my plants so as far as I know they are soil mites - yet I use PON. I’m so confused 😂

@imaginarydreamer

3 ай бұрын

I've had the same issue with soil mites! They were crawling around EVERYWHERE; I had no idea they enjoyed hanging out on leaves too 😳Nowadays, unless the infestation is severe, I just let them be. They seem to die off after a few weeks. One thing that's also helped is dusting my saucers with diatomaceous earth to at least prevent the mites from spreading. Not sure how you would use DE with pon though. Maybe a double saucer situation?🤔

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

Hard for me to say without being able to see a pic

alkaline in hydroponics means root rot. i think in soil it could be the same

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

I checked his roots and they are good

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

2 ай бұрын

@@AlohaPlantLife very strange. . i hope you figure it out. im dying to know,

Broad mites are another and cause a lot of new growth to fail (more than flat mites)

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

Dang mites. I’m so over all of them

Im hearing so much all of a sudden about flite mites.. wonder why they are becoming an issue all of a sudden..

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

3 ай бұрын

the elite that control the world dont want us growing food for ourselves . beware the Mosquitoes this year, they will have dengay or dengua. lyme disease came from an island of conn were gov was testing. .

I use pH down from Amazon. My water is alkaline & has chloramine. I used tap water conditioner also. It’s a thing, but they’re much happier now.

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

3 ай бұрын

and what is in it citric acid?? phosphorus acid?. plants have to process citric acid.. phosphorus a plant know what to do with . i think they like it more .

@GreenWitch1

3 ай бұрын

@@Robbie..Ha-Navi Phosphoric acid is fine. If you add 0.1 millilitres of phosphoric acid per one gallon of water with a pH of 8.0, and a hardness factor of 136 parts per million, the pH should be reduced to 6.8. The author of Hydroponics for the home gardener recommends using phosphoric acid, which he says is nearly harmless-just be sure to wash any spills off yourself right away with baking soda and water.

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

3 ай бұрын

@@GreenWitch1 thank you

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

I love seeing @robbie..ha.navi in everyone’s comments soaking in all the knowledge💚

Ugh what a horrific week, but on the positive side, it was a great video, we certainly learned lot. Might the cyclamen have had cyclamen mites? Good luck for a better week ahead. Peace

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

Definitely not cyclamen mites. Completely wrong size, color, shape.💚

The problem is the microscope. If you didn't look you wouldn't find anything. I found spider mites once on bird of paradise and cleaned the plant with alcohol. That's the only time I noticed something and treated it. I also have all kinds of predatory insects living in my pots(they just came to live there. I don't use pesticides. I barely do anything at all but water sometimes with fertilizer.

@AlohaPlantLife

2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Just going to put it out there, have you ever looked into the benefits of tea tree oil ? Tea tree oil and lemongrass oil are often used in Organic pesticides like zivo

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

Yes, my pest spray that I make myself includes it in it, but here’s what happens when you fall behind on your preventative pest sprays🫣 Plus, sulfur sprays are what work best on flat mites in terms of a spray and I don’t have that. Honestly, I was so frustrated I figured I’d just let nature do its job and release the beneficial bugs for this one

Eewwwww ok I need this microscope

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

Link to the microscope is in the video description for you since I figured some of you would think that💚

Can you comment on the specific microscope you purchased?

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

There’s a link to it in the description of the video it’s from Beaver Labs

I just use wood vinegar

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

3 ай бұрын

never heard of it , and how so??

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

3 ай бұрын

im trying to learning Hebrew , hashim is that like hashem , the name??

@AhmadAsrafHashim

3 ай бұрын

@@Robbie..Ha-Navi it's Arabic, same semitic Afroasiatic language family as Hebrew and Aramaic

@AhmadAsrafHashim

3 ай бұрын

@@Robbie..Ha-Navi add wood vinegar to water and use it as part of ur watering routine. Test the pH level of the wood vinegar and water solution to ur liking.

@Robbie..Ha-Navi

3 ай бұрын

@@AhmadAsrafHashim thank you for your reply , very interesting

😮😢🤔😲🙂

In terms of the moss pole, It should be stuffed firmly enough that nothing should fall out. From what it sounds like you had the moss way too loose inside of the d pole, You've got to compact it fairly well. If you're having too much fall out then It's not compacted enough.

@AlohaPlantLife

3 ай бұрын

It wasn’t moss that I had in the pole. It was aroid mix. That’s why it was falling out.