this is the most informative video on string of hearts that I have found yet. Thank you so much for the info!

Less than 3 minutes into the video and you’ve already given me the info I’ve been looking for!!! Tysm 🥰

Very informative! I found this video years after you made it but the best care video for string of hearts I’ve found!

Great informative video Erika, some wonderful hints and tips on propagation of the hearts which I will put into practice this week 👍

Thank you for talking about the white nodes. I received a string and none of the other videos mentioned them. 💗

Your videos and persona are everything!! Love your plant mom methods. You look beautiful with more everyday videos 😉

Thank you, luv your tiny plants propagation.

Such great and thorough advice! I hope to purchase some of these from you this fall when the weather cools off. 105 here in South Alabama today!

I just received my string of hearts yesterday a short 3 viner 😂 Thank you Erika for your information and help again 🌿❤

Great video. My variegated string of hearts is still tiny but growing. Thanks for tips. ☺️

Thanks for explaining things soooo clearly! Very helpful.

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

S Casper thank you for watching!!

This is the only soh propagation i understood haha. Thank you so much!

I tried the ziplock bag method with a 30cm cutting I bought, there was a 1 inch root developed on one node at the end that I planted, and I coiled the rest of the cutting around the pot putting staples to pin the nodes down and new rootlets started growing from other nodes within 4 days! This method worked better, so far, compared to my water propagated cuttings which have been in water for a month! Thanks :)

The most interesting and helpfull video I could found of SOH. Thank you so much!

Your plants are very beautiful keep vlogging dear❤️

Thank you this really helped me 😀💐

So happy I came to this video today, lol I have been waiting on you to have some available in your etsy shop for the LONGEST. And finally 🙌🏾🙌🏾 Thanks girl 💕

Thank you for this care video, I love the way you explain everything step by step. I have some variegated and as well as some regular SOH growing in moss as a change up from soil 🤞😊

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Greco-Nieves Thank you! ☺️ oooh Im curious to try rooting in moss & letting them grow there. I will try to attempt this soon

@elizabethgreco-nieves3667

4 жыл бұрын

Erika yes try it, it’s been three weeks and I have new growth, I was so afraid at first. Keep me posted if you decide moss☺️

Love your videos 👌🏼

I lovely lecture and caring for plants how nice to see a young girl not trying to be cute or clever or talking about her pet dog or whatever just good honest tip thank you so much I have subbed

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Yes I killed one by overwatering ! Got a replacement so I learned the hard way ! Tfs

It must be your eyes but I always think you could be Lessya's Leaves's sister! I actually put my variegated string of hearts on a bright south facing window and it's very pink! I think its growing decently fast for a slow grower and definitely likes that bright indirect light from my experience. Watering sparingly has been my biggest factor of success to keep them alive. I took some cuttings from my green variety but my cats nabbed it and I lost it! They love chewing on my plants and have their favorite ones to go to lol I dont mind too much and keep the non toxic stuff at their level.

Hey can you please do a video on house to fertilize indoor plants

Hi Erika, your videos are great and informative. I am from Belgium by the way 😃. If i decide to use the humidity chamber, can you also put the humidity chamer under the grow light? Love from Belgium 💝

Can you do a video on what exactly “bright indirect sunlight” looks like?

@aleeshuhkay

3 жыл бұрын

You should be able to see the sky (through the window providing the light) from the plant's location.

@syuhadaradzi4157

3 жыл бұрын

You should be able to read in that room comfortably without switching on the light

@Amb3r1981

3 жыл бұрын

Rooms that usually get bright indirect sunlight is warmer than rooms that only get a few sunlight especially rooms facing the north direction.

@hugoh.9694

3 жыл бұрын

Bright indirect light does not allow you to cast a boldly vividly or clearly outlined shadow.

I can only successfully propagate my string of hearts in soil (without a plastic bag). I have found it shoots of roots and new growth straight away when just stuck straight back into the pot with the rest of the plant

Great video! New sub.

Great in depth video on propagation ty. What is your soil mixture?

Where are those little propagation jars from!? Also I love your videos, very informative and inspiring.

I like your videos

Mine died I overwatered it and they are sending me a new one such nice service, even it being near my plants I mist was too much so now I know better tfs love this plant 🌱 I definitely want to propagate so I have a backup 😊 it’s the variegated one .

@thenotsoscarylittlemonster9926

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that's incredibly good customer service. The seller should never be responsible for the buyers lack of care knowledge so you got really lucky there .

Good video on string of hearts🙂🍃 can you propagate string of bananas and string Pearl's the same way? Thank you

Thanks for this video. My string of ❤️ started shrinking. Any suggestions?

hey love! I bought a little pot that's similar to your propagated one at 0:40, how soon would you repot that into a bigger pot? I know they like being root-bound and I shouldn't transfer them into a huge one but I'm curious if they're ready as I'd like to do it in the summer in their active period.

I have my vsoh in direct sun most of the day and is doing perfect 👌 just a FYI to not be afraid to put it in more sun/light.

@elizabethvasquez4068

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips ? bc I have a south facing sundown and gets lots of sun as well

@janetleal9483

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethvasquez4068 I would start by giving it sun little by little... you do not want to burn it either. They do fine and try to water more often if you have it sun since the soil will dry faster than if it was in a shaded area. I give mine a small drink every 3 to 5 days. With this my plant gets wet but not drenched in water and allows it to be humid.

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@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Dale Gribble I want to film one soon!!

Please do a video on lithops

At what point in the moisture meter should I water? I heard around 3 or lower means I should water but just wanted to ask if you know!! Also, the top of the soil is sooooo dry. The leaves feel plump however so I’m so anxious about overwatering and killing them even though the soil looks so dry

Hi, I notice that you don’t have natural light in that room. Your plants all look so nice. Do you have grow lights? Just wondering his they’re growing so well! Can we get a video update! Thanks in advance

Thanks for this tips! Mine is about 2 months now and just a "little" progress is happening although its getting long but the leaves a quite few and small😯...how young are you if you dont mind?😊🌵🌷🌱🌴🍁🌾🌝

Can you mix different string plants in the same pot

Do you know anything about chimerism in string of hearts? As in a non variegated and variegated string connected/sharing one bulb/rhizome?

Mine started out looking like hearts, but all the new growth have small oval leaves. It is growing very fast with short stems between nodes. Im not sure how to get the leaves to grow to look like hearts with longer steam length between leaf nodes. Im located in Central Florida and I have it hanging on a west facing porch with very strong afternoon sun. I soak it with rain water once completely dry. It is thriving, but not one heart shaped leaf. Any help will be appreciated

I put mine in a bag too but I notice i get mold on the soil. Do you have that happen?

Can you save a tuber the is no complelty mushy?

Hey, the leaves of my variegated string of hearts look somewhat withered, the light exposure and watering is all okay since I basically follow the stuff that you said. I am a little worried as this is just a small string and I planted it in fall.

If you snip the very long vines will it make the plant more fuller?

Hello my string of hearts is growing but also they are turning yellow. I watered once a week before but now I’m not watering them at all ..its been more than a week and it placed near a south facing window

can we use tap water in propagation ? how iften you change water ?

My stems/vines keep shriveling and then the growth leaves fall off , am I over watering?

Should the vine leaves also feel hard with the water?? I see some even shrink when the top are full... and they are curling towards the back

how long do u usually leave them growing roots in water until you put them into soil 😊🌱

Very helpful video, thanks Erika!! I’m curious to know what kind of pests this plant is prone to get, if there are any (?) thanks, new sub here! 😺

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Diana RV haayyyy!! 😄 I believe that aphids & mealybugs are the main issue. Thank goodness they don’t seem to be prone to spider mites!

@dianarv866

4 жыл бұрын

Erika Lodes awww Thank you for responding 💕😊 I hope you’re having a lovely week!

Is a south facing window too much light for a variegated string of hearts?

Hi Erika, thanks for this video. when do you water your soil propagation? after one week?

@ErikaLodes

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t usually water it, I will mist it. & yes I will wait around a week!

Do you water after you put in soil for propagate

Do you have an update on vsoh?

How long before the propagated ones grow longer?

Why the leaves of my string of heart are curly and small?? please help me.. what is the problem??

I like so much lol I’m over here trying to meet and greet with you

Amei Jehova lhe abençoe 🌱🌵

I’ve got a pretty good size pot of each string of hearts and someone sent me some seeds. I planted some of my seeds about a week ago and I’ve got 5 that’s sprouted so far. Have you grown any hearts from seed and do you have any advice as far as watering, humidity bag or not, etc.? Thanks, love your videos!

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Missy Cline I haven’t grown anything from seed recently, but that is so cool!!! I don’t have any advice to offer, but 5 sprouting sounds like a good sign to me 😎 I have been wanting to grow something from seed, it sounds like so much fun!

@WVJeeper1968

2 жыл бұрын

Hey neighbor! I'm in West Virginia too!

After trimming the the amount you want off the plant, do you leave the rest of the stem on or do you take off the remaining stem up to the next node? (Hopefully that makes sense...) When I trimmed and propogated my string of hearts that's what I did (^what I asked above) and they haven't seemed to grow at all.. so I'm not sure if I ruined it or if I put it into a shock mode

@katiehusson7342

4 жыл бұрын

Jess K i cut mine right up to the node because I found that if I don’t, the stem doesn’t grow from where I cut it anyway. If you choose to leave a bit of stem, you’ll see a new stem popping out from the node but the cut stem won’t grow

My string of hearts was growing fast, then all of a sudden it stop and it’s wilting. Help...what should I do? It’s making me sad because a friend gave it to me🥺

Are you using a mic yet? Your videos are packed with detail but I strain to hear all of the great info you provide. It wears kn yo uh after a bit. I only watched to 3:27. I'll have to finish watching it later with either earbuds or my Bose bluetooth speaker. Awesome content though.

When we water, should we try to not get the leaves wet? I have a bunch coiled on top and it’s covering all the soil!

@thegreenox7981

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's best to avoid that. I bottom water mine!

The leaves don’t look burned, it look so like they’re getting that pretty pink from the sun exposure.

I recently did a water probation with string of hearts. How do you transfer water propagated string of hearts to a soil medium? Any advice would be appreciated.

@thenotsoscarylittlemonster9926

4 жыл бұрын

You should transfer as soon as the water roots developed. They're much more porous and fibrous than soil roots so if they get too long, the plant will struggle to replace them with soil roots. Once you move it to soil, break the normal SOH rule of "dont water until its super dry!" And instead make sure to keep the soil damp for the first week by giving a thorough watering day one, then little love sips every two or three days. the second week, water it only twice, the third week let it dry out completely

Can you visit someone who cultivates bonsais and do a video. I love plants but I also love and have bonsai trees. Great job love you videos. I being watching for a while.

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Manuel Morales yes! I will look for a bonsai place :)

Hi Erica, I live in SoCal and Im looking for massive/large WhaleFin, where do you think is the best place to find those? Love you plant tour videos!

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Amir Abad ive found them at green thumb nurseries & some Armstrong garden centers!! They don’t always carry them, but I went to the green thumb in Santa Clarita recently & they had some massive ones. OC succulents usually carries them as well.

@amirabad9694

4 жыл бұрын

Erika Lodes Great! I was at GreenThumb Nurseries in Ventura but they dont have one, I called Armstrong Pasadena because I saw your video about that store but I guess the one you showed on that video was sold as soon as you featured it! Lol. Will check out Green Thumb in Santa Clarita. Thanks Erika!

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Amir Abad you’re welcome! I hope you find one soon 🤞🏼😁🌿

Is it okay if some of the leaves are kinda curling inwards on the edges. The leaves do feel hard, but yh idk. And new leaves are also growing quite tiny idk what to do 😣

@blabla10111

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Unicorn Hair Balls don’t worry! I have the SOH for over a year now. Mine curl inwards on the edges too sometimes. My new leaves start off small but grow overtime

Would you recommend bottom watering for string of hearts?

@yam9635

3 жыл бұрын

No they have shallow roots water from top

Hi, do you have care guide for string of turtles? Thank you for sharing!

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

It'sme It'sme i used to be veryyyy bad w peperomias so mine is on the brink of despair, I’m trying to revive him! If I save him, I will be able to make a care guide. I think they’re one of the more difficult ones to root & revive since they are so fragile 😬

@ofhismercy109

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, my SoT is really lush and full. They like as much indirect light as you can supply, and mine is happiest getting pretty close to bone dry in between waterings. Then I let it soak for 30 minutes, an hour or so. Similar to the succulents. I also feed it well all through the warm months, at 100-150 ppm. Also, if you find it to be sensitive, use rain, snow, or distilled water. Sometimes the most sensitive plants just can't handle the ppm of tap water, you know, like orchids or other epiphytes. Good luck!

@CindyMay

4 жыл бұрын

ofHismercy thank you so much for your tips and tricks!

@ofhismercy109

4 жыл бұрын

@@CindyMay You are welcome!

I just got my string of heart, its just one string of 60cm long, and I wish it was a whole plant like a waterfall of many many strings... how much time do you think it will take?? thanks!!!!

@dianamariemojica9075

4 жыл бұрын

Wondering the same thing.. cause i have a one string only 😭

Where do u keep indoors or outdoors??🤔

Hello, could you bottom water the string of hearts? Thank you 😊

@cassiew739

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you can

I could stare at VSOH all day

My Ceropegia has only one stem (it came from a cutting I've been given) and it grew to 6.5 feet (still growing). Is there any way to stimulate the nodes to produce more stems? I wanted to give it that beautiful waterfall kinda look, which is very difficult with a single stem.

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Whenever you cut above a node, the node usually grows two stems back. So it might have to be cut shorter, but that’s SO LONG!!! If you want, you can also take single node cuttings from the end so it doesn’t get too much shorter & plant them around the top. Each of them will be their own little plant, but it does take time.

@educostanzo

4 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaLodes Yep, it's long, it's almost covering a small window where I keep the plant! I'll try to take the single node cuttings and be very patient. I really appreciate your answer, thanks!

@thenotsoscarylittlemonster9926

4 жыл бұрын

You can also use keiki paste. It will make the plant produce 2 or 3 new vines from the node you put the paste without cutting! But make sure to remove the paste as soon as you see new growth starting as it will rot the vine

how about an updated whale fin I know a lot of people have been asking

Is it okay If I keep myn in west facing window where it gets few hours of direct light

@ErikaLodes

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s perfect

@hrishikeshreddy3140

3 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaLodes thanksss a lot

Can we get a video update on these please? OR do you have an instagram ?

Update!!!

Can we get an update on the string of hearts 💕

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Ooh yes, they’re doing so well 😍

@mikeclarke214

4 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaLodes vz.can u propogate under wet paper towels in dark place

@stephaniesalcido4284

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Clarke I would say most likely no because they do need sun, otherwise they’ll die.

Did you say you found a variegated SOH at a lowes? If so which lowes was it??? Thanks :)

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

I never found one a Lowe’s, only at Nelson’s Greenhouse & the rose bowl flea

@mmon831

4 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaLodes Oh ok, my mistake. thanks so much for replying :)

I bought a sohs and some of the leaves on top are a purplish color. Is this from to much sun? I cant find the answer anywhere and cant find any answers on the internet. Any advice would be so much appreciated

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Usually a dark purple/brown could mean there’s too much sun! Just make sure that he’s not getting a lot of direct sunlight in your home & he should be fine :-) Lots of indirect bright light instead 🌞

@krystalll.

4 жыл бұрын

Okay he was like that when I bought him and I wasnt sure if that might just be the coloring some have or if its from the sun. Did the leaves from yours ever go back to normal or do they die and fall off? Mine looks just like yours. I really appreciate commenting back! Like I said I cant find anyones sohs that look like mine except yours.

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

They didn’t go back to normal, but they are still on the plant. It could be the coloring if it’s deep purple & not really grayish. My top hearts are grayish purple so they’re burned, but it’s new growth is adapted to the sunlight & they grow in a purple/green 😁

I am on my 3rd pot of string of hearts! I’ve repotted my first two and after I did that their health declined. The first pot wasn’t getting enough light on the top so it lost a lot of the top and started to bald. My 2nd pot was so long and happy but I wrapped the strands at the top and no light got the top after watering so I had to cut and propagate. After the loss of my second one my boyfriend surprised me with my 3rd. I’m not repotting until my propagating stands are ready so I can combine with the 3rd plant. I feel the top of the plants needs nice light and maybe bottom watering will help prevent a bald plant top...

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Deijah Bernie I completely agree! I will usually bottom water my plant also & keep them from being too close to the ceiling so they can get light to reach the top of the pot :)

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

I hope your 3rd plant & cuttings will flourish!! It was so nice of your boyfriend to get you the new one 😊

@carolmeyer5505

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Erika i have a question i received some cuttings online i put them in water the next day i seen that 3 of them had roots growing, so i emailed the seller she confirmed that they were roots but now a week later they also have 3 little leaves coming off the root is this normal or is this not a root and i only have more leaves growing and not roots growing ?

@carolmeyer5505

4 жыл бұрын

ok i just watched your video again and i think they are the little flowers that you talk about so i’m gonna pull them off , wish me luck

About how long did it take for your roots to grow this long? I have some in water right now but I don't think they have any roots yet. (I'm trying to be patient. Haha.)

@mette6263

4 жыл бұрын

It can take months.

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

These took a couple months. I think about 3? For soh I just plop them in water & forget about them for the most part bc they do take a while to root.

Could you do a video of which plants can live in water only? 😭

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is a great idea!!

@thunderbirdice

4 жыл бұрын

privateviewing they can but it’s better to be in soil.

sweet smile

Your this video appears to me as recommended one. I am not your subscriber. This is my first video from you . I am surprised to see how you tube could dig out crisis of mine ? That they recommended your video ? Any way My two same plant just got dead shading leafs certainly after a week of purchase . I yet could not figure out why they rejected me? I have over 100 Hoyas and so far none dies in my indoor garden . I have two leaf cutting Hoyas too . They all are fantastic growing flowering etc . But the string of heart I had to say Rip. Although they are not completely dead . A kind of Life supporting ( LoL) Can you share your instagram so that I can share there pictures with you ?

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Hamim CHOWDHURY oh no!! My insta is @erikalodes

There’s different types of SOH’s. I’d imagine that’s why the backs of the one pot are purple and the other pot is green.

Can someone please send me a variegated string of hearts! I will pay. Lol just not an arm and leg. My firstborn is an adult so no on that also.

I feel like we would be best friends if you lived in Canada lol

Great video! The variegated SOH is a slow grower, I love watching the new tiny little leaves pop out tho. I watched this one lady attach a bunch of plants on her tree in the backyard, maybe you have already seen this one. If not check it out she's pretty clever. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJ15pa6undCcXdo.html

Are they poisonous to pets and children

You actually do not want to use a water meter on this plant, becuz they grow the balls on the roots u mentioned called "tubers" and u can damage them that way.

Sorry but looking at both plants it looks like one whole side is dead from what was there when u first had the plant. Only a few of the sections ended up growing.

I dont understand why this plant is such a fast grower and and easy to propagate yet so up there in price lol

@ErikaLodes

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm 🤔 maybe bc you have to propagate a lot of strands or a rlly long strand to get a plant going from scratch? It’s fast, but not lightning fast. I’m not sure, tbh