Aloha Plant Life is a channel produced by me, Drea Williams, featuring all things plants. The purpose of this channel is to educate, entertain, and discuss anything and everything related to plants. I believe everyone is capable of having a "green thumb", so let me help you find yours while having some fun along the way.
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I got an alocasia as a gift last year and I have no idea what I'm doing with it, today I saw one of those corms getting out of the soil and really wondering what it was! What a coincidence I found your video 🤣
I bought my first plant January 2024. Now i have 7 and im realizing after like 6 months that i didnt understand the importance of drainage holes or that some pots are just meant to be cover pots. I am guilty of a few of these and this video has been super informative
Love your channel! Been binging all your videos. I love science and the fact that you go into such detail is wonderful. I have chronic anxiety and have found taking care of plants to be so helpful. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story. Your honesty and bravery is so inspiring.
Does this work on thrips?
Maidenhair fern is the most difficult plant for me.
I’m definitely Team Hoya Curtisii over the Chain of Hearts. I’ve not had any success with ANY of the “chains.”
I had a lot of calatheas and they died on me, but I was so determined to get it right. This summer I bought one again and put it in a self watering pot and wha la its thriving. My orbefolia is in a self watering pot wit leca and also beautiful. However we are now in our winter season - hope they will make it.
Thank you for this tips 😍
You're so welcome!
I saw one with 4 leaves and the tiniest pot and then saw the price. 8$ for a 4 leaf plant but the money just flew out of my wallet. Later I saw what I thought was going to be a flower but it unfurled into a new leaf. Stunning plant that started my Begonia fascination. Dragon wing in the garden. A red and black Rex in the house and a few more common types around the yard.
PLEASE talk less and focus camera on plants more than yourself. we want to see the plants
If I talk less, how will you ever learn anything?
Thanks for the informative video. I have only about 65 and find plants to water 3 or 4 days a week. I can't depend on memory to know which plants I fertilized during the previous watering. With all of your plants, do you have a system for keeping track? A computer program ?
I use the Planta app
Can we talk about how much more water plants require during active growing season vs. non-growing seasons? Example, I was keeping my orchids in a traditional orchid mix. Wrong…In our hot Dallas environment I had constantly dehydrated orchids UNTIL I started potting in just Sphagnum moss. Also, self watering planters on orchids? Yes. Here we need them. It is so interesting how all the things you are told are gospel really aren’t and how you have to adjust by your local climate in order to be successful.
💯This past week my plants on the south side of my house have been drying out twice as fast as just a month ago
I have recently been working with Orchids and finding I have to relearn everything I thought I knew about Orchids. The true measure of success will be come bloom season this winter. That being said, I will move away from the bloom boosters once they start blooming and do a balanced fertilizer until the blooms are done then start all over again. I have also been working with Espicia and I have always loved African violets so more experiments ongoing with different fertilizers.
Liqui-dirt is suspicious. A private lab analysis of their sister product "Noot" shows an alarmingly low percentage of macronutrients (or none at all) and demonstrates a complete lack of certain micronutrients it claims to have on the packaging. Liquidirt could be doing the same thing. Idk. Considering how much they sell, idk why they wouldn't get an analysis. Great video!
You are a wealth of knowledge 🫶 enjoyed as always! x
Thank you!💚
Thank you Drea. I need this video!❤🌿💜
You’re welcome!💚
I have found that natural fertilizers also attract animals. When I used fish emulsion or blood meal in my garden, the raccoons tore up my garden. The fish emulsion would attract my dogs' attention in the house. So I quit using natural fertzs at all. Plus the fish stuff smelled too! But what is the difference between a 10-10-10 and a 20-20-20? Does that mean it has more of those things? Is the 20-20-20 better because the numbers are higher? Thank you so much for explaining all this. You make it understandable.
Love how thorough you are, Drea. Again, this will be such a good reference tool for newbies. As an oldie moldie, I use this mantra for life "When in doubt, don't!" For plants, "When in doubt, if all else fails, read the instructions."
Surely we can come up with a better term than oldie moldie lol
Pretty necklace ❤
im glad to hear you talk about protons and electrons . if you adjust you foliar spray you can get it to attract one another. i barley understand and sure cant explain
i think organic means micro organisms need to break things down before plants can use . id rather give them 85% phosphoric acid . lol i like sulfur mag more for some plants. calmag raises my ppm a lot . i use epsom and wollastonite if you can get nutrients to attach to humik you can feed a lot less,
plants love Molasses and wollastonite . Wollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium. and the are two kinds of nitrogen. i give both. i mix 5 parts 511 with 1 part general hydroponics micro
"Get in my belly!"
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Balanced fertilizers are the biggest LIE on the net. Nothing I repeat nothing should be competing with the plant getting Nitrogen. Nothing. 3-1-2 ratio is the proper ratio for all plants whether in the ground outside or an indoor plant. Micro nutrients, Kelp, and Humic acid are also vital for plant roots, photo synthesis, and plant regulations of nutrients....Balanced fertilizers absolutely cause havoc on the uptake of nutrients and can bind up your soil over time...
Thank you! Great video!
You’re welcome💚
You are the plant youtuber I have come across with the best general spread of knowledge - I always feel I come away learning something new.
Thank you!💚
I know right. Same for me🎉
This vid is really timely for me. I recently started using Superthrive Foliage-Pro because I moved some Alocasia over to semi-hydro. Its a Dyna-Gro product. I was looking for a feed that I could keep in the reservoir and the Superthrive was recommended. Its 9-3-6 with all the extras, although no sulfur. I have been using it for about a month, not just for semi-hydro, but all of my plants, and while it is a little too early to draw conclusions, many of my Alocasia, even the ones still in soil, are putting out new, HUGE leaves. The directions call for 1-2 tsp per gallon, 1 to 4 weeks, depending on your strength. I have a few one gallon milk jugs full of it, waiting for the next watering. I will keep an eye on the efficacy, to see if the pre-mixing loses its potency. That's something that I never thought of, although I have pre-mixed several different brands and never noticed a difference. Thanks for the tip.
super thrive is great but cost to much, you can make your own
@@Robbie..Ha-Navi , I ordered it from Amazon, $9.99. I can handle it. I make my own soils, pon, pest spray, etc... Buying it gives me one less thing to do :)
@@tinapomfrey5412i forget how busy you women are now a days. i like to learn about plant nutrition . i find plants, people, and my horse and cows all "thrive" on the same stuff..and i dont like to depend on big companies so i learn. have a nice evening
@@tinapomfrey5412 i make my soil but im lazy. i mix 3 cubic feet peat 2 cubic feet perlite and 2.5 cubic feet vigoro potting mix , then i a lot of humic and wollastonite and run a ph of 5.5 or so. do you have a secret recipe ???? if im starting plant i run 50/50 vigoro perlite it makes it so i cant over water then.
"Muh-lib-den-um" :)
Thank you!💚
I totally spaced and forgot to mention foliar sprays! Foliar sprays are a great option for truly epiphytic plants such as Tillandsia and Bromeliads.
I use foliar spray on my orchids, but I have two Tillandsia and I never thought to use the spray on them. I guess I am going try the spray on them too.
i spray fish 511 humik kelp and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens then the next time i spray with Soluble Silicon
What you said about calathea resilience - I dropped my baby calathea orbifolia - it had 4 leaves. It had a couple of new shoots poking out the top, and I was picking it up to look. It hit the floor, contents spilled out, and 3 leaves broke off, and one tiny one remained, but with a big 'dent' at the base. I had to put it back in the pot without disrupting the shoots that had started. I'd watered it and had to leave it as no leaves to soak up the water. The shoots did nothing for a while - shock I think. 4 weeks later, 3 small leaves on it, and two massive leaves coming out.
Mine all die what kind of soil or what do you use to grow your plants
Very helpful, I'm so glad I found this video. Thanks
You’re welcome!💚
This plant is so delicate! I bought one about a month ago and it took a tiny tumble in the car on the way home, it literally just fell on its side a bit, and like five leaves broke off. I was so sad, but it still looked ok. Then I decided to wipe down its leaves with a damp paper towel to get rid of some of the mineral deposit stains it had from the store, and the next day a bunch of those leaves looked like I had rubbed them with battery acid or something. Wth!! So far, we are not getting along with each other and I've crammed it behind my other plants. 😅 The stems have multiple growth points coming out of everywhere, so I'm hopeful it will recover and I've learned to handle it with kid gloves.
a skunk or something be trimming roots in my garden i have plants in panda bags and i feed them stuff like 511 fish emulsion .. coon or shunks must like it... if its not one thing its another ... BTW what a charming shirt Aloha
Sheffield Made Plants suggests treating your water with aquarium water treatment (buffer) to prevent leaf crisping. I've tried it and it does work. My plants that tended to have this issue are now producing perfect leaves. So y'all might want to give that a try. I got mine on Amazon and you only need a few drops per pint.
I love ❤aloha 💞 plan leaf 🌿❤fc❤
I love my philodendron Xanadu❤
Thank you for this video. I found spider mites on my plants and was absolutely devastated. I thought I would have to buy a bunch of expensive stuff- but I had every item you listed in my home already (I love dr bronners) . I sprayed every single plant I owned as I wasn’t sure which were and weren’t infected , washed the pots and gave them fresh dirt, I used your method and I also cut/picked the leaves off of a few plants (peace Lilly and jade tees and bonzia tree) completely so the spider mites wouldn’t have any food in hopes to let them grow back without pests. Will continue for the next three weeks. I’m paranoid and really hope this works.
Oh it’s that cry baby , ooooww big box stores are ruining my biz lol. Not interested in your show .
Then take your comments and yourself elsewhere. And get your facts straight, I never said big box stores were ruining my business.
Can I put it inside air conditioning bed room?
Absolutely
I live in the desert and my calatheas thrived until I moved. My air conditioning was broken for the first week in the new house in the heat of summer, so my Makoyana got burnt. It's around 4.5 ft tall, a huge plant, and now more than half the leaves are brown-tipped. Should I prune them all back and keep it pushing? New leaves are growing so it's not dead.
Does it cost to subscribe
Absolutely not
I totally disagree with you on the milk confetti syngonium. I have been looking for on ever since I first saw a pic of it. I finally found one at a reasonable price. It is one of my favorite plants. I do agree with the other plants and will never buy them.
I have had a few Calatheas turn brown & shrivel. The "rattlesnake" Calathea (now in a different genus) is a show-stopper, so I tried it & it has thrived in my bathroom for about 20 months now.
Your bushy orange cat is …. Sooooo cute!!!!!!!! Aaauughhhh 😂❤
Hello, I’m first time in your channel & want to sayI love your video together with all your plants 🪴 they’re gorgeous 😊 also want to say 😊 love your hair color ❤ thank you for your time 🎉 and information you’re giving us ❤
Thanks and welcome💚
I totally agree on the topic of Calathea. I got them as a beginner and I never had a problem with them. I am an overwaterer, so they are not complaining too much. They get direct afternoon to evening sun in the warmer months and they love it and push out so much growth. And that root growth is insane. For me the fussiest is the picturata. I don't know if you have this, it has velvety undersides, but they are smooth on top. Very interesting. Also recommend to buy Calatheas as baby plants, it's so much easier to acclimate them to your conditions. And then as long as they don't change too much, they are happy
I just found your channel and subscibed, great video. I got my Thai Constellation baby from a local nursery. It has given me three new leaves in the three months that I have owned it. I am perfectly fine with slow growth. I was afraid of it supposely having root rot issues. But at $40, if it were to die, so be it. Worth taking a chance on it.
Hi! I’ve play with plants before and some of them survived. Since I started watching your videos I’ve been able to keep most of them alive. I am so grateful for all the knowledge and science base info that you gathered and put together in your videos. 1 week ago I sprayed my plants and the gnats problem is almost gone. The only downside is that some of my plants didn’t like it. Stromanthe, Calathea, neon Pothos and grey maranta had some side effects like new shoots burned, yellow leaves and wilting. Stromanthe (leaves are folding) and Rosy have grow lights. Old the others natural I sprayed and watered all of them at night and put them back to their repot in the morning. So I wonder if I should have waited longer. 🤷🏻♀️ all my other plants are doing good and gnats are minimal.
Beautiful collections.