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Hang on, it's not Saturday! Mid week treat 😍

Your channel has been blowing up recently. Glad to be here for it. Planterina here we come. Hahaha

Those kittens getting their eight hours of beauty sleep melt my heart.😇

When you cut away foliage that isn't doing well it also relieves the plant of putting energy into that foliage and it's better not only for new growth, but also the entire plant.

i LOVE the fan idea. i actually paused the vid & went & repotted mom's pothos (she passed last year). it had probably been 5+ years & soil was only in bottom 1/3 of pot. LOL. you are inspirational

Great tips :-) Our relative was complaining that her ficus is not growing for years - she hasn´t repotted in about 10 years and never fertilised it, and still was suprised it isn´t growing anymore. Moisture meter: such a genious device. I only wish it was being widely sold in plant shops, and more people knew that it exists and what a difference it can make - so many plant lives could be saved 😀

I never thought about the wind but now that I think about it, my calatheas were thriving in the summer when I had the fan on low setting and they were getting early evening sun. Everyone thought I was crazy because of the sun and wind I'm putting my calatheas in, but they seemed to love it. Definitely going to keep that in mind in summer again. Thank you for all your great videos. I learn so much from you

Anecdotal but since I put ceiling fans up and left them on <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1447">24:7</a> my plants seem much healthier and growing better ..I like the look of them slowly swaying too

You come up with the most outlandish ideas for plant care and I love it. I had been watching some of your videos and is like watching a gardening mad scientist.

Just found your channel a couple of weeks ago and very much appreciating your advice. Great content .Thanks very much. 😊 🌵

I shake my plants every few days. Lol. I have a ceiling fan on 24/7 (I live in Louisiana, it runs all year. Lol) however, I believe in tough love.

I learn so much from you. Thank you so much for making such detailed and clear videos for plant care.

You keep giving us more great tips to keep our plants looking good. Have a blessed day.

Thanks again Mr Sheffield for all your tips and for displaying those nice plant supports 😊

Totally agree about the wind being important. I learned that from a KZfaq video years ago when I was researching how to grow tomatoes. Putting some wind on the seedlings helped them grow thicker, sturdier stems.

When I open my windows I tell my plants 🪴 they are getting fresh air 😂

I’m obsessed with your videos. So straight to the point and useful tips. I love seeing the ‘berkin’ in your videos, such a beautiful plant. Something I look forward to have in future as an amateur gardener.

Great job on this video. Very good tips!

Cool video. Love and Peace.

Awesome video...I use my ceiling fan on low to circulate the air

Hey thanks for all the tips !

So funny all these neighbour competition 😁

So many awesome tips and tricks! And what a lovely idea, seeing how much of the sky they can see and moving them if they aren’t seeing much 💚 🙏

I am glad I found your channel! I started with a Xanadu that was gifted to me almost 5 years ago. And over the last few years expanded the collection. I have a peperomia ruby glow, that when i bought it, it was in the tiniest little desktop pot. I was not very confident at the time about pruning, so after repotting it I just let it do its thing. And after a while it was starting to look like an octopus. But after watching some (okay, most) of your videos on propagating, I now have 3! So a very sincere thank you!

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful

Thanks for the commonsense ideas. Should have known all is but so busy with every day living never stopped to analyzed the problems.

Agreed 💯 light is so important!

You are the absolute best! Thank you for all your wonderful work.

Wind is an essential part of a plants growth, can also help with the anchoring of the root system. It is why I don't stake trees anymore as when these are removed they become more susceptible to being blown over, due to the lack of lateral surface roots

Hello there, Mr. Sheffield. You mentioned soil compaction. In your soil mixtures, you usually add perlite. As we know, perlite rises to the top of the soil over time. I've decided to use pumice instead because it's not going to travel upwards over time, and since it's staying where I've put it (like a good dog 😊), the soil remains well aerated. I understand that pumice is a bit more expensive than perlite but I believe that it's well worth it. Soil aeration becomes one less worry for me if I have a plant that's not behaving properly. The fewer variables, the better, right? I 💗, ❤, 💖 your channel. I watch many others, but when I have to figure out the nuts and bolts of a problem, I inevitably come right here for your take on the issue. Vicky, North Carolina, USA

Always enjoy your videos with new information each time, thanks 😊.

Very informative video with a lot of good advice Thank you very much

Love the fan tip , thanks again 😮

Best think I've invested in for plants was two sansi bulbs, moisture meter and smart outlets to plug everything in. I can set the timer for longer or shorter etc on them and not only do I get more light in my space on gray days but my plants all get consistent light. The best part about smart outlets is I can see on my phone from anywhere in the house if my lights have come on etc so if I'm unwell or busy I'm not making the plants wait and I'm not having to schedule myself around the plants. I know if you work the same shift daily or have a baby etc you may have a very set schedule so it's not hard to remember to turn on lights, but I struggle with pain and PTSD and meds for both, the lights coming on automatically really helps both my mental health and my plants!

🏃‍♀️ me off to try these great suggestions thank u for sharing as always 🙂

And that's how I was reminded to invest in working fan that I have to buy anyway because summer is coming😆

I always like to use a low dose of my favorite plant fertilizer for my outdoor and indoor. Tiger bloom is amazing. Mixed with aquarium water even when I'm being neglected on care. My plants seem to be happy.

All great advice. Spot on. For example, both my ZZ's (reg & raven) have been putting out new growth one after the other since the end of January, so 4 months, as it's now towards the end of May. Now, not as prolific as a pothos, but probably atleast 1 new one every couple weeks. They are in 4.5" reused plastic pots in a cache pot in a tropical plant mix, a bit of added bark & perlite, in good light (2 ft or 61 cm from a 10W Sansi). All my plants get harvested rainwater, and the ZZs are watered every 2 weeks or so + fish emulsion feed 1/month. While I gravitate to more low light tolerant plants due to my low-moderate light conditions, I do supplement with different grow lights, so all my plants get the best I can give them. I also do research on each plant, usually before I even decide to buy it, figure out where they grew naturally, which gives me a good benchmark to work with. What I like about the low light tolerant is their versatility, unlike others in my collection which require prime lighting real estate.

You made a pan pride trellis!

I so appreciate your videos! You answered so many questions I had about taking care of my plants! I just purchased a plant light and have had it on constantly! Now, I am so happy to know the correct way to use it. Also, the air to your plants I had heard about but wasn't for sure about it, but now I will be doing this! Also watering i have found to be very stressful because I don't want to overwater and lose any plants, and succulents are very tricky I've learned, so i want to purchase a watering meter, that is such a great tool! I have a Jade, and i can not get it to grow properly, and they are supposed to be easy to care for. It's just frustrating because I adore Jade plants! I also wanted some advice on what a good mixture of soil would be for my plants plus food! So you have really helped answer a lot of very important questions for me! I absolutely love your channel as you have such great and informative information on plants! Thank you very much, and I'm so happy to be a follower of your channel! Have a great one! 💚🪴

Excellent thankyou ❤❤❤

Nice sharing

I always have a ceiling fan on for that much needed air circulation. I found that air circulation is key to helping my plants dry out! If you are struggling with over watering plants like orchids and air plants to try moving them to a full bathroom. They have moisture from the bath/shower to prevent them from drying out while trying to space out watering. Some plants are a little harder to find that Goldilocks water zone. Just moving the orchids I was struggling with to the bathroom while I figured out their watering needs as the game changer that saved those orchids. Once I figured out that Goldilocks watering zone, I was able to move them to a more preferred location 🙂. Having too much mulch and / or a tree planted too far down will also cause roots to strangle a tree. I agree that is less of an issue for indoor plants.

My aloe doesn’t like light that much. She has found her favourite spot almost 4 meters away from the window in a semi-shady room. If I put her onto the windowsill (even now in November!) she loses colour and stops growing. I thought I had lost her when I just got her from a friend and it was the time of year with 30 degrees celsius and I thought “Hey! That’s a desert plant! The soil she is standing in is too wet for her so let’s change it and give her some light!”. She just turned brown. And when I left for two days and put her back on the table feeling kind of defeated I was baffled when I came home to a green plant. Two days. Crazy!

Hi ❤ Lessons learned! ordering Begonias online in the wintertime 😂😂😂

I drink lots of sparkling spring water and if there is any left in the glass in the morning, Itip this little amount intomy palm plant. It loves it! It is big and healthy with no brown tipped leaves. They all seem to like room temperature sparkling water. It must give them oxygen to their roots. I am a real softy when it comes to buying house plants. Lidl always have good examples at reasonable prices.

Thanks so much for the easy tips that fit in with the average plant growers routines and real life household circumstances. As much as I enjoy the videos from the "experts", I don't have a $200 grow light, nor can I buy a different specified fertilizer for every plant I own. Lol. I appreciate knowing the ideal but providing that just isn't feasible. Also, I'm LOVING my water meter. I suggest anyone who doesn't have one to splurge the $5 because it's worth it.

I just got a moist meter and it's the best thing I got!

I actually ordered a soil moisture meter to check all my plants and it'll be here tomorrow in a day. Just because I have so many different kinds of plants and need to let them dry out proper.

Oh my gosh I learn so much from you I really appreciate your videos thank you ❤ QUESTION??? When plants have roots going round and round on the bottom is it ok to cut them off. As they are then root bound ?????

Love all your video's and tips. My plants are thriving!❤❤ Could you please, please, pretty please make a video on the best care of maranta plants? All video's I have found have atleats one of the "hacks" you told me not to do, so I don't trust them 😅.

Your green orange plant is looking good! Mine’s been flowering, hope yours does too so you can share how to pollinate and harvest seeds - I’m just doing trial and error with a q-tip and seed tray but have easily a hundred seeds

LOVE your videos as a new plant owner! I have been battling fungus gnats and have them at a minimum now. I use distilled water and catch any drainage in a bucket. Can or even should I use that drainage water to water my other plants? I don't want to contaminate everything.

I was going to order from treleaf...until I saw the cost of postage. As amazing as they look I can't justify the price when there are cheaper options. I have been keeping an eye on which ones do love being in the window compared to the ones that tend to scorch or show signs of sunstress being there.

Hey, ive been feeding water from my fish tank to my plants and they seem to be loving it. Is this a good idea?

I have a cactus that has grown long arms all over, it was doing well, now all of a sudden the middle turned yellow and soft.I took it out the container and the yellow part explode and all this liquid poured out.🌵

Thank you for your channel. I have binge watching it for a week already. Should I wait till the soil is completely dry even with plants like fittonia? I read that they can die if I let the soil dry out completely.

So I'm starting to understand what things plants need to thrive when growing in soil although I've struggled with gnats, blackened leaves etc. So I'm growing my peace lily in water now so I'm assuming everything changes now? My biggest concern is since I'm growing it in water what type should I use everyone says distilled water but it doesn't have any minerals and such. So what do I use

My sitting room is very cold and draughty in the winter( even with the heating on) . I know you talk about moving plants and them not liking it, but are they better going up to the warmer regions upstairs?

What about the video you made saying that you prune your roots??

What's the succulent at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="621">10:21</a>? It's beautiful!

I have rain barrels so I’m using that water to water my indoor plants too. I have hard water. Hope that change helps them

Do we need to wait until spring to repot indoor plants?

I had a curious thing happen this week. I took my alocasia on the balcony for the daytime (balcony gets 0 direct sunlight and it's to the east so most of the daylight is also from behind the building). The temperatures were roughly 17...21 °C. When I took the alocasia back inside, all the leaves had light colored ovals in the middle of the "bump ripple" texture on the leaf. It doesn't look like infection, it looks more like "sunburn", but given the conditions it's hard to consider seriously. But maybe it's a "cold sore" from the sun going down in the evening and there being perhaps some wind before taking it inside? I'm sure the plant hasn't gotten too used to temperature variance inside (probably 22...24 °C without draft is the environment) but it's been out there occasionally on days that stay at least 20 °C. What could be the reasons alocasia gets light colored areas on those most protruding parts of the leaf?

I never felt less understood than I do now. I mean it's not exercise but I totally go outside barefoot in snow. I'm just lazy! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Do you have any suggestions for a blue colour plant? Got a client that wants their logo in blue on a interior living wall. Really struggling with this one.

When transferring a new plant from the nursery to my home plant. How much water? I think I'm over watering because its new.

what was that beautiful red and orange plant?

Hi, I asked this in an email but just to be sure... Can you make a video on plants that can stand draught/draft (as in wind, from windows for example)? I have 1 window in my living room that is open a lot, I am scared to put plants in that windowsill because of the varying temperatures and cold winds that could hit it. I presume there are plants that can withstand these circumstances a lot better than others (thanks to you I would never put my Calathea there haha). Do you know of any?

how long have your orchids been blooming

Hi Shef Sir I AM IN TROUBLE!!!!!I have 1 peace lily and it's blooming good but the leaves are small and it's a Wallisii Variety can you please help me :)

Ever since I bought a moisture meter,im not an over waterer

I put my alocasia Polly outside for the season and saddly she is sunburned. Only morning late morning sun and still got burned so ugly now

Question. My calathea zebrina folds down in half as soon as they're exposed to to increased light. Can't find anything on it online. What gives?

Oh my God! I saw a chlorophytum amaniense ( orange stem plant) I think thats the name. Help!!! Please help me!!!Mine was bushy beautiful and made two side plants that I dug out and potted up and gave away. Then it got brown leaves so I repotted deeper and bigger pot because the stem was getting bare. It got worse ..... I repotted again only one stem left, in a much smaller pot, now I have like 3 leaves that are ok and the rest have brown. It went from two feet across to a twig . I've had this plant since maybe 2015, I love this plant and I can't figure out what's happening.💔

I'd love a treleaf but $71 for shipping 😮 wow no thanks. Or am I missing something?????

Can’t wait to have haters all around me!!!! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 😎😎😎😎😎😎💯💯💯💯💯💯

He? My fan wont kill the plants? Mr Sheffield you are just destroying our beliefs in houseplants and making new ones 🤓

Are your neighbors peeping Toms?