2.5 hours of plant things! making a mixed planter, orchid remount & spider mite treatment

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i somehow squished a 6.5+ hour plant day into a 2.5 hour video 🙃 these dedicated plant days are super special to me but i'm not gonna lie, it's become a bit more agonizing week after week as this belly just gets bigger 😮‍💨
i didn't have time to film a week of plant things this month since i just got back from california, but i still wanted to give you guys a long one! in this video i do a thorough maintenance of my living room plant shelf, treat again for fungus gnats and spider mites, get a little creative with some of the plants i already have at home, and test out another rousseau plant care product, plus a little of this and that in between. hope you guys get some use out of this video, or at the very least have something to throw on while you do your own plant chores 😋
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0:00 intro / channel announcements
2:50 preparing mosquito bit mixture
5:34 spider mite spray down
15:22 plant shelf maintenance
28:09 quick rousseau pole / tower update
29:24 plant shelf maintenance cont
41:14 fixing a leggy trailing plant
46:44 using rousseau pot extender
52:28 plant shelf maintenance cont
1:21:34 making a kitchen mixed planter
1:37:30 clean up timelapse
1:44:22 exo styling
1:46:41 var billietiae update
1:49:45 monstera albo pole extension
2:04:00 orchid remount

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@MariaRomero-jt8xm 3 ай бұрын

I don't understand how you got so much done with that belly of yours! I do half of that on a good day and end up exhausted on my sofa, you super woman!

@robynburgess3995 23 күн бұрын

I love how down to earth you are. Killing that fungus gnats,"that's what we do around here." You make me laugh. 😂

@PlantedinPlatinum 3 ай бұрын

Awww Charmaine 🥹❤️ Thank you so much for your kind words and the shoutout 🥰 You’re such a sweet human 🤗 Awesome video as always!!

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

you deserve it sweet friend!! excited that the canadian youtube girl gang is growing 🙌

@PlantedinPlatinum 3 ай бұрын

@@unplantparenthood ❤️🤍

@JoleeSO 6 күн бұрын

I know this is an older video and you may not see this message but I recently found you. Been growing house plant for two years now and have done some props on my own. Getting ready to try some new things. Have been playing your videos non stop for a couple of days. 💜🐦‍⬛😎

@Itsmeyoualreadykno 2 ай бұрын

Omg Charmaine I am NOT pregnant so I have ZERO excuse to be completley hooked on those rainbow (my fav flavor) nerd covered gummies 😂😂 I have a bag at work and at home at all times. Anyhow love your content. All of it!

@vixistixi 3 ай бұрын

I have the donut dunks..break them into quarters & add to net bag & leave in my watering bottle all the time-I just add a new quarter every week-ish, I’ve had like 1 gnat every 2 weeks max. I’ve watered this way for a year or so. Xx

@vixistixi 3 ай бұрын

I don’t use that water on pon plants x

@rhodealexandre6583 3 ай бұрын

I am growing my Hoyas in PON but I just started. Hakunalaplanta however, have been growing his Hoyas in PON for several years now and they are doing great just wonderful. A period of dryness is very important among other things as well as the nutrients composition and flushing. From time to time I add H2O2 to the water I flush them with also, I refill my containers when the PON is dry and the pot is lighter.

@wannabe_gardner5857 3 ай бұрын

" my boobs are rentals"🤣😂🤣

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

WHY CANT I KEEP THEM 😩

@CazSantiago 3 ай бұрын

@@unplantparenthood Whelp...you just may! Once you go preggo, there is a chance may never go back-o (corny). FYI - all of my hoya are growing in a chonky soil mix with drainage. I also need to to retellis my mathilde. She was a tiny thing when I first got here but she has grown a lot and I'd also love to see her grow around a big circle. I think I'm going to HD this week to get some copper piping and concoct a DIY trellis situation. Loved the vid as always and you and Archie belly baby are so stinking' cute right now!

@powerranger3223 3 ай бұрын

56:03 You can try cutting your hoyas underwater. I do this for milkweed to stop the sap from running when I cut it when I want to propagate it. Leave it in there for 2-5mins and then take out of the water to callous.

@camillemartinet9468 3 ай бұрын

Hi Charmaine! Your orchid is an epiphyte so it will likely sufocate due to lack of aeration in treefern soil. You could switch the soil for orchiata or use straight moss. I hope that helps! I love how you mounted the other one though. It looks amazing :).

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

Hi Camille! Thank you for letting me know- that didn't even dawn on me that it's an epiphyte and not a hemiepiphyte. Right after I read your comment I removed it from the pot and mounted it onto the trunk of my yucca- hopefully it's happy there! Just need to remember to give it a spray once in awhile 😅

@camillemartinet9468 3 ай бұрын

@@unplantparenthood I'm glad I could help :). It looks so cool on your yucca!

@rhodealexandre6583 3 ай бұрын

Your partner is right. I like to brew my mosquito bits for days before using them and the 👃. However I think the smellier it is the better it works

@katbattt 3 ай бұрын

This video was great. I'm spending the weekend sewing curtains together and having long videos for company is perfect. The end where you were working out how to mount the orchid was perfectly timed with ne struggling to pin the fabric together 😂😂

@growingmyserotonin 3 ай бұрын

I have about 100 speces of hoya and all are in diy pon. I must say though, repotting or upsizing sucks with pon and i find its easier to just chop and restart. Recently ive been debating switching over (Basieplants Miro isnexperiencing the same). I think what i may do is add coco chips to lighten up the mix and help with water retention (even with a reservoir i struggle with them drying out toovquick and getting dry rot). I may add coco coir for my thin leaf hoyas.

@wannabe_gardner5857 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your videos😊

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

thank youuuu 🥹

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

The orchid looks cute.

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

That’s a wicked looking tool with a sharp end on it.

@oliviadrake9980 3 ай бұрын

If that is a cattleya (it looks like some type of brassavola to me), they're drought tolerant and you can definitely pot it up. Moss/bark mixture. The roots are really sensitive though so keep a similar wet/dry pattern to what it's been used to mounted or it will unalive all the roots. Side note, they like high light. Other side note, don't put phalaenopsis or cattleyas in a soil mix!

@Lucifergreenthumb 3 ай бұрын

Happy Saturday y’all

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

happy saturdayyyyy!!

@jacquelinedaniels87 3 ай бұрын

I have that watering can from Walmart!-I grow everything in pon.. mine just want a longer dry period if I put a regular reservoir. My pali narrow which I didn’t know was narrow until you got yours I got last winter from a ecua pop up

@margaretcalifano1617 3 ай бұрын

My Hoyas are growing in both pon and aroid/ tree fern fiber mix. I’m still trying to figure out watering pon, but I have a lacunosa super silver in one of each substrate, and the pon one took longer to take off but it’s ‘plumper’ and the soil mix one is blooming it’s head off. I don’t know how you get so much done while pregnant! I’d be laying down fanning myself

@Anah-B 3 ай бұрын

I grow my Hoya in a chunky mix, perlite/pumice heavy. But I’m no Hoya expert 😂

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

Strawberry clips. The orange things. Maybe they are in your cart for planty stuff.

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

I checked everywhere on my cart because I know that's where I put it but they're no where to be found 😵‍💫

@ttschrock7126 15 күн бұрын

You are a rockstar and adorable as you are expecting your child.

@ttschrock7126 15 күн бұрын

Your Hoya Mathilde is gorgeous. You can water it with a teeny amount of hydrogen peroxide, to get rid of some of the algae IF you want. My Mathilde is awesome on PON! But my LYI did NOT like it. I took it out and put it in the chunky mix.

@ttschrock7126 15 күн бұрын

I have a linearis that I love so much. It is in PON, I let it completely dry out. She hates wet roots. Hates it. So when the leaves are plump and sitting up, she is well watered. When she is starting to lay down the leaves, it is time to water it. Over watering is a big no-no (in my unprofessional experience. :-)

@aub_k2819 3 ай бұрын

I grow my hoyas in super chunky (I mean very chunky) soil mix. But there is very little soil in it. Mostly large perlite, leca, a little pon, bark, charcoal and anything else I have available to make it chunky 😂)

@asthecrowflyshomestead675 3 ай бұрын

Your Scalprum looks so good. Can I ask how old it is? Mine seems to grow super slow, hasn’t sized up much and isn’t as dark. I’m wondering if I need to step up my game or give it time.

@ronjakh 3 ай бұрын

The only hoya I’ve got in pon is my undulata and that’s only because hoya-heads say it rots very easily in soil. Everything else is in a chunky aroid mix and they love it ☺️ I prefer an organic mix across the board except for with alocasia

@yher90 3 ай бұрын

You MUST start every video with a fungus gnat moment now (I swear I’m not wishing fungus gnats on you though).

@lonelarsen9226 3 ай бұрын

I have all my Hoya in pon and they love it ❤

@cassidyburel1009 3 ай бұрын

Hoyas- cocoa chunk/coir, perlite 😊

@carolstuff 3 ай бұрын

I’m really impressed with how energetic you are; you’re such a hard worker. Really enjoyed this vid; thanks so much for sharing!

@jessicapetrin1655 3 ай бұрын

I know lmao 😂. That smell is nasty 😂😂😂. Poor Vince hahaaa

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

that smell came straight from the depths of hell 🤢

@jessicapetrin1655 3 ай бұрын

Hahahaha so true

@bubblegirl324 3 ай бұрын

mosquito dunk water thats been sitting smells like straight up TONSIL STONES!!!!

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

ok i've never smelled a tonsil stone but the thought of it makes me 🤢🤢🤢

@TayaMcGee 3 ай бұрын

You need to try dry freeze dried nerd gummy clusters!!! They are so so good!

@deadinside.plantmom 3 ай бұрын

Can you share the no pon for hoyas info? I can't find any and I'd like to research this 😊

@PetraEmmy 3 ай бұрын

Sherman! Take some time and relax.. But I do appreciate your efforts! I use one of those reusable plastic pods for the keurig coffee maker to soak my dunks in. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and kisses to my boy Pudge. 💚🐶 and most of my Hoyas are in Mollys aroid mix but I have just got some bags of Crystal Stars new mix so the rest of my hoyas are in that.. awe my micans went into my compost 😢

@cristyandplants 3 ай бұрын

I grow most of my hoya in pon and they usually do well. Lately I’ve had a ton of root mealies but it’s been in both soil and pon plants. So gross.

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

Good morning Charmaine. It’s a bright shiny morning here in Oregon. Blue skies and bright shiny sun ☀️I hope for the same for you. It’s a beautiful Easter weekend.

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

hi lisa!! sun is shining over here too 😎 hope you have a good long weekend!!

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

@@unplantparenthood I hope you have a great weekend. Enjoy the sun and warmer weather.

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

Perfect put that piece of orchid in your green house or terrarium

@Shopgirl2731 3 ай бұрын

Yessss fling that fungus gnat lol. Girl you are a queen. I’ve barely done anything and I’m not growing a human. I’m not good with Hoyas in soil. Mine are growing better in self watering pon perlite mostly. Even my sinningia leucotricha is in pon now and growing well. I’m always wondering where you and Alice get your tops from other than the vintage ones. I wear oversized tshirts sweatshirts and black leggings which is my casual jam. Lmao Vince has ptsd from the still water 😂😂😂

@skyangelthefan 2 ай бұрын

My Hoya’s are in Pon and thriving.

@cwozzzz 3 ай бұрын

edit- nvm I see I missed some important vids! thank u~ ive been meaning to ask you this for years. do you have a secret to how you can keep plants in solid vessels without the roots rotting? i used to do this with leca but once the roots were to the bottom the plant would deteriorate .. im working on making some pon, now (do u buy lechuza or make your own)? thank u for the years of consistency! 💚

@Lexijungle 3 ай бұрын

Hii what are the expo display thingys you keep in your plant room called? ❤

@marierejoiceinjesus3846 3 ай бұрын

Exo Terra

@JuanellHopper 3 ай бұрын

Those water cans are at Walmart this year. I got one there. I have about 5 Hoyas. They're all in soil. Four are in hanging pots and the other one sits but I think I'm going to move it. It has not grown at all. It hasn't lost any leaves but hasn't done anything

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

Based on the comments it sounds like a bunch of people found them at Walmart! My walmart never has anything cool like that. 😕 I hope some of your hoyas wake up this summer! i would definitely choose a hoya that doesn't grow over a hoya that continually rots its roots though haha.

@margimorris7360 3 ай бұрын

The only Hoy I seem to be able to grow semi hydro is Obovata a Mathilde. Jenny Jen the Plant Friend grows all of hers in semi hydro and they grow out of control. I have watched her for a while now and still don't know how she does it

@Liliplantdiaries 3 ай бұрын

Charmaine!!!! I’m begging you to cut your linearis and prop in stratum. 1000% success rate I promise you 😢 I bought a three node strand and have a full bushy plant not even a year later.

@plantswithsara 3 ай бұрын

Have you kept it in stratum since then?

@Liliplantdiaries 3 ай бұрын

@@plantswithsarano once it was funny rooted I potted it all together into soil

@lalama637 3 ай бұрын

Just wondering if you could be spraying down the plants in the shower, but pushing the spider mites onto the other plants in the shower? I know nothing. Just asking.

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

I’m not sure if what that variegated plant is, but it’s stunning. It’s the first one you showed and showered. 🤩 😊

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

it's an epipremnum pinnatum albo variegated :)

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

@@unplantparenthood it was really beautiful. I guess when I think of epiprenum I think rounder leaves.

@shanoncollier769 3 ай бұрын

I have my Hoya mauna loa and N.G.G and hoya carnosa compacta variegata I pon bc I was unsure how they would do. All 3 are growing like weeds. My new guinea ghost has been in pon since I have gotten him. However, I had my manager loa and compacta variegata for years and now they are growing so quickly. That is the only thing I changed. I think it varies from hoya to hoya but I am tempted to do more. I have a wibur graves silver cutting in pon, and it has done nothing in 6 months. My others were established already. So... that is the price of eggs here.

@shannoncarr7338 3 ай бұрын

my lil tort wont grow..any advice

@berghauss 3 ай бұрын

"just what we do here"🤣 Best intro ever, I felt like at home.

@vladdydaddy1280 3 ай бұрын

good morning 🥳🥳

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

good moooorning vladdy daddy!! hope you're enjoying the long weekend 😎

@cristyandplants 3 ай бұрын

Love this video Charmaine! Your plants are gorgeous as usual.

@virginib1028 3 ай бұрын

Great video as always !!

@vixistixi 3 ай бұрын

The problem I have with pon is when repotting, I seem to wreck the roots…they seem to get squashed. Oh & I got to keep my pregnancy boobs…they softened a bit but they stayed! So fingers crossed if that’s what u want xxx

@path_of_sol 3 ай бұрын

❤

@m3msilva 3 ай бұрын

Do you think the scalprum gets darker with more light or less?

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

I actually feel like it's been pretty much the same no matter what kind of light I give it. I will say it definitely does not bleach or react to light the same way other alocasia do! so i always tell people it can tolerate higher light, but personally i don't have any first hand observations whether more or less light actually produces darker leaves.

@m3msilva 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thank you for taking us along on your plant chores 😊

@earlbarcelo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your special time with your plants 💚

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

I have bought two similar watering cans but they both leaked.

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

oh no!! so far I haven't had any leaking issues with mine. hopefully it stays that way.

@melanieg.9092 3 ай бұрын

Thought we wouldn't get any aggressive gnat swatting anymore 😂

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

🤺🤺🤺

@Yoliplanting 3 ай бұрын

Decompressing after work with this video, thank you Charmaine❤

@alexandrateixeiranunes6259 3 ай бұрын

Hi from Portugal. I love the topic: easy plants to start this hobby Amazing videos, congratulations for the baby

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

Hi alexandra!! thank you for the kind words and for the video suggestion. I appreciate it!

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

I like the replacement plants you put up on the wall on the Russo poles.

@melanieg.9092 3 ай бұрын

I'm so early yay!❤

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

happy saturday melanie!!

@3mamajf 3 ай бұрын

Hoyas rot easily after being in pon for awhile. Put mine all in a chunky soil mix now.

@vibe3339 3 ай бұрын

I like your videos so much.☺ I have a tip for the cleaning of those slim vessels. There are special brushes for bottles like this, in german its simple known as "bottle brush". Works really well with a little dish soap and water. I would not do this with pon, because the glass get milky/cloudy over the time if you do this often.

@kimdeline4590 3 ай бұрын

Charmaine's highly anticipated and amazing long videos = 2 cups of matcha + Etsy orders completed + paid bills for the month + watered the greenhouse + turkey wrap with avocado and cheese + 2 loads of laundry

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

DANG you had a super productive day!! 👏 thank you for letting me keep you company 🥰

@Purrs_and_plants 3 ай бұрын

I am the same when cleaning up, takes me 5x as long to get things done!! I drive myself nuts but I can’t not do it. Love the remount and your little succulent garden, the orchid would fit so well inside a conch shell too 😜 Take all the facetime with Millie you can get because man they grow up so quick. I have 4 nieces, 2 nephews and I just can’t get enough when I’m around them, even on days when I’m struggling with pain/ME-CFS, I just take it on the chin. Just wanted to say you are looking so well, the california sun has definitely kissed your skin 😍

@cannuck3577 3 ай бұрын

Girl... put that camera away and get some rest. 😮❤

@122lelek 3 ай бұрын

I know nothing about orchids, but could you potentially put it on a short moss pole? It won't climb, but it could root into the moss and would probably stay wet longer? In my head, you could cut a normal closed-back mosspole in half vertically (maybe even put a pot underneath) and then treat it like a philodendron, but it won't climb?

@reganwashington8495 3 ай бұрын

For your next repot and chat, maybe you should do a live repot and chat so subscribers can carry the conversation too, no/minimum editing, long form, and it’ll be something different! Anywho, love the video as always!

@cadyzgirlz 2 ай бұрын

Last yr I switched all my Hoya to coco husk chips and since then they have gone crazy. No worries of over watering and many have finally bloomed. I have a couple in leca that were a little more finicky, and now they are doing well. 🪴

@teresahagerty315 2 ай бұрын

Tip: don’t use warm or hot water. You don’t want to kill any beneficial bacteria that kills the gnat larvae I made this mistake

@unplantparenthood Ай бұрын

ohh thank you for the tip!! i've been using warm water 😐

@Mandi_Hui 3 ай бұрын

Plant by Melissa has that watering can aswell which i first saw her used one. I like the long nozzle to water plants but where the water is being filled i like it to be smaller sometimes water can spill from there when is too wide. I grow my Hoyas in soil. I only grow plants that are always thirsty and soil moist in pon.

@SaraM-jb2jl 3 ай бұрын

My hoyas are super happy and loving life in Pon :)

@shannoncarr7338 3 ай бұрын

we gender things cause they mean something to us

@quiquiqui 3 ай бұрын

Not the pilgrim 🤣🤣🤣

@AwaitingEden 3 ай бұрын

I'm in love with that 3rd plant you showered - a dark, textured alocasia? If you could drop the name, I'd love to look for one of those!! ❤

@kellymyers548 3 ай бұрын

I think it was an Alocasia scalprum. It’s on my radar in a big way!

@lalama637 3 ай бұрын

It’s an alocasia scalprum. I got one after seeing hers!!😂

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

you definitely need a scalprum!! its the one alocasia i try to push onto whoever i possible can 😂

@mallorythornton1637 3 ай бұрын

Show ideas on one topic: 1. PLEEZE do an anthurium troubleshooting video. I know Alice just did one but I’ve already watched part one and two like three times and my anthurium are constantly throwing curveballs at me but I can’t figure out. 2. Troubleshooting on cissus quadrangularis, rhapsalis, and decareya madagascarensis (not sure on spelling). I feel like all of these go together and there’s not a ton of KZfaq material on these, especially in English as a lot of it comes from Southeast Asia.

@DaughterNature17 3 ай бұрын

"these are rentals" 🤣 I've used aquarium gravel for top dressing before. You can get it at any pets store or store with a fish section, and it's priced way more reasonably than most plant supply sellers. Some of the aquarium gravel is painted though so keep that in mind if that's going to bother you.

@joannhutchings3693 3 ай бұрын

Chunky soil mix. So far , they are loving it.

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

You guys have separate showers,

@unplantparenthood 3 ай бұрын

we've had separate bathrooms for about 6 years now and i hope it stays that way forever 😂 sharing bathrooms with a boy is scary.

@ronjakh 3 ай бұрын

you could try dipping your hoya cutting in cornstarch. I use cornstarch if I ever cut my fingers etc. it hardens in contact with blood and stops the bleeding 🙂

@lovesyorkies3395 3 ай бұрын

Honestly I suck growing any Hoya in pon. I propagate in sphagnum moss and perlite but I grow my Hoyas in a chunky soil mix. Oh and I love the watering can! Don’t let anyone tell you how much time you should take off postpartum. You take whatever time you feel you need. I tend to gender my plants as well. 😂😂😂 you’re not the only one.

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

How about sideways

@shannoncarr7338 3 ай бұрын

who cut your hair girl, i cut my own hair and it isnt great but i make due hah

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

It needs a taller place to go in

@lisaanglim9588 3 ай бұрын

Down