I remember when I first started I would think of my plants while at work and would not wait to get off so I could mess with them. It was like a crush

As I am watching this video the PRO: Plant friends was on when my husband came home from work . He looked at me and said “Well did she ever make it into her house? “ I said “Who in the world are you talking about?” He responded with “ALICE” we both looked at each other than laughed.. Just just a quick update is needed!!!!

Hi the black bars are called flickers and you can fix it by changing your frame rate!!

The plants look so beautiful and I agree with with your pros and cons. Plants were my salvation as were your videos when I was going through hard times❤

yasss! 2.5hrs videos are top tierr for saturday plant chores :)

I grew a few monstera from seed back in 2017 and after that there was no turning back, I was hooked! I’ve got chronic fatigue syndrome, can’t work or do much outside the house these days, and plants was something I could do. Something I could master and accomplish. It does get very stressful sometimes as some of my plants are very uncommon, but for the most part, my plants give me some sort of purpose and let’s me be in awe of nature and plants. The resilience and sheer programming and will to live is astonishing

I'm also an introvert and I really don't like social events and such. But no one in my personal circle is a planty person. I met my planty friends at swaps. It's one of the best ways to meet new people that share a love for you hobby. Another idea is to join local plant clubs.

i feel you Charmaine!! it is sooooooo easy to collect plants, but when it times to care for them..... i have to summon the strength!! lol

I wish I had plant friends like you do. I don’t have a car so I can’t go anywhere. I’m 65 I’m older than all of the people I see on instagram. Just once I’d like my sister to ask me if there was anything going on. Or ask me if I’ve got any new plants. Just once. My neighbor too. She comes over but doesn’t ask me anything. Just once.

This has been a great visual podcast. Thank you for talking about all of it, especially the mental health side. My adhd is so bad it causes debilitating anxiety and depression. I can relate to sleeping and plants. They help me get out of bed, too. We moved here partly so I could have a greenhouse and then found out the HOA don’t allow them unless you get approval and it can’t be seen from the street side of your fence. Just like my chickens, they got me out of bed and outside every single day. This HOA won’t allow them 😭 yet we have an acre next to farmland and a freaking petting zoo. You can hear the mini cows, donkeys, and peacocks at any given time. I asked my psychiatrist if she could write me a RX for a greenhouse like an emotional support animal. 😂 And can take it to the HOA! Feels shitty to see the 3 MASSIVE greenhouses in the neighborhood that were grandfathered in when they created the bylaws 😠

Hi, thanks for touching this topic in such detail 😊 also thanks for sharing your “friend” journey with us

“Not that I like having my toes sucked…but you know what I mean” I’m so dead 😂😂😂

This is the first time I have watched you on the tv while doing Planty chores. I watered plants and did some updates on the app. Now I’m digesting the lunch I also ate while watching. Usually it’s only Saturday and Sunday that I can do this. There is too many shows I like to watch on tv. I can watch on my phone during commercials. Love you❤️

Charmaine! Your plant videos are so amazing and informative! I've adopted some of your practices, such as no drainage glass containers. 😊🪴🌱🌿

No you were right the first time, thrips is totally a lifestyle and I’ve been doing gardening/plants for over a decade and I’m a general hydroponics STAN! Cheap, effective, works in every grow medium.

I’m so happy wild fern mentioned you in her videos because I love watching your content!!!!

Great chat !! I’m glad that you used the larger vessel for your Obi (my fav hoya 🌱🌱) …Girl, you’re almost @ 15k (holy sh*t!!) ☺️🙌🏾

I agree so much with the pros and cons you mentioned…it really is rewarding to have changes in your plants instead of just buying something and that’s it. The awe is never gone because there’s always something new…buuuut then there’s also the uncertainty of whether or not your plant will live once you buy it lmao this entire video has been so relatable and I love it haha 🙌🏽 The plant community got kinda toxic before COVID and I just left the plant life behind almost completely. Coming back now and seeing how amazing the community is has me sooo excited to meet new people and chat and learn etc…it’s been amazing 😍

I’m glad I found your channel, you have inspired me to move my plants into glass vessels/no drainage. It will be my summer project. I did 4 today, Micans, Florida Beauty, Hoya Sheperdii & Carnosa Compacta. They all were in 4” nursery pots. Wish me luck!

I kid you not, after seeing you eat that banana bread I went straight to the kitchen and baked some banana almond chocolate chip cupcakes 🙈

I've been watching your videos for a decent 6 months now and only now have i realised that I hadn't subscribed! Love your personality, I feel you girl. Keep planting ❤ oh, and I love pudge too

Love your videos-long and short. And I feel you on the houseplants creeping into your family’s life. I just bought a house where I’ll finally have a real plant room. I am so excited

I love the topics you talked about in this video today! I always love your long videos! But your short one are good too! I just love your videos! You're my favorite plant tuber!🌿💚

The accuracy of your gnat disturbances had me 😂😂😂😂😂

Just wanna say a huge thankyou I've learnt so much from you in the last year better advice than any book or garden centre can offer 🎉🎉🎉

Another awesome video Sherman!!! ❤ Great chat moments I agree with 100%!

Girl, you're so spot on about collecting and not being in the right headspace. I stream games and work in the game industry and I am really burned out on gaming in the evenings. Even though I know should make videos and edit and record but I am just not in the right headspace. And then I try to find other hobbies to keep myself occupied from guilty and then I get new plants and I'll be excited and yet the day after it's like well, I now have that plant too. Now what? It's kinda toxic but I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels that way! Your content is just so chill all the time, so relatable. Please keep the long videos coming!

Got the tortumn because of you and I love it thanks so I trust you when you say I need a plant cart, so it's on my shopping list now lol

I 💜 these long video’s! 🙌😂🙌 I caught a cold had to call off from a FA ✈️ because of catching a cold and my ears being congested/blocked a little, but watching this video gave me a spurt of energy to get up, cut up to propagate my adesonai, so i can make it look fuller. I was nervous to cut it up because I am a 1 1/2 year into pants. My plants do very well in a small bit of soil, pon, leca, pumice, zeolite, self-watering pots that you fill with water and it soaks up what it needs. My back starting aching I jumped back to bed, so I can focus on you. Thank You gf for all of your video’s. I have learned soo much.

Thank you, Sherman (I hope you don't mind, I think it's super cute and weirdly fitting)! Your outlook and approach to the plant hobby is very refreshing. I have experienced most of those cons (still working on a couple) but no regrets because the pros have made me very happy! And yeah LOL, I saw the Benji "Is that a chicken" episode! 😂

I love the new lighting setup, it's very moody

Yes please make a video of organizing your plant things.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="640">10:40</a> Next time you visit NorCal, you should check out a few local plant shops as tortums have been popping up more frequent at around 50-70 buckeroonies!

2.5 hours?! omg happy easter to me! (not that i celebrate 😂) 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Thank you!!!!!

Thank you . You made my plant chores so much better

Watching / listening a second time. I missed the part about human beings shafted w only two arms. That is very true, I can definitely appreciate one more arm

Plant hobby cheap plants expensive pots - expensive plants cheap pots Love your video as always

😂 Your Tortum does look crazy, but beautiful at the same time! I love watching your chatty video’s! 💚💚

We're not worthy! Thank you Charmaine!💚

LMAO, what I call "mess blindness" has afflicted every man that has ever been in my life 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 Is there a pill for this yet??

Totally with you on growing plants from babies it’s more rewarding!

You are my favorite hoarder ❤

I am new to your channel and really appreciate how informative you are about various sp and your process on cleaning the plants as well helped me understand how to care better for my collection. I have been enjoying aroids, begonias, calatheas and Hoyas I loveeeeeee Hoyas. I also tried out your no drainage method for me personally it works great I learned how to better water my plants that way I have a hose sprayer thing and really seen the difference. 🙌💙✨

I have a long distance plant friend who I absolutely adore and love! But I wish I had local plant friends. But I'm a bad friend. I say that no bashing myself but out of self realization. I am so busy with family and work I always push friends aside. So as much as I want plant friends... they don't want me lol I assure u that but I love the one plant friend I have so ill settle with that. As for your opinions. Love the. All. And ur plants and u r amazing and beautiful. Love ur videos Sherman. Keep doing what's best for u and we get amazing content from that. Ty!

Hello from Puerto Rico!!! Why do you prefer tree fern bark moss pole? You really made me reflect on some of these issues…a good thing. 🙋🏼‍♀️🪴🐩💚

You are just incredible! I think "mostly" the same 😉 but if I ever ignored a plant that I spent alot of money on I would not be ok with myself.. even while going through some tough health stuff it was my boys, doggies, kitty and plants that gave me purpose. And I'm loving the daisies on your cup 😁🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 my hubby actually buys me GC from my local nursery and he's even asking questions and shows interest...bless him 💞 I have not had facebook since before covid.. I am wayyyyyy too old for the drama. Life's way too short to have my space filled with nonsense.

You're so pretty. I didn't even notice you didn't have eye makeup on. ❤ Love that you plant in Vases. I do the same thing lol

My plant cart arrived a couple days ago. I still need to assemble it 😂🙌🏼

Love watching you while doing my plant chores. You’re the best. Where do you get your meteor size perlite? 😂

I’m allergic to bananas. The day I realized I could no longer eat or even taste banana bread was one of the most depressing days of my childhood.

have you considered a timer based watering system? esp for vacations and stuff. Just wondering cos I've been looking at some and I'm sure there's more variety in US and Canada.

Omg I forgot you used to be headless!! 😂

What's in your soil mix? Looks yummy!😊

Pro: plant friends! That’s the best, I have zero lol. My planty friend started having babies and cares zero for the plants anymore 😢

I do wish we don’t have to do with pests with our plants. I never had this issue with succulents and cacti which were my first plants. Now i am getting into Hoyas and have more plants i am getting fungus gnats. They are so annoying I totally agree cause they get everywhere. Second is mealy bugs which i got this last winter which was a nightmare i lost my Hoya Compacta which i loved and my Hoya Krimson Queen keeps coming back after so many treatments. The next gross one is scales touch wood i never had as they stick to your plant and i see people have to scraped them off I would not do it i would just throw the plant away. My back has been killing me from doing plants chore’s these days especially after repotting and cleaning up afterwards.

Can you use fertilizer with cal mag?

My husband and I are the opposite, I literally cannot see when the carpet needs vacuuming or the shelf needs dusting, and it drives my husband absolutely nuts. Though I admit, it might be in part because I never wear my contacts or glasses unless I'm driving so everything is kind of a soft blur 😬

Question for the group: when she mentioned using two different myco’s, is there a reason to use two at the same time or is she going back and forth between them? Just getting started with myco :)

Did you call yourself Sherman?😂 I love your personality.

Girl! I thought you were gonna drink that myco water 🤣😳

How much was it and where did you buy it?

Sending like for that bananna bread. :)

P.S. I also dread my camera and don’t know how to use it. At least you figured out thumbnails lol

I also wanted to ask. What innoculant do you use?

Yesssss

I HATE FUNGUS GNATS!! They are the most irritating bug I have ever dealt with 😂

What about when the fungus gnats fly right up your nose and never come back out 😤😤😤

Iv been waiting on the YVR Houseplant community web page waiting for approval for over a week . I see you are involved in this web site. Do you know how long it takes to be approved? Yes I am local . 😊

Aren’t you able to write off fertilizer and things like that on taxes as a business expense?

I agree the first time I ever tried growing a corm I cried, i really thought I was a god too xDD

OMG I did not even know tortums could get that big

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Girl, you need to buy neem meal. I promise you your gnat population will be half on the first watering. I could not believe it. You just make a tea out of it like mosquito bits. It doesn’t smell fabulous but it’s better than emulsifying the neem oil

I’m going to listen to this every time I murder my pests. Fuck thrips.

wouldn't it be easier to position & strap ur plants on the pole BEFORE putting the pole in the pot? 🫵

Your husband needs to learn to help more in the house, like I tell my husband we both work , we both live at the house so we both dirty things, so it’s right that we both contribute!!!!, marriage is a partnership!!

I really think men are not blind to dust and things.. they just aren’t raised to think that kind of mess is a reflection of their character like women are. Like if you show people a picture of a room and say it’s of a man’s room, they’re like oh that’s a nice room. But if you say it’s a woman’s room, they are a lot mote judgmental of it

I feel like we’re friends but it can’t be more than online friends. We live too far apart.

Nooooo! Don’t chop the tortum!!!!!

Your highlighter is what shows up the most. Like glitter on your cheeks. I miss your eyeliner. You look more polished but you do what you like.

Who can explain the drama on PPUSA? People are constantly commenting on this drama, but I never see what it is! Lol. I'm just trying to buy plants from a live auction and everyone is talking about all of this stuff the whole time and I'm like, "what's happening?"

Throwing away plants and cutting roots. 😵 people freak like you're giving away the Christmas puppy.

It's funny how you say spider mites are the most challenging pests. I rarely get them, the last time I did it was on a sad alocasia and on a gloriosum with a yellow leaf. Just took a dishwashing soap and alcohol solution and wiped the leaves clean, never saw them again. As for the other pests, I've never ran into them except for the mealy bug, which came with a newly bought subhastatum. I cleaned it off with the same solution and it never came back since. It's not a skill issue why you get pests more often though, because my pest prevention regimen is more infrequent and less complicated than yours so I really believe it just has to do with the environment you're in. Just like how you said that there's a thrip season in Canada but you never experienced it back in America. I'm very fortunate to be the one who doesn't get pests a lot, I feel like dealing with an outbreak would burn me out so quick and I'd be an anxious mess