Thanks so much for your kind words, for watching, and for leaving your comment. Three generations of Hoya people is very cool.

Dee - I, too, listened to all the bad advice, even from growers and retailers. I thought Hoyas were super slow growers, the whole Succulent thing, drying out, etc. The voices that said otherwise were few and far between. Discovering that ""there's more than one way to grow a Hoya" was liberating. Thanks for watching and sharing your comment.

Exactly. It's a learning experience for sure.

I agree. Not everything is going to work for everyone in every situation. I've found that the good advice usually starts with "what worked for me" and then you can decide if it will work for you. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Thank you. Yes, me too. Imagine my early frustration trying to grow H lanceolatta bella in cactus soil and bark. That did not go well.

That's it, it's just wrong. That was the reason behind the video, to prevent new Hoya people from making the mistakes I did. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

@@PlantedInRI no worries, really enjoying your content😁

Sass and a tasty beverage, that's me. Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you're here.

Moist and humid is where they're from. Thanks again for watching and commenting.

We all did. At first, I tried to grow H lanceolatta bella in cactus soil and a terra cotta pot 'cause "the internet" said to treat them like cacti. Thanks for watching and your comment.

Thanks for watching and your kind remarks. They are appreciated.

You're deserving! I'm looking forward to next week!

I'm late to the party 🥳 but here before Last Call 🍹🍸

@@serenitygardenaviary ...and that's what matters. 😉

Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences. We can't leave our Hoyas out during the winter here, so when they come inside, most of mine go to the plant room where it's 72°F and sunny through the winter. Because of the heating, my plants actually use more water. You're right, it's all about the conditions, even from room to room.

Thank you for watching, adding your comment, and subscribing. They're all important to my channel.

Thanks for watching. For someone new to Hoyas it can take a while to develop the ability to listen to their plants, especially when there's a lot of bad advice getting in the way. It's up to us to help them succeed. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks. I'm glad you found it, too. Thanks for watching and leaving your comment.

Glad you're here. Thanks for watching, subscribing, and leaving your comment.

...and thank you for watching and adding your kind comment.

...and thank you for watching and leaving your comment.

"Just noooo." Amen. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Congrats on your first Hoya. Welcome to the Rabbit Hole. Your gorwing medium will be your first choice. Do your research. Think about the care you're willing/able to provide and work from there. What species did you get? Thanks for watching and leaving your comment. Remember, we're here to help.

@@PlantedInRI Thanks so much! I got a mathilde due to folks saying it's a good beginner plant. It's currently in a net pot with a chunky orchid mix. My biggest quandary is to trellis it or not? Seems to be a lot of differing opinions on if it's okay to put it in a hanging basket or trellis. Seems 50/50.

@@The00kelly00 Your H mathilde should do fine either climbing or trailing. For me it often comes down to a matter of space.

Thanks for watching and for your comment. There's so much bad advice for beginners, the more often we repeat the good information the better.

@@PlantedInRI I feel some not all you-tubers are beginner's themselves which many started with a few plants and then walla overnight they acquired their own channel during the so-called epidemic and so many of us just followed them and their unsound advice which then we grew to dislike hoya's because we figured they were the experts. Many are so inexperienced and very unqualified and they (the experts) just copied another plantuber's advice to keep the disinfo going on and on and on. It is very sad and I unsubscribed to so many of them. I'm better at doing my own thing and going with my intuition and if I fail so be it at least I'm learning through my own experience and nobody else!

Yes, a smaller pot for unrooted cuttings is the way to start, and is the way I start. Once they get going, I move them to a four-incher so they can just grow. Thanks for watching and commenting.

You're right about Hoya diversity being the hook. H compacta has a reputation of being something of a slow grower. I've never grown one so other than the basics - water, light, food - you have moe experience with them than I do. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

...and thank you for watching and posting your comment.

Yes, but the "observation" is not a skill everyone is born with, and it takes some developing. Sadly, the path to that skill can be littered with the corpses of plants. Mine was. But once you start to know what your options are, it's lots of fun. Thanks for watching and posting your comment.

You're welcome. Hoping to shorten the learning curve for new Hoya people. Thanks for watching.

Thanks. That was my idea, save others from the anguish I experienced. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

Thanks for watching and your kind words. Many of us have had to learn the hard way, so I'm trying to spare the newbies.

I think "potbound" came from folks who had healthy plants in very small pots and thought it was the best care, forgetting that it's not how they grow in nature. The plant was able to get what it needed in that small pot because of human intervention. Repotting is a stress because the supply chain gets disrupted. The plant doesn't "pause" so much as get re-established. Soil based for Hoyas does bring with it moisture and rot issues. Thank for watching and adding your observations.

You are welcome. Thank you for watching and leaving your comment.

Thanks. Thanks, too, for watching and adding your comment.

I sometimes wonder how that advice got started in the first place. Thanks for watching and for your comment.

Happy to be helpful. Just remember the part about not making radical changes all at once. Figure out the "how" first. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

Thanks for watching and leaving your comment.

Thank you - For watching and posting your comment.

Never a bad idea to gently touch the leaves. They can look fine, but a touch can sometimes tell you a lot. Thank you for watching.

Lucky you to have not heard any of that advice. A Hoya for forty-three years, congratulations. Doug Chamberlain is inspiring and a great source of information. I appreciate his straight forward approach. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

Thanks for watching and your question. Some plants can live a very long time, hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, but it does seem that everything dies. I think that's what makes the lifetime, however long or short it may be, so important.

That's a subect of very intense debate, and there are many answers. You'll need to experiement a bit to find the one that works best for you based on your growing environment and care level. It can also depend on the hoya, and upon what the hoya has been growing in. I use either pon-ish or a coco chunk/sphagnum/pumice blend. I've seen some complex blends, but for me, simpler is better, less is more. Hoyas tend to like an "airy" mix; think like orchids but with perhaps a finer texture. I use non-porous, wick-based, self-watering, pots. And I feed regularly. Thanks for watching and asking your question.

How did that ever become a thing? I'm going to use your line about "half way to dying". Thanks for watching.

Thanks for your question. I don't use any soil for my Hoyas. They are either in pon-ish in self-watering pots (semi-hydro), or they are in a mix of coco husk, pumice, and sphag bits in self-watering pots. Hoya growing medium isn't so much about "fast draining", it's more about "airy". Think orchids. For my growing conditions, any type of soil is too dense no matter how well it drains. Thanks for watching and posting your comment.

Thanks. Hope to see you next Week's End. I appreciate the watch and the comment.

Thanks for asking. I have used the foliar spray, and it can be a nice little boost, but I don't think it's quite enough by itself. I don't use brand name pon, which has a slow release fertilizer. Leca and pon have no nutrients, so water alone is not, in my opinion, enough for them to thrive. I water all my plants in passive-hydro with a hydroponic nutrient solution, and I don't bother with the spray. In fact, I use the nutrient solution for all my Hoyas in self-watering pots, whether they're in organic or in-organic medium. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and for your question.

Regarding trellising - If I were faced with that dilemma, I'd do both. If you're going to repot, chances are there's going to be some vine die-back. So before I did anything, I'd take cuttings from the most out of control vines and start them rooting, then I'd repot and trellis. I'd want to keep as big a plant as possible, but that's me. Flowering can be triggered by changes in light, changes in humidity, changes in temperature, increased food, etc., so without knowing the species I can't tell you much. Find out from what part of the world your Hoya comes and try to give it those conditions as best you can. You will need to experiment a bit to find the best mix for your growing conditions. If I were growing Hoyas outside, I'd use a nonporous container with lots of drainage. For a mix I'd probably start with a mix of coco husk chunks with some pumice and some bits of long fiber sphagnum or tree fern fiber. Because you live in a warmer climate, and based on the needs of your plant, you may need to water this type of mix a couple of times a week. This could be a good opportunity, before you do any repotting, to use some of those cuttings to experiment to find the best mix for you. If your Hoya is fine, then there is no rush to repot. Think "airy" rather than just "chunky". It should retain moisture, but not water, think "orchid". There is no "one size fits all" solution. Thanks for watching and posting your question.

@@PlantedInRI thanks sooo much !!!

Thanks for asking. I don't use the brand name pon, it has slow release fertilizer added, so I refer to what I use as pon-ish. My Hoyas are either in pon-ish and self-watering pots, or a coco husk chunk, pumice, bits of sphag mix also in self watering. I don't grow any of my Hoyas in a soil based mix. Growing in pon-ish you need to use some sort of nutrient solution since there's no organic matter in it, and since it's mixed, I use it on my other plants.

Could be, there are several possibilities. What is the substrate? Did you recently repot? You can always gently check the roots, and cut back anything that's dead and/or take a cutting and root it as insurance

If it's helpful, I'm glad. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

...and you've only seen a few. Be careful, falling down the Hoya rabbit hole is a real thing. Thanks for watching and leaving your comment.

Absolutely, and set aside pre-conceived notions. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

I'm so glad someone got that joke. Thanks for watching and adding your comment.

Crazy advice is everywhere. Thanks for watching and leaving your comment.

That's one I haven't. Now I do know that the vines naturally wrap themselves counter-clockwise if left to twine on their own. If you have ever seen the rogue leafless vine wrapping itself around one of your other plants or even a curtain pull string, it's always counter-clockwise. so if you are wrapping a new vine around a support, it should be counter-clockwise. April at UnsolicitedPlantTalks has a video about it if you want to check it out.