I was one of those people. I have about 15 plants and I’m now mixing my own soil. This has become a great hobby for me.
@carpo7192 жыл бұрын
And if you grow a lot of them you can take starters and sell them on Craigslist. Make pretty good money too
@chuckkissel27852 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@AlaynaMarley2 жыл бұрын
Same!
@betare772 жыл бұрын
Same ✌🏽
@tripcave4202 жыл бұрын
Only 15 lol Try having 60, its great fun.
@justforfun-jp2vc2 жыл бұрын
I was a plant mom long before the pandemic hit and it makes me so happy people got on board with gardening and house plants.
@Garblegox2 жыл бұрын
The channel *Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't* was what got me into plants, this pandemic.
@swayback73752 жыл бұрын
Best channel on KZfaq!
@annikar76092 жыл бұрын
ME TOo
@DTA-me3kv2 жыл бұрын
Everyone should grow plants and veggies and anything they can. If everyone did the world would breath better. Just saying.
@kickballfever2 жыл бұрын
Yea, and it doesn't take as much space or effort as many people think it does. You just have to suit what you grow to whatever environment you have. I live in an apartment but I still manage to grow things like starwberries and kale on my fire escape.
@357-swagnumultramagax92 жыл бұрын
Vegetarians are destroying the earth
@edwinso81732 жыл бұрын
Let me share with you these Vietnamese Bonsai Penjing arrangements. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdagfLhiyJ6VgKs.html&ab_channel=agungsetiadi
@theuglykwan2 жыл бұрын
@@kickballfever I have greens like swiss chard and bok choy growing on my windowsill as houseplants. :)
@kickballfever2 жыл бұрын
@@theuglykwan Right on! :)
@gypsylee3332 жыл бұрын
This is me, I have gotten so many plants since the start of quarantine and it's really helped me stay clean.
@carpo7192 жыл бұрын
Clean from drugs or a clean house?
@gypsylee3332 жыл бұрын
@@carpo719 from drugs :) it was really good for me to have a hobby and something to care for that I could do easily at home, and is pretty cheap on the maintenance front.
@angbus55072 жыл бұрын
That is awesome!
@merochicago772 жыл бұрын
Aww congrats
@junniebear492 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that☺️
@TheRunningLeopard2 жыл бұрын
I've had a Desert Rose plant for my entire time in college, nearly four years now, and his name is Kanan. Love the guy, he's such a steady grower and seeing him slowly grow inch after inch in my year is so rewarding. I completely understand how people can pass down bonsai from generation to generation, the Desert Rose is a similar long growing "tree-esq" plant and even though my plant is small, at the speed he's growing, he'll be in a twelve inch pot by the end of the month.
@ofmindsoul15112 жыл бұрын
I had a very similar bond with my Rosie. May you continue to live in harmony!
@Earthspirit5552 жыл бұрын
I have a Desert rose as well, she came in around 4 inches and 6 months later she’s around 13 inches today and growing everyday.
@jfm142 жыл бұрын
This houseplant boom was already in full swing before the pandemic hit. Most people just suddenly had more time on their hands, so they could invest more time in their hobby. More time to care for plants means you can handle more plants. 🤷🌿
@sarabobara84582 жыл бұрын
I was coming to say this. I work in the plant industry and the indoor plant boom was taking off long before the pandemic, I would say a good year before at least.
@TheIdiotsAreTakingOver2 жыл бұрын
My mother has houseplants older than me. I'm 42.
@SHAWNA4992 жыл бұрын
Wow.she is good.
@TheIdiotsAreTakingOver2 жыл бұрын
@@evieee50 Thank you! She is indeed!
@Green4CloveR2 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t you not cover both the pros and cons of this trend? This explosion must have some negative aspects. Environmental? Labor exploitations? Price gouging, etc.?
@daniperez80742 жыл бұрын
The harvest of peat moss and perlite has some pretty negative effects on the environment. If you go to a big box store or grocery store check the soil of the plants. Some companies have started to substitute perlite for styrofoam.
@sarabobara84582 жыл бұрын
YES to the price gouging :( a few years ago you could get all the plants we see now at half the price they are today.
@sarabobara84582 жыл бұрын
As well as the introduction on invasive plant species which can detrimentally impact a ecosystem (for example, pothos, people will plant them outside not realizing how invasive they are and it can really wreak havoc.
@Garblegox2 жыл бұрын
From "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl: “The story of the young woman whose death I witnessed in a concentration camp. It is a simple story. There is little to tell and it may sound as if I had invented it; but to me it seems like a poem. This young woman knew that she would die in the next few days. But when I talked to her she was cheerful in spite of this knowledge. "I am grateful that fate has hit me so hard," she told me. "In my former life I was spoiled and did not take spiritual accomplishments seriously." Pointing through the window of the hut, she said, "This tree here is the only friend I have in my loneliness." Through that window she could see just one branch of a chestnut tree, and on the branch were two blossoms. "I often talk to this tree," she said to me. I was startled and didn't quite know how to take her words. Was she delirious? Did she have occasional hallucinations? Anxiously I asked her if the tree replied. "Yes." What did it say to her? She answered, "It said to me, 'I am here-I am here-I am life, eternal life.” That's what plants are for.
@rontropics262 жыл бұрын
I have an entire room dedicated to nothing but plants. I've always been into house plants but I've really went overboard this past year.
@MarcoPoloDk2 жыл бұрын
Over the last year 1½ i have bought 18 plants and made cuttings for 6 more. I was never one who could keep plants alive, but all are thriving. It really gives life to my once pretty empty home home
@janetcw98082 жыл бұрын
Good for you!
@friedpickles67912 жыл бұрын
as a person who has worked at plant store prior and during the pandemic.. this is so fucking true yall were crazy about plants and gardening, i need a damn raise yall
@ProbablyOnLSD66692 жыл бұрын
Been growing psychedelic cacti for the last few years, and my collection has grown quite a bit. It’s a p chill hobby. But goddamn if early Vice News comment sections aren’t always an absolute fuckin’ dumpster fire. 🤦🏻
@getlostvlogs49532 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I'm not alone in this hahaha. My plants are like my therapy when I feel stressed out now 😅
@moosehorse99722 жыл бұрын
I bought exotic plants and endangered plants so I can flex on my zoom.
@nikolaybondarev74072 жыл бұрын
Buying endangers plants is kinda trash cuz they most likely aren't ethically sourced
@moosehorse99722 жыл бұрын
@@nikolaybondarev7407 well.... I ate the last 2 dodos in the entire world because I was out of quail meat.
@sumithbhat2 жыл бұрын
The entire home decor industry has seen a boom imo.
@SATX_2 жыл бұрын
Agreed,
@jfm142 жыл бұрын
Yeah. It was already a thing, but then most people suddenly had extra time on their hands. It's only natural to engage in nesting habits when you're home more.
@Hello-mp5vr2 жыл бұрын
“It’s not about having the most exotic looking plant...” “my first plant was $100” How casual to drop in irrelevant information.
@mynameis9992 жыл бұрын
That’s a real commitment. My first plant was probably $1.99
@juanalmos19592 жыл бұрын
herb plants cost under $10,lol
@lapju75382 жыл бұрын
Can't find plant for 3 dollars anymore price more then double its very sad
@thegazetteyt2 жыл бұрын
I'm on quite a few plant boards and I've seen $2000+ go for a single node cutting! The hard core plat people be in it, yo!
@jmccann27022 жыл бұрын
Yeah my first was like 3.99
@brennarobe93962 жыл бұрын
Plant people: please research native plants in your area. House plants are often non-native invasive species which can cause habitat destruction. I did invasive removal in a nature park and we removed tons of ornamental houseplants. They can spread off your porch or lawn by birds or other animals. You can easily look up the plant type and see if it is invasive in your state or country. Then you can choose to only grow native plants! This simple choice can prevent habitat destruction! 😊🌱
@faurest89292 жыл бұрын
Yall must live in Florida
@Megasmithy20012 жыл бұрын
Most plants in my area if outside are native because many which aren’t native will die from the cold in winter while the native plants survive.
@solar0wind2 жыл бұрын
Non native ≠ invasive But yes, doing research is good. However, house plants are inside because they can't stand the cold in many cases, so houseplants can't even spread in temperate climates.
@thegazetteyt2 жыл бұрын
For someone who always had a crap ton of plants, this brings me joy.
@happywifehappylife27392 жыл бұрын
I went to prison for the first time back in March of this year. As soon as I got out I started buying plants. Now I can't stop. Lmao
@StinkyDustyBird2 жыл бұрын
For the first time? You plan on going back?
@jessicathinks83792 жыл бұрын
@@StinkyDustyBird I was thinking the same thing. Lol
@dogmosatchmo2 жыл бұрын
*Recidivism is real*
@lovelandfrog56922 жыл бұрын
Houseplants are wonderful! They make me happy.
@stateyourthesis2 жыл бұрын
I'm working on my clean air collection. So far 6 or 7 plants. I'd like to get more until Im surrounded
@paraboo89942 жыл бұрын
I had some easy to care for houseplants before the pandemic, but now I have like a mini jungle in my flat. I enjoy caring for them and seeing the progress and they really make the space more comfortable.
@ES-ku3oe2 жыл бұрын
I started a COVID garden, spent way more money on plants that I don’t eat then I ever thought I would, but damn do they look fabulous
@blondek7672 жыл бұрын
Ok. Full disclosure. I have house plants in every room, but it didn’t start with the shutdowns! I have a five foot tall Parlor Fern, and a Spiderplant taking over a table and lamp. Both have spawned ‘babies’ or seeds in which I merely replanted and created new. My only new purchase was veggies seeds and grew an indoor garden in my kitchen in a bay window. A crop of greenbeans. And strawberry seeds to start in a large planter to get year round fruit. Plants are fun, and yes clean the air. But please research plants before buying, there are many types...
@blondek7672 жыл бұрын
Bird of Paradise, I commend thee! Lol. They are lovely.
@SuperChannel7772 жыл бұрын
Wow! Some I'm not the only one!!! Pre-Covid 3 plants. Post-Covid 24 plants!!!
@YTPmjma2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true…I literally went to the garden center and purchased about 7 house plants 🪴 Knowing damn well, they were going to die 🤦🏽♀️ I thought I was the only one #whoknew🤷🏽♀️
@theuglykwan2 жыл бұрын
It's survival of the fittest, any that survive are keepers. You can always fall back on airplants.
@johnsoapmactavish99212 жыл бұрын
I buy LEGO Botanical collection sets. Save money on water and fertilizer, and don’t have to worry about it dying 👌
@suppa68552 жыл бұрын
Weak
@swayback73752 жыл бұрын
You only gotta worry about more trash in the landfill! Plastic plants for the win.
@weareorigin2 жыл бұрын
Remember people, some houseplants like ficus need 6+ hours of super bright light. Don't get plants if you don't have the lighting.
@vinnyv58022 жыл бұрын
Hi WRO, what would be a good plant that can grow kinda big and not so much maintenance?
@weareorigin2 жыл бұрын
@@vinnyv5802 Dracaena limelight, dracaena fragans, aglaonema bj, Monstera deliciosa, whale fin snake plant ....can all tolerate low light but do better with few hours of sunlight. They can take 10 years to get big in poor lighting, or buy them big already.
@vinnyv58022 жыл бұрын
@@weareorigin ok thanks so much. I'm doing some plant shopping this weekend.
@lanceroparaca14132 жыл бұрын
Or get plants that dont need much light
@DavidAlvarado-js3qq2 жыл бұрын
Although I scoffed derisively at the concept of this video, I'm glad I watched it as it was informative and weirdly relevant to our times.
@napalmholocaust90932 жыл бұрын
I have the four left that refuse to die. A bird of paradise, the "poison bulb" A. Albafolia, "queen of the night" ceres and datura metel.
@Sonny1065LV2 жыл бұрын
So this is why I'm spending $98 on 4 house plants in Seattle right now. Lol
@jbblue480892 жыл бұрын
I had several houseplants and started growing edible plants from seed one at a time during the pandemic. It’s really cool getting several benefits from each plant and after all that I can eat them too. Basil is so easy to grow, smells great, thrives easily, and it repels flies and mosquitoes. Maybe I’ll get an avocado from my plant one day, but if not it at least it looks pretty cool. A
@WillEberli2 жыл бұрын
In my experience, I like buying plants to avoid buying man-made stuff that will later just break, lose interest and end up in a landfill. Plants are a great way to feed the need to collect something. Eventually you can compost it to bring new life.
@damedesuka772 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened here in Indonesia. People suddenly take up on gardening as a hobby, big social media influencers are flexing their super expensive exotic plant to their audience. It's been interesting 😂
@simonege71492 жыл бұрын
I started growing plants earlier this year, 3rd Jan I think, I bought a bunch of indoor plants for my newly moved apartment, to just give it a bit of 'life', now I have approximately 25-26 plants, right now I am so grateful to have such habit, as it really de-stresses me and gives me company, I am living in Cambodia, the situation here has gotten worse and worse since April (the latest lockdown just ended today, yah), plants play an important part to help me maintain my sanity.
@carpo7192 жыл бұрын
My wife resembles this statement. She started bringing home free plants next thing I know the whole living room is packed.
@crime_wavcorp2 жыл бұрын
i been hoarding house plants like an addict wayyyyy before the pandemic. on a side note, i guess there is no actual news in the world today. awesome work, vice........people buy plants. people propagate plants from cuttings. you broke the story first.
@annaaiell02 жыл бұрын
hater bruv
@lakeiaburgess29022 жыл бұрын
I have about 35 plants now, I bought my first one at the very beginning of the pandemic. I love my plants! 🪴
@Abell_lledA2 жыл бұрын
One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates.🎈
@maestoso472 жыл бұрын
Oh good, now I know why I started to take interest in plants like never before within the last year.
@Bierowski2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the late 70’s would have a mini green house in a box of super sugar crisp cereal. Lol. No sugar on label today. Sad so many childhood things gone by the wayside. Grew up without internet and video games for most part. Grandparents and family had a garden to grow and eat food. Was given a responsibility of chores and value. Don’t hear too much of public schools growing or being taught how to garden and prepare foods. Hats off to the 4H clubs.
@ilovejewelyn2 жыл бұрын
As a content creator focused on houseplants/cacti/succulents... during the lockdown and even present day... plant prices are crazy high compared to a couple years ago. As a collector of over 600+ houseplants (2 collections in different states) it's sad to see the prices on such small cuttings or certain plants with a high ticket price. On the flip side I got new people watching the channel with a new interest for plants. Since the lockdown I taught myself how to dry my blooms that pop up in my collection and create art with it and it's been my small business for 1 year now all thanks to the lockdown/pandemic. Plants is a gift that keeps on giving! Happy Planting!
@rameshhansaravendra2 жыл бұрын
Food prices would collapse if everybody grew food instead of these useless plants.
@blackghost62652 жыл бұрын
There not use less
@Nietabs2 жыл бұрын
My mom became interested to plants during this pandemic. Yeah that's all I gotta say
@MileHiHouseplantswithMarlena2 жыл бұрын
I started the pandemic with one dying dracaena. I had no idea what it was or how to take care of it. Doing research into it led me into a magical plant world that I could not imagine life without! Love taking care of these beautiful creatures!
@SE-gy3gh2 жыл бұрын
I have always had house plants...I grew up with my mom having gobs of plants. I now have over 60 in my own house. I don't know what I'd do without them.
@yv52202 жыл бұрын
Collected over 40 indoor plants ontop of what I already had. I had to modify my whole South facing wall windows to make more storage room for my plants. My boyfriend has dust allergies and with all the plants and the humidity his allergies have subsided greatly. No regrets.
@Roses68582 жыл бұрын
I got plants when the pandemic hit. I started to grow interest ever since I got a native plants and my first indoor plant (that's alive) which is a monstera
@JordanBrownLost2 жыл бұрын
I too was one of those people. Went from 1 plant to over 12 in the past year
@gilmore61682 жыл бұрын
Philippines had its House Plants Craze during this pandemic. My mom was like addicted. I can see her willing to sell me for her plants
@lifeontheedge24442 жыл бұрын
Love this! I've 12 plus plants in my front room alone lol
@FelineJungle2 жыл бұрын
Plants and cats are my therapy. Nature is amazing at healing the soul 🐱💚🌱 This was a pleasant insight to our plant world~
@PlanetSharkFoot2 жыл бұрын
We were given a plant by a neighbor who moved away and even though I'm a notorious killer of plants, I have been taking care of it and it went from a scraggly thing with only a few stems of leaves to a flower blooming beauty. It turned out to be a fuchsia (I hadn't known what it was) and I named it Boz Scaggs. My friends think it's a goofy name but when you just know....It's been a hell of a year and half and trying to learn to take care of myself again as well as I take care of Boz.
@myprettygirl912 жыл бұрын
I've acquired 15 new plant friends since the pandemic :))
@clarissawestbrook22032 жыл бұрын
This was a fascinating and insightful discussion. I love to grow/keep plants and I study horticulture at MTSU. The houseplant boom was already underway before the pandemic and the pandemic accelerated that processed. I hope it continues!
@alexrangel11232 жыл бұрын
I’ve started a garden that unintentionally feeds the squirrels
@daemondost71682 жыл бұрын
Who tf watching vice news owns a home? lol this should be apartment plants.
@lapju75382 жыл бұрын
I'm a plant collector from more then 15 year experience but I noticed that the price boom more then double ...from new demand causing higher price very sad...
@PapaPerk3602 жыл бұрын
This is totally my wife. We had so many plants in Germany but we had to PCS to Virginia and we couldn’t take our plants with 😞😥😢
Sorry but social media did not make me do it. I started cooking more during the pandemic. I figured, why not grow my own herbs since I keep buying fresh ones. It were gateway plants really. Now I am growing who knows what is next. But cooking made me do it. And yes it is calming and very relaxing.
@Sammers987Man2 жыл бұрын
now i want house plants, thanks vice
@Agent_Orange_Peel2 жыл бұрын
All these casuals hiking up the prices…
@NicolasPerez152 жыл бұрын
As an employee of the biggest ornamental plant nursery in America... I approve. Buy more plants. 😂
@mwoods46082 жыл бұрын
Costa?
@NicolasPerez152 жыл бұрын
@@mwoods4608 maybe :D
@ayo6232 жыл бұрын
Pre Covid: 0 indoor plants 9/2021: 40+ indoor plants 😂🤭
@worldchangingvideos62532 жыл бұрын
Also share/swap cuttings for free 🌱
@jauipop2 жыл бұрын
I went out and bought plants and even got trays for vegetable/herb growing. Unfortunately, I discovered I have the opposite of a green thumb and they all pretty much died.
@olorin43172 жыл бұрын
I could stop, but I won't stop.
@margiwilliams49832 жыл бұрын
This is so true! I have 45 in my bedroom alone..I gotta problem lol
@janetcw98082 жыл бұрын
It sounds great, be well.
@racp9mm4192 жыл бұрын
I admit without guilt that I am one of these person's! Before April I had zero plant's. Then I started propagating starts from my dad's mother plant's and now I'm at around 20. I had 30 but have since been giving some away
@racp9mm4192 жыл бұрын
.... To make more room for the ones I care for the most like the ones I Inherited from my grandmother who has passed last week.
@tempspace21452 жыл бұрын
More hard hitting news from the news organization that brought you Proud Boys.
@HXXIIA2 жыл бұрын
Is that your real face?
@stevechance1502 жыл бұрын
Don't be ugly. The world already has plenty of ugly out there, we don't need more.
@tempspace21452 жыл бұрын
@Bunting Cloverleaf thank god
@robslife272 жыл бұрын
Wait what???
@roejogan13412 жыл бұрын
House plants be keepin it fifty feeeeeefth st!
@ephre2 жыл бұрын
$100 on his first plant - now that is too much money.
@everythinghaschanged422 жыл бұрын
Depending on the plant it could live for decades
@ephre2 жыл бұрын
@@everythinghaschanged42 most perennial plants live for decades, you are thinking of flowers.
@everythinghaschanged422 жыл бұрын
@@ephre ok.. also 100 being a lot is subjective. It’s a lot for you it’s not a lot for me or other people and that’s fine
@ephre2 жыл бұрын
@@everythinghaschanged42 I'm sure most of us who buy plants a lot realise that $100 is an expensive first plant. HENCE THE COMMENT.
@everythinghaschanged422 жыл бұрын
@@ephre doesn’t matter if it’s his first plant or his 50th… it’s their money not yours. Don’t dictate what is too much to someone else
@erinrising27992 жыл бұрын
I started growing avocados during lockdown, basically because the pits were free. I've got 8 of those and more recently I've started growing green onions, just had my first harvest (it was yummy)
@Thebreakdownshow12 жыл бұрын
Is Vice saying the ECOsystem of our houses is being invaded?
@tylerhackner97312 жыл бұрын
Hard hitting journalism
@ProbablyOnLSD66692 жыл бұрын
Ahhh shut up
@freebie8082 жыл бұрын
Why did you sneak that in
@iloveyouamberappel2 жыл бұрын
That's some hard hitting journalism right there. 😂
@skeetrix55772 жыл бұрын
Liberal vice has no soul anymore just leftist delusions
@kys4s4c2 жыл бұрын
You do know journalism doesn't always mean serious news all the time right? It's literally in the name.
@SocialGore2 жыл бұрын
@@skeetrix5577 Of course you wouldn't realize that they often just make interesting documentaries. Let me know when the right isn't pretending the election was rigged, and drinking herbicide, then maybe you can comment on delusion.
@iloveyouamberappel2 жыл бұрын
@@kys4s4c It's in the name? What part of journalism means not serious? I don't expect it to be serious all the time but I do expect some more merit to the stories they chose to cover.
@kys4s4c2 жыл бұрын
@@iloveyouamberappel Journalism literally means the production and distribution of reports on current events based on facts and supported with proof or evidence. What you consider meaningful or not is subjective. It doesn't mean it's not journalism.
@imeakpan2 жыл бұрын
Was it social mobility or the lack of it?
@DaleDriven2 жыл бұрын
The mid century modern furniture had a boom too
@gatogordo21972 жыл бұрын
I got like six plants in the last year. They are still alive 🙌🙌
@landonmurray82852 жыл бұрын
I had no plants at the beginning now I have 20!!! I also became a minimalist.
@StinkyDustyBird2 жыл бұрын
No Hilton, that’s not why.
@junniebear492 жыл бұрын
Loved this💚
@TripieBluee2 жыл бұрын
Dam that's exactly how I feel about plants too ☘️ 🌵
@nimaee.sundar5693 Жыл бұрын
I started with 5 plants 2 years later I have 60 now
@demilishing2 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend has so many plants now she can't keep up with them, how do I get her to stop?
@RealityIsNot2 жыл бұрын
I started with a single plant and long story short, I'm sitting with 35+ now.. not counting the various propagation and seedlings! LoL
@justeighty76422 жыл бұрын
Yeah, because theyre more affordable and easier to take care of than some annoying ass kids. 🤣😭
@amedved12 жыл бұрын
Since the pandemic I've become a plant collector lol
@varrantgreen42592 жыл бұрын
I can't do house plants they require too much attention. I prefer having a huge garden cause the sky will take care of them. If I where to have indoor plants it would have to have a watering set up.
@sneedmando1862 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget to water your plants ♥️ 🪴🚿
@Nekminute2 жыл бұрын
Between 2 ferns
@realSimoneCherie2 жыл бұрын
I live in a cave so I don’t have a bunch of plants but I love watching plantfluencers
@normalname87682 жыл бұрын
Lmao i feel called out. I got 16 new plants on my porch this past year
@mark61152 жыл бұрын
A plastic Christmas tree is the best!!!! U never have to water it and doesn't mind living in the back of the dark broom cupboard for most of the year:)
@lucycooper91492 жыл бұрын
Landlord won't let me hang pictures or repaint my flat, so...plants it is.
@mwoods46082 жыл бұрын
I went from 6 to over 100 this year!
@santoshf2 жыл бұрын
My balcony has become a forest, during the last few months. :(