I just want to say thank you, I have severe ADHD and need something on in the background to help keep me on task throughout the day, often times I turn something on and end up turning it off because it’s annoying or I’m just not vibing with it. So your long videos are absolute perfection for me because it’s like talking to my own plant friends, we have a ton of the same plants and like to experiment with them similarly the same (I also grow in mostly no draining) so yeah. Thanks 🌿🫶🏽

Charmaine, your fuzzy tuberous plant is a Sinningia leucotricha in the Gesneriad family, related to African violets believe it or not! I’ve been growing violets since I was a teen and I’m a member of the Gesneriad society, but I love all plants and I’m starting to collect aroids. They can take a bit of sun, but it will make them dry out faster. Most Gesneriads like being evenly moist, but not wet. The tuber can grow really big sometimes and I’ve had one break a plastic pot. They propagate via tuber sections or seeds and their flowers are a pretty, bright orange. Thanks for your channel. I’ve learned a lot from you.

Hi charmaine! I did a bit of reading up on the euphorbia balsamifera and kind of went down a rabbit hole lol. In Summer water thoroughly only when 100% of the soil has dried out. Autumn/Winter allow soil to dry 100% - water sparingly (every two month). Spring gradually increase watering - depending on temp and light exposure. The roots on this plant don't have the capacity to withstand excess water so it might possibly do better for you with drainage. I also read full sun and like fertiliser every other time you water from March to November. I live in Australia so my seasons are like opposite and writing that felt so weird hahahha. Hope this helps. I love your channel. 😊

I'm sure others have said it, but the Euphorbia Globosa definitely needs more light! It'll help thicken up new growth and could get the little ball shapes back with enough light.

My last apartment always had higher humidity around 40-50% without the humidifier running and when I moved to my new place the humidity dropped to 20-30% and I lost all hope on growing any of my plants outside of a cabinet (which I rushed and bought when I moved here) but you’re giving me hope that it’s possible and I’m so excited to continue on this journey with you of telling these tropical plants to TOUGHEN UP and deal with these Canadian climates 😤😤

For the thirsty zebra plant, have you considered putting it in a self watering pot with a water reservoir?

Love your channel. The Plant Daddy Podcast has an episode on the bundle of sticks. They said the deader it looks the better…lol. I have one, and I love mine. I have mine in a west facing window and water ever 2-3 weeks. It’s in a super gritty mix, looks like mostly pumice, but it has a bit of soil and maybe a little fine bark. It’s mostly green, but again, the Plant Daddies say even when it browns it’s actually healthy.

Now I’m scared because I got a Clarinervium a month ago and she seems fine😭 but if char can’t I know I cant

Looks like your first plant needs more light. Try that I bet it’ll perk up but you might need to cut it back a bit

hi Charmaine! ✨ my lita red was a diva until I figured her out. from my experience, they hate warm/hot temperatures. I had her in my plant room and I was done with it, moved her to the hallway, put her in a pole, ignored her and she started climbing and sizing like crazy! not sure how hot your plant room is, but maybe consider moving one of them to a cooler part of your home! (some friends have tried the same and they are thriving!)

i think i give up on plants to easily but i dont have the mental space

I just found your channel and I love your work so far! I can actually give some advice on the euphorbia globosa; I keep a lot of succulents. I know it's been a month but I figured this may be helpful to you! So, even though it is growing a lot in terms of the length of the stems, it's actually struggling quite a bit. I suspected as much and then you said that it's not under a grow light and that confirmed it. A couple other commenters have said about the same, but this is the why of it. That long skinny growth is etiolated growth; the plant is trying to grow very quickly in order to reach more light and is focused more on reach than strength. Because the stems are growing fast and thin, they're too weak to support their own weight and that's why you're getting that trailing growth pattern. The proper healthy growth pattern is what you've seen where the plant is standing upright and has either those balls or a much thicker "trunk". The reason why you've seen so many pictures of e. globosa that have a similar growth pattern to yours is because many people are undereducated about how to keep succulents (not entirely their fault, they can be pretty counterintuitive!) and so lots of people don't keep their succulents in proper light. It's pretty much essential to keep indoor succulents and cacti under grow lights, though you should of course acclimate them slowly over a few weeks at first. One of the weird things about succulents in particular is how incredibly different they can look depending on their environment. I've had succulents that I've propagated at the same time, from the same mother plant, that look entirely different because of the lighting situation. It can make identifying succulents incredibly difficult; sometimes all you can say is "Yup, that's an echeveria!" and that's it. The substrate also looks like it's maybe not suitable. Succulents really benefit from well-draining soil in a terracotta pot with a hole; I suspect that because yours is putting out a lot of fast growth and not retaining much water, that may be why it hasn't caused substantial problems yet, but if you do move it under a light and don't change the substrate, you'll be at high risk of root rot. Succulents, depending on the type, retain a lot of water in the plant themselves (either the leaves or the stems) and so the roots are unable to take up much additional water. That can leave the substrate very wet and the roots susceptible to rot. Once the root rot starts, it can be difficult to tell if the problem is over or under-watering since the plant will be dehydrating both ways. You're going to want a very gritty, fast-draining soil and generally in a shallow pot; you'll also want to bottom water. I personally use a Bonsai Jack/coco coir/perlite/(and/or) coarse sand mixture with the ratios varying depending on the type of succulent and, to be frank, how frequently I want to water. I'm sure you know way more than me about substrates (I'm very new to non-succulent plants) so I won't go on too much other than to note that most ready-to-use succulent soil is not actually suitable for succulents; they drain far too slowly and needed to be heavily amended. Etiolated growth will never "fix" itself but the good news is that most succulents respond very well and very quickly to proper light. One of the better methods to fix this would be to chop-and-prop. Remove a leaf or part of the stem (usually you can wiggle a bit free, right at where the chunky part of the stem is meeting the skinny next section) and then leave it alone out of direct sunlight on some soil (something less gritty, I've found that propagating works best with a more moisture-retaining soil until the plant is established) until the leaf calluses at the end. If the end shrivels instead of callusing over, it almost certainly won't grow roots. Once the leaf is callused, it's much less likely that the root will rot and it's safe to stick in some soil. Leave it there for a while, and it can be quite a while. As long as the leaf doesn't shrivel up, it's still viable, and I've heard of some leaves taking six months to put out roots. Honestly, I'd cut back almost all of the growth to where the fat stems are; allowing fat and healthy growth on the ends of the stems is going to be stressful on the plant because those stems are so weak. You can propagate those stems, probably many of those sections per stem, and get a big plant out of it! My recommendation would be to repot to change the substrate and reduce watering, gradually introduce a grow light, and then once the plant is stable in more ideal conditions, chop-and-prop. This order of operations should reduce the risk of root rot and allow it to acclimate to new conditions before putting it under a lot of stress when cutting back. Euphorbias are generally rather slow growing, so I'm hesitant to recommend you chop-and-prop before it's in ideal light, that way you're not having to cut back etiolated growth repeatedly. Any propagations you grow should be under a grow light pretty quickly after the mother leaf has started putting out roots, that way new growth is healthy right from the beginning. Eventually you should be able to pot the pups together with the mother plant, if you want! A really great resource for succulent info is actually on Reddit of all places. The r/succulents group is very helpful and educational and has a lot of links to great resources, I'd definitely give them a look. I hope this was helpful, and good luck!

I'm not totally sure but my thought is that the succulent plants in pon in glass containers will struggle in a direct south window because the container will heat up a lot from the sun possibly leading to root damage/burn/poor growth.

I have the last one and I give it water every day. He loves it and got a lot bigger then I bought it. He stands at a distands of 1 meter of a south-west window in belgium (so not so good or warm weather😅). Thank you for all your great advice and thoughts! I learned a lot from your youtube!

I would take all succulents out of full water potting. It’ll rot quickly and give them more light but not direct light or get a grow light

I killed my first clarinervium too, it rotted at the base! Definitely one of the more difficult anthuriums I’ve owned 😅

Don’t feel to bad, those are some hard ones too make happy. 💚

You're the first non-New Zealander that I have heard talk about tree fern fibre! 2000% yes try the serpens in fern fibre. Hoya specifically, and to a certain extent philodendron, love tree fern fibre. It's a huge prop medium here and I use it, or if I need better drainage, it plus perlite or pumice, for everything almost. Just keep nutrient up but I truly think it could help your serpens! I actually have mine in it now, it's only a tiny plant still but it's doing well.

Love them all💚

@37min that tubular fluffy plant. When u do repot see if u can find “potatoes “ in the soil. If it’s mature enough it will grow baby potatoes in the soil and that how u propagate them. Kinda like alocasias

re: Euphorbia globosa: I would tweak the light higher and the water lower. Sometimes plants that are used to roughing it will grow very differently in less... hostile conditions. There are some orchids (rupicolous Laelia) that grow on seaside cliffs, and get water from ocean spray, and/or morning dew. In nature they're very compact, but in cultivation they can grow (relatively) way larger cuz we're more inclined to provide more water and nutrients than mother nature would.

Splendid is very sensitive with light I’ve learned. They don’t want too much, but not too little either. I feel like it’s a super easy plant, but we all have such different environments. They also are pretty heavy feeders I’ve found too. I hope it starts gaining size for you!! We all have those struggling plants that just don’t make sense! Lol at least you’re showing the not so good side of growing too!

i think the first one needs more light

One question: how do you have a white couch with a dog? (That looks so clean. )

Great video! On the bundle of sticks plant, I’m wondering how you’re going to eliminate the mealie bugs? Is it crazy to think of dropping all the sticks into a bowl of peroxide water? Or alcohol/water ? I’m asking for future reference, as mealies gross me out, too. TFS

My clarinervium(some unknown dark hybrid I think)is in chunky aroid mix topped with moss. Roots are thicc😬

Ooooo, I remembered that Missouri Botanical Garden has a button on their plant info pages that lets you hear how the scientific name is pronounced. I think you'll be surprised to hear what Dioon Edule sounds like! I also think I need to have one of those plants. 😅 There's another plant that has fuzzy tactile leaves, like the Sinningia leuchotricha. I always see them in the outdoor garden centers sometime after Mother's Day. Stachys byzantina 'Cotton Boll' (sold as Lambs Ear). They are quite tactile, you just wanna pet the leaves for hours lol. I bet you could be successful with one indoors. ❤️

My Serpens looked the same for SO long. I moved it to sphagnum moss and into my cabinet, mostly forgot about it, and it’s huge now. I really don’t understand it at all. I mean it looks great but I have no clue why.

I laughed so much with this video! Deadpan just kills me. 😄😄

Give them all the good myco Alice preaches about 😹❤️ I’m serious! I bought some and am using it and love it 😘

The Hoya Mathilde definitely easier to look after than the Serpens that is why i am not purchasing that one even though is a cute one too. I have lost faith in having succulents in my collection now keeps dropping leaves and rots on me too. My Scindapus Moonlight Treubii i loved this plant but the leaves always curling up even though the soil is moist and not really growing me new leaves. But the dark form one totally opposite is doing so well and growing constantly. Dracaena i loved them but doesn’t do well in my home keeps giving me spider mites and white moulds and leaves going yellow and sheds.

I Got The Mayoi... BUT I Want HIM To Get A Green Tan!!! HE Was Pictured With Deep Green Leaves Like Y💚URS But Came With Pale Green Leaves. At Least 3 Of The Leaves Have The Deep Slashes I Wanted... AND The Leaves Are GR💚WING Larger... Aren't Yours???

I'm thinking maybe temperature could be the issue for this plant... maybe it's just one of those philodendron that like either cooler temperatures or a temperature drop in the evenings.... you mentioned in a video how warm your apartment can be so maybe that's the problem 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

is thats fuzzy plant called lambs ear

I was told the clerinervium (sp) was the easiest anthurium to grow and good for beginners. Ha! I’m glad I did get one now after seeing this.

Yea, that ol' Mayoi is a bit annoying🙄 It really does seem like a plant that would look better without a pole, but it is a B**CH to size up even with a pole! I've got mine on a support pole ( granted, it's not a moss pole) but the leaves have STILL steadily gotten smaller. It definitely grew better last summer outside, but I put it outside this year right when spring hit and it still hasn't put another leaf out yet!! It has a newer cataphyl, but it's really small and doesn't seem like it's getting bigger..so I guess we're having another tiny one🤦🤷

My Splendid is the only hybrid that gave me really big leaves quickly. My glorious is pathetic 🤣Majestic is moderate.

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Maybe put that plant on a Cedar plank

Errr! I just realized that EITHER KZfaq unsubscribed me to your channel OR I accidentally hit the sub icon and unsubscribed myself🤦 I have NO clue how long ago this happened but....SUBSCRIBE! ( again..)😂

I noticed are all your plants not draining excess water its seem to me that your plants aren't draining well good video though. It's always going to be trail and error Maybe start them over look at them with loving eyes and talk to them they are to beautiful to let them go. Go slow honey