I look forward to your videos. I have been dealing with some depression and sitting down to watch you makes the day go better. And I have learnt so much from you! Thank you for all you do! ❤

Nice pon repots!! So far I have my Alocasia in pon and at first leaves died but now it is growing beautifully!!! The transition was from soil to pon. 🙋🏼‍♀️🌿🪴🌱💚

Melissa you are my favorite plant person EVER!!! 🌱🌱🌱 I can watch your videos non stop . others i cant, but you MELISSA I LOVEEEEEEE YOUUU

Unrelated, but that shade of blue is def your color. Looks super cute on you, chica!

I always look for other plant tubers. But they dont have the same vibe as you.😂 so im always coming back

The quality of your videos is always so great. I enjoy your content. Thanks for bringing us along!

Listening to your calm voice is so comforting when I'm overwhelmed with anxiety. Thank you :)

You are the cutest I Swear 😊 and your Blooper was the best. There is nothing better than watching You and Luna to brighten a day. ❤❤❤❤❤

Loved this one! 🥰 Luna is so sweet. 🩵🩵

Oh same I really struggle with philodendron! I'm so glad you're having success with pon also. Your plants are just stunning you must be so proud of them all x Ps your repot and plant care videos are my fav ❤

Thank you for your KZfaq videos for tips of taking care of indoor plants. I’ve learned a lot from you. I started replanting to PON since May 2024. Question: when do transfer the starter plant and plant that I just purchased from Etsy growers?

Great repotting vid. Lovely plants Melissa!

Hahahaha! Your soda pop face! 😮‍💨😅🤣🤣🤣

I have an el choco in pon and it is doing well, though it is still very juvenile. I just added a moss pole today (my first ever - I swore off moss poles for the longest time because my goal is a very low maintenance collection, but I put a wick up the center of the moss pole from the reservoir, in an attempt to make it self watering too....we'll see if it works). Would love an update on how yours is doing in pon :) I have found philodendron to be a more challenging genus too, but I have all of them in pon, and they are all doing well. My gloriosum is going CRAZY. My calatheas and marantas are doing great too, though there is more of a learning curve with fertilization - they get crispy easily if the reservoir EC is not *just so*.

Lol I love that oli pop root beer 😂

I love root beer. That’s my special treat when I take my mom to the movies.

They look super healthy and growing so fast,👍 💚🌱🌵☘️💚

Hi Melissa, in terms of Calathea and Marantas I have now transitioned 8 of my 9 to Pon, the oldest being 9 months ago and the most recent about a month ago. Happy to report all are doing very well now. Some took to it with no issues ie Makoyana and Freddie, others pouted for a few weeks and then perked up ie Silver band, Lemon Lime and Maranta Black. Some had to be transition to water first others straight to Pon. Also have an El coco red now in pon, it’s also transitioned well. I know yours will also. Pon, self watering pots and prayer plants do great.

I have a lot of my plants in pon. All of my alocasia including my Regal Shield. ❤

ooh one more thing...Hoya's LOVE Pon 😉xoxo

Great video. I have a good few philodendron in PON and they’re happy if that helps. Loved the bloopers too 😂.

I love pon

I’ve got those self watering pots too and sometimes my levelers stick. Just give them a tap or flick with your finger every once in awhile and they’ll go to the correct level.

Awe Luna haning out with momma! so cute. So I agree with the el choco being TOUGH to grow. I grew up with a mother who had her own personal jungle ( still does lol ) and a maternal grandma with 4 green thumbs that could make a plant happy and lush by just looking at it lol they've taught me everything they know. I've had my own house plants for 10 years now and even been entrusted with some of my great grandmas plants ( like plants she took care of before her passing in '64, so very old and sentimental plants ). I've killed two different el chocos 😞so please don't feel too bad Melissa! currently on my third so wish me luck lol Yours looks so happy!

Such beautiful plants. Thank you for sharing

ahh gah I feel for you. breaking or tearing a new leaf is heartbreaking lol

I’m so happy for your micholitziana! She is beautiful!

That’s genius putting a strainer in your sink when rinsing! I always learn from your vids :D

I ❤ your cats!

you should get a small soils scoop or use a plastic cup to get the pon into the planter, it makes it so much easier to fill around the plant. I have one from lechuza that is about 6inch long and love it. I also have some old cutlery I sometimes use while repotting to move soil/pon around and it´s really useful.

2/2. To deal with both of them I sprayed with water then soap. Then I put DE on the stems and underneath of leaves. Also soil when top dry. Left it on for weeks. Will continue this for several more months as it’s cheaper than beneficials. But you do have to use your fingers not gloves for the DE to somewhat stay on the leaves and stems. Don’t over do the DE just a little will work. It does dry your fingers out

Hi Melissa! Luna is an absolute sweetheart 🥰. Melissa, you may find that you will have less pest issues with the plants that are in Pon. Since I have transitioned my plants in to Pon, I have had ZERO issues with pests. This is just my experience, but not sure if that is a thing or not, it would be interesting to hear from other viewers if they have experienced less issues with with pests with their plants in Pon. Hope you are having a great day and thank you for all you do! 💜💜💚💚🤗🤗

The struggle with Philodendrons is real!!! I can’t wait to see how your El Choco Red does in pon 💚

Loved 🥰 your face when you tried root beer, I hate root beer and birch beer. Girl friend I thought you had a potting mat lol, would make potting less messy. I’ll have to try my el Choco in pon. I love it but it seems to get crispy

I’ve heard other tubers mention the lacewings didn’t work for them either so they went with other different beneficials. Fern just did a video and the ones she ordered seem to be working well

I just purchased lechuza pon from Amazon and it’s coming in October I Love your Bloopers 🤣

They have the vertical barrina lighting and just order 2 of them ❤❤❤

I was like, "What? 28 minutes?"😅 I want moooore haha Sorry for being so needy but I super love your repotting videos and all.💯

Condolences on the tear in your leaf, but in the end the plant is still beautiful. I was interested to hear you mention that you are going to run a humidifier in your home (Plantmore Estate) this winter. Just yesterday I said to my wife that we should use a humidifier in our great room where our wood stove is for the comfort of us plus the plants that we keep in there. She wasn’t sure about the idea at first but I put my very large (size 17) foot down and insisted. I got a chuckle out of your root beer travail. Try the New England (primarily Maine) soft drink called Moxie if you really want to assault your taste buds. Excellent video, thanks.

Hair/makeup looks great ! 💚💚💚 ok now let me watch the vid lol !

Hi Melissa, 😢So sorry that you ripped that new leaf!! FYI: Gena at The Pink Trellis has a DIY recipe for pon. It's practically identical to Lechuza Pon. I just watched it last week and noted the ingredients She also did a video awhile back on using pon and comparing the two. I enjoy your videos very much. Thanks,!👍👏

LMAO I love the bloopers at the end! I had the same reaction to root beer when I tried it for the first time since I was a kid...it was so gross!

Looks like, you're loving the Pon. I just ordered me some too🤷

I put the large Frydek (California) in pon. And my large monstera is in pon.I also put my variegated frydek too. The Large frydek has has lost two leaves. The baby variegated frydek has lost one.the monstera has been doing great. Hasn’t lost anything. I’m really loving pon. My two calathea’s have spider mites. I put them outside.

Love the bloopers! 😂❤

Love your video!! For the pons, can you show what you use to water them? Or is it just plain water? Thank you!!!

So beautiful😍❤✨

Hi Melissa! You are such a pleasure to watch, and I love your videos, so relaxing! I have a question: do you need to take special steps to transition the plants from soil to pon? And are the self-watering pots necessary? Also, do you always add fertilizer to the water? If so, any recommendations please? Sorry for so many questions. I just purchased a variegated frydek, my most expensive plant, and I want to take the necessary steps to prevent its untimely death. 😁 Thank you!

I just started using pon(mostly hoya and an alocasia). I also use stratum for propping.

9:27 When we make holes in the philodendron we are not as happy as when there are no holes in the monsteras hahaha!! ​

Since pon is hard to get and the plants grow so well in stratum, I was thinking, can the stratum be used in the self watering containers and the plants be grown in it indefinitely?

One of the first videos of yours I watched I was like-she reuses those OJ containers too! Aren’t they awesome! I want to put calathea in Pon too. I think they will like it.

Melissa causing mite wars on her plant territory haha

Hi Melissa I was just wondering if you've ever heard of modern aqua they have flugel Stratum their brand but it's identical works just as well not better they have it very cheap compared to the prices of flugel You get an 8 lb bag for $16 I just wanted to let you know so you could check into it( modern aqua) is a brand name

Loved this! Thanks for sharing! Side note: Won’t be trying that Root beer!

Where do you get your Lechuza Pon from since Amazon has been out for months? Can you make your own Lechuza Pon? My Frydek was very unhappy and started dropping. She had out grown her tiny 2 inch nursery pot she came in….so I repotted her in my DIY aroid chunky mix. I would like to change her over and some of my other plants to Pon but first it’s way too expensive. I would love a diy Pon video

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I follow a guy on IG that has his calathea in PON. His are large & gorgeous. But he’s also in CÁ & most of the calathea I see there is gorgeous. I’m such a calathea addict Infeel like that’s why my Philodendron aren’t happy. 😅 Love seeing your set up. So different than mine. Do you or will you ever do videos on outdoor plants? ❤

Lol, that face when you drank the rootbeer, I'd rather waste it then struggle through it.

1/2 I finally figured out that my Calathea had spider mites as the damage is different than the thrips that came in with a new philodendron and got the others nearby. Thrip actually eat your plant and I don’t think the mites do that kind of damage. 1/2

At 4:22, you say how well the plant is growing in Fluval, but I have to say it’s because you have it in a “snug-as-a-bug” SMALL pot! Ooops, did I say bug? 🤭 Sorry! I never upsize too much and too soon. I feel you upsize to pots that are way too big and too often. Holds too much water. You would cringe if you saw how small my pots are, and for example, my vericussum is pushing 3 leaves at the same time in my 4” pot. They like snug roots; not repotted too much; and you’d be surprised that I only water once each week. I don’t like self-watering pots only because they’re too big and I can’t control the water. No criticism here, just friendly experienced advice. ❤

I also started to transfer my alocasia from soil to pon and similar to leca transfer, roots started to rot. I’m guessing they are the soil roots and will just give it time to get used to semi hydro again. Using same self watering pots as you . Wish me luck !

Do you watch videos from Hakuna? He grows mostly in Pon or Leca and he does those cones on his Anthurium and they are not all massive.

Melissa you really should put that lechuza pon in a tote and use a scoop so you're not struggling so much with those big old bags of lechuza pon ! Also it might save on the mess afterwards

V nice 👍🙂

So I just got an el Choco Red that I want to transfer from soil to pon. So the first step is removing as much soil as possible then putting in fluvial for about how long until then I can move to pon?

Love your energy! Two follow up questions: do you use regular water & do you add anything (fertilizer) into the water? Thanks!

What grow lights are you using? Trying to buy some. Thanks again for your help.

What type of fertilizer do you use for the pon?😊

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pretty pretty girl you look is very beautiful your plant is very nice and information very nice thank you so much🥀⁦🇵🇰⁩🦋⭐

How do you keep your cat from eating your plants? Mines would tear this up!

Idk if you guys have soil ninja over there? I'm in the uk and i use soil ninja semi hydro instead of lechuza pon (which i also like) it's basically the same minus the fertiliser and it comes in fine and coarse grades it's just a bit cheaper than lechuza

You may need be able to tape the tear on the back of the leaf.... just a thought. What size is your bag of pon?

Do you have to use self watering pots for pon or can you just water them yourself?

there are so many tiny long gray bugs in my fluval. anyone had the same?

Loved this repot💚. Probably, repots are favorite content for most of us. I'm just curious,i know you're building your own website. Are you coding ? Or using any templates. I'm from the IT profession, so eager to know

That is the most chill kitty in the world. I cant mention my cat. It's the trauma😂😂😂 But do you spray anything or does the predatory mites sort out the spider mites problem?

My frydek has spider mites AND fungal infection. Do you think it's ok to use 2 different sprays on her at the same time? She's my problem child.

Hi! How long was your el choco in stratum? I have one and I’m wondering when to move it out?

You're not the only one with making a mess while repotting, I feel like all I have to do is look at a plant and I have soil everywhere

Hi Melissa, where do you order the beneficials from?

Hey girlie, hopefully you see this comment. Regarding your online store, I have been in customer service for over a decade. If you become overwhelmed and need some help, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me! I would loooove to work for/with you! I could handle emails, messages, orders, etc and that way you can focus on the fun part of owning an online store 🥰 I’m also only one state over so travel wouldn’t be impossible. It would be an absolute dream!

They have Pon on Amazon but delivery is taking a month 😵‍💫

Pon is pretty messy out the bag. You should really wash it first

Pon is back but $54 again. Not paying that. Waiting till $22.

Every time you pick up that bag I just cringe. I can see myself spilling as I try and add to a container.

Lol I guess you don't drink regular beer either? Lol