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Aroid Mix: • My Aroid mix for Monst...
Moss Poles: • Moss Poles - Why? How?...
Supports: • Comparing plant suppor...
Watering Plants: • MY WATERING ROUTINE - ...
Q&A 1: • Q&A while making Moss ...
Q&A 2: • Q&A #2 while repotting...
Q&A 3: • Q&A #3 - cleaning leav...
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00:00 Intro
00:58 How do you deal with pest prevention? 02:38 Could you move with your current plant collection?
04:41 What does a plant emergency look like for you?
05:52 Do you have a wish list and if so what's on it?
06:36 Do you go through stages where your plants are more draining than rewarding?
09:05 What are your favourite vining/climbing plants for moss poles?
09:45 What kind of plants you think are interesting but do not care to get in your collection
10:56 What are the "best" plants ( species etc.) to keep in lower light
12:56 If you could make a hybrid of any 2 plants, which would you choose?
14:16 What’s your thoughts on people telling you that they purchased a plant because of you?
15:24 Is it possible to grow plants so big in a dryer climate?
16:25 Can plant XYZ size up?
17:42 Are you planning to downsize to make room for a coveted plant?
19:17 When you water your plants, does it matter to some water & liquid fertiliser mixture gets on the leaves?
20:31 Leaves open with scars and markings. How can we avoid this?
23:21 What features would make you most drawn to buy them (barring any constraints like price and space)?
25:00 While most men are so inclined into sports, why do you think most men now grows interest into plants and gardening?
27:11 What are the most affordable & easy care rare houseplants?
29:03 Do you think you will ever get tired of the plants/aroids? And not in the burnout sense, but in the "seen it all" kind of way.
30:17 Something that is seemingly lacking in the plant community right now, what would it be?
33:43 What are your thoughts on self-watering moss poles instead of water bottles?
35:37 How come your Epipremnum got root and stem rot if you just water the pole and not the mix in the pot?
37:50 How did you come up with the idea of chopping the top of a moss pole and repotting it?
40:44 Would you consider make/change all your moss poles in the future into plastic backings?
41:44 Have you ever tried making a moss pole that had a support inside?
42:38 What to do once the plant reaches the top of the moss pole and you don’t want to chop and extend the pole? Do you recommend air layering?
44:30 What are your opinions on pricing plants? What should make something more valuable or less valuable. How much should a cutting differ from the price of a whole plant?
45:37 Do you generally up-size your pot from a 14 cm to 20 cm once a pole extension is required?
45:46 If the roots of your billietiae are growing out of the top of the moss pole, how can you extend the moss pole? I understand that the billietiae is a slow climber, so it will take a while for this plant to reach the top of the moss pole. But by then it seems that you would have very long roots coming from the top.
46:53 All about Brad
50:58 Would you consider giving Brad another cat mate?
51:49 How do I stop Brad from eating or playing with my plants?
53:54 What is it like to live with so many plants & a cat?