U have helped me more than u know ty so much ❤❤❤😊😅

Thank you for your kind words! I really appreciate it.

@@KillThisPlant my pleasure, but I just believe in reciprocity. You started it! 😉

Thank you so much for the sub! I do mess around with soilless with LECA /semi hydro. I have a few more of those videos coming up. I hope you find them insightful.

Glad you enjoyed

yeah, really working towards shifting my language.

@@KillThisPlant I see your EQ and it's wholly endearing. 🙏🏽 💚🌻

Thanks! I missed my barber. Hope your plants do well. All deliciosa?

@@KillThisPlant Yes. All Deliciosa. I chopped the mother plant when I staked it to my moss pole. Had about six propagations which were all successful.

thank you! 👨🏿‍💻*trying to google what down to the wood means*

yeah I usually do around 2'ish weeks+ because I forget. I dont think ive ever watered once a week unless it is SUPER hot outside and dry, like 30 degrees.

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Got it. Thank you.

Thanks for the tips. I'm excited to try it sometime soon.

@@KillThisPlant oh you are quite welcome my fellow Canadian plant lover !! Theres alot of hoya you can even prop from leaf cuttings too ! You will see some hoya growing roots by the nodes out of no where ! They are fun plants to prop , I find my hoyas love a good south facing window some nice airy potting medium they love a good drink but hate their feet constantly being wet ! Also give them something to climb and you will be best friends , hope this helps start off your hoya journey 😁👍💚🌿🌱

@@Jon79w get a long wooden stick to check the wetness of the soil all the way to the bottom of the pot. Dry stick=dry plant. No one can tell you how often to water your plant. It depends on so many factors including: light exposure, temperature, humidity, pot type, root mass, plant age, etc.

I don't have any experience with those plants. I wonder with if the changing season and less lighting could be the culprit? How long ago was the move? Did window direction change for the plant?

@@KillThisPlant I moved over two years ago. And yes the window direction changed but I also bought grow lights to help supplement. I think I’ve tried every suggestion on the internet so far. I’m starting to think the humidity just isn’t suitable..Thanks for your reply!

@@StanleyBabieee african violets like a good east facing window they enjoy the bright morning light , what direction is your lighting now ?

I use superthrive when I transition young plants to a new medium. For example, it might be extremely helpful when transitioning an import plant to soil for the first time.

@@KillThisPlant good call! Do you think there are benefits to using it every now and then while watering regular plants?

@@premeditatio No, I think if you're fertilizing regularly (with whatever system you prefer) you shouldnt need it.

@@KillThisPlant eh, I've got an old bag of Miracle-Gro that I throw a few crystals of into the watering can when I remember. I also add worm castings of varying amounts into my soil mixes. Weirdly, I'm way more precise and methodical with my substrate blends than I am fertilization. I should address that. I see a new spreadsheet in my near future. 🤓 Also, I know Miracle-Gro is not really the best stuff. I just don't like waste, so I feel a duty to finish it all up before splurging on some of that organic fish emulsion Planterina & others seem to get such great results with. What's your preferred system? Also, despite restraining my overwatering, I-will-love-you-to-your-root-rotted-death hand, I'm forever worried about root rot. I've been pretty good about being more nonchalant about it (I'm almost an underwaterer now!), but I'm still guilty of leaving some water in the drip tray sometimes because I get distracted. That was a really long and meandering preamble to asking: what are your thoughts on the 1:1 water + hydrogen peroxide watering (followed up by fertilization next watering)? I'd also seen someone suggesting a tiny splash of hydrogen peroxide in every watering to mimic rainwater. Good idea / bad idea? Sorry for the long post and all the questions. Please don't feel any pressure to respond; I know we're all busy and I'm just overflowing with inquisitiveness that you are responsible for not one bit! 🤣

@@premeditatio I actually made some plant trackers that I sell on my Etsy store. I use those to remind me when to fertilize as I use 3 separate things. For typical fertilizing I just use the miracle gro shake and feed granules. I also use a microbial soil innoculent and a humic acid in the summer on certain plants only. As for hydrogen peroxide I think if your soil is a good mix you don't need it. If your roots aren't currently rotting you don't need it. It also kills healthy bacteria in your soil. Light use is probably fine but I can't imagine the effort you put in is worth whatever results it could provide.

Different situation. If the amount of water given by bottom watering (capillary action) was only half the amount needed to reach the top of the pot, and that was done every couple days in addition to a biweekly soaking that reaches the top of the pot, it'd be a similar scenario to the one presented in the question: root system has an overwatered bottom half and underwatered upper half.

@@kvil1537 that's just not true, come to my work and see lol

@@lexy99 Thank you for the kind offer. I understood the question and the watering scenario I presented, and I think they're roughly equivalent. I hear you're saying that these hypothetical scenarios are not true, though. You work in a greenhouse or farm, too? This seems like a silly argument and I don't get the impression you're willing to budge on your position.

@@kvil1537 yes I'm a professional gardener. And yeah that's exactly what I'm saying. From my experience it's just not true

​@@lexy99 As a professional farmer, my experience suggests it is true that plants can be both under- and over-watered by frequent top-watering combined with irregular, infrequent drenches via bottom watering. Weren't you saying that, in your experience, bottom/capillary watering effectively keeps plants properly watered? I'd also say that's true.