Yeah a box seems to be the way to go

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Yeah it’s true but I only changed it cause the orchid had whiteflies and mold on the potting mix but I never really repot my orchids unless needed specially when they’re flowering:)

@@plantanarts I feel ya, I grow lots of orchids too 😭, root rot with these guys is definitely no joke 💀 I have two Phals currently in ICU with no roots and I lost a schilleriana to root rot. Btw never use water culture for orchids I regretted that big time

the stomata, basically pores on the bottom of the leaves that allow the entry of carbon dioxide to help with photosynthesis and also help with transpiration. If you apply any cleaning product here even lemon, it will clog these pores. so its best to not do anything. plus the bottom part of the leaves are usually less dirty anyways.

The plant is fine now. I still even have some of those cuttings in water :) I will say that the heartleaf philodendron is such a slow growing plant compared to the rio philodendron. Once you propagate it and get new roots I recommend giving it something to climb on because the new growth comes out smaller compared to the older bigger leaves.

Thanks for your comment and advice. When do you stop using ccs?

@@lilcranked so I will use it again whenever I repot any plant or treat a stressed plant for anything like pests, dehydration, moving, rescue. The rootzone I use it with every watering for my aroids only.

@@plantanarts okay cool thanks for that yes I kind of just use a few drops in like a cup of water of each rootzone and ccs for cuttings . I have been wondering whether or not it's too much fertiliser for them as my ratio might be a bit off.... I've been trying to use my fish tank water which has frogbit (floating plants) outside in a tub from when I last did a water change and it's been raining so it's also going into that bucket. I use this water everytime I water my plants for experiments I hope it works and not too much for them.

Just for the day till it dries out Grow lights don’t count

Thank you 👍

No it’s orchid bark large sponge rock and a bit of sphagnum moss

Could I use just orchard bark and coca chips??

It’s a powder rooting hormone called TakeRoot I got it via Amazon.

Regular tap water contains chlorine and minerals. Carnivorous plants require water that is low in minerals so the safest is distilled or reverse osmosis water. Rain water is good too as long as it's clean

Because venus flytraps grow in bogs, and bogs are known to be low in nutrients and minerals. Not that there aren't any nutrients and minerals in bogs but other plants there consume these nutrients before the flytrap plant can and the minerals found in bogs are very little compared to the ones found in tap water. That's also why the Venus flytrap gets most of its nutrients from insects. Also, the minerals in bogs are not as harmful compared to the minerals and salts in tap water. You can measure the total dissolved solids, (minerals, metals, salts, ions) found in your tap water, using a TDS meter. It won't specifically tell you how much of each there is but it gives you a pretty good average of all the solids found in your water that are not an H2O molecule. Carnivorous plants are recommended to be watered with water that has TDS levels of 90 PPM or lower, (rain, reverse osmosis, and distilled water meet this criteria) tap water TDS reading levels vary from area to area for example mine reads about 240PPM and it is considered safe to drink, I think anything higher than 400PPM is not considered safe to drink. Same idea goes for carnivorous plants, they will die from all the excess and high amounts of minerals they are not used to growing in.

I hope my lengthy response makes sense. The same goes for orchids because if you think about it, these plants (well some orchids) grow on the surfaces of other plants and the only water they get is rainwater, low in TDS reading levels. Also buying distilled water can get so annoying, so if you want you can buy a zero water filter which is better than the Brita filter, I just ordered one. but basically, that will filter out most of these minerals leaving you with safe-to-use water for your Venus flytrap and yourself.

@@plantanarts thank you so much! :D

@@kitina thank you! :>

😲 moss is beautiful and low maintenance too and better than grass. Why do you hate it?

What you mean? 😂😭

I keep them inside my house. I live in California and summers tend to get really hot nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit sometimes and winters get as low as 43 degrees Fahrenheit so indoors is best for me. I use grow lights indoors as well.

I've seen an experiment and they found that the plants which had their roots exposed to light grew the best. I've also noticed that the roots on my Monstera variegata cuttings actually developed chlorophyll and became variegated as well.

Both are great points. I personally add the cover pot because I don’t want to roots to be exposed to light because they can get algae.

Every 1 to years and it’s best to repot during dormancy period or closer to the start of spring. However if you buy it now from Home Depot I would repot it as that medium probably has too many minerals from the tap water big box store use to water these plants and these plants don’t like tap water. Use distilled, rain or reverse osmosis water only.

@@plantanarts alright sounds good. I've been taking care of mine for 3 years and still going strong. There's alot of misconception and lack of info online about how often these little predators should be repotted. Mine just came out of dormancy, so I'll repot him next fall.

Looks like she's using soil

@@ginakelsey not what I asked and my question was already answered

the crown is the area where new leaves grow. Don't leave any water sitting in between the leaves and the top part of the orchids as sitting water can cause rotting or fungal issues and kill your orchid

it was a few days ago. April 16th..I had filmed this a while back but forgot to post it. 🤭

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H&M Online but you can find similar things at HomeGoods or craft stores, but to successfully rescue your orchid you're going to have to give it lots of airflow so you don't have to keep it covered really.

Dont give up on it, they are slow growers but they definitely make a come back. I just rescues another one. I basically water it when the water has evaporated. I rescued another anthurium in an orchid like potting mix and just watered it when the medium would dry out. It took several months but the plant is now doing good.

2 scoops of calcined clay, 1 scoop of coco fiber, 1 scoop of worm castings.

la arcilla calcinada la puedes conseguir por amazon, solo asegurate que sea para bonsai o plantas. Yo la compro en la pagina de SolSoils en internet, y tambien tenemos un codigo de descuento. PLANTANARTS. La fibra de coco y humo de lombriz lo puedes conseguir en amazon o en Home Depot.

Nope. but I also don't really spray it much.

just slice a bit of it off with like soil stuck to it that way it can grow nicely. And then place that piece in a clear box with a terrarium soil mix and just mist it and place under a grow light and watch it grow. You can also just like cut that piece into multiple pieces and spread it out in the box so that it can fil out nicely. Serpa Designs has a great video on it here on youtube.

Sphagnum moss yes but that moss may “revive” and you’ll mix the two so I recommend using coco coir, calcined clay, and perlite(small form)

En Mexico no lo sé, pero si al gun día vas al cerro y encuentras algún tipo de musgo, toma poquito y plántalo en sustrato para terrarios y crecerá

Nope I still have this orchid and it still has split leaves the same ones. They’re still green and the orchid has rebloomed. It’s not necessary to cut them.

If it’s open you’ll probably have to spray water daily. But overtime you’ll learn to notice when the moss is dryiyout because it looks more pale green and there won’t be moisture in the soil

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It might be cushion moss looks different

I don’t even water it and it’s growing really nicely. I think what helped is that I added a cover to it and when I sprayed it with water it was just enough to keep it from drying out ever but not too much to where I’d get mold or rotting issues.

@@plantanarts ohhh ok