These are 20 absolutely fantastic plant hacks that save you valuable time and money as well as helping you become a better plant parent.
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The secret to knowing if your plant is overwatered:
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The secret to knowing if your plant is overwatered 👉 https://youtu.be/MTKhBCHrHGE
Thank you for using my hack for decorative candle containers as cover pots 😁
I use a smart plug like the one from Kasa on Amazon to control my grow lights. That way I can schedule and monitor from my phone. I also used the weed barrier material at the bottom of my planters instead of the coffee filter. It keeps both the dirt and roots in the container.
Sir Richard! Thanks for another informative and entertaining video! Great hacks and I love how you did so much research and also gave a shout-out to other houseplant care YouTubers!❤️And I do hope your kids will get involved with your YouTube channel.🙂❤️….There was no such thing as social media when mine were young, but I did have an affect on them because for several years now, they have kept houseplants in their own apartments! 🙂🌴🧡
Good tips
Thank you once again, put down an old mirror right away. Keep up the good work! 👍💪
Cat litter comes in a range of types. I wouldn't use the clumping kind for plants.
Thanks for the lemon trick cleaner, I have a Ficus audrey that I can’t get the water spots off.
Excellent hacks. Loved this video!
Wasn’t planning on buying avocados on my grocery run today but now i guess i am 😂 thanks for the tips man
Hiya Honey! Um, when bottom watering how do I know how much water I should add to a cover pot? thanks for all your great info,keep it coming ! 💖🇺🇸😁
It’s rare to find someone who wants to share the limelight with other people! Giving other people the spotlight is a wonderful quality of yours!!!! I appreciate you, your channel, your subscribers suggestions!!
And thank you for the shout out for the new channels that I have subscribed too also!!
My main plants I grow are climbing aroids, and for anyone worried about space if they have a lot of plants, moss poles (the proper ones with sphagnum moss, not coco coir poles or other supports that sometimes get called moss poles in stores etc) really help to let your plant grow vertically while also providing the plant with extra potting medium for your plant to grow roots into and absorb water and nutrients. This allows you to keep the plant happily in a smaller pot, further reducing the footprint per plant. (for someone like me with a bit of a plant addiction, this is a godsend). I will note that if you do this, once the plant is rooted into the pole, you don't need to water the pot ever again, just watering the pole is enough, providing you use a very well draining mix in the pot. (I haven't got much experience with soil and perlite, but the little experience I do have is that it holds water a little too much for most of the plants I grow and the roots tend to rot more often than not, simply because all the water from the pole will drain through that soil at the bottom, so it will be wetter than a normal plant pot. I tend to use a mix from either grow tropicals, or soil ninja, and with while they're not that cheap, neither are the plants I'm growing so I see it as a fair investment.
It’s worth to mentioning that, although it is great to grow your own vegetables in your home, indoor vegetable or edible plants attract A LOT of pests which aren’t good for your regular house plants. It’s good to have one kind or the other indoors, but not both. If you have a home big enough to separate them far from each other, that could work, but otherwise not a good idea they share the same roof or space. Also, vegetable and edible plants need a ton of bright light (sometimes even direct sunlight depending on the type of plant) and warmer conditions, so they do better outdoors due to pests, light, and temperature. But if you don’t live in a warmer climate, then that’s it’s not doable either. This type of plants are tricky which is why majority of people don’t grow their own indoor vegetables.
Just be very careful with the mirror trick in the summer, the stable shine on the mirror focusing the light can get quite hot, especially since it's going through window already. Of course this trick is probably more often used on windows that aren't in the direct sun.
The nice thing is that here you get timed plant lights straight from the box. It shines from 6 am to 10 pm with no extra effort from you, just need to plug it in the socket and switch it on at the time you want it to start.
I once saw the cinnamon + plastic straw (illegal in Finland now btw!) trick on bonsai channel where they used something like honey and wrapped the branch in plastic wrap and taping it close. Fascinating what all can work to just slightly aid the plants to continue their life at their own effort.
I Used to have an aquarium and would water my plants with the used fish water after my weekly water changes. I use coffee mugs for small plants, drilling a drain hole with a 1/2" diamond tip hole saw. Often these mugs are souvenirs of places I have visited, so they make extra special planters.
Speaking of grow light timers: I have a unit that I can use with my phone and either turn on or off the grow light or set it to come on and go off at a certain time. My grandson did it for me. I think it's called Genie or Green or something. You can get them at Walmart or Lowe's. But, you can plug it into your wall then plug your grow light into it. They also make the bulbs that sync up to your phone which will do the same thing. I now have everything in my house synced to my phone, lights, fans, nebulizer, oxygen unit for my breathing. This keeps me from having to try and do it myself since I can't move around much.
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Hi I'm going to try bottom watering plants but I was wondering if plastic saucers are better than Terra cotta ones?
Ooh, just thought of another tip that I don't really think about and just do. Clear nursery pots are the way to go if you have access to them. It easily shows you how much moisture is in the pot, and also lets you see the state of your roots without disrupting the soil/potting mix. I especially find this helpful for my hoyas; they don't tend to do much of anything after repotting them, however with a clear pot, I can see root growth and know that they're fine. Once they build a big root system I know they will then shoot again because I know they like to be root bound. It's also super helpful for plants that are a bit more fussy when it comes to watering needs, I can't recommend them enough.
I tend to use orchid pots from my local garden centre, but I know some stores stock normal nursery pots that are clear
Great ideas, great video! Thank you! I'm going to try adding pothos to my other cuttings. I knew that cut daffodils will hasten the death of other plants in a vase because of toxic chemicals. But I'd never heard that pothos cuttings generously share root stimulation with other cuttings!
So many useful hacks!!!!! Some I hadn’t even heard of!!! Great video! I’m glad I got to be part of it!😊🌿
So many great hacks ❤ thank you for sharing all of them with us and for the new channel suggestions 🙏
Awesome plant hacks….I am a fairly new plant mom n enjoy watching your videos. Great. Keep them coming
Doesn't washing the plants in the tub defeat the purpose of not misting them so the leaves don't get fungus or mold? Or do you dry all the leaves one by one after to avoid that?
I've used the straw hack and it worked wonders. saved a hibiscus sorrel and it became a beautiful specimen.
I like to use clear orchid pots. I place them into cache pots. I can see the soil, I can see the moisture, I can see the roots.
two other watering hacks, I collect rain water for my houseplants, they love it. when I use tap water or ground water I oxygenate it with air pumps that are intended for fish tanks. I also use these when I am making compost tea.
Happy hacking!.
HELP!!! MY SPIDER PLANTS LEAVES ARE TURNING YELLOW AND TEN BROWN. WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?
PLEASE TELL ME
Love the hacks! The only one i would actually discourage is the avocado pit. Avocado trees have a unique flowing and pollination process. First, you actually need two avocado trees to get fruit as they cross-pollinate. You also need to know which type as you have to pair two different types (I'm not going into detail here but you can look it up). I've seen people grow those pits for years and never get fruit because they didn't understand this concept which is so discouraging.
Some fantastic ideas…especially love the cat litter hack thank you