3 Year Hoya Growth Secrets Exposed! My Full Collection Then vs Now

[@dora9368]

I love hoyas and yours are fabulous. Tfs, It's hard for me to pick a hoya because I love them all ❤❤❤

[@Wubblyt]

Your Hoyas look great 😊 So nice that almost all of them have flowered! Im waiting on Hoya Australis Lisa to bloom, then all the oldies have flowered (she did make peduncles recently so who knows 😊) Just some notes.. Because many people online say that Hoyas don’t grow fast (for the first year or longer) I purchased a lot of one node cuttings to fill my shelf with, to enjoy staring at, until they would slowly start growing. It turns out they were wrong. Within a year all of those cuttings were in 9-12cm pots and most needed trellises because they grow so fast. They grew so quickly that I actually ran out of space within months. Since then I have learned (also from other growers)… that most Hoyas grow fast (with a few exceptions), if they don’t grow after the first month or 2, something is wrong with the conditions (usually light, warmth, watering/water retention or pests) or with the roots. It makes sense when you think about it.. in nature a plant doesn’t have time to sleep or creep for years, it will get trampled, eaten or otherwise destroyed. I am sorry to contradict what you said, but for me the super fast growth was an overwhelming disaster (I am enjoying it again now but it took months of shuffling things around, adding growing space/lights, buying loads of pots and trellises and uppotting and rehoming plants all the time) (For reference I am in North-West Europe, not in a super warm country or the tropics or anything) I agree with you on not uppotting Hoya just because there are roots on the side of the pot! A reason for me to repot a is when they want water more than twice a week. Ideally for me they need it only once a week, but more than twice a week is too much to keep up with. Sometimes I will change the soil to a more water retentive mix. Another reason would be when they need a trellis, then they get uppotted so that they don’t fall over. Watering.. I so agree on not waiting on wrinkled leaves! Often by the time that happens the roots have dried and sometimes cannot recover -> dry rot. Then the plant has to make new roots and will grow slowly. (Also some hoya are thin leaved, they will just straight out die 😅) It is so much better to just keep an eye in the substrate.. it doesn’t even have to be bone dry.. They are originally often from tropical rain forests, it doesn’t dry out completely there 😊 A tip for when hanging Hoyas with small, still establishing rootsystems fall out of their pots: Velcro under the rim of the nursery pot, and then velcro over the Hoya and attach that to the velcro around the pot (maybe 2-4 strands depending on the weight of the plant) For very small plants strawberry forks/plant pins will also do the trick The velcro/forks can of course be removed after the plant has established its roots a bit more Hoya Rebecca smells so good! (Similarly strong yet different from Hoya Krohniana) (Hoya names change often, the numbers stay the same, if theres a number, you know exactly what you are getting)

[@adriac21]

The waytii I’ve been through 2 now and I’m on my third one. They grow but then all of a sudden they go the wrong direction. But I love it and I’m learning to understand it.

[@jannamozdzer4100]

Dominion will take care of any pest you encounter and can also be used as a spray and will kill on contact. Great video, thanks! ❤

[@dionneharris922]

Lovely Hoya plants. SW London Uk ❤

[@lleo9703]

Nice Hoya recap video. In high plains, some of my oldest are 5 years old and I agree that potting up for other reasons than pests or bad soil is not advisable. If you think you need to pot up then only slightly or just reposition plant in original container. Also, agree with letting hoyas root out longer before potting up as they do come out of their pots if roots too short. Jumping Hoyas! Hoyas are still my favourite plants!

[@amymarshall1829]

I don't get chocolate at all from Carnosas (I think I'd like the smell a lot better if it was chocolatey! 😆), but something that I read said that they smell floral, but musty. That really summed it up for me, personally. I didn't think I really liked hoyas, with exception of Carnosa Compacta, until I bought an Australis 'Lisa,' which I call my "gateway hoya." I thought it was so beautiful and easy, so I started looking at them more and more. Now I have around 80! 😬 I prefer them to trail if at all possible, but some just won't have it, so I do have quite a few on trellises. I tend to prefer rounded leaves, but am equal opportunity when it comes to size. There is something really satisfying about a big ol' leaf! Just recently, I started seeing comments that pink vines indicate that the vines will have variegated leaves, while green vines mean that the leaves will be green. I never made that connection before, but am watching out now to see if that's true. It does seem to be the case with one of my Krimson Princesses that wants to throw out an occasional reverted vine. With your preferences, I think you'd really like Heuschkeliana Inner Variegated. Super cute plant. And you really do need Compacta 'Mauna Loa.' It's named after a big volcano in Hawaii. Aloha! 😉

[@AlohaPlantLife]

The heuschkeliana is at the top of my Hoya wishlist. I almost bought one on palmstreet a few nights ago

[@turogers13]

You constantly enlighten 🤔 me and saved so many of my plants. I have been changing my substrate to Leca and Pon, especially with my begonias that love the Pon. I'm very happy to eliminate as many bugs as possible.

[@FayeFagerlie]

really enjoy your Informative show. Twin Falls,Idaho

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Thank you!💚

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

I recently got a linearis 2 leaf cutting, immediately put it in diy pon and she's loving life now!

[@melissamonroe561]

The Curtisii reminds me of a child's spinning top. But I'm old enuff 2 have had one as a child & loved it. But, yeah, 4 me it looks like a spinning top. 🤎 ur channel❣

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Excellent comparison!💚

[@sonyad.5942]

I haven’t watched this all the way through yet, but it inspired me to repot my Hoya compacta variegata into a smaller plastic pot instead of the terracotta it was in. It’s my only Hoya that doesn’t grow. It puts out new leaves and then they die. I even sprayed sulfur on it about a month ago in case it had flat mites!

[@AlohaPlantLife]

🤞🏻it starts growing for you soon

[@maggiebar77]

I’m new to Hoya craze and already obsessed. I have a few and recently joined Palmstreet to get more cause they don’t have anything around me. Waiting for 3 in the mail ;) So nice to see the progress, great video!!

[@renatecormick7399]

I have all my hoyas, approx 15+ in Pon Self watering set ups with wicks and I water/fertilise once a week but they only take what they need so sometimes it's not necessary to give them more than a little top up. Makes my life so much easier than trying to figure out the needs for each individual plant. Blooming is my main problem, I've only had one little cluster on my mathilde splash and that's it. So I'm not holding my breath waiting for more just yet seeing as most have only been with me for 18 months to 2 yrs. Thanks for a great video with plenty of interesting information, I've really enjoyed watching.

[@DeeGee-o7z]

beautiful hoya lineras❤

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Thank you!💚

[@tierrawilliams4849]

I’ve only had one Hoya to flower and I hadn’t had it as long as some others. My hoya krohniana super silver kept flowering. I have yet to see any on my others.

[@MarisaAndChew]

Not sure if you remember me asking you about wiping leaves and getting a cigarette smoke yellow/orange colour off onto my rag but I am like 99.9% sure that it is flat mites. I see damage on plants and still wipe them down and will find that... yesterday out of sheer laziness I wiped down my giant regal shield alocasia with an unscented babywipe and got a ton of that colour again. For me, it seems to effect my alocasias most. For example that same alocasia has been up against my fiddle leaf fig for a year and the fiddle leaf fig doesn't get that... it's very interesting. My reason for thinking it's flat mites is bc when you google flatmites they are an orangey colour and I'm not getting webbing or having any other signs of pests (knock on wood). I do have a miticide that helps but I don't want to overuse it and make them immune so occasionally I switch it up with peroxide or rubbing alcohol or a baby wipe... It's interesting!!!

[@AlohaPlantLife]

OMG!!! You’re likely right! That didn’t even occur to me at the time probably because I hadn’t had to deal with flat mites personally yet

[@JayplayzLS]

Just love your excitement 🪴💚🥳

[@M0therofaVirgo]

Loving this video! I really enjoy hearing your insight and the sharing of knowledge 💚

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Thanks so much!💚

[@lise6107]

Hi. Really enjoy watching your videos. You’re plants are amazing and beautiful. I’ve watch your soil mix video and was curious what brand of orchid mix you add to your substrate. Do you still use foxfarm ocean blend? Thanks. Lise

[@AlohaPlantLife]

I use this: www.amazon.com/dp/B06XC72H2Y?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzan061ad3-20&creativeASIN=B06XC72H2Y&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.16SE7Z93YGQF0&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_m_asin

[@loriwoods1393]

My krimson princess also has some green leaves.

[@kathylovejoy2569]

I have a Coin Mint Hoya, it's so pretty, has silver small round leaves. I think that's my favorite.

[@kathleenhall3868]

Your hoyas are beauteous; thanks for showing them today, Drea. Question for you: I understand the concept of evergreen perennials spending their first year establishing roots, etc. but I'm still unclear about an appropriate nutrition regimen as they mature. No matter their stage, are you always feeding w/a balanced NPK? (I searched the transcript to see if you covered this but I might have missed it ... sorry.)

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Literally right after I released the video yesterday I had the thought of “I didn’t mention it all what kind of fertilizer I use with them” lol. I use just a balanced in NPK fertilizer like I do for all of my plants and occasionally they get Cal-mag as well, like once every other month.

[@kathleenhall3868]

@@AlohaPlantLife thank you! you're so good at tending your comment section, Drea.

[@jessicapetrin1655]

In my experience, wayetti’s leaves curl up when thirsty. 😊

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Hmm… as in they become more taco shell like?

[@LavenderDaisies]

At 41:01 while showing us the Crimson Princess I see a Peduncle with flowers starting!! You probably knew, I was just like, wait, show us! Haha. I love the flowers. Even when on someone else’s plants! I too was like you. I didn’t think I would EVER like Hoyas. Then, the bug hit me! I do start with the 2-3 leaf cuttings for most of mine. I think I am up to 70’ish. Maybe even close to 80. I need to count. Haha. They are like an addiction. That’s for sure. I so have a handful of larger plants, and they are so, so fun. Thanks for showing us your collection! PS. Love my Rebecca. She sun stresses BEAUTIFULLY! And she has been super fast for me. She is a keeper! I don’t know about the NAP 016. But I do love my Memoria and my Rosita! They are both Beautiful and sun stress gorgeous. Never heard of the 3rd one. I don’t have the Kenejiana, but it looks pretty and I’ve heard they are gorgeous. Plus You like it. Keep it. If it were me, I’d keep that Rebecca and the NAP 016-the second one! (And the Kenejiana-since I don’t have it!) HAHA 😂😂😂

[@JourneyInBeauty]

Hi Drea! I’m curious what the app is that you use to catalog your plants and their pics is called? I could really use something like that! Thanks Beautiful!! 🫶🏻🪴🫶🏻

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Planta app💚

[@EllieBelle333]

Let me know if there’s a way to send you a photo so you can identify my Hoya. you have so much knowledge and I would love a couple of tips on my plant❤

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Are you on instagram or facebook and can send a pic over there?

[@snoywntr2]

Do your Hoyas grow better/faster due to your environment compared to places further north

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Hard to say without knowing what part of up north you’re in?

[@heatherstephens9295]

Great video - thank you. Your Xanadu looks great 👍

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Thank you!💚

[@mn4169]

fabulous hoyas. nice channel.

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@MarisaAndChew]

The linearis looks like it has jelly fish instead of flowers hehehe I love it!!

[@AlohaPlantLife]

💯

[@JacquelineJax]

Why are my plants suddenly turning yellow after watering. They did great all summer. Now my tropical are fading off dropping leaves even if they are bone dry when watering.

[@snoywntr2]

You often mention a plant app. What are you using

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Planta app. I always say it but I think the a on the end gets missed and people think I’m just saying plant app lol

[@jimmyjo1375]

I wasn’t that in to Hoya, then I saw the crassipetiolata splash.

[@MarisaAndChew]

I have hoya pubicalyx, parasitica black margin and australis and australis lisa (i put both in one pot to save space). They have all been in self watering with a wick now starting with my pubicalyx (who I just switched to a normal pot bc of her weight tipping her), and man they have all grown HUGE my pubicalyx is 5 feetish long but multiple vines so if you spread her out she goes about ten feet and is SOOO heavy I have no clue what to do with her... obviously a trellis is dwarfed by this and the weight of the leaves makes it want to tip. The Australis pot has a trellis and it's okay for now but that's my newest one and was very tiny and now its filling out, and my black margin is neglected and I have no real clue what she is doing because she hides under all my calatheas but she def seems happy with the self-watering. I will say that I haven't got any flowers yet but I think I only got my first hoya a year ago so I am not really expecting it at this point esp since I did have to repot them all. I know it was a big scary to toss them in self-watering but they were thirsty ALL THE TIME. Once I figure out my pubicalyx I will likely put it back into self-watering bc it did sooo well. I was shocked bc everyone says hoya grows slow but going from like 4 leaves on two vines to being like 10 pounds in a 4 inch pot tells me that whatever I am doing has been right for mine specifically! Perhaps I should consider leaving it out of self-watering if it will slow the growth a little bit? hmmm

[@AlohaPlantLife]

Based on the comments on this video, I’m starting to think there might be a correlation between faster growth and self watering pots

[@terryplum7959]

Curtis shape: spade? Like on a deck of cards.....

[@EllieBelle333]

I’m trying to send you a photo of my Hoya that I’ve had for four years and it has never bloomed but lots of vines😢

[@ceeceejacinto7244]

I love me some crusty feet Hoya lol

[@AlohaPlantLife]

😂

[@loisito6189]

I been dealing with mealybugs on all my Hindu. Every treat is them I tried all different things. I have one that’s been plus 4 yrs and never bloom. I’m ready to put them outside and let them be instead of throwing it away.

[@AlohaPlantLife]

😢❤️‍🩹

[@sonyad.5942]

It works for me in warm weather. I wash off mealybug-infested plants and stick them outside in the shade and they appear to be pest-free after a few weeks. Maybe it is the natural predators. I wash them again and treat them when I bring them inside for the winter.

[@MarisaAndChew]

Don't summon them!!! Spell their names! Flash it on the screen! DON'T SAY IT!!! lol

[@AlohaPlantLife]

😂

[@jessicapetrin1655]

Ha! I’m in the same predicament with my linearis. Not such a bad one to be in. The eventually will produce peduncles further up on the vine. But, i know what you mean. I can’t trim mine either. 😂💕🪴🌸