BEST and WORST RARE Plants for Beginners

[@prettyingreen]

Come to the Albo Show! prettyingreen.com/blogs/news/the-albo-show

[@floridahiker1503]

I wish this video came out 2 years ago. This is my favorite plant channel. Happy holidays everyone.

[@prettyingreen]

I wish this video came out two years ago also 😂 Thank you so much for the kind words!! Appreciate you 🙌

[@theproppist]

Chris -- absolutely love your videos and watch most of your content. Your pointers are awesome for someone getting into casual plant sales and I've taken quite a bit of inspiration from your semi-hydro growing setup (scaling up in particular -- I'd love to see more content about how you grow and clone at scale). As usual, great stuff today and I agree with most of your picks - from my experience, I'd say the velvet Philo hybrids (Splendid, Glorious, Majestic) are all reasonably easy-care compared to their non-hybrid counterparts, outside of the verrucosum (and multiple variants) that grows like an absolute weed. Funnily enough my P. domesticum variegata has given me nothing but trouble in LECA -- I'm kind of wondering if I just have a bad clone and need to start over there. A couple of quick suggestions for future videos - IMO your audio is the only thing holding you back from a bigger audience. Get yourself a better mic over Boxing week and in your edits, you could try the denoise/dehummer effects (I use Premiere Pro, but there's similar stuff everywhere) to reduce some of the background noise in your clips, which can be pretty distracting. Hope this helps, I love the channel and the audio is really my only nitpick. Happy holidays and have a great new year!

[@prettyingreen]

Thanks for the kind words! I’m planning to roll out more content specific to growing in upcoming videos 😄 Agreed the Philo hybrids are quick growers-I just can’t keep the bugs off these plants! My verrucosum looks like crap 😂 I would check the roots on your domedticum-they have root rot prone root systems. I truly appreciate the advice on the audio. What’s funny is I bought a nice lapel mic 2 months back, but haven’t figured out the audio mixing. So each week I make a video, I just use my old usb mic 😂 Next week I vow to watch a tutorial on setting it up and we’ll see how that sounds! Thanks again for the comments and advice! Appreciate having you here 🙌

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

What a very informative rundown of best/worst for beginners. I initially did't care for clay pots, but now I see they are really great options for root health and overwaterers. I started my Thai Cons in clay pots with no root issues... until they outgrew their pots. Thais are really beautiful plants, but they are HUGE and sprawling for a house plant. I'm grateful for a front yard that I can still enjoy them as landscape plants. BTW, so awesome you all re in L.A. too! I'm hooked and eagerly awaiting your 2023 events! Happy Holidays and see you all next year!!

[@prettyingreen]

That’s a great point about the clay pots! They do wick away extra moisture to the exterior of the pot-perfect for the Thai cons! So cool to have them outside!! They’ll get massive outdoors! We’ll be doing an Albo show in LA (off Melrose Ave) on Jan 7th-I hope you can make it! I’ll release details in next week’s video and on Instagram (@prettyingreenplants) Really appreciate having you here! Happy holidays to you!!! 😄

[@wandashaw3551]

Great choices! 👍

[@prettyingreen]

Thank you! 😄

[@joannhutchings3693]

Thank you for the great info This helps a lot. Merry Christmas 🎅

[@prettyingreen]

Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎁

[@carolstuff]

Thanks for sharing!

[@prettyingreen]

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[@VioletGraces]

Another great video.

[@prettyingreen]

Thanks Linda!!! 🤗 Your order is also shipping shortly 😄

[@zap4980]

Thanks for sharing 🪴

[@prettyingreen]

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[@sakonanucefora-ly2wn]

How do you keep variegated Florida beauty from browning? Any product you like to use?

[@prettyingreen]

Try Liquid Silica! Helps with rooting and slowing of browning (I have heard): prettyingreen.com/products/liquid-silica?_pos=1&_sid=a4b64145d&_ss=r

[@silenc3x]

Hey Chris, any idea why we see so many obliqua perus with yellowing leaves? Esp juvenile? Do you grow enough of them to have any input? Even people with healthy ones will often have a few leaves with yellowing and visible green veins. Almost like what appears to be an iron deficiency in other plants. Does the plant not like to hold onto it's older juvenile leaves or something? Or is caring for it that difficult? ... Or maybe it just likes doing that yellowing thing. I have a baby in sphagnum so I'm curious.

[@gusapuy]

MY Paraiso Verde, in my scenario, grows easily.... buuuuuut, it tends to revert. 6 normal leaves in a row. I chopped it to where it lost the variegation, it started growing a new shoot and the first leaf was variegated, but then the same happened, the following 3 leafs are normal again. Growing it in central america, in the garden on a moss pole, high humidity, high light, temperature is consistent around 22c at night to 24c to 30c day. Any idea?

[@plantypittsburgh]

So if you have a baby thai con shipped in wet spag, how long do until you repot? Currently, it's doing great. I've had it for a week. It's well rooted in the moss and lives in my 70 degree, 70% humidity cabinet (higher humidity at night but lower heat.) Do you have a video covering baby thai cons? I've watched the video about acclimatization.

[@prettyingreen]

If the plant is happy (roots happy and white/beige) I wouldn’t bother it. Allow to develop more roots before moving it. I do have a video on Thai Constellation care : kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGKtZZuta8yBkJo

[@anthonyperfetto6460]

My painted lady just gave me a leaf exactly like that!

[@prettyingreen]

So crazy looking! I’ve heard they do that-first time I’ve seen it!

[@plantypittsburgh]

Syngoniums are one of my most difficult! I can't get these jerks to grow!

[@prettyingreen]

Wait really!? That’s odd - enough fertilizer? In good Aroid chunky mix?

[@plantypittsburgh]

@@prettyingreen dyno, calmag and super thrive at every watering (way reduced strength of course). Worm castings, activated charcoal, coco husk, little bit of tropical plant soil and potentially some pon or leca. My pink splash does nothing. The roots look good, and they are growing. My albo has just started putting out leaves that are mostly all white. 🤦‍♀️ I've had them for 7 months so not terribly long. I just moved them to prime real estate under my jungle dawn in my good cabinet, so we'll see!

[@prettyingreen]

@@plantypittsburgh That's plenty of nutrients, so its not that. Great planting mix, so not that -- I would only crank the light up to the max. But are they both heavily variegated? It could be lack of photosynthetic material? Temps above 70f? Weird... mine are growing maybe 1"-3" per month

[@plantypittsburgh]

@@prettyingreen Thank you! Yes, they're heavily variagated. I'll pump up that light!

[@charmainerichards6801]

BUT I want a philodendron G fuzzy leaf 😅😢🍀

[@prettyingreen]

Do it!! Just buy strong neem and a spray bottle with it 😅😅😅

[@charmainerichards6801]

@@prettyingreen I order it yesterday from u, I have the spray bottle. 🍀

[@charmainerichards6801]

I order it yesterday from u

[@charliemiller8599]

Florida ghost grows slow because of the white (at least for me) so for some beginners with anxiety (aka me lol) it might not be the best

[@prettyingreen]

That’s a good point! I haven’t had many issues with them yet - but the white initial leaf color is nerve wracking at first!

[@The_Black_Truth]

[@IdrisFashan]

Under $100 USD… so jelly 🇺🇸… stuck in 🇨🇦 😂

[@prettyingreen]

That’s a general rule id say for most cuttings on here… but yeah I hear Canadian prices are wild!

[@christina3478]

How do I know when I’m not a beginner anymore Lol

[@prettyingreen]

When you keep more plants alive than you kill 🤷🏼‍♂️😂