Ditch the variegation train! These Hoya LOVE to love you.

[@soberplantguy]

Y'all have proven me wrong ... again. I wasn't sure that anyone would click on this video, but there is some love out there for the "modest" green Hoya. Love your comments ☺

[@nmchai9333]

Love the green leaf hoyas as the flowers stands more beautiful than a variegated ones. Your hoyas are so healthy! We Hoya lovers couldn't ask for more. Maybe just to have them flower all year long😂

[@soberplantguy]

@@nmchai9333 First, thanks for the nice compliment. And yes, if only they flowered all year long. And if the flowers lasted longer. The roots never rotted, or dry rotted. And if only the vines wouldn't twine around every last thing in their path. Yes, it's a very short list 🤣😂🤣

[@kathyjenkins4067]

The hoya fungii is a good plant for a cooler house! It just needs lots of light to grow!

[@soberplantguy]

@@kathyjenkins4067 I'm loving it more and more. It's so very pretty (and easy!) 😊

[@mnj640]

​@@kathyjenkins4067I just got one. It's in a covered patio.

[@eviefriend3976]

I recently discovered this channel and I really love it. I love that you use simple things like bark and perlite and inexpensive pots. I love Hoyas too and I have learned so much from you. I love the green plants.

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thanks so much ☺

[@HolidayGlow]

I'm glad to see someone who prefers the original green forms! I'm generally not a fan of variegation on almost any plant - hoya, aroid or outdoor garden! I do have a few but vastly prefer nonvariegated!

[@soberplantguy]

My friend, you and I would get along just fine 😁

[@ceciliapacheco6027]

Thank you David ,I just love all the Hoyas,but am trying to learn about it thank you again for your kind and tips love your channel ❤❤❤

[@soberplantguy]

Glad you’re enjoying my videos 😊

[@sandramalone3522]

Those are gorgeous hoyas, thanks for sharing them.

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much 😊

[@peggymalabuyoc9150]

Such pretty green Hoyas! Love seeing healthy and happy Hoyas. Many thanks for dispelling the myth about Hoya not being heavy feeders. I don’t over feed my Hoya but they do get fed a little with every other watering and I haven’t had any issues with this method. Happy growing! 👌🪴🥰

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks, Peggy! I'm really surprised that this video was so popular (by my tiny channel standards). Good to hear from you! ☺

[@peggymalabuyoc9150]

@@soberplantguy Don’t be surprised , it’s reflective of the channel’s good content and your style of educating your viewers. Great job! 😃👍 👌🥰🪴

[@mayasixtus1573]

I love veiny hoyas, splash is nice, but I love the veins❤❤❤

[@soberplantguy]

Yessss!

[@pudik2008]

Love your Hoya’s,yours are the best out of all the KZbinrs I follow. You inspired me to appreciate them even more. I’m with you on the fertilizing,I do mine year round and another thing I found is that they like more water than some ppl say,but it could be my environment,hot and dry south of Australia 🇦🇺 Love your content. 💚💚🪴🌿 Natalie

[@soberplantguy]

Agreed--conditions are *everything*. I watched a video with Paul Shirley, the Netherlands Hoya grower, and he kept telling the interviewer "you're not watering enough.... That's because you're not watering enough.... Give your plants more water..." 😁🤣😁

[@kelsey9384]

Love your videos! Would love for you to do a video more on your sober journey and self!

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks much 😊 I have a video. Coming up that will probably touch on sobriety. Cheers from Iowa 💚🌱💚

[@nancyphamx]

I got into Hoyas this summer and bought a crassipetiolata in a 4 inch pot at a local plant shop for $5. Really love the foliage. The krohniana splash I bought on the same day had died to root rot after a week after😅. Thank you for hoya vine pointing up info.

[@ceciliapacheco6027]

Thank very much for the info,lovely plants super.

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks very much 😊

[@kimmatlock2096]

Your australis is the biggest I've ever seen. Another year and it can be your Christmas tree🎄 . I'm always impressed how beautiful and healthy your hoyas are. My thomsonii is blooming and it fills one of my rooms with a floral scent. Great video. Hope you have an opportunity to enjoy a beautiful Iowa weekend.

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much. Definitely have plans to enjoy it. You do the same 😊

[@Kimbermoi]

I really like the Australis. I've recently purchased the Lisa, but the OG just may be the start of my wish list. 😊 Thank you for another great video. 🇨🇦

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks for commenting! I do think ‘Lisa’ is very, very pretty. 🤩

[@kyrad6543]

Like many people, I like the look of variegated plants. However, over the past few years, I've determined that for the most part, I'm not very good with them. So I have made a commitment to not buy any more variegated plants in favor of all green! I appreciate your list. Those are very nice specimens indeed.

[@soberplantguy]

I’m so glad that you enjoyed it ☺️

[@debh3404]

I love green hoya. Yours are just AMAZING!

[@soberplantguy]

Hey, thanks! 😊

[@bcavanaugh3129]

I really enjoy your videos. Please keep them coming! 🙏🏿

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much ☺️

[@AnirimaGhosh]

All your Hoyas are awesome ❤❤

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much ☺

[@phf3238]

I just got the Verticillata (Black Margin) and a few others this morning from Gardino’s. They are having a BOGO on them. Even more beautiful than I imagined. No grow tent though. Crossing my fingers.

[@soberplantguy]

Love that verticillata! I was gifted a clone that has super abs, makes my other one look like it's never hit the gym in its life 🤣

[@phf3238]

@@soberplantguy They are a bit more graceful and delicate looking than I thought they were. Each one has several vines. My first Verticillatas. I really do like them.

[@wootlesswocks]

I wish I could get my Australis to grow like that

[@soberplantguy]

My guess is that time will be your friend ☺️

[@Byrod1]

I never boarded the variegation train, to me they look stupid, sickly, and silly. I might consider symmetrical variegation but they are rare and unstable.

[@soberplantguy]

I figured it's past time to spread a little love to our greenies.

[@hanaaandsanaachannel]

انواع جميلة من نبات الهويا شكرا ❤❤❤

[@soberplantguy]

That's for the kind compliment! 😊

[@phf3238]

Love the “Greens”. I have Nervosa, Fungii and Obovata for starters. Although the Obovata is putting out some real splash.

[@soberplantguy]

Very nice! The obovata is one I’d pick up without hesitation. Cheers

[@asmanaqvi510]

Lovely video. I enjoy watching your videos and have bought those scissors and your favorite items. I happened to dtumble on your video on pest control. Thank you so much for your advice. Keep doing the great work. I also sent you an email. Thanks Asma

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you, Alma! Let me check my emails and get back to you ☺️

[@tubegoob1]

You'll have to pry my variegated plants from my cold, dead hands, Dave! I do love my green ones, too. Especially My Parasitica Black Margin lol. But seriously, I love small, unusual leaves, like H. endauensis, H. rotundeflora, H. englerina, H. burtoniea, etc. I'd love a carmelea -- next on the wish list. I forgot to add my serpens, Krohnianas, Lacunosas, Mr. Tent, Chelsea, Mathilde, I could go on and on. I just love my littles. 💚💚💚

[@soberplantguy]

🤣😂🤣 That's fair. But everyone and their mother has done a variegated Hoya video. Honestly wasn't sure if anyone would click on this one. Your list is amazing. From that list, I'm most proud of my H Mathilde. From a wee little vine and a few leaves to a beautiful plant. She'll be showing up soon. Cheers from Iowa ☺

[@jonathonpotts5666]

my 'black margin' winded itself all through my rubber plant in one summer, cut it in February and gave loads away

[@soberplantguy]

I LOVE that plant! So underrated (I think?) Cheers from Iowa 😀

[@jonathonpotts5666]

@soberplantguy yes it also has a nice texture to the leaves. Whatever it may in future be called, cheers from london

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

My crassipeolata was my first Hoya cutting given to me. That started my Hoya hunt

[@soberplantguy]

It’s an excellent gateway drug 🤣🤣🤣

[@siameselady52]

I love the Australia’s. I recently bought one the last time I was in by my daughter in Boston. The greenhouse there had so many Hoyas it was hard to only get one. Yours is amazing! Do you have a Kerrii?

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thank you! So, you had the will power to leave with *one* Hoya? Color me impressed 🤣

[@deemari577]

Wow Dave, that H. Australis is gorgeous! Mine is about a year and a half but doing little growing. It won't die! The India I purchased two years ago and it grows like crazy! My leaves are dark, very pretty! My recent problem were yellowing bottom leaves. I sprayed a little sulfur on it and up potted it. I just got a peduncle on my fungii so I'm happy about that. I think they are so pretty and underrated. Thanks for showcasing your lovely hoyas! 👌 Dee, NY

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thanks! I do find that a lot of props, or very young plants, get those yellow lower leaves on an otherwise healthy plant. Taking the nutrition from the elders? (I resent that, if it's true 😆). I hope you're H fungii is up to the challenge of blooming! Great to hear from you ☺

[@pablinsky2006]

Loved the video. It would be good to have this type of videos with chapters and the name of the plants to have a reference.

[@soberplantguy]

That is a very good suggestion. Thanks much!

[@K.Mar.]

Beautiful

[@mommat5101]

I love green leaves too, being easier care is a bonus as well. Recently got the Fungii & a reverted Australis Lisa at my local plant swap group meet, she was surprised I wanted it eventhough it was all green, lol, I love it & they're doing so well.

[@soberplantguy]

Awesome! I'm surprised that anyone clicked on this video, but gratified 😀

[@pamgustaveson3735]

I also love the greens and living in northern Minnesota on Lake Superio rappreciate them even more during our long winters. . Quick question. I've been wanting to get a moisture meter. Do you remember the maker of yours. Thank you.

[@soberplantguy]

I have no idea how people make it through our long winters without some indoor greenery! My meter doesn't have a name, but ... pro tip. Only get the single prong type. The double prong will just get stuck with chunks of whatever between them. Cheers from Iowa

[@cruelsister1]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you! Wasn't sure anyone would tune in for a green Hoya vid 😂

[@sarahhofer3536]

Do you have wilber graves? pls show us

[@soberplantguy]

That one I don’t have-yet…..😁

[@dianemottram3060]

Thank you for the wealth of information, which really helps by the way. Hoyas are such beautiful plants. I like all of them and now at a point that I need to be more selective to my personal choices. Crassapetiolia is a prolific bloomer outside in the summer heat. I bought the fertilizer you recommended. I have not heard anyone talk about the ID process what does EPC etc mean? I tried searching. Thanks for the information big time.

[@soberplantguy]

Wow, thank you. epc is from the Epiphytica Garden in Thailand. IML is for Iris Marie Liddle (and husband David). RHM IS for Ricardo H Moriera. That’s off the top of my head, anyway. Cheers.

[@dianemottram3060]

@@soberplantguy Thats great to know! Thank you. Rick is actually in a neigborhood close by. I didnt realize he was that well known. LOL I did figure out NOID.

[@wootlesswocks]

My carnosa is a plane Jane but she is robust

[@soberplantguy]

Plane Jane is awesome in my book 😁

[@kelsey9384]

I’m assuming starting Hoyas as seeds are just as easy? Or no?

[@soberplantguy]

Absolutely! I just released a video on that very topic 😀

[@amandacountryman8024]

I keep hearing you talk about selling your plants... do you ship them? I'd love to have a Hoya from you!!

[@soberplantguy]

I do! You can always contact me through my email, which is in the description of every video: [e-mail]. Happy to send photos. Cheers from Iowa ☺

[@mommat5101]

​@@soberplantguy oh wow.. do you happen to have a Linearis? I love how they hang like a waterfall effect or hair lol, but they're expensive now & I'm too cheap & broke lol

[@soberplantguy]

@@mommat5101 I don't. Frankly, it looks like one that I would unalive over the winter 😵

[@amymarshall1829]

Had to kind of laugh at your first two since you could have been speaking for me. I got my Crassipetiolata from Steve's Leaves as a BOGO, too (I potted them together, which maybe wasn't the best idea for such an aggressive grower), and my plain green Carnosa is also from reverted Krimson Princess cuttings. I also would have picked my Fungii and Australis 'Tenuipes' among my favorite green ones. I don't have a grow tent or cabinet and probably grow all of my hoya with less light than you do. I'm sure that means slower growth and less flowers for me, but I'm okay with that. My 'Tenuipes' is in an east-facing window and the leaves are HUGE. It's really something. Many moons ago, I bought a plain green Carnosa to have at the office where I worked. When I resigned to take another job, I didn't have room for it at home and couldn't take it to my new job, so I gave it to one of my best friends. She had it for 29 years! It vined all over her living room. It just died a few years ago.

[@soberplantguy]

Oh, that's a shame. I think, often times, those really old plants get completely woody (read: wood) stems and have to be restarted. I'm going to back of the light for my H Australis, too. I'd love to see some bigger leaves. Go green!

[@amymarshall1829]

@@soberplantguy I just measured a few of the mature leaves of my 'Tenuipes.' They are 4 3/4" long and between 3 3/4" and 4 1/2" wide. 🙂

[@soberplantguy]

@@amymarshall1829 That sounds fantastic!

[@remafreij6361]

When you get your trellis, please

[@soberplantguy]

Hey, there. I made that, and also made this video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2moY4aDltGMd5Ysi=-r4fRHN8kFrerTia Thanks much, and cheers!

[@kristiemowry3267]

I got a Limonica. Do you know if it is a verticilata? Also, I have one just called Sabah which is also just green though the leaves are a little thinner and longer. What about a Skinneriana? It looks kinda like a carnosa to me. Grows like a weed. My green carnosa is over 20 years old. It blooms non stop all summer. I can't remember where I got it. Wish I could. Anyway, I do enjoy your videos. Very no nonsense.

[@soberplantguy]

The limonica is now H nicholsoniae. Nothing new on the skinneriana that I know of. You’re so lucky to have a nice legacy plant like that!

[@dontcallmepeaches596]

Incrassata looks like basil 😂

[@soberplantguy]

HEY! 🤣🤣🤣

[@dontcallmepeaches596]

@@soberplantguy Basil is great… I would love a big basil vine ❤️❤️

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

Yep, you've got some gorgeous plants. Re: feeding, I noticed when I feed my carnosa krimson princess that the variegated parts get dark. I thought maybe it was the feed? Any thoughts? - Oh please tell me we don't have to start calling them verticillata? Didn't they just do that with Calathea or something? I refuse! Let's boycott the new designations, lol!! ...but seriously, let's boycott ;)

[@soberplantguy]

🤣🤣🤣 Paul Shirley says we have no obligation to go with the new names. Good enough for me. The lighter, whiter parts of mine get darker too. Lack of chlorophyll is going to result in that eventually. Higher light may help? Can’t verify that for certain. Cheers!

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

@@soberplantguy Yay! and thanks, love your channel. I've been watching plants vids since spring 2019 and I've learned things from you that I've never heard before. There was something in particular from this vid, but yikes, I can't remember what it was ;)