how my imported plants are doing 🪴 Import Acclimation

[@louisedreisig6166]

I love seeing videos like this one because they confirm that I'm not ready for imports yet! 😅

[@EmiMae0117]

Same here

[@ronjakh]

When importing tropical plants they should always go straight into water to rehydrated for an hour or so and then move to the desired substrate. It’s also a good idea to add superthrive to the water to reduce shock. If I could make some suggestions, the alocasia should have gone into perlite with a bit of a reservoir and I would’ve cut some of the leaves off the philo to direct more energy towards root growth. But rehydrating them at the start is really important. For bigger plants you can use two plastic boxes and put one upside down on top of the other to make a taller rehab box. works great!

[@sherryporsch9349]

I kinda do you suggest accept I let them stay in super thrive over night. With exception of Alocasias just leaving an hour or so an potting them straight up. Leaving them in water for long periods of time only rots them off.

[@SparkleInMoonlight]

@@sherryporsch9349 In my experience, rot doesn´t have to happen - when I change water 2-3x weekly, good air flow, light, air humidity and temperature above 18, nothing rotted yet, even if I left some plants 2-4 weeks in solely in water. I even left sansevieria a few days in water because it didn´t have roots and it didn´t rotted, but put on new roots. So depends

[@lookatthatleaf]

Thanks for the reminder re: the rehydration bath, forgot that step until I read this.

[@VirginiaFoster-n7c]

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[@karenmyers9146]

When I get imported plants I soak them leaves and all in super thrive water and then decide how to rehab. I normally rehab hoyas in stratum and the other species in water or spaghum moss. It took a long time for my macrophylia/latifolia to do anything. It’s been in moss for about 1 1/2 years and finally is sending out new leaves and vines. The way you are trying to root your’s is going to make it hard to pot up when it does root. The roots up the vines are to help it climb. Loved your video and can’t wait to see the next update.

[@mayfrost5189]

I have imported several plants and it is funny, I have a high rate of survived plants although I don't put them into boxes after getting them. The reason for me not using the boxes is, the plants comes from a place with high humidity, but then, they spend time in a "dry" box during shipment. I got my doryaki one year ago and it did fine straight away. It is thriving fine by me in normal room humidity.

[@katherinerodriguez2412]

How do you go about importing? I have looked for a dealer but i cant help but feel like im just asking to be scammed😅

[@mayfrost5189]

@@katherinerodriguez2412 I have ordered alot from Ecuagenera, but also from Indonesia. From the last place many plantlovers gathered up and did a collective order. We shared to costs of import. Try and gather some people together where one of them has experience about importing.

[@juliazakolska4141]

For the hoya macrophylla, I'd *definitely* chop off all the existing roots as they seem dry-rotten, and then re-root her. I'd personally do it in pon, i.e. give her a small-ish container with drainage (like a plastic cup with holes at the bottom or a 7cm aroid pot) and water from the top at first, then start slowly adding a reservoir. Or put her in a self-watering pot right away. I'd say keep her in the prop box with the other imports and under grow lights. She should produce new growth in 1-2 months. All my latifolia sp. (including the one from you 🍃) are rather prolific and root really fast so I def don't think you've got to wait a year for her to do something 😊 Also feel free to reach out if you need any hoya support! x

[@natashaoreilly7072]

Hey, they’re all still alive 👀👌 Nice work girlie 👏👏👏

[@mayahs792]

They’re all doing fine, all things considered. I would put the anthurium in pon, they grow roots like crazy in pon. Also it’s worth cutting off that rotting leaf, it encourages the chonk to put out a new leaf faster.

[@heatherstephens9295]

Do you ever use hydrogen peroxide spray to help with the mould?

[@ConnieP92]

Hey Emma, nice little update...glad they're doing OK on the most part. I would really love an update on your Alocasia Infernalis...I've seen many use just a little water (in a bottle cap or such vessel) so am curious to see how yours goes. Thanks for your content...loving your vids matey👍🏼🐨

[@GoodGrowing]

will defo keep y'all updated!

[@tynatheunicorn]

The philodendron is very pretty!

[@leahwatkins9911]

Try perlite w ur hoya,,roots always grow fast for me in perlite...Worth a try.

[@kat1984]

Definitely keep the updates coming. Do you grow oxalis by chance?

[@Howle250]

Loved the video update would be nice I learn a lot but definitely not ready for imports yet

[@michaelkerley452]

Love seeing the update on the imports. I have been swapping most of my Hoya to a mix that is majority tree fern fiber with charcoal, perlite and bark. I have never seen root growth like I have been seeing. Hoya that did nothing have been shooting out roots like crazy, but the down side is having to keep a close eye on watering. I have noticed they do need watering about once every 7 to 9 days depending.

[@sarahp5437]

Were you able to receive your imported plants without an import permit? Ive read that we now need a permit to import even just one plant, does anyone know if this is correct? even if the shipper has a photo sanitary cert ?

[@GoodGrowing]

I have a personal PEACH account which might be the permit you're thinking of. Didn't cost anything to enroll

[@jujuuu1]

how do you decide if you use moss or water?

[@GoodGrowing]

that's a good question... It's just kind of an instinct I have after years of growing I guess. In this case, I knew the alocasia would shed roots so easier to separate those if it's in water. typically things with chunkier roots I put in moss

[@jujuuu1]

@@GoodGrowing thanks!

[@madiandrian1574]

Yeeah 🤓

[@andyandbee]

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