Houseplant Techniques I Don't Use Anymore

[@robinprice6879]

I so appreciate how sensible and objective you are. I’m learning so much from your channel so thank you

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

That’s a wonderful compliment! Thank you so much ❤️

[@eeriebincollectionservice]

I honestly recycle the water we get before the shower gets warm enough, we pour it into bottles and water plants with that. I water plants in one of those plastic buckets veggies come in and recycle the water so it lasts longer.

[@fermypoo]

i do love misting to help stuck leaves come out 🥰

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Definitely helpful for that!!

[@peggymalabuyoc9150]

Interesting ! In the beginning of my plant journey I was interested in having a humidifier for my plants and I would educate myself on their pros and cons but I never bought one. I know humidity is good for my plants, however, I’m good with growing the plants that are able to be healthy in what my natural environment can give them. 🥰

[@AlexaLikes]

22:56 yup, when my mom was diagnosed with cancer, I would bring all the plants to the kitchen and they got watered there. Then I would bring them back. It was the easiest way. I wasn't into plants then and missed out on learning from her. As a newb, I'm really greatful for videos like these!

[@danapettygrove9500]

As someone living in Tucson, I'd love to hear about what you do differently for your plants in your current climate vs what you used to do in the desert! It's so hard to find tips online that apply to the desert sun and temperatures!

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Oooh good idea!! I will add this to my list!

[@debbielummus4637]

Great idea! I am in Tucson also!

[@GardenWitchStudio]

Awesome idea! I’d definitely be interested in hearing this.

[@beckymcc6324]

also in Tucson so I agree!

[@sproutswithjoy]

I stopped misting too, but I actually just started misting again this winter 😳 mostly to help leaves that are stuck. It has been helping, actually!

[@sproutswithjoy]

I wonder if the humidity of your plant room didn’t change all that much because the ceilings are so tall? The rooms that I have humidifiers in always get noticeably more humid (the hygrometer goes from, say, 40% to 65% humidity when it’s running), but that may also be because the rooms I have them in are smaller!

[@hollyc8356]

I do this too and I mist my moss poles…

[@mackenziek830]

I just started back up but that’s because my humidity was so low (even with the humidifier on full blast it was at 39% but with regular mistings it’s been in the 40s pretty steadily now). I feel like the plants that did go dormant for the winter/stopped growing when I moved are growing again!! They did not like that move so the growth totally plummeted but they’re in the best spots I have :/

[@GEOMETRICINK]

If you really want a drastic and constant change in humidity you MUST get the kind that attaches to your furnace and blows humid air throughout the entire house whenever the furnace is on. It works. I love it.

[@gailbader8149]

I use a humidifier in my plant room all winter. It really helps. I also monitor the percentage of moisture and it shows while using the humidifier. When I don't use it I notice an increase in bug activity.

[@ambermarie9014]

So glad you filmed this! I definitely used to most my plants also but stopped cuz it was draining for me!

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

It's definitely good to identify what is not fun/helpful and switch it up :)

[@finnster6582]

Thank you for thinking of us old people

[@silviap4478]

Finally someone talks about the health issues that can occur with humidifiers. That is one of the reasons I never got one. I always bottom water the string of... plants, because they are sooo bushy on top. They seem okay with that, we'll see how that develops. But my calatheas only get top watered as they can be really fussy with excess minerals. Thank you for this video. I love those updates on changed routines

[@sej2630]

Agreed, I love the fruit basket phrase! A fruit basket sticker, magnet, or even a T-shirt would be great! ☺️ Thank you for another great video! 👸🏻🪴🤗

[@worldgonemad1977]

My houseplant philosophy: I give them everything their little hearts desire regarding light, temperature, fertilising etc. The only time I have fussed over them is when they had Thrips and Spider mites-at the same time, at which point I moved each and every plant into Leca with nutrient mixed with tap water. Goodbye Spider mites👏🏻They all look so much more beautiful and are growing better but at the end of the day, they will live or they will be compost😉 Loving the beanie!❤

[@JustineMcGuire]

I'm in Missouri too! And im totally also guilty of taking every plant to the sink... however I also only have like... 7 house plants 🤣 don't worry im working on adding to my collection. Since it's winter I've picked up house plants since I can't garden and I am OBSESSED. Thanks for the tips, gal! ~Justine

[@fioregiallo]

I absolutely LOVE the fruit basket analogy and second the merch idea!! Lol 💚💚

[@cscreative5460]

Yes! Team plant potty. I use a mop bucket now and throw the excess water out of the back door old school style 😂

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Love it 😂

[@MelissaFranquii]

Hi Becca! I feel we change so much during our plant journey while we're learning what works in our growing conditions. I liked how you mentioned the adjustments you had to make when you moved. I think we do need to take that into account when taking advice, because the overall care for the same plant can change drasticly depending where is grown. I also stopped misting plants. I only do it now if I see a philo leaf stuck or unfurling weird. I do find that they unfurl quicker and better when I mist them, but that's about it. I also stopped bottom watering. I only do it in the summer for some plants in terracotta pots or maybe if I neglected to water the plant for while.

[@caroooolineeee]

for watering thoroughly i have a similar situation but on a larger scale. i use the amazon greenhouse thing that i bought forever ago, the same one that you got initially prior to getting your ikea cabinet. the large surface area allows me to leave the plants there for a few hours or all day so that the plant drains sufficiently. i just put saucers and buckets for the larger plants on the middle shelf so that the water can drip through the grate on the top shelf where the plants are resting. i really love it!

[@caroooolineeee]

i use it as a shelving unit/rack without the plastic greenhouse cover, obv 😂 forgot that part

[@jaigalarza4950]

Misting new leaves is my go-to. That's how I help them to open nicely

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Yes!!!

[@katschu9312]

Misting was my first thought when I saw the title 😄 I was helicoptering for some weeks until found other things to do, it just doesn't help... Agree on the watering, my soil mix also requires multiple floodings 😄 when I'm watering with fertilizer added I will just do it in place and add a little bit, not to flood the saucer. If the soil is still slightly moist from previous waterings, it'll absorb and hold the water/fertilizer better I noticed. Looking at the N-P-K of this Orchid mist, I doubt it'll do much with this little fertilizer in it 🤔considering the humidity, I just gave up on buying plants that can't tolerate my house's humidity (35-40% in winter), no Anthurium for me 😆poking the soil never crossed my mind but I also make a pretty chunky mix and have no issues with lumps 😄 Can I make a suggestion for houseplant techniques you should try? I know it's been mentioned before but: propagating with perlite! I understand your reasons for disliking it in potting mix and I agree, but as a propagation medium it's just amazing! So far everything rooted for me (many different Hoya, Philodendron wetsticks that were seemingly dead, Syngonium...) I usually use Fern's method with a box in a warm and light spot and that's it, no need to check on it for weeks, no worries if you forget about it 😅 Anyway, I enjoyed your video, I'm also looking forward to videos on your other channel! 😊

[@bwilliams5471]

Thanks to you I now use the water potty for my plants. It cuts down on watering time a bunch. I enjoy your advice and have found you, Adam and Nicole to be my go to for plant entertainment and education ❤

[@pudik2008]

I like your analogy about the fruit basket! You look great the way your dressed! You’re genuinely real and lovely! 💯🪴💚

[@samcresp5440]

I’m a helicopter plant parent for sure. I was with my outdoor garden until it became so full and the weather got too unstable for me to constantly fret, water and plant more. Now I have a burgeoning indoor collection that I cannot stop fussing with. I’m sure I’ll learn in time, but for now, they’re all I can think about and I can’t let my babies down!

[@thebigcanoftuna]

Humidifier is good for me and my eczema during the winter so it helps the humans and if it helps plants, bonus+

[@jessiwave8]

I've never been into misting my plants, it's just overkill to me. I do use neem oil regularly & a pest power to keep thrips at bay. My plant care is so simple now and easy to manage. The main thing that i do to keep me sane & happy with my plant life is to not fuss over them, not buying alot anymore, both things have made a huge difference.

[@davchow8124]

Becca “You look marvelous!”👍 Thanks for sharing. “Happy Thanksgiving!” 🦃 🍗🍽🍺🏈

[@sylviagutierrez7676]

I also have stop some of these,and my plants are fine👍 Yours look great ,so is a good thing to cut down on extra work 🥳 💚☘️🌵🌱

[@PlantFriendDownTheStreet]

We love a cozy queen, Becca

[@alyssaweyland8562]

I feel you on watering becoming such a chore 😅 some days I just let the water run on the shelf and hope for the best. Some days I use those large thin plastic saucers that are supposed to go under large plants and just put plants in there in their nursery pots so I can thouroughly water them

[@alyssaweyland8562]

I’m kicking myself for putting holes in so many ceramic planters 😅 I should have just let them be and kept plants in nursery pots

[@12doodlebug83]

I use a humidifier but I also live in a high altitude desert where humidity is low- back east and down south is very different. . Where I live, it’s needed for certain plants to not only thrive but simp,y survive

[@writegirl2937]

Hey Becca! Nice presentation!!🪴🧡 I appreciate your authenticity because that’s what we relate to the most as we are learning to properly care for our plants. 😊 As for using the sink…Over time, I clogged my garbage disposal by watering plants in my sink. Thank goodness I was able to clean it out well enough to start working again! Phew! …..These days, if I water in the sink, I put a big plastic bowl in the sink first, in case any pumice or soil spills over. I use that same bowl whether I am top-watering or bottom watering in the sink.😊🪴

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

I have heard of that happening to people!! Very smart to reuse the water and catch any flyaway pumice :)

[@writegirl2937]

@@BeccaDeLaPlants Oh, Sorry, I didn’t explain that right. I don’t reuse the water:-). I toss the water out the back door after watering each plant. I meant that I use the same in-the-sink bowl method for both top and bottom watering.😊🪴🧡

[@serenitycarlos2]

If mist with Captain Jack's Neem Oil spray. Use the concentrated oil with 32 oz water and 2 squirts soap. I also mist my Bird's Nest Ferns because they are planted in the Pot with Fiddle Leaf Fig. Great video! It is like having kids...the first one you do so much for. The second, third... auto pilot.

[@alyssaweyland8562]

Thanks for a fun and informative video!

[@ShonjiPowerOf2]

Would like to reccomend an evaporative humidifier, they come in much bigger sizes like mine is 3.5 gallons. I'm in Alaska and my 1000 sq ft would be 20% but I keep it at 55%. I also use an anti fungal/bacteria product for humidifiers and it's just a cap full for every refill of the tank

[@kristiemowry3267]

I do the same in Idaho. We have a big one that just comes on at 50%. Only need to fill it maybe twice in the winter with tap water. Really nothing to it, and it cost around $50.

[@heidi1727]

I live in STL and my plants are only in door during winter but I feel the same about humidifier and stopped using them. But I do keep them away from any heaters or vents.

[@JohnnyWin]

I use the humidifier in my room in the winter when I use a radiator heater in my room because I find that it dries out my air. I also use a plantapotty and it's a lifesaver. I also bought seedling trays with grid inserts to be able to drain more plants at a time so I can water faster lol

[@wandashaw3551]

Hi Becca, I love your Beanie and outfit, so real and so adorable!! Thanks for another great video, too!!

[@lilithmoon7805]

Great video 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@GardenWitchStudio]

I used to bottom water a lot. I didn't have any issue but when I started to top water I didn't really see any decline and it is definitely quicker to top water. The only bottom watering I do now are my 2 African violets and 2 peperomia I have that do much better with bottom watering for me (the Schumi Red and Caperata Rosso). And yes to fruit basket merch. 😁

[@ambwoo84]

I also bottom water my African violets and my parallel peperomia, though I do occasionally top water them too, they seem to have less leaf loss when only bottom watered.

[@GardenWitchStudio]

@@ambwoo84 Agreed. That’s the main reason I bottom water to avoid getting the leaves wet though I did top water when repotting.

[@ambwoo84]

@@GardenWitchStudio I've also been considering bottom watering my Kalanchoe tomentosa for the winter for the same reason, as well as my Strawberry begonia. Both fuzzy as well as tropical-succulent leaves are a bit fussy for my usual care routine, but I feel like they are training me to take better care of them. I also find they like more light than I would have first thought, but that is probably due to my watering style.

[@Alex.Rivers]

I have chronic pain so I don’t move my plants but they all drain into saucers underneath and I make sure to only use distilled/ RO or rainwater (with my ferts) Love this bucket idea though!! Will use if I need to really flush them all out one day

[@willyklajbor2348]

Can you, do you think, reuse the water you water with. I made a watering tub with a water pump to pump up and rewater?

[@tiffanyi5645]

I disagree about misting, when an unfurling leaf is at risk of getting stuck, I literally mist it to death and sometimes it’ll pop open right there and then! It’s worked on my Dieffenbachia and philodendron

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

I forgot to mention that I still mist for that purpose too!! Thank you!

[@stephanielopez8799]

For me to save space I just have a collapsible bucket, I do have to hold my plant over the bucket but better then going all the way to the sink

[@rachelwigginton3437]

The fruit basket metaphor made me think of Fruits Basket, the tv show, which also uses this idea as a central metaphor.

[@ReneeJ420]

I think your casual look is adorable tbh

[@AbbiZika]

Does anyone know what the plant in the lower left corner, bottom shelf, is??? I am obsessed with the longer pendant leaves recently and I need one!! Tia

[@noora7773]

I have noticed a significant change in both my plants' health and mine with humidifier...My peace lily used to be extremely thirsty, but now with the humidifier (set to 50%) I only need to water it monthly. Some plants just are able to take so much moisture from the air. I have less dying leaves to prune. I can't actually live winters without running the humidifier because I notice so much change in my lips, nose and skin. There's less dust particles floating in the air which is good for allergic people. We use regular tap water for the humidifier. I'm wondering does it count as bottom watering if there's a closed water tank in the bottom of the planter and you pour the water to the plastic tube and not on top of the dirt? I have most of my plants in those kind of pots and they are really low maintenance in what comes to watering. I haven't noticed many youtubers talking about those and I'm wondering why...

[@elizabethmarta1492]

Thank you for mentioning disabled plants parents!!!

[@pudik2008]

After having surgeries on my back and knee,I cannot lift larger plants,so I don’t have any other option but water where they are! Only the smaller pots that I can safely lift,I take to a bucket for watering! Becca was very considerate thinking of us!

[@Dricus]

What is your opinion about waterglobes? As always great video and tips 👍🏻

[@kay3489]

Plantapottys are sold out :( what would be a good alternative?

[@blunzn999]

I RELATE SO MUCH TO HAVING HAD TO GET MORE PLANTS IN ORDER TO TAME MY HELICOPTER MOM INSTINCTS. I would DROWN each new plant I got in the beginning, it only got better when I had a pretty high amount

[@bea6777]

I feel seen as a disable plant person 🥺😭♥️

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

❤️❤️

[@plantsbyisaac]

i use the orchid mist for my hoyas. do you think i should be fertilizing with water like other tropicals or is the orchid mist sufficient?

[@kriblar98]

I almost gave myself RSI when spraying my plants manually and that was scary 😬

[@katiewilliams9273]

Where did you get your sulfur from? I have looked in many stores and can't seem to find it anywhere.

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Amazon! I couldn’t find it in person either. a.co/d/7YxXYhh

[@katiewilliams9273]

@@BeccaDeLaPlants thank you

[@creativespirits4105]

You look cold but cute haha it’s a vibe.

[@agneslazarenko2653]

I don't understand humidifiers. In My office, which houses most of my plants, the humidity is around 60 to 70 % without a humidifier and there's mould in a spot on the wall. I fear I would have a fungus farm if I tried to boost the humidity any more. How are People doing it?

[@jackiewhitney5031]

That's great for some plants but clearly not all plants need it that high in humidity. Average optimal humidity for people is about 40% indoor setting. Mold is not a healthy environment and it needs to be treated ASAP.

[@tuulieve]

living in north my humidity can drop to 20% in winters sooo humidifier is god sent for my health and plants! And you shouldn't have too high humidity indoors anyways, 70% sounds high but it depends where in the world you are living in..

[@AftonGroveKnitter]

Do you use LECCA with any of your plants?

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

No! But I have one plant in pon, the rest in soil.

[@PlantFriendDownTheStreet]

@@BeccaDeLaPlantsomg you finally have a plant in pon! Yay! Welcome to the dark side!

[@naturalgalwilliams]

💚💚💚❣

[@tammymatheson7852]

I have a wood stove, I put two pots of water on top and use that, not sure if it helps or not😂😂😂😂

[@tammymatheson7852]

Oh by the way, I live in Nova Scotia, and it’s brrrrrr!

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Oh yes I do that too!!! I feel like it does help 😄

[@kathytuminowski2903]

Culligan Man?

[@natjoy22]

🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🫐🍓🍒🍑🍍

[@yeahivekilledthat719]

I stopped watering my bottom too. I still mist it though.

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

😂😂

[@kertmelinda]

I regret to say but I have been neglecting my plants so much that the planty habit I no longer do is watering my plants when they need it. 😂🥲

[@emilio9540]

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