HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT POT - let's talk about pot sizes (it's easier than you might think)

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[@pudik2008]

I have learned so much from you Jan! I used to pot my plants in big pots believing that the plants would grow big 😅 I know apply your principles,smaller pots plus well draining potting media! Plants Doing much better now! Just an idea,we should all everyone to send a msg to Bunnings to provide us with more size options of those clear pots! Hugs to Brad! 😻 Natalie 🫶🏼🐈

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I so totally agree with you....big pots make bigger plants.....NOT!!!

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You’ve inspired me sooo much! Three months ago I wasn’t really into plants. Now I look at my Thai Constellation, Deliciosa, Karstenianum, Pinatipartita, Dubia and so much more. All of them on moss poles made thanks to your tutorials. Thank you for this beautiful hobby. I needed it so much in my current life. Greets from Poland! ❤️

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[@florinmihai]

Great video, loved it! I planted a week ago my two melanocrysum cuttings in a way too big pot for their root system, because the moss pole I made just kept falling and it needed a bigger pot to support it. I had some overthinking, but I thought, well, if the soil drains well, it should be ok. So I made a really chunky soil mix, and that was it. I’m glad to hear confirmation from you, now my overthinking should stop for good.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Sounds like a good set-up :) the plants will tell you if they’re happy or not :) happy growing & thank you :)

[@noramalpica9971]

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[@sydneyplantguy]

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[@user99351]

I changed my 50 odd collection to all clear pots. 🥳❤️

[@sydneyplantguy]

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[@carolstuff]

Love the Bunnings pots, we don’t have them in USA. Thanks for sharing Jan!

[@ILikePlantsalot]

Hey Jan, found your KZbin Channel a couple of Weeks ago and already loving it ! Started my first attempts with Mosspoles and so far its going great, thx for your Videos :)

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you & happy growing :)

[@anchigans]

Love how passionate you explained everything about potting stuff for us! Thank you! This is very knowledgeable and helpful

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

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He’s the cutest 🥰🥰

[@antonenero]

I enjoyed your video I can't comment always every time you posted a video but I'm still over here to support you take care and GOD blessed ❤❤❤ happy planting 🪴🪴🎉🌼

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :) much appreciated :)

[@lleo9703]

Hi Jan, you have encouraged me to change over my pots to clear pots so I can “see” what’s going on with the roots without pulling the plant out of the pot all the time. In the US, (online) I’ve found 7.62 cm (3”), 10.16 cm (4”) (These come with domes with air holes which are helpful for retaining humidity in small plants) 12.7 cm (5”),15.24 cm (6”), 20.32 cm(8”), 22.86 cm(9”). I’ve also recently tried NZ tree fern fibre mixed with perlite for poles(Expensive, but wanted to try). Yes, it falls out more than moss, but not so bad with plants in cabinets. Good advice to choose pot based on root size. Your videos always informative and entertaining!😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you & happy growing :)

[@Laneythekid]

As a beginner to repotting, this was so so helpful. Thank you!

[@Imaulanairsyad]

Nice tips bro💚

[@sydneyplantguy]

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[@rareplaid]

That Cuprea! I may need to try an Alocasia 😍😍😍

[@Palmguy222]

Your A. Platinum is gorgeous!

[@sylvain0877]

Great video as always ❤❤

[@sydneyplantguy]

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[@Plantcrazelise]

Thank you, it's so many opinions on this topic, good that's cleard up 😅 love following your videos, here from Norway 😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

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[@sylviagutierrez7676]

I have been using these pots myself,they r great👍 💚🌱🌵☘️💚

[@sydneyplantguy]

Game changers 🙌🙌

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excellent presentation! Always learn something from you.

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[@pattituringan6745]

Thanks for the info, but I mostly kept watching how cute Brad is. 😻

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That’s totally fair :)

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The alocasias Cuprea and Platinum are so beautiful that I have difficulty to focus on what you say :-D To occupied admiring their beauty - what a distraction 😀

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I prefer an indica/saliva blend 🤪

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Cuprea such a beautiful plant.

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Exactly the video i was looking for. Thank you!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Glad I could help!

[@victoriafalkenthal444]

Thank you for the vid. Really makes you see and understand what the plant REALLY needs. I want to ask; plants with aerial roots obviously can do with their roots being exposed to light whether below ground or above. But do plants without aerial root systems mind that they are exposed to light while in the see-through pots when normally they would be beneath the soil? Apparently not, but why?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Roots prefer darkness. All my clear pots are in decorative planters but even if they are exposed to light they are still healthy :) you’ll just experience a little more algae

[@Lukegames197]

Omg love your videos❤

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[@clarewhite3004]

Thanks for the explanation. I may have overshot pot size. I'd never thought about root size and water intake. I may have overshot it with repotting this week (I bought mature plant pot sizes), so I'll be very careful with watering those till I can add some perlite and orchid bark. I was wondering this morning why they're still so wet!

[@angemarie2201]

You can also get 7cm 12cm and 15cm so I find it super helpful that I can use clear pots for all my plant stages of life.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Clear pots are definitely a game changer 🙌🙌

[@angemarie2201]

100%

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Jan...💓🥰 THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!..🤗.. By Watching this Video I can Understand growing my Plants better!.. I really APPRECIATE your 3 Advices!..😍.. I have to learn about the root system of my Plants. There are my plants which grow easily ( beautifully! ) but there are my plants which grow unhappy!..( What makes me so sad is when the same variety of my plants grows with "their own behaviors!".. They are difficult to understand!.😅.. Why happy?...Why unhappy?.. I'm struggling to understand my Rose Plants!.. I'd say, this Video becomes my Source to understand them!..😊 ) Your Plants look soo Gorgeous!.😍.. While You explained your Ideas, Your Plants said, " 💖 We are Grateful!.. Jan understands us well!.. Look!.. We have healthy roots!.. We are soo Happy!.💓" They INSPIRE me!.😊🥰.. Jan...👍 Once more, Thank you soo much for this Important IDEA!.. I'd say, this Video is a Reminder for me to build a Nicer Bond with my Plants!.😍🤗.. And Brad is Soo Adorable!..😻🐈.. Also, I APPRECIATE your Experiences with Skillshare!.💖.. SO LOVELY BOND WITH PLANTS!..💞❤️💐🌈🌸🥰💚😻🐈🤗💓..

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Thank you for yet another informative video mister!

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Thanks for the short, sweet and chaotic vid lol

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Thanks for watching :)

[@wendyc8815]

I am probably one of the people who frustrate you with this question, and I appreciate your helpful video. My concern in asking dimensions was not so much for the plant. More the moss pole, since I am totally new to them. I noticed that the size of the bottom of your pot seems almost equal to the top. (Not much of a slant.) Here in the USA, I cannot find pots like that and was curious if it was important to keep the moss pole stable. I hope that made sense. Excited to start on the moss pole journey. Appreciate you.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Makes sense :) if you use a chunky mix the moss pole should stay pretty stable irrespective of the pot shape :)

[@wendyc8815]

@@sydneyplantguy Thanks so much!

[@peterbrown3404]

I know a few people who use clear pots inside black pots. Clear, in order to assess root health without disturbing them. And black is better for root health. They naturally grow in the dark. But the way you normally put the clear into decorative pots kinda achieves the same result.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes and at the same time the decorative planter also gives stability :)

[@woowooone]

Thank you so much!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@Orbt_]

Great video. Can you link where you get your clear pots? Its hard to find sturdy clear pots. Also, I think when people are talking about up sizing a pot its because the roots and the soil are still attached. The way you showed your example was just with the roots exposed, so of course using the same size pots would work if you are not repotting with the soil attached. I do like this better because it pretty much makes repotting easier if repotting based on the size of the roots only.

[@sydneyplantguy]

There is a link in the description but they are available in australia only :/

[@jannamozdzer4100]

Excellent content as usual! I have slowly been converting my aroids to homemade moss poles and your soilless mix. So far good success but there is a learning curve in knowing exactly when to water. Always look forward to Tuesdays and a new video although I’m a couple behind right now. 😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you & happy growing :)

[@shmpooch]

12:07 how does that giant moss pole stay upright? I'm guessing a very heavy decorative pot?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes :)

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BRAD IS SO CUTEEE

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I just love your videos!!!!🥰

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[@Epiphalactic]

Man youre cuprea looks ao good. Mine is very small still. Kist a little 4" pot and 3 leaves. I vant wait tho.

[@tarryl.m]

I'm not too sure if you will see this still, but how do you repot when the plant out grows the smaller pot and you want to up size to the larger pot with the moss pole? Do you leave the soil around the roots and transplant the whole shebang into the new pot around the moss pole or do you remove the soil from the old pot and place the bare roots in front of the moss pole and add new soil in and around the new pot and moss pole? Thanks so much!

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Great great great content. Keep going men helped me a lot!!!! ;)

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

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[@karlareyes4688]

Hello, thia was an awesome video. Lots of info 😊 thank you from keeping me from getting all different size pots 😅Im enjoying your content and i have one question...do you own any plants thar are not airoids? I would love to see how you care for other types of plants 😊 and im sure you've heard it a lot of time but i have to say it...your plants look amazing 🤩😍

[@sydneyplantguy]

I'd say 98% of my collection are aroids :) if you check out my houseplant tours u can see all of them :)

[@Wallace866]

Great video, I’ve learned a lot from you. Just one question I have, the pumice in the US does not look like yours. Here is smaller sizes, almost like perlite. Maybe you know more than I do

[@sydneyplantguy]

You can usually buy it in different grades. I always buy the chunkiest grade… maybe the one sold in your country is rather fine instead

[@knoxxxxxx]

hey thank you for the Video. as usual very informative. I have one question, with regards to feeding the plants in moss poles, do you feed only in th the pot itself or the moss pole too as root system is in the pole.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Both :) thank you :)

[@marupoksilablab4166]

I have plants that grows roots faster than I expected . So I have to repot them always. Like Anthuriums and begonias They can't stay in smaller pots .

[@gwennowee4209]

Again a really nice video! (I like your chaos btw:p) How do you germinate seeds/bulb for for example alocasia/antheriums? (Or is there a video that I missed?:p) and haha is that woman from skillshare Dutch?:p the accent sounds really Dutch.

[@sydneyplantguy]

I thought she might be french but she could also be dutch or belgian :) I have a full video on anthurium pollination :) thank you!

[@christinadgardenglee]

Very informative I have learnt so much being a beginner - Thank You

[@sydneyplantguy]

Cheers :)

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Great video as always, thanks for sharing. Great fan of your videos and Instagram posts here. I don't remember I've seen a video regarding your fertiliser's regime. can you let me know if you have done it before? If not will you make one please.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :) i don’t have a specific video but the fertiliser is always linked in thr description and I use it as per the recommendations on the bottle :)

[@heidi3149]

I can’t believe you have such cost effective, available options for clear pots in Australia 😭

[@양민수-w8c]

Hello! I'm a beginner Gardner in Korea who enjoys watching your videos. There's only one thing I'm curious about.😅 How can you hold a moss poles so tightly in a pot? Can you tell me how..?👀👀

[@sydneyplantguy]

I honestly do nothing special, i just pot it up in chunky aroid mix & eventually the roots hold it in tightly :)

[@양민수-w8c]

Oh, just need Roots, Chunky aroid mix and time? I'll have to try! Thank you for your reply😁 I'll look forward to the video. bye!

[@aylaloup-lestatJun]

Thank you for this vidéo 🌿💚🇫🇷🙏

[@growinginthespareroom]

Hi Sydney Plant Guy, I have a question. I have some plants on poles that are %95 coco chunks and %5 spagnum moss. Thin layer of moss for the plants to attach well. I use dyna grow foliage pro liquid fertilizer which is similar to GT foliage focus. My system is recirculating hydroponic drip. I have a 100 gallon ro water reservoir that I mix the fertilizer in. For the last 5 months I have been just been refilling the resevoir when it is empty and mix in the fertilizer when the tank is full again. So basically all the water is either absorbed by the plant or evaporates into the air. Also I have never flushed the poles or pots and everything seems great. But recently its occured to me.... What happens to the fertilzer? Is it building up within the moss poles? I mean i know the plants absorb some but what happens to the rest? Does that fertilizer become inert or does it continue to build up even when the poles dry out completely. Sorry for the long question but lately this question has been on my mind. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you

[@BarenakedplantsbyKerri]

I’m still so envious of your bunnings pots. I sooooo wish I could find a replica here in the USA.

[@sydneyplantguy]

They are a game changer 🙌🙌

[@womenarewater]

What is the roots are coming out is the bottom of the pot? Dose that mean that the plant necessarily need to upsize its pot?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Sometimes that root is just looking for oxygen, doesn’t mean the plant is root bound. That’s another benefit of clear pots… you can see how many roots there actually are :)

[@womenarewater]

@@sydneyplantguy good point. Thank you!

[@BettaShrimps]

How stable are the 180cm ones with a 140mm pot or even a 200mm. Just put some plants on a 90cm in a 100mm and my parents don't like how wobbly they can be with wind or my cat scratching her face on them. I'm also on wooden floors so they don't want it to get damaged with moist moss.

[@daxapanchal9959]

What is your IKEA cabinet?

[@sydneyplantguy]

I have a full playlist on it :)

[@robynfisher4455]

This'll sound like I missed the point but I wish they'd make see throughs in more sizes! Potting up from 150 to 200 seems too big a jump. Need a 180 and 250. I love them for all plants. How can we make that happen? The Inner Critic is strong with you, glad you're onto it 🙂

[@sydneyplantguy]

Agree on the 25cms but I never had an issue sizing up from 14 to 20 straight sway :) it’s not that big of a jump :)

[@noramigliazza6596]

Wow! you must be one of the few plant people who don't have this huge mess of differently sizes and shaped pots in one corner of their home. But do you have any tips on matching the plastic pot with the decorative planter? I always have problems finding a nursery pot that fits in my planter or the other way around...🙄 and I can't believe your three sizes fit in all decorative pots.

[@sydneyplantguy]

I take the nursery pots shopping with me & test them before I buy a planter :)

[@31coner]

What are your opinions on using Leca as a growing medium compared to your aroid mix? Any tips?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Never really tried it - don’t fix what’s not broken & aroid mix is working great for me :)

[@conniesmith2105]

Need a link for the clear pots

[@sydneyplantguy]

It’s in the description :P

[@paulrothstein7443]

When you water do you let water sit at the bottom of the outer pot or do you take the clear pot out and put back after the water completely drains>

[@sydneyplantguy]

I empty out any excess water :)

[@paulrothstein7443]

@@sydneyplantguy Thanks so much for the quick reply. I watched your video where you put the two Soltec lights in your cabinet. Did you drill 2 holes in the cabinet for the wires?

[@BonkersAboutAlice]

I've often wonder that larger pots are more easily maintained than smaller given soil can be difficult to manage for small quantities

[@sydneyplantguy]

Large pots use more medium so you gotta buy & store more etc. besides the cost savings of using smaller pots I find it much easier to manage :)

[@Baks12uurdenk]

How do you deal woth toxicity for cats? Or does your cat never eat them?

[@sydneyplantguy]

He doesn’t eat them :)

[@c.c.3.3.3]

Does choosing a pot that is snug to your plants roots cause slower growth? I always figured that if it stays in a small but snug pot, it doesn't tell the plant that it can expand its roots! Please someone advise! Any knowledge would be appreciated very much!! 😘

[@sydneyplantguy]

Suppose judging by my plants I don’t think it stunts the plants growth :) but it also depends on the plant itself, the mix & the nutrients you provide. But in general, your thoughts are correct- plants need room to expand their root system if you want to get the most out of them. But too large of a pot can also be encouraging root growth instead of leaf growth

[@MyLocsMyPlants]

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[@Lelerson16]

What is that plant on the left? At 11:50

[@virginiamartinez391]

So helpful 😃,💞😻💞🙀😼

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@virginiamartinez391]

@@sydneyplantguy your welcome 🤗😺😸

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이끼막대 하나 만들어서 나도 몬스테라 키워보고 싶다.

[@mariajesusmorales6121]

Mente sana en cuerpo sano. = raíces sanas , planta sana . 👍💌

[@giselarosado8272]

How many inches pots ?

[@sydneyplantguy]

I use 10,14 & 20cm pots :)

[@litlbeck]

I love how Braddles just sat in the corner of the video for most of the time. Cute but distracting 😄

[@ellymoto]

Anyone in Canada know where we can find similar clear pots here? I've only been able to find the smaller (4 inch) orchid pots at a local greenhouse.

[@pianoman159]

Maybe home depot?

[@marjpurdy4173]

Where in Canada are you?

[@ellymoto]

@@pianoman159 I'll try there next, it's the one big box store I haven't tried yet.

[@ellymoto]

@@marjpurdy4173 Niagara region, but am open to online supplier if they're in canada (for the sake of shipping cost)

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[@ThePursuitofJoy]

You said this perfectly. 😙🤌💚

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)