How to Safely Introduce Outdoor Houseplants Back into Your Indoor Jungle

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

I also use a similar method when buying new plants. I like to quarantine them for 48 hours and spray them down before introducing them to the rest of the houseplants.

[@jeannelcamara919]

Hi Crazy plant, Hope you’re fine, I need some advice as winter is approaching, how to deal with my plants at that time of year as I will be butting heating during that period. All of my plants are in the living room and I also wanted an opinion for the types of plant lights. Thank you so much and I would appreciate if you would respond to me

[@lizalim5142]

Ìuilldvn BMI

[@gurlmadeincanada]

I do at least a two week quarentine to make sure nothingn hatches in the soil! Its hard tho when u wanna see ur new babes out in the main zone ahha

[@carolynallen597]

I have just started to treat my new plants before introducing them into my home after bringing in fungus gnats recently. I've used a hydrogen peroxide flush twice, but can't find any more due to covid, so I tried Safers Insecticide Soap last week. Harli G. recommended mosquito bits mixed with your potting mix. We can't get them in Canada so I'm following a suggestion to crush mosquito dunks and add them to the top 2" of soil. Wish me luck!

[@jayesbeautifulchaos2244]

I learned the hard way about the soil and the holes in the bottom of the pots. I had to bring my plants in a few weeks ago because our nights are already dropping below 50°f and I did the whole soap routine, but I didn’t know to repot them 🤦🏼‍♀️ I don’t know what kind of bugs they were, but there was a hive of them in my garage (where I quarantine usually for a week) the next day. Yepp! Every single plant got repotted, and the bugs were in 3 out of 13 plants! Ugggg! I’m sure the soap would of eventually killed them off, but could you imagine the fiasco if I hadn’t of quarantined in my garage? 😱 Thank you for being so informative, I truly learn so much from you!!

[@sherryporsch9349]

Really good advice. NC went from summer too winter over night. I didn’t have time too spray them this year. Nights went from 70f to 47f.

[@fee9971]

Perfect timing!!! Thank you so much for this video!!! I was thinking that I had to do all of these things but I wasn’t sure if I was missing any steps!!! Quarantining and then repeating the process again for 48 hours after they are inside is what I definitely didn’t think of! Thank you!!

[@TracysHomeGarden]

Just subscribed to your channel! You are such a real “crazy plant guy”! Fellow Torontonians! 🙏❤️🇨🇦

[@DeltaChi16]

This was great!! Definitely going to buy the supplies and start preparing early BC I moved over 35 plants outdoors this spring. 😱

[@lavendarhaze17]

Same and now I hate myself

[@DeltaChi16]

@@lavendarhaze17 Don’t hate yourself. You let the plants thrive in a sunny environment. They enjoyed their recess.

[@alimarvels83]

This is perfect timing - there's definitely a chill in the air in the mornings now (in Scotland) and I'm already preparing for winter 😊

[@hannahharrison111]

What are you average daytime temperatures these days? Here in Ohio, USA we have had a few days 9-10C mornings but getting to 22-23C during the day.

[@teebeee2587]

Yes Alice. We are supposed to get snow next week. Not looking forward to it lol.

[@alimarvels83]

@@hannahharrison111 7 degrees overnight, about 14 during the day but feels like 9 with the wind chill! Hoping my Alocasia doesn't go dormant yet - there's a new leaf about to unfurl 😊

[@alimarvels83]

@@teebeee2587 Snow already? Hopefully they got that wrong 🤞😄

[@holyfox94]

In Germany we already have only 5 degr. Celsius at night and 15 a during the day. I still have some jungle cacti in my bedroom where I get down to 12 degr. at night. I’ve heard jungle cacti and yucca palms need a cold period to bloom next year. 🤔

[@SocaPoliceForce]

Thanks, I'm in Toronto also, well I started with plants into fruit trees from seeds 8 years ago, now they are flowering, my secant year of blooming, a Mamey tree 7' and a sour sup tree 10', also got a giant June Plum tree 15', had to set up a green house now they are so large, the Mamey is blooming again right now. Great Idea of spraying them down, great process you're doing before bringing them indoors.

[@denisejones5422]

Great tutorial Chris💚🌿💚 I live in an apt without a terrance Westchester Co. NYC so a lot of my plants are on window sills and hanging around my windows I pretty much start getting my babies ready for the up coming winter months rearanging them throughout my apt also invested in grow lights to help with the lighting conditions for my apt as well as a greenhouse.

[@elizabethgreco-nieves3667]

Great video, and perfect timing. Not below 50 degeees yet here on Long Island but getting there ugh. That’s why I don’t put many of my plants on the patio, I hate to go through the steps lol. Definitely bringing my jasmine and mandevillas and cacti back in. Can’t wait to build a sunroom extension in the near future🥰💚

[@tinasheplants]

I really need to get into this thorough practice!

[@luisabyr3333]

Thank you for all your help. I love your channel. I am learning so much.

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

You’re welcome. I’m glad you’re enjoying it and learning as well. 😊

[@MarineThePlantMachine]

Very needed tips now that it's getting chillier here in London!

[@RaphCocson]

its cool that you grow kalamansi and sampaguita indoors

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Love having them as indoor plants. The Jasmine is the oldest plant I own.

[@nishuagnihotry9174]

How do you take care of your calathea in winter.please share

[@SAmes-tz4mn]

All my plants are indoor plants so I don't really need this video but I'm watching as a break from my crazy anatomy class. Thank you for your videos bringing me a much needed breath of fresh air!

[@MountainsnVallies]

Was just wondering what to do with them!! 😊😊 ty

[@henriettamcdaniel3783]

Wow i didn't know u needed to do all that . Thank you for sharing that important information😀🌿🌱👍👍 you take good care of your Babies 🌿🌱😀

[@silverc.8105]

Me watching this right after I just brought mine all in haphazardly: 👁👄👁

[@Gobbledi_Gook]

MEEEE

[@tbz1551]

😂😂 Yup! Same 🙈

[@silverc.8105]

I'm glad I'm not alone 😂

[@sharondaguttsen1099]

Same 😒

[@mirianeleath]

Me too. Gonna spray with insecticidal soap now.

[@theplantypants2461]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!! It’s so thorough!

[@abeerkhanf]

Hi there. Im in the coldest part of Canada and have jasmine like you in containers...could you plz do a video for the care for them.

[@susannahwalsh2153]

Thanks for the helpful tips. 😀

[@marielepps4169]

Does all the watering and spraying have a bad effect of them?

[@vkklynn88]

Awesome video Christian, thank you!

[@Rubyseye]

Great tips. Thank you!

[@JohnnyBungalow]

Love this! I definitely need winter care videos! Would a humidifier help in the winter? Thank you

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

I say humidifier will help especially if your homes gets super dry in the winter like mine does 🥶

[@jodidonaldson2923]

Thanks for the tips! Definitely needed! 🤗

[@samuelarocho6600]

Good cleaning tips! Thanks! 😀

[@margieanne9328]

How do I get rid of fungus nats?

[@theworldisavampire3346]

I don't want to use new soil can I do this without using new soil?

[@GlobexCorporationHank]

Do you need to rinse off the Safers insectide soap? Or is it ok to leave it on. Can use it on Jade plants?

[@janiceneri4776]

Does this technique apply to herbs as well? Thanks

[@bindukurien3635]

Can you do a video the winter care for the indoor plants please?

[@Karen_Marie]

Do you save your old soil and re"infuse" them with compost or worm casting to use again? Or do you just throw it away?

[@carolynallen597]

You would throw the old soil away in this case bc the point of repotting here is to get rid of possibly infested soil. You could sterilize the soil by baking it or nuking it but then you kill both good and bad in the soil and it takes a couple of months to repopulate that soil with good bacteria/fungus. Hardly seems worth it to me.

[@jyotirasal207]

Do you keep Aloe Vera tide with the twine for whole winter? How do you disinfect aloe before bringing them in door? Thanks in advance

[@heatherdegreeff1092]

Wow, you repot? That's dedication!!!

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Lo...I love my plants 😜

[@luisabyr3333]

do you have aglaonema plants.

[@erica.whaley]

Love your videos! Do different types of pothos vary in the ways to care for them? Like for the neon, marble queen, or silver satin, are they harder than the golden pothos?

[@kiralewis831]

From my personal experience, the more variegation it has, the more fussy it can be! My marble queen disliked being over watered and they need adequate light to keep the variegation. Haven't had a neon or silver satin pothos though personally so can't speak for those

[@Dwynfal]

Good tips Christian! 👍

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Thanks Sylvie 😊

[@marthamiriam8983]

Great informative video. My plants are next to a south window...I find that I will have to move my plants since I like to open my window in the fall thru winter months (I only have one window) I wasn’t thinking in March when I started buying all these plants... now the battle is “keep windows closed or move plants” ugh!

[@carolynallen597]

I have the same problem!! I live in an apartment that is always hot, I've been here 2 years and have never turned on the heat, plus I need the windows open year round to keep it comfortable. I'm in Toronto as well. I'm just realizing all my precious new plants aren't going to appreciate the drafts. Idk what to do.

[@marthamiriam8983]

carolyn allen Well, we are in this now at least we will learn what plants we can have in our space and if they survive this cold seasons they are diffidently a keeper. Luckily I haven’t purchased those hard to get plants. GOOD LUCK🙃

[@gretchenrodriguez]

Great video. Thank you!

[@maureenmccabe6746]

I’m asking your opinion I just bought a clipping of a Philodendron Brandtianum it’s one leaf with one rolled up with about two inches of roots. What’s your best advice on planting it and what’s best soil I paid $25 for this clipping and don’t want to loose it. Plus what is the best type of pot to put it in

[@prettylittleplanty4057]

Thanks for the tips! I love your variegated plumeria. Wish I could find one and make it happy enough to bloom. Reminds me of Hawaii! 🌺🏝

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Thanks. I hope mine blooms next summer. They definitely do remind me of hawaii as well. 😍

[@prettylittleplanty4057]

Hoping to go back 2021! Postponed from August but there are bigger things happening 🤣. We can use a new year and a fresh start.

[@carlinapagala9270]

Now this is a challenge as I have morethan a hundred plants, literally brought them all out!😓 yay

[@Carolinec222]

can you put you indoor plants in a plastic greenhouse (indoors) to help regulate the humidity levels?

[@fuckyeahhh]

Sure! Becca de la plants (and others) did a video about hers

[@kyrad6543]

I was trying to research a soil flush. I have a gardenia tree that needs to come inside. I noticed some icky red centipede-like bugs in the soil that I would not like to bring inside. But I don't really want to have to do a full repot. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know!

[@soyonpak4270]

Your subliminal message worked. I got my first string of hearts today! :-) Thanks for the care tips.

[@carolynallen597]

I just got one a couple of weeks ago and it's totally due to seeing Christian's, lol.

[@angelahan8208]

What's the name of the spray or nozzle or big mister you use?

[@NewMindGarden]

Amazing...... Big like 👍👍

[@dalemendoza2697]

Hello. Can you give me tip what can I do if I receive my strings of heart uprooted? What to do if I receive them like that?🙂

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Propagate then in water to create roots.

[@dalemendoza2697]

@@CrazyPlantGuy thank you😀

[@terryqualls8378]

I'm not an expert at al but have had plants for many years and most have survived. BG... I currently have a Schfallera ( splng?) that obviously does not like me. I brought it home maybe two months ago,it immediately started dropping leaves. I put it on my covered porch, I live in zone 7, it stopped. When I brought it back in the same thing. It's in an area with three other plants that are doing fine, a Peace lily, a palm and a Deffinbachea. Please help. Thank you!

[@carolynallen597]

Schefflera don't like to be moved, so don't be surprised if when you do it drops leaves, but it should settle into the new location and recover. Good luck!

[@diane4074]

Oh man I should have repotted, I watered with hydrogen peroxide mix and sprinkled diatomaceous earth. Saw 2 crickets and a couple of maybe fungus nats. Swear next growing season I’m following each of your videos, just lost an aloe this year

[@myralondon1272]

Thanks 4 video, I brought mine inside a week ago, let me just say I been hearing crickets , and bugs omg 😲

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

oh no 😮.... might want quarantine and spray them down.

[@tisholiver5626]

Why need oil? What’s it all about?

[@pennyfraney8863]

Neem oil

[@christinaeilers3562]

Can you do another tutorial on maintaining Pepperomia Pilea? I'm not alone...look at the comments we left you when u posted a recent photo of your huge Pepperomia!

[@luisabyr3333]

Good Morning. How are you doing. I pray that you are doing well. I have a Zebra plant that leaves are drooping, but the yellow flowers are beautiful. What can I do to keep the leaves from drooping. Thank you.

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Hmm. Is it the older leaves dropping? Zebra plants are very sensitive to over watering. Make sure you allow water to drain through and only water when soil is dry.

[@luisabyr3333]

@@CrazyPlantGuy no leaves are falling off at all they are just droopy. The flowers on it are beautiful.

[@dixie2881]

Do they suffer at all from not having the same amount of light or do u supplement with grow lights? Thanks for your videos!!

[@carolynallen597]

Great information. Thank you! I'm wondering if you have any plants that go completely dormant/actually look like they have died, in the winter? If you have a plant like that us it advisable to try to keep them going with added light or should you let them go completely dormant.

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Hmm. I don’t think I have? Maybe my Phylanthus or caudeux type of plants. But it will be my first winter with these ones. I did put an alocasia in dormancy one winter...but couldn’t wake it up the following spring 😔

[@carolynallen597]

@@CrazyPlantGuy you deliberately put it into hibernation? How do you tell the difference between hibernating and dead?

[@greggill1255]

Have you always had a grill??

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

I've had it for about two years now. :)

[@greggill1255]

Crazy Plant Guy dang! Shows how much I pay attention lol. No offense but I’m always looking at the plants😂

[@J4P4N1M4T10N]

PLEASE DO A CITRUS CARE VIDEO! A more in depth video on acclimating it inside, your grow light setup, winter care... please!

[@janineloftin2151]

Good morning Christian, Do you have a bird of paradise, close to your FLF? If so, what size is the container? They seem to have a root system that is almost invasive (powerful and big). I would like to get a bird of paradise for indoors, but their root system concerns me. Do you trim the roots to keep it contained? I had one outside and the roots broke/cracked the pot. 🌸

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

I think the size of it is 10 inches. I’ve had it in there for about two years now and have never repotted or trimmed the roots. I might have to upgrade soon next summer.

[@maryking7486]

Good morning!!!

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Good morning.

[@simplysandra1729]

What about succulents I have 2, a bunny ears cactus and zebra succulent. Do I do the same with them watering and spraying down? Or should I just leave them outside lol....I live in southern California though and rarely do I see the temperature drop below 40 so they might be ok outside all year. I also have a golden Pothos outside as well.

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

lol. I think they should be fine if you’re temperature is warm all winter and it gets good lighting still.

[@simplysandra1729]

Crazy Plant Guy Great! Thank you for responding 👍🏼

[@junegraffiti20]

Hi! Have you had any experience of little white crawling insects in the soil? It seems to be in all of the soil I've been buying from local plants stores. I googled and I think they're soil mites? Maybe? Some say to leave them alone? Was hoping to get your opinion on it if you have the time. 🙂 thank you!

[@katiewilliams9273]

Why on earth would anyone tell you to leave them alone? They all need to die !!! Lol just kidding don't know what they are but as for me I would use something to drench the soil to kill them, a systemic bug controll

[@junegraffiti20]

I googled and some kept saying they were "beneficial and only eat decaying plant matter." but yeah, they creep me out a little, so, wanted to make sure.😅 Soil drench, like how people use 3% hydrogen peroxide?

[@octaviaschulte6419]

I have had them too. You can use hydrogen peroxide, but if it’s been really bad I have repotted the plant in fresh soil. I didn’t want them to transfer to other plants. Good luck!

[@junegraffiti20]

@@octaviaschulte6419 it seems to always be in the soil i buy 😬 so, I'll try to pre-treat the soil with hydrogen peroxide? Before repotting. Hopefully that will help. Thank you so much!

[@octaviaschulte6419]

Marielle P I recently did that with my philodendron moonlight and it seems to have worked. I used 20% hydrogen peroxide and 80% water. When i repot I rinsed the roots as well, just to be sure. 🌱💚

[@erica.whaley]

PLEASE do a ficus benjamina care tips video! My grandmother has one that is 40+ years old and I took some cuttings from it and was able to water propogate it, but I recently potted it and I have no idea what to do to take care of it! I REALLY don't want it to die!

[@kathygraham6251]

plants don't do well when exposed to extreme changes in temp, as when you leave your plants outside too long and its cold when you bring them in to a heated environment, prob dry too. I bring my plants in before heat comes on and temps are similar indoors and out

[@andyandy2684]

In your opinion...probability of outdoors plants having pests is a lot higher than indoor plants? What kind of alcohol do you use in your diy insecticide spray? Can we get a recipe please. Alcohol, soap, neem to water. Thanks!

[@CrazyPlantGuy]

Hmm I would say outdoors likely to have pest than indoors but indoors plants have them too...lol if you have plants you’ll have pest. My DIY recipe is rubbing alcohol 30-40 ml, 5 ml neem oil, a few drops of dish soap and the rest water at least 1 LT spray bottle. You can adjust the alcohol or neem oil depending how strong you want to make it.

[@seedrootsprouts2290]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@darylguevarra4857]

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[@angelokarlcanaleta5807]

Calamansi is pronounced Call-Ugh-Man-See

[@daleandrews3552]

Hey guy, I'm grooving on that humongous aloe you have at 4:35. You want to protect that thing at all costs. I thought I pretty much knew my plants, but that one has me stumped. I thought it was a large aloe, as it has all the markings. What kind of aloe it is? 🪴🌴

[@melodyemay6402]

Excellent video! Thx!