This Infinite Free Plant Hack is SO SIMPLE (Greenhouses Will Hate Me)

[@joshuahoyer1279]

I clipped some of our rosemary like this during the summer and just dropped them in a shot glass full of water, changing the water every week or so. I think about 90% of the cuttings rooted, no media, no rooting hormone needed. Then i just potted them into a mix of homemade compost plus a handful of vermiculite. They are happily sitting outside on a rack near the house, even in the pouring rain and some mild freezes we've been having!

[@angeldominguez5952]

90% wow! Did you put them near a sunny window or not?

[@joshuahoyer1279]

@@angeldominguez5952 honestly, they were sitting in very indirect light for the most part. I set them on the counter behind our kitchen sink. The only sunlight in that room comes from an east facing window and a south facing sliding door, neither of which are that close to the sink! I guess we had the overhead lights on enough to give it what it needed? 🤷‍♂️

[@ilacallya324]

Next time apply a magnet with South pole facing the root....you're welcome

[@coleen2213]

@@ilacallya324 Why?

[@leeannluigi1644]

​@@ilacallya324Just curious...how does a magnet and roots facing South pole help? Im very interested 😊

[@angelbass2975]

Ty for getting straight to the point. The last few vids of other people took soooo long. It took 5 mins for one guy to get to the point. Ty again!

[@tanjaharmse5517]

It's very easy to fast forward if you prefer.

[@angelbass2975]

@tanjaharmse5517 I'm not looking to know about their back story. I had a question and several other's give a monolog and barely get to the question. That's like buying a product that contains minute trace amounts of the thing I bought it for in the first place. And in my household, we get straight to the point. None of this excess that wastes time. Either way, I fast forwarded and still ended up with this video being what I was looking for. Getting straight to the point. 😆

[@dayafeickert6752]

Love how kind your heart is Luke. You and your wife and the company you built is 100% about helping others and giving them the garden knowledge they need to be a success in their garden. Because of the information you and your employee shared I learned about the master gardener program was able to sign up for classes and graduate. This year I went from the 12 beds at our house alone to taking on our church community garden to grow food for the food bank. Thank you so much for helping me find my dream, growing food to feed my community. ❤

[@GardeningwithDave]

Welcome to the gardening community❤. I recently picked up my California master gardening book earlier this year. For now, I am trying a lot of new techniques and I soon plant to get my certification. Any suggestions about the program before is sign up?

[@zb7688]

Could you share the program you found? I have been interested but can’t seem to find programs

[@Earthy-Artist]

Hi Luke 😊, I would love to see an 'update' to this video where you might show the rooted cuttings, and also how you will go on to the next step in the process of potting them up.

[@momofjstk]

Thinking the same thing. :)

[@leevarona4281]

Yes, I’d like to give this a try as well and would appreciate learning about subsequent steps 😊

[@buzzwithhoneybee]

Came here to say this and I second and third and fourth you motion!! xoxoxox love Luke and everyone at MI Gardener!!!!!

[@jenniferwalters579]

Me too actually.

[@kathywiertzema9616]

Same here…😁

[@dennismoore8351]

We live in southwest Georgia. Rosemary here is a perennial. If you plant one in your yard and have dogs, it is a natural flea repellent when they rub against it. And they smell good to boot.

[@mylindawhite5261]

Hello from Blakely. I didn't know that about dogs and fleas. Thanks.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

😂 the dogs come in smelling great!

[@simplegodlylivinghomestead]

​​Thank you so very very much for sharing that ☺ 🙏🏼 ❤ We have a homestead, and we have animals inside our home, and we have barn cats, Livestock, goats, etc.. outside, and I NEVER knew that 🥺🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ That is truly such a gem 💎 of information love 😌 🙌🏼 💯 👏🏽 This gem of info 💎 will help us so very very much here on our Homestead ♥ 😊 One of the best parts is that I already grow this in my deck containers and in my kitchen garden, so now I can just grow it ALL over and Throughout Our property [Homestead and farm] and it will help with fleas and also make our outside animals and Livestock smell amazing and be flea free 😉 👏🏽 😊 ❤ Thank you again 💛 😌 🤗 Love Always and GOD Bless Ya'll ♥ 🙏🏼 Stephanie 🙋🏼‍♀️ @SimpleGodlyLivingHomestead

[@fishrfriends5631]

Yessir! My mom planted some rosemary years ago by our oak tree, and it’s grown into a bush bigger than me! I am also from Georgia and named Dennis 😂

[@sherriward8766]

Hey, y'all, another Georgia girl here. We too have huge rosemary plants year round. Love to simmer it on the stove to make the house smell great. BTW I live in Covington, better known as Mystic falls. Vampires everywhere.😂

[@jordanhuguenard8315]

I root all my cuttings with Aloe, I grow Aloe so I have a lot of Aloe plants so I never run out, it is an amazing rooting hormone 👍

[@bettinaripperger4159]

How do you root items with aloe work ?

[@jordanhuguenard8315]

@@bettinaripperger4159 Coat the rooting space of the cutting in the Aloe gel, you can be pretty liberal with it if you want, or if you want to get fancy, you can cut the aloe into pieces to fit the dimensions of the rooted space of the cutting and press the cutting into the aloe gel and then plant the cutting however you would prepare a cutting to start rooting, it is preferable not to use the water method and just plant it in a soil based medium

[@americangrit7759]

Lol I just tried this today with carrot seeds. Fingers 🤞

[@jordanhuguenard8315]

@@americangrit7759 They'll germinate for sure 👍

[@whitestone4401]

My grandpa always used his own saliva as a rooting hormone. He was such a master.

[@cindybroadus3277]

I’ve done this with lavender also and it is super easy! Can one ever have too many lavender plants

[@leapylouie801]

I'm glad I read your comment. I think I'll do this with my lavender as well this year

[@zetaminor77]

I’m got to try this too with my lavender when they get big enough. Growing from seed right now and have around 7 tiny seedlings

[@OrganicGreens]

If you want super cheap cloning media buy a bag of coco coir. I clone in coco in seedling trays. Some rooting powder and coco coir can make your cloning work 100%. A heat mat and humidity tent will make em root even faster. I love coco coir because it holds so much air which really helps with rooting.

[@soniarodriguez3810]

That's a better solution for me, we have lots of coco products. I'll try this tomorrow! 🙏

[@jimspringer1532]

@@soniarodriguez3810 I have used alot of coco and find parasites in most of it.

[@ThatOneLadyWithCommonSense]

You use honey as a routing Harmone

[@MichelleRubery-e3i]

Thanks for your comment. I have coco coir. So I really needed to read your comment. Watched so many effing videos so far.

[@johny9101]

@@ThatOneLadyWithCommonSense*routing Harmone* ?!?! 😂😂 lol honey doesn't work as a routing harmone. As a matter of fact, it’s stated in the video 6:23

[@daniellebissonnette3304]

Rosemary is my favorite herb, and I have been wanting to grow them in my garden. Unfortunately, I live in zone 4, so it cannot survive winters outside. Now with this hack you just shared, I am definitely going to plant a rosemary bush in my rock bed next summer and take cuttings inside in the Fall. Thank you so much for this!

[@dennismoore8351]

I take the thicker woody stems, cut about 10 tom12 inches long, and drop them in a bucket of water for 20 to 30 minutes. Cut meat and veggies, marinate as desired, for kabobs and thread them on the rosemary stems and put them on the grill.

[@melissaschloneger9902]

That is a great idea!!!

[@prayingwifeandmama4251]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!! My husband is an excellent grill master and I am his grill asst-we will be doing this asap!! Awesome tip-THANK YOU!!

[@faithsrvtrip8768]

My grandmother would go to K-Mart and pick the leaves on plants she wanted and put them in her apron pockets, usually geraniums, and then start them in a pot at her house.

[@tammy6816]

That’s so cute. What a fun memory!

[@Dianatorres6990]

😮

[@rhcp8390]

That's proplifting.

[@mrsmc2612]

Really just by using the leaves!? That's amazing

[@tinkertailorgardenermagpie]

Mine too! She said it needed deadheading or pruning, so she was providing much-needed help LOL

[@rsnjl]

I would recommend pouring the root hormone out on a napkin or small plate and not dipping into the main jar. You can put bacteria in the jar and spread to other cuttings. Keep the jar of root hormone sterile.

[@cc1k435]

Great point ❤

[@dawnevans6775]

I'm trying to spend as little as possible and I Aloe for something else also.🙏💞

[@dawnevans6775]

Thanks for the tip too!!👍🌹❤️

[@kamoodle5]

This rooting concept is how I got so many pothos plants currently living in my house. 😆 When I was at Home Depot recently, I scoffed at the absurd price they had for pothos ($12). They are stupidly easy to grow due to their resilience.

[@kathleenboller6651]

They’re up to $19.99 at my local Home Depot!

[@NN-fz4pd]

I agree with you about normal golden pothos, but my neon pothos is the worst to propagate. It just won’t root. I take 10 cuttings and all of them turn yellow and die over the next few months except for maybe 1. I tried with cinnamon. I tried giving it some indirect light. I guess I’ll try aloe next.

[@mlee7037]

Love this, Luke. Our rosemary is very old and looking very rough. This came just in time. I will clip some to root so that if I lose mine, I will have another.

[@mamoe3]

So glad you’re using rock wool and not that green floral foam that contains formaldehyde

[@M_Blaise]

I grow baby plants from cuttlings just by putting them in a tiny vase to let the roots grow. The growth hormons stored where the leaves were at the bottom of the stems (I remove the bottom leaves, too) help the new roots grow. The cuttlings decorate my dining room table untill they are ready to be planted some two weeks later. I propagate rosemary, basil, sage etc like that, but it works even with many decorative indoor plants. Just be careful to add water every day. Good luck, hope this helps!

[@lisarod10]

I brought in a rosemary plant this year in early Sept. Dug it up below the roots and transplanted it into a deep pot and added good soil. So far so good!! Watering once weekly. The sprigs add such good flavour to soups and stews.

[@doityourselflivinggardenin7986]

Rosemary will transplant into the house just fine. I've been doing it for 20 years. I bring it in and then wait to take cuttings when the ends begin to grow again. They root much better this way because new sap is flowing. Cold dormant shoots take too much time to rebound.

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Austin, TX. I am experimenting with herbs, onions, garlic, and leeks intercropped with brassica planted in late summer to late spring and covered with low tunnele over winter

[@j.b.6855]

Interesting idea, and rosemary can be hard to start from seed. I grew rosemary in a grow bag this year, so it was easy to bring inside. It doesnt survive the winter in 5b. If I can propagate cuttings, they will take up a lot less area in my seed starting room.

[@BeerPatio]

Frfr I think I had 0 seeds but 80% success in propagation

[@romazone101]

My 10 yo potted Rosemary blooms every winter. (also zone 5b). One of my favorite indoor plants.

[@leeannluigi1644]

I also can't get rosemary to grow from seed, even when I freeze the seeds before planting. Im so glad I'm not alone!!

[@j.b.6855]

@@leeannluigi1644 I only have about 50% germination from seed. I stratify in the refrig for a few weeks, then almost surface sow the seeds, with a super thin covering. ​ @romazone8101 I have mine in a 7 gallon grow bag, a little large for a houseplant. I will likely harden it off and move it outside in the spring

[@AlsanPine]

crushed willow juice will hugely improve your rooting chances. in fact, since i started doing this, i have had 100% success rate. i use fine sand and rain water. cheers 🙂

[@fuubar21]

I do propagate my basil to add more plants throughout the summer. I will have to remember doing this for rosemary next fall

[@MB-co6qj]

Why wait? Do it now and your cuttings will be ready to thrive in spring!

[@terriczmuchalek1015]

Silly question- is the rock wool used just the regular insulation or specific to gardening? Love love love this info, especially on Rosemary, such a gorgeous herb.

[@AQTGirly4U]

I used your method 4 weeks ago to root some rosemary so I would have a backup to a zone 6 perennial I bought this year. Used vermiculite instead of the blocks as the growing medium, and it worked fantastic! Potted them up today; 11 of 12 cuttings rooted, and the roots are really hardy and plentiful! Thanks for all the great information you share with us!

[@karenlewkowitz5858]

Great info! I have moved a container with rosemary indoors. Zone 6. Niagara Falls. So will see that although Luc mentioned that Rosemary does not do well moved indoors, I am doing that, but will also propagate. Btw, a neighbour built his own house with one 20*20' light-filled room with a soaring cathedral ceiling - the entire room is filled with huge, 3-4' tall rosemary plants!! The scent is heavenly ❤

[@lindap9079]

I've tried to propagate Rosemary from cuttings several times. None of them was successful. This video points out some of the mistakes I made so I'll try one more time. Thanks Luke.

[@freygirl4life]

This is awesome! Thank you!!! Would you consider Lavender having a woody stem?

[@genastruna4159]

It has certainly been on my mind to keep some woody herbs in the house! Thank you for these awesome tips, Luke!

[@ZachSwena]

I have a huge sage plant outside that has become a weed because i tried to use pruned cuttings as mulch without grinding or chipping them up...

[@cynthiaklug6020]

In San Antonio, Texas, my rosemary stays green all year long and grows huge for 3-4 years.

[@MIgardener]

That is very interesting! I will have to give that a shot! Thanks for commenting that.

[@leeannluigi1644]

Who are you replying to? Thanks😊

[@vldarden]

Can I grow perennial herbs indoors all year? Will they go dormant and then sprout again?

[@vickypeterson7688]

I've been doing that for years with my mother plant that I kept in a large pot...and I would bring it indoors for winter...I finally let the mother plant go, just got to woody and big...but I have a brand new pot from orginal plant that is doing fantastic inside over winter...in Mn...I root mine in rain water with rooting hormone then plant

[@jessicamason4223]

Luke. I live in Maine. I’ve had the same Rosemary plant this will be third summer! (Have overwintered inside two winters)

[@ginamansfield4376]

Hey Luke! Thanks for sharing this with us. In anticipation of the big freeze this weekend, I did some Rosemary & Lavender cuttings today with your method. I used “commercial” grade Vermiculite. It is very fine in texture. Hoping for 100% rooting of all in a few weeks! I have them sitting in a South facing window. Would a West facing be more preferable? Thanks again!

[@victorybase5847]

Thank you Luke! This is So simple yet SO VALUABLE!

[@SuperWhatapain]

Thank you for braving the frozen tundra for us .... FLORIDA 😊

[@bettymiller1929]

So vert helpful ~ I’m gonna try it~ also now I know why the rosemary plant i bought at Whole Food almost instantly turned brown and died~ it’s because they don’t transfer well indoors ~ right?

[@hillarypatz7616]

Wait. Basil has a woody stem? I would have considered it more like cilantro and dill? BTW.. Did you really do this on Dec 18? I'm in 4b (minnesota) and it has been warmer than normal here.. but I thought rosemary was a goner at

[@suseanneegoulet1033]

I have taken the pinched off Genovese basil tops (trying to get the plants to branch) and placed them on top of damp soil , better if there's a tiny bit of stem to insert into the soil. Many of these will root. So easy!

[@mommadramapreps8668]

Omg THANK YOU! I do not have a greenhouse. I've tried to over winter plants in my house and they died. Tried mulching and praying they made it through the Ohio winter and they died... so in so glad there's a way to keep my herbs I spend my hard earned money on.

[@jennifermitchell8885]

Can you still take cuttings after the plant has produced flowers? Thanks for another amazing video!!!

[@sorudesarutta]

Of course! But the stems with flowers you should cut the flowers off so the stems will focus their energy to rooting

[@joshrogers4508]

Would this method work with lavender and blueberry plants?

[@MrsB197something]

Thanks ive struggled to get rosemary from seed. So when i do get the 3 seedlings planted and hopefully grown up i will propagate more this way

[@ambersimpson75]

That's exactly what I wanted more of this year❣️Thanks❣️

[@GreenfieldsHomeplace]

I love Rosemary but evidently I do not put it where it thrives. Mine always stays small and doesn’t look big and beautiful like yours. I will try again this year because I love having it in my herb garden. This is my third season trying, so after this I’m OUT. 😄

[@joannevenere3552]

It looks so pretty. You mentioned that the roots get tangled up in the rock wool. How do you remove it for transplantation?

[@petuniahead9982]

Rockwool? Is that the green stuff fresh cut flowers in an arrangement are poked into?

[@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho]

No, that is floral foam.

[@annsfrench]

Wow! 42 rosemary plants! What will you do with all of them? I will probably try vermiculite instead of rockwool. I’m concerned about getting the roots removed from the rockwool, since it doesn’t decompose.

[@elwood212]

For a high percentage uptake planting on a FULLMOON makes a huge difference.

[@Jules-740]

Wow,,, where did you learn this?

[@elwood212]

@@Jules-740 look up planting by the moon hun, there are thousands of references on this ancient practice. For a lovely observation into this biodynamic practice first discovered by Rudolf Steiner who developed “biodynamic gardening”, check out WEEDY GARDEN he did a comparison recently on moon seeding. Have fun.🙏

[@rethap3612]

Indeed, my grandfather also planted, pruned, etc. by the cycle of the moon.

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

This is great for basil. It propagates well. One plant becomes four, then those become sixteen, and so on, and that's a lot of pesto!

[@missyhelgeson5339]

Plant math!!😂

[@bettinaripperger4159]

Can you ever have too much pesto ?

[@soniarodriguez3810]

😄

[@lyndawilson1874]

Great tip Luke! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!! 🥰🎄✝️

[@sandramorton5510]

Luke I take cuttings of Basil and Rosemary, put in water and it roots.

[@MIgardener]

Basil, absolutely roots very easily, and can root extremely easily even in a cup of water, I personally have not had such. Good luck with Rosemary.

[@djssquibbs3295]

awesome saludos desde Costa Rica!

[@gulfcoastgardener]

I’ll be propagating rosemary this weekend. Thanks for the tip!

[@marygrott8095]

I just did something similar the other day with my rosemary and sage. Hopefuloy, they will root.

[@zoningzone]

Can you please make a video how you transplant the cutting once they have developed roots. I would like to see how you need to remove them from the blocks since the roots will be all tangled. Thank you so much.

[@flyfishdr]

We need the ARP variety in zone 7b to grow outdoors year round

[@fallmax]

Hello also thank you for taking the time to explain there are a lot of people out here that are new to gardening …

[@Real_Question_Marked]

Great video, thank you Luke!

[@MIgardener]

Glad you liked it! Happy gardening!

[@borcz100]

Great info - I have needed this knowledge for a while

[@silviagonzalez8870]

Is rosemary that I see planted in a park landscape the same rosemary we can use in the kitchen?

[@michelep1130]

Luke if the roots get stuck in the rock wool would you plant the rooted rosemary or basil in a hole with the rockwool

[@lindalisting7338]

Thank you! Got cuttings of my woody plants to replace dying ones. Fingers crossed that they'll take.

[@allisongorham7389]

Can you not also use the rooting hormone and plant straight into soil, if you don’t want to buy the rock wool?

[@maryware7345]

Rosemary doesn't thrive in indoors?That explains why mine never grew indoors. I learned something new!

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

You can scrap and trim the lower stem so plant tops are even with the top of your pot when planting in indivigual pots either with potting soil and perlite. I like the rock wool concept too.

[@lindsaybridges]

I believe you could also do this with a plant cloner if you have one. I have a clone king and managed to get lavender to propagate with it. I was surprised.

[@utubemouse]

Thanks for explaining how to use sand.

[@naomiclares7943]

Do you wrap up the orignal rosemary for the winter? So, its still able to come back in the spring ?

[@leesapj]

Awesome info - thank you Luke! Do you think it would work with winter berry??

[@jewelweed7427]

Great tips for free herbs!

[@10pointDefender]

I live in Michigan and looked outside and it's still alive and thriving! 😮 I'm going to clip clip and see what happens! 😂 thank you

[@elenamoondra4169]

Do you cover your rosemary during the winter?

[@10pointDefender]

@elenamoondra4169 no I didn't. I wasn't expecting it to make it but it did and growing good right now

[@opheliamaples]

I grew my baby rosemary plant from a sprig that was used to decorate my niece's party charcuterie board. In fact, I've propagated almost all of my garden plants from cuttings. It gets to become quite an addiction once you start to see potential in every piece of pruning waste 😅😂

[@nc8524]

Fantastic video! I tried regrowing a rosemary cutting I was given few mos ago, but I totally did it wrong! Lol i put it in a vase inside hoping it would root plus I used the woody base. Im in Texas 8a - Ill be trying this and will snip the upper portion How long should it take to root and what should it look like before transplanting into pots for gifts...or back in the garden full sun?

[@sorudesarutta]

Rosemary, ive noticed, takes about 2-3 weeks to root, the roots should be about 2-3 in. before planting.

[@jenniferwalters579]

I’m always looking for side hustles. So after it roots (6-8 weeks), would I repot and feed and grow and give or sell the little plant? Or how would you do it if you were selling them.

[@mrslsix]

Great tip. Does this work with lavender?

[@melissavalentine9771]

Great question I would think so, I have one I'll try it

[@sueguidry4216]

So nice of you to make this video for us. Thank yoi

[@joetripp123]

Can you do this with lavender? I know that can be a little finicky too.

[@courtneyrenegar4329]

Yes! Works great.

[@sunnycharacter]

Where do you get this rock wool? Is it like those square green cubes for plant vases?

[@cewaffles]

I've done this with Rosemary, and got no results. So, I'll have to try again and try a different medium. As per usual, thanks for the great content.

[@williamsmith6409]

I was wondering if you could use a product called oasis foam. It is used to make flower arrangements. It hold water to keep the flowers watered?

[@jinglesh1398]

Wonderful video. Thanks

[@bugil1216]

MIgardener, here in Minnesota we have strong winds and 16 degrees coming your way.....love the vid thou

[@tbone1989]

My Rosemary is a huge shrub and is over 5 years old. I have to cut it back to keep it under control. I’m in zone 9a.

[@annettefournier9655]

I've taken the woody stem of sage and just stuck it in dirt and kept it wet. It grows every time.

[@annphilbeck5174]

can you grow the rosemary cuttings in the greehouse??

[@robingirven4570]

I could not, for the life of me figure out when you filmed this. I was like “9 hours ago?”. Brrr we had super wind and snow 9 hours ago! Lol Thank you. I’m going to go out tomorrow and see what’s left of my rosemary plants. My thyme, sage, lemon thyme are in the greenhouse 😊

[@MIgardener]

Yesterday :)

[@tsmall6211]

Do you add anything to the water that you soak the rock wool with? Can I put flower seeds in the rock wool?

[@LiveTilWeLaugh]

I don't have a live Rosemary right now since it's WI January. But I just tried this with what's left of my grocery store Rosemary to see if I won't need to buy a starter plant this year! 🤞

[@ltgemini1599]

Strange. Ive been thinking about rosemary all day and how my cuttings always fail. Kept a plant in the basement over winter. Did well until about 2 months ago. Its outside now, about 3 wks. Ohio. Still looking rough but has blooms on it. Bought a new plant at HD today and will try to root in vermiculite.

[@janew5351]

Please do followups so i see the progression.

[@Personophe48]

Can you tell me how you would transfer them to a hydroponic system? I live in Southern Arizona where it gets so hot and I started Hydroponics but I'm not doing a very good job. I only have a small area inside.

[@melissan.2201]

❤ in going to go see how my lavender is looking and get started on this today thank you Luke!

[@richardmassoth8237]

Luke, would you consider mint to be a "woody stem" plant? Do the rosemary plants need a cool period (to be stratified) when rooted in the manner shown? And, have you covered rosemary (and similar herbs) from seeds in a previous video? Stay healthy!

[@rogaineablar5608]

It’s same family so it will work. You have to really try to kill mint to actually kill it.

[@joannenardoni17]

Just put mint in water, they root extremely easy. Basil roots in water too.

[@rosemarielee7775]

Given how quickly mint spreads, its much easier to split the plants. If you really wanted a lot you could try spreading out all the stems and pinning them to the soil first, to get the maximum number of rooted pieces.

[@azyEmpero]

Thank you, you are the only one, explain clearly about rooting, my Q's, what kind of flowers leaves I can root?❤

[@dorotaazzopardi8718]

Thanks for sharing.. Can this be done with lavender?

[@justinfreeman3473]

So, could I do this with cocoplum since it also has a woody stem?

[@bonnieparker1238]

I always learn from you Luke. Thank you

[@ProudCanadian-vv6bk]

I missed how long the Rosemary stays in the wool before transplanting. Was it two or three weeks?

[@Alisainwonderland94]

How do you deal with parasites ? My rosemary is growing in the bigger pot, and outside but some leafs are turning yellow and on some there are black I did not water it too much and actually it is getting sun and shadow too. I have no idea what I can do in order for it to feel better. It is 2 years old plant.