Moving Lots of Houseplants And Tropical Plants Outside For Summer!

Finally! I spent the entire video moving my houseplants and my tropical plants outside for summer. In the process I went over what did well and which plants struggled. I used this as an opportunity to tour all of my houseplants and give updates on how they are all doing. Likewise I also talked about acclimating houseplants to sun, treating for mealybugs and some palm tree fungus issues. I was most excited to show the croton and thai constellation variegated monstera in their full glory, outside in the fresh air! The hibiscus plants are already perking up since filming this video, they are really loving the rain and natural light. Lastly I talked about some exciting garden plans and possible outdoor patio makeover that may be coming soon.
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[@judymckerrow6720]

Thanks Jeff, it’s inspirational seeing your garden come together. And thanks for letting us see your fur and feather babies. They’re SOOO cute💚🙃

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you, Judy! Always a pleasure. 😊

[@Dollsanity]

I really enjoy the cadence of your voice. It’s unique, at least to my ears lol. That aside, a lot of my collection is outside so I’m gonna settle down for these 44 minutes and see what you’ve decided to move out 😊

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you, Theresa!

[@EileenWstCstGrl]

What an ordeal! We're so used to watching sped-up videos that we forget how long it takes to actually do these things. That's a LOT of work for one person! Or two! Can't wait until next week!

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Worth it! So happy to have them all outside again. Finally!

[@kennyjackson1707]

Your palms are so beautiful 😍

[@michellepollino4986]

Happy birthday Jeff, love those cupcakes.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you!

[@donnasmalley3713]

So elated to see our post when we got home from the fundraiser /pool tournament

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you, Donna! I hope you had fun!

[@cynthiarobinson9854]

Happy birthday, Jeff! Awesome video!!!!

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you!

[@amyjones2490]

We put tires on our carts that never go flat. Well worth the money and effort.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

I didn't know those even existed, ill be looking into those!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Your bananas look awesome. They’re coming back very nicely 💚🙃 Mine are still just midgets💚🙃

[@TropicalPlantParty]

They'll get nice and big in no time. As soon as it's hot outside they grow so fast!

[@GrowingSouth]

So glad you've finally got some warmth up there! Man I wish we had some showers! Its been in the upper 80s and 90's and we haven't had rain since May 4th. SO DRY!!! Love the little sandcastles! They would look really cool in the giant clam planter with succulents around them ! haha *inner child screams* Neem does stink sort of, but over the years I really haven't found a good enough substitute that isn't highly toxic, and works quite as well. It just seems to do the best here for all the nasties! Can't wait to see the new patio set and what you chose! I've been looking for a new set myself!

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Oh yeah, neem really is the best. I dont mind using it outside, but I can't handle it during winter inside of the growspace. Barf! Oh I have fun plans for the sandcastles! Love them!

[@judymckerrow6720]

I’ve been working outside trying to get the old raspberry bed under control. I’m converting it into a flower garden. It has more weeds than anything else right now and Im trying to pull up quack grass, boy that’s a lot of work💚🙃

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

Pumpkin: That thing is laying on my thing. I'm just going to stomp off. Is that a peony behind the bananas? I had no idea you had a peony. My favorite flower and I miss being able to grow them. In true Jeff fashion, I contemplate ways to grow things that aren't meant to grow in my climate. Like I'm seriously considering buying a beverage cooler to put in the garage, buying some peonies and keeping them in pots and plopping them in the beverage cooler for three months to chill them for flowering. I haven't done it yet, but I haven't ruled it out either. (beverage coolers are EXPENSIVE)

[@TropicalPlantParty]

That's not a bad idea! Maybe you can find a used one on Craigslist or something. Yup, that's that's peony. I ordered that like 7 years ago from a plant catalog. It was supposed to have giant coral colored flowers. It showed up as like 2 roots in a baggy and took 5 years to get big enough to bloom and the flowers are not even close to being coral colored. That thing was like $30! It is still pretty, but it just looks like any old people I could have gotten from a local nursery for the same price except would have been blooming size at time of planting. Rude.

[@barbara4944]

Hi Jeff! I have plants I'd love to move from inside to my front balcony, but am fearful of bringing bugs inside.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

I usually do a bunch of bug clean up and prep before I bring them inside. Just some light spraying in the weeks leading to fall and I rarely end up having any bugs in the house.

[@barbara4944]

Thanks for the input. I will try to be brave and put a few kids outside.

[@sandorspalms]

Great vlog Jeff! I'm enjoying seeing all your tropicals come back out especially the palms...I'm in love with that Washingtonia!! On a side note if I can help regarding the Areca palm. I've experienced Fusarium before on certain palms of mine and including an Areca long ago. After trial and error I learned that fungicides that contain thiophanate-methyl work great in stopping the spread of fusarium on palms and more importantly changing the soil is paramount. Once it's in there, it's in there for good. Hope I can help! Cheers 👍😁🌴

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you! Oh yeah, fusarium is a beast to deal with!

[@judymckerrow6720]

I would love to see you duck tape the dolly to the back of your car and take it for a spin. Yes officer I know there’s a dolly duct taped to the bumper of the car. The fix a flat can said to take the tire for a four mile spin, and yes officer thats what I’m doing, I already had my steps in for the day so I thought this would be the next best thing to do considering. No officer I’m haven’t been drinking💚🙃 Haha

[@TropicalPlantParty]

😄😆 😂😅🤣

[@baublesanddolls]

Are you in the US?

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Hello! I am. St. Louis, zone 6a/6b

[@marlenefrazier439]

We call them May flies, they are horrible in the Eastcoast 😬

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Awful bugs!

[@ladonnarandy]

Pretty please someone tell me the name of the huge foliage plant behind the orchid at 37:49? I want this so bad, and can never catch the name.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Hey LaDonna! Those are Petasite japonicus 😊 I did a video about them a few weeks ago if you'd like more info on them. Hope you're doing well!

[@ladonnarandy]

@@TropicalPlantParty Thank you so so much!!!!!

[@berniea.3255]

Love that you say you need to “tidy up”. You have at least 1000 projects going! I counted. Your vlogs are just the best!

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Ha! Very true! I've been trying to clean as I go. But all of the multi talking does pose a challenge at times. Thank you!

[@wingingitsemiretiredlife2981]

Hi Jeff. Planterina just did a video about a planter that she planted a bunch of plants together. It looked pretty maybe that's something you could do with the ones you are unsure of where to put them. Oh new furniture. Looking forward to that video.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

I just tossed together planters in a similar fashion. Makes sense to clump some together & free up space.

[@vincenzecalzone8666]

Hey Jeff. Great to see the plants outside taking in the sun. Bismarckia looks so good. Ensete winter storage is always interesting with the different methods. I'm a dry store guy. Works better with my garage sitting at

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Hey! I've always been a little envious of people who can do the dry storage, keeping them between active growth and dormancy is risky! Nice thing about bananas is how fast they grow when it warms up. I'm sure by the end of June ours will all look the same.

[@MorticiaAddams23]

Cat cousins, garage emptied, fixed a flat, AND you have new furniture coming??? This is going to be a fun summer in your backyard. I can't wait. 🌴 🌼 🐱

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Been a busy week! Had a few days of sunshine after I filmed this video and it already looks so different out here. Looking forward to the next garden tour!

[@judymckerrow6720]

When my son was little I couldn’t let him outside to play at a certain time of year, he would come in with blood running down from his ears because the gnats were chewing him up so badly💚🙃

[@TropicalPlantParty]

They are awful! My face and neck are covered in giant red welts from those little monsters, and right when they say we can take our masks off so I can't hide them in public! 🤣😅

[@Denise_B17]

Oh no

[@ThisismyonlyWorld]

First of all I hope you had a nice and great birthday🥳 I wish we had temperatures like you have in the netherlands. When it's 81°f at your places, here in the netherlands we stil have around 57.2°f.... our garden still looks sad because of those temperatures and it's almost june😭 also there is a lot of rain. Wish we had a spring like you have over there!! Greetings from the netherlands 🇳🇱❤

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you so much! Very different climates, but ive seen some gorgeous garden pictures from the Netherlands! Such a beautiful country 😊

[@tesadanage3068]

Those cupcakes 🤩

[@135Bubby]

Neem surely does smell. ugh. I wonder if cinnamon oil added to the need would make it smell better? I will have to try it. I love your umbrella with the plants hanging. Perfect! We have the same rain, rain and more rain here in Lawrence KS. Oh my. Bring out the boat!!!! lol

[@TropicalPlantParty]

So much rain but wow, everything is so lush and green! Worth it! The neem smell doesn't bother me as much outdoors, its when I have to use it in the growspace that I don't like. Stinky!

[@jason-white]

The top of my dracaena turned brown and died, the rest of it is still green but I see no new growth after months. Do you think there is any hope or am I just spinning my wheels?

[@TropicalPlantParty]

They can and often will sprout new growth from the stems, but if it's been over 6 weeks then it might be getting too late. 😥 sry!

[@jason-white]

@@TropicalPlantParty As luck would have it I just checked on it and it has new growth coming from the top. Super excited about this.

[@tinamarieussery3063]

Moved my plants out yesterday watered 1/2 of them but the maintence man has not put out the hose so i am using my luttle green watering can from walmart it mighgt holdd a gallon and i have plants galore and 2 punk wading pools as a garlic and the other is onion garden so the gold out table is wayered the pools and the plants infront of table and porchending and including my 3 bird of paradise

[@TropicalPlantParty]

You've been busy! I always feel so relieved once I have the hose hooked up to water with. Amazing how much work it is when we have to use watering cans.

[@cherylparks9780]

Summer 2021 in full swing. That Thai is massive now. She is so pretty 😍🍀🪴🌳🌿💐🌺🌸🥰💚💚💚💚

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Finally! Thank you!

[@Garten_Antwort]

♥️

[@2012gnosis]

Hi Tropical Plant Party Great Video, and I am curios sense you have had Queen Palms in the past, and I never had until now, yes indeed I did buy myself a 7 foot Queen Palm, Do you think you could do a video on the Queen Palm? Like you have done with the Pygmy Date, Parlor Palm ect. Thanks.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Absolutely! Great suggestion, thank you!

[@2012gnosis]

@@TropicalPlantParty Yeah no Problem. I am looking forward to it, not too also mention there are probably other's out there as well also looking forward to it.

[@donnasmalley3713]

What type of sprayer do you recommend? The had sprayer is wearing me out with a lot of roses

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Hi Donna! Honestly I just always buy whatever is cheapest at the hardware store. I've tried nice, expensive sprayers before and didn't find them to be significantly better for the amount I that I use them. Sorry I can't be more help there.

[@amyjones2490]

Ive been moving plants out for summer. I was surprised when i moved a rex begonia hanging basket and gave it a good drink and a whole nest of ants emerged...from a hanging basket...that was in my kitchen. Go figure.

[@janice4512]

It's great seeing your garden come together. I can't wait to see the new furniture in it's new setting.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you!

[@baublesanddolls]

Why is my Ti plant dying? Leaves continually fall off and the new leaves turn brown before they're even open.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

That's usually usually sign off too much water, or the water retaining moisture for too long. There can be a lot of other causes for yellowing leaves though.

[@baublesanddolls]

@@TropicalPlantParty I rarely water it. I keep it under a plant light and put it outdoors on warm days.

[@beanoneya]

What are those big circular plants behind your swing?

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Hello! Those are Petasites japonicus. 😊

[@beanoneya]

@@TropicalPlantParty thank you! And you're in St Louis?

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Yes I am

[@judymckerrow6720]

We’re getting 42 baby chicks and 2 baby turkeys this week. Gotta start getting set up for therm. Mostly layers and about 8 meat birds. It’s fun watching them grow up and the 42 chickens are all mixed breeds, some black some black and white some all white and some buff colored. It’s going to be fun getting into chickens again🙂💚🙃 Now all we need is two beef cows, a few goats and a couple of sheep!💚🙃

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Wow! You're on your way to having your own farm! Chickens are so fun and funny!

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

Forgot to mention, my daylilies came. I would definitely recommend Smokey's Gardens if you find yourself in the market. They sent big fat fans with good roots. They looked a little worse for wear in the box (some yellowing leaves) but as soon as I potted them up (because I need them to establish before planting them out) they perked right up.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Always so nice when a plant site comes through and sends nice plants. Sad how much more uncommon that is becoming. I used to have so many daylilies, mostly Stellas and a pink Stella-like that I loved but can't remember the name of. I know those are the most boring and basic daylilies, but at the time they were new and exciting. Over the years, the sun got to be less as the trees grew and im down to just a couple little clumps that never bloom, but still come back each year. I should dig those up and move them.

[@judymckerrow6720]

I am so tempted to move some of my house plants outside, but I know if I do I’ll end up carting them all back in because it will get to cold for them.💚🙃

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Hopefully they can go out soon!

[@MiscellaneousMichelle]

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[@sandyg8794]

Hi Jeff! Another fun video listening to your very soothing voice and seeing Pumpkin, Toby, Charlie, BJ, Cosmos and cousin Smudge. You mentioned Vinnie, but didn't see him? Do Smudge and Vinnie belong to one of your sisters? Pumpkin did look a little put out, especially when Smudge was on top of her cat tree, too cute! Those cupcakes are so cute! They do a great job! How is Toby doing without Buddy? I hope your Areca Palm will be ok. It doesn't look too bad. In fact, all of your plants you moved out look pretty good. Your Thai Constellation is so beautiful! I'm excited for you that you are getting new outdoor furniture and can't wait to see it! I'm anxious to see what you get done in your next vlog. If you need a week off, we will be ok, but will miss you! Was that Grandma's bench still up by the fence? LOL! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you Sandy! Oh yeah, haven't gotten around to the bench area just yet, but hopefully soon. Vinnie is blind so he stayed upstairs in a room where he can't hurt himself. Toby has adjusted and seems happy as always, but still looking forward to getting him a friend.

[@weareorigin]

Now that's a real variegated monstera- none of that node with a 1-inch root

[@TropicalPlantParty]

One of my older plants, it's been around for a long time 😊

[@Suzyq6131]

You can send your trees and plants down to me in South Florida in the fall and they can hang out in the sunshine my backyard until the late spring. I had one tree in my backyard until it died and it’s just a stump now. I bought a black diamond crape myrtle, a olive tree, an a lemon tree, but it will take years for them to grow. You know what they use fix a flat for in Miami? Usually, it’s some guy doing illegal plastic surgery out of his home and injecting it into a woman’s butt to give her a bigger booty.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Oh no! I think I've seen that on Botched before. So dangerous!

[@SleepyKittens]

I've seen some indoor plants by that huge window and kitchen window... are there other indoor living areas that has plants; I am surprised you don't have a dedicated plant room that would allow you to overwinter small and medium size plants??

[@TropicalPlantParty]

With the grow space I set up in the garage, it's just easier to keep everything together out there. Unfortunately, my house doesn't have much good natural light for plants, so I mostly just keep some in the kitchen, my entry way and the rest in the growspace.

[@judymckerrow6720]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢💚🙃

[@christophertaylor9826]

Plants from winter storage look good. Be glad your getting rain, here in Greensboro N.C. very dry and hot. Love your show keep the videos coming.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you! Oh I'm always grateful for the rain. 😊

[@lusia2020]

Moved to Florida from New England and have a huge learning curve now! What’s the best palm tree food to use and how often? All my palms have been planted at the house recently.

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Hey Lucy! I really like Palm Gain. I apply it every other month, but I think package says to do it monthly.

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Good morning to you vary nice thank for sharing beautiful and amazing plans have a blessed day my friend 🌱🌿🥀🌴🌴

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Thank you!

[@happydogpainting8656]

I may or may not have killed a plant 😂 but I'm slowly reviving it

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Part of being a plant lover!

[@happydogpainting8656]

@@TropicalPlantParty u get emotionally invested ....like taking care of an animal they make me happy . I named her Myrtle 😂❤

[@08caylanelson]

That heuchera pot! 😍

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Isn't it pretty! I was just looking at that the other day and felt so torn because I intended to move them out of the pot to put something else there, but they're just too pretty together to separate!

[@twistysunshine]

The last of the garage finally out!! Congrats!

[@TropicalPlantParty]

Finally! Lol.. I had to move a few things back in last night, but only for a couple of days, no big deal.

[@roseladd6402]

💌 Sounds exciting, I cannot wait to see your patio makeover, that is so fun to do! I am planting herbs, Lavender Munstead, Mint Spearmint, and Italian Parsley. They smell so goo d just love them.

[@rrusty_spoon]

Your plants are gorgeous! What state are you in?!