Plants that came back from the dead

[@ayid864]

I assume you are a gentle soul ☺️ Forgiving the rat who ate my plant 8 months ago? It is still on my hit list 😂

[@onlyplants]

Haha we must forgive the past and focus on the things we can control now 😀

[@khwong5123]

Mine is the elusive grasshopper. Thought I had caught the small green culprit but the chewed leaves continues and I finally saw the large yellow one. This one is on my hit list. Snails, slugs, mealy bugs, scales etc are there to be caught. But this grasshopper hops and flies. Can only wait for it to eat my poor plants to catch it.

[@sherryporsch9349]

I love that you don’t get mad at the animals ect. I use to get mad at squirrels eating my plants outside but their just hungry so I started feeding them. They don’t eat my plants 😃

[@ilidiam]

Hi Sean, great video. Knowing that I’m not the only one who have issues with alocasias and begonias.... for the begonias i think i have found the mystery : i put water in a big saucer and let the plant take what she needs; after a time i put the extra water away. Since a start doing this everything is ok now. I find that they like plastic pots than terracotta pots, it keep the humidity better. But for alocasias i’still looking what they need. I think it depends where you live: light, humidity....the most important it’s trying again... thanks again for all your videos, always a great moments. 🌸🌼🌺

[@shawie7328]

Your video is my stress reliever lately 😂!! It's like a happy pill! I hope I won't have withdrawals 😂😂!!

[@onlyplants]

😅😅

[@aroidguy1765]

My alocasia poly loses all its leaves before and think that it already dead but I keep the plant bag and now it grew like what?!Amaziiiing and also my black velvet. Lesson learned “don’t throw your plants when you think it’s completely died off because there’s a chance that can be bounce back and grow again in the future “

[@kylemcknight8327]

I have a serious addiction to your channel ❤

[@onlyplants]

😍

[@catherinesaulnier5448]

Awesome video..lots of laughs...amazing green thumb 👍

[@onlyplants]

Thank you for coming along 😀

[@lavender_haze30]

Those teracottas are so beautiful ❤️

[@CrazyVideoClips101]

This is great advice. Whenever my plants have died, I've cut them back all the way to the ground/pot and they've come back. I remember a few years ago I had a beautiful snowball hydrangea that got eaten by grubs. I did everything I could to save the main plant but it got eaten from the inside out and the foliage/ main branches were starting to die. As a last-ditch effort, I cut off a little runner from the plant that had only 1 root and planted it in the ground to see what would happen. I'm so glad I did because the cutting survived and is now big enough to hopefully bloom this year.

[@guywithaplant]

It's so satisfying to see new leaves growing out of stumps!

[@onlyplants]

Yeahhh it is

[@christinekobzeff]

Wow your watermelon peperomia look amazing, well done sir! Looking forward to the video. 🌱🙌

[@janetshepherd9062]

Note to Sean from his plants. “Dude, back off, you are trying to hard. We do better without so much help from you.” I loved this video!!

[@twistysunshine]

I feel like plants you bring back always do better! Maybe its just they're better acclimated to my house

[@jhennsoasis]

Okay. I always smile when you say sorry, hello and i love you to plants because I do the same. 💚

[@onlyplants]

❤️😀

[@revelynamongo]

wow so beautiful plants love it thanks for sharing

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@klcpca]

When I lived in Florida, we grew our houseplants outside under the palm trees and they were beautiful. Friends would give me their dying plants and I was always nursing them back to health. I now live in Pennsylvania and have the hardest time keeping plants alive, especially during the winter but I'm slowly learning!! I have transplanted most of my plants to your potting mix and they seem to be doing better. Maidenhair ferns are my nemesis... I love them soooo much but just can't get them to live for me!!

[@onlyplants]

Awww what an interesting story. I used to live in Florida too I can imagine most plants can thrive well there.

[@klcpca]

@@onlyplants I have my job cut out for me... I just received my "plant club" shipment today and guess what it was.... Yep!!!! a beautiful maidenhair fern!!!! LOL I WILL get this one to live!!!!!!

[@ahronantonio4859]

i love random plant surprises

[@abbilu9539]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, good work! ❤️

[@vickyfernando7462]

I'm in love with your Homalomena Army, what a beauty 👏🏻

[@sjuno7156]

I love witnessing the miracle of life too :) that's why I love plants

[@barbara4944]

Sean! Love your enthusiasm and plant humor!

[@onlyplants]

❤️

[@carolynfinn-fleming8032]

Like you, I have an area in my back yard I call the "sick bay." Any plants not doing well in my care I put them there and forget about them and allow God to take over. Always come back beautiful, unless in my care they are beyond help🤣

[@stevefraser1409]

I really like your attitude toward pests.

[@onlyplants]

😀❤️

[@Itsmemaiteg]

Thank you for this video. But can we have a house tour please. Your house looks amazing! It’s gorgeous!

[@onlyplants]

Check out this video in my catalogue named “dads plants” 😀

[@catherinesaldanha9993]

I love this video, Sean. It gives me so much of positive vibes. I am going to watch this over and over whenever I feel sad and hopeless about my dying plants. Thanks for this❤️ you are amazing!

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@zalehaburude7752]

Good morning....So happy to see those Beautiful Plants... Thank you so much for sharing your great work... Have a wonderful Breakfast...☕🍳🍞

[@onlyplants]

Thank you have a great day ahead!

[@nvc4728]

You always make plant videos fun, informative and interesting. Thanks for the video!

[@onlyplants]

Thanks for coming along! 😀

[@mg-qq5yc]

You are a patient man, greetings from South Africa

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. South Africa is my favorite place its so beautiful there.

[@hazell1593]

22:13 What a beauty!! Fittonias drive me crazy...lol

[@papavaro2820]

Bagus2 tanaman nya mas

[@onlyplants]

Makasih

[@DizzyBusy]

Oooh, I would love to be keeping my plants in Indonesia, where it's humid and warm basically all the time!! I'm a bit jealous xD Greetings from Stuttgart, Germany

[@farmerswifesince95]

My Rex begonias died down for about a week. Thankfully they started growing again. Hoping they grow back better! Thanks for the aglaonema info. I have one that the stems are pushing out new grow from the bottom, but the tops are dying off. I also have an alocasia that has been dormant for a year but has one shoot starting so I kept it around. I don't like giving up. 😊

[@newmanmansell760]

Thanks Sean😄🙏💞This was an Interesting episode. Yes, the humidity here in Japan in summer makes plants rot easily and I have to be careful in June until August

[@onlyplants]

Interesting. Would love to visit Japan someday to see its houseplant culture

[@sydneyedwards4127]

Does anyone else get so excited to see a new leaf growing and become impatient so they help spilt the casing to make it come out faster? 😬 I know its probably not the best for them, but I get so excited! 🙈😂 I do it way too much to my pathos but at least those are hardy and forgiving. I gotta be more patient with my alocasia though, I don't want to get a bad leaf.

[@onlyplants]

Haha yesss best not peel anything. Sometimes these are still providing food for the plant because they do consume it.

[@benlcr7784]

This video is for me

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@victoriaokuneye8177]

This is very inspiring!

[@catwon_noona]

This gives me hope :)

[@musangishtar1128]

Syngonium Wendlandii, I got mine for only 1$, just a cutting with 4 healthy leaves. And yes, I also struggle to keep mine alive. They doesn't like water and direct sun. My neighbour has a super lush in a big pot and hers has velvety dark green leaves. It is only sitting on the floor under a big tree, never had a direct sunlight.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you for sharing 😀

[@janecurtis5726]

You are one of the few exceptional people who realize all creatures whether human or non human deserve to be treated respectfully and with dignity. I really admire that about you. Your love for natural things, especially plant life, makes the world a better place. What are you going to do with all your plants?....begin your nursery!!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you much. 😀❤️ I’m planning next stage which could be nursery or a store. I want to spread the plant love and inspire more through this means 😀

[@adriantomo5688]

5:10 "got crushed by a falling object" my philodendron squamiferum: "same my friend, i hear you.. i understand your pain... your feelings are valid.. i got crushed by a mango some days ago so i know how you feel"

[@onlyplants]

Lol mango... hope it was tasty at least

[@vintageintentions]

I truly love the way you express yourself. I might be doing the same soon with a couple I struggle with. One being the Watermelon Peperomia lol. Take care and until next time.

[@glorysundaye3896]

"don't report me!" lmao love your videos

[@christinarodriguez9994]

I absolutely love your videos! They're very informative and interesting:) I very much appreciate your views on nature too!

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@vatsalyapatel4882]

You are genius boss🙏👌

[@natblabla1]

Thank you for giving us hope, Sean! Such a bummer when I killed some plants transitioning from summer to fall/winter last year, I'll know better not to water like normal, and also not to throw out any stumps haha.

[@ShineBright-yz2ot]

Truly amazing! You have a lot of patience. Thanks for sharing :D

[@plantsygucci7463]

I chuck some of my calatheas outside because they were so sad, I already gave up to them when the were inside the house. But they’re lovin’ the life outside hahaha! They all came back to life and even double in size😂🪴🌱🌸💕

[@its_just_seb]

ZZ Black Raven are also quite rare here in Switzerland. I've never seen them in store, but there's a few people selling them online for a pretty penny. I managed to get one for really cheap yesterday and the seller even gave me a cutting for free! It already had roots so i potted that one in leca today

[@onlyplants]

They take a whole dang year to propagate lol

[@plants.cornell2098]

Yes, my calatheas and alocasias especially frydek do the same thing, they're died cause overwatered, comeback, died cause underwatered and comeback again.

[@onlyplants]

Yeahhh its annoyinn lol. But I got calathea care right, still figuring out alocasias

[@plants.cornell2098]

@@onlyplants I bought Reginae for month, and it help me figure it out. If reginae leaves curling, so its time to water my all alocasias

[@gracedubaj1661]

My fitonia is doing very good. It's like 7 feet from my east window, on my kitchen island. I just water her when I see leaves drooping a bit, and I never lost any🥰

[@gigitorres9623]

At 20:46, I thought it's an Adansonii, I have perhaps seen it in one of ur videos, I even remember the weed beside it.

[@pottedcat8269]

I love listening to your voice. Can you share links of where ypu get/buy your plants?

[@onlyplants]

The places I buy from cannot ship overseas. Its from an online marketplace called tokopedia

[@igmay9353]

My Calladiums, Homalonena and Selloum. I was really surprised with my selloum bcoz it was coveredwith an ice cream tub 😊

[@vampyreist]

i have that cute fuzzy begonia, not died back but leaves got so small, i mean like micro leaves, so cute but not getting bigger in time

[@Weirder_the_better]

I think you have a God complex, hahaha. Like a parent saying, "I brought you into this world and I'll take you right back out!.... And then bring your stump back to life again!" Hahaha. But no, I loved seeing this. It gives me hope for all of the plants that aren't exactly thriving right now.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀😀 the new leaves that grow in your care will be adapted to your environment and parental style. Dont give up on them

[@joankennes3230]

I do the same! Leave the pot and hope... it is such a thrill when they do come back to life! I am currently nursing several Begonia Rex stumps with tiny buds (totally killed 2 Listada, though 😭) and hoping my Alocasia tubers will spring back... it is taking a looooong time! 😓

[@onlyplants]

Begonia rexes are known to go dormant, and alocasias can take a really long time too. 😀

[@aoayall]

This video gets two stumps up from me. 👍🏾🧅

[@onlyplants]

Lol lol

[@Zhuntress]

Laughed so hard on the sacrificial plant. My alocasia happens to be my sacrificial plant here at home 😹

[@sydneyedwards4127]

LOL I like how you describe them as having a strong will to live. That is truly what is important when you are a new plant parent and are afraid to kill your plants. You're going to kill plenty of plants in your life, but it's okay as long as you have forgiving and strong-willed plants that you are able to learn from!

[@onlyplants]

Yeapp and a lot of plants can be saved even if you think they are dead!

[@deadlyrivalrollerderby7946]

LOL I love stumps too! It's somehow satisfying to know you killed something and then brought it back to life #Frankenstein haha ~Tricia

[@kamilleclemente8925]

Yeyyyy new upload

[@jaskaur5127]

Nice useful video as usual. How do you keep your Homalomena army so healthy ? Mine, all the leaves are getting brown edges and eventually die off even though I'm getting new leaves.

[@onlyplants]

They are quite fussy with watering.. not too dry but not too wet. Yellowing leaves is sign of overwatering so I have a feeling yours may be underwatered?

[@marylandau5351]

💚💚

[@nicolebrown6382]

Omg, I put my excess cast iron plant nubs in a pot of soil, hoping for new growth, but there's a little animal that keeps digging around in it! There's a possum living in a nest I put in the tree, but I don't think it's the possum, I think it's a mouse because I saw mouse poo a couple times. What animals do you get in Indonesia? I'm in Australia btw, and you high humidity plant care tips are soooo helpful, although instead of wet/dry seasons, we have long droughts and sporadic flash flooding.

[@onlyplants]

Hello we get lots of rats here and they eat a lot of my plants 🥲

[@nicolebrown6382]

@@onlyplants oh no that sucks! I was thinking maybe you had exotic animals like monkeys :D

[@cherylyeo25]

love / hate relationship w begonia and alocasia - I have growing interest / collection on begonia ... alo / nope - totally give up! nice video :)

[@rininta2609]

"Please don't report me, I'm not a crazy person" this is what I often said to myself 😂 Btw, I didn't know wendlandii is a hard syngo to grow 😧 because mine just keep growing, no special care has been given 😅 also it's cheap, so I just assumed it's an easy plant 😅 I guess the right way to care for it is just to forget about it 😂

[@vanessaj82]

Love this video! 😊 Do you have a video on your monstera dubia?

[@onlyplants]

Not yet I am still growing mine out

[@edweena3530]

Those are some gourmand caterpillars you have there.

[@onlyplants]

🐛

[@cmfornow]

“Violent Watering! 💦 That’s a new one!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@durmorddenis8713]

hy shaun always a pleasure like the sun you shine you have the green thumb kiss from france

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu ☀️🥰

[@inos3697]

Yes, don’t give up on your plants. Sean, do nods give out a new plant? Lol, the first time I ever saw a nod I freaked out thinking it was a bug! So if they do, when repotting, do you with the nods connected?

[@inos3697]

Sean , I meant to say Tuber not nodes...

[@onlyplants]

Yes they will put out new foliage(s)

[@lucyzulick]

Hello there, buddy! Hope you're doing great (= So, I prepare something = 2 peppers cut in half, half a small onion, 1 clove of crushed/smashed garlic, half a liter of water and shake it in a blender. Then I sift it and spray on plants, at night, so the sun won't burn them. It works for my syngoniums, folhages, and plants with no flowers. Did you already tried this for the bugs?

[@onlyplants]

Yes I read about this, but I have not tried haha. Haven’t found the time nor will to 😅

[@needthis6922]

do some colocasia plant care

[@rhodasanchez4168]

Wow, your plants are all beautiful. Want to share some of your "common" plants with me sir?😄😁😁

[@onlyplants]

😅

[@chadbareje5153]

I have the same situation as you

[@janethallowes6732]

That Syngonium 😍

[@mardhatinajwa3589]

I better avoid those plant that sean label as ‘hard to keep alive ‘ 😂 The syngonium wendlandii is definitely a diva in syngonium world .. Mine also almost die .. 😂

[@sidneymelko7151]

when you cut back your plants do you still water them when they’re a stump? i recently cut back my pilea to a stump and not sure if i should keep watering it

[@onlyplants]

Yep water it lightly and less frequently

[@yashijoshi1274]

Yeah! I completely killed my Peperomia Caperata. Still wondering if I overwatered or underwatered. Just kept the pot on the side and hoping for a miracle. Peperomia are not easily available in Mumbai. India

[@thaliathalidii]

that scindapsus at 18:25 is very gorgeous! makes me want to attach mine to the wall, does it damage the wall?

[@onlyplants]

It shouldnt damage the wall but I have a feeling it will damage the paint 😅

[@squonkero]

Hope my C. Dottie will come back to this world.. rip Calathea Dottie 😔

[@onlyplants]

Check the rhizome if its not rotted you can probably nurse it back.

[@chachagd3820]

❤️✔️

[@umabhattacharya1970]

Depends on the environment .it is humid ,rainy over thwre ,Here it dies never comes back

[@onlyplants]

The rain and humidity kills some plants tooo. Lots of killer fungus roam here. So its a different set of challenge 😅 but yeah a bit of humidity defintitely helps!

[@isprimvibes]

My Alocasia and Caladium keep surprising me lately. I left their pots thought they all died but now they popped up here and there.😆

[@onlyplants]

Yeahhh they are so naughty!

[@victoriaokuneye8177]

How do you water or don't water them... I see these are outside?

[@onlyplants]

I have a video in the next two weeks that covers my daily watering. Should answer your question + amazing visuals! With these ones that died to a stump, water them very lightly

[@tnyeoh]

@@onlyplants Hi, this is the bit I think I'm doing wrong. What does "water very lightly" mean? Not the usual watering where the water drains through? Just moisten the top of the soil? And let it dry completely before doing that again?

[@cacsb9111]

Hi ...so if the plant died because of over watering ...we don't need to repot them? Terima kasih 🇮🇩

[@onlyplants]

Just back off with watering and let it heal. Repotting them may cause further stress.

[@summer_birde]

When you propagate Peperomia Watermelon with leaf, where do you keep it? Do you keep them inside a ziplock bag? If not, do you water them everyday? Direct or indirect light? I think mine is dying.. :(

[@onlyplants]

Nope I leave them on my propagation station which is my sunny bedroom window

[@summer_birde]

And how often do you water leaf propagation for peperomia?

[@lindadianamurrell6653]

🙏🏽 Hopefully there’s a chance my Hoya Krimson Queen might come back then 🙏🏽

[@melvinhoyk]

I know that anger watering to your Fittonia and makes me laugh so loud.

[@onlyplants]

Lol I wasnt angry 😅 in fact Im never angry

[@melvinhoyk]

@@onlyplants I believed you, just that the Fittonia got so difficult and you unintentionally water them too hard.

[@jovanessavf164]

The word you're looking for is 'offshoots'. The plant gave you a lot of offshoots. :)

[@roysumarli3428]

👍😍

[@fharyana]

Just like my fittonia.. i dont get that plant. When I really take care of her, she is been yellowing and all the leave wrinkle and go down. I really fade up, then I put her on the side of my house. I almost throw her. I dont look at her for weeks. I didnt water her. Just let the rain take care of her. Then when I saw her, woww she is really thriving.. all the leaves looking good and lush green. So my conclusion with fittonia, just let her be.

[@rachellemaemae4663]

💕

[@maria_nakajima]

Hahaha. I didn't know watering could be described as violent. Guilty as charged.

[@fignewton0000]

13:55 holy cow I hope they weren't poisoned

[@FuchsArtNstuff]

Now I'm sad I threw away all my dead alocasia. Maybe I should have just cut them. Back? But often it was root rot and I thought that can not be fixed

[@onlyplants]

When they experience root rot the roots can grow back as long as the rhizomes are ok. They can surprisingly store a lot of energy/sugars to bring back life!

[@kylesc1599]

I live in the Philippines and my string of hearts keep on dying too!! :((( How should we care for them in a tropical climate?

[@onlyplants]

Ill make a video on that soon. But I dont really know if we can make it look as good as those grown in the west here haha I havent seen big specimens

[@kylesc1599]

@@onlyplants yes haha I've been trying to make it look like theirs, but it doesn't want to haha. I'll look forward to that video!

[@jenelynmaranga835]

Hello sean.🤗 Ive been following and downloading your videos since the pandemic lockdown.. im Jenelyn Maranga from the Philippines.hope you can give me a shout out for your next video 😅gotta show it to My mom (nanay) who had been a plantmomma ever since i was young🤗

[@onlyplants]

Haha thank youuu 😀❤️ I film months in advane haha and I cannot make promises but hope ya’ll are staying safe and sane and strong

[@jenelynmaranga835]

@@onlyplants thanks 🙏 i look forward to it..btw, im currently washing my syngonium roxane with detergent soap, it was full of spider mites as soon as i checked it , it brought it here in my classroom 😅 i got it from u..thanks😬 hope this will be fine coz i was just using a normal deterent soap tho😂

[@Ali-enAdventures]

I have a calathea medallion thats died & come back twice due to spidermites. I love her so much 🥺💚

[@onlyplants]

They are such fighters

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚🌿

[@adarshtv7807]

My calathia zebrina died off and now has sprouted two leaves. But I lost my thai beauty. It came back but then shriveled off. By the way, lots of happy news in this video 👍