🎁 Unbox More Plant Mail with me from TGE on Etsy & Update on the Last Round 🎄

[@kyrad6543]

If you have the patience and skill, which you do, these plants are a perfect way to get a wishlist plant at an affordable price.

[@_christen_]

Thank you for sharing an update on your last haul and showing how you prepped these for potting in stratum! I love seeing how plants adapt to new environments and grow💚

[@plantsbymelissa]

You are so welcome!

[@alicelarez4311]

All plants start out as babies ,and if anyone can grow these you can.Congratulations on your beautiful babies.

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you! 🥹🫶🏻

[@monas.6839]

I’ve purchased 4 plants from Green Escape: a Thai Con, a Joepii, a Florida Ghost, and a Tortum…all were very small but they’re all thriving nicely (the Thai Con is doing particularly well!)…I love this seller!

[@karenmyers9146]

I love stratum for propagation, especially Hoyas. I’ll be trying it with my alocasia corm’s now to.

[@dora9368]

I adore the two new plants 🌿💕🌵 and the other four are growing well and look amazing 😊

[@fosterfoster9913]

Sometimes I feel like these plant some sellers send you their worst plants first. Kind of like a grocery store putting almost expired to the front. When I order a plant I want the best or there will be a problem.

[@plantsbymelissa]

Right haha I feel the stock photos are a little misleading tbh. I’m happy with it and I know it will grow but still 😂

[@rachelzimmerman2773]

TGE just sent my order today. So stoked to get some new plants!

[@kimberleyfriesenhahn2515]

How do you decide which plants go into stratum vs. pon?

[@dora9368]

The polly mint is a tiny adorable baby...how cute ❤💧🌱

[@davidreid8835]

Beautiful new plants, under your care they will soon be striking large plants. Merry Christmas to you and Kevin and thanks for what you do.

[@gotta_grow_with_the_flow]

Oh my gosh what a cute baby alocasia, I love when they are that small!

[@DionneRoxanne]

I put all my starter plants from Green Escape in a Stratum-pumice mix right away upon arrival. It's worked for all of them so far. I'm waiting on a Frydek and Varigated Frydek from them as well as 2 scratch and dent Queen Anthuriums. I've never had an alocasia or anthurium before. Here hoping they make it. You inspired me to get the Frydeks😁 I'm going to put them in my Rudsta cabinet for high humidity. Next I want an alocasia with pink variegation.

[@plantsbymelissa]

They really seem to love the stratum! aww happy you got some new plants! They'll both love the cabinet for sure! Good luck with them!!

[@carolinebaines8735]

Merry Christmas, Melissa 🎄

[@sbmiller]

I'm so jelly right now. I have the dark form watsoniana which i thought was the white vein when i bought it. I thought maybe once it matured it would get the white viens 🤦🏼‍♀️ but from watching your video i know now its not. I didn't even know there are different kinds. Now i have to wait until spring to get the white vein. 😢😂 Thanks for the videos. I would have never known that.

[@katie77r]

Love your two new babies, so cute! Merry Christmas to you and your family, i hope you had a nice break 😊☃️🎄🎅

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you! Happy holiday! 🎄💗

[@carolstuff]

Nice plants! Don’t worry about the variegations yet, right now they’ve just sprouted leaves; I believe they’ll be spectacular once they’re more establish.

[@plantsbymelissa]

I hope so!! 🤞

[@amandapietrzak4223]

You got the mint yayyyy!!! So excited to see yours grow as mine does as well😊

[@kimberlyferreira8522]

i grow a lot of alocasia polly corms, and even with the regular polly the color is always very different when they’re babies, so i think you’ve got a good chance with your variegation

[@ashh996]

Ive ordered at least 6 plamts from TGE and they've all been great

[@lisaanglim9588]

Both plants were beautiful.

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thanks so much 😊

[@JuanellHopper]

The plants from green escape always have good roots. If they got lost in the mail it wouldn't be good but they are never rotten or sopping wet. That's pretty good for baby plants 😊 and yes I think we're all like that 😂. I love being on KZbin hearing people who love plants as much as I do

[@JuanellHopper]

By the way, if you haven't seen that white vein grown up before...wow. it is gorgeous and has leathery leaves

[@plantsbymelissa]

haha glad there's more people out there like this. I haven't seen one in person just photos but I can't wait!! Happy holidays! 🎄

[@carolinebaines8735]

They sent me a silver band with three plants, one of which had no roots. I’ve found the Green Escape is very hit or miss…

[@richardr5878]

I like the Green Escape. I’m also glad I can live vicariously through you on some of these. I’m building my relationship with my Frydek and “white tiger” Monstera 😂 Please get that variegated Jacklyn. Waiting for the vid. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@plantsbymelissa]

Merry Christmas!!

[@ForeverCryssy]

I’m on like order 15 from them and only a small bit seems to survive 😭 I’m not giving up though. lol they have such a nice variety, am I’m determined to master alocasia indoors. Best wishes for your new plant babies. 🐝

[@puddsmax863]

I really enjoyed ordering from the green escape last time i ordered! The hoya I ordered died from my neglect but my little Gloriosum I got is still doing well! I plan to order a philodendron florida ghost from them in the next month or so. :)

[@puddsmax863]

I also know to expect the plants to be tiny now! I didn't quite understand how little they were until I got my first order 😅

[@KellyNellas]

I love Alocasia. I have a Black Velvet on my wishlist. I feel like I should wait until spring to try and get one.

[@plantsbymelissa]

I love the black velvet! It's definitely smart to wait until the weather warms. I check the weather before ordering and also order from a shop closer to me to avoid longer transit times.

[@brooklin_bernek]

I’m cracking up cause your just like me girl! We do it and we laugh like why are we like this 😂😂😂 I love it!! And I support our bad decisions that make us smile and don’t really do any harm! I have to say I don’t love TGE idk everything I’ve gotten the variegation was very low almost not there , but I’m holding out it’s better 😢

[@machomojica177]

Almost all the plans from them come very tiny because they are all plugs,starter plants but they really are a great company and if you have any complaints, they are very accommodating

[@kristathompson9888]

Happy Holidays Melissa!!! 💚💚💚

[@plantsbymelissa]

Same to you Krista!! 🫶🎄💖

[@MyLocsMyPlants]

yay yours came! 💚 my monstera mint is bigger than I thought it would be I'm satisfied 😂. one of the bottom leaves looks damaged from transit but overall its ok. I'm thinking about just getting a majestic but I should've done the by 3 deal 😭 ugh

[@plantsbymelissa]

I thought about ordering 2 more with mine this time but I didn't LOL. I'm happy your mint arrived okay!! I definitely recommend the majestic! Next time haha 🤗

[@MyLocsMyPlants]

@@plantsbymelissa 🤣🤣 I'll just leave it in the cart

[@NamasteGolden]

@plantlifelex has the best variegated Polly’s!

[@annafink2245]

I order a lot from them but all the plants I've bought in December have pretty much kicked the bucket. Even leaving them and not repotting, they just are flopped over, weak stem - good thing I had the winter insurance, but even the heat packs don't do much. I just cut it down and I'll see if anything comes back in spring.

[@plantsbymelissa]

aw I'm sorry about that 🥺

[@ConnieP92]

Really beautiful plants Melissa. The White Vein one reminds me too of the Alocasia Amazonica so it'll be interesting to see how the leaves develop as they mature. And the Watsonia reminds me of the Azlanii haha. I'm really loving my alocasia now too. My alocasia collection is almost entirely in pon now and they are thriving. I was so excited to see that my alocasia macrorrhiza variegata is already pushing out a giant new leaf and I've only had her for 2 weeks in LECA 😱so she and my Regal Shield are the only 2 large alocasia that are still in LECA. Do you think I should move them into pon too or leave them in LECA since they're happy & pushing out new growth? Thanks for sharing your purchases with us...I LOVE watching plant mail unboxings cos it makes me feel happy, as though I'VE just purchased them 😆🥰

[@paubel58]

omg that watsoniana white veins! its stunning. i love that you included the rinsing of the plug they came in! but do you have any recommendations for removing the more sponge-like ones? i have 2 plants from TGE that came in the spongey ones and i didn't remove much of the plug because i was worried about ripping all the roots off. thanks for sharing the haul and happy holidays!

[@plantsbymelissa]

It's so pretty! The last shipment had a sponge on one of the hoyas and I just carefully tried to remove it off the roots. Some roots pulled off but sticking it in stratum/cabinet conditions definitely helped any stress and they grow in new roots pretty quickly. Happy holidays! 🎄

[@gaabbbbyy]

I ordered a micans and a neon pothos from the green escape and I was notttt happy with the micans. It looked like it had a bunch of pest damage. And just a tonnn of tiny leaves. I took it apart and just potted up the good stem or 2.

[@plantsbymelissa]

oh no I'm sorry :( Mican's have extrafloral nectaries that look like dots on the leaves.

[@gaabbbbyy]

@@plantsbymelissaomg that’s probably what it was. I just removed all the leaves that were really damaged. The new growth doesn’t have them so hopefully I can keep them nice 😊 thank you for replying!

[@rebeccaparis6470]

I don't know how you wait a day to open the box! I would seriously rip into them the minute I got my hands on it!

[@plantsbymelissa]

haha it's not the best thing to do especially if the shop offers live arrival guarantee - you'll have a certain number of hours after delivery to record a problem. I think wanting to film it helped me be more patient! lol

[@alicelarez4311]

Me as well I would have ripped it open as soon as I got it in my hands.

[@francescadelunas]

When do you transition from fluval to something else? At what point of The growth of the plant do you feel it’s time to move to soil?

[@KC-gj4bi]

I wish you luck transferring to Pon on your Hoya. I had Lacunosa snow cap that grew wonderfully in stratum and rotted in 2 days in Pon 😢 same with my aff. burtonia. I transferred 6 altogether but those 2 didn’t make it.

[@plantsbymelissa]

oh no I'm so sorry! 😢 I haven't tried any hoya in pon yet so I am eager to see how they do. Hoping they don't rot 🥺

[@tonyturner6948]

Have you tried a 50/50 Stratum/Pon mix for the best of both worlds? As Stratum is expensive.

[@allisontuttle8216]

Yours came in nice and healthy! When I got mine the paper was wet on the leaves and they all rotted off 😅 they refunded me but it was my second time trying to order a Jacklyn (from different companies) so I think I’m just not supposed to have a Jacklyn 😂

[@plantsbymelissa]

oh noo! I'm so sorry! 😢 I got my Jacklyn from land of Alice studio on Etsy but I don't see any more in stock right now. Some people are finding big ones from costa farms at the big box stores too! Don't give up! haha Whenever mine produces more corms I'm going to grow them out and sell them too 😁

[@lisaanglim9588]

When you see it you have to add it. I understand

[@plantsbymelissa]

😆 yes!! Happy holiday Lisa! 🎄

[@lisaanglim9588]

@@plantsbymelissa Happy Holidays, Melissa. 🎄🎁🎅🏻

[@pepperbuster]

They’re so cute! I’m definitely looking forward to the updates on all these babies. I was also very tempted to get the mint Polly but space isn’t something I have 😢. I cannot wait to see them thrive in your care! Hope you have a merry Christmas!

[@brooklin_bernek]

Wow that one is very tiny tiny . I’m surprised how decent it traveled being they tiny of a plug. But I know if anyone can do it you can ❤❤

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thanks Brooklin 💗

[@Mononokeplague]

Do you use stratum to root other starter plants like philodendron or just for alocasia?

[@plantsbymelissa]

I use it to propagate just about anything!

[@rlenabarno]

Can you root the plugs in pon? I ordered from TGE again was thinking of reppoting them straight in pon.

[@plantsbymelissa]

If they are in soil I wouldn't go straight to pon. The little roots they have can rot off from the shock of moving to a different substrate. Some might do okay but you probably have a 50/50 shot. I am doing stratum or either water first for a week or 2 so some water roots can grow in.

[@yvonnevigil7489]

Very nice cuties. Where did you get your box cutter?. Take care

[@plantsbymelissa]

I'm not too sure either amazon or probably Lowe's it was awhile ago!

[@GenRN]

It looks like a Polly.

[@garygilliam1890]

Good company to order from I have had no problem yet we’re do you order your stradom from if you don’t mind me asking

[@darksidevenom6]

what soil is in those cups with the HOYA's

[@plantsbymelissa]

It's called stratum :) www.amazon.com/dp/B00JGQIY48?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmeli0992-20&creativeASIN=B00JGQIY48&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.1OODWALE01UEU&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin

[@امنهباقری-ي2ق]

سلام دختر گل فروش❤❤❤❤