Q&A #3 - cleaning leaves, buying wet sticks, a little more about myself etc.

[@fayvoyiatsis2660]

“There’s nobody in nature going around cleaning the plants” so you 😂 I love it!!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Hey Fay 👋 😂😂

[@kadysinger3877]

omg Jan you're a vegan too!! plant lover and plant eater 🥰

[@sydneyplantguy]

Hehe yes 🥬🌱

[@lillyschneider5862]

Hi Jan, Thanks a lot for the Q&A session, this was very nice and interesting. Your accent is really sweet. Big Hello from Germany :)

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@ConnieP92]

Yes please Jan, I would like to tag along on a watering/plant care day. I have to say that I too actually start every day (b4 the fam bam gets up) with a cup of coffee and greet all my plants and check on them. Loving the Q&A series 👌

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@justinamontgomery2618]

Holy hanstand! Completely blew my mind! Love your art prints and story behind that and love those other pics of you too! Thank you for sharing some personal details about yourself...yes we love knowing more about you, and like your plants, u completely blew us away...so so proud of you and your an amazing human and animal friend...you radiate with love :)

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you Justina :)

[@Juli-tn5ee]

Thank you so much for this video and that you told us a little bit about you. Your long videos are great from the learning perspective and the short ones are soso funny. Thanks a lot🤸🏻‍♀️

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@CatsWhoChew]

Your channel is very addictive 🙂 Thank you for sharing all the plant info! But also thanks for sharing a bit about yourself! Amazing content ✨️✨️✨️

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@robynfisher4455]

What a lovely video thanks Jan 💕 I feel like we just had a nice long friendly chat. Love your personality and approach, and plants of course. I especially loved and related to your cat story. At 74 I have just started my indoor plant journey following the demise of much loved cat who wanted to eat every green thing I ever brought into the house. Even flowers in a vase got pulled out and destroyed. Like Brad, the cat that remains doesn't touch anything, so now my journey begins and you are my escort 😘

[@sydneyplantguy]

Hey Robyn, thanks for your lovely comment & enjoy your plant journey :)

[@meenakshi_arun]

Amazing energy and hearing that you've been doing all this with a full time job! Great job 👏

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@sunflowerhillhomesteadaust7887]

Great video thanks! Interesting comment about moss poles making up for arial roots dying in our lesser humidity - that's so true, in my propboxes they are crazy just in the ambient humidity!

[@nuclearrabbit9821]

Definitely my favorite video of yours! Loved getting to know you 😄

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@jaydoubleu66]

I watch all your videos! Plants are so beautiful, and since you plants are soooooo big the beauty in the future of my baby plants is exciting! Thank you!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@australiagreg3179]

Hey Jan, Im thinking the abundance of damp moss poles has gotta be the answer to a humidity problem. I have 5 moss poles in a growing area and dotted among themI have Calathia Orbifolias and Faciata Orbifolias and they are loving the humidity amongst the poles. I didnt know about the Q&A, but it didnt matter, you answered all my questions anyway. many thx mate.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes they are a great humidity boost :) thanks Greg :)

[@booberries833]

Dude, love the longer hair! I've been into plants since 2nd grade. Your philosophy has changed my attitude and the way I see my plants. I now just want what to keep n grow - on moss poles, only what I love ❤️. I even made a spec sheet for the 'moss poles'! Thank you for all the videos you have made. You have changed my life and showed me how to attain what I've always dreamed of.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks for your lovely comment :) happy growing

[@juliashearer7842]

Wonderful video, lovely to learn more about you. I particularly appreciate you sharing that you are vegan/plant based.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@jerseypecanpeach5469]

Thank you for your past present and future videos, they’re the best!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks:)

[@mnbotanicals]

Always appreciate these Q & As! Especially needed to hear your tips about buying new plants vs maintaining your collection 😬 bought a house and need to stop the purchasing spiral!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Cheers:)

[@birdssanctuarypakistan5045]

the best guy on internet talking about aroids and education us its treet to us watching your work n all the plants love from pakistan

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@michelejones4282]

As always I enjoyed your vd. Yes, investing so much time in watching your wonderful vd's, we deserve to know more about you! Your part of the family. Thank you for sharing your love of plants & the knowledge you've learned. What I especially appreciate about you is you give it the "way you do it/works for you", not it has to be exactly the way you do it! I hope that made sense! 💜🌱Michele

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks Michele :)

[@jitendrakr]

Yes for the daily/weekly routine video please

[@beaucorbillard381]

Thank you for your videos. Always learn something to help with my plant care. Appreciate you taking time to share your knowledge!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@christinelandrum6144]

Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience. Now to try to use that information to improve how I grow my tropical plants.

[@joannanovara815]

Hi Jann,Love your videos😊 I was especially happy to learn you are vegan(fellow vegan here, 7 years for me)!!! 💚

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@joscreen3252]

Thank you so much for letting us know you a little bit more. You sound like an amazing person to have around, honestly very inspiring and positive. You've got a subscriber for life.

[@marciajohnson1825]

As always, thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing about yourself too. You've totally convinced me that moss poles are the way to go. I'm looking forward to starting this coming spring 2023 UK. I've been a plant parent for many years now but never really bothered with climbing plants. Your master classes have convinced me to try my hand at it. Thanks again Jan.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@yeahivekilledthat719]

I can't imagine anyone asking any questions, because you seemed to have answered them all. Thanks for that in-depth Q&A!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@Dyeguy117]

It would definitely be cool to see a watering and plant care routine. 😊

[@MbahSmiles]

when my grandad died plants were the thing I could talk to my grandmother about and gain nice happy conversation. Something wonderful happened after something sad, similar to yourself 👍

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks for sharing :)

[@rachelenochs4685]

Very enjoyable video & interesting to learn a little more about you as a person. Thanks for sharing your creative journey & passion for plants with your international community!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@daveoverstreet5148]

You're videos are among the most helpful of anyone I've yet come across. Bonus: no plant unboxing vids.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks:)

[@11jakeway11]

Hello Jan, thank you for the Q+A it is warming listening to someone talk about a subject that they are so passionate in. I have been a plant enphusiast for the past 20 years but it is safe to say you have propelled my love of philodendrons and the benefits of moss polls! I now have 10 moss polls that I have made myself just waiting for some of my cuttings to be big enough to to be potted up, so thank you very much!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you & happy growing :)

[@lynette365247]

You are so cute. 🤩Thank you for all the plant info., it really inspires me to care for my plants very well so they always give me joy.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

Thank you Jan I really got a lot out of your discussions. Appreciating and growing your plants out to show their true colours❤forms…..and uniquenesses….you are well balanced with your job and your artistic creative side…..I love your creativity and your photography on your walls…..Wow learning a new language as an adult is quite an achievement…your handstand was awesome…..beautiful spot to hand stand….your photo with the burning pages❤️ study and nerding 🤓🤓out on your passions. I don’t recall seeing your balcony…do you have a little herb garden on it? or some cat grass for Brad? My pets love it and baby comfrey leaves.

[@BrutalDucks]

Thank you Jan for sharing a bit more about yourself and taking the time to answer our questions! Glad to hear you’re vegan also 🌱 Your content is easily the highlight of my Instagram and now KZbin feed 💚

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@debragiannetti9755]

Love your videos and especially learning about you as a person. It all makes sense how intelligent & creative your presentations are! I’m also a fellow plant eater 🥰. My husband teases me that plants have feelings too LOL 😳

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@neonice]

Technically you eat less plants because the animals ppl eat need a lot of plants to produce little meat. ;D

[@sunflowerhillhomesteadaust7887]

Plants do have feelings and sentience, though different to ours, but most of the ones we eat don't need to die for us to eat - fruit, nuts, greens, etc - the plant lives on. Root veg are very short seasonal anyway, the plant wouldn't live much past when they are harvested. I actually think plants can be eaten with more compassion too, and as we have to eat something plants are definitely a more compassionate option!

[@Vyezene]

Love the video! And really appreciate it being longer! Thank you!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@lorifenner4048]

I love your videos, I’ve learned so much. It was also fun to learn a little bit about you.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@ChonkyCatsJungle]

I’m so happy I stumbled on your page. All your plants are so gorgeous and all your tips have been so helpful! I’ve yet to chop and extend but one day I’ll get there when my plants get big enough!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@sinead.]

You're so polite❤

[@apvlee5890]

Jan thanks much for taking time out to answer my question. really like your practical approach to growing plants. has helped me alot in my plant journey. Danke

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@darienmincey6364]

Would love a video on your plant routine- how you water, prevent pests etc. thank you so much for sharing this information it’s been so helpful in my plant care! 💚🌱

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :) I'm actually working on a video just like that atm :)

[@gogreentropical3650]

Nice to meet you too 😃. Thanks for getting me on the moss pole, they all got crazy 🤪

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@alonamakinen704]

Thank you a lot for this and actually for all of your videos! Such inspiring and I really enjoy to watch your channel :)

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@aylaloup-lestatJun]

Thank you for this vidéo 💚🇫🇷🙏

[@mirkagronroos71]

I just kept staring that adansonii the whole time 😍👌

[@taylorhillard4868]

I still can't get over that adansonii. It's perfection

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@sunnymelbourneplants]

Thanks for another awesome videi and for sharing some good insight in the plant FOMO 🌿😂 I am definitely trying to grow the plants I have at the moment and see how big I can get them ❤️ keep the hobby going as it's always a pleasure to learn from your experience 👍

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@thecrystallak3]

I am really into watching Bundesliga matches. Borussia Dortmund is my favorite team to follow. My dream is to one day go to a match there. So cool you are from Germany!

[@AwoooOga3503]

Ugh 😩 I want a Jungle right now, but I'm moving soon so I got to wait before getting more plants

[@Jamie025007]

Schönes Video und ein wirklich toller Kanal! 👍🌱🪴Grüße aus Köln!!! 👋😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

Danke :)

[@shanelpaige2152]

Loved this! You dropped a few wisdom gems for me. Thanks!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@mariomarrocco1674]

Nice to meet you too Jan! Awesome video .

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@Crssal]

i love love loved hearing more about you! and i love that you're vegan woohoo!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you 🌱🥬

[@sherriemedellin5575]

I missed it , I haven’t been getting my alert’s for your channel 😮

[@justinamontgomery2618]

I am so sorry about Max...my second cats were two pure white brothers.....one kept running out the door and someone hit him....horrible to go through since we love our kitties so much....Brad seems adjusted :)...love your first plant collection photo!

[@sydneyplantguy]

That’s exactly what happened here :( sorry to heat. Brad has adjusted better than me actually

[@justinamontgomery2618]

@@sydneyplantguy well maybe in time....you may want to adopt a kitten :) they do help heal our broken hearts....

[@HippieHC]

I love these style of videos ❤ the one thing I do want to add for pests+moss poles is that if you have an *existing* fungus gnat problem the adults will definitely love hanging out in them 😅 not sure if the eggs or larvae can survive in there, but I also treat the pole when I treat the soil

[@sydneyplantguy]

Fair point :) thanks :)

[@melissagray5606]

Loved this Q&A and thank you for sharing a little about yourself too!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@Loogiemistress]

Hahaha “a farm of snake plants” 🐍 🌱 thank you 😊

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

Your Monstera adansonii ssp. laniata must be the most beautiful adansonii that I've ever seen 😍 I had an adansonii once, but unfortunately it didn't thrive in my home. I suppose I don't have the right spot in this flat with the right light for that species. Btw, I'm a vegan too. Thank you for caring 🙏

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks:)

[@moniquepeterson9542]

Snake plant farm!! 😂😂😂 you crack me up, how dry your humour is. Can’t wait to see a take-us-along video for watering. You are clearly a very dedicated person in all aspects of your world. Please can we hear you speak a little German?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@benjaminhotra]

Thank you Young for sharing your story with us :)

[@sylvain.courtade]

Hi, Jan!

[@sydneyplantguy]

👋👋

[@stefpix]

Very healthy. As in previous videos, how to be creative and proactive with what you have. 80% of plant YT videos are not on growing but on shopping. Some channels are about visiting stores and buying new plants. Someone should mail you a node of Philodendron rubrijuvenile, El Choco Red, inside a Kinder surprise Easter egg or inside a Matrioska Russian doll set.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@cazylein]

wow, interesting, I would never have thought you grew up in germany. Usually I judge us germans really fast for our bad accent, (me included), but you were not on this list :D I really like your videos with your chilled vibe and I could learn from you how to make these great moss poles :) Thanks 💚

[@cohp4d]

Na sicher findet man dich in den Kommentaren eines australischen Videos über Pflanzen....Bestell dem Bojan mal ein Hallo zamme!🙃

[@cazylein]

@@cohp4d klar, Standard, warum auch nicht. Paddy? 😄

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@jessicalouis2982]

Tolles Video 🙏❤️

[@sydneyplantguy]

Danke :)

[@musicmealready8282]

Wow! I went vegan abruptly in 2014! Nice coincidences! 😁

[@eiffon]

great video! keep doing these :)

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@kevinbrook-zr6uc]

Do you have grow lights

[@sketch6774]

I think that the amount of wet mosspoles might increase humidity I would like to see the humidity in a plant less room compared to the room that has all your plants within a couple days of watering them

[@jitendrakr]

Is that a philodendron burl marx behind you?

[@sydneyplantguy]

No it’s P. atabapoense

[@jitendrakr]

@@sydneyplantguy Thanks mate!

[@Rapteme7]

Love it 😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks Hafa 😻😻

[@Jocy0924]

I started growing a mango plant a couple of months ago. Out of no where it stopped growing. It would grow like little tiny stems but never continue. Is there a reason why?

[@sydneyplantguy]

I have no idea. I don’t grow any fruit trees

[@killodendron]

"Farm of snake plants" Funny, because my sansevieria looks worse than any other plant in my jungle 😂. It was my first, had it like 7 years...don't have the heart to throw it out.

[@juanitagordon5064]

What is the name of the plant on the other side of the plant next to you? Please put the name on the screen

[@sydneyplantguy]

It’s monstera adansonii subspecies laniata

[@kerstinbultmann5373]

Hallo Jan, liebe Grüße aus der alten Heimat 👋🏻😉.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Danke :)

[@Wilfahrt21]

If you use spag moss the way Jan describes, it essentially acts more like semi hydro than a damp soil. Spag moss also has some anti microbial properties as well Also I would encourage you to think about your use of the term Eskimo and consider stop using it fwiw

[@sydneyplantguy]

Very fair point 👍🏻

[@Wilfahrt21]

@@sydneyplantguy much love ❤️

[@Classsslady]

Just found you! 🌿

[@jodhia]

Omg that South African/German accent comment was because of me on IG wasn't it? I feel terrible. Especially since I'm German in Australia too LMAO. I just have a bogan Newcastle accent now 😄 sorry Jan

[@sydneyplantguy]

Hehe no worries, I’ve been getting this for years :D

[@ellencnixon]

💜💜

[@pudik2008]

Great video Jan! 👍🏻 Natalie Adelaide

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@cajbrg]

I'm sorry ... I skipped the part 36.09-37.45 :-) ...

[@sydneyplantguy]

No need to be sorry, that’s what I put the chapters in here for ;)

[@cajbrg]

@@sydneyplantguy 😆 or I'm in denial ....

[@maximkoerner]

Ich hätte nie gedacht das du aus Deutschland kommst 😅 Danke für das Informative Video, wie immer sehr gut 😍

[@sydneyplantguy]

Danke :)

[@lil.dizzee4220]

New vegan friend❤️ happy surprise ✨🪴🥰

[@justinamontgomery2618]

Rhythm.... :)

[@anermila6325]

Next video “What I eat in a day *vegan”.? Because it seems all plants questions are answered! Lol.

[@sydneyplantguy]

That won’t happen but i’m sure they’ll be more questions popping up :)

[@djowen23]

Do you use the same fertilizer for all your airoids?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes :)

[@djowen23]

@@sydneyplantguy Thank you for responding

[@mozemoze6858]

My second name is Jan :)

[@slinkyboo-boo]

🌱🐾💚vegan 💚🐾🌱

[@jillbergqvist597]

You're vegetarian!! 🙌🙌

[@Itachi-xk7gc]

So handsome! Pls water me!

[@الدكتورةابتسامعبدالملك]

رجاء. رجاء. انا. معجبه. بالفيديو. لكن. اتمنى. ان. تترجم. الى. اللغه. العربيه. كي. تتم. الاستفاده. مع. كل. الاعجاب. والتقدير

[@floroma2820]

She complains: whenever I cook the stew per your explanations and my friends’ explanations, it’s still not tasty. I think you all are not telling me something because I follow all the instructions. So I asked her to explain to me exactly how she cooks her stew from beginning to end. Eg. how much water do you put in the stew. When do you put the water in the stew and so on. I found out what she was doing wrong . Well, in order to grow fairly large plants, I also think you all are not telling us something because we follow all the large leaf parents and still do not get any result.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Easy to see where you went wrong: growing plants is NOT following a recipe. You need to put in the work and acquire the skill yourself :)

[@Bassamwho2]

Is it possible to put an Arabic translation for your channel?