Repot With Me: Q&A Session

Hey everyone!
Today I'll be doing some light greenhouse work while I answer some of your questions.
Filmed and Edited by Brian Brigantti
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[@berenisemendez5223]

I just found your channel and it’s so insightful. I love your personality and charisma keep it up!🥰

[@thedarksideofnature1221]

We all are waiting for shipping to Europe 💖 🇪🇺

[@navidfarkhondehpay1142]

And Canada! We NEEEEED Redleaf Exotics in Canada :'(

[@thedarksideofnature1221]

@@navidfarkhondehpay1142 We just want to give them money and they don't want to take it :(

[@navidfarkhondehpay1142]

@@thedarksideofnature1221 Hopefully there's a way around all the shipping restrictions and permits and stuff. Even if I have to get a permit or something to import their plants I would, because their selection is really awesome!

[@thedarksideofnature1221]

@@navidfarkhondehpay1142 We used to have a pretty good importer in Poland who offered interesting species. Unfortunately - it has become very commercial and sells only ventratas and hookerianas, just beginners plants. I would love to expand my collection...

[@thesufics1959]

I always love your energy, so positive and always smiling!💚🌱🌿

[@redleafexotics4722]

Thank you 💚 I’m glad you enjoy! I like keeping the vibration high!

[@carnivaro]

at 25:15 when that pot fell down and a moment of silence, that was priceless! :D good stuff mate.

[@redleafexotics4722]

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[@florinvoicufv]

You are doing extremely good job thank you

[@devondaviau]

I am so glad that I found this channel. This Q and A format is great as well. Thanks!

[@ethankamerow5587]

Great video!!!

[@aneres87]

Always love your vibe Dom!

[@redleafexotics4722]

Thanks Andrian☺️

[@navidfarkhondehpay1142]

I'm so glad you brought up the point about neem oil and burning your plants. NEEM OIL WILL MAKE YOUR PLANTS MORE PHOTOSENSITIVE. This isn't a terrible thing, and if you keep it in mind then you'll be totally fine, but my baby bical got super duper red after a neem treatment because it was under bright lights. Neem oil has worked quite well for me in the past on a variety of plants, and you just have to make sure you get to it early and apply a few times over the course of a few weeks. Just note the increased photosensitivity, and monitor your plants y'all! If you aren't comfortable using pesticides of any kind, predatory insects seem to work really well. I haven't tried them personally, but I've read up on it and they seem really promising. Whatever you choose to do, research research research! Make sure you know the risks, and good luck!! Happy growing :)

[@tufhvlog9145]

Hello, I'm a fan of you from Vietnam

[@redleafexotics4722]

Hi from the USA! I would love to visit Vietnam one day. So many great plants growing over there! Thanks

[@MarcusRichardsonRacing]

Another great video :)

[@redleafexotics4722]

Thanks Marcus!

[@DJJumpdancer]

2:22 I would add perlite and silica sand to the mix

[@eljardindelamorenita5863]

Omg 💕 I just found your channel 👌🐝🌿

[@dickmcshan9778]

Brand new to your channel and am really enjoying your educational and entertaining presentations. I have grown Bromeliads, Orchids and Tillandsia for decades but have zero experience with "Carnivorus" plants. Living here in the PNW, I would like to give them a try. That said, what do you use to feed them? Meal worms, etc? Keep up the great work. Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.

[@Royaliize]

Great video! Do u keep Any utricularias?

[@whis.sensei]

I asked about the Bicalcarata (unless others asked too haha). Unfortunately I asked because the one I received wilted within the evening after I received it in the morning. The pitchers and leaves were so vibrant and beautiful but by the evening they looked dried up and soft unlike the “firmness” they had in the morning. It came unpotted so I had bought it with a pot and potting soil. I’ve potted a few nepenthes before but never had such a drastic thing occur with a new plant. Hopefully it can grow new leaves and pitchers in the future once it’s acclimated. I won’t lie it was disheartening seeing what happened to my bicalcarata. Anyways, thank you so much for providing this Q&A and for giving us all such helpful information! (For anyone curious it is a Nepenthes Bicalcarata x Ampullaria Black Miracle)

[@acousticanimal5514]

Bicalcarata can be very sensitive to new environments. Especially with repots. Bag it up, put it warm and bright and hope for the best.

[@beartoe08]

When I die I'm going to float around your greenhouses, hope thats okay 👻

[@michaelsayner9128]

❤❤❤ Your channel currently ordered some peat for my sarracenias, venus fly traps going to do a outside display not sure what do with the bowl i am potting them in wether to put in a pond liner to a third way up or try and find a saucer for the bottom choices choices choices, main question i would like to know is it okay to use dry new zealand sphagnum moss than fresh for potting up napenthes which i have three gaya, lowii x ventricosa and hoikeriana and how often do you fertiliser and what kind thankyou.

[@jret65541]

Electrolytes are what plants crave

[@duncanpage1556]

How are the new tweezers? look handy love your vids.

[@redleafexotics4722]

Loooove them!

[@nocturnex9339]

Awesome contents! Anyone has tried to drop osmocote plus pellet into a pitcher? Since theres liquid inside will it just burn the heck out of the pitcher but still beneficial to the plant itself?

[@redleafexotics4722]

It depends on the size of the pitcher. It can burn them but the plant usually benefits:)

[@phillyhippie]

Could I use a mix of sphagnum moss and pumice stone? For pitcher plant st gaya?

[@sean2val]

I am going to try fish fertilizer weak dilution like I use for my Australian natives

[@redleafexotics4722]

Good luck:)

[@sean2val]

@@redleafexotics4722 thanks

[@florinvoicufv]

Can I use T5 ho tubes

[@josuedavidmendozaromero6082]

Is bad to nepenthes if you put cold water in the nepenthes soil when in the greenhouse are 30º C or more ?

[@jpkpalms7421]

Where did you get such a large jacklyn alocasia in Florida?

[@sofiavalbuena3943]

Sir i am from the Philippines and a newbie in nepenthes, do i need to put water in the pitchers or they will have water in it naturally? I have troncata and ventricoza.

[@gabrielreversopereira3093]

Hello, I would like some advice: how can I increase the humidity and maintain good ventilation? Here where I live it is very hot and dry in the afternoon, it reaches 40% or less if it's in winter (if it doesn't rain of course). During the night and in the morning it usually reaches 60-80%, but it gets very dry later on. I didn't want to make a greenhouse that becomes a super humid "oven" lol.

[@REEE-ui4cy]

grow inside

[@REEE-ui4cy]

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[@gabrielreversopereira3093]

@@REEE-ui4cy Thanks. I even considered it. But in the case of nepenthes, when they grow it is a little difficult to keep them in an aquarium, so the ideal would be a greenhouse. Some lowland nepenthes get huge. But thanks anyway.

[@d.k.g2257]

I have a mini greenhouse in my bedroom and it works great it keeps the humidity inside the greenhouse so it won't make your house super humid. The plants do great in my greenhouse. also I have two cheap grow lights in my greenhouse and the plants love it you should give it a try.

[@bbull71]

If it's windy, use some shade cloth to stop wind from taking all your humidity. Stack your plants together closely. Leaves perspire as well so it'll increase local humidity. You can add a tray holding water with some smooth stones inside. Alternatively, add a garden sprinkler and set it to sprinkle every how long a couple seconds. Evaporated water will add humidity

[@Bobby11083]

What can cause deformed leaves or leaves that appear to be opening too early and pitchers that don’t get very big or pop too early?

[@redleafexotics4722]

Sounds like humidity shifts or too low of humidity.

[@Bobby11083]

@@redleafexotics4722 that would make sense. I was keeping them in a terrarium and had a hell of a time keeping the humidity consistent but I just moved them to a grown tent and thing have been super consistent since. Could it take a bit for them to readjust and grown normally again?

[@d.k.g2257]

I'm trying to give my mini greenhouse a 15 degree temperature drop at night. I tried a fan but it did nothing, I also tried ice but it didn't work. Any ideas?

[@thekommentator9637]

Try a watercooler

[@Bobby11083]

Is it inside? If so then just use a window ac.

[@agpizz]

i missed this shit smfh wtf

[@DavidMartinez-eb8sb]

Spanish subtitle please in all videos

[@carnivorousplants5217]

Google translate? I think its in the auto captions.

[@clickerwastaken]

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[@thimoschreiber4275]

Well there is a well grounded Hypothese that by Nepenthes the growth an color of the pitchers is in combination with the trapping of Insects. This means that if you feed your Nepenthes with insects you pretty much fertilize it, if you on the other hand fertilize the substrate you will get less pitcher growth because fore the plant they are ineficient. Also you have to know that Most Nepenthes are epiphytic so they normaly dont get Nutriens with there roots and dont even have "pores" on there roots to take up those nutriens