Skip the trendy divas - 9 common plants I LOVE 🥰

[@soberplantguy]

I love each and every one of these affordable plants.... Which commoners in your collections outshine the divas?

[@patricepollard9450]

My hoya publicalyx is my easiest and best I have in my collection of 25 genus Hoyas

[@kelsey9384]

I’m really liking my fern leaf cactus, 😊 also I just purchased a baby Hoya sunrise, I think that’s it. It has sun in the word, $8!

[@debh3404]

Micans!!! How very beautiful that plant is. I’ve only had it for about 6 months but it has grown like crazy. Also Lacunosa, black pagoda, string of pearls, string of hearts, and my Thanksgiving cactus that blooms pink ❤

[@kevinjoe1211]

hoya carnosa krimson queen super splash

[@farmerswifesince95]

I love my exotica. And as much as I adore my philodendron and Hoyas, one of my favorite easy plants is the marble queen pothos. I bought a small one at Home Depot because the varigation was lovely, then I won one in a plant store contest. My best one is about 5 years old and I guess you could call it a snow queen as the leaves have more white than green.

[@dianebortle1141]

I love this video. More easy to care for, easy to live with plants!

[@soberplantguy]

We don't value this enough! (Well, everyone here in the comments clearly does 🤣)

[@reginatebow57]

Scindapsus is one of my favorites. A purple oxalis is also a show-off, and wasn't expensive.

[@soberplantguy]

I wish I was one of those people who has figured out how to grow Scindapsus. Believe me, I've put in some effort 😆 Did your oxalis get huge, or can you sort of keep it pruned to size? I think those are lovely.

[@raynelaroux1547]

I love my African Violets. It's what started my journey into the houseplant hobby. I may have loads of others that I dote over more, but I will never be without an African Violet.

[@debh3404]

AVs have my HEART! I used to grow absolutely tons of them. I got sick and the ones I didn’t give away died. I’m going to get ready to start growing some again. I really miss my trailers especially.

[@Jayebird69]

My mom was the African violet / gloxinia fan. I kinda branched off into the other gesneraids myself, particularly columneas, episcias and the like

[@soberplantguy]

Why haven't I tried one or two of these out? We have a really cool, Mennonite thrift store where great plants are on offer all the time--frequently African violets. I need to give them a whirl.

[@debh3404]

@@soberplantguy They do really well in diffused light or early morning light, wicking for constant moisture, 1/2 the recommended fertilizer, on constant feed, don't let water sit in the crown. It's a myth that you can't wet the leaves. They love to be rinsed off as long as their crowns are dry when done. They don't need to be "root bound" to bloom but do need to have some roots touching the sides of the pot. There! All the answers to the questions you didn't ask. I'm GREAT on unsolicited advice!

[@cindyvan635]

I pretty much ignore mine, just water when its dry, have 3 props off it, and going to put in with mother plant. It gets med light in my living room, facing a west window. Your Syngoniums are to die for!!! 😍🌱💚

[@patriciamusquiz2834]

Your plants are so stunning! I could tell you put a lot of love ❤️ to your plants 🪴

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thanks so much! ☺

[@RondaThomson]

I have the same luck with scindapsus, exotica is only 1 that survived. I love all my pothos so easy. Purchased all the medium you suggested, will repot all my hoyas that need it in the fall

[@soberplantguy]

Good, I'm not the only one who has the Scindapsus "don't buy" list 😅 I'm sure your Hoya will love it. It's basically all that Doug Chamberlain uses now, among many others. I need to set aside a day, a full day, and get all of my Hoya that are in bark mix switched over. There is a profound difference in their, and my, happiness wit it 😆

[@cindyvan635]

I love my medium mixture too, after i repotted my hoyas last year in it they took off! Coco coir chunks, small scoop of Fox farms forest mix, pumice, charcoal, small bark.

[@soberplantguy]

@@cindyvan635 Getting a mix that works consistently well makes all the difference in the world!

[@cindyvan635]

​@@soberplantguy yes!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@peggymalabuyoc9150]

Hi Dave, I love all these plants and your Three Kings is so healthy and gorgeous . What a Stunner! I got my Micans in a four inch pot about four years ago and she remains one of my most favorite plants. She’s now fat and full and acts like she’s living the dream. Not sure why she has done so well, I guess you just can’t beat dumb good luck! 😵‍💫. Loved this video and its theme. Your Manjula is one of my favorites as well. So easy on the eyes.🥰. Take care and happy growing! 👌🪴🥰

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks, Peggy. Yep, better to be lucky than good 🤣😂🤣

[@neerajadamarla929]

Manjula is one of my favorites.

[@soberplantguy]

I'm really looking forward to some mature leaves!

[@bethzahn31]

Dave, I loved this video! I propagate my favorite, easy, common plants often, and gift them to my patients (I’m a dental hygienist). I agree with your favorites and would add Philodendron ‘Brasil’. I completely agree with your Scindapsus input! I’ve grown so many, but the Exotica is by far the easiest and most beautiful. Thanks for another great video 🪴 I would love to see a video of your grow tent. Unless it’s a carefully guarded secret, lol.

[@bethzahn31]

I also am not a fan of moss poles 😂

[@paxleidig5327]

@@bethzahn31Here, here ! Another vote for the MARS tent tour. Come on Dave, show us your stuff! L😂😂😂

[@bethzahn31]

@@paxleidig5327 Dave is holding out on us, lol

[@soberplantguy]

Come h*ll or high water, I'm filming that tent video this week 😆 I do believe I featured my rather plush Brasil in the "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" plants video, AND in the DIY pest treatment video (and who know, maybe another one 🤣). I love that plant!

[@crunchyflakepusssuk]

I love my coffee plant! so shiny.

[@soberplantguy]

Oh, yeah! That’s a good’n!

[@pkmetzger]

I like the plain green spider plant. That one I don't see in the store. I bought a start off of Etsy.

[@soberplantguy]

You're right--you really *don't* see that offered.... I feel the same way about Hoya carnosa. When did we stop liking gorgeous, green plants? 😆

[@paxleidig5327]

Schefflera was one of the first plants I ever had back in high school! Tried and true!

[@soberplantguy]

Classic, Pax, just like us 😆

[@stacytanner7346]

I inherited my grandmothers large over grown schefflera when she passed. It was at least 10 years plus. I didn’t know much about keeping plants so I kept it outside in the Louisiana heat for nearly 4 years. It was repotted probably 2 years in. Completely root bound I tossed it in a pot that was way too big in plain garden soil and it just kept living. About a year and a half ago I decided to drag it inside and care for it properly. I set it up in my sunroom with my lonely snake plant and aloe.I gave it a scale treatment, a big trim and new pot in proper soil.I didn’t want to toss away all the cuttings so I propagated so many babies(scale free). Some in soil and some in water to see what method worked best. This started my journey into the houseplant hobby. I ended up with so many baby plants. Now most of my coworkers and friends have a piece of my grandmothers tree. I kept one baby who is thriving and added quite a few different plants over the last year or so. The mother plant never looked better and I hope to have it for many years to come.

[@soberplantguy]

That is a lovely story 😊 How did you end up treating scale? They are so persistent!

[@stacytanner7346]

@soberplantguy Thank you. I treated the scale with Captain Jack Insecticidal Super Soap. I waited until evening and soaked the entire surface of the plant. I made sure to get under the leaves and down the trunk. I repeated this treatment once a week for three weeks. A couple days after spraying I would inspect the plant and wipe the leaves with diluted white vinegar to give them a shine and to scrape off every scale bug I could find. It took some patience and I made a mess every time but I haven't seen any more. I still check it when I clean the leaves every few weeks.

[@soberplantguy]

@@stacytanner7346 This is great info--thanks so much!

[@linda3808]

All of them are so pretty! I have a scindapsus moonlight that's starting to look pretty nice. I absolutely love the ficus! And I don't like moss poles either.

[@soberplantguy]

Would you like tips on how to over-pot, overwater, and unalive your moonlight? 🤣

[@Psionicbomb]

I’ll take all the free Hoya cuttings I can get and I’ll follow through! I got Krimson Queen and Princess, Wayetti, I just got a tiny baby Sarawak Borneo, and a verticulata so far. Khronianas and Sumatra and Sumatra Hook and Red Tendon are next on my wish list ha ha

[@soberplantguy]

Sounds like you *would* follow through! I just saw that red tendon somewhere for the first time--very, very cool plant. Good luck on your Hoya journey!

[@irairod5160]

I understand your feelings about the Monstera deliciosa. I feel the same about it and about Fiddle Leaf Figs. I'd rather have a mature Schefflera, Jade plant, Ponytail Palm, or Selloum Hope Philo than either of them.

[@soberplantguy]

I like it fine ... in other peoples' homes. But for a plant to consume that much real estate and light, I've got to LOVE it. A couple of years ago I sold my Ponytail palm, one of the few planty regrets I have.

[@HookedonHouseplants-bv5mu]

Your plants look really pretty and healthy! 😍 My Manjula, Rojo Congo and Silver Bay Aglaonema.

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thanks! That Silver Bay has long been on my "if I see a good one, I'm buying it" list. It's just a matter of time, no doubt 😀

[@orchidenere]

Scindapsus and manjula my favorite. I propagated the manjula so much, put some hanging pots under a tree and the variegation is amazing. Home Depot had a huge one so full for 20$. Love them both and are all over my house

[@soberplantguy]

Isn't great t have plants that just ... do their thing? 😁

[@nuha6512]

I have all the plants you showed and I agree %100 with you on all of them. My micans also was realy big.,but this past winter just went down hill. I was able to save cuttings from it and it's getting back to it's past glory.

[@soberplantguy]

So you recognized what a brave face I was putting on for the video. That just broke my heart, watching it die back. And as you know, *quickly* 😥

[@Kimbermoi]

Nice video, I enjoy seeing other kinds of plants. 😊

[@soberplantguy]

Oh, good! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@nmchai9333]

I love all these common plants...first of all they're all beautiful in their own way and just easy to find, easy to grow, and very tough plants ...some plants are beautiful but in 6 months theyre gone😢...even in our outside garden, the tough ones are very dependable and just performs well like loyal soldiers through our tough climate ...in winter and hot blazing summer ... love your video contents!....hi from Toronto and Whitby, Ontario Canada

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you! And You said it well. Hope to come visit your beautiful country soon 😀

[@ClaireSiconolfi]

I’m such a fan of the Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma. It really is my favourite plant currently. It just sits on my dresser and does its thing.

[@soberplantguy]

I also love that its Ariel roots won't dig into your stucco/drywall like a monstera most definitely will...!

[@sharonpollitt1524]

i love money trees( I have two). Also scheffleras are wonderful to grow! thanks for the video

[@soberplantguy]

I do love a money tree!

[@amymarshall1829]

I actually moved my Exotica to a fairly bright spot because it wanted to send out leafless runners. No one has time for that. In Manula news, I spent $25 on a fairly small plant, but kept looking for a cheap one that I could pot up with it for a fuller pot. Still haven't found a cheap one, but my small one has grown so much that it really isn't necessary now. The mini schefflera that used to live on my desk at work pre-lockdown has grown really long and kind of diagonal. I'm too chicken to cut it off, though. As far as my favorite "cheap-and -common" . . . I have an actual Thanksgiving cactus problem. They keep following me home. 😬

[@soberplantguy]

You illustrate a point I'm constantly harping on: plants react differently for any number of reasons in different homes! My Exotica was constantly throwing off long runners in the much "better" light it used to get. Plants aren't just *one* size fits all. As for your cactus problem, that's a good'n to be having ....

[@juliebudd9673]

"Followed me home." Can't wait to use that 😂

[@lisabarnes5340]

Thanks for sharing part of your collection.

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@heatherstephens9295]

I love you appreciating these plants, I love them all & if it wasn’t for owning them I wouldn’t have had the courage to try all the new varieties that are available now. On your recommendation I have purchased a Hoya Jennifer, it arrives this week 😂😂 PS - I never had any problems with growing Ficus Benjamin & would truly recommend them. Mine just got way too big for my little house so I sold it & now lives in a loving roomier home 👍👍 Can’t believe the temperatures your climate gets down to 🥶 I’m crying at 4deg early morning temperatures if & when that happens 🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@soberplantguy]

Believe me, when I step outside and can't get oxygen into my lungs, *I* can't believe the temperatures, either 🤣 I love that Ficus sooo much. But too big is too big. It's not like there aren't a few other lovely, smaller plants to choose from ........ 😁

[@heatherstephens9295]

@@soberplantguy trust me my house looks like a plant nursery 😂🤣😂

[@soberplantguy]

@@heatherstephens9295 🤭

[@phf3238]

So happy for your videos. I have at least three plants that are stars. Received them around early January now September. Obovata that has grown so big that I can’t put it where it was last winter and a Fungii that I just bought a 3 foot trellis for and an Hawaiian Spider Plant which my granddaughter gave me offshoots for Christmas and I had to buy a three foot plant stand for to accommodate the length of the offshoots. Amazing!

[@soberplantguy]

@@phf3238 Do they get along? Three superstars in one household? Must get catty 😆

[@TheMillennialPlantDad]

Your plants are all so beautifully grown !

[@soberplantguy]

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[@paxleidig5327]

Oh, can you put a cutting in my next order LOL

[@soberplantguy]

Which plant? If it's my wife's ... no, no I'm not allowed 🤣

[@paxleidig5327]

LOL. You were saying that you "can't GIVE them away" so I was offering to take some off your hands. LOL Kujang's Flame still has my interest piqued if you ever give her "a trim". 😁

[@paxleidig5327]

Have you ever had a latifolia "Dinner Plate" in your collection?

[@soberplantguy]

@@paxleidig5327 Oh right. This is true 😆 I do have a vine that has flown off the pole for the Kujang's Flame, despite my giving it a talking to. Time to put my trusty bonsai scissors to work.....

[@unfilthy]

I have a personal grudge against my Ficus tree. It's one of the plants we got with the house, it sits outside in a humongous pot under another tree, and it survived several months out there without batting a leaf, during summer. Have I mentioned I live in a Mediterranean climate? Yeah, zero rain in summer. My mom took one look at it and told me to check the bottom. Turned out to be kinda hard to do when you can't move it because it's rooted its way through the pot down into the ground. My husband, reasonably burly as he is, couldn't even flip it on its side. Now I have to figure out, first, how we cut it out of its perch, and then how we kill the remaining roots, which are conveniently located right next to the house and the water main. I guess I can see how it might be visually appealing if it were a reasonably sized houseplant, it's just the potential property damage that isn't working for me... Another great video! PS; I don't like moss poles either. We can be outcasts together.

[@soberplantguy]

Oof. But you're right. Never underestimate the power of roots!

[@paxleidig5327]

I definitely want to hear more about aroids!

[@soberplantguy]

I think Sydney Plant Guy might be your man. I really don't have many. At all. As in, very few 😅

[@paxleidig5327]

It's not how MANY you have, it's your knowledge about them that interests me. I've checked out Sydney Plant Guy, IMO he's not as good as you.

[@soberplantguy]

@@paxleidig5327 🤓

[@paxleidig5327]

@@soberplantguy Exactly

[@lorettastyles5523]

Hi Dave. I enjoyed watching as usual 🇯🇲

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you so much! (Is that a Jamaican flag??!)

[@lorettastyles5523]

@@soberplantguy yes it is

[@MikeCoger-y1w]

This was a very fun video. Loved the 2 hoya plants and will definitely be looking for them. Thank you!!!!

[@soberplantguy]

Hey, Mike! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@cate7777]

Interestingly, I just realized that the only ficus I own are the Ficus carica that I grow outside and give delicious fruits to eat. I don't own any of the indoor kind. I do have a normal green M. deliciosa and a P. micans. I don't have most of the others, other than the two Hoya you mentioned. I have limited space indoors so I limit my collection to orchids and Hoya and small cacti/succulents. Your plants are lovely! And that fertilizer recommendation is perfect form my orchids and Hoya. Thank you sharing your lovely plants.

[@soberplantguy]

I was just gifted another orchid ... I can easily see that being an area of focus for me. What an incredible genus. Thanks for the kind words!

[@Diane-ex1os]

Hi Dave , I’m so happy you showed your Scindapsus Exotica very beautiful plant I’ve had one for about 5 months now and she’s so Pretty 🐞but that was great to hear the yours is doing well in your Wife’s dark room because I was just looking at mine today and thinking if I was giving her enough light because I live in a log Home and light is a big Challenge she sits in the window and gets the afternoon sunlight so far so good 😊 but really it is a beautiful plant to look at it has the illusion that it’s leaves are fake. Dave all your plants are Gorgeous love seeing them thanks 👌🏽. Let’s go Hoyas 😎

[@soberplantguy]

Listen. *Most* people do not have the Scindapsus troubles that I do 🤣😂🤣 Agreed, those leaves are otherworldly. Love 'em. And thanks for the nice compliment. More Hoyas on the way, for sure.....

[@leannhillier-jv8wf]

Another great and informative video! Keep em coming Dave! I wait for them!

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, that's so nice to hear! The road construction crew is back to do the other side of our street, so I'll have to be strategic this go around, regarding filming. Don't want to wait another two weeks .....

[@shirleycovey7309]

I just got my Matilde starter plant today. I put them in a substrate similar to yours in a small plastic cup with holes in the bottom. Wish me luck. I also have a Berrina grow light pendant on its way to replace the grow lights with those bendable arms. I am learning!!

[@deeb2000]

Hey Dave! I have that scindapsis exotica and boy does it get on my nerves. ( lol yes I've other grenus). The leaves curl up a lot and I've read it's because it does not like to dry out, it needs humidity, it likes it cool etc. I've changed the substrate 3xs and now it's in water. Leaves are slightly curled. I can't find a happy medium. Regarding the dark edge verticillata, I have a beautiful cutting with very dark leaves. So I placed closer to the south facing window to get the dark edge. Big mistake. Some of the leaves bleached and none of the leaves edges got dark. Oh well. The Philo. Micans get no more chances, they just don't do well for me. Your tetrasperma is gorgeous👍🏽! Thanks for sharing. Dee, NY

[@soberplantguy]

You know my friend, the one I'm always mentioning as a Hoya grower? She also grows magnificent Scindapsus--really exotic stuff. Whenever she's showing them off to me, trying to get me to take one, I'm like "Save your breath" 😆 I far prefer that verticillata with dark green leaves than bleached out in any way. Beautiful as is. I hope the micans does well over the winter(s), but I have given up on every other velvet Philo. I would love a splendid, but how many times am I going to, uh, well ... ☠

[@deeb2000]

​@@soberplantguy I wish I had a plant friend... The Philo. Micans are so pretty, especially when they turn copper! But the scindapsis, I don't know. It won't die just stays curled! My Khao Yai is still very blackish green. Wonder if a mix of another...

[@soberplantguy]

@@deeb2000 Intereresting ... my Khao Yai comes out kinda that way, but hardens off to dark green. Boy does it growwwwww

[@deeb2000]

@@soberplantguy indeed it does!

[@annettenoga6182]

Love your informative videos. My black margin hoya went downhill as soon as I brought it home. Not sure if it was a costafarm purchase but i tried repotting it and the roots were scarce indeed. Started yellowing at the stem and upwards toward the leaf.....gone. The Micans plant hanging in my South facing window gets crispy and dropped alot of leaves....got a cutting to restart it..we'll see. It's winter here in Canada so perhaps the cold window affected it. Keep up the great work!

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you so much! I definitely think that micans is one worth starting over. Which I'll be doing myself. Ah, plant life 😁

[@amyheckathorn7172]

I love the philodendron micans! I have one at home and another at work. My Hoya verticillata is finally growing! I bought it as a tiny cutting and it did nothing for months. I finally bought an IKEA greenhouse cabinet, I put it in and the extra humidity got it growing. It is very hard to grow tropical plants in the Arizona desert.😆 Maranta ( red and lemon-lime) and peperomia obtusifolia is also a must have. I’m also very opinionated about plants. I do not like schefflera - schefflera & aglaeonema are boring office plants in my book. I don’t like syngonium. And I cannot warm up to scindapsis. I keep trying to buy one, I stick it in my cart, but then I take it out and put it back. I have the requisite monstera deliciosa, I think I’d prefer rhaphidophora tetraspermum. I also hate moss poles, but I am considering them because I want bigger leaves.

[@soberplantguy]

I love these opinions!! -- but for the love of Mike: stop putting that Scindapsus in your cart 🤣😂🤣

[@amyheckathorn7172]

@@soberplantguy I want to like it.🤷‍♀️

[@M0therofaVirgo]

These are all great! I have huge south facing windows in my plant space so I really enjoy ficus Elastica varieties- they want hardly anything from me

[@soberplantguy]

It's incredibly underrated to have plants that just mind their business 🤣

[@hennesseyme9112]

How in the world do you get your plants so big and bushy? I used the Tezula as you recommended but do you do anything else?

[@soberplantguy]

I really don't do anything but use Tezula, or GT Foliage Focus. I try to provide decent light, and I water. You may have noticed, I am not a fan of the advice to leave plants looking limp and weak before watering them. Doesn't mean drown them 🤣 but I am pretty/very consistent.

[@hanstera_deliciosa]

The Benjamina has always been on my “maybe someday?” list. Yours is stunning (and a little cheeky 😉) I love your list. I’ve also enjoyed your recent playful banter with the millennial plant dad. I’m invested in the drama, babes.

[@soberplantguy]

I'm so surprised by how much I love this plant that was once ... well, not terribly great looking 😆 Ah, yes. MPD. Fashion icon for realz, AND the realest deal.

[@irairod5160]

Jade plant, Philodendron Hope Selloum, variegated umbrella tree (Schefflera), a few common Hoya (wayetii tricolor, Krimson Queen and Princess) curly spider plant ("Bonnie"), Scindapsus pictus Exotica, ponytail palm, a few vining Philodendron (Micans, Lemon Lime, and Silver Stripe), Calathea lancifolia "rattlesnake", Schismatoglottis wallichii...all of these give me more pleasure than most of the ones I've spent too much money and sleepless hours on.

[@soberplantguy]

For real, on all of these! I'm including my huge rattlesnake in the next one, after I look up the new classification 😆 AND ... I actually meant to include my wife's gorgeous Epipremnum N'joy, but forgot. Ah well, next time. Thanks for the nice comment!

[@AllisonSturgill-bq1ss]

I have never understood the monstera craze. However, with that being said I was an anthurium person who didn’t understand the hoya craze until May of this year and now I have 76 of them 😊 Yes ficus are so much more interesting than monstera !

[@soberplantguy]

76! That's a legit change-of-mind 😁 Maybe that will happen with me and cactus (no, no it will not). Cheers from Iowa City

[@helenesolomon]

Hi Dave, Thanks for the advice last week on my two OG Hoyas. As you know I have caught the Hoya Bug. The Hoyas that I ordered are all doing well and all but one are growing like crazy. Most came in moss and I understand that might not be the best substrate to grow them in. I am mostly a just "right waterer" as I am retired and have all the time in the world to baby my plants. I'm not inclined to repot them as they are putting out leaves and seem happy. I know there might be problems down the line with this but am not clear as to what they might be. The plants I love the most in my collection are P. Micans, Syngonium Three Kings, My Rick Rack Cactus P. Brasil, and my String of Buttons. I am so pleased for you at how your channel has taken off. All the best to you.

[@soberplantguy]

Looks like we have similar taste in plants--except for string of anything. I love how those look, but I just see the man ways I would probably unalive one of those beauties 😅 The problem with moss is compounded over time. As more and more roots grow into it, and through it, it becomes a nightmare to separate them, even with a bowl of water. Over a couple of years, as my friend with a huge collection has discovered, they will all start dying. She just spent an enormous amount of time repotting them and has sworn off moss altogether. But, it's not an emergency or anything. While I would get them out, that doesn't mean *you* need to. Cheers from Iowa City!

[@helenesolomon]

@@soberplantguy My string of buttons thrives on benign neglect. Thanks for clearing up the moss problem for me. All my best to you and your wife.

[@raquelhoag2448]

How do you keep the leaves so clean and shiny?

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks for noticing! I use this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJbaaWuMateXhcksi=pKBZETjH0cTiRzr1 It both cleans, and protects. I spray it, but do not rinse the plant off after. Cheers from Iowa City

[@gerriekimman2874]

How about a house plant tour?

[@soberplantguy]

I do get asked about this frequently, but I find those faceless tours so boring, that I don't know what I'd do to make it interesting. But I'll definitely put some thought into it, and I appreciate the suggestion!

[@kelsey9384]

I cannot get my Scindapsus’ (the one you showed) leaves to stop turning in! Humidity.. I’ve tried more.

[@soberplantguy]

Listen. Do not get me started on this plant, and genus 😆 This one just got accidentally happy in a pretty dim room with low humidity. I have absolutely no idea what happened. (So now I should put together an expert care video 🤣😂🤣)

[@kelsey9384]

😂😂😂 too funny

[@angelhowell5420]

Where did you get the wire cage type trellis that the Hoya was on?

[@soberplantguy]

I made it, and made this video about it (the first part is making it, the second part wrapping plants, so you don't need to watch the full video). kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2moY4aDltGMd5Ysi=hdlQKI8VkqyxWtKo I hope it's helpful !

[@angelhowell5420]

@@soberplantguy thank you!

[@asmanaqvi510]

Thanks Dave! Love your videos. How did you propagate the shefflera? Please advice.

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much! Couldn't' be easier to propagate. Treat is exactly as an aroid: make sure you have at least one node, and that it is in your substrate (I used perlite in a cup). They root very quickly. I still haven't re-homed the one from the video, and oh boy, look at her now...!

[@asmanaqvi510]

Keep it for me please😘​@@soberplantguy

[@surgeinc1]

Agree that pearlite propagation is better. Also not a fan of Ficus except….my ficus triangularis.💚

[@soberplantguy]

One must always allow room for an exception!

[@cbail1323]

I live in Nebraska! About an hour outside omaha. I would absolutely love to buy plants/cuttings from you. Do you sell them? Do you ship as well? I didn't know I needed a schefflora until you whipped your juvenile one out. They are beautiful.

[@soberplantguy]

I love shipping to Nebraska! You can always reach out to [e-mail]. Cheers from clear over here 😃

[@cbail1323]

@@soberplantguy thank you! Will do🪴💚

[@RondaThomson]

Dave I bought the three soil ammendments you suggested/like. Can I get the formula you use? Thanks

[@soberplantguy]

Sure thing! If I'm using the "perfect size" vessel for the plant, It's 1/3 of each component. In a bigger than usual pot, I make it chunky, by feel. For very thirsty plants, more coir, plants that want to dry quickly, more chips. But rule of thumb is thirds. Cheers, and good growing ☺

[@sablebeauty]

I wish I could find manjula here

[@soberplantguy]

I hope you do! I like the lighter version much better. For whatever reason, the other one doesn't have that trademark funky-shaped leaf thing going on. Best of luck to you 😀

[@laurajackson8556]

Well, my record with Ficus benjamina (variegated) does NOT look healthy like your green one! I made a huge boo-boo and put it in a stupid slow to dry out plastic pot…..part of it is very wilty and the other part is recovering. Even with a chunky soil it is suffering.

[@soberplantguy]

I made plenty of "mistakes" along the way with mine. I wish I'd had the foresight back when I started ours over to know that future Dave would have a KZbin channel 😆 I would have taken a before pic. Now it's easy, breezy to care for. Best of luck with yours.

[@AuntyBlabbyRules]

Great video and glad that “future Dave” is here now giving us all help & humor 🪴🌞

[@kyrad6543]

I love common plants too. Wait.. that should probably just say I love plants. I'm a nerd. What can I say?

[@soberplantguy]

Everyone I know and like is a nerd in some form or another. It's all I really understand 😆

[@Paula-sw2tt]

I would so grow a Ficus benjamina, if they weren't toxic to cats. I grow a Pachira aquatica instead.

[@soberplantguy]

That's a great plant. As for cats, other than sitting on the ones that are in their way, my cats have zero interest in plants. Even the cool having ones with long cat toy branches 😆

[@paxleidig5327]

Looking at your Syngonium and noticed that you have her wrapped up. I was told never to put anything against a petiole, only the stem. Is this wrong or am I not seeing your arrangement clearly?

[@soberplantguy]

I just have a piece of twine there that is *really* loose, so loose I can just sort of slide it to keep the plant manageable. I've been doing that with that one, and others ... for ever. No problems to date. Unless you've just jinxed me?

[@paxleidig5327]

Well....then I'm gonna try it too!

[@connie.22]

Can you mention the full names a few times??

[@soberplantguy]

Yeah, I can try to incorporate the name more than once. Good suggestion, thank you!

[@wootlesswocks]

I can’t keep any ficus alive so I stopped trying 😂

[@soberplantguy]

This seems quite sensible 😁

[@lesajohnson2282]

Darn family.

[@soberplantguy]

Uh oh 🙄