String of Hearts: Do YOU Know When to Water?

[@BotanicalWoman]

Thanks for watching =) For more info about String of Hearts you can find my propagation video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIjaZIh4jrCjmrM

[@leaflovelaughwmissy2334]

I had no idea that was yet another version of the string of hearts. Thanks for making this vid.

[@BotanicalWoman]

there's actually many difference types, you can see my looking up the species name

[@deborah4696]

Thanks for your videos on the beautiful string of hearts plant. I have found them really helpful

[@christyl5481]

Thank you! I haven’t found any other advice about assessing the bottom growth. I was wondering!

[@EVTD79]

Great video! Nick here on YT taught alot of us the "taco test". The squeezing of the leaves. But honestly most of the time I can tell because the soil looks extra dry and also the pot is super light when I lift it. I personally have to bottom water most of my string of plants otherwise they will get overwatered. I just got the VSOH' s a few months ago so I'm just trying to get the hang of it. But the regular SOH's is easy as pie, thankfully.

[@BotanicalWoman]

Thanks for sharing!

[@EdbertTjoniko91]

OMG i'm falling in love with the hippo watering can thoo 😍

[@BotanicalWoman]

lol me too! its actually a children's bath toy 😂

[@delmamendez7635]

How long do you leave the grow light on them for. And what brand bulb are you using.

[@uilmaramachadodemelo2416]

I'll try to propagate my String of Hearts! Thank you! (BRAZIL)

[@Egc285]

Is there any way to save the ends of the SOH when they show signs of underwatering? I saw you clipping them off, can you save the clippings?

[@BotanicalWoman]

it's always worth trying but I wouldn't hold my breath. I just put it in see water or a bag with moss and see what happens. usually you want to take health strands for propagation

[@neerajadamarla929]

thanks for the video i just added a tiny vsoh to my collection and in the couple of weeks of my care i lost some leaves i slowly transition it outdoors and see how it will respond :)

[@BotanicalWoman]

if its really small i would probably keep it indoors in a space that gets a lot of light, so like 800 foot candles would work. I am just worried that too much direct sunlight will burn your tiny plant. Good luck

[@zeth9761]

Can I use a clay plant self watering for my string of heart ?

[@aliyaizhar]

SUPER helpful! thank you!

[@beljaha]

Do the newer leaves feel more flexible as they are growing? I have some firm leaves and some more flexible ones that are lighter in color.

[@BotanicalWoman]

The lighter color comes with higher light which is totally healthy. I find the leaves closer to the roots to be firmer and over time the newer leaves will plump up as they get fatter

[@moncitaalejandro5741]

Hi, i saw your videos and i love it. Please can you tell me where i can buy your beautiful hipo wattering can? Love how you explain about heart string suculents. Thanks 😘😘

[@deem.4530]

Thanks! My grandmother gave me giant hanging pot of SOH when I was little (1970s) which I promptly killed 😔. I find the variegated one so fussy I almost wish it would die already, although my regular one is a little trooper and growing great. Hope you guys are staying safe 💚

[@BotanicalWoman]

lol i too sometimes wish several of my plants could just drop dead 😅

[@lifepaholic716]

This is very helpful and informative. I had a very long healthy string of hearts and I think I forgot to water it and it almost died on me, I had to propagate all of it in water and every time I've tried putting it on soil it dies and now it's just in water for 8 months 😔 I just put some again in soil so this video is very helpful and I'll try my best not to overwater or underwater my SOH 👍 Thanks for sharing your tips 💚🌿

[@BotanicalWoman]

Maybe take a couple of leaves and propagate it using the method in my propagation video? You lay the nodes on top of soil instead of putting them in water. Good Luck

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Propagating in moss IS closer to soil than water. I either use moss or soil then when you move it there is an easier transition

[@zaynkataw83]

I've been told that flimsy wrinkly leaves means it needs more water, and yellow leaves means over watering. my plant has both. do u think I'm over or under watering?

[@BotanicalWoman]

that sounds right, you may have over watered it at one point and its currently under watered? this can easily happen

[@HanTMNguyen]

Hi there! My string of hearts has been growing so long, yet the new leaves just getting smaller and smaller. Some of the leaves even lost the heart shape. Do you know what could be the reason? Thank you (:

[@BotanicalWoman]

i feel like they get bigger over time thats why you will notice that larger leaves aka older leaves at the top. I find that underwatering will cause the leaves to deform?

[@HanTMNguyen]

​@@BotanicalWoman I live in Southern California and I have my string of hearts pot hanging outside (facing West). I was worrying that the soil would dried out quickly since I have it outside, therefore I watered it once a week, sometimes even twice a week. I'm not sure if that is underwatering? Also my string of hearts have been having a bunch of flowers and the seeds tube(?) for almost 6 months straight that I thought there was something wrong. XD

[@hrishikeshreddy3140]

Can you please tell how to do with this plant as soon as getting it from online delivery...

[@xkellyvo]

Hi! What ratio do you do for your watering when you use fertilizer, hydrogen peroxide and tap water?

[@BotanicalWoman]

www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/gardening-with-hydrogen-peroxide.html

[@nataliephillips6654]

I had a soh that I brought back from the brink of death by water propagating several strands. They’ve been doing great like this for several months however I’m now scared to replant them because I know how hard of a time I had taking care of them in soil. Any suggestions?

[@BotanicalWoman]

if you have a very extensive root system already in water, I would just keep growing it in water because water roots are different from soil roots and those will rot in soil. If you really want to grow in soil i I suggest propagating new cuttings in water if you like but once you see roots emerge, move it to soil. here is another vid i did on SOH prop kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIjaZIh4jrCjmrM Good LUCK

[@jomo8385]

Great vid and info....love your rosary vine. I just got my first one and need all the info I can get. Hey, how did u get rid of your gnats?

[@BotanicalWoman]

i add hydrogen peroxide to my water which kills the larva!

[@MountainsnVallies]

@@BotanicalWoman how much did you add? Ty

[@Antiikkikauppa]

Oh my, seems like I've HIGHLY overwatered my string of hearts... I watered it every time the soil started to dry even though the leaves looked fine. I have already killed a few vines and I'm kind of scared it'll die :( I'm trying to propagate it though so at least I could save something

[@BotanicalWoman]

That's a good back up plan! It's ok things happen. I have kill a few plants in the past year! It's just the way it goes

[@bexyrexy]

Whoa... My Orange River SOH behaves VERY differently. To start, it’s much darker green and the mature leaves are almost leathery. It seems to like some direct sunlight outside in the morning. On multiple occasions, I’ve even accidentally left it outside overnight (where it dropped to the high 30’s). Subsequently, it also does great indoors, under a grow light or a couple feet from an East facing window. (I was moving things around for awhile to control a fungus gnat outbreak.) It also grows 2-3x faster than my regular SOH and VSOH. Perhaps I happen to have mutant superhero form of this plant??? 🤷‍♀️

[@chriswanat4659]

where did u get your green hippo watering can??

[@BotanicalWoman]

anko

[@elenetg5517]

I got my first variegated string of hearts. Its just 1 long string and the strand in between has dried out pretty bad. But seems like it’s growing okay at the bottom.. Should I leave the strand or should I cut the dry strand and propagate the lower part? Need your help please 🙂

[@BotanicalWoman]

like a pony tail, i would pin the lower part on the soil so that it will root. so you can get a fuller plant. don't let it dry out to too much, once the top leaves has a little give, i would water it. good luck

[@elenetg5517]

Botanical Woman thank you so much. Love your work 💖

[@chicanne12]

My vsoh are curling. The new leaves are curling inwards, the older leaves are fine. Watered once a week, sits on east facing window. Help.

[@dewality8768]

My vsoh are literally purple. They’re gorgeous but I’d love to have the white more pronounced. Did you find giving it natural light the white showed up more? I’m trying to figure it out 🤣🤣

[@epasuxelar4473]

The white should come back if you give it less light. The pink is a stress response to extra light.

[@Matias-rn9ff]

I have my variegated string of hearts in self watering pots with PON :P They are VERY HAPPY. I just put a butterfly cutting on top of the PON, started growing and then auto pilot basically :P

[@BotanicalWoman]

Nice! I'm starting to love pons! so happy i tried it. and any plant you can grow in a self watering pot is god send!

[@DollsChvrch]

It won’t overwater it?

[@mamarinarian]

Nice video

[@natblabla1]

The Sloth hanging pot though!! I have never seen it before soooo cute.

[@BotanicalWoman]

isn't it adorable? the store I got it from closed! =*(

[@pennyjpie]

Hi! So my cats got into my plant room last night and took one of my vines off my SOH...they also removed some of the lower hearts...will those hearts grow back? Or should I just cut them off. Also I'm attempting to propagate the removed vine but do you think it'll work? I don't know how long the vine was off the SOH... Thanks for any help...

[@BotanicalWoman]

once the hearts fall off they will not grow back but you can try to propagate the individual leaves (low success rate but still fun). for prop tips: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIjaZIh4jrCjmrM

[@mrsadams91]

What does it mean when the leaves are yellowing and dropping, but also wrinkly and getting smaller?

[@BotanicalWoman]

depends but sounds like root rot? if the older leaves drop thats means its too dry but they don't yellow they just dry up. if younger,/newer leaves are struggling that is usually overwatering, so you maybe want to check the roots. smaller? they actually grow over time. does the soil have enough drainage? I recommend using a succulent mix and does the pot have several drainage holes?

[@DollsChvrch]

I used a water meter or whatever it’s called in my string of hearts and it’s like between 0-1 should I water it? Some of the leaves seem to be turning yellow but I just got it in the mail a week ago now and it was still moist when I got it so I feel like if it’s over water it’s from the nursery that sold it to me because I haven’t even watered it yet. I’ve read it likes to get fully dry?

[@BotanicalWoman]

What do the leaves closest to the roots feel like? are they soft? can you fold them into a taco? or are they firm? if they are still firm, they don't need water yet.

[@DollsChvrch]

Botanical Woman they’re pretty soft so I watered it !

[@waffle2529]

I saved the VERY last leaf of my SOH, I was sure it would die haha, I actually put it in my frogs vivarium at about 70% humidity and thankfully that one leaf has now multiplied into about 10 small leaves over the course of 3 months. I have found that keeping it in an incredibly small pot has helped me not overwater it, I just spray the soil directly with a few squirts of water once a week so the roots can take in some moisture but any extra moisture will evaporate right off. still working out how to take care of the bigger plants though 😂 I think maybe they’re just not suited to pots haha

[@BotanicalWoman]

interesting. i have made several of these guys now and i treat them like succulents, so let it dry completely and water thoroughly so the problem i run into most is losing the older leaves because i am letting is dry too long. the other thing that is really important is to use a medium that is very well draining, like succulent mix. otherwise I find these guys to be pretty easy. they hate wet feet!

[@waffle2529]

@@BotanicalWoman thank you so much for this video and for the reply!!!! my big string of hearts is now flowering, I'm over the moon 💖

[@ohmy8530]

What should i do if ome string doesnt budge, and the other is softer and squishy?

[@BotanicalWoman]

i try to focus on the leaves at the top, closest to the roots. what do those feel like? If those are softer, its time to water.

[@ohmy8530]

Botanical Woman aah thank you so much! They did feel soft, but i waited for another day before watering it 🤗

[@mrjcob1986]

So I guess it depends on the location? I'm from the Philippines where it's always like around 29°- 33° and I noticed that within 7 days, the soil is already dried up. I water them 2 weeks interval as what most videos suggested but the new growths are drying up. ☹️

[@BotanicalWoman]

thats sounds like its needs more watering.

[@evangelisaanna901]

I just received my SOH through plant mail (after 8 days in the box) . they are not looking very good now. do u maybe have any advice on how do i take care of it? helllppp

[@BotanicalWoman]

they are pretty hardy plants, did you give it a good watering? they should bounce back if they were just dehydrated.

[@evangelisaanna901]

Botanical Woman yesss. I watered them straight away. Hopefully i cud see some new growth. But is it normal that some of the leaves are very small and just green in color? (There at the end of the strings)

[@kiwifrando]

I like the hippo

[@serenedypacheco7042]

My string of hearts looks healthy but some tips become black and the leaves die. Is this from over watering? The tips start to get black and the leaves drop down.

[@BotanicalWoman]

I have not have that happen to me so I can't say for sure but it sounds like it. Do you do the taco test before watering?

[@serenedypacheco7042]

Botanical Woman I’ve never done that I check to soil to see if it’s dry and then if the leaves are no longer plump I give them water

[@seedyseedyseed]

Thanks 🙏🏼🤗

[@BotanicalWoman]

Thank you for watching!🙂

[@Sajni12345]

I watered my string of heart by checking it's leaves....and it also in a good indirect lighting spot but still it's new leavs are curling.. what is wrong with it.???help me

[@BotanicalWoman]

do you water until water comes out of the drainage hole? I feel like that would help cause that happens to mine as well

[@baileifischer8817]

help! I’m so bummed. I bought a beautiful string of hearts a little over a month ago, i noticed it was super drenched when I got him so I have not touched it knowing these cannot be over watered. Yet I am now noticing yellowing on the top of my plant. Help! Is he done for ? Should I just leave him alone like what I’ve been doing ?!

[@BotanicalWoman]

sounds like it may have been over watered fr before. just let it dry out completely before you water again.

[@baileifischer8817]

Botanical Woman thank you so much!

[@liamarchand5908]

Hellooo Mine create bulbs!

[@lorilange8654]

Thank you!!!🌿🌺💐🍁🍂

[@adeaxel3125]

Is that a polka dot begonia on your right?

[@BotanicalWoman]

I have many polka dot begonias so probably? I have to go back and look

[@BotanicalWoman]

Yes it's the wrightii

[@SuperLanie10]

thanks to you now i know that i over water my string of hearts

[@BotanicalWoman]

I hope you can save it! =)

[@angelapirir]

I have a string of hearts that I think i neglected for too long. Most of the leaves are shriveled and after watering and giving it a bit of time I didn’t see a difference. Do the leaves plump up again or do they stay shriveled? I don’t want to over water but I hoping it’s getting enough water too :(

[@kaakaa1998]

i had a BEAUTIFUL string of hearts. it was so full and growing and i didnt water it until a month after i bought it, and i top watered it and the whole thing rotted and died.....i will only ever bottom water my next one. so pissed.

[@CrazyFilterLadyEntertainer2023]

My strings of hearts died because I watered it went to work and someone came and watered it again, one of my kids....... so it died, 1 month later, and another strings of hearts is growing out the bulb again, I did not know they do that!. I was about to throw it out. I even ordered a new one.

[@BotanicalWoman]

so cool! yeah those bulbs/tubers are really hardy if they don't dry out completely! yah!

[@jamiehewlett4130]

I finally got mine. I'm scared to death that I'll kill it. I just watered it for the first time. Fingers crossed.

[@BayouChicGardening]

Yay for being pest free

[@BotanicalWoman]

thx! not quite! just fungus gnats! i still have mealy bugs and thrips and spidermites to deal with. Its been ok. they seem to come and go.