The multiflora is ideal - learn how to grow yours GREAT

[@shirleycovey7309]

I'm 80 yrs young and waiting years for a bloom does not make me a happy gal. So hearing about this multiflora gives me hope that maybe I'll live long enough to see one bloom. Thanks for the tip.

[@MostlyHoyas]

Get a Bella! They bloom all the time. Or a Krohniana. Not even the splashy or variegated ones. The plain green Bella or Krohniana. Also Burtoniae tends to bloom really easily.

[@Wubblyt]

Hoya Fitchii, Hoya Caudata Sumatra, Hoya Rebecca and Hoya Icencis were Hoyas that also bloomed easily for me within their first year of growth since they were a cutting. Just in the windowsill, no fuss. (Hoya Patella pink and Hoya Cutis Porcelana are also very easy bloomers, but those were in my tent)

[@soberplantguy]

You bet, Shirley. It's pretty easy to find a multiflora that already has peduncles, too!

[@paxleidig5327]

@@soberplantguy online or through a grower? I never seem to see them in the store.

[@jonathonpotts5666]

in the nicest possible way, I hope your wiping up nectar soon!

[@evergreen8965]

Thank you for planting in beautiful pots… it makes a difference. Beautiful. I grow orchids, not hoyas, but this is fabulous!

[@KnightBlooming]

Heck yes! Best bloomer that I have for year-round buds. Each peduncle goes again and again, once mature. After arrival first cycles blasted as expected. No smell on mine either and also from California. Another good point is upright growth habit. I've got mine in a hanging basket, but next spring it is going into terra cotta and down onto the floor (no pets). Love the one hoya at a time video...but wow 400 plants! Must be a challenge with your cold temps too. Great video, cool as a cucumber! Have a great weekend, and do an unboxing for your new cool plants!

[@soberplantguy]

I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for the great comment 😀

[@aplantprocess]

I always learn something from your videos but I learned multiple things this time. Thanks.

[@daveoverstreet5148]

Awesome! I’m glad that you enjoyed it ☺️

[@reginatebow57]

Just the kind of suggestion I need. I'm all for a challenge, but it's nice to have a few wins, too.

[@soberplantguy]

A few *easy* wins even 🤣

[@lisaanglim9588]

Mine sits in my west facing windowsill. Loves it there.

[@shirleycovey7309]

Hmmm, Dave said 'less' light for a multiflora but you say it does well in your west facing window. Good to know as I have a west facing window!

[@lisaanglim9588]

@@shirleycovey7309 yeah it’s grown so much over the summer it has huge peduncles working from one that has only one flower left, one that’s almost ready to open and one me that’s getting bigger with it just returning white a fourth that’s just green and the last one is just an inch long. It’s new with the last set of three leaves

[@simplydee4522]

Happy Friday Dave🌻 Thanks for the video. I appreciate the beginner friendly suggestion🎉

[@HeatherOatmeal]

I've had quite a few leaves on mine turn yellow and fall off. I think the key in the lighting, as you said. You've given me hope to have a fuller, happier Multiflora! 💚 Yours is so pretty 🤗

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you! I hope both of ours will be big, green plants next year 😊

[@sarahmosleygonzalez7348]

I 100% agree. Multiflora is a great choice for those new to hoyas.

[@soberplantguy]

Indeed ☺️

[@lorettastyles5523]

Great video as always. Great information. I cracked up 😂 when you said orchid collection then it turns out you have two. I just love how fun your videos are 😊

[@soberplantguy]

Listen. That's a doubling of my previous collection of orchid, singular.

[@paxleidig5327]

ROFLMAO! "Perfect gateway drug" OMG Dave! You out did yourself. But seriously it's SO true! If I had seen those shooting star blooms before I had my carnosa, it would have been NO contest. But what a great addiction to have! Uncle Roger say, "Ho'yaaaaa'!!!"

[@soberplantguy]

Same 😎

[@lisaanglim9588]

I got it and it developed a peduncle with in two months. In four months it bloomed three times. Mine likes to stay moist. My app has me watering more than once in ten days. I know most people don’t like plant apps but it helps remind me to check my plants and then choose to water or not. With the multiflora I water when it says and it’s near constant blooming.

[@hanstera_deliciosa]

Really good advice! I wish I didn’t have such a problem being stuck to my phone or I would definitely get sucked into that app. 🤗

[@karenquinn8166]

Gorgeous Hoya Dave. You make it look so easy to grow Hoya. I have put the Multiflora on my wish list. Thanks for all the grow tips.

[@soberplantguy]

You bet! I hope you'll like multiflora as much as I do mine 😊

[@lisaanglim9588]

Oh I like unboxing.

[@hnelson5609]

Love my light meter. Good to see you use one.

[@soberplantguy]

😎

[@lisaanglim9588]

I absolutely love my Hoya Multiflora. I’ve got one peduncle that’s almost done, one getting bigger, one that’s just extending the buds and a fourth on that’s just looking like a bump on. The end of the stem. I can’t say enough good things about it. It’s almost two feet tall.

[@soberplantguy]

Yowza! Someday, maybe 😁

[@lisaanglim9588]

@@soberplantguyit won’t take long.

[@becky9727]

I really appreciated this video! I'm looking to get another couple of Hoya and not sure what to try. I may wait until spring, though, since I live in the high mountain desert 🏜️

[@soberplantguy]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice comment 😊

[@victorinacaro2626]

Great timing for me. I just got a multi flower and have no idea how to take care of it. Thanks for all the information. I will change it to your substrate mix.

[@soberplantguy]

Yay! I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine 😊

[@MeTimePlants]

Thank you for being so detailed. I got mine a couple months ago and it’s doing well, but hasn’t bloomed again. When it arrived from CA it was full of blooms, I’m in FL and I have it on the porch for light morning sun. I’ll make sure to fertilize next watering.

[@soberplantguy]

I'm sure it won't be long! You've got a lot going for you just by being in Florida. Gosh it's been a long time since I was there.... Grew up in Sarasota.

[@margaretcalifano1617]

Thank you for the ppfd talk. Watts, which most people use, is indeterminate. I actually bought a par meter and it’s so useful

[@soberplantguy]

I edited out quite a lot of that because I kinda went on a tangent 🤣 Topic for a different video. And agreed, PAR meter is the way to go 😀

[@mn4169]

Hi Dave, You did it, a video on multiflora. I commented yesterday that I want one. On my wish list. I calked then shooting stars, now I see that they look like comets. Thanks for the info. Happy weekend

[@soberplantguy]

What happy timing! I'm sure you'll love it !!

[@mn4169]

@@soberplantguy ♥️♥️♥️

[@kelsey9384]

I have a lonely one prop cutting lol, there looks to be a peduncle forming which will probably blast. I Switched it to my chunky mix and it has taken off! It’s one of my favorites. 💫 I can’t remember if Wildferns queen has bloomed yet and she’s had at at least 5 years!

[@soberplantguy]

Even if it blasts--it won't be long! Don't remember about Fern's either. She's so awesome.

[@neerajadamarla929]

Mine is about to bloom soon I still have to figure out the watering as it dropped buds a couple of times, I might have to change the substrate.

[@soberplantguy]

I just love it, blasted buds and all 😆

[@lisaanglim9588]

How do you spell the app you use to check the light the plants are absorbing

[@soberplantguy]

Photone

[@heatherstephens9295]

Thanks Dave, I will have to keep my eye out for one of these especially if it has more than one flowering 👍 just installed the photone app - interesting. My first Hoya going into terracotta is going to be my undulata that has just arrived, I’m terrified of it getting root rot. The grower told me to just water half the pot at a time 😬😬

[@soberplantguy]

Can't say I've ever, or ever will, water half the pot (not that you asked). Sounds like an excellent way to dry rot a root system. But hey, that's me. To the multiflora, I'm sure you will love it. And it doesn't "look" like a Hoya, which may confuse your family and friends 🤣

[@kristiemowry3267]

I agree with all you said about Multifleura. Can you make a video on Bella. I find it to also be so easy to grow and bloom. Would like to know what you think.

[@soberplantguy]

I just had Bella in a video, now I can't remember which one it was 🤣😂🤣 Yeah, that's a great plant to be sure.

[@MostlyHoyas]

Agree! My Bella blooms pretty consistently.

[@soberplantguy]

@@MostlyHoyas Mine's about thissss close to her first bloom.

[@RiseandProcraftinate]

Midas touch for plants! 😂 Love it! I'm not sure about that, but my grandma does say I have the luck with Hoya. I think her and I are about neck and neck with our Hoya collection now, but I have bloomed quite a few more than she has. She finally got her first blooms a month or two ago and she has been collecting much longer than I have. I think it really ticked her off when she gave me my first Hoya (just an Heirloom Carnosa) which was a cutting off her plant and I got mine to bloom. Her's still hasn't. Like you said at the beginning of your video, it took about 5yrs for it to bloom for me though. She's also tried seeds and no luck there. I currently have over 500 seedlings I am tending to.🤣 I've been up to my eyeballs uppoting them this week.

[@soberplantguy]

Oh my…! 500? Well that’ll keep you busy 🤣

[@RiseandProcraftinate]

@@soberplantguy Yeah... It was my first time trying to grow Hoys from seeds. I obviously had no self control. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 🤣 I also didn't think I would have great success germinating and/or keeping such small plants alive, but I really haven't had very many losses. So, here I am.

[@daveoverstreet5148]

🤭

[@deeb2000]

Ooooh I regret giving my multi flora away back in June😢. I saved a small piece from it but considering how slow the other hoyas are putting out peduncles or blooms those blooms would be a joy right now! Dee

[@soberplantguy]

At least if you decide to add it back into your collection, it won't be difficult to track a nice one down. I've seen the variegated versions and (as you can imagine) ... shrug.

[@phf3238]

Should have bought one but maybe in the Spring. Hoping you will have one available then. My first was a Sunrise which I am trying to save. Overwatered last winter.

[@soberplantguy]

I had to resurrect my ‘Sunrise’ as well 🤭

[@shirleycovey7309]

My Sunrise came to life and is putting out gorgeous leaves. It sits in a west facing window and loves it.

[@soberplantguy]

@@shirleycovey7309 I bet it's just loving it there.

[@ccarroca1]

My multiflora sometimes gets yellow spots on the leaves. It’s definitely not the roots. It’s possibly too much light. It’s not diseased. She is healthy and growing well and constantly flowers for me. I can’t figure out what is causing the yellowing. My lockii does it too. I think n it’s related to too warm a room. Has this happened to anyone else?

[@soberplantguy]

Yellow spots would be a good indicator to too much light. At least in my experience.

[@M0therofaVirgo]

I love this plant! Even though mine is quite a slow grower for me :*(

[@soberplantguy]

Maybe it’ll pick up steam 🤩

[@ttschrock7126]

😊 I don't have one...yet!

[@soberplantguy]

I really can't wait to grow mine into a proper shrub 😁

[@dianebennett4440]

I love my multiflora. I thought it was turning yellow because of the soil…. Hmmm. But i did put it outside in a shaded area and it rebounded beautifully. Maybe it was both? I will have to check where I put it when I brought it in

[@soberplantguy]

To make things fun, it can be two or three things 😆

[@Aquamarine.Aubrey]

Awesome video 🎉

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thanks! I knew not *that* many people would be interested in this particular plant, but I couldn't help myself 😁

[@Aquamarine.Aubrey]

@soberplantguy what are you talking about!? It's a fabulous hoya! And I'm happy to hear that I'm not the only one that experiences blasted peduncles 😆 I enjoy all your videos! You always educate and entertain 😍

[@dianemottram3060]

Great recommendation. BTW would you mind explaining what and how you flush a plant? Would appreciate it.

[@soberplantguy]

Oh, sure. It just washes away the salt and mineral build up from the fertilizer. I'm in now way religious about it because I generally thoroughly water through my plants anyway. But every so often I use straight up water. Cheers from Iowa City

[@leannhillier-jv8wf]

100% agree. I absolutely love mine! Bloom nonstop! Another great video! 2 in a week I had to change my depends!!! Jk

[@soberplantguy]

😳

[@hanstera_deliciosa]

😆

[@amberschmidt278]

100% on not recommending carnosa to our new victims. They get bored and frustrated waiting for them to bloom and there are other Hoyas with extra eye catching foliage if we were to base a recommendation on that alone. Polyneura for example! And no trellis needed! Get them hooked first! ( not a mermaid joke ) I found caudata fast, with a crazy growth habit, and wow factor early blooms. Climate, conditions similar to yours. Thanks Dave! 😊

[@soberplantguy]

I wish I would have thought to have said exactly that in the video 😆

[@Planty-Mandy]

This one is still on my wish list! I don’t care what anyone says, the blooms look like dragons to me (but then I do love dragons lol). Like the “light fury” on How to Train Your Dragon 3.

[@daveoverstreet5148]

I have no idea what any of this is except … dragons 🤣😆🤣

[@Planty-Mandy]

Lol you’re missing out! I love those movies!

[@soberplantguy]

@@Planty-Mandy Let's please not start a list of all the things I'm missing out on 😆

[@lisaanglim9588]

I had one peduncle blast all but one bud.

[@anawithplants]

not me watching this video when I have >100 hoya but not a regular multiflora 😂love those blooms!

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thanks for watching! (And if you feel like watching it a few hundred more times, that'd be cool. This one is kind of a flop 🤣)

[@anawithplants]

@@soberplantguy lol YT analytics isn't everything. you have great engagement. just keep doing what you're doing!! 🫶

[@maryjo7123]

Gateway, drug, indeed! 😂 As a Newb, I ‘d love to hear more about lighting if you’re so inclined.

[@soberplantguy]

That's a good idea. I'll include that in my winterizing video! Thank you for the suggestion.

[@lifeasme]

LOL. It’s one of the only ones I’ve killed. I couldn’t even propagate it to save it. I’ll try again. It’s so pretty!!,

[@soberplantguy]

Whoops! Well I can't keep a pothos alive .... so...... 😆 I don't know how many Hoya do this this, but it only roots from the bottom of them stem, not along it. Pretty interesting. Cheers, and good luck with the next one!

[@helenesolomon]

This could not be timelier for me. I got a baby Multiflora six weeks ago. It is not doing well. It has four new leaves (six total) and just dropped its first peduncle. It is under T8 lights, two of them, three feet long, about ten inches apart on a 20 in. deep shelf and 18 inches above the plant. I'm thinking; repot in chunky mix and less light. What do you think? 400 plants, holy puppies! It would be great to see you unbox Hope you are well. Blessings.

[@soberplantguy]

I would agree that it's getting too much light. I have mine back from an east window, and quite far beneath a soltech pendant light. I think it's only getting something like 80 PPFD there. Quite low light, for a Hoya.

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

Interesting, I like the plant spotlight! And I recently ordered online a variegated multiflora. I was disappointed to unbox one that's really dull with pathetic variegation. I'm hoping it will become more vibrant, bc I really like the plant. So, I've been thinking of horticultural oil, which is pricey, to give a bit of shine, but saw online that all it is is mineral oil. Would you recommend mineral oil mixed with water?

[@soberplantguy]

The DIY spray I use really works well to shine up leaves that are naturally shiny. I would be wary of oils that will clog the pores of your plant. Though I'm sure plenty of people do it.

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

@@soberplantguy Thanks, yeah I hear about horticultural oil, but was worried about it - it's not natural for them out in nature.

[@paxleidig5327]

Was that app you mentioned called: "Photo-tone"?

[@soberplantguy]

photone

[@paxleidig5327]

Thanks, I'll download it.

[@paxleidig5327]

Is there some type of scale for comparison? How do I figure out what the readings represent in terms of plant needs?

[@lisaanglim9588]

I can’t detect any smell on mine. Nor any taste of the stuff that rips from the blooms. And yes I tasted it. 😂

[@moiraslater8526]

Very inexpensive in Australia. The leaves look like lemon tree leaves. Gorgeous blooms and the structure is not like a lot of other hoya, more like a bush or small tree.

[@soberplantguy]

That's good to hear! I know many Hoya that we take for granted can be very difficult/impossible to find in Australian. Well, not *just* Hoya, of course. Cheers

[@moiraslater8526]

@@soberplantguy yes and vice versa, there's plenty we can get easily that you cannot. Climate has so much to say about that.

[@peggymalabuyoc9150]

Thank you for this video and for your recommendation on the multiflora! I appreciate all your tips and your information. I don’t have this Hoya but after seeing your video, I believe it will suit me nicely. Take care! 👌🪴🥰

[@soberplantguy]

I hope you love it!

[@peggymalabuyoc9150]

@@soberplantguy I’m sure I will. I trust you and your knowledge. I wish your channel had been around when I started my Hoya journey back in the day! 🤣. 👌🪴🥰. Happy growing!

[@53muse]

I heard it has a lemony scent.

[@soberplantguy]

Can’t confirm, but that’d be cool 😎

[@linda3808]

You are a bad influence! More truthfully, I am weak. I have no more room for plants, but I just bought a multiflora on Etsy. I'll make room somehow. 🌱

[@soberplantguy]

Make a lot of room, once it starts growing really well 😁

[@hanstera_deliciosa]

I am one of those two people. 🤚 It’s ok though, Dave.

[@soberplantguy]

I kind of figured..........................................

[@gypsylee333]

I don't like the flowers, they creep me out. Look like teeth.

[@soberplantguy]

Maybe this is my Halloween plant?

[@gypsylee333]

@@soberplantguy lol could be, probably only scares me cuz I am weird about teeth. Still traumatized from that American horror story episode where it rains teeth 😖

[@soberplantguy]

@@gypsylee333 Haven't seen it, but it sounds ... horrific 😬

[@hanstera_deliciosa]

@@gypsylee333 omg, my partner used to freak out when our kids would wiggle their little hanging teeth around at them! I find it hilarious and am now on a mission to get me a multiflora *just* for this exact purpose (to terrify them). 😆

[@gypsylee333]

@@hanstera_deliciosa haha good luck on your mission 👍

[@paxleidig5327]

Carnosa was the first Hoya I ever got to flower, but you are right it took me about 4 years. Of course it's worth mentioning that's the ONLY Hoya I had for those 4 years. 🫣

[@daveoverstreet5148]

For shame, sir. For shame.

[@shirleycovey7309]

My first carnosa was a cutting last January and after potting it, it took months before it came to life....about gave up. It has gorgeous leaves but if I have to wait 5 years for a bloom, well, not happy about that.

[@soberplantguy]

@@shirleycovey7309 It's an eternity.