Unbelievable Plant Hacks!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

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[@RavenXWritingdesk]

The colored water one definitely works, my mom and I used to do that but only with cut flowers. The dye is bonded to water molecules and when the plant sucks it up, it'll fill any less pigmented spots! We used food coloring. I don't think any of the ingredients would be fine for a *live* plant. But that irony of getting red rose petals to destroy for their pigment in order to dye your white rose is.... Beyond me 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂😂😂

[@ryangooseling]

❤

[@tinabeall22]

The sweet potato vine makes a great houseplant; I've had mine growing in soil for over 2 years and it's foliage is beautiful! It's very simple and quick to grow and definitely worth trying

[@Meanne77]

i have quite a dark appartment, would that still work? (the space around my windows is already occupied by plants XD)

[@TimelyCookie]

How did you get the roots going first? Or just submerged right in the dirt?

[@emmyarwen3]

I think sweet potatoes do need light and warmth as they are from warm countries. I grow them in buckets in midlands and it works but would do so much better in warmer longer summers

[@TheNetsrac]

@@Meanne77 I live in Denmark (very nothern Europe) In a second-floor apartment. I have no problems with growing sweet potatoes indoors here... I have mine in a three gallon pot, about six feet-ish from my south-facing living room windows. From my experience, sweet potatoes are more tolerable and easier to grow than I thought. I grow them just for the beautiful vines and not for the potatoes

[@danapassero2232]

You crack me up!! I agree, these plant "hacks" are absolutely ridiculous! The things you say are funny. I cant get enough of your videos. Keep them rolling Sheffield!!!!!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Will do thanks very much!

[@julesrainey]

What's worse than crocs on feet? Crocs on walls. As plant pots. Give me strength 🤣

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂😂😂

[@Lori0fox]

The sweet potatoe grows pretty vines. Maybe you could do a video on it. Makes nice vine for cheap greenery around the house.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Good to know!

[@ingrida1121]

only problem with growing any vegies indoors it attracts sooooo many pests it is imposable to get rid of, and they attack all the other plants too. I would suggest to grow them only outdoors. And sweet potato is not actually a potato, it is a tuberous root of a plant that belongs to morning glory and bindweed family.

[@Stoneylfm]

I plant sweet potatoe vines every year in my outside pots. It grows vines up to 5,6 feet long! Very beautiful vines. Come winter, I’ve pulled up massive sweet potatoes. Sometimes I forget that I’m growing a potato.

[@Shadowsofthewolf]

🤣 reason they are related to morning glory and almost the whole plant is edible. The leaves are called water spinach in some places

[@writegirl2937]

It takes special talent to combine houseplant education and great comedy in one video!! LOL!🪴🤣🤣 I loved this presentation, Sir Richard!🪴

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I try my best to entertain 😊

[@writegirl2937]

@@SheffieldMadePlants You nailed it!🤣🪴

[@zippyflop09]

Cactus grafting is actually a very common thing (not the method shown in this video) and once they’re healed/grown in they often look absolutely stunning.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Not for mixing plant types though right?

[@zippyflop09]

@@SheffieldMadePlants you can graft different cactus species together! The super popular cacti in shops where the top is colorful and the bottom is not are two species that were grafted together. A lot of plants can be grafted together if they’re similar, succulents can be grafted together, Pothos can be, fruit trees, etc. I’d definitely look into it even if you aren’t interested in doing it, it’s fun to learn about.

[@cleliac.2470]

Yes, absolutely. It is often used for very slow growing cacti and it is the only way to keep cacti that are lacking clorophyll.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

@@zippyflop09 i was referring to the rose succulent thing

[@porcellaneousfankus3428]

@@SheffieldMadePlants probably not that monsto i really dk wth they were doing

[@MsOpium]

PLEASE do more 5 minute craft videos. As painful as it is for you to watch it’s is so enjoyable and hilarious to see and her your reactions and feedback! 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I’ll trickle them in 😁

[@twaoum6561]

It’s astonishing what great minds can do and what not-great minds can do.😮

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

He he he

[@cloverhighfive]

Loved the head of broccoli fully grown sitting on a boston lettuce like it's its leaves 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤣

[@mettechristineolsen4286]

This was great, I love the sarcasm 😂 Sounds good with the new mic/new placement in the last few vids 👍

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks mette 😁

[@Go4thIn2023]

Thank you Sheffield for this entertaining & humorous video. 😃

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Glad you enjoyed it 😄

[@tierneylogan5943]

The rosemary shooting up from the soil like that was my favorite 😂 i was imagining someone under the table pushing it from below

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Haha exactly

[@yolyrom7233]

😲😂 Enjoyed your great sense of humor in this vid. A lot of those hack’s are so ridiculously outrageous!!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Hehe thanks

[@bones5785]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Too funny! Your comments and expression were precious! Thank you.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂 thanks glad you enjoyed it

[@CreatePerform]

“Why’s it in an egg? Why’s the seed in an egg??” 😂 This is like everything that is wrong with the human race and it’s relationship with nature..

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤣

[@porcellaneousfankus3428]

i get it and that's hilarious then you hear that way

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Stupidest plant hacks on the internet: 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqCtnnZ-pt-hask

[@SpirituallyPlanted1]

The thing they use to poke holes in the bottle is called a soldering iron... jsyk :) very handy to have around.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Looked very handy 😄

[@porcellaneousfankus3428]

it's smells tho

[@jessh9988]

Really loving this series debunking plant hacks, I can't tell you how many of these I fell for before I just gave no weight to any internet hacks lol, very careful with what sources I trust now 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

👍👍

[@NvrGvUp]

There is no need to wash off tomato seeds and dry them out, unless you're going to store them for another season. I place tomato slices in a pot, cover the slices with soil, water and I get TONS of healthy tomato plants! Then it's just a matter of potting them up for me, my family and friends.

[@NataschaYT]

Had to pause the video at 00:20 seconds because I had to give you this like right away 😂❤

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Perfect 😁

[@yvonnestevenson6817]

Thoroughly enjoyed your vlog, I must watch all of them. You tell it the way you see it without any kerfuffle, very refreshing. Best wishes from Australia

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Great stuff thanks Yvonne 😁

[@mwatson4970]

I also love the look of sweet potato vines BUT they are aphid magnets! I'll stick to my bloodleafs thank you very much!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Good to know, thanks!

[@spaceforbrains]

I know big grocery stores in the U.S. will often color their flowering plants using food dye in water... this is especially common on phalaenopsis orchids or florist's carnations, especially in blue for some reason. I've never heard of anyone doing this with rose petals though. I imagine that water would just get really gross with some kind of bacterial or mold growth. going on a stretch here, if you wanted a "natural" colorant you could use something like beet juice or turmeric, both those would likely change the pH of the solid, too, and if you have a sensitive plant... yeah :/

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

So cheeky!

[@nathanlamberth7631]

So the hair trick has a slight benefit. Like placing a rock on top of your soil, it gives you something to pour water onto to prevent digging a hole in the soft potting mix.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤔

[@catherine77_99]

Love your sarcasm and seriousness when you watch these ridiculous hack videos! 🤣🪴

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂

[@princepalmer3329]

Thanks for saying about burnt food being a carcinogen. Did not know that! Shall be more attentive when baking now.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Sure!

[@humbleservant9313]

Thank you! I needed cheering up today! I especially like the Ficus in the watermelon...no chance of pests or root rot there🤣❤.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I couldn’t believe that one

[@jacqui7140]

And the fruitflies....

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

@@jacqui7140 😂

[@jacqui7140]

@@SheffieldMadePlants 😂

[@shirleylangton7967]

If you want to filter water for plants, they have the RV/Marine water filter that hooks onto a normal hose that you can use. Thanks for all your planting ideas!😃

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

👍👍👍

[@KathyGallagher01]

I know you can change the colour of a rose using food colouring, not sure how the particular method shown in the video would though.

[@yonwife5879]

As a bairn we used to change the colours of cut flowers with food colour , I didn’t know you could do in with actual plants. Wowzers.

[@KathyGallagher01]

@@yonwife5879 my friends parents used to do it, they had the most beautiful rose garden with so many colours 😊

[@K-Dawgg420]

If the "red" rose was a white rose dyed red, then maybe the leaves in mortar and pestle might reclaim some dye? But I can't see it working as advertised. Lol.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ChristyD97]

One of the science projects we did in elementary school was take carnations or celery and change their color by sticking them in water with food coloring. It works through capillary osmosis. Not sure if it would work with a rose though, especially if you’re just adding the coloring to the soil. Weird.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Lots on conflicting reports in the comments!

[@ChristyD97]

@@SheffieldMadePlants, next time you're at the flower shop buy a few cut white carnations. Add food coloring to the water and watch them start to change in a few hours:)

[@porcellaneousfankus3428]

cacti are amazing :D

[@JasonCarr1979]

came here to say this. same experiment! you a superstar!?

[@GingerPlease]

At 5:30 the plant is a poinsetta, not a rose bush. Idk if Euphorbia can be grafted with Echeverria. That'd be interesting if it could I guess :P

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Cool thanks

[@paulad2367]

oh my gosh I love you dry sarcasm 😂🤣

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@sass7701]

1.55 something "party in your plant"... 😂😂😂

[@sass7701]

Quality!! 😂😂😂👌

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks 😁

[@msbettyofnewark5812]

I've actually done the sweet potato vine several times. The leaves are quite pretty. I am also thinking about trying the one where you put one pot inside the other so that the hole is just right for repotting and you won't make such a mess...

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

That’s a good one

[@casijopaya]

I actually trued the potato thing with roses. And i grew beautiful potatoes ... Am the tapon saved me once. I overwatered my glasterrarium jar and could take the water out like this 👍

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I guess I'm buying tampons now...

[@khuxiong4589]

lol it was fun watching this video - my husband enjoyed it too and he doesn't like watching plant videos with me

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@NatTayHill]

I really want to start saying "rubbish" more often. As an American, I do not say it nearly as much as I'd like to, lol

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Haha it’s not a word I hear many Americans say

[@evanmartin9023]

Came for the plants stayed for the ASMR of my mans voice.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤣

[@PedroLuis-yp9ed]

omg I burst out laughing on this one. Your calm demeaner while stating the obvious is hilarious....I like these videos. They keep me from doing this stupidity since a new guy like me doing this for a yr would fall for most of this lol

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂 thanks glad you enjoyed it

[@yovee5912]

It's hard to substantiate properly, but somehow the egg in the soil is actually a yes for me. We used to have many nephrolepsis exaltata plants at home, and each time when repotting my mum would put a whole egg in the soil just below the roots. The plants were really bushy and beautiful and healthy. During the next repotting, you could not find any remains of the eggs in soil. Can't explain really, but somehow it worked or at least did no harm to the plant.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Very strange. Never seen this before 🤔

[@conniekershaw4412]

My grandmother use to do the same thing. She would also use coffee grounds.

[@glow1815]

I use eggshells crushed and mixed with coffee ground. But not whole eggshells or just eggs. I love eggs I can't give to the plants sorry lol

[@iloveprivacy8167]

At least buried in the soil, it wouldn't be attracting bugs? 🤔

[@NvrGvUp]

Bananas turn black when dried out in a low heat oven.😅 Actually several of these "hacks" do work. But they really do need to explain why and give a few more details.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

👍

[@davidrocque1587]

It seems like the egg on the cactus would just plug up the cactus pores & create a sticky mess. But I might try the plastic bottle & qtips on some little tree ferns to see if will keep the their crowns moist...

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

I know right!

[@arielshmariel470]

Oh these are so silly and ridiculous, loved watching your take on them though 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks aerial 😄

[@jackshaftoe1715]

"Don't like that, don't like that at all" ! 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😁

[@zixeiyun786]

Egg pallet is the cardboard carton the eggs come in when you buy them in the store. Looks like they shredded it

[@Daniele63]

5:22 Poor john didn't know what was coming to him

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤣

[@conniemaniaci3612]

This was so funny. Loved your comments.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thank you 😊

[@diosdehuecomundo]

"Doctor, what should I do against my calcium deficiency?" "Have you considered moving close to limestone deposits?"

[@bobotmeister]

the toothpick hack with a cactus is most likely a grafting hack wherein most grafters use tape. Grafting in cacti promotes growth and not really for making hybrids. The same type of cactus, grafted and rooted grow at different rates if you have the time to experiment 😉 and they use grafting for extreme variegated types without chlorophyll too.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Good to know thanks. All pretty alien to me 😅

[@imunoz3255]

"we're putting tampons in plants now?" 😂🤣

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤣

[@porcellaneousfankus3428]

I guess for me that woul be the only use of them since i don't like them)

[@devilmecare]

The rose thing works with a single rose and food coloring. School project.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

👍

[@tonntonns16]

Never tried it with roses, it's the same principal... in middle school science classes, kids take water dyed with food coloring and leave them in vases with white carnation flowers and the petal tips would take on the food coloring.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Cheers!

[@kushsenpai]

if you put white flowers stem cuttings in food colour mixed water the water will reach the petals and it will slightly change color but through roots that may or may not work idk

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@florenceiams5622]

Love these videos pointing out do not do hacks...

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks 😁

[@FelicityLuLu]

4:56 its not a hack if its extra work or doesn’t solve a problem 😂

[@keithjoyal8981]

Broccoli florets?! And the plants that sprouted were cucubids.

[@robot7759]

I've been told that by adding food color additives to your water you may actually turn the flowers of your plant into a different colour. Because... we can?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Interesting 🤔

[@sheilawilson1449]

That was fun haha thanks

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Cheers Sheila 😁

[@deltatango6793]

My mom says my grandpa used to merge trees together.. like, pear tree and apple tree. So I guess that’s what they are doing with the succulent on the rose bush. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Weird doing it with a succulent

[@WontBeSaved]

grafting fruit trees makes sense, diversifying harvest and maximizing space.. that succulent/rose bush was an abomination

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

@@WontBeSaved 😂

[@turogers13]

Omg! You are so funny! Really enjoyed this one😅

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thank you 😁

[@TimelyCookie]

Loved this video hahaha

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks Alysha 😁

[@cathyslaton9998]

I sure like your comments so true ,but so funny 😂😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂 thanks

[@Heidi-Beth]

I just did two rose stems like that in water this morning. 🤞

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤞

[@pateicialane4740]

I sliced toms and put them in soil it works !

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Oh really, good to know. I should try it in the summer

[@pimpozza]

Love this channel.. 😁💚

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@jackiejones1930]

I'm moving in December and I live in Indiana where is very cold and Snow how do I move them from one place to the other Please give me some ideas thank you

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Will they be travelling far? You can invest in some heat packs and pack them with the plants

[@Koguri3108]

The thing with white flowers turning colours if you water them with coloured water is actually legit. Usually you just do it with food colouring tho They used to show this on these science shows for kids all the time back in the day it's because the plant takes up the pigment along with the water and stores it in it's cells, and because the flowers of the plant have no natural pigment of their own the artificial pigment will be faintly visible If you don't keep watering them with colours tho the colour will eventually fade

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

New to me, thanks for sharing 😁

[@ChristyD97]

Yes, our science class did this with cut white carnations on St. Pat's Day, Valentine's, and Easter in science class to raise money for field trips. We'd sell them to other kid for their crushes or to give to their mom. St. Pat's was my favorite cause you could get them bright green.

[@glow1815]

​@@ChristyD97 of course it works with clothes too 😁

[@ArRi533]

You need an ice cream cone to covert a Brassica seedling into a rose. There's the magic I guess.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤔

[@Heidi-Beth]

This video is great 🤣

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks Heidi 😄

[@Tarpinouche]

I suppose somebody told you this already, but the first hack is to separate the yolk from the egg whites, it's not for the cactus. Pretty bad idea for both.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

But… how?!? 😅

[@Tarpinouche]

@@SheffieldMadePlants Yeah I know! Pretty stupid idea but I guess they got the clicks..

[@moonbabe612]

My hubby accidentally watered his pothos with sprite a couple months ago. It boosted it lol.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😮

[@jamesa7506]

👍 good video sir.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks 👍

[@mariepatterson7804]

Yes sweet potatoe wines and regular potatoes

[@yattydiaz3414]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 your comments are hilarious

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks glad you liked it 😁

[@michelleburkholder2547]

Broccoli on the bush doesn't look like that. They put a head of broccoli on some lettuce leaves and passed it off as a living plant.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Oh dear 😂

[@mollycontent]

Poor John

[@Dalyluvr]

I'm not sure why the broccoli one triggered me the most considering most of these were awful. You can't plant an immature flower bud and expect a plant to grow from it. Clearly whoever makes these doesn't understand basic biology.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

That one was really weird 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@davidfurniss2175]

Sensational 😂

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂

[@steveneumann32]

laughed out loud

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😁

[@zixeiyun786]

Burn food is basically carbon once its black. They are adding carbon to their soil

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Hmm fair enough 👍

[@missj9908]

😂😂😂 you’re funny 😆

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😁

[@bettelovelace4456]

🙄🙄that’s crazy stuff💜

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😁

[@melissastarcher8351]

yes, a sweet potato vine

[@glen4075]

Well, just don’t know what to say about most of them, most of them made me feel green ( not in a good way) 🤢! 😂. I am not kidding

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

That egg! Still don’t know the idea behind it 😂

[@Hydracat404]

DEAR LORD!!! Wheere can you find those bonkeers tipps? Man, I may be a total noob on gardening, but even I could agree, that most of those ideas are beyond dumb. Also, no, for flowers to get a different color, you can not just pour colored water in the earth. The roots will filter it clean. The tinted fluid has to get into the inner system of the plant. I've seen people inject color into the stem and wait until the flower acculutates the color, so I know this one works, but I am not so sure, if this would also work with any flower, or if this is even safe for the flower. Another version I saw was with cut flowers, put into tinted water. But then again, since they have no roots, there is no filtering there.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Yeah it looked pretty suspect to say the least 🤣

[@princepalmer3329]

Blood apparently changes the colours or something. That's how forensics know too look for when doing a search in woodland etc. Something along those lines anyway.To do with the ph in blood I think.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

Franken-cactus. WHY?! 😭

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@hangin-in-thereawesome4245]

A sweet potato will grow vines just like a pothos!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Interesting!

[@thegreedyworm3120]

Tampons are expensive! If I used one cause I wasn't smart enough to have a drainage system I'd have to kick my own ass

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😂

[@painetdldy]

omg they have 26 BILLION views

[@glamsky3257]

Crocs (and shoes) make great, unique planters. Tbh, you are really good with the caring of the plants but you are not artistic. Also shows by the way you put your plants around the house.

[@annafink2245]

5 Minute Crafts trolls people too.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😅

[@kerryberry187]

So who’s watering the cat?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Good question 😅

[@staceyrose5821]

This is the cutest video you've ever done lol. Shows off your super personality and made me giggle!!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Lovely thanks very much Stacey 😊

[@staceyrose5821]

@@SheffieldMadePlants You're always welcome in my house. Obviously only on the Tele.. of which I'm grateful and remain very entertained!

[@audreylundmisner8888]

😃😃😃😃😃

[@multiverse_edits35]

🙏🌹❤️💕💚🤩

[@helenamcginty4920]

All those eggs will go rotten and smell bad as well surely.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Definitely

[@shaunavalon843]

milk, eggs and other things are fertilisers - any biological mass is fertiliser. BUT, you would not put it into plant pots - you'd compost it first, or at least mix it into soil and then let it biodegrade into the soil before using it. Egg is actually really good for soil, but you cannot just use it in the ways that are used here. . . . the brocolli is also a total jerk-off - the end result is a pile of lettuce with a head of broc on top. also planting a piece of broc flower is not the same as a seed. this stuff is hilarious to watch for how wrong it is.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Mad isn't it!