Variegated - why and how does it work?

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[@stiltpuppy]

A video about carotenoids would be interesting to me, and hopefully other people as well (red and green variegation, all black plants, sunlight, etc). I have a bunch of assumptions about red in foliage, but almost all of it is based on my limited experience and understanding of color theory.

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[@weareorigin]

For most variegated houseplants, keep them in 700-2000 LUX of light. There's free cellphone apps that measure LUX of light. Too low light will loose the variegation; too much sunlight will burn the white variegations.

[@deev91129]

Hate to tell you but unfortunately the apps on any phone for Lux measurements are very very very inaccurate. I know. I was bummed about that also

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So informative.. thank you sir ..i have a lot of variegated plants and your info really help me a lot.. God bless!!

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Thank you for the information. I was looking for answers about my variegated agave potatorum

[@setarea3869]

IT WAS SO INETERESTING TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VARRIGATION AND THE REASON WHY! THANK YOU!

[@RevitalHN]

I love following your videos; it helps me to take care of my many plants. I need your help with a major issue that I have with my 10 years old 'money tree': Guiana Chestnut. I was asking professionals and got very little advice, as wiping the leaves with wet cloth to clean them off from the clear sticky due like liquid popping on them; which seems to attack them. After spraying the plant with neem oil; to my horror some leaves got nasty yellow and brown dots on them, similar to a skin infection. The plant is about 4 fit tall as over a meter and was growing 2 new stems 2 years ago after I had to prune an old stem though it lost all its leaves to that mysterious enemy. I make sure to water it with great care and to have it some dry days as well. I keep the temperature in the winter and placed some water bowels around it to keep humidity stable. The tree is next to a northeast window with very little direct light which I can reduce even more with the blind. Your advice is highly appreciated. My Calathea is saying Hi to you.

[@tabs1505]

I hope you get your baby back! I see your comment is old, but make sure you’re cleaning the plant well (it sounds silly but it true). Clean with a slightly wet rag and some Meyers dish soap, change soul if you haven’t.

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Thank you guys so much! I learned a lot from this video. I love variegated plants and I have a few in my house. All the tips and details are very helpful!

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[@rebeccahenderson7761]

Excellent video, thanks. I'm wondering with the green stem you cut off could that just be a separate plant? That's a really full pot and am wondering if it's got 10-15 separate plants? Ofc, that does not negate your valuable point if it's on the same plant.

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Great job guys! I have one suggestion... can you do some video about Aglaonemas?

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And olso about “ suculents” PLEASE

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[@oiavh]

I am like the herbivores that think the plant looks sick... I prefer green leaved plants. Very informative!

[@johnlaitan6501]

I thought there is a solution to follow so that you can make a variegated plant ,hope your n xt video ,teach us

[@hthr_4376]

My n joy pothos developed some brown spots and edges on its leaves a while ago. I did some research and found that many people with variegated pothoses (manjula, marble queen) had the same problem, and the brown spots always appear on the white parts of the foliage. I have since moved my pothos to a brighter location and haven't gotten any more brown spots, so I guess instead of turning the white parts to green, the plant simply killed off the "useless" white parts? I would like to hear your opinion on this.

[@babsstrijkert5365]

It's a sacrifice, it costs energy to maintain the white parts. But they don't give energy. Because there is no chlorophyll. So if there isn't enough sunlight-photosynthesis-energy the first thing you quit putting energy in is the parts that do not produce energy.

[@WoodlandT]

I’ve had the exact same thing on my N’ Joy & seen it on many other similar plants, especially pearls & jade and manjula. It does not appear to be the same as the way white portions of something like an albo monstera die off. It looks like a sort of disease. I removed all of the leaves with brown spots and propagated the healthy looking leaves into a new plant. I’m very careful never to overwater it. And I’ve only gotten one leaf with any brown spots since doing this. So, while I don’t know what the cause is in these particular pothos, I don’t think it’s the same thing as when other variegated plants kill off a large section of parasitic white leaf tissue

[@jennywithaglock3916]

@@WoodlandT it is though, it's a bit more nuanced than that. Variegation means overall the plant is LESS capable of making energy, if you dont give the plant ENOUGH light you will see the decline in the variegated parts of the leaves, because the plant is aware that the variegation is a parasitic/functionless leaf. it may not be worth chopping up the plant because of the brown edges and spots, unless you care for the aesthetics 😊

[@DianeUgo]

This was extremely informative. Thank you.

[@bathos22]

Fabulous content on variegation. Been wanting to remedy my Marble Queen. 🙏

[@lgarden7086]

Great information thank you. My marble queen came with one stem that is totally green and at first I wanted to remove it, but then I decided it gave the plant some personality. That stem is the longest on my small plant and it doesn’t seem to be changing the rest of it at least not yet. I thought it was an error at the nursery when they potted up the cuttings but either way I’m enjoying it. I was wondering if I take a cutting of Brazil, lemon lime, and solid green 💚philodendron what the outcome would be?

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You remind me one of my college professor. Such a great description. Keep posting that helps us a lot. Thank you very much.

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Its very Informative. Thank you for this knowledgeable lecture.

[@valantisfotiou7887]

Great video! As always informative and comprehensive! I would like to ask you to make a video about the way you use pumice instead of soil to grow plants. I mean beyond the self watering way or is it only with self watering pots that you use pumice? After I have watched your videos I have tried pumice for small plants in self watering pots and the results seem to be promicing but I am really interesting in learning more. Do you use only self watering pots with pumice? Do you remove the soil from roots before planting into pumice? Is it alright if the roots grow in water with pumice? Are all kinds of plants appropriate to grow in pumice? The most interesting think with pumice is that it seems you can skip from worrying about how much to water the plant. Sorry for the maybe too long comment...

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Thank you for a very informative video... Blessings... ..

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[@Meskarune]

I want to learn about plants that have purple leaves or red and pink colors on the stems and leaves.

[@virginiafabregas1065]

So, you will love suculens !!

[@Dwl7842]

I love your videos! So so informative. I wish I knew this before I bought a couple variegated plants. I do love them though.

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Wonderful content! Thank you so much. I am learning a lot watching your videos!

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Super information. Thank you.

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I love the science behind your content - thank you for taking the time to do your research. Greetings from the UK.

[@ma.luisajimenez7887]

Very nice video, ive learned a lot

[@sandycarson2168]

Your video was very informative. Thank you. You mentioned "orange" but what causes the red variation? I have many variegated plants I've had for many years, but I'm trying to increase the red in several of them. Any suggestions?

[@nataliesea83]

Great info! 🪴

[@1628Scarlet]

This video was exactly what I needed! Thank you so much!!! Kudos to you! You explained it all so well! 👏👏👏

[@RobertaPhoenix]

Amazing explanation, thank you!! 😊

[@sarahb.6475]

Last summer I bought a pot of Pink Allusion Syngonium. The leaves were quite pink..and I do see some pink / redish color on the leaves while they are unfolding. But once they unfold they are like very green? Its right in the window so its getting as much sun as possible but all of my windows face north. Nothing I can do about that. But its putting out a TON of leaves. When I bought it last summer it was just a few leaves and now its like 50 leaves!!

[@noelle7714]

Aren’t there also times where you will get perhaps all white leaves. Or like the pink princess you may get a lot of all pink? From what I understand you also want to cut those off because they usually die off faster, and cutting them off will help promote the variegation to come back??? I loved this video, very informative

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This explanation was perfect! Thank you so much!

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A video which is sooo informative as good as a college lecture and also easily understandable ..Great Job 👏👏 Kudos to your team as well 😊

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Such a very helpful video! Many thanks!!!!

[@lipipaul2786]

Very well explained....

[@JoyandSerenity.]

I had/have a variegated umbrella tree, known for being unstable, and for a good while it stayed variegated as it grew, it was very happy and grew very fast throughout the year. Then I got a damned fungus gnat infection across quite a few of my plants (that I am still trying to deal with ugh) and all its new leaves are green now.. It is still growing but I think it figured out green was nicer :/ I have tried to propagate the variegated parts in clean water away from other plants in the hopes to keep the colour, I don't mind the green colour so he can stay whatever the colour, but its nice to have a variation leaves.

[@SparkleInMoonlight]

Yet another great lecture :-) Thank you for making these videos, they are very useful and informative

[@lilypond5793]

If a plant has turned all green, will it ever be variegated again? If you propagate those all green pothos leaves, will they be marble queen or?

[@mombo5326]

I have a patch of snake plants that are green with the darker green markings but I’ve started to notice that the new baby plants there putting out are way lighter. the base color is almost white like a very very light green

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Fantastic, thank you so much. I learnt a lot😊😊

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You've explained it all very beautifully. Very informative :)

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VERY interesting and helpful!

[@adriotopangapalan8809]

I planted around 300 kilos seeds of Podocarpos and produces some mutant. One of them is curly, and several were varigated, however, there was only one which is more or less perfect.since it is more or less half is yellow or the colorilizatiom is even.

[@user-ci3lh3vj3r]

Thank you for another excellent and succinct article. Everything you said is so informative and easily understood. May I make a suggestion here...is your studio lighting (temperature not Lux) 5000k or higher? You may want to play around with something lower like maybe 3500k....may make the plants look even more attractive on screen (note: I am not a cameraman or lighting specialist....just my observation)

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Wow 😲 🙋❤️❤️❤️

[@pearltaylor1179]

Great commentary.Why does the silver Queen grow so slowly?

[@lreneaborchie]

Very good video, but if you use a technical name for a plant please display a sample. Keeping the names of all plants in mind is not easy for all the audience. Thanks for sharing 🙂.

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Nice

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Great explanation! Thanks!

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I love this video very informative ❤️

[@lavenderpurp6610]

I learned a lot, im struggling griowing philo pink snd white princess can u do a vid on them please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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Please do a video on pests and pesticides

[@nicolezoilo8354]

How to make variegated plants

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Thank You Sir...♥️♥️♥️

[@luckybarrel7829]

Many pests are attracted to the color yellow which can be common in variegated plants. That's the principle behind the yellow sticky pest trap. I'd loads of issue with the Ficus triangularis varigaeta. At one point it was attacked by three different pests simultaneously. The yellow color doesn't help and the color complexity makes identifying pests a lot more difficult as well.

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I just learned so much! Insta-subscribed!

[@ianmiles2505]

Can a plant lacking Chlorophyll photosynthesise?

[@carlamoraisdesousamoreirad5159]

Wonderful video

[@AsSa-qg1hp]

I never even gave it a second thought…. I have some plants to move around.

[@Lettilany]

Awesome content.

[@emelitosto.domingo5696]

Can you teach me what are the things being used to variegate a plant, thanks.