I found my favourite new substrate 🥹 chatty growth updates!

My brain was too fried this week so I decided to sit down and just admire some new growth and talk about some new things I'm trying -- techniques, anthurium breeding, etc! And also a couple of cheeky philo chops because why not
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[@aplantprocess]

I love love love spreadsheets. Well… maybe that’s an overstatement. I loved spreadsheets and I figured the only reason other people didn’t was because they didn’t understand them. The idea that information is available in such an easy to consume way makes my heart happy. But goodness when I try to share one, the majority of people are not interested. I used to have spreadsheets for personal stuff but after decades of working with spreadsheets, I now only use them if I need them professionally and they’re mostly tools for me. Plants are my outlet to be creative and unstructured so I don’t use spreadsheets with them as an act of rebellion against my alter ego 😂

[@youdontevengrowhere]

How quickly people shut down when you suggest making something into a spreadsheet 😂 This is the only spreadsheet I’ll make for this hobby I think, mainly because I need to be able to share it with my anthurium breeding friends but I also like to challenge my brain to remember details - it makes me feel more connected with the plant chores

[@minervarivera5167]

The joy on your face when you showed your carla was wonderful to see! The joy in your plants growing and sharing that is just the best! My velvet mask x with fort sherman just popped a new leaf and i felt that joy you showed us. Its great isnt it!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

There’s absolutely nothing like a new anthurium leaf in this houseplant hobby 🥹🥹

[@abbeyjoallred1966]

i just love listening to you ramble on about plants. it’s super soothing to me. you don’t have to have an intricate video planned each week for me to watch 😇😇 just here for your advice and thoughts

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you so much Abbey 🥹 this means a lot!! ❤️

[@cant_afford_the_fancy_plants]

I just found your channel and I am so grateful. I'll NEVER have any of these plants...so I'm happy to see yours through these videos.

[@lilmissbeats]

Seeing you so happy with anthurium growth and flowering dark phoenix is a great way to start my week Thank you for sharing all the updates spontaneously with us in this video!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Ahh thank you!!! 🫶🏻

[@jakersaridakis]

DUDE congrats on your dp flowering! What a champ! 🙌🏼

[@brittanydespi]

It’s so funny because when my Pali flowered I thought word for word the exact same thing you did. The dinkiness of it just made me laugh 😅

[@amyconstance.plants]

Can't believe the dark pheonix is finally flowering, cant wait to see what you pollenate with! Plus spreadsheet appreciation brings me joy

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I wish I had more spreadsheet lovers in my life 🥲 and I mean like hobby spreadsheeters because non-work spreadsheets always hit different

[@amyconstance.plants]

@@youdontevengrowhere I have a colour coded spreadsheet of my plants, what mix they are in, when they last had repots… going to have to add a row for pest treatments and anthurium pollination now!

[@chantecampbell2207]

Would you ever do a plant tour at Jesse’s house. If he were willing of course, I am trying to grow my Anthurium in ambient conditions and I’d love to see what he’s doing.

[@alicelarez4311]

When did you last do a full plant tour?I would love to see in your plant room again-everything.Your repots look amazing -now I'm going to have to do some repots for the stagnat antheriums I have.I hope they do as well as yours.Feel good about yourself for helping us grow our plants.Thank you for taking your time to tape and share.I love your channel!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Aaawww thank you name twin! It’s been about a year since my last full plant room tour - I think I’m due for another one!

[@Yoliplanting]

You are loving those anthuriums something fierce. It is so lovely to see❤. Let me ask you as you seem to grow my favorite heterocraspedon so easily…what is your secret? Can this be grown in ambient humidity? I have one leaf for the longest time

[@youdontevengrowhere]

My heterocraspedon was not a fan of moss or pon, but started to take off after I put it in TFF mixed with perlite/pon! They’re not the easiest philos imo and they have really unsatisfying red woody roots so it’s hard to tell when they’re root happy 🥲

[@invaderjill8054]

That Florida Beauty is such a stunner. I wish I was in Canada, I’d 100% buy that top cut. I know you’re not into philos as much, but you have some gorgeous ones. Beautiful plants as always! 🪴💚

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I’m gonna sell these through NST who ships to the states! Although phyto and shipping is $50USD which is a lot unless you’re getting a whole bunch 😔

[@nopenopenope]

Spreadsheets ARE awesome! 💚

[@coffee2962]

Yay!! New video!! From Alice!! 🎉🎉 The debilis popping it’s head out in the background 😂tho It’s like 😏👋👋

[@youdontevengrowhere]

You’ve got an eagle eye 😆😆

[@natashaoreilly7072]

YOUR DARK PHOENIX IS FLOWERING 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I still can’t believe it 😭😭

[@kymsalow7676]

I'm excited to see how your forgetii seedlings turn out once the seeds mature! How awesome if you created a new hybrid!!

[@Shopgirl2731]

Love rage plant chores 😂👆🏻watching Alice on self care Sunday 😊 😊

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Ok have you ever noticed that the thirst for chugging water after repotting is so much thirstier than any thirst you’ve ever thirsted before

[@aerial_rooting]

I have a couple of anthurium seedlings that aren’t doing well in pon 😢 definitely trying tree fern soil for them next!

[@Will22205]

Hi, my name is Will, I just wanted to thank you for your presentation. I'm a proud plant Papa and appreciate the information concerning Tree Fern Fiber. I'm in the States and use ETSY and Amazon for most supplies. Unlike Leca or Pon it's quite a challenge to get Tree Fern Fiber in Larger Quantities. Your progress using this substrate will make me look at more options to find the solution. Thanks again and have a wonderful week.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you so much Will!! From what I gather, tree fern is super accessible in the US and cheaper than it is in Canada. I heard that Amazon prices have skyrocketed in the last year or so, but maybe check a reptile supplier?

[@Will22205]

Thank You for information

[@MyBookishEmpire]

Fun video Alice! I am going to purge some plants because of your joy with a manageable collection! Now to find homes for them! Also I will need to try that tree fern soil mix

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I will say this mix has been especially good for anthuriums!! And yayyyy for purging!

[@sherryporsch9349]

Hey Alice, I know you’ve heard about the new Ecugenera cross, Waro x pallid so I’m wondering what the Lux x pallid gonna look like when it’s big. Gorgeous color 💚🫶🏼

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I’ve only seen one photo of this cross and it looked suspiciously like pure waroc 🤔 I’m sure I just need to look at more!

[@torquess454]

Random, but I’m so jelly of your soft silky hair!! I wish I liked Anthuriums more, they just don’t do it for me, other aroids, Hoya, epiphytes, rhipsalis, etc yes, Alocasias? Some.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I wish we could get more cool rhipsalis in Canada!!

[@annafink2245]

I started using tree fern for seedlings. Why peat and not coco peat. I'm also trying rice hulls to cut down on perlite. Also, I have no idea who these people are you always refer to 😊

[@plantypittsburgh]

I did get sunbathing out of this plus plant chores! You gave me the push as I have a mag and lux that stopped growing on me. I know I've had them in too tight of pots.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Where is this sun you speak of?!?

[@plantypittsburgh]

@@youdontevengrowhere 😆😆 Certainly, not here in Pittsburgh! Lol. Sunbathing should be, "something."

[@LordanJauzon]

I always just used soil/aroid mix with drainage. Switched a lot of plants over to pon and no drainage and watched everything either slowly decline over time or just not do as well. It’s refreshing to see people slowly realize pon and no draining is not the vibe lol

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I still love pon and prefer no drainage overall but I’ve been trying to push the ferts a little bit more than I’ve been comfortable with in the past to see if I could manipulate colour more so I think this is safer! But I get it, pon/no drainage is def not for everyone haha

[@LordanJauzon]

@@youdontevengrowhere currently giving it a second chance as we speak 😂 (only for alocasia)

[@carolstuff]

It’s awesome that mixing tree fern with soil is better than tree fern alone. Do you use a special soil you use or just big box soil? Thanks so much for sharing!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I’m not loyal to any one type of soil, I’ve used pro-mix high porosity myco soil, sea soil, and right now I’m just using my local garden centre in house brand!

[@offwhitephotos]

Those roots say it all!! Any advice for transferring pon plants to the tree fern/soil mix? I have an RC x BVEP that is hating life in pon.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Pon to tff/soil has been incredibly seamless! I just shake off the majority of the pon but don’t bother removing what’s stuck to the roots, and then straight into the new mix. I like to leave some pon on because zeolite can be beneficial for pH regulating or so I’m led to believe. The anthuriums have all picked back up immediately for me!

[@offwhitephotos]

Awesome!! That is so great to hear. And thanks for this video. I love your content 💚@@youdontevengrowhere

[@kaylieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Interesting video, maybe I should try a few of my plant in tree fern soil mix. Since i usually underwater my plant in regular tree fern or tree fern pon mix 🤔🤔

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I’ve been battling my own underwatering tendencies for the past 2 years and I’ve definitely gotten better this year but this is kinda like making the hobby meet me halfway 😆

[@Kim-ts8nq]

I have never kept a water reservoir for soil and tree fern. Do you keep a resovior there at all times? Love your videos!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Oh that’s a good question, I should clarify - I don’t keep a reservoir for soil/tff at all times, but if I happen to put too much water in that layer can stop the substrate from getting too muddy and prolong the time until the next watering is needed. Once roots start to grow into that area I want to make sure they don’t dry out because the leca layer dries the fastest, so when I water I will kind of water down the side of the vessel so that it bypasses the majority of the soil into the leca layer which can then slowly wick water upwards. I hope this all makes sense 😅

[@alicelarez4311]

Can you do a self watering mossbpole,like Hakunalaplanta-Kevin did for your Beauty?

[@lisaanglim9588]

No I’m a it Ty in g watching Sunday night football 🏈 while I watch this. This was a really enjoyable video.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you Lisa!!

[@carolinebaines8735]

I have a spreadsheet with all my plant and each plant has an individual page. 😜😊

[@lisaanglim9588]

I would have thought thirty minutes would be enough to callous them off to being dry.

[@elwhite1017]

Have you ever tried putting your soil into the freezer for a few hours before use to kill fungus gnats eggs?

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I’ve never tried this! I usually go the opposite way and bake my soil when I reuse it (if the plant had nasty root rot) but the fungus gnats will still travel and breed in sterilized soil 😕

[@jessicabey275]

Ugh i need something comparable to TFF (tree fern fiber) maybe coco husk?

[@youdontevengrowhere]

The shop mix is coco coir/coco husk based and it works great! Not *as* great as with TFF mixed in but I see TFF as a luxury and not a necessity in this hobby

[@jessicabey275]

@@youdontevengrowhere thank you!

[@lisaanglim9588]

Can you get BTI drops in Canada? It’s one drop per gallon of water 💦 and no more fungus gnats.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I don’t think it’s available here 😭

[@lisaanglim9588]

@@youdontevengrowhere then Charmaine can get the next time she’s in the states. Or her mom can buy and send to you? Maybe 🤔

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

🪴🥰🪴

[@natashaoreilly7072]

** bludekota I believe 🤔

[@youdontevengrowhere]

NOOOOO sometimes Final Cut makes the strangest autocorrects and 99% of the time I catch it 😟 at least he’s linked correctly in the description 🫠

[@natashaoreilly7072]

💙💙

[@margimorris7360]

So after watching this video are you going to move away from growing in Pon and Leca

[@lisaanglim9588]

So how many anthuriums do you have. You can’t tell me that you didn’t count when you did the spread sheet.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

As of today I have 67 😂

[@peterlam1208]

Hey Alice. Is Jesse on Instagram?