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Soil type you use... I struggle with them,an I LUV LUV LUV THEM... HELP😊

In my experience with self watering pots, if their are roots in the reservoir, you must keep water in it, or those roots will die. I really think it depends on the type of plant you have in self watering. Is it a succulent, a begonia, a hoya, an anthurium. It depends on how much water they want. It also depends on the medium you are using for self watering- soil, pon, or leca? But others may have different opinions 💚

It is hard to kill that plant since it pups a lot, but I made an error and put it in a deep pot because of the long stem. I decided to repot a few weeks ago and didn't realize how shallow the roots were. Moving it into a shallow pot allowed it to start growing again. Very unusual plant. Oh neat, you have pups growing out the side. If you have a water softening system, remember it use salt to soften the water which may not be good for houseplants.

Pileas are now fascinating to me because of that puffing thing 😂 As for the tons of babies, you said you were going to sell some plants at a… farmers market if I remember correctly? So just take them along with you! The ones you don’t sell you could then give away 😊

I had one of these back in 2021 and I unalived it. But I was at a plant swap last Sunday and got a baby! We will see if this one survives!

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I prefer clear. Specifically because I've kept props for too long and found mosquito larvae in the water 💀 so now I only use clear vessels so I can see the roots and ANYTHING ELSE 😅😅😅

Eat your words, or eat your beard 😅😂

This was hilarious

Yes please to a property light meter tour! And how's Lobo?

I purchased a U614 from Steves Leafs. It looks similiar to a bipinnatifolia. I have it in a terrarium with other high humidity begonias. Haven't had it long enough to know if it will survive for long.

Aaw, Rachel! 🥰 You’re so sweet for mentioning me! I think your Little Star is going to do amazing in LECA 😊 I would love to see a tour of your property and it would be cool to check what kind of light plants are getting outdoors in different spots. Also, I’d love to see how the blackberry forest is coming along! Sending lots of love ❤️

I have the green calathe and burle marx The purple rose and the medallion all so ptetty

Hi! How disappointing for those few plants. I

Very nice video on your different maranta prayer plants , I have there’d one , and now I have the lemon /lime one😊

I am enjoying all your wonderful videos. Love love those plants 🪴 🥰

It’s really creepy, I kinda like it! Maybe one day I’ll get one… I’m holding off until I gain some experience, I’ve seen a lot of experienced planty people struggle with these

I have very little experience on Begonia’s, but the Maculata I have is thriving in ambient air in my kitchen in front of my window. It’s pushing out new growth daily. No direct sunlight, and I never get water on the leaves. I don’t think they’d like a terrarium because the moisture on the leaves. Good luck!

Sorry your plant arrived dead that is a shame. I don’t understand how that could happen except if they packed it to soon before shipping or shipping was delayed. I’ve never bought from that shop mainly because I typically haven’t bought starter plants. I’ve watched a few other planty channels where the same thing occurred from that store. I hope they do you right and send you additional plants.

I know! 😂

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Aaw, she’s like “Mommy, look what I can do!” 🥰

I’ve never thought of begonias as grandmother plants, I think they’re just very beautiful common houseplants. Maybe because most planty people in my country are grandmothers to begin with 😄 I’ve just recently discovered some young houseplant enthusiasts because of social media

Do you fertilize your begonias? If you do, how often? You collections are mazing!

When you say one part two part, do you mean a half a cup one cup? I don’t understand the part thing. Thank you for the video.

What’s your go-to method for growing begonias?

12:22 beautiful!!

That begonia is very pretty 😍

So sorry about your dog and the pest. It is very overwhelming when so much is going on in your life. I tend to put my plants on the back burner in order to handle everything else. I don't like doing that but I am confident that my plants can wait and be ok when I can finally get to them.

These bugs are so exciting, you should definitely do an update on the results! Thank you for talking about stress and life challenges! I personally am not super busy but I’ve been under some stress in recent weeks. And since my plant collection is still small and manageable, it’s one of the few things I feel I have under control actually 😄 As a consequence, plant are still a stress relief for me! I hope Lobo is doing better, sending lots of love! ❤

No disrespect, but my goodness ma'am you are stunning! I used to order lady bugs. I made a mistake and put one bag in the freezer when I should have put them in the fridge. Every time I purchased a bag, I knew at least one of them would say so long suckers! and fly away. Lady bugs are not cost effective unless you have an active bug problem, and you have to set the out at sunset or they will all fly away.

Oh hon. I'm sorry you are dealing with all of that. And I hope Lobo is ok! I found thrips on 3 of my anthurium and mealies (still) on my linearis yesterday. UGH. I think I would find time blocking beneficial.

Oh, that is a beautiful anthurium ! I am just now getting into anthuriums. Honestly, I don't know what took me so long.

Your pepperoni puff pastry failed.... No worries try again. Why you showing us plants? The failed pastry would help us understand and help you girlie

Are they fragrant.

You look so happy with your hoya and it makes me smile 😊

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Is this your same experience with receiving Begonias in the mail?

Drama? Who’s she? 😄 Such a beautiful picture 🥰

Heartbreaking!!

I've been having a lot of luck with my terrarium jars with the lids off. They are on a bookshelf with an LED strip light above. I think having the lid off the jar, but being tucked into onto the mostly enclosed shelf retains a good amount of humidity, but also allows air flow. Good luck! I just did my first online plant order, and it was from them. I'm hoping it arrives in good condition. I'm essentially a far away as you can get from them within the contiguous US. Only 3 starter Hoya linearis and 1 starter Hoya obovata inner variegated. I'm crossing my fingers. Thank you for sharing!

Hi, I’m interested to see what happens. I’ve recently been using stratum with I think some luck but I’ve never tried Lecca. Wondering if the stratum will sink down to the bottom of your vase so it might not help with root’s until they are well grown?😮

Oh, sorry about the melted plants, hope you can revive them! I’ve never seen that fern begonia before, must be stunning when it’s in full health 😊 waiting for an update on the condition of all of them 🫶

It's so unfortunate that you got sad plants from a seller you've had success with in the past. That Tortum though...the leaves are HUGE!

Oh no , so sorry they didn't arrive well. I know you where excited to get your plants. I find begonias to be hard to ship. I ship out the begonias in dry soil. They also need to be wrapped in cardboard to help protect the leaves. I don't like the sponge stuff either. I hope you where refunded for the melted plants. I am glad you shared this cause I have been thinking about ordering from them.

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Why did you add moss at the top?

Lovely selection of Hoyas. I have all mine in terracotta and Pon and they seem happy enough. One of my earliest Hoyas was the Heuschkeliana Variegata (inner variegated) that I still adore and I’d recommend getting, the Bellas and the Polyneuras are lovely too. Happy growing ❤️🪴😊

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