Philodendron melanochrysum care and propagation (air layering, water, and moss)
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2021
- The Philodendron melanochrysum is a common “rare” plant that is sought after, but many people struggle with in the beginning. In the video I share with you some care tips, common troubleshooting, and as usual I propagate this plant in water, soil, moss, and the air layering method. Stick around till the end as I show you a whooping 6 months update.
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just bought a melanochrysum for my plant mom of a girlfriend, but need to keep it a surprise for a month, so i gotta take care of it for a moment! wish me luck!!
I realize that it takes months to make these propagation videos but I really appreciate you showing the progress of your props.
Thank you for the great content 💚
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@@onlyplants especially appreciate the patience of waiting until you have updates to post the propagation video!
your dedication to providing accurate guidelines in each plant makes this channel worthy to subscribe to 🤩
Thank you, what a testimony! 🥰
Love how you show the process from the beginning and months later. No one else does this.
I have such good success with propagating my melanochrysum, I put my success to using a prop box with a heat mat underneath grow light on top, planting the cuttings into perlite has been awesome as I have seen roots begin within three weeks and within 6-8 weeks they are ready to plant into their growing medium, I’m actually addicted to growing these. I live in a climate that has four seasons in one day with the least amount being summer so my indoor climate is cold during autumn/winter, we often have the fire going so it is dry so I have to have humidifiers going in the house for my plants regularly.
Thanks for the share! I have tried another batch of melanos, hope I dont overwater these this time!
I love that your chanel is very open and you share your successes and failures, we need more content like yours that doesn't always show the picture perfect plant and also for us to appreciate the amount of work that goes into growing them before we bring them into our homes.
Love how often you post and how humble you are...and your plants are so beautiful!! My favorite houseplant youtuber
I just got my first melano a couple months ago and it has TAKEN OFF. I knew that this plant was going to be one that started off small and would quickly overwhelm me with how large it is getting and so I thank you for making this video because I was not exactly sure how to go about trimming it back/taking cuttings from it. It’s quickly turning into one of my favorite houseplants though. I don’t want to speak for everyone in every region, but if you are looking for an easy to care for, beautiful, house plant, I would personally recommend this one.
I wish I had the climate that you have! The humidity there must be amazing for plants. Here in Texas is dry for the most part and humid only during summer. Which is not enough. Then my house is mostly dry except when I use my humidifier. So much work to keep humid loving plants for me.☹️ But I love your videos and plants! Beautiful!
I just ordered a melanochrysum so I’m back to refresh my knowledge, I’m sooooo excited 😅☺️
I'm obsessed with this plan from the first time I see it. So beautiful and elegant, the dark green, the velvet feeling, the veins of the leave are just so perfect. Such a beautiful thing! Still learning how grow them right.
😀😀 once you get the conditions right they are unstoppable. If in doubt, propagate. The new leaves will be very well adapted to your space
Sean your commitment to tracking progress is incredible! Thank you!
Who doesn't own a single plant🙊 Can't name plants 🙈 but still loves to see these videos😊? 💚
I love that you take months to film one video! I try to watch all your videos.
wait till you see my ZZ propagation video later 😅 that is the slowesttt
Omg just looking at your plants makes my day.Thanks.
I love how you update us in the same experience, 3 months to provide an update in the same video, wow!
Thank you ... THANK YOU!!
You are so knowledgeable!
I appreciate you.
The cup on the plant was such a great idea
Thank you for sharing all of this!
Omg 6 months. Applause for Your dedication and patients. Love your Chanel
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I can hear the passion for plants in your voice and I can see it in your hands.I enjoy listening to your clear
expiation for what you do.Learnt so much from you.Great job.
I just bought a melanochrysum cutting. I’m very nervous but you definitely made me feel more comfortable. Thank :)
I love how much time and effort you put into these care videos! Melanos are my dream plants and this info is so helpful, maybe if I ever get one I can have a chance at keeping it alive 😂
Good morning,always watching how you take care your plants.🌿🌱☘️God bless 🙏❤️
What a practical and valuable advice🌿🌿🌿. Thank you ao much🙏🙏🙏.
I come by for the second time because my melano is not doing well.. thanks for the video and the tips Sean 🙏🏼
Thank you for this video, it saved me US$100, I planned to buy it tomorrow ( I saw it in my garden nursery today and I love it) but after seeing your video... I don't think I can keep it happy, my humidity even with the humidifier is around 50%... I can barely keep my syngonium happy....
Really enjoyed the video! I like how willing you are to experiment and stay dedicated to showing progress. Keep it up!
Thank you 😀
THANK YOU for all your efforts and time in creating a video. 6 months, wow. Just wanna let you know I SERIOUSLY appreciate and love your videos. Pls don’t stop doing this🙈
✅ care, propagation, and complete updates- the best!
Thank youu
Wow nice melano plants
Mine is a tiny weeny one as I grow my plants indoors and its amazing to see their potential being grown outside.
Good morning to you vary nice plans they all so beautiful and amazing plans have a blessed day my friend
I would've kept the top cuttings intact in its airlayering vessel (roots untouched) until new growth has formed. Great vid as always!
Beautiful plant.
love your videos! your plants are so pretty, and your voice is so nice it helps me thru the work day 🌿
Awww thank you 🥰🥰
I agree, My Melanochrysum also struggles a lot in growing and not doing well in my propagations. I just keep for myself now hehe It pushes new growth in the nodes of the mother plant but like yours, it dries out or produces significantly small leaves.
I love all your videos. They are really awesome.
Thank you ❤️
Noted Tip again. If plant is happy, dont repot it. Wish that this video has come out before I repotted my Monstera Albo few months back. Not your fault and sorry for saying it in this Melanochrysum video. 😅 Now it is struggling. I am trying to air layer it like what you taught in a lot of the videos and it seems to be stabilising. Still need to thank you for the air layer tip. 🙇♂️
Hi dear friend!! Today I transferred my propagated melano from spagnum to aroid soil and put it in a plastic bag to capture humidity as a new leaf unfurled. Your amazing videos are my guides for pretty much everything I do with my tropical plants!! Blessings and salutations from Greece!!!
Sweet!
Your plant videos are the best!!
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One of my favorite plants 🥰 your video reinforced the fact that I never want to chop and prop - this baby is growin just for me 💚
Yeahhh propagating is not for everyone. Im going to keep one mother plant big for now but it does set it back 1+ years
can’t wait for my melano to grow big and healthy like yours!! praying for a long life for her 😂 its also trying to push out a new leaf im getting impatient haha
I was inspired to chop up my verru when I saw you prop videos. I'm so glad I did they're all doing so well. I will soon be surrounded by more verrucosums. I am hoping to be able to trade one of the verru for a melanochrysum
Sweet 😀
I have a melanochrysum too, and it is so difficult for me. My humidity is very low. I hope you have better luck, I look forward to seeing what you learn so I can try it too.
What do you consider very low? I’m trying to figure out what to do with mine this winter (my first with this plant). Our house actually got below 10% in February! Because we have high ceilings I have trouble getting any space above 30. I’m hoping to hear a success story at that level for encouragement!
@@PeckmasterK the Texas desert can get very dry. I keep a nice humidifier and aquariums to help with ambient humidity and can sometimes manage to get it up to 60%if it's raining. Otherwise it's in the low 40%
Loving your channel, I live in New Zealand where my tropical plants need a lot of help in winter, I am so jealous of your climate, I live in the wrong part of the world :) You are very blessed to live where you live as a plant lover!!
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Really loved this video it was so interesting! :)
Thank you for sharing melano my dream plant.
Thanks for these videos 🙌🏼
Amazing video
Thank you so much for all your detailed and well-considered process! Please refrain from using toxic pesticides in general, not only for the environment, but for you. They are insidious! Be well, and thanks again for your wonderful videos!
Thank youu, you are not wrong about that 😀
@@onlyplants My dad died from a cancer that is caused by pesticides, so I'm really sensitive to it. We need you around! 🙂
Love your videos. Greetings from Bulgaria 😊🪴
Thanks man 😀
Nice video, u put a lot of time in it👍🏻...i have 2 melano .. I relies it that plant that just propagate will grow more faster in grow light ( red blue light) and with humidifier ... i buy pink princess that just cut in really small leaf in sphagnum moss media... i just think it never gonna make it but when i put in grow light and humidifier the growth just blown my mind 😂😂😂 it like 2 weeks and it already put new leaf ... and not just pink princess but also my propagate plowmani even alocasia .. so i think grow light ( red and blue) and humidifier is so soft that so good for propagate plant ....
Greetings from Portugal! I really enjoy your videos😉
Whoaaa Portugal 😀 would love to visit some day. Love how we can be connected even when we are so far away
Your tried and tested methods. ....and practical tips ......the air layering tip was very useful
Shows how much you care ...thank you for sharing . Your videos are really good and worth watching for any plant lover .🙏👍
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oh you come across as such lovely person, I love your aura of peace and this beautiful space you are in, subscribing ;)
Thank youuu and welcome to the channel!
i like listening to your video. i like that you are explaining everything that you had in mind for the plant. well explained too for me, thank you c: good video
Thank you 🥰
Awesome video 👍
Thank you for the video! That was very helpful!
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Very informative. Thank U
Found you off a suggested clip from a Google search. Love your teaching style! Immediate new sub. Also your username is brilliant 😂
Thank youuu and welcome to the channel! 😀🙌🏻
I love this channel. “Leafing around” sent me here. 🇳🇿👏👏👏👏
Whoaa thank you. She’s a ray of sunshine isn’t she. 😀
@@onlyplants yeah! She absolutely is, I’m watching from New Zealand and you both inspire me a lot. Loving the love of plants and the honest knowledge
Your dedication in making these kind of propagation + update videos are amazing. Keep up the good works ...
Thank youu 🙏🏽
Propagating and selling the cuttings is such a great way to pay for the mother plant. 👍
Yassss
I love your videos !
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Wow love your Melano ...
Thank you for all the info
Great vídeo, thank you so much!!!
Thank you for another great video
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thank You! We love Melanochrysum!
Hello Sean … that’s cool 😎 thanks for sharing 🧤👒🦘🐨🇦🇺🙌🌱
I guess I gotta move mine to another spot. Hopefully she’ll thrive with winter ending………. Looking forward to chop her up share with my family if all goes well 😂
This was so helpful
Thank you
Thank you for all the hard work you put in all your videos. Really appreciate it. In your video I saw your Lupinum . Can you share some care tips on that cause all my leaves unfurl damaged and torn. I don't know why. There are not pest damage visible.
Could be the same situation as the melanochrysum, they hate to be moved. These suede/velvet leaves are a little trickier than most
This is perfect! I’m just about to need to chop my melano. He’s outgrowing his space. But I’m nervous to cut him & reset the leaf size. They’ve finally started getting fairly large, but could be so much bigger. Hopefully I won’t be starting from scratch after cutting him
Edit - Now that I’ve watched the whole video, I’m even more nervous to cut 😬
Just grow them on a mosspole and the cut won't reset the leaf size. It's as easy as that.
Finally, Melanochrysum. I was asked to my self why Sean never filming his Melano. Now it just answered. I always using moss for Melano propagation, but it didn't make it at all. After watching your video, it make sense why my top cutting is not working, because they don't have enough roots #LeafToRootRatio. Since your top cutting succeed in water propagation, I will try it. Thanks Sean buat pencerahannya pagi ini.
I think they cannot be overwatered when propagated in moss. I am already starting my next batch of propagation, hope its better this time😀
@@onlyplants Sounds good, can't hardly wait to watch it. I hope your next batch is more better. Good luck
Was waiting for this! I also miss your rescue and repotting videos haha
Haha I miss those too! They take so long to film though
I live in South Africa. Nelspruit. It gets very humid in summer. I have tried all sorts of propagation. The best one for me is to put your cuttings directly into your potting mix and then keep your eye on your cutting, keeping it moist and pest free. You don't get as much rotting and die off. If a cutting is not going to make it, it will die soon after propagation.
Sweet, thank you!
The plant is beautiful ,but I can see it’s definitely not the plant for me. Thank you, for the full explanation on the care and propagation.
Yeah some plants are better to be admired from afar
Your videos are so helpful! I love that you film the progress over time so we can see the outcome.
I have a little dilemma, maybe you or someone can help?:
I am trying to rehab a Melano that I had shipped about 5 months ago. It did not acclimate well and lost all its leaves within a couple weeks of arriving. The roots were still healthy (albeit kinda small) so I stuck the now naked stem in sphagnum moss and put it outside (I live in an area with a very warm, humid climate).
It’s growing leaves but they’re very small, not even half the size the leaves were when I got it a few months back. It gets bright indirect sun (under a covered porch that receives good morning sun and afternoon shade) and it gets Liquidirt occasionally.
How do I get the leaves to grow bigger?
It does take a bit of time to get bigger leaves. As side shoots usually revert to a much smaller age. But I would imagine that you got a few plants out of this? You seem to be caring for it right, do watch for spidermites. And finally just give it time... perhaps around a year to see decent sized leaves
@@onlyplants thank you! These are side shoots, so I guess it’s normal. I’ll just be more patient. 🙂
I think I was comparing my regrowth to photos I was seeing other people post of their new growth from their propagations and getting confused as to why mine was so small.
It’s doing great even if the leaves are small so I’ll just let it do it’s thing and be it’s usual gorgeous self. ☺️
Thank you again!
🥰Beautiful!!!!!!
I love your nursery white pots but unfortunately there's nothing like that here in the Philippines wish we could have like that pot...thanks
Great video! Bevor I am buying again stupid stuff (horrible monstera variegata leaf), what is important when buying a melanochrysum cutting?
Thank you very much and have a nice day!
Bang, sy dari Bandung Indonesia, 👍👍👍 keren bang konten2 nya 👍
Makasihh 🙌🏻
Ooh gorgeous 😯
Can you make a video elaborating your preventative fungicidal treatments?? I live in a similar subtropical climate and monsoons means fungus all over the soil in some of my pots 😅
Ooo I dont know how I would do without fungicides haha will try to do an episode soon
will done one of the best
This is really good Sean. I enjoyed this very much.
Is there another more natural way to deal with insects and pest?
Beneficial insects that feed on the pests is one, also neem oil is much more natural too. 😀
The browning in every shoot/unfurling might be because of misting, wet leaves can help the humidity but some bacteria's prefer to stay at cool and wet environment they might stay for too long and can rot those unfurling leaves. this applied different compare to wild because wild/natural habitat is more wide and spcae tallows to circulate air widely and properly. Btw I like all your videos. Goodluck I hope someday I can have plants like yous
Thank youuu
I started watching you yesterday your video on Philodendron Verrucosm was awesome. So interesting watching and listening to you and your love for these. This video is also very good and I’m only just began. Keep the videos coming please 😊👍 Do you have a Facebook page I can follow? I looked and didn’t see you. Thanks 😊
Thank youuu Im sean william salim on fb. But Im more active on instagram @bo.tan.ist
Sana all magkaroon niyan..
My wish list
I would love to see a monstera dubia video!!! Your videos are gospel to me! 🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙
Ooo Im about to cut up my dubia! Ill be sure to film it
Oh please! Mine is not loving me for some reason 😒
new shoot/leaf of my melanochrysum died before even unfurling and it's still inside its cataphyl now. I don't know if I should cut or just wait till new growth comes out... your plants are lovely, by the way. Thanks for sharing
Sometimes they need to be helped along during unfurling. Until they are used to the environment and watering habits
Thank you for not being so greedy with your Melano 💚😁
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Omg it’s so beautiful! I just got a tiny leaf cutting. When you get more juvenile plants, how many years does it take usually to get to a more mature form like your melano?
Depends on your care. In high humidity, good light, and great watering and pest control maybe 4-5 years to reach monster size
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Iya lagi mahal dulu murah sekali padahal
Watching from Phillipines
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It's so funny how I do the exact same things you do with your plants... And your 'greedy' comment always makes me laugh.. Haha 🤣 sama banget deh ma gue!
great video. where did you get the tall frosted plastic pots you put the cuttings in?
I bought it from an online marketplace. Just look for “clear plastic pot” in your search
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Rewatching this and your philodendron Gloriousum video again and again because I justo got their hybrid plant-philodendron Glorious 😂
Love this!!! I didn’t see link pop up for soil mix?
Oooo do a quick search “onlyplants potting mix” on youtube. 😀
@@onlyplants found it, thank you!! 😊
I had difficulty with propagating melano too. I think my first mistake is not enough light.