I water my hoya whenever the soil is dry. So for my hoya growing out on my outside deck, if they dry out every day, I water them every day. Hoya love water once they dry out. However I never let them get to the point of the "taco test".
You are so right to look at what your plants need in stead of following the ‘internet rules’! Your new habits sound good! If you look at where Hoyas originate from, they get rained on a lot, they are not desert plants. If the soil is dry for too long, the roots dehydrate and die back, what happens then when you water again: the old roots rot and the plant has to put its energy into making new roots in stead of leaves. If you are afraid of root rot due to overwatering, you can use less soil and more bark/perlite/etc in your soil mix, if more air reaches the roots they will be more resilient My advice would be too look at each plant individually. Some of my Hoya start growing leaves when their roots touch the edges of the pot and some only start growing when I give their roots more space, they are all so different! Another suggestion would be warmth: some grow a lot faster when its warm! Wishing you lots of spring growth 🌱🌸
I water my Hoyas as soon as the soil gets dry and inch or two down. I never let them completely dry out except my Kerri. They are growing like crazy . I am having problems trying to prop and grow my gracillas haven’t cracked that one yet. I do have my Hoyas under lights except my Kerri. I just have to spray all my Hoya for flatmites with sulfur all the time. Hoyas like to be rootbound and some have a fit being repotted. The taco test is against all my rules of growth and root rot
I enjoyed this video very much! Many thanks for sharing these beauties with us. Many of my plants are also up-potted into cleaned growers pots depending on the plant I am working with. I then use some of my clay pots as cover pots. The grower pots drain really well and the plant doesn’t dry out too quickly. I’ve done this for years without any issues. I know your Hoyas will get a big boost from being re-potted. Happy growing! 👌🪴🥰
I agree with all your tips. Idk how ppl grow Hoya in terracotta because my Hoya love to be watered despite having succulent leaves and terracotta dries out WAY too quickly and then it takes forever to grow. The only thing I’d add is that I agree with the point that Hoya take a long time to acclimate when you first get them and some Of my best performing plants are the ones that I left in their potting mix when they got to me. BUT I still 💯 prefer repotting for the exact reasons. I prefer using a mix that I know but most importantly I need to check for pests and remove the old soil incase of eggs etc. Hope you see great results from your care adjustments
We’re in a valley so very grey winters, I’ll take all the sun I can get I’ve overwatered 3 of my compactas and 2 silver khronianas to death unfortunately. The others are doing ok but I’m still figuring them out My Retusa and curisii are growing like mad, I picked up a big hanging basket of Crinkle 8 and didn’t touch it until it crashed to the floor, I decided to repot, each vine, and there were about 12-15, had a death plug, barely any roots outside of them, I definitely stressed the plant out removing all those mesh plugs but hoping she’ll do well now
I water my hoya whenever the soil is dry. So for my hoya growing out on my outside deck, if they dry out every day, I water them every day. Hoya love water once they dry out. However I never let them get to the point of the "taco test".
Me either! I hate that people think they aren't supposed to water them! My hoyas grow like crazy too!!!
I’ve learned my lesson lol
You can repot without disturbing the roots.
My Hoya compacta really took off when I gave it a grow light. I mean it visibly grew several inches.
You make such cute pots. You have imagination that’s needed to make the variety of different pots.
I never wait till my Hoyas get dry. I usually don’t let them dry out at all.
You are so right to look at what your plants need in stead of following the ‘internet rules’!
Your new habits sound good!
If you look at where Hoyas originate from, they get rained on a lot, they are not desert plants. If the soil is dry for too long, the roots dehydrate and die back, what happens then when you water again: the old roots rot and the plant has to put its energy into making new roots in stead of leaves.
If you are afraid of root rot due to overwatering, you can use less soil and more bark/perlite/etc in your soil mix, if more air reaches the roots they will be more resilient
My advice would be too look at each plant individually. Some of my Hoya start growing leaves when their roots touch the edges of the pot and some only start growing when I give their roots more space, they are all so different!
Another suggestion would be warmth: some grow a lot faster when its warm!
Wishing you lots of spring growth 🌱🌸
Thanks for the tips and kind words!!🌿
I water my Hoyas as soon as the soil gets dry and inch or two down. I never let them completely dry out except my Kerri. They are growing like crazy . I am having problems trying to prop and grow my gracillas haven’t cracked that one yet. I do have my Hoyas under lights except my Kerri. I just have to spray all my Hoya for flatmites with sulfur all the time. Hoyas like to be rootbound and some have a fit being repotted. The taco test is against all my rules of growth and root rot
Thanks!
I enjoyed this video very much! Many thanks for sharing these beauties with us. Many of my plants are also up-potted into cleaned growers pots depending on the plant I am working with. I then use some of my clay pots as cover pots. The grower pots drain really well and the plant doesn’t dry out too quickly. I’ve done this for years without any issues. I know your Hoyas will get a big boost from being re-potted. Happy growing! 👌🪴🥰
Thanks so much!
I agree that the taco test is waiting way too long to water 💧
It seemed too easy!! But now I agree!
Great video.
I bet your Hoyas are going to be loving life.
Also, I don’t trust cute packaging/branding either 😂
Haha but in this case, it’s a great product 😀
I agree with all your tips. Idk how ppl grow Hoya in terracotta because my Hoya love to be watered despite having succulent leaves and terracotta dries out WAY too quickly and then it takes forever to grow. The only thing I’d add is that I agree with the point that Hoya take a long time to acclimate when you first get them and some
Of my best performing plants are the ones that I left in their potting mix when they got to me. BUT I still 💯 prefer repotting for the exact reasons. I prefer using a mix that I know but most importantly I need to check for pests and remove the old soil incase of eggs etc. Hope you see great results from your care adjustments
Thanks for all your expertise!!
@@Fanciplants no expert. We’re learning together 🪴😊🪴
We’re in a valley so very grey winters, I’ll take all the sun I can get
I’ve overwatered 3 of my compactas and 2 silver khronianas to death unfortunately. The others are doing ok but I’m still figuring them out
My Retusa and curisii are growing like mad, I picked up a big hanging basket of Crinkle 8 and didn’t touch it until it crashed to the floor, I decided to repot, each vine, and there were about 12-15, had a death plug, barely any roots outside of them, I definitely stressed the plant out removing all those mesh plugs but hoping she’ll do well now
Nice!! Crinkle 8 is on my wish list, so beautiful!
I don’t wait till the soil is bone dry and my Hoyas seem to be ok with that.
Try using pure crop 1 as a fertilizer, your plants will take off trust me!
I’ve never heard of it. Do you use it on your houseplants?
Nice video. May I ask where you bought the cute fern mat, used during re-potting?
Of course ☺️www.plantmats.com/
@@Fanciplants Thank you!! Just ordered. Never knew that place existed!!!
Hoyas don’t really have big roots.
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