Absolute Top 20 EASIEST Plants to Look After
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- 20 of the easiest plants to look after that any neglectful beginner can be confident of keeping alive in their home.
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You should see my umbrella plant. It's huge. Doesn't care what I do either.
0:18 Chinese Evergreen aka Aglaonema
1:05 Philodendron Satin Pothos
1:36 Pothos Devil's Ivy
2:13 ZZ aka Zamioculcas Zamiifolia
2:47 Hoya
3:23 Schefflera aka Umbrella Plant
4:15 Snake Plant
4:48 Peperomia Polybotrya
5:25 Philodendron Brazil
5:57 Jade Plant
6:27 Lipstick Plant
7:03 Monstera Deliciosa
7:34 Fittonia
8:12 Peperomia Angulata
8:34 Echeveria
9:00 Pickle Plant
9:30 Ficus Elastica Tineke
10:10 Blue Moonstone aka Pachyphytum Oviferum
10:40 Peace Lily
Thank you!
Thank you
Thank you so much!!
Thank you very much!
@@midei You're welcome
Since I am a visual learner, please consider posting the name of these easy to grow plants on the screen. Although I love to hear the Queen’s English, I don’t always understand the fine nuances of the spoken words. In addition, the names of plants themselves are not all that familiar to those who want to get started growing houseplants. Thanks for your desire to inform us plant lovers.
Fair enough will do 👍
What is the plant at 2 min in please?The one after photos I did not get the name.The one with the rizoms in the soil. Thank you
@@croitor2009 That is a ZZ plant.
@@SheffieldMadePlants This! Please! You articulate well but the intonation flow throws me off. Even if it's just tabs at the bottom of the video or whatever
Relate 😆 ... I had to repeat many times to catch what sounded like "Satin Pow fows" to me hahaha. I will get my first plant today. The mighty "Satin Pothos" 😄 Great video!! 💙💙💙
Can you please add navigation to these long lists? It would be nice to be able to skip to the next one, or to the ones that look interesting to us, or to rewatch a specific plant, without having to spend twice as long trying to find the right time on the vid.
Tap under the Description a section entitled "Show Transcript". Scroll down to the name of the plant you are interested to watch again; then, tap on the video stop number. I agree that a list with the stops where to find them would have been beneficial.
As an experienced plant keeper, I still absolutely love these easy houseplants. They're so reliable and lovely
Same here!
what's the best care for the peace lily, I never have success growing it.
I got a peace lily from my granny’s funeral. I kept it in same pot for 20yrs. I never fertilized it and had it in a full sun west facing window most of its life, I live in south US. 😅 it’s flowered all this time. I just divided and repotted. Not one bug lol I never checked for pests either
Very good 👍
2 years ago, before I became a plant lady, I would have taken this video as a challenge
"Plants impossible to kill"
Pulls up sleeves "challenge accepted" 🤣🤣🤣
I'm so happy I rarely kill plants anymore, and have actually saved some from dying in grocery stores
Lovely personal growth 😁
Another wonderful video!! Thank you for steering us toward easier plants to care for. I use the "plants to avoid" list regularly and you've saved me more than once!
Thanks Jan! Glad you found it useful 😁
Hello there! Another brilliant video. I am no plant expert, but you inspire me to look after my plants better. So useful to know the one's that are hardy, strong and will put up with anything!!! 🌿🌿🌿 thank you x
Thank you 😊
Loved it. I was waiting on an updated easy house in plant video..I looked at the video on ones to avoid and your previous one on house plants for beginners...thank you for this updated version
Awesome! Thank you Kim!
I bought a Chinese Evergreen in 2008, and I still have it!!! I did move a few years ago and didn’t have the best lighting at first and it started to suffer and I thought it would die. However, to my amazement, it began to rise from the ashes when I placed it outside in the summer in the shade!!! It does get some browning on the leaves every so often from sunburn, but it is still alive!!!
Excellent. Plants like a holiday outside in the summer
Thank you
I always need an easy care plant and now I have several to choose from!!
Good luck! 😊
Thanks for sharing your gorgeous collection of plants and your expert knowledge !
Thank you Maureen 👍
jade was my first house plant and i love them! took some leaves from my moms drying/dying jade and now she is soooooo jealous of me it makes me laugh all the time
Was one of my first too. love a jade
Do THIS to get your Peace Lily to flower again 👉 czcams.com/video/kPotKe2wSaQ/video.html
I have some of those plants and they are stunning. I’ve let some grow big and they are stunning for the office and at home. And the cuttings make nice gifts for people.
Perfect 👍
I love jade plants along with all these easy care plants. Truth be told all plants can be easy if you do your research on where there from and their environment conditions, then reproducing those conditions as close as you can. This was a great video. Thanks. 👍
Thank you 😊
Excellent information, Sir Richard! Thank you!🌴
Thanks Golden!
I had a ficus plant--a big one--in storage for almost three years. Just a standard elastica. Fully dark shipping container. (Life kicked our asses.) Eventually opened the container expecting it to be dead.
The dude's leaves were pure white, soil obviously totally dry. We got it home, watered it and it grew back completely. Insanely hard to kill. It only eventually died when a litter of stray kittens used the pot as, well, litter... and we didn't realize until it was too late. They're incredibly resilient, though.
Pilea mollis "Moon Valley" is also another one that's really striking/pretty but super, super easy to keep alive and propagate. They also flower constantly even indoors, although the flowers are more an enhancement than a defining feature.
That’s wild!
That poor ficus must have thought it was cursed. 🥲
😲
I water my snake plant once a week with relatively little water and it’s happy.. it blooms with beautiful intense smell in the evening.. 😊
That is awesome!
I love Jade plants and Hoyas. Two of my favorites!
Enjoy your videos! Learned a lot about different plants!
Thank you 😊
snake plant was the first plant i’ve ever got, i cut a new tiny sprout from an old large plant without even knowing what i was doing, and it has grown into a tall gorgeous plant without much input from me. i water it like once every two or three months and it still gives me new growths! i got so infatuated with it that i recently got a zz plant and a ficus elactica and now i’m a beginner plant parent 😊
Good to see you’re in the journey 😁
I agree about the Aglaonema even the red ones are easy to care for.
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I’ve killed two red aglaonema despite having lots of thriving plants. I don’t know what the problem was but I swore off them for good
I do love a jade plant 🪴 thanks for your excellent video Mr Sheffield.
You are very welcome
Great video I learned a whole bunch of new easy to care for plants
Great to hear! Thanks
One thing I would have liked to know before buying plants (and I am sure you mention in other videos): Some of these plants such as ZZ and snake plant are super slow growing! Like you can get a cutting of a pothos or monstera and watch it grow, but with a ZZ or a snake plant you got to basically buy it the size you want it (i expect my cute little snake plant will have the length of my hands in like five years or so.
Yep those plants sure are slow
Sanseveria isn't that slow
I managed to kill my ficus elastica in my new place. I didn't realize there was a huge draft in a certain area of my house and the clay pot was really cold too. I think the cold shocked it during a recent cold snap. I cut it back but I think it's done for. T_T dang these drafty windowsss
Oh no sounds like a nightmare
I have a Raven zz that refuses to grow but it's still alive and cute 🤷🏼♀️ I want one of those new chameleon zz plants though... I never learn ha! Also love Aglaonemas they are super chill.
Ooo I'd like a raven, they look lovely
Fittonia's have such a bad rep but they are truly one of my favorite plants! Super easy to grow and I'm happy to see it on this list!🌱
I totally agree!
Have owned half of these and killed them. idk how but I kill easy plants but can keep my calatheas happy. i think there is a clitch
Jades were my first experience thanks to the monster jade my mom had. I made many large plants from it from her pruning. I just gave mine a hard pruning, lots of babies to follow.
Love propagating a Jade!
You called out the peace lily for being too fussy in literally the last video that i watched lol
I love jade plants! And your videos.
Yay! Thank you!
Great content, I really like that you are sharing love for all the plants. CZcams is bit overloaded with those "rare" once 😉
Thanks Ivana 😁
Very informative! It would be really beneficial for us if you add names of plants along with their descriptions. Thanks 🙏
Another great video, thank you 😊
Thanks Kathy
Im a new plant parent, and I have dramaqueens like calathea makoyana and the fiddle leaf fig, and those are getting humidifyer and rainwater and they are acually doing great, HOWEVER my umbrella tree is loosing leaves left and right, and that was supposto be the easiest plant! I might have potted her in too big of a pot, but we will see, she still looks good
Informative video about indoor plants - Thanks
Most welcome
I am big fan,enjoying,great videos thanks
Awesome, thank you!
If you constantly forget to water your plants: get a cactus
Great work
Thanks 😊
Thanks for your tips. I had all your plants. I loss some of them. I wish I found you before I lost them.😅
My pleasure 😊
I’ve killed several scheffleras. Le sigh.
And jade. Oh lawd and dozens of echeverias 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤪 and moonstones…but my peace Lily has flowered since bringing it home, repotting and relocating it. It took 5-6 weeks but once calm she popped a new one. Yes just one. lol
Every one is precious
Love this channel!
Thank you 😊
Nice video, I always thought that the more beautiful the plant the more effort to take care of it. For my next purchase I will definitely select one of these. The aglaonema is absolutely stunning with its cartoonish leaves :)
Currently I am trying not to kill my Calathea orbifolia which is my absolut favorite due to her silver stripes and round edges. She is doing good currently, I even bought your advertised device to measure If the soil is moist or dry. Anyway, since she is in my living room and humidity is not perfect, I will never reach a brownless orbifolia so I will accept and love some of the brown edges.
Thank you Elena. Definitely recommend the Aglaonema! Probably a good thing to accept that Calatheas go brown 😁
I love Chinese Evergreens/Aglaonemas but sadly despite my best efforts, I've not been able to keep them alive. I'm on my fourth plant right now and it too is gradually dying. 😢 My only consolation at this point is my Snake plants.
My easiest plants are Dracaena Lemon Lime. They are happy in anything from low light to direct sunlight, don't mind being moved around the house a lot, don't mind the draft of being in front of an open window even in freezing winter weather. Just don't let them go without water longer than 3-4 weeks and all is well 😊
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I discovered this plant about 3-4 years ago while browsing the plants at Lowe's, and I love it so much! Admittedly, mine is really rough looking because at some point during its youth, it became infested with ghost ants and in horror, I put it outside. It was raining that day, but the following day was bright Florida sunshine and almost all its leaves got burnt. 😭
Since then, though, it's been growing like crazy! I kind of liked it when it was brighter green and bushy, but I'm thinking about chopping it at some point and seeing if I can get the main stem to branch out. I just...feel bad cutting it. 😅😂
Great Video.
Thank you 😊
Brilliant thank you 😁👍
My pleasure 😊
Thank you for all the suggestions. I have killed 3 or 4 Jade plants before I gave up on them. I can grow African Violets but I don't seem to have any luck with anything else. The house we're in now is fairly dark (though it seemed so much brighter than the apartment we had) and the violets are under grow lights.
Sorry to hear that. Do you know what happens to them?
@@SheffieldMadePlants The last one shriveled up. I put it in the sunniest window we had and was careful to water it a lot less than the violets. I do have a Haworthia that has managed to live and even grow a bit. I water it about once a month and apologize to it while I'm taking care of the violets. "Sorry, no water for you 'til next week."
@@ke6ucr 😂
i agreed with the list, except for Fittonia, they hate me and always shrivel up 😕
Succulents and Fittonias are awesome because they come in with so many variants and form so many combinations also the Snake plant, the Jade plant and the Philodendron Brasil are great to observe growing. I recommend Begonias to anyone who likes blossoming plants, very nice looking and there are known around 2000 kinds of it.
I like a Begonia too. Find they look grim during winter though
@@SheffieldMadePlants some say it even purifies the air when taken proper care of. And by the way the thing causing most of the plant problems is totally the overwatering problem, all the insights that were mentioned in your videos were tested and are a 100% re-confirmed by me. it's really not easy to pick up on how much attention a certain plant needs. Nice videos. Cheers.
Hi! I'm always happy to learn of new easy plants. I love plants and I have a few more easy plants I can list:
-African violets. Half a glass of water per week is all they need. I used to have like 15 of them and they were so happy that once I moved and forgot about them, one of them survived over 3 months without water.
-Kalanchoe. They're even easier than african violets. A bit of water once in a while, and they easily rebloom.
-Pineapples. They're super easy and forgiving.
-Cyclamens. A bit more fussy, but inside they like the same treatment as African violets, and they absolutely explode if put outside in the summer. They do drop a lot of pollen when shaken though.
Great thank you. Do you think getting your Kalanchoe to flower again difficult?
@@SheffieldMadePlants not at all! I bought a kalanchoe last year, I liked its flowers and it had weird leaves resembling one I had that got stolen but had thrived. I neglected it, it turned half yellow, but I clipped the yellow leaves off and gave it a bit more care, though not much. And recently I noticed it had flower buds again. I water it maybe every 2-3 weeks, I'm very bad at it, but it's getting bigger and flowering again despite the neglect
I just got a cyclamen, they're gorgeous. I'm a bit nervous because my previous plant is giving up on life and I'm not sure why. I don't want this one to die too lol
@@PoloWolf47 back then I was using a turkey baster to water my plants. In a 6in diameter pot, I was giving them (cyclamen and saintpaulia) about half a tall glass of water each per week. They were near a window that received only the setting sun, so about 1-2h of sun each day. Cyclamen do well with 3-4h of sun, too. When I planted it outside, it was on the rising sun side of the building, had the shadow of a tree for part of the day and then covered in the building's shadow at about 3-4 pm. It exploded in size and flowers. Just don't forget to water it, it's more sensitive than saintpaulia (african violets). Yellow leaves tell you something is amiss.
@@dantestrider3578 thanks :)
This will definitely be helpful for a beginner like me. One request, could you do a video on Pet Safe plants? My cat tries to eat any plant within reach... Thanks!
Yes I’ll probably cover this in a future video
With my plants, I use a liquid fertilizer diluted to half the recommended strength in a constant feed program. I mix the solution 48 hours before using it. This lets the water get to room temperature and gives the chlorine (city water) time to evaporate out. I make 5 gallons at a time and use this every time I water. Watering from the top works better in this instance because you have less chance of getting salt buildup in the soil. If you constantly water & fertilize from the bottom, you should flush out the pot from the top a couple times a year.
Sound tips 👍
Next month I will get a gift card from work and I can not WAIT to buy new houseplants with it heheheh.
This list will make it easier for me haha!
Glad I could help 😁
I sure like your attitude! Hope the plant splurge went well 🌼😉
Cast Iron Plant should be on this list..Aspidistra Elatior....it's beautiful
Yay! Thanks for this video. I was wondering whether or not to get a ZZ Plant, now I definitely will! Also my first 2 plants were peperomia obtusifolia and they didn't make it... (I have 7 different types of plants now and they're doing great though, several months in!)
*edit*
I think *now* I could handle the peperomia obtusifolia though lol
Thanks! I think you can - I've not had bother with mine. Just don't give it much water 😁
I have a ZZ plant I bought about 2 years ago as a very small one. It has been growing steadily and will probably need to be repotted and broken up next spring.
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection I have a question how do I keep my succulent growing inside the house the same to be dying need your help thank you for sharing amazing videos
Check this out 👉10 Secrets to Having Happy Succulents
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I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot. I jotted down your list of suggestions as you discussed them, but maybe next time add the name of each plant at the bottom of the screen (CC doesn't always get each word). Thanks, Sheffieldmadeplants!
Great suggestion!
See the section entitled "Show Transcript:
fittonia (pink one) was one of the most difficult plants i ever had, she needed humidity constantly
For a plant called "ugly"-onema I gotta admit it looks pretty good.
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Do you have any tips for keeping ficus trees healthy? I have one that is about 25 yrs old, and after neglecting it for a few years, I decided to care for it much better! It is a bit scraggly in the center, and I would like to know how to best prune it, and any other tips you might have. I just found your channel a few weeks ago, and absolutely love it! Thanks so much, I am already changing some of what I do with my plants to better care for them!
Ficus are very robust to pruning. You can hack it back quite a bit and new stems will appear. Just cut above a leaf node on a stem. Other than that they love bright light and not wet soil
I love Jade and it's all thanks to you
Thanks 😊
@@SheffieldMadePlants You are most welcome and thank you! I just sent my wife the overwatering video, she's pretty bad about that! My mother was too, she killed my father's peyote buttons with too much water. Wasn't a druggie, just loved the unique beauty of that succulent. Shame they have to be illegal but I sort of get it.
My very favorite is the Chinese Evergreen, in particular, the Tigress and Tivoli. I have several varieties in my collection and love them all. Off topic but today my new to me, Stromanthe Triostar arrived. I've always wanted one but am scared to death of them. lol Please say a prayer for it, that I won't kill it.
You’ve got this 👊
Can confirm that jade plants are super easy. It was my first (of many!) succulent, and it essentially just sits and vibes all year. It did get a little yellowed when I accidentally overwatered it for a few months, but quickly recovered. I've propgated it dozens of times, largely against my will- it'll drop its arms whenever it decides it's time, lmao!
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I hope to get some 😃
I have or have had a few of the plants on your list but, unlike you, I have managed to kill off some of the varieties that you say are easy for beginners. Based on what you're saying I suspect I was overdoing it when I should have just left them alone. In my first experiences owning jade plants, I killed them by overwatering. They turned black & mushy & the ones I tried to propagate always failed. I did not give up. For years now I have been very successful with jade plants. I bought a fairly small one & now I have a lot. I love them. As you said, they're easy to propagate & often propagate themselves when a leaf breaks off and falls into the soil. I find they grow very quickly.
I'm always sad when my plants die but I never regret having bought them because even when they don't make it they usually last longer than if I had gotten fresh flowers. I also tend to buy small to medium plants. I only get big plants at warehouse stores, Costco, Sam's, because they're not as expensive.
I recently discovered your videos & have loved them all, all the ones I've seen so far - many more to go. They're entertaining on their own but also very informative. I've been at this for a while & may have more plants, though fewer varieties than you, but I'm still learning a lot. Thanks so much!
Thank you 😊. Liked the bit about plants lasting longer than flowers even if they do end up dying 👍
I would definitely add Draceana fragrans in this list. Sych a beautiful plant, with little care. Diffenbachias are extremely easy as well (if you give them LOTS of light). Ctenanthe burle marxii is lovely and easy compared to calatheas. I love philodendrons, but they are such thrip magnets, that it gets ridiculous.
I’ve found the opposite to be true of dieffenbachias. Seem happier further away from the window 🤷🏻♂️
@@SheffieldMadePlants Mine yellowed quite a lot until I got it under a good grow light. Super easy otherwise!
I love my Dieffenbachia, but be sure to warn new owners not to handle them without gloves :D Saw the hands of someone who got sap on his fingers, looked like tenderized meat.
out of these 20 plants alone so far i managed to kill an aglaonema, a schefflera, a pepperomia, and a fittonia, all of them without any recognizable reason...🥴 Some of the easiest and most beautiful housplants in my opinion are pothos and philodendron and syngoniums! 🤩
Some philodendron can be picky like the birkin and new red
Beautiful plants and thank you for the informations😊😊
Thanks for visiting
Great video 👌🍃🤍
Thanks 👍
How do I water & care for the remaining stump? The topsoil is dry but the rest of the soil is very moist.
Only a sempervivum is unkillable in my dark, cold house where I either forget to water or forget I’ve already watered and water it again just in case I forgot like I usually do. However, if one of these plants is brave enough to come home with me, I’m prepared to try again.
Very good 👍
I would dispute about the rubber plant with variegations as those ones require more sunlight due to the colour of their leaves . I’ve just bought mine and you should see how it stretches its leaves up towards the window or any sun rays. Thus, better to keep them facing bright light.
True they need brighter light but still more forgiving than most variegated plants
I've actually killed one of my ZZ plants. I'm in Victoria Australia and I don't get alot of sun in my home. I bought another one and replanted both. Made a nice light soil mix with perlite, horticultural charcoal and boring dirt. I've had problems knowing WHEN to water. Suggestions please?
This might help
I Watered My ZZ Plant 10 Months Ago. This Happened
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I put the cinnamon in the pot on top like you suggested for mold gnats and the cinnamon created MORE mold than was there to begin with. Now there's fuzzy mold in all my plants and more gnats. So maybe cinnamon is not good to use in all climates. I'm in Texas and it's hot and humid here. We're at 82F today, for example. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks for the videos.
Did the cinnamon create mold, or did the cinnamon not cure/treat it properly and the disease progressed in its natural fashion?
@@Crucisphinx it molded
@@rainncorbin8291 cinnamon molded to me as well. Dilute some hydrogen peroxide in water and spray directly on the soil. It should kill the mold. In my case, mold is created by pellet-type slow release fertilizers. For fungus gnats, the only thing that worked for me was watering with Mosquito bits.
I've killed so many plants, but still haven't found a lot of really bulletproof ones. However, if you like the idea of vines growing on the walls and ceilings, forget about pothos; All the leaves will fall off of any low light areas, plus they don't cling very readily. I find that the creeping fig vine Ficus Pumula does a much better job, and you can grow it in low nutrient soil as well as water. It's practically unkillable. I've got it growing up multiple cabinets and running across the ceiling in fairly dark spots without loosing most of its leaves, though it does loose some. Humidity doesn't seem to be an issue either. The only real downside is, it's not terribly colorful or unique, either with leaves or flowers. There's a variegated one, but I haven't tried it.
I’ll check it out thanks
Thank you
You're welcome
2:10 Zamioculcas: I never knew there was a plant more difficult to kill than a snake plant. 4:20 I recently discovered that Ikea in my area has like 4 different varieties of snake plant. I love them all and you can't plants much cheaper than Ikea. 7:30 I didnt' know the proper name of this, only heard it called "nerve plant". I have litearlly forgotten to water until all the stems were handing straight down over the edge of the pot. Gave it a good soak and let it drain, the next hour I could see it perking up. The next day it was as good as new.
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I did not expect to see fittonia on this list. Weeks without watering? Mine would faint and die. I'm also currently freaking out in the middle of a severe cold snap because the air is dry af and this thing already has crispy leaves. I adore her beautiful pink coloring but my LORD, if I could go back in time, I'd tell my past self to put. the plant. DOWN.
(We've had to keep the faucets trickling hot water all day, so I put her in the sink and draped clingfilm over the top. I figure it's probably the happiest she's ever been, but now her leaves are soggy and I am worrying way too much about this plant. rofl)
They struggle a bit through winter but always bounce back in spring
You are lucky. My experience with fittonia is brown crispy leaves if I water it a day too late.
Weird!
Chinese evergreen, snake plant, zz, jade, monstera, ficus elastica: definitely yes. I love hoyas, but the hoyas I have had attract pests. A plant not mentioned which has been very successful in my house: cebu blue (related to standard pothos)
Don’t think I’ve had that before
Please if I could have the name of the first plant? It's the green leaf, with a bit of white and pink? Chinese?? Thank you. Love how you show how much light and which direction, super helpful ❣️
Thanks 👍 That’s a Chinese evergreen.
My experience with the Fittonia, nerve plant, has been opposite from yourself. I've killed at least 2 of them without figuring out what I did wrong.
I purchased a little one on impulse in Aldi. It likes watering like clockwork every week or t massively wilts on me. Were yours the same?
The only one of mine that's doing well is one I put in a terrarium, I've had I think six others and none of them have done well at all, within a week of the one going in the terrarium it did so much better. I'm now on the lookout for a larger terrarium to put more in. They've been the only plants that I've ever struggled this much to keep alive.
It's true they like a good drink
I kill fittonia regularly unless they are in my terrariums. They are so fussy.
Do very well with string wateringlike when they come fromCosta
Another Self-Watering tip: Wicking from below - easiest with small potted plants.
Place either a string or a strip of cut hosiery inside the potted soil, near center of plant, at least from the root level down to trail out of the bottom of the pot several inches (instead of to a pitcher from above, as in your photo). This will wick up water from a container below. The container of water below needs a lid with a hole through which the wick enters and rests in water inside the container. (Plastic tubs with lids, with a hole cut in lid, can be used. If the potted plant is too heavy, a sturdier water container must be used or the side-wicking you show, extending from above, of course, works. Thanks!) The potted plant sits on the lid, usually with the hole hidden by the width of the pot. Watering is done by simply ensuring the container does not go dry - is replenished with water.
If the container is allowed to go dry & the wick dries, all exposed parts of the wick should be dampened then replaced in water in the container. Then restart the wicking process.*
*To start the wicking process, initially or upon a dry wick, water once from the top of the soil to ensure the wick gets wet from top to bottom. From there, the plant will extract as much water as it needs from the reservoir.
This wicking is especially helpful for plants like African Violets, whose roots can be crushed by weighted/wet soil.
Like it, thanks very much
I didn't get it. Can you show it?
I’m sorry, I don’t have a photo. If you imagine the string or a piece of hosiery (cut a stocking 1/4 -1/2 inch wide & just long enough to trail from inside the pot at the roots level to a few inches below the pot… Imagine that strip or string as if it’s an extra long root.
It acts like a root once the length is wetted once & has access to a container of water below the potted plant. It pulls up water like a person sucking on a straw. Though it’s gradual.
That wick trails out of the bottom of the potted plant and into a container that holds water. The lid on the water container needs a hole in it, about a half inch, to let the bottom of the wick drop into the water, where it stays.
Every once in a while the whole pot and wick need to be lifted off for the water container to be refilled.
Does this help?
When this is created, you don’t see the wick (except when the water is refilled). Usually all one sees is a potted plant sitting on a lidded container (the container holds water). (This works great for African Violets - which are usually in small pots. For small pots, one can create a water container by using an empty plastic tub with a lid - then cutting a small hole in the lid for the wick to enter.)
An approximation can be found on (CZcams) Ehowgarden, “Homemade plant wicks”. Though that example places a spongy support in an open base with water. My suggestion is to make a lidded container for the water, with a hole in the lid for the wick to enter, and the pot sits on the lid of a closed container.
I hope this helps
So... what you're telling me is if I see them in the discount bin grab them up fast! 😅
Go for it 😁
I've not had many of these plants yet, but there are some that show me as a black thumb! I have not been able to keep an Echeveria, or most succulents (except jade, aloe, & sempervivums! So far!!), a Philodendron Brasil, or a Peace Lily alive to save my life!
I'm surprised with the brasil. What's up with it?
@@SheffieldMadePlants IDK!! Well, maybe I do, too. I think I've only had cuttings, & it seems I don't do well w/ cuttings. Or 2" plants either! I've decided to buy 4" pots when I can instead of wasting money on the others
Can you please stop making lists of plants I've killed? 😂
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Me over here thinking about my dead tineke, zz, and snake plant 😬 I couldn't leave them alone!
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I've killed sever Chinese evergreens. But can keep a Boston fern going strong.
I dunno, I like to think I can kill just about anything if I put my mind to it. 😀
Mostly great suggestions though, as long as they don't get stuck in too dark a place. (Especially the jades, and the Monsteras, which tend to revert to small entire heart shaped leaves if they get insufficient light.)
The only ones I'd question is the Echeveria and Pachyphytum...but mostly because of my location, where giving them enough light through the winter is well nigh impossible. In low light, they very quickly become etiolated and ugly.
Yes you’re right about the Echeveria. They do get leggy without lots of light
Umbrella plant is the Ed Stafford of plants...it can survive just about any condition.
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Raced to the description for the plant names 🌱 😢 nothing
Hello what about the ponytail palm?
Not sure. I’ve not owned one yet
Your house entrance would look better with matching Terra Cotta pot.
Outside do you mean?
No ! inside the front door , that next to Umbrella tree @@SheffieldMadePlants
Thank you for the video, text would be handy though, I have no idea what you called the 3rd plant
Zamioculcas
Will do next time. Was that the pothos devils ivy?
Nice
Is the philo satin pothos really a scindapsus?
Could be