Making Crazy Plant Guy's String of Hearts for $9
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- I really wanted to make Crazy Plant Guy's string of hearts put I didn't want to pay $65 outright for a plant. Using some plant propagation techniques learned from him and other CZcamsr's I decided to try and make my own.
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“After months of research and minutes of planning” describes every impulse plant purchase I’ve ever made
Ahaha same
Literally went to Lowe’s today to just get a few new pots and saucers for my plants and ended up buying an umbrella plant, fertilizer, and stakes 😂 I couldn’t help myself.
Every time!!! ❤
Same 😭
The ending where you're calculating the costs had me in stitches. 😆
Hhhhhe yup that was funny 😂
Well, $64 is less than $65. Great success.
@@elmz and he is making the assumption that Crazy Plant Guy got HIS pots and macrame hanger for free.
This is exactly how my string of hearts project is going 💀
First plant for my tiny apartment, so I had to buy:
- the plant
- the pot
- two giant bags of gravel and soil that didn't come in a smaller size
- tools and nails to hang the macrame (I made it so free.99 except I also have a money-sucking crochet hobby the yarn came from)
...I try not to think of the expenses
@@elmzand 2 years lol
The dedication to keep track of all the video clips to stitch together this video over 2 years is crazy. I appreciate it very much.
Agreed! crazy dedication
😫😫ugh! Those last 5 seconds had me feeling personally attacked!! My “cheap” string of pearls already cost me twice the amount I refused to pay.
TWO YEARS?! Wow. Thanks for putting so much time in this Video!
“…and literal minutes of planning…” 😂😂😂
I love your content. Glad I found your channel! Question: why do my string of hearts break off if I breathe on them?
Plants hate breath. That's probably a watering based root issue, maybe pests. either way that vine is likely dying.
Are you flossing your teeth regularly enough?
@@lisascenic fair.
@@KillThisPlant sometimes I worry that if I'm not home to breathe in my room where all my plants are, they'll run out of carbon dioxide 😂 they love breath
Really enjoying your videos. I appreciate that while you're so knowledgeable, you are willing to share your mistakes, so it feels like we're all kind of learning together. I just really like your vibe. Thanks for the smiles.☺️🌱
Glad you're enjoying the videos!
SIR! Respect!!!! I finally bit the bullet and got a string of hearts yesterday, after YEARS of coveting them. Of course I came to YT for help and found Christian’s video. Very helpful. Today, searching for more help I found your video. So funny but also very educational. I don’t know if I’m that patient though 😭 I may try your method with a few cuttings and not the whole plant. I paid about $18 for a 4” pot. I have 40+ plants but somehow this one intimidates me to no end 😩 wish me luck!
Love the realization of the crafters lament (applies to planty things too I find) - why spend $65 for a plant when you can spend $100 to do it yourself! Still, you gave me excellent ideas for me and my “string of arrows”. I water prop mostly but that moss “bowl” might be my next trick to get more bang for my patience!
Wow, great work Lee. This IS fantastic.
There are no problems and this will work out perfectly- my phrase for the day 🙌🙌
And that moss drop… the anticipation… another great video 😁
Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it!
I've been trying to make my string of hearts look like his for two years, this method is way more efficient than what I've been doing lol.
the fillipino guy bought his pretty much like that lol.
I'm an old planty person that loves propagating and I've never had success with the variegated Chain-of-Hearts in the water method. I wrap mine around the surface of the pot and pin them lightly to the soil. That way, if they don't take, then I've lost nothing. Love your channel. Keep up the good work.
I've seen that technique! I think it's great.
I pinned pretty long vine and it rooted only one new vine somewhere in the middle, now I’m kinda stuck with it and no more place in the pot to pin more😅 I think I’ll cut around the one which rooted and try the moss though, just waiting for the spring :)
I had big trouble with string of hearts, I know they're supposed to be kept dry, but I had to keep them in a moist environment for a year.
Seems like the plant is sold newly propagated, and it's first now, where they have developed bulbs, that it thrives without extra care.
So it might be because it doesn't have enough root system to retain lack of moisture, before it has developed the bulbs.
Got into your channel with your more straightforward q and a videos but this style of content and humor works really well for you, looking forward to more!
Thank you!
This is some serious commitment to producing a video for this long, I think I would've lost the footage meanwhile. Anyway, it ended up looking stunning!!
Haha, had to have triple hard drives for this one. Thanks for watching.
And this right here is why I stopped trying to save money on just buying baby plants and growing them up, because for me in addition to all this he showed I have the issue of sometimes being a bad plant mommy and so there’s the added expense of killing off a couple of the cheaper baby plants before I can really get one going. There is also the most important cost - precious time. At this point I just want to enjoy having the plants I really want, and my house looking the way I want right now, not years from now. Plus I feel like when I spend a bit more I’m more motivated to take care of the plant more carefully.
This was a hilarious and fun video though and your SoH looks beautiful in the end 🤗😂
well thats what the filipino guy did. he bought his pretty big already lol.
When you began adding I was like no, buddy, don't do that 😂 but you got this awesome story about how you used basically 100 propagations and that's super impressive!🌱
Never do the math!
I wanted string of hearts soooo bad, 3-4 years ago. And I just got rid of it...I got tired, it grows like crazy. I kid you not, about a foot a month. All of my co-workers got cuttings of this plant from me. The pot was hanging all the way to the ceiling and it kept on growing. So basicaly, for me it was a space issue. I was cutting it every month or two, just to keep it at bay. So easy to propagate, I did it in water.
"Let's talk problems with this method: there are no problems and this will work out perfectly." Gold lmao
Haha love your humor. I also refuse to pay more for something I can grow myself even if it means I pay more in the log run, the knowledge and power to do it myself is priceless😄
I started mine in coconut coir with a bit of pearlite added. It never stays waterlogged and still retains enough moisture to cover the lazy days. You can also just coil the vines around inside the pot and lightly cover, with no need to take cuttings. Here in Perth Western Australia, the vines from my outdoor hanging basket reach the ground and root in the soil below. There are always plenty of ferals snaking off into the garden if I need new plants. I adjust the length of the hanging basket vines with hedge shears, which also thickens the plant up nicely.
4:06: cue Dramatic music 🎻
6:02: The feeling of hard work to achieve a goal: Priceless
These years in the making videos are the best! As a modern person living in the good year 2024 I am severely allergic to waiting, so it's nice to see everything happen in one video.
Also the editing and scripts are really clever. Please don't let that go to your head.
Anyway, I came to rewatch this video because I'm about to start my journey for one hell of a string of hearts, I hope it won't take several years :)
Love this! Your nerdy humour is just my style lol. I have an over 5-foot-long string of hearts that I can't decide what to do with. Maybe I'll take 90 cuttings and try this process out.
Also, I wondered if you might be Canadian, too! Enjoy the coming winter lol
I am and I will not enjoy it. 🥲
@@KillThisPlant I don’t think any of truly do lol. At least I’m not still in Saskatchewan for the winter!
I've been trying to keep the same tiny variegated string of hearts alive for years. Every time I think it's going well, part of it dies. (I'll admit, I'm not as meticulous with watering schedules as I should be.) You're definitely on to something with the moss. I'm going to give that a try. Thanks so much for your videos!
This is dedication and I really appreciate seeing the whole process. Hilarious and super informative video. So many CZcams plant people are giving advice on plants that seem like they just brought home from a box store and did 10 minutes of Google research. You demonstrate real experience and talk about the mistakes and victories. Love this content!!!
“Let’s talk problems with this method: there are no problems, and this will work out perfectly” 😂😂
I was given a 10 cm string of hearts about 3 years’ ago. I now have 2 big plants from that plus a healthy bag of sphagnum with a load more rooted babies. I’ve found that piling it up on itself gives a more lush plant. It is a crawler. It is not supposed to hang and drape. Plant it under other tall plants. It will create a beautiful carpet. Take cuttings and root in water to make lots of plants and have some as drapers if you want. You can propagate this endlessly. It gets bigger leaves if it is in slight,y lower light I find. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s trying to maximize photosynthesis?
First time here from Connecticut...I've tried to grow the string of pearls, dolphins, tears, bananas and hearts...killed them all😭 ...you make it look so easy....I'm going to check out more of your vids....
I really don't mess with the strings of pearls/dolphins. Very challenging plants and I don't want to give them important real estate so they can get good sunlight from the top of the plant. Usually lack of light is the issue.
THE PUNCHLINE AT THE END LOLLLLL. Such good quality videos. Brightens my day
The trick is to write the punchline first, and then spend several years making the video.
THE END HAD ME ROLLING, i love your energy and humor
I just love your videos. Your whole demeanor is great…your delivery, timing, authenticity, just great.
😌
This is such a fun presentation! You’re awesome. Thank you. Just for the record, I have zero success with soil propagation. Ok. Not zero. Minimal!
Same here! Pilea pep likes it! Pretty much nothing else.
Fantastic video! I really enjoyed the tips, the process, and the humor 😂
Thanks for watching!
The crazy plant guy is OK but you're my favorite!!✌️
I DEFINITELY SECOND THIS!!!
Honestly. I love the aesthetic of the propagation tray! I will totally get me a tray of string of hearts now!
The little sprautings in the propagation tray are so cute!
This is easily my favorite plant channel,you are the best!
Wow. Thanks!
As im sitting here looking at my lil string of hearts, this video pops up! I am shook. I am doing this right dang now and I am subscribing! Thank you Mr.Lee
Thanks for subscribing!
Love this! Especially your calculations at the end!😂
Thank you for inspiring me to do the same! My string of hearts is like 8 feet long. Today it gets cut...💚😎💚
Lmfao im so glad i ran into your page, i love hearing plant talk while i do my planty chores, your hilarious
I think it’s more fun to grow than just buy ❤
Not to include the water, housing, and time spent caring for the plant....makes you appreciate the price tags even more. I can imagine this was super fun and you definitely got a beautiful plant and loads of experience on how to care for it and keep it lush. Thanks for sharing.
Lol, I'm one of the crazies who bought a $75 variegated string of hearts. I've had it for almost 2 years and this year it bloomed like blooms were going out of style. It's nowhere near as big as yours, I'm too nervous to mess with it too much but it's going to need a bigger pot soon. I'm still pretty pleased with the purchase and my expensive plant lol. Alot easier than trying to grow an albo node, now that was a waste of $100
I'm not sure if string of hearts works the same as a string of turtles but I've been able to start plants from single nodes and even leaves, though with leaves there is a lower success rate. Moss definitely works better for rooting them than water or soil though
what I love about succulents is that they propagate so reliably, especially when they're rooted in soil instead of water. I guess it makes sense since they're so adapted to having dry roots.
I love rooting jade plants by just sticking leaves straight into a tray of soil lmao. water lightly every couple days and they take off no problem.
I don't know who Crazy Plant Guy is, neither do I know why this was recommended to me, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. Brilliant
That's great! Thanks for watching.
Greetings from South Africa. I was so excited to see this as I have the plant and did not know the name. My strings are attached to bulbs so I always assumed that this is how they are propagated. on the rare occasion that I have given away, the untangling has been such a chore that I was not quick to share.
This is really helpful: direct, clear-and fun! I started a whole batch of small Hoya Linearis cutting in moss the same way and was wondering how to get them transitioned to a pot, love the transfer demo here. Thank you!
I just found your channel I dont know why its taken CZcams so long to throw you on my feed... Better late than never.... Thankfully today is my day off so I can do nothing but binge your videos uh I mean educate myself on proper plant care 😂 thank you!!
Currently in the middle of this exact process cause I have been so in love with his string of hearts. I have a whole prop box filled with single nod cuttings.
Hopefully yours grows big and beautiful!
LMFAO Omg you shaking as you place the hearts in the terracotta is SO RELATABLE 😂
Plus the 2 years and the plant wasn't even close to the floor :))))) You're so funny! I'm glad I found your channel :D
I never hit subscribe so fast after watching a video. just brilliant.
Love it! Thanks a lot.
This was such a good video! The patience to cut it all up in deferent steps of the process. So awesome 😊
The last 30 seconds of so of this has earned you one more like and a new subscriber :D Pure gold
"There are no problems and this method will work perfectly." Love!
You went through it so we don’t have to😂. A+ for tenacity. A++ for bringing us along for the ride.😊
😂😂😂 I’m so stoked I found your channel. Love your humor and that string of hearts looks awesome!
Thanks so much!!
🤣🍃2 years in the making, all the loving and experimenting with propagation resulted in your own whopping $65 string of hearts that look fantastic! The cost could be drastically lowered on your subsequent propagation of secondary/tertiary pots, jus sayin' 🥰thanks for taking us through this amazing journey!
Got a tiny string of hearts like 2 years ago, every time it got pretty long, I just cut it in half and put it all in water to root and kept putting it with the mother plant. Now it's like the same as the one from crazy plant guy.
It hangs about 50cm away from a south east window and I water it when the top half leaves don't feel squishy anymore.
I have only repotted it once and it's in need for a new repot.
It's in a mix of normal indoor plant soil and some perlite (because I thought that was the way to go, 1,5 years ago)
That's great. Whatever's working for you! Keep it up.
Loved the music when you put it in the terracotta!
As a fellow plant addict and clearance rack junkie, I understand !! 😍😍
I started some in Spaghnum moss also, I love how you did it in saucer!!! 💚🌱🤗 lol your adding up costs is hilarious 😄😉😃 looks beautiful!!!
Where has this channel been all my life!? So glad I found it coz I have had my SOH for about a year now and its still tiny. Me thinks it needs a lil TLC with your tips
Good luck with your string of hearts!
“Let’s talk problems with this method, there are no problems and this will work out perfectly”
And competition is on. I love you both
Thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge!!
My favourite plant guy!! String of hearts prop day for me today
Ug thank you for encouraging us to use what propagation method we're most used to using. I recently got a florida ghost cutting that was BEAUTIFUL but i tried using sphagnum for the first time instead of water, and it rotted because i'm not familiar with how to maintain the moisture in sphagnum. Good lesson for propagating and also not spending much on cuttings lol
I’ve always just taken a few vines of string of hearts and thrown them on top of a pot of fresh soil, then kept it moist. It has always worked, and always resulted in extremely full pots with LONG vines. My longest pot of vibes is 9 feet long. These things are so easy to root/grow for me. I never knew some people struggled with these lol.
God the calculations at the end are such a mood
Had to smash that like for the 2 year dedication 😆
My friend gave me three really nice, long, healthy string of hearts plants. Then thrips tried to kill them and I ended up with a handful of leftover tubers. I stuck them in two tiny terracotta pots and now have one leaf each. I'm hoping if I don't overwater them, they'll be revived in the spring 😬
Hope they come back! (The plant, not the thrips)
Aw brother my heart was beating fast when you flipped that cuttings in to the Tera cotta pot
The commitment this video took!
Super funny. Thanks for a good laugh
You are the perfect plant teacher! Thank you for the suggestions and the info! You had me smiling and agreeing 100%!
Your content is everything I never knew I needed!
Thank you for your tips Lee! I don’t have much chance with soil propagation. I have chance with water, sphag and perlite, depending on the plant type
Absolutely.
When I look at a plant and see the price tag it's either for one of two reasons. The plant is an absolute ball ache to grow or you're shopping at a place that rips you off.
That said though there's two differences. 1) You buy the plant outright and you get to enjoy it. or. 2) You grow that fucker yourself and cry many times along the journey but you have a plant you grew, and I feel that adds so much more value to that specific plant and you can't buy that.
Yo I just stumbled into this video randomly. I love your sense of humour! Great video! I got all hyped and riled to try this myself now haha!
I've never laughed watching a plant video on CZcams! And I hardly comment! Amazing work, just subscribed to your channel!
Wow, thank you!
Wow! I love this channel. you are the Glasers of plants. SUBSCRIBED!
I see you are a Torontonian too, and you have your plant humidifier on now already. Seems like it was just yesterday we had to run our dehumidifiers 24/7 in TO, crazy isn't it. I have killed two sting of hearts/turtles in the past. Good Job guy! Love your videos
Thank you!
Great video. Laughed out loud at the calculation 😂😂😂😂
recently started propagating in moss and i love it!!! I harvest the moss from the forest around our cabin and it's been working really well!
The end had my cracking up 🤣🤣
this video was so good! lol gives me hope for my tiny string of hearts. started as two small strings and now I'm up to 7. i use coco coir instead of sphagnum moss because it's what i have on hand but i totally agree with the method! only way to go in my opinion!
Love your content. Too funny adding it all up at the end.
The end floored me. Thanks for the medium pep talk - needed it :)
Always such a fan of your videos! I only found your chanel recently but I am so happy with each new upload 😊 Thank you!
Thanks for subscribing!
keep inspired people bro! keep doing video and keep growing your plant! the world need people like you.
That last part got me like "12$ betta and 200$ later of tank set up this champ is living in paradise"
I don't own a SOH but this was so entertaining!! Great job, Lee!!
LOL! I have never had a String of Hearts, but may buy one next summer. I think that are a bit costly at my local Gardening Center, which is why I don't have one yet. LOL! Anyway, another great video, Lee!! I love your SOH!...... And I hope Christian @CrazyPlantGuy gets to see this video. And yeah, he would probably get some good laughs in just like I did!🤣🤣🤣
I just discovered your channel while searching for a solution for fungus gnats. I’m loving your content. 😊 I subscribed and I’m about to start a viewing binge. Best of success to you 🥂!
Thanks! Hope you enjoy.
The end 🤣🤣🤣 this is me calculating the cost of the cucumber I grew from scratch. 300$ cheep plastic greenhouse & landscape fabric. 12$ insecticidal soap, 5$ large grow bag, 8$ potting soil. Daily watering my time 13$ per hour at 60 hours 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣
He was like Now to talk about problems with this method: Jk there are no problems, this method is literally perfect in every way😂
thats abolutly how im doing it every time with nearly every plant!
buying a baby-plant and grow it by myselfe to a big one.
normally im doing this in spring or early summer but if you are using extra light, you can do it all the year around
He literally inspired me too!!! I had one plant where it came delivered damaged and only had like 4 strings. After 2 years or maybe less its been growing sooo long in the process last year I cut some and tried water propagating but that failed non of my strings survived. Last week I trimmed 5 strings and planted it directly into wet soil and it grew roots! And new leaves! But just 4 strings looks sooo sad, so I totally get you!!!