Okay; the aloe has me stunned, that’s awesome. I love my succs too much to try a water culture with one yet… but I certainly have PLENTY to prop and eventually try in the not so too far future!
🙂 If they're doing well, no need to sacrifice anything. Mine always would eventually give me problems in soil, so I really needed a solution. I say, if it aint broke, don't fix it. 🙂 So glad you're successful!!! Thanks so much for your message.
It’s super easy, you just have to remember that roots need oxygen, so changing the water regularly is a must - I have a couple of bubblers in my favourite plants just to make sure they’re good. Also measure your PH if you can, I think between 5.5 and 6.5 is optimal for nutrient uptake
I've got a lot more water culture plants now thanks to your channel. I love that I can see when I need to add water and it's way before there's no water and the plant dries out which is what happens in soil and yarn for me. Simple plants I can't grow in soil to save my life include wandering dude and spider plant believe it or not - they always die from either over or under watering. But in water culture with at least some of the roots exposed above water line they are doing fantastic. Your plants are looking lovely. Happy New Year!
I completely relate to that. The “easy” plants always gave me a problem at some point. It takes a lot of the guess work out of growing plants. So happy you’re having the same successes I am. It makes growing plants so enjoyable!!! 😃
Hi Paul! I love your videos, and have already found plenty of solutions to some of the questions and teething problems I have experienced, switching to water culture. What I struggle to find information on, is the level at which the plants should be kept in the water. (How much root or should be submerged in the water?) I am looking forward to your future videos! Keep it up 😃👍
Yay!!! Thank you so much. From my experience, if you change the water more often, you can submerge all the roots. If you’re not changing out the water, I’d leave a little bit of root exposed to air to help with oxygen absorption. But each plant could potentially react differently. Basically, clean water is the key, from what I’ve experienced. 😃😃😃. Keep me posted!!! 🌱
Thank you so much! I’ve handled the nutrients in two ways. Half strength added once a month or more diluted - 1/4 strength added to each watering/flushing out of the old water. I use two different types, but mostly the orchid fertilizer - there’s a link in the video description. 😃👍🏼
Hi! I'm new to hydroculture, and was wandering, how do you know what plant food to put in the water? There's just so many options.. Hummus? Mineral? A mix of both? Do you need different ones for succulents and for tropicals? how much to put in? Do you need to exchange the water entierly every week? If so, do you put the fertilizer in every time? Soo many questions, but the showcase of different plant genera growing just in water realy encourages me :), so thanks for the video! (Sorry for my spelling, im not a native english speaker :P) PS. Have you thout about puttin some background music in your vids? I think it would make them even better! :D
Hello there. I used to have music but some people hated it and were very vocal about it lol. Any hydroponic fertilizer could work - I use orchid fertilizer for flowering plants in hydro and Maxigro for foliage plants. I use it at 1/4 strength or so but I feed at almost ever watering. I usually flush completely about once a month and that seems to work. Of course sometimes they go longer when life takes over but it’s a general rule. Tysm for watching. 😃😃😃
@@juliasojda7834 hello there. Yup, I recently started adding some music. I like it better too. 😃😃😃. As far as nutrients, there are some great hydroponic nutrients available. I have two that I use, both are in the link in the video description. One is Maxigro, the other is Bettergro orchid. Anything with micro and macro nutrients works great for water culture. I always dilute the feed either by 1/2 or 1/4. But that’s just me and what I do. You can add diluted feed with every watering or just once a month and top off with water in between. I always like to keep the water clean, so I flush out the vessels around once a month or so, just to keep the water clean, remove any algae and flush out any salts that remain from the fertilizers. Some plants don’t even need much food. I’ve gone many months without adding nutrients, but I don’ recommend that. 😃. Hopefully this helps a little. Thanks so much for watching! 😃😃😃😃😃🪴
I love it. I would love to know the rate in PPMs that you typically feed at! Especially these grown strictly in water. I plan on growing a bunch more in water just because it's fun, also, I have failed with every Philodendron I've tried this past couple years. Something's gotta change. 🙂 I feed my plants at every watering now and recently I tend to really stick with whatever the package recommendation is regarding how much feed to add, yet! I still suspect most of my plants are underfed! Do you have a TDS meter? Can you let me know how much feed you're giving? Your collection is always thriving, even the Begonias which die on me in soil, in water, in leca, in pon.....you see my problem, lols. Thanks Paul!
Wow. Thank you so much!!!! I’ll check the PPM and get back to you. I do use very diluted feed. Probably around 1/4 strength. I prefer to under feed but feed more frequently. Keeping the water clean and bright light have both made a difference. I agree - water culture is fun, plus you can go on vacation and not worry so much. Ur the best. Thanks for ur comment. 😃😃😃
Ok the PPM at a new feed is very diluted, between 100-200 ppm. But until the reservoir is flushed, the ppm in the res can get up to around 500. I prefer to keep it low unless I see deficiencies or slow growth. But they seem to thrive under these conditions pretty well. 😃
@@paultheplantparent2702 ok this is so interesting! I am really hoping water growing will get my plants thriving as we are newly moved here to the desert, I figured, what better way to keep them going in this arid place.
@@paultheplantparent2702 thanks for this, Paul! I have tried to keep ppm in the low range, between 150 to 400, and I put this question to Caitlyn Louise (she grows mainly in water) and she was feeding at levels around 900 to 1000, is what I remember, which I had always thought would give them fert burn. I might start experimenting with different levels and labeling them and aiming at consistency, just watch them for 6 months or so, this coming spring and summer. It should be a fun test. I really enjoy your growing, but never tried your yarn trick yet 🙂
@@jaimejofreeman3544 hello. There are two that I’ve had success with. Both are in the link in the description. Bettergro orchid and Maxigro. I stay on the light side. About 1/4 a 1/2 strength the recommended dosage to start. This way you can add to each time you refresh the water. 😃👍🏼
How long did it take for the philodendron to grow water roots? I'm trying to transition mine from soil to water and the in scared of it dying cause the soil roots are falling off 😭
Some plants grow water roots pretty quickly. Probably depends on a few factors - species, state/health of the plant, time of year….but warmth and bright, indirect light can help speed it up. 😃
It’s amazing that you posted a comment on this. I recently transferred some Calathea to water and purchased some that were water cultured already. So far I have varieties of Ctenanthe, Calathea and Maranta in water culture. To transfer, I just removed every bit of soil from the roots and tubers and then changed the water daily for a few days. They’re doing great and love the humidity. I’m going to do a video on them soon as well. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hey, love your video. It gave me the want to try it again. I propagated begonia rex in water before, and often they died after repotting into soil, in fact I'm not at all doing well with rex begonias since I moved to this flat 2 years ago. Philodendron, Scindapsus, Monstera and Pothos are super easy to propagate in water and as I have no issues growing them in soil, I keep them in soil, also the soil will weigh the plant down so it wont topple over from above the kitchen tops lol But now that I see this video, I'm going to keep my last Monstera in water just to see how it goes. How do deal with the huge mass of roots they can grow? regular pruning? specifically Monstera. Also what fertilizer do you use? I have lots of multipurpose liquid plant food. I'm not sure I understand the term "nutrient rich" in this specific context and where to obtain it. Thx again for posting. 😊😊👍👍
Hey there. 🙂 You have some options if your roots are getting out of control. I've trimmed the roots to keep them in control, but you could also increase the size of the vase/container as it grows. Pruning might be the best option though. As far as nutrients, any hydroponic nutrient with a good Nitrogen level would work. I use orchid fertilizer for most of my plants these days, since it has micro as well as macro nutrients. Regular soil fertilizers can easily burn roots in water culture. Let me know how it goes - I'm excited to hear how things progress. 🙂
@@paultheplantparent2702 Oh my friend... it'll be a while for me, and since I'm not a whizz with filming and posting... its going to be difficult to documenting lol This is a bit of an addiction for me, I already have well over 400 houseplants in a one bed room flat, I'm constantly propagating and giving plants away, and occasionally buying a few more. yesterday I was walking around with 2 new plants, finding a spot... after well over an hour I managed to re-arrange a few areas and squeezed the new arrivals in. If I start growing in water... its going to be the nightmare of my nightmare lol btw, I'm growing a Pothos marble queen of the corner of a little aquarium, I always trim the roots back to not allow them to grow into the soil, it is a bit like a mangrove to look at and in about 1 year it grew 3.5fett roughly. So trimming roots on vigorous plants does work. It's no different than trimming the roots of bonsai and putting them back into the same pot with fresh soil around... if you get my comparison.
Hello. I’ve never had mosquito issues. But you can use Mosquito Bits to condition the water to help with that and with fungus gnats, if you have those as well. There’s a link in the description of the video with this product. 😃🚫🦟
Just found you today!! Do you use tap water or distilled water?! I grow many plants in water but need to start adding nutrients. Thx for your video! Shared already!
@@LiftedPRinc no problem. 😃😃😃. I dilute the fertilizer even more sometimes. But yes it’s like a powder. Never worry for asking questions. 😃👍🏼. I ask a lot of questions sometimes too. Thank you so much for watching. 🌱🎊😃
Hi. I recently purchased a baby calathea orbifolia in a small water bowl/vase at Lowe’s. Do you know if it can get big? Keeping it in water? I’ve googled it and only see them large in soil?
Hey there. Yeah, they caught on and they’re selling Calathea and Ctenanthe in water now lol. They can grow big, just keep the water clean and fertilized. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Have you tried growing caladium in water culture? I got one this weekend, and yesterday when I took it out of the dirt i noticed they have bulbs. Not sure if i should cover the bulbs in water as well or just have the roots touching the water. Any suggestions?
If the bulbs have any organic material on them, there’s potential for rot. But keeping the water clean, you may be able to half-submerge the bulb and grow them successfully that way. I have t tried Caladium yet but could be a fun project.
@@paultheplantparent2702 Some of the bulbs have separated, so maybe i'll try some with half of the bulb in water, and maybe the rest of the bulbs only have the roots in water. When i was growing tulips in water, only roots were touching the water. Maybe it will be the same case. 🤔
@@madelaine3209 I guess it depends. A proper hydroponic setup would promote better growth than even soil too, but yeah, plain water culture, they don’t get out of control. 😃👍🏼🌿
Okay; the aloe has me stunned, that’s awesome. I love my succs too much to try a water culture with one yet… but I certainly have PLENTY to prop and eventually try in the not so too far future!
🙂 If they're doing well, no need to sacrifice anything. Mine always would eventually give me problems in soil, so I really needed a solution. I say, if it aint broke, don't fix it. 🙂 So glad you're successful!!! Thanks so much for your message.
Yay!!!! So happy to have found you. I have desire to put my plants in water! Now I can do it with some guidance !
Hoorraaaayyyy. Welcome!!! Lots of fun experiments here. So glad you’re here too!!! 😃🎊
Woot Woot! I'm ready!!
It’s super easy, you just have to remember that roots need oxygen, so changing the water regularly is a must - I have a couple of bubblers in my favourite plants just to make sure they’re good. Also measure your PH if you can, I think between 5.5 and 6.5 is optimal for nutrient uptake
I've got a lot more water culture plants now thanks to your channel. I love that I can see when I need to add water and it's way before there's no water and the plant dries out which is what happens in soil and yarn for me. Simple plants I can't grow in soil to save my life include wandering dude and spider plant believe it or not - they always die from either over or under watering. But in water culture with at least some of the roots exposed above water line they are doing fantastic. Your plants are looking lovely. Happy New Year!
I completely relate to that. The “easy” plants always gave me a problem at some point. It takes a lot of the guess work out of growing plants. So happy you’re having the same successes I am. It makes growing plants so enjoyable!!! 😃
Paul the plant parent, all your children are very happy, and growing up so well and healthy, and they are well 'nurtured '' one happy family😂
Yay!!! All of them are doing well. I feel like love really can cross species. 😃🌱
could you do an update on the watergrown plants?? i would love to see the growth 😍😍
Hello. Let me see what I haven’t sold off. The turnover rate for some of these plants can be quick, but I’ll see what I can pull together. 😃👍🏼
Hi Paul! I love your videos, and have already found plenty of solutions to some of the questions and teething problems I have experienced, switching to water culture. What I struggle to find information on, is the level at which the plants should be kept in the water. (How much root or should be submerged in the water?)
I am looking forward to your future videos! Keep it up 😃👍
Yay!!! Thank you so much. From my experience, if you change the water more often, you can submerge all the roots. If you’re not changing out the water, I’d leave a little bit of root exposed to air to help with oxygen absorption. But each plant could potentially react differently. Basically, clean water is the key, from what I’ve experienced. 😃😃😃. Keep me posted!!! 🌱
Great info!!! I appreciate the content. What nutrients do you feed the plants and how often?
Thank you so much! I’ve handled the nutrients in two ways. Half strength added once a month or more diluted - 1/4 strength added to each watering/flushing out of the old water. I use two different types, but mostly the orchid fertilizer - there’s a link in the video description. 😃👍🏼
@@paultheplantparent2702 thank you !!!!!!! Appreciate it
@@jacksonville5238 anytime. I’m always around to talk plants. 😃😃😃
Hi! I'm new to hydroculture, and was wandering, how do you know what plant food to put in the water? There's just so many options.. Hummus? Mineral? A mix of both? Do you need different ones for succulents and for tropicals? how much to put in? Do you need to exchange the water entierly every week? If so, do you put the fertilizer in every time? Soo many questions, but the showcase of different plant genera growing just in water realy encourages me :), so thanks for the video! (Sorry for my spelling, im not a native english speaker :P) PS. Have you thout about puttin some background music in your vids? I think it would make them even better! :D
Hello there. I used to have music but some people hated it and were very vocal about it lol. Any hydroponic fertilizer could work - I use orchid fertilizer for flowering plants in hydro and Maxigro for foliage plants. I use it at 1/4 strength or so but I feed at almost ever watering. I usually flush completely about once a month and that seems to work. Of course sometimes they go longer when life takes over but it’s a general rule. Tysm for watching. 😃😃😃
@@paultheplantparent2702 specifically, if you are only adding 1/4 cup of h2o in the glass how much of nutrients? When it starts 1/4tsp per pint.
@@juliasojda7834 hello there. Yup, I recently started adding some music. I like it better too. 😃😃😃. As far as nutrients, there are some great hydroponic nutrients available. I have two that I use, both are in the link in the video description. One is Maxigro, the other is Bettergro orchid. Anything with micro and macro nutrients works great for water culture. I always dilute the feed either by 1/2 or 1/4. But that’s just me and what I do. You can add diluted feed with every watering or just once a month and top off with water in between. I always like to keep the water clean, so I flush out the vessels around once a month or so, just to keep the water clean, remove any algae and flush out any salts that remain from the fertilizers. Some plants don’t even need much food. I’ve gone many months without adding nutrients, but I don’ recommend that. 😃. Hopefully this helps a little. Thanks so much for watching! 😃😃😃😃😃🪴
so impressive!!😳
Yay!!! Thank you so much!!! 😃
❤nice video thanks
Thanks so much! 😃😃😃
I love it. I would love to know the rate in PPMs that you typically feed at! Especially these grown strictly in water. I plan on growing a bunch more in water just because it's fun, also, I have failed with every Philodendron I've tried this past couple years. Something's gotta change. 🙂 I feed my plants at every watering now and recently I tend to really stick with whatever the package recommendation is regarding how much feed to add, yet! I still suspect most of my plants are underfed! Do you have a TDS meter? Can you let me know how much feed you're giving? Your collection is always thriving, even the Begonias which die on me in soil, in water, in leca, in pon.....you see my problem, lols. Thanks Paul!
Wow. Thank you so much!!!! I’ll check the PPM and get back to you. I do use very diluted feed. Probably around 1/4 strength. I prefer to under feed but feed more frequently. Keeping the water clean and bright light have both made a difference. I agree - water culture is fun, plus you can go on vacation and not worry so much. Ur the best. Thanks for ur comment. 😃😃😃
Ok the PPM at a new feed is very diluted, between 100-200 ppm. But until the reservoir is flushed, the ppm in the res can get up to around 500. I prefer to keep it low unless I see deficiencies or slow growth. But they seem to thrive under these conditions pretty well. 😃
@@paultheplantparent2702 ok this is so interesting! I am really hoping water growing will get my plants thriving as we are newly moved here to the desert, I figured, what better way to keep them going in this arid place.
@@ofhismercy109 it’s definitely worth a shot. I prefer it. I can’t wait to hear how they do for you. Please keep me posted.
@@paultheplantparent2702 thanks for this, Paul! I have tried to keep ppm in the low range, between 150 to 400, and I put this question to Caitlyn Louise (she grows mainly in water) and she was feeding at levels around 900 to 1000, is what I remember, which I had always thought would give them fert burn. I might start experimenting with different levels and labeling them and aiming at consistency, just watch them for 6 months or so, this coming spring and summer. It should be a fun test. I really enjoy your growing, but never tried your yarn trick yet 🙂
What nutrients do you add and how often?
@@jaimejofreeman3544 hello. There are two that I’ve had success with. Both are in the link in the description. Bettergro orchid and Maxigro. I stay on the light side. About 1/4 a 1/2 strength the recommended dosage to start. This way you can add to each time you refresh the water. 😃👍🏼
How long did it take for the philodendron to grow water roots? I'm trying to transition mine from soil to water and the in scared of it dying cause the soil roots are falling off 😭
Some plants grow water roots pretty quickly. Probably depends on a few factors - species, state/health of the plant, time of year….but warmth and bright, indirect light can help speed it up. 😃
What nutrients do you use for plants growing in water?
@@joyce7283 there are two that can work well. Both are in the link in the description - Bettergro and Maxigro. 😃👍🏼
What about calatheas I water? How would I transfer from soil medium to water?
It’s amazing that you posted a comment on this. I recently transferred some Calathea to water and purchased some that were water cultured already. So far I have varieties of Ctenanthe, Calathea and Maranta in water culture. To transfer, I just removed every bit of soil from the roots and tubers and then changed the water daily for a few days. They’re doing great and love the humidity. I’m going to do a video on them soon as well. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hey, love your video. It gave me the want to try it again. I propagated begonia rex in water before, and often they died after repotting into soil, in fact I'm not at all doing well with rex begonias since I moved to this flat 2 years ago. Philodendron, Scindapsus, Monstera and Pothos are super easy to propagate in water and as I have no issues growing them in soil, I keep them in soil, also the soil will weigh the plant down so it wont topple over from above the kitchen tops lol
But now that I see this video, I'm going to keep my last Monstera in water just to see how it goes. How do deal with the huge mass of roots they can grow? regular pruning? specifically Monstera.
Also what fertilizer do you use? I have lots of multipurpose liquid plant food. I'm not sure I understand the term "nutrient rich" in this specific context and where to obtain it.
Thx again for posting. 😊😊👍👍
Hey there. 🙂 You have some options if your roots are getting out of control. I've trimmed the roots to keep them in control, but you could also increase the size of the vase/container as it grows. Pruning might be the best option though. As far as nutrients, any hydroponic nutrient with a good Nitrogen level would work. I use orchid fertilizer for most of my plants these days, since it has micro as well as macro nutrients. Regular soil fertilizers can easily burn roots in water culture. Let me know how it goes - I'm excited to hear how things progress. 🙂
@@paultheplantparent2702 Oh my friend... it'll be a while for me, and since I'm not a whizz with filming and posting... its going to be difficult to documenting lol
This is a bit of an addiction for me, I already have well over 400 houseplants in a one bed room flat, I'm constantly propagating and giving plants away, and occasionally buying a few more. yesterday I was walking around with 2 new plants, finding a spot... after well over an hour I managed to re-arrange a few areas and squeezed the new arrivals in.
If I start growing in water... its going to be the nightmare of my nightmare lol
btw, I'm growing a Pothos marble queen of the corner of a little aquarium, I always trim the roots back to not allow them to grow into the soil, it is a bit like a mangrove to look at and in about 1 year it grew 3.5fett roughly. So trimming roots on vigorous plants does work.
It's no different than trimming the roots of bonsai and putting them back into the same pot with fresh soil around... if you get my comparison.
Very good rooting
I need a good root
How do you deal with mosquitoes in this set up? Thank u.
Hello. I’ve never had mosquito issues. But you can use Mosquito Bits to condition the water to help with that and with fungus gnats, if you have those as well. There’s a link in the description of the video with this product. 😃🚫🦟
@@paultheplantparent2702 Thank u!
Just found you today!! Do you use tap water or distilled water?! I grow many plants in water but need to start adding nutrients. Thx for your video! Shared already!
I use tap water and I use either Bettergro orchid fertilizer or Maxigro. Both work well. Tysm for watching. Welcome!!!! 😃😃😃
@@paultheplantparent2702 sorry for my ignorance, but, that's a powder that is mixed in water to a 1/4 dilution, correct?
@@LiftedPRinc no problem. 😃😃😃. I dilute the fertilizer even more sometimes. But yes it’s like a powder. Never worry for asking questions. 😃👍🏼. I ask a lot of questions sometimes too. Thank you so much for watching. 🌱🎊😃
Hi. I recently purchased a baby calathea orbifolia in a small water bowl/vase at Lowe’s. Do you know if it can get big? Keeping it in water? I’ve googled it and only see them large in soil?
Hey there. Yeah, they caught on and they’re selling Calathea and Ctenanthe in water now lol. They can grow big, just keep the water clean and fertilized. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you
Have you tried growing caladium in water culture? I got one this weekend, and yesterday when I took it out of the dirt i noticed they have bulbs. Not sure if i should cover the bulbs in water as well or just have the roots touching the water. Any suggestions?
If the bulbs have any organic material on them, there’s potential for rot. But keeping the water clean, you may be able to half-submerge the bulb and grow them successfully that way. I have t tried Caladium yet but could be a fun project.
@@paultheplantparent2702 Some of the bulbs have separated, so maybe i'll try some with half of the bulb in water, and maybe the rest of the bulbs only have the roots in water. When i was growing tulips in water, only roots were touching the water. Maybe it will be the same case. 🤔
@@ulcia0ulala keep me posted. I’d love to hear how it goes.
What nutrients do u use for water culture plants
Hello. I use either Bette gro orchid fertilizer or Maxigro hydroponic nutrients. Both seem to work fine.
But, plants grow larger in soil.
@@madelaine3209 I guess it depends. A proper hydroponic setup would promote better growth than even soil too, but yeah, plain water culture, they don’t get out of control. 😃👍🏼🌿