Fusion White Calathea: Humidity Stress Recovery + New Calathea Musaica
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- Showing an update on my Fusion White Calathea that bounced back from humidity stress and a spider mite infestation last winter, along with how I keep its humidity levels up now and what kind of light it gets day-to-day. Also showing off my new Calathea Musaica that didn't fare well through shipping.
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I’ve watched this video a handful of times since I’ve got my first white fusion back in Feb and unfortunately I couldn’t save it. I think by the time I got to giving it humidity it was just at a point of no return and it died.
Now you’d think that would stop me from buying another white fusion, but it didn’t and I bought one a month ago, and left a humidifier beside it, and not only is it alive but THRIVING! Like new leaves and FLOWERS! I didn’t even know Calatheas put out flowers, but it does and mine has 2 right now!
I don’t post often but to those thinking about giving it a go a 2nd time around after an awful first experience.. go for it! Sometimes it’s not you, it’s the plant.
Here’s what’s working for me: Humidifier (similar to the video), well draining soil (used African violet soil and added lots of pumice), watering as required (when the top 2 inches of soil is dry) and a plastic pot with lots of drainage holes.
Here’s hoping I didn’t jinx it and I’ll have this one for years to come. Thanks for all the tips!!
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have NEVER seen one flower. That is honestly so awesome. So glad your Fusion White is paying you back for all of your thoughtful care! 😊
You’re doing great, bringing those plants back to health. Thanks for sharing🥰🥰🥰
Thank you, Patricia! :)
Thank you for all the great information. I too, purchased a Fusion White Calathea and did not know how troublesome they could be? Being a plant lover like all of you we always try different things and that's all we can do. You're doing great and all we can do is relate our experiences that we incur so it may help others?
So true. I learn a lot from my plants and they are so rewarding. 😊
Thank you for showing not perfect looking plants...gives me hope!
Hi, Lacinda! Always have hope! My plant struggles are ongoing and evolving-- you remind that it's important to share that along with the successes. :)
Hi, thanks for sharing your experiences : ) I found that using zip lock bags to put stressed /damaged Calatheas in helps them come back from the brink. I received several bare rooted Calatheas in the mail and put them into large plastic zip lock bags along with a mist of water to help them rehab and recover. Also have used large plastic bins like a huge Terrarium, and placed sick plants along with a small glass of water then put the bins lid on and left the plants like a little ICU. This gives humidity and limits drafts, creates a micro climate without interfering with the house holds climate and also reduces potential insect infestations coming in to attack a vulnerable plant etc. I was so dissapointed to find my shipment of quite expensive Caltheas came to me in such bad shape, so have looked at ways to help them survive. All but one have turned the corner and the definite key ingrediant is HUMIDITY : ) BTW i dont have a humidifier in the veranda room the plants are in, just pebble trays, many plants and glass surroundings facing East. I also have large bowls of water on the floor and the only thing i have given them is TLC and weak strength liquid seasol. Wishing you and your little beauties all the best, and WELL DONE for not giving up on them : )
I put mine in the bathroom on a west window sill, it jumped back beautiful, growing new leaves and looking great.
Watching you nurse your Calatheas back to health is very inspiring to me because I'm more likely to 'do a plant in' than not. It would be very helpful if you would do a video on how you go about top-dressing your plants, what amendments you use etc. Thank-you!
That is a great idea! Thanks so much for reaching out. I can definitely put something together about how this process went over time. :)
The best way to prevent spider mites is to mist! I mist my white fusion at least once a week and it goes outside every time it rains. Which lately it's been every other day here in Louisiana, lol. But it stay very humid here, lol.
I actually saw one of your videos where you showed the diffuser after getting my first calathea and maranta so I decided to give it a try! They seem to be loving it so far!
I am so glad to hear that! It has been easier for me than a humidifier. Good luck! :)
Addy, how many times in a week/month do we need to do the humidifier?
Also, amazing work bringing that White Fusion back from the brink. That's a notoriously difficult plant to keep happy. If you can keep that one happy, your Musaica will be fine.
Thank you for the vote of confidence! :) The musaica is now moving a lot more, folding up quite a bit at night, which is making me more hopeful.
@@AddyBeez That's a great sign. Mine doesn't seem to move as much as prayer plants do, but it definitely responds strongly to light sources. If I move the main source of light, the leaves move like radar dishes. lol
That's a good point. It doesn't reach straight up like some of my other calatheas at night but it has seemed to perk up. It was really flat and droopy and is just now starting to lift its leaves higher. I will have to see how heliotropic it is now that's it's finally moving!
Great video about the healing of your white fusion. You did really well bring it to recovery. Do you have the Maranta Silver Band prayer plant?
Do you know how to get the backs of leaves purple? I've only got a couple purple and they seem thicker leaves. The others without purple are thin
The Calatheas I have so far ALL came with brown leaf tips. I don't think they're watered with distilled water in most retail situations. I just pick out the best of the lot and try to recover it at home. With online orders you are entirely at the mercy of the shipper what you get. You're so lucky to have a musaica.
It is very difficult to find a calathea without brown tips when buying, and most retail outlets don't use the right water. I do the same as you-- hoping for the best. I am very lucky to have my musaica. It is growing its first new leaf since arriving and I am thrilled!
Do you think keeping a white fusion in a cloche would be a good idea? Ive never used one, but ive never owned a very dramatic plant and have a white fusion coming to me soon.
Mine is recovering from me accidentally fertilizing it (was on a roll watering and wasn’t thinking). I’m delightfully surprised that it’s still trying to live. Yours looks great!
Thanks, Pam! The Fusion White is so sensitive (to everything!), but also just so pretty.
How do you know you have spider mites? Can you actually see them? Also, does purified water work for EO diffusers? Why or why not?
I just started watching your videos and others to try to save my new pinstripe calathea. It’s very small, only 6 leaves. Two curling bad. I repotted it into a clay pot and used soil mix I made of pumice, worm castings and miracle grow houseplant potting mix. This is the 3rd time I’ve repotted it, trying to get the drainage good. I moved it and my Marantas to my west window for more light. Using a shear curtain to block direct sun. It seemed to start to uncurl but today they are curling in again. Maybe too much light so I pulled back a bit from window. Humidity is between 60 and 70% I don’t know what else to try. Maybe just let it rest?
How many times a day is the diffuser running? Does it run off and on by itself or do you have to start it every so often?
How often do you use the humidifier? I'm a little nervous with my white fusion!
What kind of soil do you use for your calathea? Thanks 🙏
How much humidity is good for white fusion? I have about 63% humidity at home and my white fusion is drying up. It soil is wet. I got a humidifier, should I have the humidity at 70%?
Have you tried groung the white fusion on a terranuium? If so any suggestions or ideas welcomed.
What a beautiful plant, and what a fantastic recovery! I've seen lots of photos with fusion whites having a pink undertone or pink undersides of leaves - do you know why some fusion whites dont have this?
The sun/light gives it that pinkish look. I found when mine didn't get enough light it would loose its pinkish under its leaves.
Hey Addy, I wouldn't worry too too too much about the Musaica (Network). I got one in the mail from NSE Tropicals a few months ago and just re-potted it now. The medium that it was in wasn't what I would imagine other calatheas would tolerate. I was a bit surprised. IMHO this calathea is a tad more resilient than other cultivars. It can handly dry spells a bit better than my orbifolia. It seems slow to grow at first but once it's established it takes off steadily. The Musaica's root ball was tougher than my other calathea's. These guys appear to grow strong tuberous roots systems, kinda like spider plants. I keep mine next to a humidifier with plenty indirect light. Yours looks like it will pull through just fine.
That is great to hear! I did notice some nodules on its roots, which surprised me for such a small plant! Thanks for the info/tips. I am not as familiar with this cultivar and a lot less confident.
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Yeah, it's definitely an outlier IMO. If you touch the leaves they feel thicker and more durable than many other Calatheas/Prayer Plants. Another difference is that they seem light hungry when compared to other cultivars. Like my Orbifolia leaves will begin to develop translucent spots when lighting is too strong. Yet under the same lighting conditions the Musaica will get leggy. Plants, especially Calatheas, are mysterious things! :)
Interesting! It is looking better and better, so I am definitely excited to see its traits as it acclimates here. And, yes, calatheas are incredibly mysterious!!!
When I got my musaica it died back almost completely quite quickly. Turned out my cat munched on it a lot, that combined with my inexperience with Calatheas was enough to do it on. I cut it back to just a few new leaves, and took approriate measures, and a year later it is my healthiest plant. Apart from some crucial requirements like not letting it get eaten and water it more than once every two weeks.., the musaica is my most resilient Calathea. My two Maui queens were devoured by spider mites, they also did a good number on my warscewizii, and tried to do in my ornata, but didn't even touch the musaica. Next to that, it hardly gets curling or brown leaves, even with me letting the soil dry out almost completely between waterings.
When you say that you trimmed the leaves to revive it, how far down did you cut the leaf on the stem?? Where the nyctinasty occurs? Further down? Thanks!!
When I cut away damaged leaves, I cut all the way down to the surface of the soil. If it is a side shoot, meaning it's growing off the base of healthy, or healthy growth is growing of its base, I cut as close to base as possible.
Hi Addy, beautiful plants, what potting mix do you use on your plants, Thanks
I've tried a lot of different potting mixes, store bought and homemade. Overall, the only thing that I am consistent about is making sure that half of my mix is perlite to keep the soil fasting draining and aerated. Hope this helps! :)
How much humidity do you find your fusion white needs?
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When you cut the other leaves off- where did you cut it off? As in which part of the stem? Closer to the leaf or closer to the base?
it’s best to cut it closer to the base for cosmetic purposes!
So how did you bring your plants back? You mention root rot..what did you do to fix? My plant was very big & healthy & all of a sudden the leaves began to curl & everything began drooping! Help!
Check out this video-- the link will take you to a specific part about drainage, which can cause wilting, but feel free to scrub through the video to see if any of it is helpful (I also talk about root rot in this video too): czcams.com/video/hX3cyy-zUl0/video.html
I hope it helps!
😱😱😱so pretty I need one in my life
I recently got a yellow fusion from Indonesia--it looks a lot like lot this one! The patterns on the fusions are definitely a favorite!
when running humidifiers, how long do you run them. I live in a studio apt and run my humidifier 2 to 3 hours veach morning. After that my small dog is flat out on the ground panting and I am getting uncomfortable. I do have tropical plants therefore I do wonder over how much is enough?
This is such a good question, Susan and I wish I had a better answer for you than what I'm about to give. Right now, I am running the diffusers that you see in this video no more than twice per day-- once in the morning and once at night. I think as we move into colder weather and the heater starts to come on-- this may have to change.
How did you manage to solve the problem of the molds in your house caused by humidifier ?
Thankfully I didn't notice an increase in mold within my house. However, the humidifier itself was growing mold inside of it within hours. I ended up replacing the humidifier with a new one, same model, and I haven't had a problem since (I do empty them out at least once a day to let them dry out between weekly cleanings). Looking back, I think it may have been a defective humidifier. However, for mold in the home--one of the things I do to try to mitigate any negative mold growth is to keep my humidity between 50-60% humidity, no higher. So far, it has been working.
Not all diffusers need distilled water. Some of the Young Living diffusers like tap water. You need to read the manual of a diffuser to know what it needs. On a side note, I actually diffuse oils near my plants to help with pest control.
Which oils do you use for pest control?
Which oils do you use?
Hi Addy, that's amazing...hope the plant is thriving!
I have Ornata and want to get your opinion about curling leaves. I just got it a week ago and they are starting to curl, some were damaged during shipping that's why it turned yellow and curled. I have been misting, using essential oil diffuser (filtered water), no direct sun --> West facing but 4 feet away from window. I checked the roots they are fine. Could you please help me? I don't want to kill my beautiful plant😭.
Thank youuuuuu.....🙏
Do they stay curled at night? Is the plant still raising its leaves at night? I would forgo the misting for a bit... how is the soil? Compacted soil can suffocate the roots. I have a video on leaf problems that I'll link--it shows a variety of problems that I've had with calatheas and two different types of curling (one from bright light and another from compacted soil): czcams.com/video/hX3cyy-zUl0/video.html
M Han hai I’ve got the same problem too and I don’t have humidifier at home. So 1 thing that i can tell is this plant love humidity place so much. So change the soil and i put this plant at my bathroom hahaa... and its fine for couple days later. Maybe it can help too. By the way i love this video.
I wondered what the reason was for using distilled water in the humidifiers and diffusers? I have been using regular tap water. None of my manuals say to use any certain type of water....
Do you do this for the health of the plants? I go through a lot of water in my machines. Distilled would be expensive. I just wondered what you knew that maybe I didn't?
Here is an explanation from the Mayo Clinic: "Use distilled or demineralized water. Tap water contains minerals that can create deposits inside your humidifier that promote bacterial growth. When released into the air, these minerals often appear as white dust on your furniture. It's also possible for you to breathe in some minerals that are dispersed into the air. Distilled or demineralized water has a much lower mineral content than does tap water. In addition, use demineralization cartridges or filters if recommended by the manufacturer.
" There is a bit more at this link: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/in-depth/humidifiers/art-20048021.
Hope this helps!
It's not expensive. I just get a water pitcher with a filter. You can get one at Costco for pretty cheap and also the replacement filters. Calatheas are fickle and prefer filtered or distilled water.. even when misting or using a diffuser.
What are the benefits of using glazed pots for your player plants?
Hi, Richard! After thinking about this for a while, I don't know if there's a specific benefit other than terracotta is really good at pulling moisture out of the soil. If you tend to water a bit heavily, this can really help keep plants from developing things like root rot. For me, I do better with the glazed pots because they don't pull that moisture out of the soil and so my calatheas need to be watered less, which works really well for me (less distilled water to make). For plants that are sensitive to drying out and need a lot of humidity, I've personally struggled more when using terracotta as I am less able to predict/control moisture levels in the pot.
@@AddyBeez Thanks for your detailed response. Moving forward, this will definitely help me with my plants maintaining moisture without frequent watering 👍🏾
I have placed my calathea ornata and zebrina at a place where they receive 60 to 90 minutes of direct sunlight in early morning but my zebrina's leaves remain folded throughout the day and only start to open by late eve. Can anyone suggest me what i have to do ? Eventhough both of them are doing fine and producing new leaves as usual
That is a tough one-- I hope someone has some good advice. :) For me, I wonder-- have you tried moving it out of direct light? My zebrina and picturata stay more folded up with more light, which is a bit odd, I know, where my medallion moves normally with the exact same amount.
@@AddyBeezok, I'll move them out of direct sunlight. I never moved them out of direct sunlight just because the sunlight they receive is of early morning from 6.30 to 8 am in morning and i believe that's not going to harm them in any way, anyway this the first time that i am having these beautiful plants and will definitely learn with time.
I understand. It may not be the sunlight at all but it is an easy one to rule out first. :)
@@AddyBeez I read that Calatheas don’t like bright light so I keep mine in the house and they work well. Once I watered them and was outside for just a very very short while and the leaves folded up immediately. Put them back inside out of any bright indirect light and they went back to normal after a bit.
Mine is recovering from a thrip invasion.
Oh, I am sorry you are going through that, Erin. Best of luck.
Где же можно купить такую. У нас их почти нет
I got mine from Etsy.com. Depending on the variety, they can be hard to find outside of certain seasons, I think. Good luck!
@@AddyBeez говорят что они семенами не размножаются?
@@alexzhevlakov4302 I think reproducing from seed is more difficult though I do believe the bigger nurseries do. From what I understand, it is easier to propagate them by division. It's an interesting question, how many calatheas are grown from seed versus divided from other plants.
Do you ever sell cuttings I’ve never even seen this plant before!
Hi, Anthony. No, I don't sell cuttings-- though I have bought a few! :) If you are interested, I did find a seller for this plant on Etsy and know that fusion whites do pop up there more and more often these days.
Addy Beez thank you! I am worried about Etsy purchases but if you could share the seller that you have used that would be awesome. Thanks so much. Do you know anything about pink princess care?
@@anthonyparadiso5786 Of course. The seller I bought mine from is here: www.etsy.com/shop/BarbarasCacti. It doesn't look like she has any in right now but it would be worth checking back. I don't know much about pink princess care personally. What I know mostly from watching Amanda's videos on Planterina! :)
Hi I love your videos. I found the sound not as good as usual though.
Your plants are very pretty ☺️
Your fusion white recovered very well I think.
I thought you or did of the fusion white that was infested by spider mites and got a new one. Did you have another infestation?? 😫
I have a calathea white star who has spider mites. I hope it was early enough to save it... I wanted to clean the leaves and sprayed it and I noticed the little webs because the water I sprayed, thank god. It was getting a little bit crispy so that is why I mist it... turned out these little devils started a feast 😡
Anyway I washed each leaves with horticultural soap and blasted it with water in the bathroom and then sprayed a mix of: neem oil, horticultural soap, alcohol, water and a bit of rosemary essential oil. I hope I caught it on time ... the plant is in quarantine in the bathroom but there is no window so I am a bit scared it won’t make it... I leave it here and then I’ll try to move it to a room that does not have too many plants.
I wanted to have your advice. Should I cut most of the leaves or should I keep them to make sure it can process the light? Did you change your soil?
Thank you! Yes, I have had two. This is my second one that I got last September. I had one years ago that didn't recover from a spider mite infection, which looked really different and more like fusion white and maui queen rhizomes stuck together in the same pot. I did repot this fusion white in the spring but with the same soil makeup and only cut the leaves back once it had gained a good amount of healthy new growth. I don't usually recommend cutting back leaves unless the leaves are completely dried up or have been replaced with healthy growth, sort of a one to one ratio. Once summer rolled around, it start to pop out new growth consistently and sped up a bit after I topdressed it with worm castings. Good luck with your fusion white, let me know how it goes! :)
Oh-- and thank you for letting me know about the audio. I'll work on that! :)
Addy Beez no worries 😉
It is usually fine, it is just this one ☺️
What’s TLC? 🙄🙄
Tender loving care, though my calathea might disagree 😉