Ep.1 I need your help! Apparently, this pottery makes noises?
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
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They are supposed to come with a peice that makes noise when the soil gets dry. A family member of mine has a bird version. Look up soil moisture meter alarm. It should bring the bird version up.
Is that why there's a shallow bit in the trunk so you can thread it through?
@@shiyardiagariepy no it just goes into the hole in the bottom
Actually a plant tender waters a plant slowly.
THANK YOU!!
I tried the Google search "vintage ceramic plant tender"
And it brought up a bunch of these and they have sort of a cone shaped spike on the bottom...so they must be trickle waterers
So for the sound, if you look at the advertisement, it looks like in the front, they show the stakes you'd use to place the piece into your pot, and it looks like there's a little something electronic on it. I imagine their version of a plant tender was a moisture sensing thing, rather than a passive watering. And the sound would go off when the sensor went below a certain level of soil moisture. So nothing to do with the ceramic part, just electronics.
🤯you are right, those two thingies at the front of the ad are some kind of electronic probes! "Soil moisture meter" search shows some similar thingies with two sticks and a top part, modern and available for purchase😉
100% those things are designed to snap into the base of the figurine after it's been fired. Good pickup!
YES! Thank you so so much! I thought that was part of the artwork but it definitely is a part of something! Thank you for seeing what I didn't! So helpful!! I have added a community post clarifying the noise mysteries!!
I think it might be a watering spike
I would think that too except there are 2 key design aspects missing: the spike that goes into the dirt and easy access to add water.
That’s what I think.
I'm thinking the same thing.
Yeah, from what I'm finding, Plant Tenders, like tending your plant, is a way to slowly water your plant. I'm not finding anything about noises though. But they all have a hole in the top to pour water, or a little lid
Heheh! I have posted an update on the community page! I feel like you could muddle with the design a bit to get this idea to work though!
My mom has some "plant tenders". They are a moisture meter of sorts. They are meant to alert you when the soil is too dry. Some change color, some make sounds, some with shift up out of the soil. They are handy little things. I have one that is shaped as E.T. and when the moisture gets too low it will change color from brown to grey like when E.T. got sick in the movie. I've never seen this particular model but, my mom has a bird that will chirp or whistle. I don't know how it works but it does. So excited for the series to be back. Love it.
After looking closely at the catalog and looking up ceramic plant tenders, I found that what you have is the top cover of a watering sensor. So if you look at the page with the frog, in front of the tenders are two stick-like items, those are the sensor parts and the ceramics go on top of them.
Awesome job!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️
Me and the kids are so excited to have the mystery moulds back that we casted it onto our TV to watch together this morning. We love the frog plant tenders, especially the blue and orange/purple frogs. Thank you Shelby!
AHH thank you os much!! I am so happy you all watch it together! It makes me so very happy knowing what a beautiful community we have! Thank you for your support and your membership to the channel!
Sorry to butt in, but oh my gosh, the mental image of a family watching this like a Saturday morning cartoon brought a huge smile to my face! Thank you for that. 💚
The Blue one is my favorite
These would be cute ring holders!
Filled with sand!
I'm pretty sure the frog is a decoration to go on top of an actual electronic plant moisture alarm rode !
The sound might happen if you leave a hole in the branch, bury part of the bottom in the soil and then pour in water? Like the air escaping makes a whistle sound. Sometimes when I water my big potted plant that's on a ceramic plate, it "whistles" as the water comes out at the hole at the bottom.
I love this thought! This is kind of where my mind was going too! So I am a bit lost now! I was really hoping the sounds would happen naturally! I have now put up a community post with the answers!
A plant tender is used to indicate when a plant needs watering. They are unglazed pieces of terracotta pottery that has the bottom part buried into the plant pot. When the plant is hydrated, the terracotta is dark and when it needs watering the terracotta is light x Alternatively, you can glaze the top part, leaving the bottom bit unglazed and putting a hole in that indent big enough for a houseplant watering can spout. X
I used to have a little unglazed terra cotta worm that you stuck into your pot. It didn't make noise, but when the soil was wet it was red, when it dried out it was pink. It had a cute little smiley face.
I found a pdf on the doc holiday site. They do “sing” when they need watering! I love them!
How? Where does the sound come from?
Can you tell us more?
When they dry out they emit a froggy noise. I don’t know how, it didn’t say.
1. No idea but I'm keen to find out
2. Yes, that makes perfect sense
3. The multicoloured frog is my fav
1. me too! Still wondering!
2. I am so glad you agree! I thought I was talking nonsense
3. I am happy you love the rainbow froggie!
The "plant tender" part of the name is saying that it is a "tender of plants", as in when you "tend" to something it either means that you are nurturing and caring for it, or more modernly that you usually do something in a set way. It's an old usage of the word, but you can easily find about 100 years ago phrases in conversations such as "I will go tend to the dinner/garden/children/washing", if you said "attend" instead it meant that you were at the persons service, such as "I'll attend to our guests".
I've found some ceramic plant tenders on etsy and from what I can see, it's juste a watering system but there's they don't have any information about it making noise. I wouldn't be surprise that the "Dinosaure sounds" was a typo or a translation error. Too bad that the "Gone fishing" tech sheet (tech sheet 177) doesn't have any information about the plant tender.. But from what I've seen from other ceramic plant tender, the mold is missing the Cones that goes in the ground.
P.S. I'm so happy that the season 2 is now here! I was missing those relaxing moments of my life.
I was able to find the item in "Cats of pray" catalog page 192, but still it not in the tech sheet for cats of prey (tech sheet 173).
THANK YOU!! You are an amazing detective! Thank you for finding this information out! What an amazing team we make! That is very helpful! I have shared an update on the community post for this video!
Maybe it refers to sound as a noun. A long probe. So something that probes the soil
That makes sense, as so many are saying that there is something like a ‚spike‘ missing for it to be a plant tender
No idea on the plant tender thing. I agree with you about cartoon aliens being inspired by frogs. Lol My favorite by far is that spicy red frog! It really pops!
From what I found, a plant tender tends to your plants by slowly releasing moisture. They are meant to be placed near the stem/trunk of the plant. Can’t find anything about “sounds” though. Gorgeous frogs as well!
That is also all I could find! Thank you so much for your help!!
Maybe instead of key holders, they can be ring holders. It would look pretty and colourful on a dresser or vanity table.
It would make a good ring holder
So interesting! Plant tenders usually are meant to water while you're away but the noise and the fact it doesn't have a spike has me stumped. Can't wait to see what everyone else says!
I think thats why I didn't think it was for that! Usually you need somewhere to put the water too! This wouldn't hold very much at all even if it were super hollow! Interesting!
this design though!
As it’s part of a series maybe the spike part is in a different mould…? 🤔
Stumped 😏😏😅😅
@@vonkatartistry 🤣
These are adorable! I agree that by themselves the brown branch is better, but I love how the green branches look tucked in with a plant. It looks so much more natural and really lets the frogs shine. So excited that mystery moulds are back!
This mould, plant tender, requires an electronic probe that chirps when your plant is dry. These probes had different sounds depending on what animal was cast for them. I had seen something similar to the red robin and bull frog/toad. I don’t know if if you are able to purchase the probes, I would think highly unlikely, as there are so many different methods available today. But I absolutely love the idea for a ring holder or a small necklace child’s necklace stand. Keep up this beautiful and wonderful work and I -ray that your upcoming market/exhibitions are everything you desire.
Love the plain green one with brown branch. I've never heard of a plant tender either, and I love gardening.
If you zoom in to the bottom of the picture of the plant tenders, there are some little spikes that I believe are meant to be attached to the bottom of the frog/bird/dinosaur. They are probably battery operated and will make a sound when the ground is dry.
I was so curious, so I googled and plant tenders can be either a watering globe style, you fill it up and then stick into the plant and it waters over time, or a plant watering spike where the unglazed part of the ceramic should be porous (many seem to be made with terracotta) and fill with water that can seep into the soil. I have no idea how these adorable frog molds could be made into either? So odd! I love what you did with them, tho!
This is what my search result ended with too! So interesting! I hope we can find some answers soon! Maybe they are just plant friends and I am trying to read into it too much!
So it couldn't be glazed.
Maybe they’re meant to be glued (somehow) on top of the terracotta spike?
Same results here, but I also saw glass plant tenders that are filled with water. So maybe they don't need to be porous necessarily?
Also, the green trees make sense as soon as the frogs are potted. So cute. The frogs pop against all the greenery. ❤
I think once they are with the plant, the green matches nicely, so the frog stands out.
This is my Google search result. Hope it helps.
"How do plant tenders work?
Plant tenders are easy to use, just insert the cone shape spike into the soil and fill the frog reservoir with water. The soil absorbs the water through the porous spike, just fill the reservoir when needed. Plant tenders work well to keep plants watered while you are away, can be used indoors or outdoors."
Hey Shelby! A plant tender/minder is supposed to come with a little spike at the bottom for plant watering and yes, some make a noise as the plant soil dries out. Hope that helps out.
Another cute video. I'm so happy season 2 is here! 😊
Wow Oh WoW. Such beautiful frogs. Your colors are amazing. I want one.
Thank you so much Patricia! I am so happy you love how the colours turned out!
I also actually love the green branches, then when putting it in with a plant, the frog will really, really pop.
Thank you! That has made me feel so much better about the green!!
With more stable base I'd agree with it being used as a ring holder
Frogs are my favorite thing in the world. I had 2 White's Dumpy Treefrogs for about 16 years. They were my babies and they will alway sbe special to me
Doc Holiday Molds is still a functioning company. You could just ask them directly.
Love these! So fun, my eye is really drawn to the red frogs though, but all are so cool!
Didn't you say it has a hole in the top? If so, you pour water in it, stick it into the soil in a pot with a plant in it, and it waters your plant while you are away. It makes sure your plant doesn't dry out. The only ones I have ever seen were made of blown glass. Yours are infinitely cuter!
I googled “plant tender moisture alarm” and I think I found what it’s supposed to do and there’s lots of modern versions.
I have tons of houseplants and I do sometimes use a device called a moisture meter and they’re a prong that goes into the soil and it’ll show up on the display the moisture in the soil. These seem to be decorative ones you constantly leave in the soil, so the prong is always in there and instead of reading the level on a display it makes noise when it’s dropped below a certain level. I saw birds on aliexpress that sing during the day when the plant is dry and have a light/dark sensor so stop at night as well as the moisture sensor. These are definitely seem like they’re missing the electronic pieces that go with it. I wonder where you would have sourced something like that for a pottery piece like this?🤔
They’re kind of fun! I could see this if you only had a plant or two and needed to remember to water, but I’d need 100+😂
My favorite color is the green tree frog. You can't beat the classic!
I like the green with all the colours of froggies.
The froggies are adorable! You have some really cute things. So wish postage to the US wasnt so expensive. I purchase some from you 😊
So glad you brought this series back. Love your channel, Shelby. Your beautiful personality and artwork are a joy to follow.
I honestly didn't know what a plant tender was... well I knew what they were, didn't know what they were called... so I have no idea how to help you figure out what to do with them or how to get the sound. I agree I like the brown. Aliens were totally based off frogs! never saw the similarities until you mentioned it! 😆
My favourite colour is the Blue, I just love blue and that is the perfect blue xx
BAHAH it is so weird because I didn't see similarities either until I was starring at these frogs and I had just finished a podcast about alien sightings in the USA. SO there you go! Hopefully we can find some answers soon on the plant tender front!
My mother hated blue. When I moved away from home it was like finding a new color. Each wall in my house is a different shade of blue!!!!
Wow I absolutely love love these frogs. Obviously the yellow is my favourite 💛💛💛
You could use it as a hair elastic holder! I like the orange and purple the best, but I would love to see one of these little guys with the flowers that you put on your Koalas.
I have no idea how the plant tenders should work but they are cute! My favourite is the blue one.
Also, thank you for talking about Princess Highway on an earlier video. I ordered beautiful overalls and a playsuit and just received them after only 10 days, all the way to Canada!
Poison dart frogs are actually my favourite animals of all time. I've always loved frogs. The yellow-banded poison dart frogs are my favourite frogs to be specific. (As well as the corroboree frogs) So I love this episode.
OH MY GOSH! YAY!! I was really hoping I would have some Poison Dart fans. I was nervous because I dont know too much about them but love the colouring!! I am so glad the yellow is one of your favourites too! WOOHOO!
I love the orange one! However, you are right brown branch is the way to go!
These would be cute as supports for orchids
Love the yellow frog with the green branch 💛
On the Gone Fishin' photo there seems to be little mechanical devises next to the tenders with long rods to push to the bottom of a flower pot. They probably are meant to go behind or underneath their matching ceramic buddy, but the ceramic part does not make the sound. Most ceramic animal sounds I've seen have to be carved a certain way from the inside.
As for what a plant tender is, it's usually something that is soaked or filled with water so the soil stays moist without having to drown your plants. They are usually some sort of ceramic spike that is not glazed on the part that enters the soil, or the top where the water is poured.
Id love to see the brown branches given some depth and texture. These are *sooo* cute.
My first thought was a ring holder 💍
Loving all the colours. I do agree with you about the brown branches though ❤
These would make perfect little ring holders!
Frogs!!! Yeah! Mystery molds are back. This makes me so happy! I am glad you got a break, got your new studio stood up, got your new kiln, and had an exciting few months. I am glad to see the mystery molds again. Love this series! And starting out with frogs is wonderful!
LOL after your comment about aliens (which makes sense) you popped in a cow with them! So funny. I don't know about Australia, but in America people sometimes claim their cow was abducted by aliens.
BHAHAAH I didn't even realise I did that! That is so funny! Not in Australia, aliens aren't as talked about! I have heard certain things about them but not cows going missing. We have Yowies instead though but thats more like a Big Foot
I love the green stalks for the 🐸 's
The rainbow one is my favorite.
I hope this helps: Plant tenders are used to maintain the soil moisture of potted plants and container gardens, it can be used for plants in indoors or outdoors.
They also provide a little Cuteness to your plants! Perfect for vacation trips - also is great for feeding plants - slowly releasing food into the root system
however, as this one doesn't have a spike i feel this is designed to be a garden statue/ornament more than a traditional tender. Statues are generally either themed for a garden design or just something to brighten up a garden or pot plant :)
Honestly, i adore these so much and yours came out STUNNING!
Thank you!! It does help so much!!!
These are just adorable I loved them BEFORE THEY WENT INTO THE KILN ! But they took my breath away when they came out you are so good with colour !,
oooh the series is baaack! Hope you had time to rest and have fun inbetween :) ❤
Weeeeerrrreeee baaaaack!! These are so cool! I like the red one and the multicolored rainbow one the best.
My favorite is the multi-colored froggy!
My favourite colour is blue and my 4 yo daughter’s favourite colour is yellow but I think ur rainbow frogs were my favourite in this video. I’m super excited that the mystery moulds r back xx
Love the blue frogs! Plant tenders are usually water reservoirs that can be put into pots to water them but generally have a cone shaped bottom to put into the dirt. 🤷🏻♀️ Not sure on how the sound works
That is so helpful! So maybe would that hole I pointed out in the video, would I cut that out and then it would somehow slowly dispense water into the plant?
I actually know about the tenders you are talking about! Thank you for helping! Hopefully we can figure it out!
P.s thank you for being the first to use one of the custom emojis, its so so cute!
I guess so with the hole.
Further to this, I think "tender" may be a regional term - where I am from they were always called "plant minders." I don't know if that would help your search, but you never know! Good luck!
Attach them to saucers and theyll be perfect for a jewelry stand!
So happy that the mystery mode series is back and this piece I don’t know much about it so I don’t know if it makes noise but it is nice all the different colors look so pretty and my favorite color is green I think it’s so beautiful
If you sell them in your shop plant friends would be a great name you could have a plant friends collection
A plant tender usually helps with watering your plant as you fill it with water and it slowly drains into the soil -maybe there is a spot to remove on the frog or branch?
I loved the rainbow frog, then blue is my 2nd choice.
The multicolored one is my favorite.
Yellow and Orange! also here in california we have the native california red-legged frog, and theyre really endangered and also SO cute and they look kinda like those orange/red speckled ones!
I am so happy to see this series again! Blues and greens are my favorite colors, but out of these I like the blue ones more
I love the rainbow ones😊
Love the rainbow one !
Perfect for holding rings and bracelets too.
1. I see it as a support, the sound may be a typo.
2. Never saw the alien before but I do now.
3. My favorite is the green, it seems stealthy, and would be fun to discover in a plant.
I’m glad to have a return to the Mystery Mould series.
Cheers from the Midwest USA💜
Panamanian frogs are yellow with brown spots. I'm thinking of having that tattooed on my foot. Even if they are only decorative, they are great!
They could make good key jolders if you added a little plate to the bottom! You could paint it like the stick is coming out of a little puddle!
These are so cute! I love you called them aliens. I have 2 green poison dart frogs (terribilis) and I call them my "little aliens" haha!
To make them plant tenders you can upen the whole you saw and add an unglazed hollow spike to the bottom and voila. I don't have this particular one but i do have several that are made from ceramic.
I love the green frog. X
greens my fav colour but the red frogs look cool. yes l do think aliens are frogs it all fits lol so glad mystery moulds are back thankyou
I find it so relaxing to watch you create
The multicolored ones!💕
Those would make cute lawn ornaments
my favorite color is blue and i love the little blue frog with black dots that you painted!
I love them all! My favourite is the orange and purple one with the rainbow one as a very close second. Thanks for a great video! ❤️
Orange is adorable
I like the brown and the green. They are so cute!!!
I agree, the yellow is the best and would look even better with a brown twig. That said, my absolute favorite color is blue and I really liked that one as well😊
These came out adorably!
They are just so cute. I loved the red one.
A plant tender is basically a watering spike from what I can find. There should be a hole in the branch is supposed to be an unglazed spike at the bottom. So when the soil dries out it leeches out the water from inside the plant tender
it would make a great ring holder to keep next to the sink when you wash up.
I am glad the series is back. Poison dart colors r perfect. So pretty😊
The blue ones are my favorite. My mom loves frogs, and I have a blue poison dart frog tattoo on my leg for her.
Leave a hole and use it for a water tender. Stick it in a potted plant. LOVE the red one.
functional Plant Tenders. Simply place the bottom portion of the Tender down into the soil, fill with water and these Tenders will slowly allow the water to seep into the soil helping to keep your prized plants watered.
I liked the red and the yellow frogs .
I think they look lovely tucked into a plant.