Prayer Plant Care | How to successfully care for Calathea, Maranta, Ctenanthe, and Stromanthe
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- Aloha! Do you struggle with how to keep Calathea alive? Ever wonder how to stop getting brown tips on your Maranta? Perhaps you find yourself questioning exactly how to keep a Stromanthe looking good all year long? Can't figure out how not to kill a Ctenanthe? You're not alone! These beautiful plants are all members of the Prayer Plant family (Marantaceae) and are notorious for being a bit fussy in their care requirements. It's even led to a lot of negativity towards Prayer Plants, with many people falsely stating that it's impossible to keep Prayer Plants alive. But you can keep Prayer Plants alive and today I'm going to show and tell you exactly how to do it. This is a complete Prayer Plant care guide including how to care for Calathea, how to care for Maranta, how to care for Ctenanthe, and how to care for Stromanthe. If you are willing to commit to these Prayer Plant care requirements then you absolutely CAN keep these gorgeous plants alive and happy for years and years!
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Why you should love Prayer Plants
2:14 The four main Prayer Plant family genera - Marantas, Calatheas, Ctenanthes, and Stromanthes
3:06 Top four Prayer Plant care requirements people get wrong
3:10 Prayer Plant lighting requirements plus Lemon Lime Maranta example
5:40 Prayer Plant humidity requirements and misinformation plus Calathea orbifolia example
8:34 Using humidifiers to increase humidity for Prayer Plants
8:45 Grouping Prayer Plants together to increase humidity
9:20 Putting Prayer Plants in a bathroom for increased humidity
10:07 How often should you water a Prayer Plant
11:30 Prayer Plant watering misinformation
12:15 What type of water should you use to water Prayer Plants
14:02 Prayer Plant dormancy and Prayer Plant dieback
15:41 How often should you fertilize Prayer Plants plus Calathea medallion example
17:25 Signs you're not fertilizing a plant enough plus Maranta Kerchoveana example
20:50 Juvenile plant growth spurts and changes when moving into adulthood
22:44 Prayer Plant temperature requirements
23:27 Potential diseases and pest problems for Prayer Plants plus Tricolor Stromanthe Triostar example
26:10 How to clean Prayer Plant leaves and should you mist Prayer Plants plus Rattlesnake Calathea example
28:10 Importance of pruning Prayer Plants
28:41 How to treat spider mites infestation on Prayer Plants
29:10 How often should you repot Prayer Plants and how to repot Prayer Plants
29:34 What type of soil should you use for Prayer Plants plus Calathea Freddie example
30:48 How to propagate Prayer Plants plus Ctenanthe setosa example
34:10 Funny video outtake
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You need more subs! I just found you on the notching video and you're the most realistic plant parent I've found!
I use well water simply BC of budget but it is tested and safe for human consumption and I drink it everyday, so do my pets including the birds. I'm hoping it's ok for my calathea and my alocasia, it's been good for my other plants for years.
Thank you so much! ❤️ Well water is hands down far superior to city tap water!
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Agreed. Says it like it is. Love the honesty and I appreciate the practical and intelligent assessments made. One of my favourite dude in the planty CZcams department.
Can you actually divide the roots and make two plants out of one like the marant has I think is what you call them the big wide white lines in it I got me one at Kroger's and I was just wondering cuz it looks like it's a pretty good-sized plant for the pop that they've got it again
the type of water is very important but if your water comes from a well, normally it is very fine, same for rain water (though in a big city it can be slightly polluted). If you don't have a well like me, it is better to put one or two drops of product for aquarium and fish in the water (they are many brands on Amazon or in aquarium retailers like API). It removes chlorine or chloramine and all bad stuff. Since I have been doing that the situation of my calatheas has improved.
Those plants doesn't like to be moved also, I have killed a two years marantha by doing this !
Last thing : calathea makoyana are beautiful and very strong, that's the only one that never have any issues in my house.
Finally a plant person that knows what they’re talking about! Five stars!
Thank you!💚
I don’t usually leave comments. I have watched hours of videos on Calatheas trying to keep mine, especially that Orbifolia! I commend you on this video! It is the BEST and most comprehensive video on this subject I have watched. You information on watering and humidity was SO on point! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Awe, you’re welcome and thank you for the nice comment ❤️
Agreed! Also, i just love your hair!!
I use water conditioner (typically for fishtank water conditioning) in all my water before watering my plants. My calathia stopped crusting up instantly. It's another option asside from distilled water. It was $3 on amazon. I use a dropper to drip the conditioner into my watering can.
I was just about to ask if this is okay for them because I started using it for my plants as well.
Same here.
The best maranta parenting video ❤
Thank you!💚
This video was the most helpful one I’ve found on prayer plants. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!💚
Never annoying to link what you’re referring to-so appreciated!!
Congrats on the plant returning from the dead like Lazarus! Now if that doesn’t give us plant parents hope, I don’t know WHAT will!
Love this video, thank you!
Plants also grow really well with aquarium water. It's fertilized, and is dechlorinated. If you don't have aquariums, getting something to dechlorinate the water in an aquarium can also be used for watering plants:)
You are absolutely right. I just started using water conditioner I bought from an aquarium store.
You’re the best , thank you ! All you’re plants are beautiful 🪴
You explain things so so well. Thank you! It makes me a lot less anxious for my capability to keep these plants alive.
You can do it!
I personally love that you mention and add links to relevant videos! It lets me know that you have it so I can watch it next! As a fairly new obsessed plant parent, I’ve ran into watering issues, pests, and diseases. You have a way of explaining and visually showing us what to look for, differences, and solutions better than any other videos that I’ve found so far! THANK YOU! My triostar stromanthe just got out of quarantine from spider mites! And my rattle snake has been down to 5 leaves for 6 months now BUT he has just started pushing ups new one!! I’m glad I didn’t give up on him!!
Thank you, and yay! Exactly why I always say to never give up on them💚
This is my first time here and I love your channel! You've given me some very valuable information on my prayer plants. Im a never prayer plant parents and im determine to give them the best life possible! So far so good.❤
Welcome!💚
You are so full of knowledge. I love your videos. I just saved all of the videos you pinned below and it’s going to be an aloha plant kind of day. Btw, my orbafolia is doing amazing in my bedroom (not my plant room) and I don’t have a humidifier in there. I have a bit of crispy edges and for sure it’s because I under-watered it a few time. She my favourite and so so showy It’s I a east window and thriving.
Love your videos you always give such good unformation
Very interesting, beautiful plants, thank you for showing! 💚😃👍
You’re welcome ☺️
Great video! Very informative and I love your personality 💚 I like when youtubers put the links to their related videos down below (easy access). I just subscribed!
Thank you so much!!
Bravo!!! Me too!!!
We typically wipe down our plants at least once or twice a month. A damp microfiber cloth works great or taking a lint roller and using that on the fronts and reverse sides of the plants with bigger leaves. Plus, doing this will pick the dust and any tiny little critters.
SO helpful!! This is one of the best plant videos I've ever seen. Subscribed!
Awesome! Thank you!💚
Thank you so much I really really enjoyed watching you talk about Calathea’s and I have just brought a Maranta which is stunning and seems very well as it has new leaves and has had flowers too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
You are so welcome!💚
First time watching you and I just want to say that I love your content and your personality! Keep up the great work. 😊
Thank you so much!!❤️
I LOVE YOU. You just save my life! Thanks for share.
You are so welcome!💚
I started using drops for aquarium that make the water safe. It's helped a lot! I only have one calathea but I also use that water on my spiderplants. Really saw a difference in those pesky brown tips there!
Thank you so much I am learning how to care for this beautiful plant 🌱 You are so informative!
By the way, your forest is beautiful.
Thank you and glad I could help!💚
You're the first video talking about stunt growth and small leaves in maranta's, which I think a lot of care videos/posts don't cover, even though I see many people asking about them on reddit quite often. Thanks!
You’re welcome💚
I love calatheas and I've taken care of them for years. In that time though I've realized that my home environment isn't suited for particular ones, especially if they have a velvety feel. The one that's not velvety but i struggle with is the green back orbifolia, the red one is much easier to care for.
Thank you !
I've got a Calathea Dottie that's been sitting on about half a leaf for around 6 months now. You've given me hope ! 🌱💜👍
So glad I could help!💚
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I've only very recently started getting into calatheas. At first I had no idea how truly temperamental they can be. I found out the hard way but have resolved a lot of the problems through watching informative you tube videos, and I've seen a lot! I must say your videos are heads and shoulders above anything else I have seen. They cover every aspect of care. Kudos to you.
Awe, thank you so much!💚
They are absolutely beautiful.. 😍
Calathea are my absolute favorite.. Nothing can beat them when it comes to beauty and foliage.. Though they are little finicky and they don't love me that much.. 🙃😁 But I'm learning gradually how to keep them happy..
Thanks for sharing.. Really appreciate it..
You’re welcome ☺️
I love this information. Thank you
You’re welcome💚
Love your videos
Thank you for yet another informative video. :) I can relate to the "need" to grab some sad looking plants, to give them some TLC! :)
I saw some at my friend's house and gave her some tips to revive her plants, and now got her on a plantaholic mission! 😉
Love it!
You are extremely knowledgeable! Very useful tips! I just now received my first calathea (from a coffee shop where it was dying, till i asked them for it). Hopefully your info will help me revive it. Thanks
I was actually at a restaurant yesterday that had a bunch of very sad looking Aglaonema plants and I wanted to just grab all of them and make a run for it lol. Good luck with your plant!
14:27 here’s a suggestion I have small a cement birdbath inside from outside, and I put a bubbler fountain 2.5 watt (Amazon ) I weight it down with glass marbles…puts a little humidity in the air! Also serves as the cat fountain lol… it’s only about 2 feet tall salad summer so they can’t take it over but I keep filtered water from the fridge in it daily. Calathea Medallion is in east on a table not far from the fountain.
Watching again love your videos
Thank you!💚
Girl thank you soooo much 😩 you’ve saved me from more headache and heartache thinking I’ve killed these plants lol. Thought the prayers were too heavy 🤣
I got 3 brought home from my husband's work he gets to bring home things that don't sell or plants that are dying... 2 died I have one left and it's so so it's not dying but it's not thriving 😢 thank you for the vedio. This plant has been the hardest si far. And I have saved many types of plants from dying and making them thrive..
I am currently struggling with my green Maranta Leuconeura. It has faded and lost leaves and just sad looking. It was repotted into a pot that was too big and over watered (by me ☹ ) so I repotted it into a smaller pot. Now I am waiting to see what else to do. I had it in an east facing window and I think it was too much light so I moved it back a bit. This video was very good for me to troubleshoot what could be wrong with my plant. Thank you for the extensive information. Your videos are more informative than a lot of others I have watched. 😊
Fingers crossed she bounces back🤞🏻 And thank you!💚
Great information
Glad it was helpful!💚
I have a lemon lime ,a red and a tricolor prayer plant I love them to all to bits
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I'm watching this again and wondered about rain water not being an option? I know the severe drought this year made rain water a luxury but...now with then abundance, am using it for all my houseplants.
I really appreciate your links to your other related videos!! Please keep putting those up...Thank you.
Rain water is 100% an option!
Thank you for such an informative and interesting video. My maranta seems to be happy without humidifier too. Watching you from Ukraine.
You’re welcome!💚
Thank you so much for this video! I have wanted a Calathea for forever, but heard so many times how difficult they are to take care of and decided to not get one because I didn't want to kill it. I am now going to buy a Rattlesnake Calathea! Thank you! 🥰
Just remember even if you think it’s dead, odds are it will come back! I cannot preach this fact enough to people❤️
@@AlohaPlantLife I never throw a plant out unless I know they are truly dead.
I just got a ctenanthe and it’s doing really good! For the water part I’ve been using some water conditioner for like fish tanks in a gallon of water and leaving it uncapped for 24 hours before I use it. It seems to like that lol.
Good information
Thank you!
the rattlesnake is gorgeous, i need one!
Loved this video, I love my calatheas even the ones that turned on me lol. My pinstripe I lost slowly over the last few months fighting mealie bugs that took my setosa and then it gave me 2 new leaves. Then the leaves shriveled, one fell off but the other just stayed with just that bit if color just like your rattlesnake did lol. I got so frustrated at mine, I cut off the dead part and put the pot in the corner of my kitchen counter because I wasn’t ready to throw it away. Good thing I did that because almost a month later and a new leaf is popping up, I’m so happy 😁
They almost always come back! I think they just want to show us exactly how displeased they are with us by scaring us into thinking they’ve died 🙃
@@AlohaPlantLife exactly 😂. I am glad I didn’t let my frustrations win on that one. Now I know, never again 👍
Good video. I find consistency is the key with these plants especially watering but some varieties have different needs. My orbifolia likes to dry out more and prefers low light. My triostar needs more light to produce the beautiful white variegation. I use fish tank water for mine. I’ve never had spider mites but took almost a year to eliminate thrips on my calathea.
Thrips are the worst
Having seen multiple Calathea care videos over the years, i wish i could have discovered you sooner because I think yours is by far the most detail-oriented and extensive, thank you!! Your channel seems super informative and relatable! As for me, I have had calathea orbifollia for about 2 years, (it was actually my first plant ever, sold on the idea that it is super easy to take care of by a plant shop 🙃). It has always struggled a bit, but recently, almost all of its leaves have turned pale yellow, crisp all over, and brown… it feels like it’s being attacked from all corners! Maybe it’s that one time of giving it tap water (I live in Europe), maybe it’s lack of sun from its usual place or the cold… never have replanted it btw so maybe the soil is deleted… I’m struggling to keep it alive😢, maybe it’s finally at the point of no return… but anyways, I’ll def. use your video to guide me through the process. You’re quickly turning into one of my fave plant CZcamsr!! 😊
I would definitely check to see if it’s severely root bound and in need of a repot!
Just got a calathea pinstripe today AND a stromanthe🙏. I also have a rattlesnake and orbifolia. I also received my lemon lime prayer plant too today. It's beautiful. All of them are beautiful..❤️😍
Very nice!
@@AlohaPlantLife thank you. Very nice yes BUT what a headache..😅😬
@@MaryHernandez-5909 You’ve got this! They’re not as hard as you think💚
@@AlohaPlantLife 😘🤞🙏😊
Certainly the best video on CZcams which talks about the calatheas.
I have one question
Can we use the waste water coming out RO water purifier machine for calatheas?
I honestly don’t have enough knowledge of RO systems to be able to confidently answer that question, sorry
My prayer plants are all grouped together
I have a Freddie/Freddy and a Ctenathe, and it is very easy to see when they are thirsty: their leaves curl. But the Orbifolia has been giving me a headache. The backside of the leaves has turned brown...even though the frontside is still green. BUT the last to waterings I used rainwater bc I collected it for my carnivorous too. And I just noticed a new stem emerging AND part of the back of the leaves are starting to turn green again 👏🏻. I don’t want to use distilled water bc it takes so many resources to produce that. If I don’t have enough rainwater, I will use demineralized water.
I have an ornata that ppl always ask how it looks soo good. It literally just sits on my outdoor table year round unless the night time is below 45. Also, water it with a hose, that's it. Had it for over 5 years. I think they adapt pretty quickly and ppl just overthink it .
Start-rite for aquariums will neutralize chlorine, but will not eliminate minerals.
It's funny this video pops up. My wife Mom over watered her Rattle Snake Calethea while we were out of town for a few days, and the plant honestly looked so sad when we got home. She wanted to toss the plant out, and I took it upon myself to rescue it, and it came back, but mind you, it took a good 8 months. We also uppotted it, and it's doing quite well. I will admit that these plants can be a bit dramatic and / or fussy but once you figure it out, they're awesome plants. Our Maranta Plants stay in our upper level on a north facing window sill, and our Ctenanthe lives in our bathroom, which has a skylight and a frosted window. Soon, I want to take some cuttings and grow those and resell them.
I couldn’t agree more💚
I love marantas/calathea, give me these guys over a pink princess any day 😅i have 10 and they do fine. Honestly i think a lot of the issues come from inconsistent watering. They hate drying out completely but they also don't want to sit in a puddle for days. I water little but fairly often. I use dehumidifier water to save me buying distilled water as £10 a week for a bottle of water seems a little steep.
Omg I thought your Monstera was very large and further away from the camera 👀 Also your hair colour always looks so stunning!
Thank you!
Can I put these plants in my east facing solarium windows? Great video btw. Thank you so much for posting this informative video
Yes, that should be fine💚
As a new plant parent, the first two plants I was drawn to after seeing them online were Ficus elastica ‘Tineke’ and Stromanthe tricolor. I’ve done really well with the Ficus, but I got a very sad-looking Stromanthe from a big box store and I’m not sure if I’m improved things for it or not. I guess time will tell.
If it was already sad looking when you got it, just be patient and follow my care tips. Big box stores have a tendency to overwater plants, did you check the roots to make sure the plant doesn’t have the start of root rot? That’s always my biggest concern when someone tells me a plant they got at a big box store isn’t doing well.
Thx so much. This is really great info! I am a newbie and keep in the master bathroom. So far so good. The people in the garden store told me, "you can't touch the leaves?" I see you touching the leaves and wonder Mmmm..? Is this wrong info?? Am off to get distilled water. I love these:) A plant lover from Colo
If you occasionally touch the leaves it won’t hurt the plant💚
Im going to start melting snow for my calethea, i allready gave her a humidifyer and ordered a growlight! The thing im struggling with is keeping my house above 18c temp wise, Its rly cold in norway right now and I hope my plants can cope
I'm so glad you said they can die back a ton. I thought I'd killed my plant over the last few years through multiple moves and very inconsistent care. It had died back SO much but it's putting out some tentative new growth now and I'm hopeful! But I am worried, there's some whitish fuzz on the top of the soil and I'm not sure what to do
Sounds like it could be mold on top of the soil. Just remember when it has hardly any leaves it won’t need watering as often as it used to. You can treat the mold on top of the soil by spraying it with a copper fungicide spray.
@@AlohaPlantLife thank you so much! Yeah I noticed it was still very moist from a watering a few Weeks ago. I ended up scooping out as much of the mold as I could and realized it was really thriving on all of the old dead bits that were leftover at soil level. So I tried to really gently remove some of that without disturbing any of the new growth. Hopefully I didn't do too much. I put it up out of my reach to let it deal with the rest of the moisture it's got. Poor thing. I'll order some fungicide cause I'm sure I didn't eliminate the fungus completely. Also I just finally got my hands on a pilea involucrata and it's Gorgeous, do you have a video on them?
@@rachelpye2760 unfortunately no I don’t have video on that plant at the moment
I have 5 prayer plants actually 4 different ones I separated one the leaves were turning brown I think the plant lights were to hot so turned plant lights down and far they are doing a lot better
I also talk about my plants a lot.😂 I Only one of my friends is into plants and she's new to growing plants. She's getting very frustrated because she keeps getting gnats for some reason. But she's the only one I can actually talk to about plants
@AlohaPlantLife do you have a Video about the soil mix you mention?
I moved my 1.5 inch pot Maranta into a 3 inch terracotta. I can now see it's two vines in there and since moving it to slightly larger it's started to pray how it should and I've been getting 3 new leaves a week. I do have to water every couple of days but that's because it's terracotta and it's tiny, i would guess a full watering really only holds like a tablespoon (what doesn't come out the bottom). It seems happy though and so far haven't lost any leaves. I won't check on roots etc until the plant starts to act funny or if i start to look a lot of leaves. Now that i know it didn't pray, at all, in the too small pot that's a good sign for me to look for. I wouldn't say it was "root bound" in the traditional sense but those tiny pots simply don't have much room!
I can't believe you're monstera was this small a year ago. It's huge now, and i thought it was big a year ago 🤣🤣🤣
Wow you’re right the monstera does look crazy smaller looking back at this video
The best video on prayer plant care on youtube. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I had a very thriving beautiful maranta that seemed to get a few brown spots on the leaves, then it died back, and I don't understand it, even the cuttings I tried to salvage by putting in leca died but the roots still look white, any ideas?
What kind of water are you watering with?
@@AlohaPlantLife normally distilled but I am in florida and i had it outside under a canopy. we had a few weeks of humid rainy weather. I may have given it some rainwater. Alternatively I was thinking I had gone too long without watering it and pushed it into dormancy? or was worried the weather had spread a fungus like it seems to do. I'm going to keep it around and see what happens. oh and it was rootbound so up-potted it. its still got a few good leaves but its a far cry from the beauty that it was. Given thats its now september perhaps it went into dormancy thinking it was winter. I'm confused, but I'm going to wait and see. You've made me more aware of the importance of good water.
@@hyperboly It may just be throwing a tantrum over all the changes you’ve put it through. I’d just give it some time to recover💚
@@AlohaPlantLife yeah, that could be it too. What throws me is that even the cuttings died like it was a preprogrammed death or something. I wish I could figure out this plant lol. Checked today and it still has some leaves so fingers crossed. Thanks for replying. And good luck with your business! You'll be great at it! I'm raising some aroids too, the weather is good for that here. We have an aroid show here next weekend. My favorite suppliers are ecuagenera and Tropicals, lately I like Tropicals the best. They found a way to import without messing with the roots.
Hi Drea! I love coming back to this video if I come across anything I might need for my calatheas, your care tips and info have been on point 😊 I do have a question though, my Orbifolia is blooming for the first time I’m so happy! While I usually fertilize when I have new growth coming in which I have three new leaves, I’ve heard for some plants not to fertilize when its blooming? Have you dealt with this, does it harm the plant ?
It won’t harm the plant. The plant will put all its energy into that bloom and sacrifice leaves in the process if it has to. So if you think about fertilizing it should actually help it be less likely to sacrifice leaves because now it will have more nutrients to spread around if that makes sense.
I swore not to buy future trash but I bought one because it was cheap. Now I am the one who is going to pray for it. Pun intended.
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Also have a orbifolia. The most beautiful gal in the room.
I have 6prayer plants in low light and they are throwing out new leaves I love them I have divided my medallion and the one I divided and they are both growing throwing out new leaves
Awesome!💚
Hi great video!! I have a ctenanthe plant and it has been having leaves that have not opened for about a month now I’m not sure if it’s because of a lighting or watering issue? Thank you
Wait, so is it pushing out new leaves but they’re just staying rolled up?
A word of caution on well water - the mineral content in well water depends entirely on where you live. I live in southeast Wyoming, and a lot of our well water is hard as a rock! It is full of calcium and magnesium to the point it leaves hard water deposits on anything it comes into contact with for very long. Be aware of that. I do not use my well water to water any of my prayer plants. I go with distilled.
Just treat Calathea's lie a fern and you're golden!!
My question is how long does it usually take for the leaves to unfurl?Got my lemon lime about 3 weeks ago which had 3 leaves coming in but they’re still wrapped up. Wondering if they’re stuck.
If you have a really good reverse osmosis system, with multiple filters and all that, supposedly the difference between that and the distilled water you buy at the store is that the reverse osmosis system leaves in some minerals after removing all the pollutants. For drinking, some people say these good minerals make the RO water healthier and/or taste better, but how do prayer plants feel about this?
Hi there, I recently bought a Gray Star plant. On most of the back of the leaves it has clear light dots. I doubt it is bugs nor mold. They might be sensors? Do you have them on your praying plants? I just noticed it develops a honey or clear glue substance on those spots. It smears when I touch it. I don't see any bugs, mites, mold.
I live in the desert and my calatheas thrived until I moved. My air conditioning was broken for the first week in the new house in the heat of summer, so my Makoyana got burnt. It's around 4.5 ft tall, a huge plant, and now more than half the leaves are brown-tipped. Should I prune them all back and keep it pushing? New leaves are growing so it's not dead.
Thanks for the info! I just impulse-bought my first maranta today! It's in that dense big-box store soil. Should I really just leave it alone? When I do repot it eventually, should I still leave the soil alone and just put better soil around it? I'm not sure I've ever not repotted a big-box store plant immediately upon getting it home and removed all of the soil.
If it’s not in the right type of soil then yes I would repot and get it in the right type of soil immediately
I have, over many years, tried Maranta, & they have always turned brown. I got a Ctenthe, but its leaves turned brown, until I pruned it back & it is doing better in my basement. I recently tried a Calathea, but it turned brown & shriveled up. The one exception is my "rattlesnake" Calathea, which has thrived for about 20 months in my bathroom. However, it has been re-classified to a different genus, Goeppertia insignis, which may be why it seems to tolerate somewhat lower humidity than Calathea. I use rain water & de-humidifier water for my house plants. About your Maranta with faded leaves, can too much light cause leaves to fade?
Great timing for this video, thank you! I have a velvet calathea that is about 3' tall. Unfortunately I'm redoing my plant room & had to move all the plants into dining room for this. I watered thoroughly, but had my calathea somewhere I couldn't reach. After 2 weeks I moved everything out for a check & water & she was bone dry. All her leaves are laying down. The leaves look healthy, they're just horizontal 😔 will she be ok with some TLC? Her new room won't be ready for another 2 weeks.
I find calathea bounce back more often than not, they just sometimes take a lot longer to do so than other plants. I wouldn't worry too much.
@@AlohaPlantLife well thanks to your watering series of videos I gave her some major hydrotherapy. I loosely tied up her leaves (my thought was it would make it easier for her to uptake the water, no clue if true) gave her a thorough water, let her sit in it for a hour, let her rest over night. The next day her soil was dry again (still laying down), so I gave her another thorough watering. The next morning she bounced back! So thank you for all your advice, cause I used a lot of it!!!🥰👏❤️🪴
@@cookienibz2578 Yay!! That’s awesome 💚
New subscriber here 😊 I have a question about mine. Ive only had it a couple months & I know it’s not ready to be repotted, but it will be at some point. I recently bought some aroid mix, but it’s too fine for my climbers. Would it be ok to mix some of that in with regular potting soil to encourage better aeration & drainage. My brain says yes 🤷♀️
If it’s a chunky aroid mix, then absolutely💚
whats your opinion on using tap water conditioner used for aquarium water? I’ve heard that can be used to remove chlorine from tap water
Honestly, I’ve got zero experience with this, but lots of people have live plants in their aquariums so that would lead me to believe that it is probably fine to use this to treat water for other types of plants as well.
What soil can I use more the maranta
Grow lights for Calatheas & other prayer plants...I'm on my 3rd snake plant calathea
Where abouts would you be needing to use the lights? Just so I know what format of light (bar, pendant, etc to recommend)
@@AlohaPlantLife l have a grow light bulb in a lamp...but the Snake calathea along with a Lynette ??? Trying to learn what I have! They sit pretty close to the floor & the lamp is on a table.This is because they're near a heater because of this drafty room. Prayer Plant seems to enjoy it! But I don't want to ruin my 3rd Snake plant!! I love them!
@@joycekizer7124 Wait….is the prayer plant on the floor too? Trying to make sure I’m envisioning this correctly, ‘cause if the prayer plant is ok with the light level then the Calathea should be too
Thanks for this video. I believe I knew most of what you were chatting about, however I don't have as many of the various genuses as you. The tried rattlesnake, it died. My Calathea Orbifolia is doing well, except for the crisping leaves. I have it on a pebble tray, but I am going to see if there is something funky going on with the soil. The one thing I feel you didn't mention is moving. I feel like they don't like being moved. Once you find a "happy" spot for them, leave them alone. You can always boil your water, instead of buying distilled water. I am trying again with the Maranta. I am praying it doesn't die 🙏🏽wish me luck.
You got this💚! And I actually casually mentioned in a recent video that often times they don’t like to be moved so totally with you on that one!
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Now if I can keep my cat away from chewing on my plants 🤔
Hi hope ur well, what is the best fertiliser to use for prayer plants, I have just purchased my first maranta, thank you for inspiring me to get one. Don't want to give it too much of a strong fertiliser.
This is what I use once a month in the winter and once every two weeks in the spring summer and fall: Bonide Houseplant Liquid Plant Food 10-10-10, 8 oz Concentrated Fertilizer for Indoors, Use Every Time You Water a.co/d/3e2oyy0
@Aloha Plant Life thank you for replying bk. I find your videos very interesting, I brought a stromanthe tricolor and in the 1st week it had mealy bugs gave it a neem solution clean and change the soil as I was scared they were in the soil as well. Now it a stub but I have kept it after watching your
"IS IT REALLY DEAD VIDEO" I hope it does grow back, but I will buy another one when the weather warms up.
Do you have advice for a fertilizer I could buy for a Calathea Medallion? 🥰 Thank you very much! ❤ Your video is very helpful!
This is what I use: www.amazon.com/dp/B002LFEQ6G?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzan061ad3-20&creativeASIN=B002LFEQ6G&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.2MJTJE3FMRF0I&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_f_asin
@@AlohaPlantLife Thank you very much!! ❤
I know you made this video on the prayer plants a year ago - BUT - someone gave me a prayer plant, recently. Do you think I can check the moisture of the plant by using a moisture meter??
I’m not a huge fan of moisture meters but it might help you initially to get a good feel for when to water
My red maranta broke off and so I water propped it and then it was thriving so well I kept it in Leca. Wow! It looks amazing growing in Leca. So much better than the plant it came off of! Makes me want to transfer the whole mother plant. But I’m not even a Leca person, I just started experimenting with it for propagating. But man they sure love the Leca situation.
Is there a such as "Low Light" Prayer Plants? Because in different seasons such as Winter, you may not get much Sunlight.
Most of mine live in east windows and do fine there year around. I have one (a rattlesnake Calathea) that’s directly in a north facing window and so far it’s been fine but I was given it as a gift back in January so it hasn’t been there for a full year yet, but the lighting in January and February was pretty low in that window.
I love my calatheas! They’re my obsession! My favorite is my Freddie (don’t tell the rest of my plants I said that…they might get jealous). What is the name of the one sitting in front of your Ctenanthe behind you?
That’s a ctenanthe burle marxii💚
Is it okay if I trim off the crispy leaf tips and leave the rest of the leaf?
Yes you can do that if you want just try not to cut into the healthy plant tissue
My fav Calatheas are Rattlesnakes. I had one rattlesnake and peacock and those have rotted on me. So i bought two more rattlesnakes. I wanted to put them together to make one big plant🪴. Simce they tend to have a mind of its own, should keep them separate since they tend to pray? I feel like the root system is for that single plant.
You know, I’d never really thought about that before but you’re right about the fact the leaves would probably ‘pray’ into each other 🤔. But I’m thinking they would probably adjust over time. As long as the root balls for each of the plants are about the same size and you’re not combining them into a pot that’s too big or too small for them then you should be fine to combine them.
I repotted my calathea (Same size pot new soil) after your video the other day. I had been watering her and she has been crisping (freddies cousin Eddie the rattlesnake), and I was SHOCKED bc all the roots were good, but they were all actually getting to the almost too dry side, but the only soil that was moist was the stuff at the top, the stuff in the center where roots seem to grow last (no plug YAY), was DRY and normally I find that is damp/moist on a plant, so I went against myself and untangled the roots and removed the soil and then put the roots in more splayed so they have more contact with soil less contact with themselves. Anyways, cousin Eddie hasn't prayed since. It's kinda sad, but I am assuming it's shock from the roots being exposed? I don't want to do the whole lets switch locations thing to try and change the lighting for it but if it doesn't start to pray or move around what would you recommend? Would you think it is doing okay so long as it's leaves are not getting more crispy? Should I water it the same as before or give it less/more since the roots are re-adapting?
If your view time is high today its me, sorry? LOL
It’s probably just recovering. I would just give it some time and continue watering as normal for now
Hi, as far as repotting, would you recommend repotting a new plant right away ? I just bought one from Home Depot a week ago in a 4in plastic container that’s inside a terra-cotta pot. There are a few thin roots coming through the bottom. Should I repot it into something a size up now ?
With new plants I typically only repot right away if they are in the incorrect type of soil or if I discover something bad like the start of root rot. Otherwise, I would probably give at least a month to acclimate to your home before repotting.
@@AlohaPlantLife ok thank you !
What do you think of hydrometers. I agree poking in the topsoil doesn’t make sense because I need to know whats going on around the roots. I’ve lost plants I liked due to root rot.
I don’t trust them because they work off of electrical conductivity and overtime things buildup in your soil that increase electrical conductivity, which can make them tell you that the soil is moist when it actually isn’t.
@@AlohaPlantLife Didn’t know that
@@user-bm3bo9ov7z I’ve actually been trying to work on devising an experiment I can film to show you all how various different things affect the readings, so hopefully I will be able to deliver that to you guys in the not too distant future
Rain water, get a rain barrel....😊
I use rainwater for all my plants, but still my orbifolia keep getting crispy leaves, though i am keeping the soil moist, not wet. I have moved it to different spots, different light, but still... crispy leaves. I think this plant hates me. :)