I purchased the six scoops also since I copied you using them and love them. I also copied the watercolor brushes from another channel, they hold rubbing alcohol and sit ready to go in a seconds notice. Thanks to all of you!
I love stratum . Everytime I notice my plant not doing good I transfer to stratum right away and they will survive. All your plants are beautiful and healthy. I love watching you vedio.❤
Such an honest thought Melissa and one I can relate to: "I have so much to do but I can't think of anything to do"....a real brain stump moment that I know all too well esp with my Covid induced foggy brain (again!). Despite that you managed to motivate me into action to transfer some of my philos to my new clear moss poles (similar to your Thiccly ones but with a honeycomb design at the front). So get ready Florida Ghost, Pink & White Princesses, Brandtianum and Silver Sword. You're gonna get the Melissa treatment cos you need to size up now that we're in the growing season 👏🏼💪😹 As for your peace lily plantinum, yes it can flower. It looks gorgeous even now! I've found with mine that the more light they get ( esp morning sun) the more likely they'll flower. But I also have been using GT FLOWER FOCUS (which I use for ALL my flowering plants) and since doing that I have had blooms. You make repotting look super duper easy🫶👌🏼
Those plants on poles behind you are💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚!!!!! I enjoy your planty videos. Just wondering if you would ever extend your content to some outdoor gardening? You might love it. It’s so rewarding seeing the landscape transforming and with the help of Mother Nature it’s just wonderful. But regardless I love your houseplant content very much. You definitely are a good plant mom! And cat mom!☺️
Thank you so much! I definitely want to do some garden beds in the future but I know nothing about gardening so I would need to do lots of research! With my focus being geared towards a plant shop right now I am not sure when I would try to focus time to do that. If not next year then probably the year after!
thank you for taking us along on a sleep-deprived day of plant chores. I bet your nursing skills come in handy when it comes to multi-tasking and making decisions about all your plants, incl. the ones you're prepping for sale. Thanks for finding that chunky perlite so we can copy your various soil mixes.
I've been watching you for a while I love your content! I don't know if someone already told you but, recently I was looking for "orchid mix" alternative and found fir bark from the pet store works pretty well! It's what I would say "medium" chunky you should check it out! It usually for reptiles but you can use it for your plants too and comes in a big bag much love from Florida ♥
Hi you have a beautiful collection of plants I have. a few pothos plants can I use that type of mixture for them, I would love if the leaves were large like that 😊😊😊😊
Hi Melissa. I love your videos. Shall I put my Monstera TC on a moss pole or not? And do you have a tip to convince my parents to get a groew light, because my parents are against it because of the electricity? I don’t know what to do 😢
Hi, Thai's don't need a moss pole to root into it with how they grow but you can add one for support if you want to. One grow bulb won't increase electricity that much :)
Melissa, hi👋 While I was watching the video, I was enjoying your beautiful living room. Can you make a video like "home tour"or something like that?😊🙏☀️
Heyyy!! Wanted to rec. a bag sooo (trust me I know we are scarred hahah) but i promise it’s a true soil less soil/ it’s called Mollys and it’s soooo good! I always make my own , however it’s nice to have a bag on hand when I decide to report at midnight and the littles are sleeping lol! 💕💕🫶🏼
I've seen it before and looked at the ingredients and still prefer to just make my own. it seems pricey for the amount you get too. Sols ruined me from trying any pre-made mixes ever again.
That zebra plant i had one before and also the green one. They are pretty plants but so thirsty. They like there soil kept moist. There leaves droop drastically when thirsty. I had to get rid of them as kept attracting fungus gnats. I feel with thirsty plant’s probably do well with pon or no drainage. I don’t really care if they bloom there flowers i buy for there leaves.
Omg yes!! It’s called adhd/anxiety!! I plan everything out in a bullet journal to encourage me, yet feel so overwhelmed; like I have soooo much I want to do, but never know where to start.
Same here! I jot down even the smallest of things like “feed kitties” and “eat lunch”. That way I feel super accomplished when I go to cross those out 🤭
How do you choose when to use stratum vs moss to prop? I’ve been using 50%stratum perlite for tissue cultures and they are thriving! But I’m fixing to receive some albo cuttings and am debating which method to use and am leaning towards the moss+petite.
Just a question that I had no idea where to ask. But I got a Thai constellation rehab plant. And it has fuzzy aerial roots. Is that something normal? I was just excited since it was only $10 but it’s been my dream plant
No it's not related to it. I've only used the gt maybe 4 times now and not on all plants and it's at a very diluted dose. That top leaf is like inches away from 2 barrina T8's in my cabinet so super strong light.
I’m case I missed it where did you get this bag of perlite? I need this. 🙌 Ok I seen it in your Amazon but I can’t find it when I search for it on Amazon. Maybe they will have it back soon. Love, love, love your videos. I’m going to St. Augustine in November and looking forward to going to a few nurseries. Hope to find some stuff I can’t find around the Raleigh NC area. Any recommendations?
Hey Melissa! Do you think your diy mixes end up being more economical than premade mixes? Just curious. I used some Fox Farm to mix with some Special Orchid Mix from Better Grow for a ‘regular’ mix but it still seems to retain too much water and my begonias suffered. Maybe that’s a learning curve for me.
I think it depends on what you buy. Perlite is fairly inexpensive and I will usually buy the miracle gro brand to mix in it. Orchid bark can be expensive by itself but depends on the brand. The soil staying too moist could be the pot size itself, how much light the plant is receiving and how aerated you make it so there's many factors to it. I definitely make mine more chunky and like to buy everything separately but it's what I prefer :)
I fill it up to the top because they dry quickly in my plant room. As long as it doesn't get too dry which happens sometimes. I'm not particular with the amount of water!
I got these at target but you should be able to get them pretty much anywhere! I found these on amazon that are similar: www.amazon.com/dp/B0100XS56W?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmeli0992-20&creativeASIN=B0100XS56W&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.B6F3YIOPBQAN&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin
It's hard to get right now it goes out of stock quickly. You can sign up for email notifications on lechuza's website that's what I did and how I got more!
Hej Melissa I have a peace Lilli for 4 years and it did not bloom for 3 yeas. I gave it a self watering pot and it began to bloom again. It love its strong indirect light from my grow-light. Have you tried to mix Perlite with the broken down fluval stratum? Fan of your channel. Take good care of yourself and yours. From Denmark.
They all bloom the same flower they do like water they do droop when they want water but do recover but they won’t flower if they don’t get water on a regular basis I have 3 different varieties
Thank you! I try to keep the soil from going too dry. It loves water! Once the leaves start to droop them I waited too late haha but I probably water it once a week in my space!
Not yet :) I did a little story sale in insta for some plants but trying to work on a website. It's just taking me awhile since I am doing it myself and there's a lot that goes into that so it's a slow progress. I am going to try better manage my time so I can have more dedicated website days!
Yes, I do :) I have growing conditions for them year round. Sometimes I try not to bother plants as much in the off season but if they need to be repotted then I will :)
Not yet :) I'm working on a website though. It's alway been something I wanted to do. It's taking me awhile and finding I am not dedicating as much time to it as I need so it'll be awhile. I did a story sale on insta :)
I just did a little story sale on insta but my website/shop won't be open for awhile yet. I'm trying to do it all myself and it was getting overwhelming so I had to slow down with it but going to try and have more dedicated website days so I can focus more time on it :)
Totally random but are you going to continue to filter your water and add stress coat? I just got my stress coat yesterday and was filtering some water and my daughter asked why I need to do both...
Yeah I wondered that to but figured I might a well use it. I wasn't filtering it for too long before I started using it so I am not sure if it has done anything or not. You probably don't need both :)
hi :) no not yet. I haven;t had much time to focus on it but still debating if I should wait now till spring. I don't really want to open a plant shop going into winter
Does your house have a basement? It would be cool to see you try out a grow tent set up, and I know lots of people put them in their basements so that they’re more out of the way and not in your main space! Super excited to see you start your website 🩷🩷
I love waking up to planty content 🥰
Thank you for watching! 💗
I purchased the six scoops also since I copied you using them and love them. I also copied the watercolor brushes from another channel, they hold rubbing alcohol and sit ready to go in a seconds notice. Thanks to all of you!
I love stratum . Everytime I notice my plant not doing good I transfer to stratum right away and they will survive. All your plants are beautiful and healthy. I love watching you vedio.❤
Thank you! I am such of fan of it and happy you like it too! So happy I tried it :)
I like the Snow White Zebra 🦓 plant 🌿💚🌵
“Garden Answer” with Laura is a great source for research.
You are so cute when you described you washing the cats n the chargers
Such an honest thought Melissa and one I can relate to: "I have so much to do but I can't think of anything to do"....a real brain stump moment that I know all too well esp with my Covid induced foggy brain (again!). Despite that you managed to motivate me into action to transfer some of my philos to my new clear moss poles (similar to your Thiccly ones but with a honeycomb design at the front). So get ready Florida Ghost, Pink & White Princesses, Brandtianum and Silver Sword. You're gonna get the Melissa treatment cos you need to size up now that we're in the growing season 👏🏼💪😹 As for your peace lily plantinum, yes it can flower. It looks gorgeous even now! I've found with mine that the more light they get ( esp morning sun) the more likely they'll flower. But I also have been using GT FLOWER FOCUS (which I use for ALL my flowering plants) and since doing that I have had blooms. You make repotting look super duper easy🫶👌🏼
Those plants on poles behind you are💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚!!!!! I enjoy your planty videos. Just wondering if you would ever extend your content to some outdoor gardening? You might love it. It’s so rewarding seeing the landscape transforming and with the help of Mother Nature it’s just wonderful. But regardless I love your houseplant content very much. You definitely are a good plant mom! And cat mom!☺️
Thank you so much! I definitely want to do some garden beds in the future but I know nothing about gardening so I would need to do lots of research! With my focus being geared towards a plant shop right now I am not sure when I would try to focus time to do that. If not next year then probably the year after!
Melissa I’m totally noticing upsizing in your growth since GT and that’s so exciting ❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
I got a Jet Diamond in January and it’s blooming right now, for the second time since then!
thank you for taking us along on a sleep-deprived day of plant chores. I bet your nursing skills come in handy when it comes to multi-tasking and making decisions about all your plants, incl. the ones you're prepping for sale. Thanks for finding that chunky perlite so we can copy your various soil mixes.
Wow,, what a beautiful plants..hope that I have too to my future plant vlogs...thanks for sharing mam Melissa💚💚
Your smile made my day ❤😊
I love peace lilies. I imagine it will bloom. They bloom when they are happy. These plants are divas. They don’t like to be dry.
I got super excited when I sat down to watch your videos and came across today's new upload! 🥰 Thank you for all your amazing content!
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching 🤗
It's a great idea, thank you very much.
I've been watching you for a while I love your content! I don't know if someone already told you but, recently I was looking for "orchid mix" alternative and found fir bark from the pet store works pretty well! It's what I would say "medium" chunky you should check it out! It usually for reptiles but you can use it for your plants too and comes in a big bag much love from Florida ♥
Platinum Peace lily has the same white flower as the standard peace lily. I have one of my own. It has bloomed 1 time in the spring so far.
Ohhh yesss!!! A new video🙌
Thank you for watching! 🫶
Beautiful Majestic 😘🌵⭐💚
Thank you!! I'm really excited to see that one grow more!
Hi you have a beautiful collection of plants I have. a few pothos plants can I use that type of mixture for them, I would love if the leaves were large like that 😊😊😊😊
Hi Melissa. I love your videos. Shall I put my Monstera TC on a moss pole or not? And do you have a tip to convince my parents to get a groew light, because my parents are against it because of the electricity? I don’t know what to do 😢
Hi, Thai's don't need a moss pole to root into it with how they grow but you can add one for support if you want to. One grow bulb won't increase electricity that much :)
Love these types of videos! I also use my soil scoop to push soil down on the edges perfect for it! Another great video 💚
Melissa, hi👋 While I was watching the video, I was enjoying your beautiful living room. Can you make a video like "home tour"or something like that?😊🙏☀️
You made my day.. long day at work, I’m so happy to see you uploaded ❤❤❤
aww I'm sorry! Thank you for hanging out with me and I hope your Friday goes well!
Heyyy!! Wanted to rec. a bag sooo (trust me I know we are scarred hahah) but i promise it’s a true soil less soil/ it’s called Mollys and it’s soooo good! I always make my own , however it’s nice to have a bag on hand when I decide to report at midnight and the littles are sleeping lol! 💕💕🫶🏼
I've seen it before and looked at the ingredients and still prefer to just make my own. it seems pricey for the amount you get too. Sols ruined me from trying any pre-made mixes ever again.
That zebra plant i had one before and also the green one. They are pretty plants but so thirsty. They like there soil kept moist. There leaves droop drastically when thirsty. I had to get rid of them as kept attracting fungus gnats. I feel with thirsty plant’s probably do well with pon or no drainage. I don’t really care if they bloom there flowers i buy for there leaves.
Melissa, thought you should know your my favorite planty content CZcamsr 🪴🪴🪴 Thank you 💝
Thank you so much! I appreciate that 🥹
Omg yes!! It’s called adhd/anxiety!! I plan everything out in a bullet journal to encourage me, yet feel so overwhelmed; like I have soooo much I want to do, but never know where to start.
Same 😞 it's terrible...
Same here! I jot down even the smallest of things like “feed kitties” and “eat lunch”. That way I feel super accomplished when I go to cross those out 🤭
The zebra plant is stunning with the white pot.
How do you choose when to use stratum vs moss to prop? I’ve been using 50%stratum perlite for tissue cultures and they are thriving! But I’m fixing to receive some albo cuttings and am debating which method to use and am leaning towards the moss+petite.
Just a question that I had no idea where to ask. But I got a Thai constellation rehab plant. And it has fuzzy aerial roots. Is that something normal? I was just excited since it was only $10 but it’s been my dream plant
fuzzy aerial roots are totally normal :)
@@plantsbymelissa thank you!! I love your videos. I’ve learned so much from them!
ahhhhh that peace lily is gorgeous 😍
Curious, Melissa…. Did your majestic push out that new leaf since foliage focus?
No it's not related to it. I've only used the gt maybe 4 times now and not on all plants and it's at a very diluted dose. That top leaf is like inches away from 2 barrina T8's in my cabinet so super strong light.
Love your videos as always! You inspire me!!
Thank you!!
I’m case I missed it where did you get this bag of perlite? I need this. 🙌 Ok I seen it in your Amazon but I can’t find it when I search for it on Amazon. Maybe they will have it back soon. Love, love, love your videos. I’m going to St. Augustine in November and looking forward to going to a few nurseries. Hope to find some stuff I can’t find around the Raleigh NC area. Any recommendations?
Hey Melissa! Do you think your diy mixes end up being more economical than premade mixes? Just curious. I used some Fox Farm to mix with some Special Orchid Mix from Better Grow for a ‘regular’ mix but it still seems to retain too much water and my begonias suffered. Maybe that’s a learning curve for me.
I think it depends on what you buy. Perlite is fairly inexpensive and I will usually buy the miracle gro brand to mix in it. Orchid bark can be expensive by itself but depends on the brand. The soil staying too moist could be the pot size itself, how much light the plant is receiving and how aerated you make it so there's many factors to it. I definitely make mine more chunky and like to buy everything separately but it's what I prefer :)
May I please ask what sub straight you used with small cuttings?
Nice video. I hope your stress gets better.
Thank you! :)
I’m curious, when you grow things in stratum, do you water to the top, or just at the bottom inch and let the water wick up.
I fill it up to the top because they dry quickly in my plant room. As long as it doesn't get too dry which happens sometimes. I'm not particular with the amount of water!
I remember when you only had one row of poles. You’ve added a lot of new poles.
I like the size of those bins. Do you know where you got them? Is there a quart size marked on the bottom ? Thank you.
I got these at target but you should be able to get them pretty much anywhere! I found these on amazon that are similar: www.amazon.com/dp/B0100XS56W?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmeli0992-20&creativeASIN=B0100XS56W&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.B6F3YIOPBQAN&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin
I thought you mixed the old stratum with the new stratum. I thought I saw you do it once
I do :)
I tried to order the pon you recommended. Amazon is out . Do you have any recommendations?
It's hard to get right now it goes out of stock quickly. You can sign up for email notifications on lechuza's website that's what I did and how I got more!
@@plantsbymelissa thank you so much 😊 I thoroughly enjoy all your videos.
❤hi!
Hej Melissa
I have a peace Lilli for 4 years and it did not bloom for 3 yeas. I gave it a self watering pot and it began to bloom again. It love its strong indirect light from my grow-light.
Have you tried to mix Perlite with the broken down fluval stratum?
Fan of your channel.
Take good care of yourself and yours. From Denmark.
Thank you! I tried once before and it molded on me. I might try it again!
They all bloom the same flower they do like water they do droop when they want water but do recover but they won’t flower if they don’t get water on a regular basis I have 3 different varieties
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Great repotting,I have a question ,how often do you water the zebra plant, mine is never happy😅
Yours look great 🤩
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Thank you! I try to keep the soil from going too dry. It loves water! Once the leaves start to droop them I waited too late haha but I probably water it once a week in my space!
Thank you
I keep it moist but still loosing leaves👎
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You mentioned that you were sending out orders. How do I contribute to your sales? I’d may have to have something you are selling! 😊
I don't have moss in my country, what i can do !
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And, in your experience with stratum, do you find it is worth the purchase?
100 %
Packing orders? Does that mean you're selling plants now? 🌵🌱🌿🍃🌵
Not yet :) I did a little story sale in insta for some plants but trying to work on a website. It's just taking me awhile since I am doing it myself and there's a lot that goes into that so it's a slow progress. I am going to try better manage my time so I can have more dedicated website days!
Awesome video...I was wondering can you repot any time if it's necessary
Yes, I do :) I have growing conditions for them year round. Sometimes I try not to bother plants as much in the off season but if they need to be repotted then I will :)
@@plantsbymelissa thanks for the reply. I live in Florida and it's mostly hot year round
WAIT! You mentioned plant orders. Do you have your shop up and running?? I'm ready to order lol!
Same!!!! I feel like I might have missed a video and she announced it in that.
My guess is it was the giveaway plants from her live
Not yet :) I'm working on a website though. It's alway been something I wanted to do. It's taking me awhile and finding I am not dedicating as much time to it as I need so it'll be awhile. I did a story sale on insta :)
Not yet :) Once it's ready I will let everyone know :)
Packing orders? Did I miss something??
I just did a little story sale on insta but my website/shop won't be open for awhile yet. I'm trying to do it all myself and it was getting overwhelming so I had to slow down with it but going to try and have more dedicated website days so I can focus more time on it :)
Totally random but are you going to continue to filter your water and add stress coat? I just got my stress coat yesterday and was filtering some water and my daughter asked why I need to do both...
Yeah I wondered that to but figured I might a well use it. I wasn't filtering it for too long before I started using it so I am not sure if it has done anything or not. You probably don't need both :)
That’s the biggest bag of perlite that I’ve ever seen.
Mother Earth brand! It's a huge bag!
Do u have a plant shop Melissa
not yet :)
How the heck do you not have any brown tips on any of your plants?! Seriously, #plantgoals
Do you sell your plants yet? I love your videos and want to have some plants. Like im not picky lol
not yet :) It will be awhile!
Have you started your store yet?
Haha nevermind you answered it 😂
hi :) no not yet. I haven;t had much time to focus on it but still debating if I should wait now till spring. I don't really want to open a plant shop going into winter
@@plantsbymelissa yeah you will need heat packs and all that
Are you selling plants yet?
no not yet:) It's going to be awhile. I might do a story sale again on insta though.
Hello, I have a random question….. are you a Libra ♎️?
I am a capricorn :)
Why you don't say "O my God!"???
Why you say ":gosh???
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Peace Lily are very toxic for cats so please cut off the blooms as soon as they come out! 🐈🐈⬛
It's on my top shelf so they can't reach it :)
Does your house have a basement? It would be cool to see you try out a grow tent set up, and I know lots of people put them in their basements so that they’re more out of the way and not in your main space! Super excited to see you start your website 🩷🩷
Thank you! No basement here :) I would love extra space though haha