Acclimating Imported Houseplants + One Month Update!
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Here's how I acclimated the plants I picked up from an Ecuagenera pop-up. There's a 1 week & a 1 month updated so you can really see how far they've come :')
Unboxing video: • My Biggest Plant Haul ...
Plants from: www.ecuagenera.com/
Humidifier/fan: amzn.to/3Nj9io2
Time Stamps
0:00 hi
0:54 potting Monstera obliqua Peru
2:45 potting Anthurium warrocqueanum
4:37 potting Philodendron mamei
5:36 potting Philodendron sodiroi aff
8:07 potting Philodendron El Choco Red
10:27 potting Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Ann Buckleberry
12:04 Hoya rotundiflora
12:23 Huperzia
12:55 Day 2
13:08 One Week Update
28:41 One Month Update
35:20 thx 4 watching :-)
You have the soul of an engineer. If you need something, you just make it.
I’d use water first to hydrate them for at least 24 hrs. I’ve also been using fluvalstratum for rooting and rehabbing. Works like a charm
I am so afraid to put them in water bc I feel like they’ll turn to mush 🥲
Dont be scurred! Only rehydrate plants in water for like, a few hours, maybe up to a day… then pot them when they’re nice and hydrated ;) …or, pot them in sphagnum, then soak the pot in a tray if water for like 2 hours; then remove and let it drain, preferably elevated (or on marbles, rocks, gravel) so air passes below.
Also…don’t be worried; on some of those plants (like the El choco, the mamei, etc.), you can actually snip half of the dried roots off. In some cases, it’s actually better for the plant to start over, which its going to do anyway - growing new roots. More organic matter, I.e., dried root material floating around, can degrade water quality faster thus leading to the plant rotting.
Personally, i would soak them for maybe six hours, maybe 12, idk, lol…then switch to sphagnum moss or an orchid MIX (not orchid bark). So basically, a chunky mix with worm castings and finer coco fibers. Sorry long comment hehe
Yeah, I would leave them soaking in water for an hour or two after they have been transported. They are more likely to rot in moss than in water, just saying. I always add a little hydrogen peroxide to the water too.
Yeah their roots are so delicate especially in dry moss. So I had anxiety when you were taking them off without wetting the moss first 😅
Getting new plants really feels like being kids and going to playgrounds or toy shops. the excitement is super awesome.
Anyways, my Warocqueanum took almost 2 months to stabilize. All the while being worried. Just shot out a new leaf few days back and it was such an ecstatic feeling! like finally!
It wont be awful to switch them from moss to soil… just do what I do, don’t bother with the soil! Haha. They dont honestly need it really. Especially if you fertilize. I’ve switched many of my plants to sphagnum, in a desperate effort to avoid rot. I did it to a lot, like two years ago, including aeoniums, sedums, echeveria, other succulents, peperomias, bromeliads, ferns, and even cacti - and the difference is amazing. it’s the improved airflow I think. It also proves my ”theory” that these plants are generally low-feeders, as far as nutrition goes. Some aroids like diluted ferts more than others; for some, like ferns, succs, pep’s, or bromeliads, the moss is perfect for their entire lives. I just look at their natural habitat, what the soil is like, or id they’re epiphytic. For example, I wouldn’t pot lithops in sphagnum bc that’s not really how South African mineral-rich soil is! Although, lithops are full of surprises, and it wouldn’t shock me if they decided to live 100 years in sphagnum. Hmmm…
If anything, I’d put your plants in moss/chunky mix, let them get rootbound a little first… then later on you repot the whole rootball, moss and all, into a newer, well-aerated mix. This could be like a chunky aroid mix, or a store bought orchid mix (nit bark!). You can amend orchid mixes w extra bark though, or pumice, perlite, etc.
As usual a great video!!!
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Thank you for the update on the fan! I recently went to an Ecuagenera pop up in San Diego in Balboa Park :) I was not expecting it but I am so happy I had the experience.
Amazing props 👌🍃🤍
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection
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Erika, I always look forward to your videos, plant hauls, pottings, nursery or big box tours, etc. Congratulations on your successful acclimation of your new plants. See you on the next one. Have a happy Halloween 🎃
Happy Halloween! 👻
Yeeeees with the aerial roots on your mamei!!!!! Wrap those babies in some moss and you can have like 5 of them by next spring! 😍😍😍😍
Great video, beautiful plants! You have come such a long way since even the gloriosum video! Today is the exact one month date since I received my imports too, except mine came from Ecuaflor-a (tropicals), and all of my plants are doing great as well!! It’s such a good feeling! Thanks for sharing:)
Yes the Gloriosum taught me a lot 😅 woot woot for our lil babies pulling through!!
Hi Sweetheart, you have grown.proud of you 😘🙏🏾
I love that you reuse plastic cups as plant pots! Great way to give plastic new life.
They’re perfect for plants I love them! They’re especially good for orchids
I have been sick with the flu for a week and this video is like medication! 😊 Even better than that.
Fell better soon 💚💚
Love the thumbnail!
Thank you 😊
re: the Bulbophyllum, this is one of those times you can fill up the bottom 1/3 of the pot with gravel, leca, perlite, packing peanuts, etc. You really don't need more media than how long the roots get. Wooden baskets with sphag are also a good idea if you don't mind the maintenance.
Why did I forget that was a possibility 🙃 I love the look of wooden baskets but I don’t think I can handle it lol
Of all the places I have imported from I have had the most trouble with plants from Eucagenera. I see in the description that you picked them up from a pop up so I hope these do okay for you!!
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You are gogious your collection awosome
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have you heard of noot? its a soiless mix and has root stimulator, its so bomb...all my plants love it from succulent to aroid. i buy it from amazon, a little pricey but i never worry about my plants
👋HI ERIKA!!! G💚💚D To See You And Your New Plants. I L💚VE Plant Updates And Learning About THE BEHAVI💚R Of Plants I'm Interested In...Like MR. EL CH💚C💚 RED!!!
So so beautiful but so far the most temperamental. still my fav in the haul 😍
I would leave the queen in sphagnum. Maybe add some coco chips.
Nice unboxing! 💚💚 They all acclimated amazing. Usually you see a El Choco yellow an drop leaves. Oh I forgot Ecugenera is in Cali now. Did the plants come from there? 💚
Wow I feel so lucky mine decided to hang on to all of its leaves! These I got from Ecuador. I ordered them before the location in cali was open. I didn’t even know they opened one until I was there picking up my plants 😂
@@ErikaLodes lol So your not to far from the new one. That’s awesome. 💚
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Maybe if you put your queen on a riser so her leaves aren't hitting the shelves causing more damage. Congratulations on the success of the imports
Yes agree w that 😂
I heard huperzia grow best over a pool of water. Maybe hang it above the humidifier??
I think I’m gonna bring out my other humidifier to put closer to it
Love huperzias! Not the easiest or cheapest plant to find. Jealous. There are cheap (~$15) upside down self-watering planters on amazon that I use for mine with decent results.
Ya their humidity needs are a lot 🫣 I’ll look up those planters
Hi, i think you should put you bulbophillum in your cabinet, mines do better in hight humidity so... Why not ?
It’s in there now 😄
I leave most imported aroids in water until I see new root growth. Then perlite or sphagnum/perlite. I found I have more success this way. When I planted in soil I would lose more.
How are the plants doing? I skipped as video is too long for me. I prefer tutorials in general that top at 10 min.
But overall they seem happy in your cabinet. How much is the relative humidity?
They’re doing super well! Except for the warrocqueanum she’s become my trouble child. But other than her they all have new roots & new leaves coming out. The humidity is usually over 80
What did you use to burn the holes in the cups
How long do you wait to repot a plant when you get one? I’ve seen some people wait over a month, yet some do it immediately.
I’ve had good luck with putting them in super thrive water for 24 hrs to rehydrate an then pot them up. Everyone has their own way of doing things.
I received my latest import exactly a month ago today, and I put my plants in water with super thrive for 3 hours, and then put them directly into a super chunky aroid mix, and they’re all doing awesome!! For me, I go by what the roots look like. My plants all came in with healthy root systems, so that’s why I didn’t rehydrate them for long and I potted them up right away. If the roots had needed to be regrown I would have put them in moss or in water, depending on how I was feeling, and then I would have left them until I saw new roots and new leaf growth. Usually for me, I get new roots first, and then new foliage growth, so as soon as I get a new leaf I know the plant is ready to be potted up. Go with your gut instinct and you’ll be good! Good luck!
Well for imports it’s the process in the video, but for plants I get from a nursery I leave them in for a long time. Like around a year bc I’m lazy lol
But if I can tell I do not like the soil mix & it’s really bad for the plant then I’ll do it in like a week. If you repot into your own mix then you are kind of used to it so it might be easier. Also you get to see the health of the roots. I never do it immediately, but it depends on what you think is best 😄
I don’t believe moss is “anti microbial”
I’m sure you’ve said before but how do you make all those holes in your plastic cups.
Don’t worry I haven’t said 😅 I have a lil soldering iron! You can get a lil cheapy one & it’s sooo useful
What do you use to make holes on the cups?
I use a cheapy lil soldering iron. Works perfectly highly recommend
Do you use seasol or health tonics?
No I’m trying out super thrive now tho
Sometimes I use seaweed/kelp fertilizer for plants with struggling roots
Ha, plant eviction day.
Putting plants in a cabinet is a massacre😪😪😪
How so?🤔
why do el choco’s always have shitty roots 😭
They’re a diva plant lol
Don't encourage importing plants.
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