Succulent Care and Education
Pileas seem to be finding a place in the hearts of plant lovers everywhere! Learn about their light needs, when to water them, and how and when to repot them in this video.
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My friend moved and gave me a massive 16″/40cm clay pot and I thought it would be perfect for some of my larger succulents!
Continue reading “Succulent Demo: Potting up a BIG planter”
Oh dear… spring has hardly arrived and I already found mealybugs on an Echeveria! I am using Neem oil to treat my plants this time.
Continue reading “Mealybugs vs Neem Oil: Natural Pest Control for Succulents”
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This is a 5 week progress update on the seeds I started in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJzucNbFkM
Growing so far: Lithops, Dioscorea elephantipes, Conophytums & Astrophytums!
Learn about caring for Fenestraria rhopalophylla ‘Baby Toes’ – when to water them, their light needs, and propagation by cuttings!
When you have an urge to water your succulents before it’s time, pour some love on these plants instead—they’ll thank you with their beautiful foliage!
Continue reading “Selaginella martensii: You need this low light house plant!”
This is a good one y’all!! I’m so grateful to Theresa from Chopstick and Succulents for sharing her bounty with me! I’ve included IDs for what I know… there are a couple of VERY cool plants you’ll want in your collection.
Continue reading “Succulent Mail! Another unboxing video”
I got some AWESOME seeds in the mail from Unusual Seeds, a family-owned company out of Serbia! Watch me sterilize dirt, prepare the seed trays and plant up 6 types of succulents including: Dioscorea elephentipes, Conophytums, Echeveria laui, Lithops, Astrophytum, and Sinningia canescens.
Continue reading “How to start Lithops, Conophytum, Echeveria seeds and more!”
A video ode to my 23 types of Kalanchoes! Learn about these tropical succulents and try to count how many times I say, “I love them!” haha! A list of the names are below.
Continue reading “I Love Kalanchoes! Meet the 23 Varieties in My Collection”
It’s cold and raining in Houston (as usual) but I really needed to work out my green thumb, so here’s a quickie video of me making a propagation tray. It was very calming — you should make one too! I’m using a cardboard crawfish tray and my succulent dirt recipe. I’m mostly only placing leaves that already have roots. The others are hanging out in a cardboard egg carton under my grow light.
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