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Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑3

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Carrie Lange

1y↑112

Another thing you can do is just add a few drops of API stress coat to your tap water. It's used for conditioning aquarium water, and it's very cheap and can be found in any pet store. It removes chlorine and binds chloramine and heavy metals so the water is safe for fish. of course, it doesn't remove everything to the point of distilled water, but it's worked great for me. I don't get brown leaf tips and edges, and I don't have to buy all that plastic bottles. Also, if you have fish tanks, use the water from water changes to water your plants. My plants that get the "fish poop water" are the best growers I have.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑12

That's a great tip, I'll looking into that

Sarah

1y↑7

Yes thank you! Do you notice a smell when you use the fish water?

Lowe Quay Shush

1y↑7

This is why I read comments. Thanks!

Lets Have A Go

1y↑2

i live in the UK and dont use aquarium water in colder months to stop a build up of nutrients which the plant wont use. Nor do i use it with my Phalaenopses orchids as it may of caused root rot in some of mine? it is full of bacteria.

Carrie Lange

1y↑3

@Sarah no smell. I have heavily planted tanks though.

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Mette Christine Olsen

1y↑20

My rufibarba(/eldergrass I think) did SO much better after I started using water filtered in a Brita pitcher. It's not optimal, but definitely better than just tap water. I also cut her down quite brutally this spring and she's almost back to the size I purchased her as. No humidifier and a couple meters back from the window. Now she's thriving—as long as I can remember to water often enough 🫣 Still growing halfway through November! Great video as usual! ☺️

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Thanks Mette. You're right, they do like a goof prune

Amélie Lambert

1y↑2

Taking notes for my Makoyana that's currently being a sassy girl. Crispy leaves galore even tho the Orbifilia and Ornata not far from her are overall doing ok (new growth and limited browning). These plants are headscratchers for sure, but I love them so much 🥺 Thank you for this list of tips, there were one or two I wasn't doing yet, so there's still hope 😊

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Nice, thanks Amelie!

Jillian Noble

42w↑3

Little tip for people collecting rain water; put the bucket/barrel or whatever beneath a storm drain, or get a rain chain and collect the water from that! I’ve been collecting water to water my plants lately and I’ve seen a massive improvement in all my plants!

Sheffield Made Plants

42w↑1

Great stuff 👍

Sheffield Made Plants

41w↑2

@Jay A Errington its probably the water. try water conditioner

Adriaan Haverhoek

1y↑3

I totally agree! I've been giving my Calatheas filtered tap water from the beginning and they hardly developed any brown tips despite the humidity not being very high (not low either). I grouped them together further away from the window. The last two months the adult plants were not doing well anymore. A lack of light I suspect since the older leaves turned yellow. Also fungus gnats were a problem. The soil was moist, but not soggy though. Fungus gnats prefer moist soil for their egs and I can't let the soil dry out like I do with my succulents and cacti. I recently gave the adult plants a humidifier that I leave on all day so I could move them closer to the window (and heating) where they receive more light during those dark months. I love Caltheas, but I will never buy a White Fusion again though. The leaves are paper thin and it's impossible to keep it happy. My White Star is doing fine. For people who like Calatheas, but find them too high mantaince try Ctenanthes instead. Similar look, but much easier to take care of.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Cool thanks for sharing 😁

Aurore M.

46w↑2

The first plant I bought was a Calathea. And it's freaking thriving! Pushing leaves out every week or so. To be honest, it's just pure luck because I have a nice flat plants tend to like, and I let an app remind me when to water it. But the leaves did tend to slightly brown on the tip. I'l try filtering the water! Thanks for the tip!

Sheffield Made Plants

45w↑1

That is awesome!

lola

44w↑1

what’s the app?

EggButtJoe

1y↑2

For my other plants I always use reptisafe for my plants also! I will specifically use rainwater for my calathea

Chill Chin Central

1y↑3

Thank you SO much for this video! You answered all my questions that NO other video has touched on 🥰

I got my first calathea (ornata) two months ago and while it was gorgeous the first few weeks, it is now barely hanging on! At first just the tips were brown, and then way too quickly all the leaves started turning yellow, all the pink lines faded, the edges turned nearly black and curled inwards…I wish I could share pics! Only 5 leaves left that I trimmed all the edges on, and only it’s newest leaf is still shiny. I knew I had a BIG problem when even its only unfurled leaf turned yellow and mushy and flopped over within two days! Mistake #1, not only was I using tap water (although I do fill jugs and let the water sit overnight - but this is something I learned is not so effective for chlorine evaporation!), I was misting it with tap water as well, major fail - my poor plant 😭 on top of that, I was overwatering it (in my defense, the top two inches of soil were dry, but the pot was too big!) So the past two waterings have been with distilled. Mistake #2, it was living in my bathroom with a pebble tray, two wet rags hanging next to it, and next to my newer calathea (rattlesnake) I got last month and while all that is fine…the humidity is generally between 50-99%, which I now know is way too big of a range and inconsistent. Well let’s just say I just got done cutting off 5 yellow bottom leaves on the new one! Which brings me to mistake #3, the bathroom has an east facing window and the calatheas were about 8 feet away from it…I thought I was doing good on the lighting until I woke up earlier than usual today to see them getting PUMMELED with direct rays 😩 I feel like SUCH a failure! Pretty much everything you can do wrong, I did wrong. I’ve moved them to the bedroom, which has a north facing window and blinds, but now I’m afraid it’s not gonna be ENOUGH light 🤦‍♀️ I feel like these plants are ticking time bombs and every day brings them closer to irreversible death 😔

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Thanks for watching. They are very tricky plants for sure and hard to keep happy in doors. The north facing position should be ok though. Just keep an eye on that watering

Heather Stephens

1y↑6

The difference in growing my Calatheas was absolutely remarkable once I started using a humidifier. I have it running just about all day - no more brown edges🎉🎉

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Would you say it's expensive to run?

Heather Stephens

1y↑3

@Sheffield Made Plants no, not at all. I just use the setting that puffs, stops, puffs & the humidity stays at a good level. I have the 750ml (I think) model that is portable & rechargeable although I keep mine plugged in. The brand is H2O - I love it & it sits inconspicuously amongst my plants. I have four & they are the best thing I have ever bought for my plants along with my portable, clip on grow light. I have a lot of plants like you 😂😂 I live in New Zealand (north island) & even though we have high humidity the humidifiers have made a tremendous difference ❤️

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

@Heather Stephens sounds great 👍

Pinstripe suit and heels

1y↑1

@Heather Stephens I just got the 500 ml from the brand H2O, two of them actually, for my plants.

Heather Stephens

1y↑1

@Pinstripe suit and heels you won’t regret it ❤️

NAVEEN KAPOOR

46w

Calethea plants are very sensitive of location. Due to heat waves I brought 4 calethea plants in my living room from my covered entrances because 3 of them got evening sunlight and got brown leafs but the fourth one was in complete semi-shade area with no direct sunlight and no issue. This 4th plant got leafs drop issue so i kept it to its original place and can see the difference.
I would suggest to observe your calethea very carefully to check best location.

Sheffield Made Plants

46w↑1

Good shout 👍

raine dyani

1y↑3

I have 2 makoyanas which are the loves of my life, and 1 zebrina. All 3 are situated with my other plants in front of a west window with blinds. I was determined to grow a green thumb in honor of my recently deceased Mother💔 who was an avid gardener and plant grower. The 2 makoyanas are really for her and thank goodness they are doing magnificently well. I am still learning, but no brown tips whatsoever and countless new leaves. The zebrina is not QUITE as happy, but still doing fairly well. It does have a few brown tips and some mild browning along a few edges, but it also has sprouted 5 or 6 new leaves in the short time that I’ve had it. In my paranoia to not overwater I tend to under water, and I imagine that I may not be keeping her moist enough. Could also be too much light. (I try to adjust the blinds when the sun hits it but a few times I forgot) I use distilled water on them, and now that winter is here, the humidity stays around 50 - which I know is too dry. Before, it would hover around 60. I thought I was going to have to introduce some additional humidity over the winter, but I was encouraged to hear you say consistency was more important, so maybe they’ll be okay, I’m in love with them! ❤️

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

The Zebrina is probably the toughest to make happy so if you can do that you’re doing great 👍

Natalie Schmidt

1y↑14

never had a green thumb but wanted to start my plant journey this year. so i went plant shopping in july and bought myself around 10 plants, 2 of them are calatheas.

so after a few weeks i learned more and more about the plants that i bought. and when i found out that calatheas are not that easy to care for, i was a lil bit nervous.

but luckily all my calatheas are still happy living and growing and now i own 4 of them.
a lil bit proud of myself. 😂

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Great job. They sure can be fussy 😩

Retire14 Pattaya

1y↑1

My were great too in the first year or so but as time went by they mature and started with the Browning but it is acceptable.

Yuuki Hinamori

1y↑1

I typically use tds meter to check the amount of inorganic and organic substances present in taps water or any water that you wished to check its quality. This can be helpful to plants sensitive to the chemicals present in water like calatheas or carnivorous plants.

Anything lower than 20 ppm is good enough for me.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

I’ll have to get me one of those!

Lets Have A Go

1y↑1

i have two, both live on top of my fish tank, both doing well. Consistency is the key for mine i use a cheap water filter, i have the Stromanthe Triostar which i thought to be a really difficult plant but mine is fine so long as I am consistent and that in this case even extends to temp on cold nights, i move it next to my boiler but return it in the morning.
Richard nailed it in this vid Calatheas are not the best starter plants as they are moody if not cared for correctly but if you do they are amazing!
great vid mate thank you!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Cheers pal 👍

Natascha

1y↑6

Your timing is impeccable. My little calathea reseopicta has giving me so many problems. It’s a cutting I rescued from a larger plant that was fully non-revivable. The only little stem and leaf that was somewhat okay I snipped and rooted in water. Now it’s in some soil with perlite and it got a gnat infestation. So I cleaned all the old soil and sprayed it with anti-bug stuff specifically for houseplants. And now after two days in quarantine it has gotten all crispy and the top soil has white mold. This little cutting has been the black sheep of my plant family for weeks now 😂

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

That sounds like a rough ride!

Lets Have A Go

1y↑2

The greatest challenges bring the highest rewards! good luck im rooting for you, pun intended lol

Marti Masters

48w

1 part hydrogen peroxide, 4 parts water. Use that when you water the first time after repotting. Get yellow sticky cards to see if there are more fungal gnats. If so, then get mosquito bits or nematodes to kill the gnats in the soil. I put my calathea in the bathroom and turned on the shower for a few minutes every day. This kept them away from the other plants and the constant high humidity helped them recover. Not all plants recover from fungal gnats. Those that don't should be replaced with new ones.

Bradley Mier

45w↑4

I’ve killed a few Calatheas… now I have two Calathea Makayona plants which I’ve found to be incredibly low maintenance. I use tap water, let them dry out completely between watering, and have no additional humidity in my home, and they do great. I’d recommend the Makayona to anyone who wants a Calathea that isn’t a pain in the butt! I might try my hand at a different kind at some point again with your tips, thanks!

Sheffield Made Plants

45w↑2

Thanks 👍. The Makoyana is a good variety

BEDTIME BIBLE CHAT

1y↑9

I lost all my leaves on my beautiful medallion calathea. I was devastated!! But, I remembered what you said about the tubors and I kept watering and tending to the plant even though there was nothing there. Now, I have 2 spikes, one is nearly opened and another is barely out of the dirt. I was so excited!! Thank you because had you not told us about the tubors, I would have thrown it away like I did my Dottie!! I didn't know back then about the tubors. So, you have been a great help!! Thank you!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑5

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your experience!

B G L

1y↑10

I have one calathea. The first I have ever had. It makes a lot new leaves on a regular basis but I have had big issues with browning tips. I moved it from my living room to my bathroom which has a lot of light and of course high levels of humidity. The washing machine is there and I also hang and dry my clothes in this room. I put a cup under the pot and I put water in it. I no longer mist it as it never made things better. Well things have improved a lot! But what a temperamental plant!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

It really is 🤦‍♂️

Janet S

1y↑3

For the last, two months I have only watered my Ctenanthe Grey Star with filtered water and she has never looked better. All the brown tips have gone and the plant is thriving. The filtered water is the only thing I have changed . Thanks for the tip!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing 😁

Keshia Williams

42w

Hello there, I bought a calathea with shriveled up leaves, but I am enjoying seeing the leaves open and close,so I know there is hope for her, by the way, I love all your plant advice😊

Sheffield Made Plants

42w↑1

Thank you 😊

Teresa Rogers

1y↑8

I just bought one. I'm scared already. They are gorgeous. I recently purchased an indoor greenhouse but noticed that the plastic tent has an odor and I am afraid to put it in because I know from watching your videos that these plants hate any type of chemicals. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you for all of your very helpful videos because I'm sure that many of my plants would not have survived my over-parenting.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Thanks Teresa! I just replied to your other comment. I think you're fine. It's more the chemicals in water they get fussy about that the air

Irina D

1y↑3

Hello! Thank you for your video. I watched it with pleasure admiring your plants.
I thought i'd share my experience with Calathea Warszewiczii, because, first of all, it's total success. A little background story - i've been after Calatheas for over 20 years, i kept buying and "killing" the warszewiczii type in particular about 5 times. Non of them grew healthy at mine, eventhough i thought i had tried everything, and all of those Calatheas would eventually die within a year if i remember correctly. ...It was until about 4 years ago i bought this current plant, of course it was in a glorious state, thriving and blooming, absolutely gorgeous. And then that sacred dance with all common issues began again.. i'll skip the details, because you all, Calathea lovers, are aware of them:)
So one day i decided to repot it and use a new potting mix. It was an orchid mix (i'm also an orchid lover) but not that one that consists mostly of bark but the one for, say, Cymbidium orchid, that consists of peat (turf) mostly, and bark. After that i noticed, that if i adjust my watering schedule, my calathea would demonstrate pretty normal growth.. But if i was late to water or watered it too soon i'd still have spots on the leaves, and sometimes there were signs of both too much and too little water on the leaves.. untill i put it on wick watering.. I didn't buy any ready to use watering systems, i just dragged a wet 1cm wide piece of a stocking through the soil from the hole in the bottom of the pot through the soil up to the side of the pot on top and mount the pot over a suitable plastic container with water (i use fish tank water)
Since then, my Calathea has been "drinking" as much as it wants, when it wants.. She's been producing healthy leaves, new sprouts, all healthy growing.. (of course there are things to keep an eye on, like if there's water in the container beneath, or if the wick needs cleaning as sometimes during the summer it gets covered with green algae etc. (actually it's better to use a dark container for water.. well, you can figure it out) And also right now it is blooming for the first time! A couple of weeks ago i noticed the first flower coming out and now there is a second one half way through.. i expect a third one too. Isn't it wonderful:)
That's all i wanted to share with you.. thanks for reading this and hope it helps. Cheers.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

That’s great. Water wicking systems are very good 👍 thanks for sharing

niallms

48w↑1

I generally avoid Calathea's and Prayer plants as I just can't keep them alive. I live in Melbourne and we have some of the best water in the world which is sourced from protected forests and requires very little treatment due to natural filtration. However, small amounts of chlorine and fluoride are added to our water which makes me think this is at least part of the reason why I've struggled with these plants so much. I might try using some sort of inline filter or catch rainwater on the roof of our building. Thanks for the tips!

Sheffield Made Plants

48w↑2

Thanks for watching 😁

Katnipzz

52w↑1

I needed this video as I was having issues with my Calatheas and couldn't believe how close you are to my hometown!! Thank you for uploading this!

Sheffield Made Plants

52w↑1

Thanks for watching 😁

Nicolas R

1y↑9

The game changer for me was bottom watering. I did it twice and it really saved my plant. Now that it is saved I am back to top watering it and I'll keep an eye on it.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑5

Why change back to top watering? Stick with what works 😁

Paris N.

1y↑1

I’m gonna try this! Thank you

Becky Owens

46w↑1

I was over watering my prayer plant so I made a wicking system after watching one of your vids on how to water plants while you're away. I took a pretty vase and a thick string and gave it a reservoir to drink at it's own pace. It's only been a week but the two sprigs I had left are perking up and reaching for the grow light. It already looks much much happier than it did. When I re-potted it I found the bottom of the pot was basically waterlogged. It took about a cup of water on it's own, but now I also have a handy little water supply nearby to pop my cuttings into to propagate. So instead of watering the plant, I'm just making sure it's buddy vase is nice and full. Thanks!

Sheffield Made Plants

46w↑1

Great stuff 👍 glad you found it useful

Bukola Karlsson

1y↑5

Caletheas are one of my favourite plants. I solely use rain water alone for all my house plants and I never have brown leaves. I live in Auckland New Zealand and it rains alot in spring.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

That's the key for sure!

Tom Crossan

1y↑3

I had the same problem until I started using my aquarium water to water these plants. Brown leaves disappead and the new growth rate is fantastic. I even have one growing in my aquarium. Of course only the roots are in the water. I use this aquarium water to water all my house plants. There is no smell.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Sounds awesome. I don’t have the option unfortunately

T Logan

You have a calathea in your aquarium???? Tell me more

Mary Perrysmith

47w↑1

Richard. You have taught me to be a better plant parent ❤. I now use my rain barrel water 💦.

Sheffield Made Plants

47w↑1

Great stuff 👍

Rachel-art-and-design

1y↑1

Thanks for the tips. I have two calatheas and they love the northern light and being together. My peacock variety is very tall and has flowered. I water with distilled water and cut off dead leaves. I just had to do trial and error and videos.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Thank you. I bet it looks pretty when flowering 👍

J

I have my calathea in the bathroom and although it has some brown spots, it’s grown so much and is a beautiful plant.

Sheffield Made Plants

Great stuff 😁

Nicole Mackie

1y↑2

I use filtered rain water as we use our own water tanks and its been tested as good water. I found running the calathia under a warm shower once a week for about a minute seems to help.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

That's a great idea!

Heather

1y↑1

I have a calathea that lives right next to a humidifier, which I leave on 24/7 and try to keep it at 50-60%. I water regulary with just distilled water. At one point, I actually think I put too much fertilizer in the soil. So, I removed it from that soil and replaced it with fresh unfertilized soil and all the leaves are dying back and I haven't had any new growth. It is in a dappled-lit area and I keep the temperature around 18 to 23 Celcius ( 65-75 Fahrenheit ). What should I do?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Sounds like you're doing the right things but got problems from over fertilising. I'd wait it out, prune the damaged leaves and wait for new leaves to grow.

Heather

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Thank you for responding. I will do just that. I have over 70 orchids and they were never as fussy as the four Calatheas I have. 😄

Sarah

1y↑2

I have a small Freddie cal and a rose cal. These are my first attempts at calathea…. Freddie got too dry one time and I think I lost half the plant still looks sad honestly. Rose doing good — the new leaf has opened no fuss so far hope it stays that way lovely addition to my collection.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Fingers crossed 😁

Lets Have A Go

In this game even failure can be positive if you can find the problem. i always buy cheap problem plants just for the education. if i loose the plant it wont of cost me much and i usually learn something and if i win i will of learned more and got a nice plant to boot!

Sarah

@Lets Have A Go definitely agree. I think the Freddie was $5 I had to try it at that price.

Frances Jones

1y↑2

I didn’t know about chloramine - thank you so very much. I have lost two Calathea and thought I was on the winning side for my remaining ones. I am now! Thanks once again.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Glad I could help!

Julie Walker

1y↑2

All my 6 different calatheas have gotten so much better since I got my humidifer and started using filtered water I left out for 24 hrs (Don't understand how it doesn't help to dissipate the chlorine as when I leave a glass of water out overnight I definitely notice a change in the smell and taste?!) Have started using stress coat in all my water too. Only my 2 original plants have crispy edges now.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

That's great! Chlorine does dissipate but water companies mostly use chloramine now

valenius the kat

1y↑3

I collect rainwater that comes off of my roof into two, 10gal pickle buckets. I use a coffee filter to it to get rid of any debris that gets in the water 🥰👍

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Sounds great!

Patsy Donaldson

1y↑1

This is exactly the advice I needed I’d just about given up on my 2 👍💔

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Glad you liked it, thanks Patsy!

John H

1y↑1

Obviously the amount of light your plants get is important, but what I wandered about is does it matter the direction it comes from?
This is very important to me because I want to give them plenty of light without being subjected to to much direct light myself.
PS I've just invested plant growing Lights as preparation to growing house plants for the first time as I live in a flat in the north east side of my building. Pps new subscriber thanks

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Cheers John. Yes direction or light is important. If it’s sat in a south facing window then it’s going to be much stronger light that a north facing window. Grow lights will be good

John H

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants thanks for replying but I think you may have misunderstood my point, essentially I'm wondering how low to the ground my plant lights can be placed (I presume if I do I would need to tern then frequently ).
As I said I'm hoping to place them out of line of sight for myself

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

@John H ah right I see now 😅. I think about 30cm away from the plant. If the light is to the side then turning the plant will be good

John H

1y↑1

Thanks for replying again. as I say I'm just getting started so intend following Your vids .

Jen C

1y↑1

New subscriber. Never saw your channel before. You are very articulate. I’m going to try another Calathea using your tips. 👍🏼

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Thanks for subbing! 😁

jack bramley

1y↑1

Have to give you credit here fantastic information for tap water. We only use rainwater here which does take longer but we wouldn't have it any other way. If you want to kill a ficus very quickly use tap water. Great video as always mate.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Nice one, cheers Jack 👍

Mother of 6 Gangstar Kids

40w↑1

My variegated arrowroot are doing great they just hate dry soil, and if there’s brown spot just cut it not the whole leaves though unless it’s completely brown.

Also any tips for Pinestripe? I just ordered mine and had no idea about it’s care routine

Sheffield Made Plants

40w↑1

Sorry never had that plant

Mother of 6 Gangstar Kids

40w↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants it’s ok, love your content btw

Cindi Johnson

1y↑3

Thank you for the tips. I just got one yesterday because the store had a buy one get one free sale. I didn’t realize they were difficult 😂

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Hope they behave for you 😁

Sarah Rosen

1y↑1

I don't have a calathea but I watched anyway. Knowledge is always a useful thing. An hour later, on our local Green Thumb WhatsApp group, someone posted a photo of. . . a calathea! . . . and asked what's wrong with it. "It has plenty of light," they explained. I sent them straight here. :-)

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Nice! Glad you're spreading the word! 😁

Madeleine

1y↑1

I just discovered your channel and I've been watching all your videos! Have you ever worked with the succulent lithops? Also known as living stones. I just got some spontaneously and I can't find much info about them, but they're so cute.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

I’ve not had any before but they look really cool. Look like little alien creatures

Newsgroups UseNet

1y↑2

What do you think if adding a few drops of 3% H2O2 to the water will help the plants? 3% H2O2 is very cheap from pharmacy shop. I can even buy 30% or 50% H2O2 but I believe it's too dangerous if not handle carefully!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Hydrogen peroxide? That's good for the roots 👍

Patricia Smith

Great info..I’ll move my plant to a darker area and start using distilled water….thanks a bunch!

Sheffield Made Plants

Glad it was helpful!

Stella Sifaki

1y↑3

Congratulations for your channel. Calatheas are very difficult plants . It is true that the quality of the water is the most important tip for a happy calathea. Although if the PH of the soil is not neutral the water can do nothing. The calatheas preferences on soil PH is neutral ( between 6.50 and 7.00. ) No more, no less . Calatheas are very sensitive : higher PH level will burn the leaves , lower will cause bacteria diseases and root rot . There are plants with high PH needs ( alkaline environment) , there are plants with low PH needs ( accided environment) and there are plants that just don’t care. I prefer the last ones to be honest) . But if to grow a happy healthy calatheas is a real challenge - because this plants needs NEUTRAL environment. No more no less. That’s the challenge, that’s the beauty that’s the madness for all the calatheas parents - we need to get PH - measure and start measure our soil - and water. Wish you good luck!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Thanks Stella. How do you affect the ph levels to keep it neutral?

Stella Sifaki

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants I don’t manage it needs too much work and time - there are PH measures and I plan to order one ( quite expensive 35€ ) but has 100 measures. At the moment I try to keep the balance to a common soil with distilled water . When I see white dust in the surface of the soil I understand that the soil is too alkaline full of calcium and I change the soil. Also I noticed ( by accident) that Maranthas can perfectly grow in water - I have four branches of a broken Maratha in water for one year now.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑3

@Stella Sifaki Sounds like too much effort to me 😬

Stella Sifaki

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants I agree . But anyway we need to know what these georgeus plants really need . Also there is written to the ingredients of the soil the level of the PH . At the moment I found too high PH level and too accided I didn’t find neutral yet but there must exist. Also there are some tips and tricks we can find in google to change the PH level of the soil. Too much effort to me as well- I agree

TheFallen Arm

1y↑1

Instead of filters, I've been using ceramic balls for quite while now. Will try on my calatheas, thank you for the tips.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

I'm not familiar with ceramic balls. What are they used for please?

TheFallen Arm

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Mostly to purify the water from chlorine and limestone ; it may take longer to purify water than filters, but should last way longer.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

@TheFallen Arm got ya thanks 🙏

Claudia Nicoletta

1y↑1

What about the soil? I just got 2 new calatheas and transferred them to lechuza pon, as many bloggers suggested. Which soil or mineral substrate do you prefer and why? TIA :)

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

I use compost with perlite mixed in but other options like pon and leca work 👍

Karin Rijnsburger

1y↑1

New to this channel, but subscribed after two videos because you give me new insights, while many channels tend to repeat what has been said multiple times already

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

That’s great, thanks 😁

Craig Famly

1y↑1

I always used tank water from my fish tanks to keep all my plants in good leaf and btw filtering water does NOT remove these toxins unless you have a very expensive filter.

Tom Wennerstrand

Active charcoal: granules filled up to 1/3 of a big drinks dispenser (a 5L glass jar with a tap from ikea ). Makes a very cheap effective water purification system for plants and human consumption. It removes chlorine and many other impurities. Doesn’t help with fluoride.

It’s a good idea to use aquarium water, I will do the same now as I am just about to get back in the hobby.

The new water that goes into my tanks gets help from above mentioned setup with the active charcoal & filter sand, I use this setup in my kitchen for better drinking water and it’s been working well for some years now, I replace the charcoal and clean the filter sand / or crushed filter glass by boiling or by adding some hydrogen peroxide 3-4/ year.. just keep away from sun if using it for drinking- to keep the algae out - and leave one on the sunny windowsill to grow micro algae and some snails in if you don’t have access to aquarium and want biologically active water for your plants.

Bhanidtha Ratiyanuwat

1y↑1

Hey !! Thanks! An update on my calathea rattlesnake, I changed to water with bottle drinking water and it the brown tips is gone slowly and changed to green. :)

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Fantastic! 😄

manuel ramirez

Muy interesante el aspecto que refieres a los humidificadores .Le damos un rato de vapor y luego apagamos . ¿que sentido natural tiene esto con su ecosistema? es muy logico. Gracias por tus consejos

Sheffield Made Plants

Gracias 🙏

K. Weinberger

52w↑1

I didn’t know you could divide calatheas! My stromanthe triostar is beginning to over grow the 10 inch pot that it’s in.

Sheffield Made Plants

52w↑1

Oh yeah well worth doing

K Lake

1y↑1

Seeing this video makes me want to try calathea's again. Might try again later this year!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

You got this!

Sandra Giles

46w↑1

Great video, I have Calathea's and also suffer with the crispy brown edges on some leaves, I use tank water but have discovered recently that the PH of the water although it's rain water is quite high Alkaline as its in a concrete tank....would the high alkalinity affect them?
Its is putting out new leaves and in fact has 3 coming on right now, it's also back 3-4ft from the window and is getting filtered morning light only.
It sits on pebbles and I keep water in the saucer for some humidity. Is there anything else I should do apart from now trying distilled water.
Thank you for very informative video's

Sheffield Made Plants

46w↑1

I think distilled water will be your best bet 👍

Sandra Giles

46w↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Thank you...😍

Firoza Patel

1y↑5

I have calathea and maranta about ten or more,you give advice 💯 perfect..,about watering,humidity and much more..thanks a lot bro !!
Always excited n happy to watch your videos,thanks again 😘

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Thanks Firoza

Retire14 Pattaya

1y↑1

I have used distilled water from the start but still get the Browning. But overall the plant still looks good and now's needs a bigger pot.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

👍

Roxanne Cox

1y↑1

I spoke too soon. Both my calathea and red maranta were doing SO well...until I moved. I now have awesome east facing windows, so my plants will flourish, right? WRONG. Both plants are PISSED. 🙂 Droopy leaves, browning edges...and it has only been a week. They sure will tell you when they aren't happy about something!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Oh no. An east facing window seems like an ideal spot for it

Marti Masters

48w↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Yep. Mine loved the east window. Just make sure the early morning light is filtered through a shade or the first couple hours of direct sunlight will burn the leaves. It depends where you live and if you have trees in the yard to block the early morning sun that also determines if it shines through the window or not. I live in Finland, so in the spring, summer, and early fall, bright sunlight from dawn to 10 am is a problem. Of course, in winter there's no sun, so a plant light is needed. I don't use an expensive plant light. I put 4000K 800 watt LED lights in an overhead light. For plants requiring more light, I purchased a plant light bulb (ikea or airam is fine), put it in a floor lamp, and shined it on the plants 1 meter away. It worked fine. But I NEVER shined the calathea with it.

M Watson

1y↑4

Someday I may come back to trying calatheas, but until then alocasias are my substitutes. MUCH less water 💦 finickiness, surprisingly.

Glen

1y↑1

Agree!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Fair enough 😁

Vernon Sim

49w↑1

Wonderful Video. Do these tips apply to brown tips of Aglaonema (typically my Pictum Tri Colour) also?

Sheffield Made Plants

49w↑1

They'll apply to most plants 👍

Jenny C

1y↑1

Ooh ..now i know why my plants leaves look like that...thank you so much for the tips👍

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

You bet!

N MJ

1y↑2

I use only rain water for my indoor calatheas but still they brown. Put them outside under some shade and they thrive...

Wendy Hannan

1y↑1

More great info, thank you.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Glad it was helpful!

Jennifer McKenzie

1y↑3

Hi Jennifer from Trinidad is this plant also know as the Prayer Plant ? I love this plant alot and it seems that we live in one place being that you guys live so far away and i am in the Caribbean and we have similar plants or the same lol. I love them all whether the foliage or the flowering kind God blessed us with beauty to look at and enjoy. Stay well be safe take care keep yr plants healthy and happy they will love you

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Yes a Prayer Plant is in the Calathea family. There are so many varieties and they are gorgeous. Just very temperamental

Terry McGuire

1y↑3

Very helpful, thank you! One question, I use stuff in my tap water to clear out chlorine for my fish tank, will that help to clear up the tap water for my plants?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Yes I think that works well

Lets Have A Go

1y↑3

use the water from your tank while doing water changes i dont use it in the winter to stop a build up of unused nutrients which is your fish poop.

Lureen Beasley

1y↑1

I just bought my first Calathea last week and it already has little brown tips. I think it's getting too much light. Will these spots go away if it's in a shadier spot?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Once a leaf goes brown it doesn't come back sadly

Nirvana Box

1y↑1

Great information, maybe I will look into getting a filter.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

You should!

Y

42w↑1

Can you use water from a water butt for houseplants? My water was a bit green looking, so I wasn’t sure whether to use it or not. Thanks

Sheffield Made Plants

42w↑1

Does that collect rainwater? It's great if it's been screened somewhat

Y

42w

@Sheffield Made Plants it does collect rainwater, and i use it on my garden plants, but it never gets completely empty, so the water will be a mix of fresh rain and rain that fell during winter. That’s why I wasn’t sure whether to use it on houseplants, in case it’s full of bacteria etc. that might be harmful.

pratiksha patil

1y↑1

I had a problem with calatheas too.untill I saw from another video that the guy made soil mix only using sand and cowdung compost.i did the same and within no time my plant showed new shoots and kept plant km indirect light.its doing so much better now

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Lots of goodness in that 🐄 💩 I guess

pratiksha patil

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants ha ha..yess.worked for me sir.

Family Schuman

1y↑1

Hello! Do you have a video of your favorite gardening gadgets for Christmas gifts? LOVE your planting tips, thank you!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Got this Top 12 Accessories That Make Houseplant Care EASY
https://youtu.be/BJnryzG5UTg

Family Schuman

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Awesome, thank you!

Family Schuman

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Terrific, thank you!

Kieran Berney

1y↑1

While I agree with the sentiment I bet there are far more contaminants in rain water in Sheffield than the tap water. Lead will probably be higher in rain water than tap water for example simply from exhaust fumes from vehicles.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

I dunno, I'm siding with rainwater on this one

Lets Have A Go

1y↑1

if its a worry add some activated charcoal to your water catchment system.

Kieran Berney

@Lets Have A Go I use tap water.

Lets Have A Go

@Kieran Berney i dont know what your tap water is like but mine is not good! as with everything if it works for you thats great but for me my trusty tesco water fillter is working.

CRYSTAL CLAIRE

1y↑2

...I have 20plus kinds of Calathea. . .they are not my favorite but i have them - they become lush, die and regrow. . .THANK YOU FOR THE C-TIPS

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Thanks Claire 😁

Moru

44w↑1

Thank you, that's is very informative.

Sheffield Made Plants

44w↑1

You bet!

Mishel Ortiz

1y↑1

I could never have one of these plants look so good they always have brown edges every single time thank you for the advice I might just get brave enough to buy one now

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

If you can get it right you’ve got a great plant on your hands 😁

Mishel Ortiz

1y↑1

I'll definitely go to try to do you have any advice on the money tree I just got 2 big ones they were on sale for $20 they are almost as tall as me I would love to get some advice from an expert

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

@Mishel Ortiz Ah that's a plant I haven't got. I only like to give advice about plants I've owned! Gives me an excuse to buy one so watch this space😁

Mishel Ortiz

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants they are absolutely beautiful! I'm glad I can help LOL I'll keep posted

Jeff

1y↑175

I solved my Calathea problems permanently by dumping it in the trash bin. Life's too short for temperamental plants!😄

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑15

🤣

Mr Med

1y↑3

🤣🤣

0nLYMEee

1y↑3

😂🤣😂🤣

sidd123 patel

1y↑1

😂

Bonnie Papso

1y↑2

Same here! I just can’t keep them happy!

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sahriestar

1y↑4

If we think that houseplants don't like the tap water just imagine what it's doing to the human body over time...

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

😬

Marti Masters

48w

Try drinking untreated water and see how long you last. Not all plants have sensitivity to chlorine. But most can't tolerate flouride. If there's no flouride in your tap water, it's fine for dracena ("dragon tree", "corn plants"). Calthea and peace lillies should always get filtered water or battery water (reverse osmosis).

C Bell

37w↑1

Hello! Thanks for the tips ☺️ please could you tell me where I could find that plant ladder / stand at 5:16?

Sheffield Made Plants

37w↑1

I bought it from Amazon I think

Green Cloud

1y↑2

I rescued a calathea from the bargain bin and repotted it straight away into a free draining mix. It still only has 2 leaves so rain water will be the next treatment. What about feeding ?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Feed as you would your other plants 👍

FarbCafé

1y↑1

My Orbifolia started to brown the tips :( Was so lovely the last months. Maybe I used too much fertilizer? Hmmm... Used Brita Water all the time since ever for my plants.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Not sure to be honest without knowing your environment. What’s the light situation?

FarbCafé

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Yes maybe it is too dark now. But I thought she liked it in her "dark corner". Hmmm.

She lives around 4 meters away from a south window. With maybe 10 Minutes direct light in autumn.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

@FarbCafé experiment with bringing it nearer maybe

S4JK0K4T💜

1y↑2

Have you done a similar video about alocasia? If you have, can you link? If not, is it same about alocasia? I I have problems with leaves like this with my babies ☺️

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑4

Coming in a couple of weeks!

iBloom9

1y↑1

I have been told that using water from my aquarium should be good for watering household plants. But if I use tap water for my aquarium it is not I assume? What about water collected from my dryer?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Do you treat the tap water going into your aquarium? Should be good if you are. I use water collected from my dehumidifier

iBloom9

@Sheffield Made Plants It is just normal tap water that I use in the aquarium. It is not treated. Only thing going into the water is fish food and fish 😏

razza

1y↑1

When the algorithm delivers without needing to search.. just what I needed, thank you!

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Great to hear!

Menaka Gunawardena

1y↑1

Hi, I am from Sri Lanka and I love Calatheas. Your video was very helpful but the narrattiion is a little too fast. Tks for a very informative video.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Thanks Menaka

Sarah M

1y↑1

I have not ventured to try a calathea just yet... when I do, I might put it in a self-watering pot.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

That'll work

angela Thompsonmack

Thank you Sooo much!

Sheffield Made Plants

You're welcome! 😁

Deirdre Burton

1y↑1

I have a Calathea in which all of the leaves are curled inward. It just did this about 2-3 weeks ago. Please advise. Thank you.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Sounds like they suffering from lack of water. How’s the soil?

Deirdre Burton

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants trying to figure out how to upload a picture. Moisture meter reads between 4-5. In the 4" garden pot & soil it was purchased about 1 1/2 months ago. I do give it humidity, buy its not for long periods of time. I will see if I can figure out how to upload a picture, if that will help.

Deirdre Burton

1y↑1

Don't think a picture on this platform is an option.

Deirdre Burton

1y↑1

Also not by a heat/ac vent, about 3-5 ft from a window, temp is 75,but humidity is 25. This is the only Calathea curling up as such.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

@Deirdre Burton Hmm have you checked out the roots? Are any mushy?

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Martina Harrison Default

1y↑1

Why does a dehumidifier work, when that doesn't stop the chemicals being in the tap water, which is the same water used when washing clothes. I'm in the UK too and my poor cathayla is going yellow and dropping leaves starting with the youngest ones, brand new leaves one by one which haven't even slightly opened are totally brown now. I don't know what's going on. I over watered it but it's still dying even though I repotted it and the soil is not too wet, it's not perked up. I don't know whether it's the water, low light in UK winter, or low temperature in UK winter (14 degrees with energy crisis). But if I understood why a dehumidifier would make any difference to water still containing chemicals, it would help a bit.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

A dehumidifier is taking moisture from the air so contains no chemicals. Your Calathea will probably perk up in the spring.

Val Lee

46w↑1

I’m torturing myself by ‘saving’ a calathea dumped outside after a house sold on my street. It was outside without water in 55° F temps; nearly dead. We’ll see how it goes. Doubtful.

Sheffield Made Plants

46w↑1

Will be an achievement to bring it back 👍

Ірина Дубянська

1y↑1

All my experience with calatheas is that they are such capricious plants that I only admire it and won't buy it.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

I can see that 😁

Juliet Gover

1y↑3

We collect rain water for our pot plants.

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

👌

Loris Ayoub

50w↑1

I brought Calathea from my MIL's house after she passed :-( and the plant is now dying too. I am trying to avoid it al all cost. Only 2 leaves left and I don't see any new ones coming out.

Sheffield Made Plants

50w↑1

Sorry to hear that. Is it going crispy brown?

Loris Ayoub

50w↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants thank you. The leaves are brownish or shriveled, I think it might be fungus, but not sure anymore. I repot/pruned did everything so far and trying to stay positive and see if it grows new leaves

Marti Masters

48w↑1

@Loris Ayoub Shriveled leaves are indicative of too low humidity. Put in the bathroom and turn on the shower for a few minutes several times a day. Be sure to turn the shower water fairly warm because cold water won't steam up a well. Calatheas also like it fairly warm indoors, so keep them away from open windows and doors as they don't like sudden drafts of cool air.

Georgina Rebera

1y↑1

Would you use water from a dehumidifier?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑1

Yes I do on my sensitive plants

r8chelletters

1y↑1

Distilled water is the answer 💚

Diego Souza

1y↑1

What about yellow leafs? Since I started watering my makoyana more often, she is getting better. But still, a few older leafs and some new ones have a dessaturated yellow color. What is she saying?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Does it get any direct sun? Could be fading. Might also be root bound?

Diego Souza

1y↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants Maybe it gets some direct sun, and a lot of indirect light. I'll try to move away from where it is now. If it continues i'll check on the roots. Thanks.

Marti Masters

48w

@Diego Souza Yellow on calathea can indicate not enough humidity or root rot, particularly on orbifolia.

mac san

50w↑1

What about vines in pots like morning glory and others. Why do they have leaves browning from sides and tips and also in buds

Sheffield Made Plants

50w↑1

Not sure on that. I don’t have the plant

mac san

50w↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants thx

Marti Masters

48w↑1

Sun burn, not enough humidity, watering too infrequently. You need to mist them more often and give them small amounts of water more often instead of letting the pot dry out and then giving them a lot of water at once. A dragon tree, for example, is just the opposite. Dragon trees don't care too much about humidity and they like to dry out completely, then be drenched until water runs out of the bottom of the pot. Keep in mind that not all garden plants thrive in pots. You might consider a self-watering pot for your morning glories and make sure they have a trellis to climb on.

mac san

48w

@Marti Masters thx

Emsies

1y↑1

So is it better not to have an air humidifier at all that inconsistent humidity.....?

Sheffield Made Plants

1y↑2

Humidity going up and down is not great for them

Marti Masters

48w↑1

@Sheffield Made Plants That depends where you live. In Finland, for example, it's very dry in the winter and a humifidier is a must-have. The old-fashioned evaporator humidifier, where you pour in the water and the humidifier slowly heats up is the best type because only pure water vapor comes out, it runs for a long time without refilling, and you don't have that white residue from a cool misting type.

JULIANOS

1y↑1

None of those things are allowed in German tap water. Thank God. My Calatheas look super nice with tap water.
Fun fact: German tap water is the most strictly controlled food in the world.