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If I was starting out with house plants all over again I’d use this video as the guide on what to do and how to do it seriously he has everything he need to know to not only keep them alive but help them Thrive I mean what’s better than nurturing a beautiful little green

Baby all the way from wee Bubba to a glorious majestic beast nothing my plant friend I love it and don’t worry it’s really not too taxing even an idiot like me can keep a few live you just need to get a few Basics right and you’ll be

Well on your way I’m going to buy a new plant from the store in this video and show you exactly what I do to set them up for Success so it does all start in the shop much of the pain guilt and anguish we experience as plant parents all stem

From the mistakes we often make when buying the plant in the first place first you’ll want to avoid anything that has the word calaa on the tag only joking of course sort of if you’re an absolute beginner then you’ll want to start with something that is pretty

Easygoing like a monstera a peace lily or a snake plant and calaa is not easygoing my plant friend trust me I know from experience crispy brown leaves and Calif go together like peas and carrots it’s something even the most experienced Growers struggle with as well as me the best advice I can offer

Here is to hunt out a couple of plants that ick all your fancy and then do a quick Google search to see how fussy they are I usually just type in the name of the plant and easy care and see what comes up if the results come back with

Things like this plant needs specific care then alarm Bell should be ringing in your head if you like a challenge then go for it by all means but if you want an easy life like me then move on to the next one I think I’ve chosen my

Plant I’m going to choose this Mosaic Plant £750 which I think is a fonia I’ve already got one of these in my house I think I’ve got one of these already in my house and it seems to do quite well so I know this one should do

The same I a quick look on Google to see how easy it is to care for it’s pretty easy to care for I say the like high humidity which not sure whether I agree with or not cuz mine seems to do okay not particularly high humidity but the

Health of the plant is pretty good all the leaves look in good condition no yellowing no Browning doesn’t look like the plants on death door or anything like that so it looks like a good healthy plant to buy it’s in budget it’s easy goinging so I

Think this is the one I’m going to purchase now that I found a green buddy that doesn’t sound like it’s going to give me too much grief and it’s in my rather limited budget I now need to do the most important step check for pests

So before you go and pay for your plant you want to give it a quick check over some pests you probably won’t be able to be 100% sure that the plant hasn’t got pest but you give it a good look over and get see any obvious damage so you

Want to look for kind of speckly leaves particularly underneath this is where the potential insects like FPS and spiderm and been munching away on the leaves so if it’s looking a bit speckled underneath then you want to avoid that plant move on to the next one doesn’t

Look like this has got that looking at under the on side of leaves they all look pretty healthy as you’d expect to see also want to look for webbing on the underside of the leaves where it meets the petol particularly very fine webbing that’s an indication of spidermites where they kind of spread

Over the plant use their webbing to munch on the leaves while that’s happening on this plant and also any any specks of black or red or anything like that the indication of frips and spider ites which didn’t like is the case on these Le are give a check

Over um you can also look in the soil as well for any fungus snats now there probably will be fungus snats in most plant parts cuz they are the bane of of everyone’s lives but if you give it a little disturb on the front on the top and if you see anything popping

About little flea like insects then they are fungus that so you can have a quick look at the soil of your plant I’ve had a look at this one doesn’t like there’s too much activity going on so I think my checks are over and going take it to the

Cashier and pay for it I’m pretty happy with my purchase then doesn’t seem like it’s going to be too much of a nightmare the foliage looks pretty decent I can’t see anything too sinister under the leaves and in the soil and I’m getting reasonably good value for money I’m

Excited so you’ll be pretty excited about your new purchase and you’ll want to bring him home and plunk him straight onto the window sill to meet all his new friends right well this can actually land you into all sorts of B so hold your horses it’s well worth doing yet

Another check for pests I know it sounds Ott but you can never be too careful when it comes to pasts the last thing you want is for the little suckers to jump ship and invade your existing collection disaster and it’s very tricky doing a fur check when in the store with

All those eyes on you you get some funny looks believe me and you can easily miss the little gits you know most of them are pretty small after all bought this plant back from the shop I’ve been having a look at it for the last 5 to 10

Minutes to see if there’s any naughty pests on here and I can’t see anything so I’ve had a good look at the underside of the leaves especially where the Peto meets the leaf or the stem meets the leaf cuz that is where they tend to hang out es especially spidermites and it’s a

It’s a good idea to get a light you can use the light off your phone and you can shine it on the other side of what you’re looking at and it kind of shows up the very fine wispy webbing so that’s a good little tactic to use and you can

Also use it to look at all the underside of the leaves so if you do have a problem you want to isolate the plant and you want to treat it with an insecticide or something to get rid of the bug depending on which one you have

So I’m now pretty happy that there are no pests on this guy I can put him in his new home right well I would actually wait this step is optional but highly recommend it I always isolate new plants for at least a week I know I sound like

A mad man but I hate pests and I want to make sure there’s no risk of them spreading who knows what eggs and whatnot might be on the plant and have yet to hatch and spread and Conquer we don’t want to plant ocalypse on our hands with bugs jumping easily from ship

To ship do we like I said it’s optional but I keep them in the corner of a room like a naughty child for week or two checking them over every day to see if anything rears its ugly head now that I’m reasonably happy there are no hidden

Suckers lurking under the leaves or in the soil we can now get him ready for his new life in his new home and for a glorious friendship to Blossom I now look under the Bonnet and check out the health of the engine roots that is plants that come fresh from the store

Should be in decent soil and have healthy Roots but sadly the world isn’t a perfect place so it’s well worth checking them out pull its trousers down and have a look or even fondle of his private parts he won’t mind no need to go mad and disturb all the soil and

Break apart the root bow he fairly delicate down there after all you’re just seeing if there is room for roots to grow that they look healthy and plump we have a very healthy plant here because lots of soil for the roots to grow into it’s not root bound whatsoever

Can see all the finer Roots have reached to the bottom of the plant which is quite good away from the crown and the roots are nice and beige which is exactly what you want you don’t want any black roots in here cuz that is an indication of root rot and you’d want to

Get rid of that going forwards but yeah really healthy plant by the looks of things underneath in the soil loads of room for these roots to continue growing for probably at least another year you might think you need to get the plant out of the soil he came in

And pop it into a nice fresh mix but honestly I wouldn’t bother unless the soil absolutely pongs and is a bit of a dog’s dinner I’d leave it alone he will happily live in the soil he came in until he outgrows the pot and is ready for an upsize basically it’s a problem

For much further down the road right if you’ve isolated your plant and it’s been a week or even if you didn’t bother you need to check how dry the soil is is he ready for a drink now don’t over complicate watering it boils down to this water the plant when the soil is

Dry that’s it nothing too taxing forget schedules and all that just check if the soil is dry and give him a drink if he is you can use your finger for this and go about halfway down into the soil if it feels wet then leave it another week

And if it feels dry then he needs a drink but I use my trusty moisture meter for this because I find it much more reliable I’ve actually down played that a lot this device is a plant parents best friend and it’s my favorite thing in the whole world world because it

Takes the guessing game out completely the one I use is listed in my Amazon store Linked In the description if you’re interested and when it does come to watering just know that as long as the pot he lives in has holes in the bottom you can’t give him too much water

Boarding for over an hour if you want to it’ll be just fine overwatering is about frequency rather than volume that’s a big takeaway from this video and I’ll leave a link to a video about that in the top right corner if you want to go further down the rabbit hole so he’s

Well watered what about food plants need food right yes they absolutely do my plant friend but not yet I’d avoid giving any fertilizer for at least the first month sounds harsh to starve him like this but the reason is pretty simple you have no idea when the grower

Last fertilized him it could have been the day you bought him so to feed him again would soon fatten him up and that’s not good yellow leaves and drooping are the issues you might face or even plant death not pretty be safe and wait at least a

Month even if it has been a while since he was last fed he isn’t going to starve he’ be just fine before I go about finding a spot for him which has some crucial steps I’ll cover in a jiffy by the way I always add one of these to the

Pot what on Earth are these ugly things I hear you cry these are fungus Knack catchers these are the stickiest things you’ll ever touch and sometimes annoyingly so they always stick to my hand whenever I brush part pass them but needs must they’re yellow because gats are dumb enough to be attracted to

Yellow and will fly into it at are things and they can’t get off so they will die a slow death sounds pretty Grim actually oh well fungus nuts are the most persistent Pest and having one of these in the pot does two things it keeps a lid on the population by

Catching the adults but it also tells you how bad a problem you have and this is crucial if you’ve caught thousands on the card then you got a big problem that need sorting leave it and you’ll soon be overtaken and you’ll want to give up on

Life let alone plants and check out the video in the top right corner all about how I finally conquered these Mighty beasts we’re about ready to finally pop him in his new home and let him settle into his new surroundings but where should he go for this you need to

Understand what light he wants this is crucial all plants have different light needs some need direct sun like succulents and cacti but most in indoor tropical plants will require bright indirect light don’t worry too much about what that means it’s just a catch term for not allowing direct sun rays to

Touch the leaves the plant basically wants to be in the shade from the Sun otherwise the leaves will burn I.E don’t leave him to roast on a south facing window all day if you’re in the northern hemisphere a quick Google search will tell you what the ideal light for your

Plant is so it’s well worth doing this so the tag of this guy came with the plant says that it needs a bright spot out of direct sunlight so I don’t always trust these tags because quite often they don’t even give you the name of the plant but this one does Mosaic Plant

Fonia so I have done a little bit of research on it online it tends to back that up so it does need a bright spot which I think is about 800t candles minimum more than that a little bit it doesn’t want the direct sunlight to touch the leaves cuz it will turn them

Crispy Brown not a massive issue but if you keep doing it if you keep it on there on a south facing window in the northern hemisphere for example then you will get lots of crispy brown leaves and you’ll end up with nothing so I need to

Find a spot that is nice and bright where direct sun doesn’t touch the leaves which is a little bit tricky so now it’s all about finding the right spot in your home but how on Earth do you know if your home gets low medium or bright light well for this I have this

Trusty light meter don’t be too alarm it’s pretty cheap and there are even apps on your phone you can use that do the same thing although a little less accurately I bought this fella a year ago and I love it so this guy my light meter has saved my bacon because I now

Know exactly how much light is coming into my home and it turns out not a lot because I measure my the light coming into my house in various spots and it’s always quite low so this measures in Lux and foot candles I use foot candles I think they’re more or less the same

Measurement really anything below low 500t candles is considered low light so that’s not great for your plants and anything 500 to 1,000 is medium light which is good for your plants above 1,000 is highlight which is probably quite unlikely in most spots in your home unless you’re right next to a

Window which is this spot here so I’m going to put this plant on this window shelf right here next to this window this is an east facing window and during a bright day or clear day during the spring and summer I know that it gets about a, foot candles which is great so

All these plants love that but on an overcast day like today it is getting about 300t candles which is lower light so not great but that’s pretty much the best I can do in this house unless I was to put it under a grow light so this spot it will get

Direct sun but it should be able to tolerate it because I live in Sheffield in in the northly UK and we don’t get much direct sun if you’re struggling to find the perfect spot for your new guide then don’t worry too much if it’s not got bright enough light most of the time

It just means it won’t grow as vigorously as it could it will still most likely be perfectly happy in your home and if you really want to get the best out of your plant then consider adding a grow light I’ve got four sansy grow lights in my home which allows me

To have plants in dark spots in my house and you can use my code for a 15% discount in the description to this video every week you should be checking the soil with your finger or your probe if I’ve managed to convince you to get one and only watering when the soil is

Dry this is the biggest takeaway from this video most problems come about because new plant parents are far too generous with the watering can and drown their new baby wait for the soil to dry out and everything else becomes much easier enjoying new green friends you’ve

Earned it there are tons more tips and tricks to learn to get the best out of your Le Pals so check out the video on the screen now for more fun and subscribe