00:00I've been a loving plant parent for a
00:02few years now and there is one mistake I
00:04made that still irks me to this very day
00:07honestly it keeps me up at night if I
00:09hadn't been making it for so long that
00:12I'd have much much nicer plants now that
00:14I could show off to all my friends and
00:16family and make it look like I'm the
00:18original G when it comes to indoor plant
00:21care sadly though that ship has sailed
00:24the problem my plant friend is a lack of
00:26support no no no not emotional support
00:29silly I'm talking physical support
00:31plants don't have feelings do they
00:34anyway as our indoor green buddies get
00:37older bigger and wiser over the years
00:39they need a Zimmer frame just as much as
00:42your 95-year-old granddad does to keep
00:45them upright and not spoed all over the
00:47floor the problem is though that I would
00:49see that they were struggling with their
00:51long arms and legs flopping all over the
00:53place and I'd slap a bamboo stick or
00:56Moss ball behind them and tie them up
00:58using a bit of G in string this is all
01:02wrong on many levels and a Sure Fire way
01:04to have a plan that ends up looking like
01:07this he won't appreciate me singling him
01:09out like this but just look at him a
01:12straggly mess and the pole I've used to
01:14support him is just not helping sorry
01:17mate it's not you it's me I've done it
01:19all wrong and you've suffered the
01:20consequences this is my filen lemon and
01:23line by the way the right way to do it
01:26is like this just look at Mr monstera
01:29Adam Sony I here normally the ugly
01:32younger brother to the ever popular
01:34deliciosa and often in his shadow but
01:37not in this case he's every bit as
01:40glorious as his oldest sibling sprawling
01:42of this lovely trell trellis who by the
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01:47really am a proud plant dad more details
01:51on TR in a jiffy by the way so what on
01:54Earth is the problem then I hear you
01:55whale well we all know that plants such
01:58as posos filad engine and monstera all
02:01need something to climb up if we're
02:03going to get the best out of them they
02:05mature as they get older and have a
02:07support to climb up and this should
02:09result in bigger more mature leaves this
02:12is exactly what is happening with my
02:13Aden Soni here you'll notice that the
02:16lower leaves are small they're getting
02:18progressively larger as it continues to
02:20climb up this tra trellis well this
02:23won't happen if you do it all wrong like
02:25I did here with this filen lemon and
02:27lime these plants will just not mature
02:29sure until they' got something to stick
02:31their teeth into look at what Mr Aden
02:34Soni is doing he's growing these little
02:36area Roots at each Leaf node and
02:38attached itself to the trellis as if
02:40they were each little suction cups this
02:42is exactly how it wants to grow these
02:45plants are climate in their natural
02:46habitat and latch onto the surrounding
02:49trees in the jungle to access more light
02:51at the top of the Jungle and they use
02:53these AAL roots to do the job yes this
02:56is what those weird root things are for
02:58so the trell trellis is acting like a
03:01tree in the jungle and a pretty one at
03:03that but the thing that has made this so
03:05successful with this plant is that I
03:08started the process early this is
03:10absolutely key and something I just
03:13didn't comprehend for the longest time
03:16it takes a long time for a plant to
03:18latch on an annoyingly long time truth
03:20be told but it is what it is I guess
03:23they need to get all their ducks in a
03:25row and even when they've latched on it
03:27takes a while for it to start to mature
03:29it's like it needs to develop a trusting
03:31relationship and have confidence that
03:34it's always going to be there and not
03:35yanked away left in limbo looking at
03:38this guy and really you could only call
03:40the latest three or four leaves remotely
03:43mature so it is taking its sweet time
03:45but that's fine I'm a patient lad
03:48sometimes the trick is that I got this
03:50trellis in the pot nice and early when
03:53the plant was only a wee Bubba and this
03:55allowed it to become acquainted with the
03:57support and start latching on and L
03:59latched on it has I tied it to the
04:02support at the beginning with some
04:03string but since it started latching on
04:06I've not needed to bother it's not going
04:08anywhere now let's compare this to my
04:10filad engine lemon and lime the mistake
04:12I made here was not adding the support
04:15early enough the plant had already grown
04:17long stems and to get it off the floor I
04:19just plunked this Moss ball in the pot
04:21and halfhazard tied the long stems to
04:23and not really knowing what I was doing
04:25and I didn't learn my lesson either I
04:27did the exact same thing with this puos
04:29marble green I plun the trell trellis in
04:32when it already had long stems and I'm
04:34having to keep on tying it on with
04:36string as it grows taller what I should
04:38have done was cut it back propagated the
04:41cuttings put the trell trellis in and
04:43began tying the stems to it right at the
04:45base this way the plant knows the
04:48support is there it'll be encouraged to
04:50latch its AA Roots onto the wood and
04:53then we're wait at the races when it
04:54comes to mature leaves look at this poos
04:56Devil's Ivy this is a cutting I made a
04:59few months ago and rather than waiting
05:01for the stems to grow long and then
05:03support it I got this plank of wood in
05:05right at the beginning like a good boy
05:07and look what's happening the AR roots
05:09are starting to latch on and the leaves
05:11are already starting to size up
05:13brilliant isn't nature wonderful the
05:16only problem of course is that this
05:17plank of wood is uh shall we say not too
05:20aesthetically pleasing Mrs sheffi
05:23certainly isn't a fan anyway that's
05:24putting it mildly and this is where
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05:57perfect shape and form for plants to
06:00climb up and I just love the color and
06:02grain of the wood and the great thing
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06:09taller I recently added another section
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06:58as you can see the zal has these plastic
07:01coated feet just like all their state
07:03trellises do so you can easily add it to
07:05the pot and they keep the moisture away
07:07from the wood so no worries about rot if
07:10you've got a straggly plant like my
07:12marble Queen here then have no fear
07:14about cutting it back like this they
07:16easily propagate and new stems will
07:19Sprout from where you made the cut it's
07:21one of the best things about plant care
07:23in my opinion their bounce back ability
07:26yes that's a word now I've got countless
07:28examples of this in my house to prove it
07:30to you too this monstera Aden Sonia this
07:33satin puos another satin puos and even
07:36this filad dendra melan crisis this guy
07:39was a mess since I got him a real
07:41Nemesis so much so that I changed his
07:44name from melan AIS to melon a crisis so
07:46I decided enough was enough and cut off
07:49all its leaves in a bonus video I did
07:51for my patreon subscribers drastic I
07:54know but it was the best thing for it
07:56like I say they easily propagate the the
07:59fruits of which you can see here and
08:01boom new stems are growing on the
08:03original plant where I made the cut
08:05hopefully it will now start to behave
08:06and stop growing the form leaves we
08:09shall see if I only had it growing up a
08:11zal to me and Mrs Sheffield in
08:13particular would be most pleased I best
08:16get ordering now one of the most common
08:19tips you will hear in the plant world is
08:21to rotate your plants you know you want
08:23all sides to get their vitamin D so that
08:26they don't grow lopsided my little green
08:28Singo is always leaning to the side like
08:31a smooth criminal so I rotate him every
08:34few days to even him up do this to a
08:36staked plant though and you're asking
08:38for trouble you definitely don't want
08:40the backside to face the light it will
08:42make the stems grow around the back
08:44where the light is and then AA Roots
08:47won't be able to attach to the wood you
08:49absolutely need it to face the light in
08:51the same direction all the time no ifs
08:54or butts but Mr Sheffield if I have a
08:56plant sat next to my window facing the
08:58light the only thing I'd see is it's
09:00scrolling behind and not the beautiful
09:02leaves where's the fun in that yes a
09:04problem I can relate to but one I've
09:06just come to terms with to be honest
09:08I've got Climbers on my window sill and
09:11I've just accepted that the leaves
09:12aren't going to face the room not ideal
09:14admittedly but it doesn't stop me from
09:16enjoying them I want them to get tons of
09:18light while they're sizing up and I'll
09:20probably move them somewhere I can enjoy
09:22them more if you're not a fan then the
09:24only thing I can suggest is to have them
09:26up against the wall or something so
09:28there's no need to rotate I've
09:30positioned my melan acis cutting in this
09:32way and he's facing the light I don't
09:35touch him his leaves should grow big and
09:37beautiful just like my had Andia in my
09:39bedroom they also don't touch the only
09:42problem is that it's obviously not the
09:44brightest spot so growth won't be
09:46turbocharged and the gaps between the
09:48leaves might start to get bigger I guess
09:50it's a choice between fast growth and a
09:52scrw behind or slow growth and seeing
09:55the beautiful leaves all the time I'll
09:57leave that with you my plant friend now
10:00if you always find that your plants tend
10:02to suck during the winter like mine then
10:04you might be surprised to know that it's
10:06not normally because of the cold and in
10:08this video I explain what it actually is
10:10so check it out and remember to follow
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