hello everyone I'm Corbin Rhodes and this
is Plant Basics today I am going to talk to you about how I care
for my Philodendron Subhastatum
I'm also going to do a repotting we are going to stake my plant with a proper
stake I mean with a moss pole I will show
you how to do all of that
this was actually a requested video by one of the
viewers so yeah let's get started so Philodendron Subhastum
is actually a very beautiful plant. I grow my plant upstairs in bright
indirect light with no sunlight. I will say this is that when it comes
to watering this plant I have noticed
that it does not like to dry out too much
in between waterings you know generally I will tell people when it comes to
your Philodendrons you can keep them on the
drier side and then they'll be fine but I found with this plant
is that it sulks quickly if it's too dry
of course, you also don't want your plant to be too
wet so when and how you water your plant will depend entirely on your
own growing conditions but because this plant is upstairs
and that room does get hot during the day
it does require more watering than if it had to be in a shadier location
where it would be cooler the other thing I haven't really on this plant
would be any pests I've had it now for I think, about
almost two years and I've never really encountered any pests on it
it is slower growing but I think that can also be because it has been in the same
pot that I
originally bought it in so it is pot bound
so hopefully with a repot and the new stake it'll speed up its growth
um I would rate this as being a very easy to careful plant with no
real issues the humility I keep this plant in would
be about 50 percent there is a humidifier in that
room but if I had to average it out
it would be about 50 percent and I fertilize this plant with only organic
fertilizers so my tea and my I make from
worm castings you can also buy it readily made
and something else you can also use is liquid kelp
oh and what's the other thing is the de-odorized fish emulsion. Those are all great fertilizers for this plant. the media I'm putting it in is actually one I mixed up today and I will put a link to that video up
on the screen for you guys and there is actually
worm castings in that media so it will have enough fertilizer for it
to start off in. I haven't really seen other
youtube videos about this plant so I wonder if it's
not very common to find if you know please leave a comment I would love to
know what you guys have to say about this plant and about its
availability. So let's start with the repotting I'm just going to take this out
as you can see the roots have started to grow
through the holes of the pot
so it is in desperate need of a repot so if I pull this
here with it now i'll take this there and just place my plant
onto this one for support there we go so this is a really
well-draining mixture with equal parts um coco-coir
worm castings perlite and milled orchid bark and then I added in
a little bit of volcanic rock dust and as you can see it's really
fine and loose and will provide the needed nutrition and moisture
but it's also going to be fast draining which is extremely important for
tropical plants so I'm going to add-in
media at the bottom and we just then as always
look where the level is you can see if it is too high
because you don't want to plant your plant too high in the pot because
then you'll have water runoff over the sides. You want to plant it
with just a bit of a lip at the edge of the pot is when you
water your plant the moisture will not run over the edge of the pot so
let me just see now what this looks like no that's still
not deep enough
let's look at this now yes this looks fine
so now I'm going to take my plant out of its pot
there we go, you can see yeah this media doesn't look that great
anymore but it's fine so I'm gonna place my plant in the
middle of the pot I'm just gonna keep this on the stake
for now
so that doesn't flop over as much whilst I fill in around with media so now I'm filling in all around my plant
with a growing media and trying to fill in all of the air pockets
and the spot can always be a bit messy so I'm thinking I'm all
done I'm just going to brush off some media from the sides
um yeah this plant looks nice and secure now the next thing is to put in
the new stake or moss pole and stake but now I just need to take off the old
one quickly
all right that's fine and put this in here at the back
just brush it up there we go and yeah that seems to be secure and I
have some cable ties to help me to
tie my plant to the pole
I'm not going to make them too tight it is just holding my plant in place until
it starts to perhaps you know, hold on to the pole itself
okay I'm not sure what's going to do one at
the bottom there we go so there my
Subhastatum is now on it's stake so yeah my plant I think looks
nice I think it will love this new stake
and push out new growth hopefully. So if you want to attempt to grow Philodendron
Subhastatum in your home remember it needs bright filtered light
without any direct sunlight because direct
sunlight can easily scorch the leaves
also remember to keep your plant nice and moist
but not too wet, when and how you water your plant
will depend entirely on your growing conditions but aim for about
once a week in summer and perhaps relook your
watering routine during the cold winter months. These plants aren't
too bothered when it comes to humidity but aim to keep your plant
at about 50% What can also help to get your plant
attached to a pole is to spray the pole itself
and to keep the pole moist and will also increase the humidity as
well as encouraging your plant to grow
into the pole itself. You can fertilize your plant
with a universal household fertilizer but I prefer
to use an organic fertilizer like worm casting, kelp or deodorized
fish emulsion when repotting your Philodendron Subhastatum
use a well-draining mixture and you can use the one that I made
but you can also use it any the mixture with plenty of perlite or
bark or anything that's going to give the proper drainage that these plants
need I haven't had any pests on my plant
but also it can't hurt keep an eye out for any
mealybug or scale or things like that
if you notice anything spray your plant with
surgical spirits or apply
a systemic insecticide I hope that you guys have enjoyed this video
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