and with that I think the era of #indoorjungevibes is officially over
hi everyone it's Marianne and for today's video I'm sharing with you my plant Trend
predictions in 2023 thank you so much for joining me today and I love doing this plant
prediction videos because I want to see what's coming up in the year when it comes to the
applied Hobby and within a plant Community but being a plant hobbyist and in a plant
Community for about four years now I kind of made observations and I want to make my
predictions for what I think is going to be the plant Trends in 2023 but keep in mind
this is based on my own opinion so it's going to be very biased so if it doesn't apply to
you and if you don't agree that's okay but do share your own opinions and thoughts on
what you think is going to be the plant Trends in 2023 and if you're new to my channel hi
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also make sure to like and comment down below I would love to hear from you but yeah let's
go ahead and get started first blind try that I see in 2023 is people being more into mature
plants or getting their plants to mature I think for a lot of us plant parents who did
start in a hobby during the quarantine era of covid we are looking into getting our plants
to mature more and back then I was open to juvenile plants especially when I had so many
plants I eradicate my plants small and juvenile but now that I have downsized my plant collection
I'm really interested in seeing my plants mature or just getting new plants that are
a bit more mature instead of starting from juvenile plants and especially now with plant
prices going down and the demand is also going down there's a lot more mature plants available
in the Market at lower prices so I think plant parents wanting to buy more mature plants
or getting their plants to mature this year is going to be a big Trend in 2023.
another plan Trend that I see in 2023 is putting plants in poles I think these have always
been a trend within the houseplant community and it had a big year last year in 2022 but
I think it will happen even bigger year this year especially as people want more mature
plants or trying to mature their plants one caveat though that are kind of like want to
implore the plant Community a lot of it will want to use sphagnum moss and we just have
to remind ourselves that sphagnum moss is a non-renewable resource so I encourage everyone
to look for Alternatives or if we're going to use sphagum Moss try to use poles that
don't use a lot of aspective moss I have some recommendations in my plant pool videos I'll
have the link down description so go check them out so another plant Trend that I'm going
to see is going to be very big in 2023 which is actually making a comeback since it was
stopped during the covid quarantine era is plant swaps I've started to go to plant swaps
last year even in 2021 but I think this year more plant shops more plant groups plant Community
that's local to you is going to offer a lot of plant swap events this year like last year
majority of the new plants that I got I got from plant trades and it's also a better way
for me to get the wishlist plants that I want in my plant collection without spending a
penny especially with inflation and let's face it fight hobby is a luxury during quarantine
we're not spending money on anything we're all at home but now but we don't have that
much extra money to be spending on Plants so plant swaps is the way to go to get our
wishlist plants and also not to spend money in building up our plant collection and next
big plant Trend that I'm going to see in 2023 is people wanting to have a more curated plant
collection and you know that's have been my goal for like the past two years within my
plant collection but I think other plant parents are going to be wanting the same and it's
not just our lifestyle is getting busier and a lot different compared to quarantine covid
it's just that we now know our taste and what we want when it comes to the plants that we
have so there's probably certain pieces of plants that we don't like there are certain
Genius of plants that we prefer one group
some plant parents they might choose low maintenance
plants another group of plant parents want plants that challenge them that really will
test their plant parenting skill and that is what's going to get them really excited
about plants and building up their plant collection
and also by having a curated plant collection
it prevents the plant hobby becoming a chore although I know for a lot of us we enjoy doing
our plant chores it is a form of active meditation for us but sometimes it can be really a chore
so with a more created plant collection we are more inclined to take care of the plants
that we have because we love the plants that we have and secondly it's a much smaller plant
collection so it takes up less of our time and effort to take care of them and the next
Plant trend is going to be big in 2023 is outdoor gardening so gardening has kind of
been divided into two different communities the outdoor gardeners and the indoor gardeners
we have fun people tend to be the indoor gardeners and the Elder gardeners are the one who grows
fruits and vegetables or are into homesteading and not that outdoor gardening hasn't been
big ever it's always been big like I said it's kind of like a separate Community it's
always been there before or even houseplants became a mainstream Hobby and even in 2020
we see a lot of people taking interest in creating their own victory garden but what
I mean about outdoor gardening becoming a big thing in 2023 it's not just about having
a vegetable garden or trying to grow our own food it's more about bringing our house plants
outdoors and actually growing them outside and that includes People Like Us in the Northeast
where during spring and summer during the growing season with the weather is nice outside
we will be taking our house plants outside more and actually using it for landscaping
for decorating our garden our backyard space if we have them in our balconies if we have
them in our Urban spaces I think outdoor gardening will take place in many different forms not
just in the growing your food area and aside from the Landscaping thing I've also seen
this trend starting to get bigger is people building their own greenhouses in their backyard
personally that is a dream of mine to be able to have a greenhouse in my own backyard so
I know this trend is kind of like specific for those who can afford it and have the space
too but I see this becoming a bigger Trend as well for Houseplant people when it comes
to outdoor gardening this next two fine trends that I'm going to mention is going to be big
in 2023 I don't necessarily endorse but I do see it coming up a lot within the Houseplant
community so I think it's going to be very big in 2023.
first one is doing a DIY at home tissue culturing plants which honestly I probably need to learn
more about but I've seen people try to attempt it and it's not really an easy neither cheat
process but I know there are some companies now or individuals trying to sell like pastry
culture kits to plant parents so that they can attempt to tissue culture their own plants
which I am not really sure about this trend I'm just mentioning it because I see it happening
if you're trying to get into tissue culture just make sure to do your research and talk
to people who are real experts on it and not just go by what you see on tiktok or maybe
even on YouTube just do your own research talk to experts talk to botanist horticulturists
that have been doing this for a long time before you attempt to do it yourself especially
at home because you need like a whole laboratory for that you can't just do it in your garage
or in your kitchen the second plant Trend that I think is going to be big in 2003 that
I also don't kind of fully endorse but I'm okay with it because I've done it myself is
importing plants and now you might say importing plants has always been a thing in a plant
Community but I think it's going to have a huge year in 2023 for a couple of reasons
okay one reason is plant parents have been in the plant hobby for at least three years
have probably bought every single plant that they like from their nearest big box stores
and not all of us are blessed with the plant nursery or plant shops closer area even though
in many places plant shops and plant nurseries have been popping up like in the DC area within
just the past two years there's so many plant shops and nurseries that pop up and some of
them have great Variety in the plants they're offering but most of them don't and most of
these plant shops still share the more popular common houseplants and very few do sell the
rare plants that people are clamoring for and one way to get those rare trendy house
plants is by importing them and second importing class have also become a lot easier especially
with ecuagenera doing pop-ups all around the US is easier for people to have access to
imported plants but I think there's also going to be a downside to this plant tread because
one imported plants are not as cheap as they used to be the prices are actually going up
some of them do have good sales if you can catch them but what you can see in this import
plant websites is their prices are pretty much the same for the plants that you could
find in the US already even if import plants are still cheaper compared to what you can
find in the US you still have to buy them in bulk so it still involves a lot of money
top of that the plants that you buy don't always acclimate well out so I think people
are weighing the cost effectiveness of importing plant as well when it comes to the money spent
and the effort given if you're trying to acclimate import plants so there's a downside to that
plant Trend as well plan trends that are going out in 2023 is one is propagating house plants
and don't get me wrong I love propagating my houseplants but the trend in propagating
that I see going out is mass propagating our house plants and I used to do this a lot too
because one I have a hard time letting go of houseplants when I prune them I always
try to propagate the cuttings I couldn't let them go and second there's this mindset that
I could sell this price and make money of it but now that the plant demand has gone
low in plant prices have also gone low so if you're trying to propagate plants to sell
they don't sell as quickly as they did before in the past when I post plants on Facebook
Marketplace they get sold out immediately now I have plants that I listed in Facebook
Marketplace that never got bought and I think also people have noticed that the plants that
we're propagating are the ones giving us stress not the actual plants that we have in our
plant collection so I think people will start
to stay away from over propagating your houseplants
and only propagate when needed like me in 2022 I only propagated the plants that needed
which are my rehab plants those are the ones that I focus on so make sure that they recover
and bounce back in some cases I wasn't too successful you can check out the video that
I did for plantmas I think plants l Iost in 2022 or something and a good chunk of them
I did kill or lost during a propagation or rehab process next fine Trend that's out in
2023 the Ikea Greenhouse cabinet I know people are going to disagree with me on this my longtime
viewers probably know I've already gotten rid of my IKEA Greenhouse last year and the
reason I say that is because one just like with my experience with it a lot of the plants
that I have originally in the cabinet has upgraded and upgrading doesn't make sense
because it will soon outgrow it too 2.
second Ikea Greenhouse cabinets are not cheap they're always sold out in Ikea still it's
still kind of difficult to buy it secondhand because like even with me with my new DETOLF
I still haven't figured out how I'm going to sell that because I don't want to kind
of like disassemble it but I also don't know how to like sell it as is and those who still
have the Ikea Greenhouse cabinet second the people that still have the Ikea House cabinet
they're trying to do something different with it like they're turning it into our terrarium
which I think is really cool I don't think I'll ever attempt it because it's just too
much of a project for me for I know something that's not gonna last again in my situation
but for those who have done it I think it's beautiful I applaud their effort and tried
to make it but for me it's not just a worthwhile project for the plants that I have and for
the kind of plant parenting style that I have next plant trend is out in 2023 plant hauls
and I'm not shaming anyone who still wants to do plant hauls especially new plant parents
new plant parents are accepted from this because of your newly plant parents you're trying
to build up your plant collection you want to share your plant haul go ahead and do so
but I think even for the more experienced my parents they're gonna agree with me on
this because they already have the place they want in their plant collection my case I know
I barely did any plant hauls last year I bought three new new plants last year that's it and
most of the plants that I got are from plant trends and that's the only time I probably
did any plant haul and the one time that I got a gift from aroid Asia the import order
that I had from them so those are the couple times that I could think that I did final
false and even when I watched like YouTube videos I don't really see many plant hauls
anymore so I think the era of doing plant hauls is over but if you still want to do
it again especially if a new plant parent go for it I'm not a judging I'm not shaming
but I don't think people again are just spending that much money plant shopping to be able
to do plant hauls or do plant unboxings again unless they're a plant content creator and
you got gifted some plants from some companies that's the only way at least in my case that
I'll probably be doing a plant haul or I went to a plant swap or a plant trade and I want
to share the plans that I got from those plant swaps I think especially now with people becoming
more aware about the bad capitalism practices
as more plant parents want to be more eco-conscious
and sustainable with their plant hobby I think plant hauls are going to be very minimal in
2023 and with that I think also the area of chasing plant Trends is over and I honestly
barely saw it in 2022 I don't even know what is a trending house plan in 2022 to be honest
maybe the El Choco Red kind of somewhat I think that's the only reason I got it because
so many people are talking about it and I wanted to get into more climbing philodendrons
but other than that I don't really see a plant that is trending anymore or even if there
are plants that have trended in the past year I don't think people are into chasing those
plant Trends anymore so I think in 2023 there is going to be completely not a thing anymore
and another plant Trend that I think is going to be out in 2023 which I think is going to
be a big one is the end of gimmicky plant hacks and I'm not referring to the weird plant
hacks that we see in like five minute crafts or something but plant hacks that you see
on tiktok or like shared with plant parents and this is not me criticizing or judging
people who want to do fine experiments I'm also not trying to discourage that if you
want to experiment with your plants go ahead but people who promote certain plant hacks
to make their plants grow faster or propagate easier or whatever I don't think those are
going to fly anymore in 2023 people I think are seen through that BS so sometimes I think
it's just people promoting a product that for something that doesn't really work and
I think a lot of people fell for those kind of plant hacks and has affected their plants
or maybe even lost their plants because of those plant hacks so they're gonna stay away
from of those and even the ones that I think would work or have been reputable I don't
think plant people are going to be jumping on them and I think some of the popular ones
in the past years are also not going to be as popular this year like using beneficial
insects that using beneficial insects is not really necessary for most of us plant hobbyists
and there's also concerning environmental impacts with where we buy our beneficial insects
from and also trending potting mediums like LECA and then it became lechuza pons I'm sure
there's something in 2023 that's going to Trend again but I don't think people are gonna
hop on it as much as people did with LECA but even with pons not a lot of people hopped
on it like they did with leca so I think the trending potting mediums era is also going
to be over in 2023 and the last plant Trend that's gonna end in 2023 and this one might
hurt it hurts me a little bit but I've been paying attention to the what's in for plant
Trends in 2023 you're gonna see this coming is the indoor jungle Vibes is over that era
is gone I don't think people are going to be into the indoor jungle Vibes anymore I
do think people would still have a lot of plants I still have a lot plants you can see
in my background but I don't think they're going to overfill their space with house plants
to the point that is taking over spaces or areas that are not really meant for plants
just to fill up the space with more Greenery as people want more curated plant collections
want plants displayed properly or sell properly or Incorporated in their home decor and as
plant people also start to dabble with outdoor gardening with that I think the era of in
the jungle Vibes is officially over and those are the plant trends that I think that's going
to take place in 2023 what's in and what's out let me know what you think and share your
thoughts let me know if you agree with my plant trans predictions for this year and
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