hi everyone hope you're keeping safe and doing super amazing if
it's your first time here my name is james and i'm from sydney australia
today's video is going to be centred around the epiprenum aureum snow queen that i have over
here or otherwise known as the enjoy if you're in other parts of the world i'm going to give
you some simple tips and tricks on how you can continue to enjoy your plan remember if you liked
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the epipremnum aureum is commonly known as pothos or devil's ivy if you're in australia the variety
that i have over here is called the snow queen whereas in other parts of the world is referred to
as the enjoy now for the purposes of today's video i'll continue to refer to this as the snow queen
to make things easier and since we're in australia the snow queen is a natural branch mutation and it
can change and evolve over time so sometimes when you google images it can be a little bit
confusing i did make a video previously about how to determine different pothos or epipremnum types
which you're free to check out if you wanted to i first purchased this plant from bunnings
about a year and a half ago as quite a juvenile plant for about 12 and at the time i was trying
to decide between a marble queen and a snow queen i eventually chose this one because a lot of my
friends advocated for its beauty and i really really vibe with it these days it's got these
amazing patterns that look like brush strokes essentially and i'm really drawn to a good green
and white that it's producing it's almost like variegation anyway my dear friend alicia ended up
gifting me another snow queen and what we did was basically combine the two together to give it more
of a fuller look just a simple plant hack if you wanted to make your plant look a lot more luscious
admittedly i've been a little bit helicopter with this plant because originally i had it on
a trellis climbing upwards now when i went over my good friend alicia's house i noticed that her
papas or snow king was trailing and it looked phenomenal so i wanted to make mine trail as well
soon after i removed that trellis pulled it off those stakes and then made it vine downwards but
i actually planted it on the top layer of the soil to encourage new nodes to produce new leaves then
i ended up repotting it a couple months later which probably stressed it out a little bit
more because i did this massive repotting day i generally like to repot my plants on the same day
just to make things easier i then tried to vine it downwards again and then it's only started to vine
downwards again here so unfortunately i have been back and forth on this making it climb upwards or
making it vine downwards essentially i recommend you just choose one path and go with that one you
can't go wrong they look great either way anyway let's go through some care tips i've done a bit
of experimentation with this one so i'm happy to share with you what i've learned in the past year
and a half okay tip number one lighting so i first had this snow queen sitting in medium light and i
did notice that when it was trailing downwards that the internodal spaces were quite large
meaning that the stems were growing quite long and it didn't look very bushy or very luscious
as a result of most plants usually when they're not getting enough light the stems will grow
longer because they're trying to reach out for that light and that's what was happening with my
snow queen when i first had it sitting in medium light when i moved it closer to bright indirect
light that's when i started to notice the plant was a little bit more fuller so if you see this
vining over here the spacing has closed up a bit and it's looking a lot more healthier and fuller
as it should in optimum conditions you want to keep your pathos or snow queen in bright indirect
light they will do the best in that condition care tip number two is on watering so you want to make
sure you're saturating the soil completely in your water and then allowing the water to drain through
to the bottom of the drainage holes assuming that you've got this in a pot that has draining trolls
at the bottom make sure that you're tipping and discarding that excess water when you do
because you don't want that water to suck back up which could cause root rot hot tip wait till the
soil dries out before watering it next use your finger to check if the soil is dry before watering
once a month i'm applying a liquid fertiliser to my watering which allows it to promote additional
growth and make sure that you're cutting it back in the winter months okay tip number
three is on soil so pothos are known to be super invasive in some countries in some areas such as
florida hawaii and have swallowed whole forests in sri lanka so in terms of potting mix they are
pretty easy i go for whatever is convenient in my inventory however if you want the best sale
or the best soil for your pothos or snow queen you basically can use a well aerated butt water
retention soil now to make things easier go for a premium potting mix about 60 to 70
but add other items such as perlite or charcoal which will increase the aeration of your mix
i'll leave some items in the description box if you wanted a shopping list care tip number four is
on maintenance now i find that too much care for the snow queen or pothos can generally lead to its
destruction the other month i decided to give it a shower because i want to hose down the leaves and
give it a good soaking and usually that washes off any debris or dirt or etc on top of the leaves now
that was a bit too much for my snow queen i found that it absolutely hated me after i showered it it
started to throw yellow leaves so really the tip here is make sure that you're keeping the leaves
dry they'll hate it if their leaves are wet and they'll generally cause a little bit of drama to
show you that they don't like it also make sure that you're pruning your snow queen regularly
because pruning allows it to remove the stored energy and then promote new growth and finally
the last care tip is on styling now you can have your snow queen trailing or climbing it's
really up to you they will do well in both however mine's gone through a tennis match which is really
unconventional where i've had it climbing and then trailing and then climbing and then trailing
again so don't do that i think once you decide whether you want it trailing or climbing keep
it in that position and then sort of let it grow it'll thank you for it i've personally seen some
amazing results on both trailing and climbing i think with climbing if you have it on a moss pole
you'll see the leaves get larger because those roots essentially can shoot into the moss pole and
then facilitate and promote larger leaves however trailing looks amazing as well bigger leaves don't
necessarily mean better it's dependent on your aesthetic so in summary make sure you're giving it
plenty of bright indirect light giving it plenty of water but make sure that the soil is drying out
before you water it next if you're re-potting give it a well aerated but water retention
soil mix it'll love you for it make sure you're pruning it regularly decide whether you want it
trailing or climbing your personal preference and finally make sure you keep the leaves dry because
they will cause some drama if their leaves are wet good luck if you made it to the end of this video
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you there welcome to plant rants and bands where i showcase some cool funny or interesting plant
content that i find online so there's been a lot of hype lately around putting your monstera aerial
roots in water to promote growth these past couple of months no i first started seeing this circulate
around july 2021 which has been doing the rounds on social this photo here is one of my mate
christine's monsteras where she's suspended her aerial roots in little water containers
everyone on social media is swearing by this method that they're getting more growth and more
leaves i mean to each their own but i also saw this photo and thought it was astounding to share
as you can see he's got all these aerial routes tucked into these massive bars
for the record this particular person has been doing for years now but man i cannot imagine how
this would be maintained not to mention my ocd is absolutely triggering me but anyway i saw someone
else watering their aerial roots so i started watering my aerial roots if you know you know