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Top 28 Plant Hacks You Need To See!

Sheffield Made Plants

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All my best houseplant care hacks in one epic video!
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@SheffieldMadePlants Creator 3 years ago Pinned

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@rickfromhell 2 years ago

I'm late to the party, but my favorite hack is putting coffee filters in the bottom of plants I'm potting. It keeps the soil from spilling into the catch basin & if you're a bottom waterer, it will help wick up water. They don't hold up forever, but they do at least until the soil is slightly compacted & doesn't spill from the drainage holes. I love your channel!

@SailorShinju 1 year ago

Can confirm snake plants and Christmas cactus live together well. A piece of the cactus was broken off so I popped it in with the snake plant like “that plant is doing well, you should stay alive in there” and they’re both thriving. It looks lovely having the tall snakes surrounded by droopy cactus stems and flowers 🌺 total accident but it’s now one of my favourite pots

@benjif2424 2 years ago

Chop sticks are one of the most underrated tools for plants.

@dinahlouise7129 1 year ago

Dear Mr. Sheffield, It was very nice of you to mention your friend "Kill this plant"
Very neighborly of you Mate.
Much love from Jacksonville, Florida USA
🙏💜🌹🩷😁

@overstandself9954 11 months ago

I swear you have one of the best planting channels. So many tips and tricks

@Thi-Nguyen 2 years ago (edited)

One of my favorite things to set my plants on when I bring them in for the winter is a diatomaceous mat. They often sell them as dish drying mats and such, but they work wonders for keeping my wood surfaces from suffering water damage when I water my plants. I’ve started keeping one underneath every single plant I have in my home so that if I accidentally splash a bit of water or the pot leaks a tad, the pad absorbs it and keeps my floors and counters dry.

For the repotting leaf protection, I always use plastic wrap just around the upper portion of the plant. This way I can see leaves and stems clearly, I can work around them easily, I don’t have to tape anything, and it’s also safe to leave in place to support the plant until it acclimates to its new pot.

@BSG0005 2 years ago

One more important thing, friends: please be sure to always use gardening gloves & wash ur hands immediately after working with plants. I got a terrible staph infection last year in my hand that landed me in the hospital for a week & having to have emergency surgery to remove tendons from my hand that had become diseased. The same thing happened to another gardener friend of mine, who was pricked by a thorn from a plant which ended up getting infected.

@Krustoffalone 2 years ago

I put eyelets on the wall and ran fishing line in a web near the ceiling, now i am running my pothos on the lines, tied with small strings. It looks amazing!

@LaLaLonna 2 years ago (edited)

Another hack to dress up plain pots i just saw is to take a sweater/jumper (for the English 😊) you no longer want and fit your pot inside one of the sleeves just up to the edge of the top of the pot, and cut the sweater where the bottom of the pot is. Its a sweater for your pots. ❤

@remcogeelen 2 years ago

A hundred million billion tips. This is the absolute top of the bill. 😎

@cindywannamaker5299 2 years ago

I use an extra large kitty litter pan to bottom water. It sure makes getting them watered so much easier!

@lynnwinebrenner2187 2 years ago

I use diluted neem oil to clean my leaves. They make them shine beautifully, plus it helps to deter pests.

@VondasCreationsHomeDecor 2 years ago

My favorite tips from this video are, using a fork to lift seedlings and small plants out for transplanting, tongs for cactus, and to water well the day before cutting for propagating. Thanks!

@smonelh 1 year ago

These hacks are a game changer!

My favorite hack is using a large 5 gallon bucket. Either collecting rainwater or filling it up and letting it sit overnight. Add the conditioners, plant food, etc. Then dunk my watering can into the bucket (towel under bucket) so I don’t have to keep going to the sink! I can water my plants in a 3rd of the time now. I have over 100 plants.

@Sweetwitchhazel 10 months ago

Fungus gnats are the bane of my life. Now using a bacteria you water into the soil that targets the larvae.

@dianatuttle5879 2 years ago

I buy colorful scarves from thrift stores and tie them around my pots, gives them a little bling I enjoy every time I look at them. I keep the scarves in place with stick on hooks.

@BeckyMesser 2 years ago

Anyone else freak out at 11:40 when he put a perfectly good plant in the trash? 😅😂

@solarwinds- 2 years ago

Splinting a broken stem works if it's not broken all the way through. It did for my Orchid, only it was the root not the stem that broke. The velamen had cracked, so, I took two toothpicks and wrapped it with some soft bias tape from my sewing kit and voila, it healed!