OUTDATED plant care tips that are RUINING your Plants!

Are outdated plant care tips secretly sabotaging your indoor garden? Are you struggling to keep your plants alive? It might be because you're following outdated plant care tips!

🌱 In this video, we’re saying goodbye to the bad advice that’s been holding your plants back and welcoming healthier, smarter habits in the New Year. From overwatering misconceptions to myths about low-light plants, I’ll break down the outdated practices that are ruining your plants—and what to do instead. Whether you’re a beginner plant parent or a seasoned green thumb, this video will help you grow bigger, healthier, and more vibrant plants in 2024!

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Hi, I’m Angie! 👋 Eight years ago, I couldn’t keep a single plant alive—I was a proud member of the “Black Thumb Club.” But after plenty of trial, error, and rescuing a few too many wilted leaves, I’ve turned my home into a jungle of over 200 thriving houseplants! 🌿

But this channel isn’t about me—it’s about you. I’m here to help you grow with confidence, sharing simple, practical tips to take the guesswork (and panic!) out of plant care. Whether you’re a first-time plant parent or already speaking fluent fiddle-leaf fig, we’re in this together—celebrating every new leaf, every success, and even the occasional oops. Let’s turn that “black thumb” into a green one—because you’re capable of so much more than you think! 💚

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[shimmy]

I have watched a TON of plant videos and this was the ABSOLUTE BEST explanation if bright, indirect sunlight I have seen! New subbie here!

[tomhart]

I always thought all plants needed sunlight to grow so thank you for including that!

[amuseinthecraftroom]

Humidity a fish tank lol. Honestly though my plants are way healthier now they can bask in that and drink the fish poop water.

[aplantprocess]

Yes 🙌

I love myth busting.

I think it’s pretty well known now but upsizing pots to give roots more space was something I thought was a thing even if the roots already had tons of space 🫠

I’ve gone too far the other direction now and use pretty small vessels for a lot of my plants to save space. Some have to be watered every few days as a result but that short wet/dry cycle seems to produce really rewarding growth.

Cracking up at the idea of someone with a super long finger spraying their face with some Evian spray being like 😶

[bensbotanicalbedroom]

The ice cube thing is the weirdest one. I saw some really heated discussions about it online years ago and someone on the pro-ice-cube side posted a "scientific article" (just a PDF on the website of a company that was running hard with the ice cube thing) and even their own PDF showed that it was detrimental to plant growth, but not catastrophically so, like "See, it will slow down their growth but it won't kill them."

By the way, there are some species of non-photosynthetic plants that are either parasitic on other plants directly (such as Rafflesia, which lives completely inside the stems of vines and only pushes its enormous flowers out through the stems) or live off decaying leaves like a fungus (and may actually just be parasitic on fungal networks - I don't remember), but none of these are grown as houseplants. Some kinds of dodder are green, but some are orange and leafless and I think they have either stopped photosynthesising completely or are quite far on their journey towards being non-photosynthetic. I can imagine that being an interesting kind of gothic houseplant, but it needs to grow on a plant that is photosynthesising.