When to repot your hoyas and what pots to use

i hate repotting, i have killed so many hoyas when repotting them. majority of mine are still in tiny prop cups

Hi Miro 💫 Yay!!! My mid-week pick me up I so look forward to. 🙏🏻 l was seeing so much growth with Pon then my Bella just decided to kick the bucket on me. I think because I was overwatering in a no drainage pot I didn’t really know how wet Pon stayed at the bottom even when the top was bone dry. So, I’ve cut her and am trying to save her and NOT make that mistake again. I did buy some self watering pots that are the perfect size, but they were $3.00 for a reason. They have no inner pot and no window viewer on the outside to see when I actually need to water again… ugh! I can’t win for lose. I’ve found that 3-4” pots work best for my small Hoyas as they are no where near established and hopefully they’ll live comfortably in them for a couple of years. Thanks again for another video. 🙏🏻💫 Also glad to see you didn’t melt into a puddle 😂😂

If I get a new Hoya at a store or something I always let them dry out for about a week and then repot. If it’s a shipped plant I normally get them bare root so I repot because they need it.

Has anyone else knocked over a new plant that had just started rooting? Mine flew out of its pot and snapped some healthy roots. Devastating 😭

Talk about root mealies, coco husk/chips iss their favorite

I just bought my first bag of Lechusa pon and my concern is when my hoya get big I'll have to buy a lot of pon. It ain't cheap stuff! I know you mentioned root pruning, is that what you'd recommend to avoid having to use big pots of pon?

Great video!
Now please dispel the statement I've heard a thousand times a week, relating to repotting into a pot that's not small:

"The plant will expend all it's energy filling the pot with roots before it will grow."

Feels like a myth that keeps getting passed to newcomers.
To me, it seems like repotted plants just need their existing roots to take hold... then top and bottom growth continues simultaneously?

Awh…camp is coming to a close. When does school start?

Excellent, thanks 😂

I have a bunch of tiny hoyas in tiny cups because I was just trying pon for the first time. I'm dreading moving them up to a bigger self watering pot and figuring that out.

I've just bought a large bag of tree fern fibre and am looking to add charcoal and chunky perlite for my large leaf hoya as and when they size up. We have just had a very mild winter in Tasmania and I've been able to keep most plants at 17 degrees Celsius. I've also noticed the plants on my mother forest have thrived the best and some are starting to bloom.

I’m learning so much from you, mainly what Hoya I want/need next so thanks for that… not! 😂🤣
Seriously though am enjoying your channel very much, thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos 🌱💚

I used coconut once on some plants and it had salt in it i guess because they died and I heard other people had that problem too. Maybe its better quality now but Id be careful

Hey Miro, thank you for another fab video. You have mentioned in a few recent videos now that you are not really happy with pon anymore, I was wondering if you could do a video on the reasons?? Ive noticed that when i root in non my (couple) of little hoyas have done really well but when I’ve repotted to a larger vessel they lose all the roots and just about die. Is this something you have experienced at all?

Clay balls at the bottom of the pot just reduce the space for the substrate. They do not help with the wicking, they can even break capillary force water columns and produce dry patches. By far the best wicking material I could find is microfiber cloth. Cheap and does not decay.

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I like repotting but always worry when I do it. I worry about causing issues. I just uppotted my Linearis because it was drying out super fast in the mini orchid pot I had it in. The plant is so small. Like only 3 strings on it. I just wish it would take off and grow faster. I should have bought a bigger one. Thanks for the info Miro. Your videos warm my heart. 🌱💚🌱

My Hoyas say thank you for all the info!🌸🌸🌸🌸

YAY… we’ll get to see you really soon!!!💚🪴💚

What are your main reasons for not using Pon anymore? You have mentioned it quite frequently lately and I would love to know (chronic DIY Pon user here but very open to switching it up)

Can you make a carnosa video for us? ❤❤

What a pity, I had a spare million dollars and I just threw it out. I could have sent it. I am enjoying watching you ramble on about Hoyas, because I used to be so bored with them, they are slow. I am starting to get more now thanks to videos like yours, but I have no Central Heating system so I need to find varieties that are more cold resistant as many die over Winter. My Wayetii is hanging in there and actually beginning to grow, and I have Carnosa. Any other recommendations from the Wicked Witch of the West? 🌱

My transparent pots have green algae in pot & on pumice - is this good or bad?

I’m thinking I like Leca best for Hoya, still experimenting, love seeing what you do and your advice. Do you have a link for the see through self watering pots please 🌸

Hi Miro, Could you please tell us the brand name of the pot that you have. Thank you.

I love you. You are so funny, knowledgeable and real. You look amazing. Thanks for all you do 💚💚💚

When you're not cute? Even when your hair was short you were adorable ❤

I wish too those selfwatering pots to be transparent pot inside and not transperent pot outside -and Im sureeeee that would be their most selling pot! But why to listen custumers when factory desinger knows better... 🙄🫤

One observation I have made, terrestrial Hoya produce a large root system, whereas the epiphytic ones don’t, as you mention. This is the reason imperialis needs a big pot. I think globulosa is terrestrial too!

I value your opinions.

This is super helpful, thank you!

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Ti amo❤

Honestly, a combination translucent self watering pot with an opaque outer pot would be perfect!

Thank you! Very helpful!

Hey can you please talk about pests on your Hoyas? I’m going mad around her with my lil flies and mites

Dobro bi dosao video o vrstama supstrata pogodnih za self watering posude. :)

You have been so helpful for me and my new passion for hoyas.
Thank you.

Hi! I really enjoyed your video. I am struggling with a Hoya Carnosa (varigated). I got it about two years ago from a cutting. So, my issue is it is a very slow grower. It is in a 4" nursery pot, gets watered about every two weeks. I recently moved it under a grow light and it immediately grew a new leaf, that was about 3 months ago. Any advise?

Where do you get your cute colored, rectangular pots with the insets? I've looked everywhere and can't find them.😢

What self watering pots do you use and what substrate do you use with them?

Just found your channel. I'm in heaven as I've recently turn into a Hoya Head and have over 100 Hoyas. A lot of info, thanks!! where do you get the white self watering pots> yours are so nice and I seen any I like: I like yours:) Now I gotta catch up on all your videos!!!!

You are so right about pot size! The same can be said for orchids too. I hate when I get the comment about my orchid being in too big of a pot. 250+ orchids I try to pot them in what they are capable of growing into. I just recently moved into the Hoya realm (well I had the carnosa “basic” for a while) so am now binge watching BasiePlants😂❤

Thank you so much for the info! New to potted plants of all kinds and this helped me so much

You look mahvelous dahling!!😂

So a couple of times they’ve grown so much roots in the reservoir that you have to cut them all off to repot it. Would it be better to trim the long roots and not let it get so packed down there that you have to cut them all off?

Why use the coco chips?

Absolutely beautiful ❤