Hidden Roots

Hidden Roots Where rare plants reveal their origins. Hidden Roots was born from a personal love for rare and extraordinary plants.

Our journey began with the joy of discovering rare species and wanting to share that wonder with others. We carefully source each plant, ensuring they are cultivated with care and sustainability in mind. At Hidden Roots, we believe that every plant has a story, and our goal is to help you uncover that story, bringing rare beauty into your life and home. We are a family business proudly located in

Toronto, Canada, committed to offering exceptional plants and a warm, personal touch to every customer. Hidden Roots: Where rare plants reveal their origins.


๐ŸŒฟ Hidden Roots โ€” Rare Tropicals โ€ข Custom Mixes โ€ข Import Pre-Orders
๐Ÿ“ Toronto, Canada
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08/17/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜. ๐ŸŒฑ

You can have the right ingredients and the perfect ratio, but ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† or ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด can reduce the oxygen around the roots.

So, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜?

One of my favorite signs is ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต. ๐Ÿค With clear nursery pots, you can actually watch new roots appear and explore their new substrate โ€” sometimes ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น.

๐ŸŒฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
โ€ข Fresh white or light-colored roots
โ€ข New root tips appearing along the pot
โ€ข Firm, healthy leaves
โ€ข New growth once the plant has settled in

Remember: ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜…๐˜†๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ. Give them the right environment to breathe, grow, and thrive.

And when those beautiful fresh roots start showing up? ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†. ๐ŸŒฑ

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜? ๐Ÿ‘‡

08/12/2026

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด ๐—œโ€™๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿž๐ŸŒฟ

Ladybugs may look harmless and cute ๐Ÿžโค๏ธ, but theyโ€™re actually ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. Depending on the species, they feed on aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, mites, whiteflies and other small, soft-bodied pests. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿชฒ

And the really interesting part? ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€. They look nothing like the familiar red ladybug. In fact, they look more like tiny black-and-orange alligators. ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ˜‚

So if you ever spot one outside among your plants, that strange-looking little creature may actually be busy hunting pests. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿž

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’š

And this little one showed up completely by accident โ€” landed on my Variegated Frydek ๐Ÿž๐ŸŒฑ and gave me the perfect excuse to talk about beneficial bugs. ๐Ÿ’š

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€? ๐Ÿž๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ‘€ Tell me about your experience in the comments! ๐Ÿ‘‡

08/10/2026

๐—œ๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ โ€” ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ ๐ŸŒฟ

This Alocasia had ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ (because apparently thatโ€™s part of being an Alocasia ๐Ÿ™„)โ€ฆ so I treated her with insecticidal soap a couple of times.

The mites were goneโ€ฆ but then ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿƒ Every new leaf unfurls ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜†.

๐Ÿ” No visible pests.
๐Ÿค” Yet these pale, damaged patches start appearing afterward.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ? ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ.

I didn't rinse the remaining soap residue from the leaves and stems after treatment. Repeated applications + residue sitting on sensitive foliage may have contributed to the damage.

๐Ÿ’ฆ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ: Rinse the plant thoroughly with clean water, stop spraying for now, and watch the next new leaf.

The old damage won't disappear, but hopefully the new growth stays clean. ๐ŸŒฑ

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป โ€” ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ. ๐ŸŒฟ

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€” ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ! ๐ŸŒฟ

08/08/2026

๐— ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜โ€ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’›โœจ

She was growing in Perlite + Stratum and doing okay, but she never seemed to hold more than a couple of leaves at a time. ๐Ÿƒ

I know some growers have great success with Jacklyns in Perlite + Stratum. ๐ŸŒฑ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต, ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿชด

And nowโ€ฆ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜. ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ. ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜. ๐Ÿ‘€โœจ

Sometimes the best substrate isnโ€™t the one that should work best โ€” itโ€™s the one that works best in your conditions.

Canโ€™t wait to share her corms with you! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’›

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป? ๐Ÿ‘‡๐ŸŒฟ Iโ€™d love to hear whatโ€™s working for yours!

Want the chunky mix recipe? Let me know in the comments and Iโ€™ll share it. ๐Ÿ’š

08/08/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—นโ€ฆ ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ‘€๐ŸŒฟ

The mother Dragon Scale Mint has been growing in ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ + ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ, and sheโ€™s done really well in it โ€” but one of her corms decided to take things a little further.

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Thatโ€™s one of my favourite things about growing Alocasias โ€” you never really know what each one is going to give you until those leaves start coming in.

And this one? Definitely outshone its mother. ๐Ÿ˜…

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ โ€” ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿ‘€

๐ŸŒฟ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ“ Local pickup available in Toronto.
๐Ÿ“ฆ Shipping across Canada available at the buyerโ€™s expense.

08/03/2026

๐Ÿœ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ? ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜. ๐ŸŒฑ

If you notice tiny dark bugs crawling or floating around your self-watering reservoir or corm propagation container, there's a good chance you're looking at springtails โ€” not thrips.

๐Ÿ’ง Springtails love moisture. Reservoirs, moist substrate, moss and propagation containers can be perfect environments for them. They mainly feed on fungi, algae, biofilm and decaying organic matter rather than healthy plant tissue.

๐Ÿ‘† Not sure? Give the container a gentle tap. If those little bugs suddenly jump, that's a very good clue they're springtails. Their ability to spring away is exactly how they got their name.

๐Ÿƒ Thrips behave differently. They feed on plant tissue, so you'll usually be looking for them โ€” and their damage โ€” on the foliage, particularly tender new growth and the undersides of leaves.

An occasional thrips could end up in a reservoir or substrate, but a population of tiny bugs living around the water is much more likely to be springtails.

๐Ÿ’š ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜. Before reaching for a treatment, figure out who you're dealing with first.

๐Ÿ‘‡ Have you ever mistaken springtails for thrips?

07/30/2026

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. ๐ŸŒฟ

Most pest problems don't appear overnight. The earlier you spot them, the easier they are to control.

โœจ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€:

๐ŸŒฑ Take a good look at your plants regularly. You'll often notice something is wrong before it becomes a major problem.
๐Ÿƒ Check both sides of the leaves. Many pests hide underneath or inside new growth.
๐Ÿ’ง Rinse the leaves regularly to remove dust and help discourage pests.
๐Ÿงผ As a preventive measure, use insecticidal soap or neem oil according to the product directions.
๐Ÿšช Quarantine new plants before adding them to your collection.

๐Ÿ’š A few minutes of observation can save you weeks of dealing with a pest infestation.

๐Ÿ‘‡ What's your favorite way to keep pests away? ๐ŸŒฑ

07/26/2026

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, especially if the roots stay too wet or don't get enough oxygen. ๐ŸŒฟ

โณ This is the same plant, just four months apart.

๐ŸŒฑ Since moving it into my chunky substrate and a self-watering pot, it's been growing stronger roots, producing larger leaves, and putting on steady growth.

๐Ÿ’š For me, giving the roots plenty of airflow while maintaining consistent moisture has made a huge difference.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜: Despite its unique appearance, Alocasia Venom isn't a separate species. It's a mutation of ๐—”๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฟ

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—”๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ?
๐Ÿ‘‡ What's your Venom growing in?

07/20/2026

๐Ÿƒ ๐— ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†.

At first I thought it might be pests... but after checking the plant over, I started looking at everything else instead.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ:

๐ŸŒฟ ๐—” ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ณ. Sometimes the plant steals nutrients from an older leaf to support new growth.
๐Ÿงช ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. In a mineral or semi-hydro mix, the plant depends entirely on what you feed it.
๐Ÿ’ง ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฒ & ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐˜…๐˜†๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป. Algae buildup or a reservoir that's too full can stress the roots.
๐ŸŒฐ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€. A big cluster of corms can pull a surprising amount of energy from the mother plant.

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
โœ”๏ธ Checking that the roots are healthy and white.
โœ”๏ธ Flushing the substrate to remove algae and fertilizer buildup.
โœ”๏ธ Refilling with a complete fertilizer that includes Calcium and Magnesium.
โœ”๏ธ Keeping the reservoir at ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿฏ of the cup.
โœ”๏ธ Harvesting mature corms if they're ready.

๐Ÿ’š ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—น๐—น ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€? ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿ‘‡

07/19/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜. ๐ŸŒฟโœจ

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น. ๐Ÿ’š

Itโ€™s thriving in my perlite, Stratum, and charcoal mix, with the same watering routine I shared in my previous reel. ๐ŸŒฑ

Whatโ€™s the most beautiful leaf in your collection right now? ๐Ÿ‘‡

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