hey guys it's Harley and today I'm going to be doing a care video for prayer plants Callay thea plants moran two plants they're all kind of the same thing I do have quite a few varieties in my collection so I'll show you a few of the ones I have and I have to be honest they are fussy little boots I'm telling you but worth it for sure and once you get it down then they're actually pretty simple it's just a matter of perfecting their care they are honestly so worth the extra effort not only are they beautiful but their leaves actually move during the day and at night which is really cool in my opinion that's super unique from any other plant I mean they move noticeably which is really really intriguing that's why they're called prayer plant so during the day their leaves fold flat and during the night they fold up like a little prayer hand sometimes I have this one sitting on my kitchen counter and it when it's moving in the evening time the leaves rustle and it always makes me jump and freaks me out but yeah that's just a little side note of a prayer plant they are actually able to move as a result of their circadian rhythm the water pushing they have these little nodes at the base of the plant where when the water rushes by them it causes them to move so that's kind of interesting some people also think that they move so that they are able to more effectively receive light and photosynthesize the lighting requirements for the player the can't can L send help as far as lighting goes clay Thea really definitely prefer low to medium bright indirect light so I have mine between a north and a west window where it receives no direct light but a few hours of ambient lighting throughout the day filtered by a white current so this is that shelf that I keep my plants on I keep them here and then also here and they've done really well so they do get filtered light from this West window that has a curtain in front of it and then also from this north covered window that I keep the blinds down so it's not over saturating them with light and they have honestly done or really really wealthy so if you notice that your clay Thea plants are getting brown tips it could definitely mean too much light or it could also mean that they aren't staying moist enough for them to not turn brown did burn one of my clay feoh plants on accident but I've learned something I'm so sorry a little prayer plant I love you too much light can also make it difficult to keep them watered properly which can also cause the brown tips so yeah just dries the soil more rapidly and makes it difficult so give them a little bit lower light if you have a hard time keeping them watered another sign that your clay Thea's are sleeping too much light is that the patterns on the leaves are fading if you notice that the patterns are fading that means you have it in too bright of light and you should move it a little bit farther away from that light source I'd say that actually the most difficult part of these plants is watering so they definitely like their soil to stay moist and if it's not staying wet then they will dry just like that it happens that quickly so I water mine typically when the first half of the soil is dry and then I'll give it some water another thing that's really helped is my the hydro box things I've talked about in a previous video I've used those on most of my clay Thea plants and it has really really helped me keep them watered and if I forget for a little bit it's fine they do really well with that so these are plants I would definitely recommend those hydro box for this video is not sponsored so I don't have to be saying this but I do definitely think those helped quite a bit also if you don't keep them in terracotta it's easier to keep them watered so that's something else to consider on the other hand to sake of soil can reduce oxygen flow to the roots which also will lead to root rot and the plant will also die so it's just kind of figuring out that happy medium I know a lot on my channel we talked about how it's just trial and error and you kind of have to get a feel for the plant in your home environment so it does kind of vary a little bit so watering these plants is just kind of a trial and error kind of thing and you will learn it I promise you it just I mean I've killed a few Khaleesi in my day I have to be honest with you but now that I've got it down the newer clay Thea plants are doing this so well and not browning pretty much at all on the tips so once you get it down it's easy to understand them here's an example this was my first clay Thea plant and obviously it didn't fare too well in the beginning but all of the new grow is happy so really I don't want you to think that this is a plant you can just purchase and do really well right away with because I just think that that's unreasonable if you can then good for you you must be an amazing plant parent those of us who are kind of just plant hobbyist then this is kind of what you should expect at the beginning and then it'll get better from there I promise you something that has really helped Michael a sea of houseplants is I'll keep them super super thoroughly soaked and then I'll kind of use a fork to work up the soil a little bit so I know that the roots are so receiving care flow this is actually made all the difference in my plant care so if you don't want to go out and get the hydro box that's kind of a new system I've been using that worked really well then you can definitely use the fork to aerate the soil method and that's a really really great option as well so kallithea plants do prefer higher humidity in the air so I keep my few tricks to keep the humidity up in your home is to keep your cool a Thea houseplants group together I do this on that shelf I was telling you about at the beginning of the video you can also keep like both of water near them or even on them under them under them you can keep like pebble trays with water I have mine all group next to my humidifier and I also miss them regularly I know a lot of people think that misting them doesn't increase humidity but it actually does it's the same idea as keeping bowls of water around them I mean the water evaporates off the leaves causing humidity so I don't know why people say that that doesn't help increase humidity it definitely does so yeah I hope that video is helpful to you in keeping your cool Athiya houseplants healthy I will show you a few of the things issues I've had so one issue I have had with Michael a Thea plans is over fertilizing them they are very very finicky about chemicals when you're watering them I personally use tap water in the beginning I was just watering them straight from the tap but now I've learned that I need to keep the water in a container open for 48 hours so that all of the chemicals can evaporate out and then the water safe for them to drink basically if you don't do this then your little leaf tips are definitely going to Brown they also don't like chemically fertilizers so I just use a super super diluted organic fertilizer from espuma and I'll just the directions that are on the back I just dilute it by four so I do it about quarter strength and water them maybe about a month with every month or so with that and they've done really well since then so I'm going to show you a few of my clay Thea plans so there's this one there's absolutely no browning whatsoever this is a really really easy one to keep happy my beauty stark Alethea is really really happy this one is fairly happy I will say this one has been a little more difficult but I think it's because I got this guy off of Hertz and I do think that they over fertilize their plants before sending them out so yeah just because I've been caring for this guy the same as the others and he's been kind of struggling as well as this guy here a little bit of browning on the tips and it's kind of the same burning that over fertilizing causes so that's just kind of my guest there be wary of where you're ordering from I mean I ordered this guy off of a plant shop on Etsy and it's really happy my beauty store is really Hough happy and then also my lemon lime is really happy I got this one at J&J and they don't over fertilize and they really really 100% think that over fertilizing makes all the difference and a lot of nurseries do over fertilize plants to make them look super happy in the present but then once you get them home and are caring for them and aren't fertilizing them not much than they'll they'll burn so I hope this video was helpful to you if you have any questions or any additional tips and tricks please leave them in the comment section down below I'm sure others would really appreciate that and thank you so much for watching I will see my next one bye