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I bought something the other day
Okay
and I need your help
Oh, okay
Yeah
Well, if I can, yeah, sure
Oh, yeah, you definitely can
Okay, what's that?
I bought plants for my home
Oh, yeah
Yeah, take a look
Okay
That's nice
Oh, that's nice
Is it Gajimaru?
I don't know what it's called
I don't know what it's called
Wow
and I bought another one
I bought two
Oh, this is the other one
Oh, that's Teiburyashi or something
Yeah
Congratulations, you guys
Well, thank you
You got your brothers and family
Oh, yeah, I got two new family members all of a sudden
That's great
Silk jasmine
It says right here
Silk jasmine
Jasmine
Mints
Table
Mints
Mints, yeah
Mints
Yeah
Wow
I need you to teach me how to take care of these
Of course
Little babies
Of course
How do you...
So just talk to me like I'm a kid who doesn't know shit
Okay
Well, I mean, wow
Why did you choose those two?
I chose those
First of all, I wanted to buy a plant
because I saw on TV that having greens in your room
gives you like a relaxation effect
really brings down your stress levels
thus raises your sleeping level
Oh, wow
Yeah
Nice
Yeah, that's why I bought it
Okay
I was like, that's cool
Yeah
So...
and I bought these two because I went to three coins
Okay
Right
and these were the prettiest ones
Oh, nice
Well, I remember I went to...
a few years ago I went to Daiso
and they sold these kind of exactly same size like 300 yen
and I bought some of them
Yeah
and I still have them
Oh, still good and healthy?
That's cool
So...
Oh, that's a great...
I guess it's a very nice first step
Yeah
Beginning steps
So...
So, did you buy this like very few days ago?
Yeah, like two days ago
Oh, okay
Yeah
So...
Well, first of all, you know, there's two cups, right?
Right, the inside soil folding cup
Yeah
Soil holding cup and then the exterior glass
Right, right
Good looking cup
Yeah, yeah, yeah
So...
So, that outside, the one
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That's only for make it good look
Yeah, right
Right
So, for like a growth
What's important is inside one
That one
This one
Yeah
and this is very cheap
Okay
It's very easy to carry for the gyoza sands
Okay
So, actually it's not very good for people like me and you
Okay
to grow them actually
Got it
So, it's not the best for the plants to grow
Right, right, right
I see
So, the next step would be you buy like this size hachi
Inner bag
Yeah, plant
Okay
With the holes here
With the holes at the bottom?
Yeah
Okay
Because that one is something you put water in
and then you have to have a hole to hai sui
Oh, okay
Yeah
Got it
Just like this one
Okay, it's got a little hole
Okay
So, you buy...
So, you want to buy a bigger inner basket
Right
Okay
and it can be the only one
I mean if you have outer and inner one
because inner one doesn't look good
Okay
If the inner one is beautiful with a hole
you don't have to buy two
Oh, you don't need a double layer basket?
Yeah, yeah
You just one single one
Oh, got it
Yeah
But if there's holes at the bottom
if you water it
wouldn't it just go directly
I'm putting this on the top of my desk
isn't it gonna drip down on my desk?
Right, right
That's better
Or you have like little...
Oh, that's better?
Not for my desk though
No, no, no
You have two layers
Okay
It would be a better option for you
So, it wouldn't drip down
Yeah
Okay, got it
Or you have like a...
kind of dish
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
That's one option too
Got it
To catch all the water
Yes, yes
Why do you need a bigger inner basket then?
What do you mean?
Is it too tight for the plants?
Yeah, it's too tight
If you...
So, can I?
Yeah
It's already...
You know, the roots are very...
Oh, it's tangled at the bottom
It's like all...
I see, I see
It looks like it's not fitting anymore
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's all struggling down there
There's no room for him
I see
So, you have to...
Do I need to buy more soil?
Yeah, if you can
If I can?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
So, is it like optional?
I mean, if you choose like this big
You obviously have to buy extra soil
Okay
But like this big
Maybe you...
Yeah, you should buy a soil
Okay, what kind of soil do I need?
Is there types of soil or is it just all one single soil?
Or can I combine it with the already existing soil?
Or do I have to...
So many questions, man
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Right, right, right
Thank you
Oh, lovely
So, if you want to be very high-level one
You have to mix
You have to, you know, buy different types of soils
And you mix it for the soil
This guy, for that guy, for that guy
Oh, right
But that's too high level
I don't do that
So, I just buy usual...
I actually buy two types
You buy two types, okay
Yeah, one is for like a usual kanyo shokubutsu soil
Okay
Which is...
Tend to be dried
Okay
It's the sand
Relatively big
Okay
So, it's getting
Smoothly dried up
Got it
The water goes like
Right, right
Smoothly
And the other one is more like nendo kind of soils
Yeah, particles are smaller
It soaks up more moisture
Yes, yes, yes
So, and then you have to...
You can easily search on the web
Which one should you like use
Okay
But I guess those two
Usual kanyo shokubutsu soil
You mean the smaller particle
More moisture holding one
Is that the usual one
Or is that the one you said
The first one, the bigger particle
Yeah, that's the usual one
Got it
It says like kanyo shokubutsu soil
I see
Yeah, so that's very easy
You can just buy it and then...
All right
Yeah, and so that's additional tip
Okay
But you don't want little bugs
I don't want little bugs
Right
Yeah
Me either
So, that's a soil, right
Yeah
Which is yukibutsu
Okay
If... So, bugs love those yukibutsu
Okay
So, you have to cover
I see
With something mukibutsu on top
I see
So, but obviously they're breathing right now
So, you can't cover with a saran wrap or something
Right, or you choke them to death
Yeah, yeah, yeah
So, what you should do is you buy a little...
Have you seen like this size
Like brown orange, rounded
Like it's like a very small size popcorn soil
Never seen it, man
Never seen it
It's called hydroculture
Okay
Yeah, and that's actually a stone or like renga
Okay
Which is mukibutsu
This one
Yeah, yeah, those ones
Okay, okay
Yeah, yeah, yeah
So, you need to buy those ones
Okay
And just put out one single layer on top
Oh, okay
So that
I see
You can prevent those bugs and those little...
Oh, so this is still breathable
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But it is enough to prevent these little bugs from sensing all these yukibutsu
And trying to sneak them up down here
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And put like eggs in it
Shit, that's disastrous
Yeah, you have to cover on top like with those soils
Oh, okay, got it
The hydrocultures
Yeah, yeah, that's very...
Makes difference
Okay, got it
If you don't do that
Make sure to buy that
Yeah
Got it
Summer comes, you know
Bugs all over the fucking place?
Yeah, you have to
You definitely have to do that
Got it
Yeah
What else?
Do...
How often do I water them?
Oh
That's a great question
Yeah
Do I water them on the leaves as well?
Or do I just water them on the soil?
What do I...
I bought a spray
Oh
Yeah, there was a three coin spray right next to...
They were selling them right next to these plants
It was like those pushable ones
Those pretty looking ones
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah
That's good
Looks like afternoon t-shirt
Yeah, it looks pretty, yeah
Right, that's good
Yeah
That's called hamizu
Okay
And if you take a close look at those, like, leaves
Okay
You can see, like, you know, those white...
The white spots?
Yeah, spots and...
What about those white spots?
Or like a very new one, so it's okay, but...
So, you know, some hokoris
Yeah
Just like, you know, usual place
Right
So if you hamizu every night, then you can kind of take...
They can kind of take a shower
Oh
They get off those hokoris and those, you know, yogures out
Okay
And then also you can...
They can kind of water themselves
Oh, okay
And then in the next morning, they feel good
Oh, got it
With the moistured leaves and, like, you know
I see
You know, when you wake up on the campsite
It's all wet, right?
Yeah
Just like that
It's like that
Yeah, yeah, it's like...
You feel good waking up under the weather
Yeah
Under the sun, you know?
It's all feeling good
Okay, I got it
It's like that
Yeah
So ideally, every night, hamizu, yes
Um, for watering, that's a very good question
Oh, okay
There's no, like, right answer for that
That's difficult
Because on the little tag here, it says to water them
Every time the soil looks dry
Yes
And about...
I can't read it, but, like, maybe...
I can't read it
Yeah
If I clean the dust off, I can read it
But, yeah, it's very vague how it's written on the tag
Yes, yes, yes
So, um, this is something you have to, like, try and, um, see what's going on with them
Okay, well, how do you know if how I'm watering them is good for them or not?
Like, how can I tell from looking at them?
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Okay, so, um, so, um, first of all
If you water them every day, like, water them too much
Then that directly kills them
Oh, okay
It's like you put them in the water
Got it, you drown them to death
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the roots will be easily, like, rotten
Okay
So that's one thing you have to avoid
Okay
So it's better you don't water too much than watering too much
I see, under-watering them is better than over-watering them
Yes, yes, yes, yes
So, so, first you start with from once a week
Okay
And then if they need help
Then, like, from the, um, the
Tip of the leaf
Yes, tip of the leaf turns into, like, start rolling like this
Oh, like, dried up
Yeah, yeah
Tortillas
Yes
Or turn into, like, like, just like this, like, yellow brown
Oh, okay, it's like a, like, a limey color to the tip of the leaf
Yeah, yeah, yeah, start, like, rolling like that
I see
And that means they need more water
So right now you can absorb that this guy needs a little bit more water
Um, it's fine
It's fine?
It's fine, um, so that's another, um, one
One difficult one
Yeah
So some of them don't like direct sun
Oh
And it's like you burn too much
Oh, okay, so this guy was under the sun too much
Yeah, I'm not sure which one is it, but
Oh
Yeah
It is to keep them away from direct sun right here, I think, yeah
Then, yeah
So I haven't had this one before
So I'm not sure, like, how
They, you know, this guy prefers to fit in
Yeah
But some of them love direct sun
And some of them doesn't like direct sun
Yeah
So, like, put it, like, open and put, or you have to put a shade on it
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
So, but overall, uh, watering
Mm-hmm
I think you, you should start once by summertime
Once of four days
Yeah
Once of four days, yeah, got it
Once of five days
Or five or four, got it
Five, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Do I look at the soil to determine whether if I should do it or not?
Yeah
Like if it looks dry and all, like, not moisty
Right now it looks a little bit moisty
Yeah, right, so this is, um, yeah
You don't have to water now
Not, okay, got it, yeah
If it, like, looks dried, then you have to
Got it
And, um, so, do you want them to be bigger?
Do I get to control that?
Yeah
Shit
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Let me, let me continue this question on the next episode, all right?
Okay, okay, sure, sure, yeah, I talk too long, yeah
No, no, no, I need all that information, all right?
Yeah, yeah, thanks, thanks
All right, thank you for listening, guys
Thank you
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