Sneak Peek Into The Grow Room

If you ever walk into my grow room, the first thing you’ll notice is that it feels like a real space. Not a showroom. Not a perfect Instagram set. A working room where plants are growing, transitioning, graduating, and occasionally getting knocked over when life is life.

So come in with me.

First Look In

When you step through the door, look to the right.

You’ll see a beautiful wooden cabinet that my late father in law built and stained for my mother in law. It’s been passed down to us and has held a lot of different things over the years. Now it’s the perfect nursery cabinet, and honestly, it feels special every time I open it.

On top of that cabinet is one of my pride and joys, my large Caramel Marble. Hanging beside the cabinet is my almost 4ft long string of variegated hearts. I love HER!! And she has been blooming! How cool is that!!

Straight ahead is where most of the action happens: the grow racks.

The Grow Racks

The rack on the right is my overflow space for anything that cannot fit in the baby cabinet. This is where you’ll find tissue cultures that need room, starters, and plants that are graduating into their next stage.

In the middle of the racks is a small cabinet that holds supplies. It’s not glamorous, but it keeps my life together.

On top of that cabinet, you’ll see two acrylic cases. These are for transitions. Most often, this is where corm babies hang out while they move from 100 percent humidity to ambient air. It’s a little step down process that helps them adjust without getting shocked.

The left rack holds larger plants that are actively for sale. This space is about to become even more important because we have more babies than my cabinets can hold, and more stock is going to need a place to live and grow.

The Left Wall Cabinet

Now look to the left wall.

This is my large wooden cabinet, and it is one of my favorite finds ever. My husband found it on Facebook for $100 and it is awesome. With no changes at all, it holds all the humidity my babies need. This is where the high tier babies are living right now, safe and steady while they grow. On both sides of the cabinet live my largest alocasias. To the right is my Alocasia Zebrina, Versace. To the left is the plant with over six THOUSAND views on TikTok (don't tell him...he already thinks he is big stuff) but he is the largest...my Alocasia Black Stem, Vader. They are statement pieces in the room.

The Cart That Lives Everywhere

You’ll also probably spot a green cart rolling around. That cart goes between this room and my private collection room. It’s my care cart. If you see it, you know I’ve been working.

The Hardest Worker in the Room

Cheech and Chong...my big humidifier keeps my babies from throwing a fit. Keeping a nice humidity of 65% he is worth his weight in gold!

What I Grow

My jam is Alocasia.

You’ll see the occasional Monsteras and philodendron or a cutting here and there, maybe some tissue cultures later in the summer, but Alocasia is what I truly love. Most of what I grow starts as corms, and I’m really good at it.

All of the beginner and mid-tier Alocasia I offer are grown from corms from my own personal collection. That matters to me. I know the history of those plants, I know how they grow, and I know what it takes to get them strong.

I also grow tissue culture, and that’s what has helped me expand into higher end and rarer plants. Those high tier babies are growing now, and I’m estimating end of summer into fall before I start offering more of their offspring.

How We Do Things Here

I don’t rush plants in this room.

If you rush plants, you rush quality, and that’s not what I’m about. I want to grow and offer plants that are healthy and thriving. Plants that are ready to keep growing once they leave my care. Things people can enjoy and grow alongside.

This grow room is where all of that starts.

And if you want to keep taking peeks inside, I’ll be sharing more as things grow, graduate, and start turning into the kind of plants that make you stop and stare.

Thanks for being here.