Red log plant care - Peperomia verticillata

Hello my friends! Welcome to Plants and Lucia. My name is Lucia and this right here is Camila. She's named after my dear friend from Bolivia because she actually is found in Bolivia. Today I'm going to share with you how to take care of this beautiful red log. Okay, coming up. In this community we love plants, so we learn how to take care of them, how to display them, or even how to connect with them. So if you'd like to join the community please make sure to subscribe so we can see each other every week and talk about plants. But now let's get to the video. This plant is beautiful you guys. One special thing about it is actually her leaves. So at the top her leaves are actually green, right? But then if you turn it and you see the bottom of her leaves they're actually red. I don't know if you can see there, yeah. So it is really special you guys. As a Latin American plant that comes from the tropics, this plant loves great weathers you guys. So, you should keep her in a room that is between 15 to 20 degrees Celsius. In terms of humidity, this Peperomia doesn't require so much humidity. So as long as you don't have her in a very dry room or very close to the heating system where the air is super dry, she should be fine. So this plant loves sunlight you guys. So you should keep her in a room that is as bright as possible. And actually direct sunlight is not a problem for her. She will be very happy with direct sunlight. As you can see she travels towards where the sun is. And this plant, I have to turn it every day because if not this is gonna happen. So basically I forgot in the last day to do it. So it's been two days that she's like this and that's why she's turning towards the window. So I'm gonna have to turn it. But yeah, so for lighting just make sure that she gets a lot of sunlight. In terms of water, I actually water this plant as most of my plants actually. So I give her moderate watering. The way that I check if she needs water is actually with my finger. So I put my finger inside the soil until the second knuckle and then once I feel that the soil is dry, then I water. So make sure to let the soil dry in between watering. And the method that I use to water this plant is actually my favorite watering method for my plants, which is the bottom watering method. So I really like it because of various reasons actually. First you make sure that the water gets into the roots from below, which is very efficient method. Second, once you're done watering it, you just let the water drain down and you make sure that the plant is not sitting in soaked soil. On top of that, you can actually use the same water for other plants that you may be watering that day. The growing seasons for the red log are actually spring to fall. So make sure to fertilize your plant once a month during this time of the year. An extra love tip for this plant is actually related to how she grows. So as I said in the light section, this plant will grow towards the sun. So make sure to turn it every day so she can actually grow up and not in an angle. So how do you take care of your red log? Please make sure to comment below so we can all learn together. If you like this video and would like to be part of this beautiful community, make sure to subscribe so we can see each other every week and talk about plants. And as always, I will see you next week. Okay, bye!