TEN PLANTS YOU WILL KILL IN LECA | well, maybe you won't but I HAVE
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- This is my top ten plants that I have struggled with in LECA or just plain won't attempt to try again UNLESS I take their roots from being in water first, and THEN placing them in LECA
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🥣HOW I PREPARE MY LECA: I just rinse with cool water in a colander or bucket with holes
💦FIRST MONTH: Water only the leca…do not allow any water to sit in reservoir, once a week or when plant shows signs of dryness (NO NUTRIENTS)
AFTER a month to 6 weeks (when plants begin showing signs of expedient growth) NUTRIENT WATER: Add 1 teaspoon Dyna_Gro Foliage Pro to 1 gallon RO or fresh drinkable water.
*EVERY 3-6 MONTHS (I average once every six months for this): FLUSH THE LECA… • #leaching #houseplants...
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My giant monstera Adonsonii thrives in LECA without nutrient water and full southern sun in the PNW. I just top off with water about every 6 weeks.
You’re super lucky
Same here! I killed ALL of my monstera's in dirt. Finally I tried Leca and they are thriving!!!
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My parents in the eighties had a nursery in the Main Street of Caloundra. ( look it up if you want ) it’s in subtropical Queensland. The whole eastern side of the shop had gravel on the ground and they grew up a brick wall. The gravel was kind of like leca and it got watered everyday. It was full sun and the humidity went from %90-%10. When it was time to trim it , I took three truck loads to the tip at least once a year.
My adansoni loves me, and it’s in low-mid indirect light, it’s got amazing soil, and nutrients tho, and nice humidity. I’m gona try leca tho 👁👅👁 I’m so excited
Hey
Oh and name of the hanging pots we use is "Artstone Claire" 100% recycled and natural material
Yay! This is great info💚💚😂💚
I don’t really understand the 3rd part or paragraph? Like you babysit it with another plant? Sorry I’m slow. 😅
I love this advice. I have three new plants that I want to switch to LECA and see how they do.
Yahooo!
I'm new to Leca and houseplant hordiculture in general. I subscribed to your channel because I was wondering what plants don't grow well in Leca. Now hopefully I can avoid unnecessary pitfalls. Peace!
Long term plants don’t do well in leca, the ph can change overtime.
My first bag of leca will be here tomorrow.
I just spent my "Day 1 of Leca" repotting a few of my plants from soil to leca . Suddenly I am terrified. It does help to know that "success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." Sometimes, no matter how much I love a plant, it dies. Thank you for this. It sounds like my chances of success increase if I use a plant rooting in water. As for the rest, May The Force Be With Them.
LOL
Hi Rachel,
1st let me appreciate you, I love that you share your experiments and I have learned a lot from you.
I would like to share my experience to you.
I have transferred Monstera Adansonii (3 types, narrow form, broader form & giant one also), Philodendron Micans, Scindapsus Pictus & Scindapsus Exotica, Tradescantia Zebrina, Sansevieria Zeylanica/Snake plant, string of Banana, Burro’s tail, Spider plant (this one almost like died but came back stronger when it grew new roots), ZZ plant, Marble Pothos all these from soil to lecca and all are doing great as well.
I also transferred Pilea peperomioides from soil to lecca and it didn’t do well for me and died at the end, so I didn’t bother buying new one then.
After watching one of your videos on Pothos, I was afraid trying to transfer pothos from soil to lecca,
so I got many cuttings from my soil plants (Golden pothos, Philodendron Brasil, Philodendron Neon, Philodendron Heart Leaf Green, Chinese Evergreen, Tradescantia Green Hill & Tradescantia Albiflora Albovitata) and had them growing in water until they shoot out few tiny roots and then transferred them to Lecca. They are also growing great.
I am in love with growing in this semi hydro growing medium as I can just almost forget about taking care of these plants and I just water them every 2 weeks and sometimes I even water after 3 weeks and they are still alive happy. I flush them once in 4-6 months whenever I am in a mood of giving them a nice shower and cleaning. Saves me great time and love enjoying the greenery in my house with less care.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Glad to know it was not only me. Pilea is a pain it is holding on but yellowing leaves continually. Alocasia down to one leaf. Peace lily is iffy. The leca journey goes on.
My pilea is doing so well in soil. Might not convert that one !
You actually made me laugh several times in this video. Intentional or not, super entertaining. Sub
Me too! String of poo poos 😆
I’ve just got started in Leca but haven’t been following your rules on how to start! Will give that process a try on the next one. Thanks for sharing!
Check out my other vids before starting!
@@prettyinplants9580 enjoyed watching several of your vids. Lots of great videos.
Thank you! Hope they help!
I don’t know what I would’ve done without her videos. I have learned so much and it has made the LECA journey much easier for me. I do watch other channels for ideas but I always default back to this one.
@@kevinl3304 thanks!
Thank you for the explanation at the end about up-potting.
Yay!
@@prettyinplants9580 I have some Hoya cuttings that refused to grow indoors, so I put them in a clearplastic bag and they started growing. Humidity and also lack of daylight in winter is a big issue for a lot of tropical plants. Some plant species have a zero tolerance policy and wither or just die in a few weeks when demands are not met.
You’re amazing! Thank you for sharing your experiences
My alocasia amazonica is doing nothing for the last year...i have to check her...thanks for reminding me😘
Thanks for sharing your vedio awesome tips and ideas on using leca in plants I never try yet new subscribers watching from California
I just saw this video, I’d like to let you know my 2 baby pileas love LECA .
When i separated my 2 baby pilea from the mother, i planted them directly in LECA . I thought at first they didn’t like it because their leaves are getting less green ( pale ), i placed them outside in my sundeck so when i noticed that their getting bad , i took them back inside my house. After 2 days their leaves became a little greener.
It’s now over 3 months and my 2 baby PILEAS are both healthy. But i i’ll keep my mother Pilea with another 2 baby pups in the soil.
Thats crazy, I've personally transferred close to 10 pothos plants into Leca and all of them are thriving and growing insanely crazy, then again... could be my fish tank water haha.
Mine too!
I have a Pilea peperomioides in leca, and it's doing great (so good that I couldn't find it one day when I were looking for it and the one I have planted in soil look really bad). The only issue it has had is that the roots they send out to have puppies gets blocked by the leca. So leca for them is going to stop the mass production of babies. Although I plant some in terracotta gravel and that would probably help the root situation.
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My Calathea white fusion loves being in leca now, but during the transition it lost many leaves, its been a few months now and it seems to be doing great!
Glad I read your comment, mine have gone downhill since swapping over, all my other plants have thrived almost straight away- just the white fusion began the dry up, I nearly threw them into my compost
Lol..my adensonii..loves leca..was dying in soil..chopped off all leaves and put stems in leca..incredible how much new growth is popping out all over stems...maybe cause I live on a very humid island...all my plants do very well.
Mine was dying in soil too I just took it out of soil and have it in water. I’m hoping some water roots will make the transition easier.
When you said I think this grows in my yard.😂😂😂 I have been saying this grows in my yard. The pepperomia. 🤣🤣🤣
😂 LOL
It’s just not one of my faves
I think you may be thinking of pennywort, not pilea peperomoides. They look very similar, but are not the same plant.
This was great! Thank you
Hi Rachel, I hear ya about certain plants in leca. I have killed five, yes five, adansonii. They do great for the first month or two in leca, but then start to yellow quickly and decline. Each time I altered my care to try and make it work, but I was never successful. I recently purchased a new one and it is going to stay in soil! My pothos, after water propagating first, have done awesome in leca, but like you mentioned, once I up pot them they decline quickly. I am going to try your advice and baby them for a while after up potting them.
You have my total support lol❤️
When you say pot them up, you mean in soil?
I’ve had a hard time with some strings things this season and that was in soil. Just transferred a cutting of variegated string of hearts and I am so nervous. I want to attempt the ficus next spring. I will have to watch your videos again on those. Mine are small but I don’t want to think about doing it in the winter.
And succulents... I have two Madagaskar palms and a monkeys tail and some others 🤞🏻
Everything does really well ...just the plants mentioned in the vid were hard for me
Thanks for the video.
O my god, i struggled with my adansonii for one year and a half, and finally she started growing, nothing was working till i stopped watering her, now i water just a bit and she is thriving. Pilea and the string are the same for me. Less water they do great, i just water them when they are droopy, no reservoir. Calatheas= headache😫 i only kept the orbifolia...and i had loads...
Oh! You had so many calathea!!!!
@@prettyinplants9580 i had, correct😂 most of them I've give them away
all of my alocasias except for one, were nothing but corms when I put them in leca. the other one, had single leaf. now those w/o leaves have them, but not too many, and the one that had a single leaf, now has 4... so, it's definitely better than soil, but I'm clearly missing something if amazonica and zebrina are stuck so bad. I do have some slow release inside as well... apparently the thing to pay attention to is that they want half a corm in the water, and other half in the air - this is not easy to achieve in soil, as in my case, they used to cry even when soil was bone dry, so I was avoiding watering them, thinking that if they are crying, they have enough water - wrong - they haven't really cried much if at all since I put them in leca
999 likes, I couldn’t be the person to change that magical number thought I’d comment instead ❤
I’ve binged watched a lot of your channel. Can you do an episode about ferns in leca? Do you have any in leca? I can’t find any photos of anyone with fern examples in leca-example birds nest or crocodile fern. I’m guessing this is because their roots are so tiny. Thanks for considering!
Thank you for your comment! I have a birds nest fern and it loves it-will demo again soon
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Good to hear. My bird’s nest seems to love Leca and I was so nervous
I've been looking for a string of poos poos forever. I can't seem ro find one anywhere.😀
😂 😂 😂
I keep monstera adonsonii in a homemade pon mix in a self watering planter pot, replacing the liquid fertilizer water every two weeks, and it seems to be doing pretty well. It grew like absolute crazy for the first several months, but recently has been getting a little yellow on the edges of the leaves occasionally, though I think it's just how absurdly fertilizer hungry they are? Or maybe the humidity drop in winter. I might replace my water supply weekly if they keep chugging away at it.
Plants I've had that have struggled in semihydro are my spider plants, parlor palm, and croton. They're still alive, but I'm thinking they might prefer soil.
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My Alocasia leaves turn yellow in leca. I adjusted my nutrient water to be slightly more acidic and its doing ok now
Ooh! That’s good to know❤️
I had an adansonii in leca and it was struggling but my big one I converted from soil to small seramis and it is a *beast*. It went from a 6cm pot to hip-high floor plant in a year and I cut it back several times. Maybe leca is too big for them, I dunno.
Yes-I think LECA shape not perfect for all roots
My ctenanthe silver star died when I attempted to upsize the pot. I have 1 leaf that I saved that has put out some new growth. I’m nervous about transferring it when it comes time.
Maybe wait until the spring...
Do you mind updating us about the Peace Lily on your next video? I just converted another variegated lily and i am crossing my fingers I don't kill it!
How did it go?
Very well! New flowers and quick transition!
When the plants go dormant, do you still water?
All the plants you named would absolutely love to be in Pon, either Lechuza or DIY-or even planted semi hydroponically in aquarium substrates like Fluval Stratum, Eco-Complete, A.D.A. Aquasoil, Fluval fluorite red, laterite, or even just plain sphagnum moss works wonders. You’d be surprised … LECA ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Ppl have varying degrees of success; I have noticed that only the larger- and more fibrous-rooted plants really adapt well to it; mainly aroids, just not bulbous or corm-types like Alocasia, Caladium, etc (for me). Little more finicky. Actually, a lot more finicky. They like the security of a denser substrate like Pon or even orchid mix. Any store-bought “orchid blend” is essentially an aroid mix. I just add more drainage to it. Amend it with more inert materials; LECA is very useful in place of perlite, people forget. In some cases, it’s even better because of its size, facilitating excellent drainage. And it won’t float to the top of the container, with time and watering. Or just bottom-water, I guess. Lol
Also-any orchids are an excellent choice to grow in LECA, and it’s even better for them to be grown in semi hydro than in standard orchid bark or commercial mixes. That being said…
After discovering Pon a year ago, then experimenting & making my own, I’ve realized that Pon (or any similarly inert DIY blend) is the “happy medium” for semi-hydro. It’s close enough to being “soil” that the roots are comfortable, but yet it’s soilless. I know some ppl swear by Leca got every damn genus and plant family out there, and if they have the secret, I applaud that. But I also want my plants to be happy, especially diva species. Hoyas and Alocasia apparently thrive in Leca; I’ve found that the pebbles are simply too inconsistent, too ventilated and not substantial enough for the roots to dig into. Not even the aeration of leca prevented root rot.. meanwhile I’ve tried them, plus all the species you named and more, in Pon, and omg. They were loving the granular food (Osmocote plus), the consistent moisture (or not! Adjustable!) and the density compared to Leca. If you let Leca dry out, you’re kinda F’d. It’s so ventilated that it HAS to remain full in the reservoir 24-7. If you let Pon dry slightly, it’s dense enough to be a beneficial drying-out between waterings… it’s not so urgent, comparatively.
What do you mean when you say you moved them up a size
My Monstera Adansonii was doing well but yes it eventually started to fail 😢
So sad😢
This is my worst plant
Are you ever gonna come back with your beautiful info videos ever again..we miss you in Canada n would love to have you back on air sweetheart..
You might have been over fertilizing the Monstera Adansonii. Because orchids are more fragile I'm always under fertilizing my collection and my Monstera loves leca.
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I here that burle Marx does well in Leica, do you have any info on that plant?
Just look up Philodendron in leca, all of my Philodendrons love leca
YOU REMIND ME OF THE GIRL ON BRIDESMAIDS MOVIE!!
Kristen Wiig 😂 kinda sounds like her too!!
The thing that looks like pilea in your yard might be money wort. It’s an edible plant that grows in boggy areas.
Lol! You are probably right!
Luciano, perhaps you mean “‘Miner’s Lettuce”?
Looks like Pilea, but its leaves are thin and “butter lettuce-like”. Definitely edible and delicious.
If anyone has tips on when to pot a raphidora tetrasperma cutting please let me know🥺
I know this is two months old, but plant them in soil after they grow a one inch root or so. You can wait longer but that’s the minimum. Mine have been doing wonderful.
This is way late but in case you're still concerned - for most plants, when they have about 2/3 inches of roots they can be potted. Pro tip is to keep the soil moist (not wet) for the first couple weeks to help the adjustment then go to normal watering for that plant and it should be happy 😊
Everything she said about Monstera, but the opposite. They thrive!
When you first put a plant in lecca, do you add nutrients or just water.
Just water
@@prettyinplants9580 When do you add nutrients. What happens if you add nutrients when you first put plant in lecca?
My plants got yellow leaves
So the trick to success with growing ferns semi-hydroponically, without a doubt, is just starting with a bare-root fern (extra luck if it's a fern with a more aggressive root system, like an ostrich fern or something). I have a maidenhair fern I bought bare-root as a little more than a clump of rhizomes that I established in pumice that is thriving. It's the only maidenhair fern that I can even claim success with because I've killed a bunch of them. With the maidenhair, I water it with cooled, pH-balanced black tea to which I add a little bit of liquid dirt. I have it in a net pot, and flush it often, and it somehow hasn't died (and actually seems very happy).
I put a raphidora in Leica and I started to get root rot so I had to put it back in water :(
Patience patience...let it grow some roots in water....then try again
Plants a hot plant depending which part of the country you are from. 😁
True. One person's weed as another's treasure.
Is leca the best medium for succulents?
Bonjour de France ! J'ai transféré depuis deux semaines, 3 petites Crassula Ovata en leca. Les racines touchent juste un peu l'eau en bas du globolet. Pour le moment elles se portent bien ! Je les ai mis très près de la fenêtre. Crassula Ovata étant une succulente, n'apprécie pas trop avoir toutes les racines dans l'eau ! L'expérience est intéressante ! Les plantes sont comme nous les humains, certaines s'accommodent, certaines pas du tout ! Il faut essayer, comme moi ! Bon courage !🙋
Has anyone tried to Grow a plumeria in leca
Just use water, don’t add anything until the plant is stable. I plant most of my plants in leca and they r doing so well. The place you put your plant must have good air circulation and just use water..nothing else.
Do you mind explaining how you “flush” do you just fill the cache pot up with lots of water with the plant in it?
Yes-fill to the top with distilled water
@@prettyinplants9580 Thank you so much!!
Such an amazing video is that! We are a plants channel too where we post various variety of indoor plants and their useful information, do check it out 🌿🌿
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Most of those "strings" are succulents so yah, they're not gonna be happy in water.
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String of poo poos 😂😂😂
Talk too much!!
Exactement ! Elle est gentille, mais trop de bla,bla... Je me suis vraiment ennuyée ! 🙋
Everytime I’m about to move a plant to LECA, I go back to this video to check if it was in your kill list. 😂 I just lost a cupid peperomia and reviving a tradescantia - it was hard not to take it personally 🥲
Peperomia much prefer pure perlite to leca in my experience. Cared for in the same way.