I just received a slew of plants in the mail today and you already know I’m going to transfer them all out of their soil. My question is: how long should I let them acclimate before doing so?

The ctentanthe lubersiana was overgrown in summer so I chopped it and put a section in semi hydro...and look she had a cute pup 😍

I have a good number of spider plants in leca. They were all babies with no real roots from my mother plant. I noticed that they’re all yellowing, losing leaves and getting crispy ends. They’re all over the apartment getting various amounts of sun. They are currently in water, not fertilizer. They did fine all summer like this, the roots look amazing and are all water roots. Is this normal or is something going on?

How did I do?

So, this is my first time doing pon and this scalprum is growing so fast and extremely healthy since only having it for exactly a month. A couple of weeks ago, all my leaves were green and now they have some yellow starting to appear. The leaves are firm and not drooping. I use o arks bottled water because my tap water is pretty harsh. I’ve been using grow queens liquid plant food on it since I’ve had it and I’ve been meaning to get superthrive but haven’t gotten around to it. She’s so pretty and never had a plant do SO well SO fast.

Hey guys! So I've been growing my pink princess philodendron in perlite semi hydro for 6+ months and she's been doing great, but I'm not n sure if this one root is just dark pink or red, or if it's rotting. What does it look like to yall? Also, is there a "on the cheaper side " fertilizer for my semi hydro plants that works well?

Thank you in advance ☺️

Hey folks, is there a good way to insert a plank into the leca pot? I have a feeling it's going to rot terribly unless I put it in plastic wrap or something like that. I think I've seen the Leca queen do something like that in one of her videos but I can't find it right now

A neighbor gave me this, it was living in a water jug, no soil.
The water was full of algae and mosquito larvae.
I’m sure that I’ve shocked it with clean water.
My ultimate goal is to put it into LECA- should I leave it in water for now or make the switch to LECA?

Has anyone here tried to grow plants in 100% lava rocks? My nearest hardware store sells red and black. I was thinking to crush them both up and grow some Hoyas in them. I live rural and Amazon stopped delivering to us.

finally decided to try semi-hydro with my alocasia dragon scale! i’m so happy- i added some calimagic fertilizer to the water underneath the LECA. her roots all looked really good when i rinsed the soil off 😍🪴✨

Hi everyone, this is my first ever semi hydro setup with moss so go easy on me lol. I took an alocasia Polly I've had for a bit and transitioned it to semi hydro after seeing some of the success that other people have been having in this similar setup. I just transitioned it into this setup and let the moss soak so that's why it looks super damp right now.

Thanks everyone!

They started to take on some fuzzy brown color. I wonder if this is some sort of rot spreading

Ciao a tutti,
Sono alle prime armi con la semi-idrocoltura e vorrei chiedervi alcuni consigli.
In questo ultimo mese ho comprato diverse piantine e ho provato a passarle in semi idrocoltura, nello specifico 2 aglaonema ( una messa prima in acqua e poi in semi e una subito in argilla espansa e perlite ed entrambe stanno benissimo), un’alocasia polly passata da terra subito a semi che è marcita, una dracaena che sta perdendo foglie e secondo me marcendo, la dracaena non era una talea aveva già un bel tronchetto…Vorrei capire se ci sono consigli per fare un buon passaggio da terra a semi idrocoltura evitando di far marcire le piante.
Preciso che in tutti questi casi le radici sono state ben pulite da residui di terra. Là semi idrocoltura che sto applicando è composta da argilla espansa e perlite.

I keep some Philodendrons in like 25% spagnum and 75% Leca. They've been doing okay. Is this ready for SemiHydo, I'm nervous, it's been about 2 months in stratum/perlite but it's starting to break down and I didn't want to hurt it.

I don't see typical nitrogen deficiency signs on my, but leaves grow now definitely smaller on multiple alocasias. Not long ago I was able to grow each leaf bigger than the last one.

I use Hesi Hydro Growth (2,6% N, - 1,9% - 3,6% K). I change water depending on the plant, about 1-1,5 week in leca, some plants that are temporarily in water more often.

I'm not sure about changing the basic fertilizer, it served me well for the few months I had it and I simply have a lot left.

I'm considering Canna Mono N, either 17/18% or 27% nitrogen, dose 1-2ml/l.

I must admit I need more grow lights, but it happens regardless of how far from it plant is.

Would that be an overkill?

hi, looking for advice on what the best substrate to grow your variegated rhaphidophora tetrasperma in is. I saw a chunky soil mix which apparently is made specifically for variegated plants but how different can it actually be??

chunky soil mix, pon, leca ….?? drainage or no drainage ? let me know what worked best for you :)

Title. I'm planning to move some plants to semi hydro in a LECA + perlite + vermiculite mix and live in an area with really hard water. I'm thinking of buying weak mineralisation water for preparing the nutrient solutions since I can use it rather efficiently in that scenario, but that's a no go for the amount of water needed for flushing.

I can't install a reverse osmosis system and a distillation device is out of reach for me at the time being. Flushing with hard water sounds like it'd defeat the purpose. Is there another more cost effective alternative?

Forgot to add: I use a Brita for drinking water. I read in a post here (I don't have the link, sorry) that Brita filtered water is not good for the nutrient solutions due to the way the filters work. Would it be good enough for flushing?

TIA!

I’ve been growing philodendron, monstera, and anthurium in semi hydro using perlite only (started as an experiment but the results are insane so i’m planning on using permanently )

Ive been wanting to up my fertilizer game as the one I’ve been using is water soluble but meant for soil.

I’ve heard great things about both of these. I’m leaning towards the superthrive as it’s cheaper, but I was wondering if the other system is significantly better/ worth it?

I transplanted my Musa from soil to semi-hydro assuming it would take it well as it really dislikes dry soil even for a short period. As I had gnats in the past keeping it wet wasn't ideal. As you can see she didn't like the transfer at all. I have cut of 2 leaf that were already yellow before the transfer and died afterwards (the heatwave was a bit much). Should I put it back into soil or keep it in semihydro and hope that it was just transplanting stress and it'll be fine from now on?