The absolutely easiest way to do this for me is to separate a plant and propagate in water....then it transplants without any problem and the other half, that was a back up, can join in after it propagates. If I put it in the leca without propagating, I don’t put water in the outer pot. I just rinse the leca balls regularly and then gradually leave a small amt water increasing over a few weeks.
I have a very large peace lily that I have never watered from the top. It sits in a dish that I add water to every day. It's big, happy, and beautiful!
Thanks for this video. I just transferred an Audrey, and am kind of nervous about it. I transferred it with the shower method, and the leaves look really droopy, but I'm glad you confirmed that it doesn't like a ton of water, so I'll try not to force it along with too much showering... :)
Hello Rachel, probably a trivial question but... should I continue to add nutriments in the water reservoir during winter (I am using the General Hydroponic trio)? Should I use just plain water? Thanks...😘
Hi! I amdoing nutrients in the winter but I do about half so I do a little bit weaker solution just because The plants are not able to drink as much and get a lot more white pebbles on top
I so happy you got to convert her in to Leca, I have to throw my away, I try for one month and no luck, I'm wondering if the varigate one is the hard one to transition because that's the one I try to convert with no luck at all. Thank you
At the beginning I pot it in a 6" pot, roots was a little longer and I thought it was okay but then I saw your video and learn to use a small pot, maybe I wasn't giving the water she needed it, I still have small part of the plant in water, what do you suggest I do? Can you please help me, I don't want to lose it. Thank you
Hello 👋🏼 I left a message for you about the Ramalda Spaulding method that we’re using for our six yr old. Will you still be doing a video about your experience & tips? Tia
Hey. My 2nd BOP had rot in leca (1st one died). But I cut the rot and put it to pons and its leaves stopped curling and it looks so much healthier! So i'm learning that some do better in pons (DIY pons, not lechuza) and some does well in leca.
@@prettyinplants9580 1:1:1 pumice, zeolite and lavarock. It can differ base on your location - like more lava rock for more moisture retention. But i feel like the zeolite actually help with decreasing chances of root rot.
That’s exactly what happened to my croton magnificent! It wilts and is so dramatic when it’s dry and root rot has never affected it, so I just decided to give it a reservoir and I’m waiting for the leaves to perk up🥳🥳🥳
Hello, I live in NJ were we get true winters, however I am always confused about plant care as our plants are indoor.... this will be my 1st winter with LECA plants... I usually do flush days and give fresh nutrient water to plants every 3 weeks.... over the winter should i be giving more dilute nutrient water, space out my flush days to every 4 weeks, OR keep everything the SAME?! thank you for always being an amazing source of information, greatly appreciated!
Thank you tons! This confused me so much last year because it didn’t make sense to me either that plants that are indoors care about the winter-However the plants themselves son get less hours of sunlight a day and that signals to them to be a little more dormant... and that is why yes you probably don’t need to water as frequently, but the plants will tell you-it will just take longer to drink up reservoir-they also tell you if the nutrients are too much in the winter because you’ll get more white pebbles on the top that means they are not absorbing the nutrients and then you can back off the nutrients as well
I split up a big peace lily and this happened to a few of them too! I finally just trimmed off all the yuck, let them dry out just a little, and put them in a prop box outside with wet leca and no reservoir. I got lucky bc I had a super hot rainy week and. I just checked and saw super thick long water roots
I just talked to Arlene from easygrohydro yesterday and she highly dissuades people from taking the Brazil & the Pothos out of dirt but recommends instead taking cuttings and growing roots and starting the cuttings in the LECA -I will be talking about this on Monday
tried to move a giant variegated peace lily into to leca and it rotted away. I had it propagating in water for a bit and then tried again with leca. no luck :( definitely a hit to my confidence. I transferred my non- variegated one no problem. This one was just too root bound and I also transferred it when it was thirsty which I now know is is a no-no
I just transferred my tiny olive tree in leca and it is loosing some leaves and I don’t know if it’s just normal casualties or if it’s slowly dying 🙀...could you show us your olive tree so We can have an example of a well adapted olive tree and see what we should except? Thanks sooooo much😘
Hi Rachel, I love your videos!. I'm from London, UK and I have over 100 plants in LECA. I buy my plants from commercial growers in Holland. There are many growers all over Europe that sell all varieties of houseplants in LECA www.fleur.nl/hydrocultuur/, www.plantenman.nl/levende-planten/hydrocultuur-planten. I know this is not as useful for viewers in US but I think there must be some commercial growers in US too. I do make cuttings from my plants and put them in to LECA after they develop about 2inch roots in water. It works perfectly every time. But It is just so much more convenient to get nice large and lush plants already in LECA. Sorry, I’m trying not to brag too much🙂 Just want to share my experience.
Love, love, love your sense of humor! Like your chatty video idea! I just enjoy watching you I don't have any plants in lecca. Much love!
Thank you tons Lori!
Rachel’s channel becoming a leca discussion board is what we NEED. So hard to find info on leca for houseplants
The beginning made me laugh with you in a winter coat and hat knowing it doesn't get that cold. Lol
😂 LOL
The absolutely easiest way to do this for me is to separate a plant and propagate in water....then it transplants without any problem and the other half, that was a back up, can join in after it propagates. If I put it in the leca without propagating, I don’t put water in the outer pot. I just rinse the leca balls regularly and then gradually leave a small amt water increasing over a few weeks.
I have a very large peace lily that I have never watered from the top. It sits in a dish that I add water to every day. It's big, happy, and beautiful!
Yea!!! My peace lily likes living in a ton of water❤️
I’m so glad I finally found someone in San Antonio using LECA!!
Yahoooo💚
Oh hi! I’m in SA too! 😀
Yahoo!!
Hello from Dallas!
Hiiii!!
Thanks for this video. I just transferred an Audrey, and am kind of nervous about it. I transferred it with the shower method, and the leaves look really droopy, but I'm glad you confirmed that it doesn't like a ton of water, so I'll try not to force it along with too much showering... :)
Yes!!!!
I put my peace lily in full hydro and took off right away❤️
Yesss!!! Mine is still so happy
Hello Rachel, probably a trivial question but... should I continue to add nutriments in the water reservoir during winter (I am using the General Hydroponic trio)? Should I use just plain water? Thanks...😘
Hi! I amdoing nutrients in the winter but I do about half so I do a little bit weaker solution just because The plants are not able to drink as much and get a lot more white pebbles on top
I so happy you got to convert her in to Leca, I have to throw my away, I try for one month and no luck, I'm wondering if the varigate one is the hard one to transition because that's the one I try to convert with no luck at all. Thank you
I’m so sorry!! Do you think you know what happened? I think variegated take longer
At the beginning I pot it in a 6" pot, roots was a little longer and I thought it was okay but then I saw your video and learn to use a small pot, maybe I wasn't giving the water she needed it, I still have small part of the plant in water, what do you suggest I do?
Can you please help me, I don't want to lose it. Thank you
Are there any new roots in water yet?
Yes
You can either leave in the water or move...it’s your call
Hello 👋🏼 I left a message for you about the Ramalda Spaulding method that we’re using for our six yr old. Will you still be doing a video about your experience & tips? Tia
YES!! That one is next
Hey. My 2nd BOP had rot in leca (1st one died). But I cut the rot and put it to pons and its leaves stopped curling and it looks so much healthier! So i'm learning that some do better in pons (DIY pons, not lechuza) and some does well in leca.
Yes!! That’s awesome to know!
How do you make your pon?
@@prettyinplants9580 1:1:1 pumice, zeolite and lavarock. It can differ base on your location - like more lava rock for more moisture retention. But i feel like the zeolite actually help with decreasing chances of root rot.
@@prettyinplants9580 All the plants that hated leca - i'm putting them in pons. They seem to adjust and adapt better too.
So cool!
That’s exactly what happened to my croton magnificent! It wilts and is so dramatic when it’s dry and root rot has never affected it, so I just decided to give it a reservoir and I’m waiting for the leaves to perk up🥳🥳🥳
Definitely-crotons are another group that like a little more agua
Hello, I live in NJ were we get true winters, however I am always confused about plant care as our plants are indoor.... this will be my 1st winter with LECA plants... I usually do flush days and give fresh nutrient water to plants every 3 weeks.... over the winter should i be giving more dilute nutrient water, space out my flush days to every 4 weeks, OR keep everything the SAME?! thank you for always being an amazing source of information, greatly appreciated!
Thank you tons! This confused me so much last year because it didn’t make sense to me either that plants that are indoors care about the winter-However the plants themselves son get less hours of sunlight a day and that signals to them to be a little more dormant... and that is why yes you probably don’t need to water as frequently, but the plants will tell you-it will just take longer to drink up reservoir-they also tell you if the nutrients are too much in the winter because you’ll get more white pebbles on the top that means they are not absorbing the nutrients and then you can back off the nutrients as well
Ugh! Lucky. I killed my peace lily when I transferred her to leca. Then she eventually got root rot. So sad!
What did you do differently?
I split up a big peace lily and this happened to a few of them too! I finally just trimmed off all the yuck, let them dry out just a little, and put them in a prop box outside with wet leca and no reservoir. I got lucky bc I had a super hot rainy week and. I just checked and saw super thick long water roots
Yes!! I think the roots grow pretty fast if happy
Same thing happened to me :( Root Rot is terrible on peace lilies. I also tried to do the transfer when she was thirsty which I now know is a no-no.
Really? Maybe I just had a lucky first
my brazil, heart leaf, njoy and pnj are stuggling. My satin is doing amazing in leca but i used the wick method.
Have you checked the roots?
@@prettyinplants9580 yea all rotting so i started to water root them now :(
I just talked to Arlene from easygrohydro yesterday and she highly dissuades people from taking the Brazil & the Pothos out of dirt but recommends instead taking cuttings and growing roots and starting the cuttings in the LECA -I will be talking about this on Monday
I’m so jealous of your growing zone. I’m technically a zone 4b, but my yard personally is more 5a.
Ohhhh-Is that tough?
tried to move a giant variegated peace lily into to leca and it rotted away. I had it propagating in water for a bit and then tried again with leca. no luck :( definitely a hit to my confidence. I transferred my non- variegated one no problem. This one was just too root bound and I also transferred it when it was thirsty which I now know is is a no-no
Hmmm...this was my first peace lily and, expectations were quite low..I’m surprised it took in this first try-so sorry you lost that one😞
I just transferred my tiny olive tree in leca and it is loosing some leaves and I don’t know if it’s just normal casualties or if it’s slowly dying 🙀...could you show us your olive tree so We can have an example of a well adapted olive tree and see what we should except? Thanks sooooo much😘
Yes! Mine lost tons of leaves-actually all the leaves-I thought for sure it was a goner
Hi Rachel, I love your videos!. I'm from London, UK and I have over 100 plants in LECA. I buy my plants from commercial growers in Holland. There are many growers all over Europe that sell all varieties of houseplants in LECA www.fleur.nl/hydrocultuur/, www.plantenman.nl/levende-planten/hydrocultuur-planten. I know this is not as useful for viewers in US but I think there must be some commercial growers in US too. I do make cuttings from my plants and put them in to LECA after they develop about 2inch roots in water. It works perfectly every time. But It is just so much more convenient to get nice large and lush plants already in LECA. Sorry, I’m trying not to brag too much🙂 Just want to share my experience.
So awesome! Thank you tons!!!!