Fluval Stratum For Houseplants. How To Use Stratum When Potting Plants. Why Does It Work SO Well.
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2022
- The newest houseplant craze is using Fluval stratum with our houseplants in a semi hydroponic setup. Is Fluval stratum for indoor plants worth all the fuss? Let’s take a look at how the Fluval stratum stands up against other semi hydroponic houseplant systems.
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Ashley is a soil scientist who has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
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This was a surprise video! I have been keeping planted aquariums for about a decade now, and have only ventured into terrestrial plants over the past 6 months or so. As such I'm much more versed in aquatic plant products rather than terrestrial. I have used both Fluval Stratum and ADA Aquasoil (a favorite in the hobby) with great success. The primary difference is that Stratum has minimal nutrient leech into the water column as there is less organic matter. ADA Aquasoil has a hefty amount of organic matter, and takes a few weeks to leech the excess ammonia before it is safe to add aquatic life. Both have strong buffering effects on pH and generally lower it to ~6-6.5 assuming there is no CO2 injected into the aquarium. This helps tremendously with foliar uptake of nutrients for those with harder water, and also helps with keeping delicate fauna like dwarf shrimp that prefer soft, low pH water with minimal kH. These soils help keep a stable, low pH despite the low-ish buffering capacity in the water itself. Aquasoil also tends to be a bit heavier which makes planting cuttings easier.
You are amazingly informative! Thank you for covering this topic!
I’m using Stratum to root some hoya right night. I’m using it straight. It hasn’t been long enough to see results yet. But I’m excited to see how it works. The roots will be really easy to see in clear pots against the black material
Yes so happy to see your review of this!! I don’t like to buy anything until I hear your take on it!! 🙏 thank you
Was excited to see you make a video about this. I’ve been using fluval stratum for about 6 months now and loving it. I started mainly using it for propagations and have noticed great results. I’ve also tried a couple of my fussy plants that I’ve struggled to make happy (like a philodendron brandtianum for example) in a mix of stratum and perlite and it’s finally thriving. I haven’t mixed it with soil yet but will try that too!
It's most likely montmorillonite hence why you don't see much difference in peat potting mix. They both have about the same meq/100g CEC values. Leca and perlite are bottom of the barrel hence it helps there.
"Fluval Stratum"..."Bless you!" 😂 Never heard of it! Learn something new everyday! You gave this product the thumbs up for house plants. What about for outside container plants, specifically vegetables? Thanks Ashley! Have a great weekend!
I found your channel the other day when RUclips recommended it. I subscribe today and I'm working through some of your old videos. I ordered fluval yesterday and received it today. My plan is to use it for initial potting of my water propped plants. (I also want to try pons but have been unable to find it anywhere - It comes and goes on Amazon but it's not currently available).
Thank you for the informative video. I have a bag of stratum ready to use for some repotting this weekend. Very interested to see the results!
Good for a substrate in fish tanks. I like Flourite. Harden clay. I make a mix of 50/50 Flourite/perlite. Great bonsai mix. Try it. Flourite good for a bottom substrate the one fluval stratum for planting aquariums. Really try the Flourite mix. Great for root development also. Flourite also makes a good BCB basket for fish tanks.
Love your little bird, it was chatting away to you telling you to pet him/her lol. And no never hear of fluval stratum
I just found your videos and am finally being educated by an expert! I noticed the lovely monstera behind you and was hoping to learn the soil breakdown? I will be transplanting some cuttings here in Hawaii for my lanai (porch) and need to know what they like? Thank you, or Mahalo!
When I siphon my planted tank, some silt from the flu fluval stuff gets sucked up with the poop and dead plants. I dilute that into water and give it to my plants and they seem to enjoy it!
Would you recommend transferring plants out of fluval stratum, and at what point? I have a lot of alocasias in it and some tissue culture joeppis that are all rooted nicely. I tried to read your blog post but it wouldn't come up, said account was suspended.
Awesome video. Did I dream that you touched on stratum before? I've been using it for a while to root hoya cuttings (with amazing success) and as I have transferred them into a "forever" substrate, I've been adding a layer of stratum where i expect the roots to sit (I think this was your suggestion). So far I have had 100% success rate when transferring but this could be because they root so well in full stratum initially.
Do you think you can mix it with pon?
Clay? I thought it was volcanic soil; I use it all the time to prop difficult plants like Thai, Albo, and corms.
Cool
You are going to get comments about that noise lol, all four of my dogs jumped (no judgements, I'mma pets and plants type of gal)