Everything you ever wanted to know about transferring plants to LECA/semi-hydroponics
There are times in your life when it’s necessary to transfer a plant back from leca to soil. It could be that a plant has gotten too big, and it’s difficult to flush it and change out nutrient water. Perhaps, as it turns out, you and semi-hydro didn’t gel. I’ve transferred a few plants back …
I’m foolishly writing this in summer when I don’t have any mould on my leca, but I often do and other than being gross, it’s not a big deal. Check that it is mould Mould on leca tends to look like fine grey-ish hairs, and it’s soft and, er, looks like mould. If you have …
Before I scare the bejesus out of you with a tonne of information you were perfectly content not to know, I just want to clarify something. Nutrient lockout isn’t that big of a deal for house plants. If you do a lot of research into it, you’ll come across people monitoring their pH levels continually, …
Just a wee disclaimer before kick off – I’m mainly talking about Phalaenopsis here. There are a LOT of different types of orchids, and most of the ones we get in the house plant hobby will do fine in leca, but in Phalaenopsis tend to be the most common. Also, this is a whistle-stop tour …
One of the main reasons people switch to from soil to semi-hydroponics/LECA is due to the ease of watering. Working out when to water is difficult enough to work out, but when you have a LOT of plants it becomes a military operation ESPECIALLY if you have to fit all of your plant care into …