Another great video, extremely informative and makes it so easy for everyone 🌱

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

I have already started a lot of my plants in Lecca. This is a great video. Thank you.

Leca stands for lightweight expanded clay aggregate by the way!

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Yes thanks vix. 👍

Yes, for SURE the clearest/ easiest video I've found. Thank you much!

Great video. The only ‘bugs’ I get in semi-hydro with Gold Leaf are springtails and they don’t harm the plant and actually eat up algae.

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Yes springtails are a godsend. Critters that are beneficial.

Omg this was less complicated to understand thank u do much

Hi, you need to fill the mesh up with Leca first, up to One-third, then you put the plant in, that way the roots will not touch the water. Thank you

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I know. I had already measured my water line and new where to go upto for the video. The roots were not sitting in the nutrients

@HB-hb5rx

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing :)

@HB-hb5rx

3 жыл бұрын

@@YourBabylonPlants Great I'm glad you knew that :) This is a very informative video and simple which is so nice, the only thing I'd be concerned about is newbies doing it this way without knowing what you know and because they didn't put the 1/3 of leca at the bottom first, the roots will definitely be sitting in the reservoir and rot :/ But hey, learning curve I suppose lol. Either way thanks for sharing!

This was great thank you so much! I've been wanting to convert to semi-hydro or at least try it but when you try to learn about it it's so much information all at you at once period this was exactly what I needed!

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video! Thank you for bring precise and informative

Best beginner hydo video I have found! Thank You!!

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Great video! 😋 Thinking about switching all my plants in my Milsbo to Leca. Seems easier for watering and preventing fungus. Thank you!! ☺️🌿

Your plants are all so beautiful 😊🍃💚🌱

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

Thanks so much

Great Information , thank you for sharing! Question? Can we apply the same step with Hoyas plants?

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Many have converted hoya

Bonjour dit moi est-ce que le pot trappe dans l’eau ou il y a un espace entre merci

Did you soak the leca at all? It seems to be mixed on whether you soak it for 24 hours or just rinse & use right away

You really don’t want to rinse your leca in the sink as the clay dust can heavily mess up your pipes.

Can the birkin plant just be grown in water alone?

This video made me a subscriber

I was curious as to when the Roots penetrate through the mesh container upon further development, what do you do then??

Is their another fertilizer in US I can ?

Hi Mark, I was wondering how this Birkin was doing. I'm thinking of taking some cuttings from mine. All my other Philodendrons do very well in LECA. Nice video, I keep my LECA routine simple too. I only use dyna grow.

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hello. Yes was doing to well! As in it made quite a few babies so took these put a month ago and repotted it back into leca. It's had a little dip in happiness since I took its littles ones but it will come back

@thingsiwonder2001

3 жыл бұрын

@@YourBabylonPlants Thanks for the response. And this is great news, keep up the good work!

Do you really have to use an inner pot? Can you not have leca in the bottom where the water will go, then more leca, then your plant and then more leca? After awhile the roots will grow down to the bottom of the pot but they will be water roots so won't that be alright?

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hey. It’s advised to have an inner pot so you can take it out and rinse any residue.

Thanks for the brain dump. I will instruct my plant guru on this :-)

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Lets me know how you get on

Do you add the gold leaf at every watering or only certain months of the year? Thank you

Do you always put the plant in before you put the Lecca in. I see videos where they put a little lecca first. Does it matter?

New to me

Where did you buy the pot and the orchid insert/mesh coz both of ‘em fit perfectly and what size of both?

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

i got both from amazon - the pot is by Ello and the mesh pot just search for mesh pot - i ordered a set x3 and another set x3 in different sizes

Do you have to put an insert in? Or can you use a glass jar so you can see water levels?

The gold leaf nutrients you recommend nobody will ship to the United States can you tell me how to purchase it or something comparable? Thank you so much!!

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Betty - Right now its best to contact liquid Gold Leaf - they are growing operation and are shipping further out all the time - perhaps they can arrange a special shipping for you - i dont know of any alternative that covers all the requirements

Where did you get the mesh pot you put the plant in.

Hi, what plants that you can convert into semi hydro systems like this? thanks

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hey - you can convert so many types - Philodendron, hoya, calathea the list goes on so many people are experimenting with this and other houseplant

Hi Mark. Once the plant has been converted to semi hydro. Can the plant be potted back into soil at a later date?

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew. That's a good question and the answer is yes. It will be a conversion process again as the roots will adapt. It's similar to how many plants/veg/fruit is grown in nurseries. They often use hydroponics then transition them into soil for sale

Lightweight expanded clay aggregate

Hi Mark this is great video!Just wanted to ask how is birking doing now after converting? Also do you think it is possible to find big mesh/orchid pots? Some of my plants ha e massive pots and I will struggle to find pots for them🙈 Can you convert any plant? I mostly have aroids.

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

The birkin had a dip as in some of the leaves went yellow. This can happen to some plants but seems to have perked up and making new leaves. Monstera do best aleays

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Oh and the large mesh pot I never seen them huge so you might have to make your own,drill some holes

very helpful video thanks! you don’t adjust the ph at all?

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Hey no. Because I’m using that feed and I wash the leca out - I check every 2 weeks ish and I alternate between a full flush and replace with feed/water which is also a declorinator or I just top up with boiled/cold water so it’s distilled

@ChelsieNotChelsea

4 жыл бұрын

@@YourBabylonPlants p.s. boiled tap water isn't distilled water, it's just 'sanitised' water. If you can, boil rainwater as it's the next best thing to distilled water, without having to spend on a distiller! :)

Do you always need to water with the nutrients each time you water?

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hi - no not always. for example in winter periods i may just top up with a little water to reduce what was already there. what's important is to flush it out now and then, generally i feed all year round

Do you add feed to water change in dormant season?

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

I do yes - i feed all year round, i may just reduce the amount

What Leca do you use? I've had a look on Amazon but there are do many. Your help would be appreciated 😊😊

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hey I added the links to the items I use in the video description. It should be there

@lauriemacdonald4414

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your quick reply. The link noted in the description takes me to amazon leca but there's too many to choose from 🙊🙈. Do you have a note of the exact brand that you use? Many thanks again

@YourBabylonPlants

3 жыл бұрын

Hey it's called canna leca (also named aqua)

@lauriemacdonald4414

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🌱

With roots sitting in water all the time, don’t they rot?

@francescoterracina1882

4 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering the same thing

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Hey no - many plants are grown in water even food is grown which is full hydroponics. The roots adapt and change

@kaydeecee8753

4 жыл бұрын

The roots aren’t actually in the water. They are above the water source and the clay balls draw liquid up to the roots as they need it. I have heard tho that there can be a bit of a transition with the roots and new roots will form to the new medium and old roots will die off. So you have to be aware of this and not panic thinking your plant is dying.

@bartseller8601

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaydeecee8753 Yes but as time goes on The Roots develop and go through the mesh and in towards the water I'm wondering if that can cause a problem in time??

Do you always use feed when you water? My understanding is that it’s bad for plants to have to much water, is it different when you have got rid of the soil?

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Hi James. I added extra tips in my description for this and semi hydro is designed to sit in water with nutrients. Full hydroponics plants live and grow fully in water only. The feed is a lower quantity than what you would put into a medium like soil. Any other Qs just let m know

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Also you'll notice that the roots of the plant adapt to this

I was so confused by other videos

The white is actually calcium deposit.

You’re not supposed to let the roots touch the nutrient water. You put the Leca in first and let the roots sit on that then add leca around the plant

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Hey. The roots don't sit in the water. In the video I knew already where to fill the water upto it's all doing good and the birkin is massive now

Whelp I guess the easy way of converting to leca will not work for me they do not deliver to my region the gold leaf 😭

@YourBabylonPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Where are you based. They will soon be global. There was a message about this on their page

@makinMYway75

4 жыл бұрын

@@YourBabylonPlants 🇺🇸 US, Pennsylvania

@makinMYway75

4 жыл бұрын

@@YourBabylonPlants I have some new plants on the way and I was going to do the leca system with them

@Bee_Cathy

4 жыл бұрын

NAPILYLOC75 plenty of options in the US for semi hydroponics until this brand is global.happy to give brands if needed.

@makinMYway75

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bee_Cathy yea I know but all of them have a million steps n i love this one