Hello plant people Nora the Leca Queen here. today we're going to talk about Anthuriums.
I'm going to show you how I convert my Anthuriums from soil to leca and how I get that process to
work really really well for my plants I've got my little plant here it's my Anthurium Crystallinum X
it's just a little tiny baby when I got this plant she was living in soil this leaf actually wasn't
in existence she was living in soil and I took the plant out of the soil and I put her into a growth
technology clonex clone and root zone solution which is what I call my special sauce and I use
the long method of transfer from soil to leca on this plant so I put this plant up in the sauce on
the 30th of April I've got the pictures there so on the 30th of April I put the plant up in
that solution and I regularly change the solution and literally two weeks later it didn't take long
I moved the plant from that nutrient solution into leca and the plant has not looked back
so when I moved the plant from the nutrient solution to leca she actually had a teeny weeny
little red leaf that was coming through and that is what that little red leaf is now this is how
this plant looks now and these are all the old leaves I think this has been a rather successful
transfer from soil to leca and when you look at the roots of this plant they are doing really well
and this plant is really loving its leca life so it is possible to transfer an Anthurium from soil
to leca using the long method is a way I definitely recommend that you do it and if
you haven't seen any of my videos where I talk about the long method and why it's useful to use
just click on the link above and that will take you straight to it
but I will actually show you how I did that step by step. so I've got two Anthuriums here. So I got
these ones I think last week I got them this one is who hang on it's an Anthurium Forgetti
and Crystallinum that looks absolutely smashing. Look at that leaf look at those veins I just
you know I didn't get Anthuriums before but I definitely do now this plant has just arrived it's
still in its packaging and it's still living in soil the next plant that I've got is an Anthurium
dark so this is a Crystallinum X as well but it's a dark version so
this is the normal version and this is the dark version so they're both
Crystallinum X's so obviously this one is a little bit bigger but oh my gosh
look at how fabulous those leaves are I mean I'm just really really loving Anthuriums.This plant
is living in soil so I'm going to transfer that from soil into leca so in order for us to do that
of course we will be using the long method of leca transfer so of course in order to get the
plant out of that pot I've got my gloves on to keep myself safe and I'm just squeezing that pot
and getting the plant out that is the plant out of the pot and I tease off as much of that
dirt as I can and being very very gentle with those roots that is as much as I could get off
and I'll put that aside and I'll get my next plant same thing gently taking that out of the pot
get as much of the organic material off as I can which is pretty easy with these plants actually
there's not too much left by the time I'm done. That's what that looks like
and this one's got a little bamboo stick there so I'm just going to take that off because I don't
need that. That is my two plants there I will take them outside and go and wash them off I'm
back from outside and I've had the opportunity to wash off my plants that's what the roots now
look like they're absolutely beautiful lovely and clean I've taken the opportunity to wash the
leaves of the plants as well so just in case there were any you know pests hanging about all that is
clean and that is my other plant lovely lovely looking roots leaves all washed off as well so
I'm now going to put my plants in um my bottles my propagation bottles and I will top that up with my
special sauce these are my propagation bottles and all I do is simply put my plant in there
make sure all the roots are in there and that's what that looks like so that plant is sitting in
there and I'll get the other bottle and put the other plant in there as well so that's
it oops won't to sit in my bottle right there you go there you go
that is sitting in there so I am going to put in that this is what I call my special sauce
and my special source is comprised of growth technology clonex clone solution
this is a substance that helps the plant with rooting so it will feed the cutting
as it sits in that solution and I add an organic product also from growth technology this is root
zone this actually takes care of the roots and it helps the roots develop better so the two
of them make up my special sauce and I will put that special sauce in my bottles got my jug here
I've got my two plants living in those. Now I will put those plants on a nice warm area
have them sit on my heating mat and after two weeks we will move them from that solution
into leca. Hello plant people it's been three weeks since I've had my Anthuriums living in my
special sauce going through the long method of soil to leca transition. Look at this gorgeous
baby she is still looking good and she's given me a lovely lovely teeny tiny new leaf over there
and that's what the roots are looking like so all in all I'm really happy with how this is going
and this is the second one here look at that leaf it's just glorious trying to see if I can get that
sheen coming through there and that's also doing well and these are the roots I think the long
method has worked really well. I think those roots have really taken nicely to the nutrient solution.
I'm going to pull them out so we can have a closer look. So that is my dark form Crystallinum X and
this is what those roots now look like so when I tug at these I've had like that they come off
which is fine. I expect that to happen but the majority of those roots are still doing well
and I'm trying to see if I can show this to you. This little root there that's actually a new root
and there's quite a number of these throughout of this root system so this plant has really taken to
that nutrient solution and you know those roots are ready to actually go into leca.
This plant here that's been living in that solution as well. I want to show you,
take a look at this root here. This root over there is actually new.
This one here is a new root that actually wasn't there before I put that in and there's actually a
few right at the tips there you can see this one and this one there there's that one there those
are all new roots that have developed since being in this nutrient solution and when I tug at these
roots you know I virtually have nothing actually pulling out so this plant is really really ready
to go into leca. So I've got my leca that's been pre-soaking in my clonex clone solution
for not less than 24 hours. I've got my pots and I'll show you how I pot these babies up.
I'm going to start with this little uh Forgetti Crystallinum hybrid over here so this is still
a tiny plant I'll put it in my 100 millimeter 10 centimeter pot and this is a ventilated growers
pot that I make and if you haven't seen how I make these just click on the link above and that will
take you straight to it. I've got my leca here that's been soaking for not less than 24 hours
in clonex clone solution ready to just caress those roots and get more roots going and
feed the cutting. So I'm going to top up this pot just about a third of the way with leca.
So that about does it and I'll grab my plant
and I'll put that right in the middle and try and spread out the roots as much as I can
so get us so that's about how I'll get that in there and then I'll top this up with leca.
So just giving that pot a light squeeze just to make sure that the leca settles
and when you do that you'll find you've actually got more space to put more of that leca in.
So that's my plant now living in leca and as you can see the roots are all the way
up there so I'll pot up my next one this is my dark and 3m Crystallinum X and this
plant is a lot bigger so I'm going to put that one in my 14 centimeter pot and this is just a
clear growers pot that I have made ventilation holes in it's just so much better for my plant
so I'm going to top up this pot about a third of the way with leca before I put the plant in
so that's a third of way grab my plant putting that in the middle and trying to get
as many of the roots spread out as I can and I start to top that up with
and then I'll just squeezing that pot making sure
that the letter settles and you can fill that up with more let that if you need to
okay so I've got bit more room
now right there is my plant sitting in its 14 centimeter pot
that is my Anthurium living in a 14 centimeter pot and this one is living in a 10 centimeter pot
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Of course I've got the little name labels on there because i could never
remember what they're all called I will show you the my very first this is my very first Anthurium
and this is a Crystallinum X and I've had this one living in a 10 centimeter pot because it
was quite tiny when I got it and I just want to show you what those roots are doing
you can see those roots that have now become proper leca roots and they're growing down and
that looks really really nice they look really really fuzzy and that plant is doing well so this
biggest leaf here is the leaf that has grown since the plant has been in my care so I'm really happy
and I think it's it's growing really well there's a there's a root that's right right there there's
this big white fluffy root that's almost coming right from the top of the pot I wanted to show you
that one I'm really really happy with this plant it's living in its reservoir there and it's being
fed by growth technology foliage focus and root zone and I'm really happy with how it's going so
anyway that's what these two babies are going to start doing so before I wrap up this video
I want to show you the reservoirs that these two plants are going to be living in and how I'm going
to top that up with nutrient solution for them so for the next for the next two or three weeks
I am going to have this solution which is my special sauce which is a combination of clonex
clone solution and root zone this is the same solution I used when the plants were going through
the long method so they sat in this solution and those nice water roots started to develop in this
I'm going to use this in the reservoir just to provide that consistency for the first few weeks
and then later on I will switch that to foliage focus so for the um 10 cent 10 centimeter pot
I'm going to use this as my reservoir so that fits very nicely the plant fits very nicely into that
so I normally wouldn't have a clear pot I'm just using this one as a demonstration to show you the
level at which I'll put the nutrient solution and the reason I wouldn't use this is that once
you've got light going through to your nutrient solution and to your substrate algae starts to
grow and I don't want any algae growing in my reservoir on my leca so I normally use a covered
reservoir which is something like this so it's dark and i make these by myself all I do is just
cover this with some simple black tape any black tape you can find will work and just if you want
more information about algae in semi-hydroponics just click on the link above and I've got a video
that goes into greater detail about algae and what you can do to prevent it in semi-hydroponics
so back to my reservoirs so for my 14 centimeter pot plant which is this one
I'm going to put it in this reservoir and this is just a plant pot liner and that sits very nicely
in there so I'll show you how i put the nutrient solution now I'll bring you down.
So it helps to have the plant inside the reservoir before you start to pour the nutrient solution in
so i've got my nutrient solution here and I'm now pouring it in and remember we don't want the
nutrient solution to be touching the roots so as you can see that nutrient solution is just I'm not
sure if you can see actually it's a bit difficult so you can see that the nutrient solution is there
my roots start all the way up there so I can still pour more into there
and you can see the level of that rising as I'm pouring
so you can see that that nutrient solution is about there my roots start there
so this is a good point to actually stop and when I lift it up you can see that it's just
about there at the second level and of course when I put it down that level rises that's just simple
physics uh displacement the law of displacement but there that's that's that's basically how I do
that one I'll bring my other one there and I'll do the same thing. So I'll pour my nutrient solution
and you can see how that starts to look.
Pour a little bit more.
So as you can see, that is where my nutrient solution stops and when I pick it up it's just
about there so we're not putting too much just a little bit so that the nutrient solution is
actually not hitting the roots. Those are my two adorable Anthuriums finally making their
way into leca three weeks after I moved them from soil to a nutrient solution having gone through
the long method of leca transition and what plants do I use the long method for its really plants
that I'm a bit iffy I'm not sure if they will survive if I just put them directly into leca
but primarily plants that are a little bit more precious to me like these two beautiful Anthuriums
because in the end I do want them to follow the route of their lovely friend that's been living
in leca for some time and is doing oh so well so what will I do with these two plants so because as
you know Anthuriums do like an atmosphere that's just so great light great humidity and because I
can't provide all those things consistently in my home I will have to put them in my grow tent in my
grow tent they have access to light and they have access to great humidity so they will be leaving
me until I can find a better solution for them. What I would love to do is get one of those Ikea
Milsbo cabinets I would so love to do that and that is a project that I'm going to tackle at some
point in the near future. But yes this is how I transfer my Anthuriums. thank you so much for
watching don't forget to like share and subscribe and I will see you in my next video thanks bye.