HI EVERYONE IT'S MARIANNE
AND WELCOME TO MY WASTELESS LIFE
IN THIS VIDEO I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW I
TRANSFER MY POTHOS PROPAGATIONS INTO LECA
I WILL BE CONVERTING THREE POTHOS THAT I'M CURRENTLY PROPAGATING INTO LECA
THIS WILL BE MORE OF AN EXPERIMENT RATHER THAN A TUTORIAL
SO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SEMI HYDROPONICS AND USING LECA
GO CHECK OUT VIDEOS FROM MINIMALISTCALI & BEBEE PLANTS
I WILL LINK THEM DOWN BELOW IN THE DESCRIPTION THEY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WHEN
IT COMES TO SEMI-HYDROPONICS AND USING LECA SO DO CHECK THEM OUT
SO TWO OF THE POTHOS I'M CONVERTING TO LECA HAVE BEEN PROPAGATING IN WATER
AND ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN PROPAGATING IN SPHAGNUM MOSS
THEY ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF PROPAGATION BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME ROOT GROWTH
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO CONVERT THEM TO LECA
AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT BECAUSE IT STARTED OUT IN WATER PROPAGATION AND IN SPHAGNUM MOSS
WHICH IS ALSO AN INERT MEDIUM THE TRANSITION TO LECA WILL BE A LOT EASIER
COMPARED TO PLANTS THAT ALREADY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN SOIL
BUT THAT'S JUST MY THEORY WE WILL SEE IF THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CASE
LECA STANDS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT EXPANDED CLAY AGGREGATE
WHICH ARE BASICALLY SMALL CLAY BALLS THAT EXPAND WHEN YOU SOAK THEM IN WATER
KINDA LOOKS LIKE BUBBLE TEA OR BOBA ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW BOBA IS NOT YET COOKED
AND IT'S OFTEN USED IN SEMI-HYDROPONICS OR PASSIVE HYDROPONICS
AND LIKE MOST SOIL-LESS MEDIUM LECA DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY NUTRIENTS LIKE ORGANIC SOIL DOES
THOSE WHO SWEAR BY LECA SAY THAT PLANT CARE IS SO MUCH EASIER USING LECA THAN HAVING YOUR
PLANTS IN SOIL I AM NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED OF THAT
I HAVENT TRIED LECA I HAVE RESISTED IT FOR THE LONGEST TIME
ESPECIALLY DURING IT'S PEAK HYPE BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER
I WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH LECA I WANT TO TRY IT BEFORE I COMPLETELY KNOCK
IT AND MAYBE I WILL BE CONVINCED WITH USING MORE
LECA IN THE FUTURE BUT SINCE I HAVE THESE POTHOS THAT NEEDS TO
BE REPOTTED ANYWAYS AND TO BE HONEST I'M QUITE TIRED OF VACUUMING
SOIL IN MY BEDROOM SO LET'S TRY TO EXPERIMENT WITH LECA AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENS I WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT
WHAT I THINK ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF USING LECA WHILE I REPOT MY POTHOS
THIS IS THE LECA BALLS THAT I AM USING IT'S ACTUALLY SMALLER THAT THE USUAL REGULAR
LECA BALLS THAT I SEE OTHER PLANT TUBERS USE I JUST PUT THESE IN THIS DATES CONTAINER
COZ I UPCYCLE THEM BUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL PACKAGING IT CAME IN
IT'S HYDRO BALLS I GOT THIS AT PETCO FOR ABOUT $7
IT'S THE CHEAPEST ONE I CAN FIND THIS IS THE LECA AFTER I SOAKED IT FOR 24
HOURS I SOAKED IT IN PH6 WATER
AND MAKE SURE TO THOROUGHLY CLEAN IT AS WELL BEFORE I STARTED SOAKING IT AND DRAINED IT
OUT SO FIRST OF THE THREE POTHOS I AM GOING TO
REPOT IS THE N'JOY POTHOS WHICH YOU WILL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE FROM MY
DIY PLANTER VIDEO IT SUFFERED ROOT ROT SINCE COZ I WATERED IT
AND FORGOT TO DRAIN OUT THE WATER SO IT SUFFERED ROOT ROT
BUT NOW IT HAS GROWN SOME ROOTS BACK AND IT'S READY TO BE REPOTTED
NEXT IS THE HAWAIIAN GOLDEN POTHOS WHICH I AM VERY EXCITED TO GET A CUTTING OF
AND I'VE BEEN PROPAGATING IT IN WATER BUT I REALLY LOVE THE VARIEGATION IN THIS
HAWAIIAN GOLDEN POTHOS IT HAS NOT GROWN A LOT OF ROOTS YET BUT I
AM GOING TO PUT IT IN LECA TO CONTINUE IT'S PROPAGATION
LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST MY SCINDAPSUS PICTUS ARGYREUS
THESE ARE PROPAGATIONS FROM MY ORIGINAL ONE THAT HAS SUFFERED QUITE A LOT
AND I PROPAGATED JUST TO SAVE SOME OF IT AND THIS HAS BEEN PROPAGATING IN SPHAGNUM
MOSS FOR ABOUT A MONTH THE FIRST ONE THAT I AM GOING TO POT INTO
LECA IS THE HAWAIIAN GOLDEN POTHOS AND I WILL BE USING THIS GLASS CONTAINER TO
POT THE GOLDEN HAWAIIAN POTHOS IN AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT HASN'T FORMED THAT MUCH
ROOTS YET EVEN THOUGH IT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO FORM
ROOTS SO I THINK A GLASS CONTAINER SHOULD BE FINE
I'VE SEEN OTHERS DRILL A HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE GLASS CONTAINER
BUT I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT TODAY I AM JUST GOING TO KEEP IT IN THIS REGULAR
GLASS CONTAINER BUT NORMALLY YOU'D WANT TO USE A NURSERY POT
THAT HAS HOLES OR A NET POT WHEN YOU ARE POTTING SOMETHING IN LECA
I'M GOING TO FILL UP THE GLASS CONTAINER ABOUT A THIRD UP WITH THE LECA BALLS
THE FIRST PRO THAT I SEE IN USING LECA IS A LOT LESS MESSY AND I CAN KEEP MY HANDS CLEAN
WHEN I'M POTTING UP PLANTS WITH LECA INSTEAD OF SOIL
ALTHOUGH I ENJOY THE FEELING OF DIRT IN MY HANDS
IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT EASIER TO CLEAN UP WHEN I AM USING LECA INSTEAD OF SOIL
I AM GOING TO TRIM OFF THE END OF THE STEM OF THE CUTTING
AND ALSO SEPARATE ONE OF THE LEAVES FROM THE REST OF THE CUTTING
JUST SO I CAN ARRANGE IT THE WAY I WANT TO INTO THE GLASS CONTAINER
AND MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCED AND I AM JUST GOING TO FILL UP THE GLASS CONTAINER
WITH LECA THE FIRST CON THAT I SEE IN USING LECA I FIND
IT TO BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SOIL EVEN THOUGH I WAS ABLE TO FIND A BAG FOR ABOUT
$7 AT MY LOCAL PETCO I WASN'T REALLY GETTING A LOT OF LECA IN COMPARISON
TO SOIL I GET A LOT MORE SOIL FOR THE SAME PRICE THAN
I DO WITH LECA AND HERE IT IS ALL POTTED UP
THAT WAS VERY QUICK AND EASY AND I'M JUST GONNA PICK UP SOME OF LECA BALLS
THAT FELL ON THE TRAY AND PUT THEM IN THE GLASS CONTAINER
JUST SHAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY IS FILLED WITH LECA
AND HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH THE GLASS CONTAINER
AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER LECA DON'T HAVE ANY NUTRIENTS IN IT
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE WATER THAT IS pH6 AND ALSO WATER THAT CONTAINS NUTRIENTS
HERE I AM USING A pH6 WATER THAT DOESN'T CONTAIN ACTUAL NUTRIENTS BUT IT DOES HAVE EPSOM SALT
IN IT AND I AM JUST PUTTING ENOUGH WATER TO FILL
UP THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE CONTAINER SINCE I POTTED THIS UP IN A GLASS CONTAINER
THERE'S A BIG CHANCE THAT IT WOULD FORM ALGAE SO I AM ALSO PLACING IT IN THIS BASKET CACHE
POT TO HELP PREVENT THAT THE NEXT ONE THAT I AM CONVERTING INTO LECA
IS MY N'JOY POTHOS IT WAS INITIALLY IN SOIL BUT AS MENTIONED
EARLIER IT DID SUFFER ROOT ROT
SO I HAD TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE SOIL AND PUT IT IN WATER
AND IT HAS GROWN A LOT OF NEW ROOTS SINCE AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO POT IT UP BACK AGAIN
AND LET'S SEE HOW WELL IT DOES IN LECA THIS TIME I AM USING A NURSERY POT
IT'S A LITTLE BIT FLIMSY BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT FITS THE CACHE POT THAT I AM PUTTING
THE N'JOY POTHOS IN AND THIS IS ANOTHER CON THAT I FIND WITH LECA
THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST REASON THAT HELD ME BACK FROM USING LECA
IS THE ADDED USE OF NURSERY POTS OR NET POTS WHICH MEANS A LOT MORE USE OF PLASTIC
AND I AM REALLY TRYING TO REDUCE MY PLASTIC WASTE
AND I DON'T WANT TO PURCHASE MORE PLASTIC THAN I NEED TO ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
MY PLANTS AND GARDENING BUT HERE I AM JUST REUSING THE NURSERY POT
THAT I USED FOR MY TOMATO TRANSPLANTS AND ANOTHER THING THAT WAS HARD FOR ME TO
GET PASS WITH LECA I FEEL THAT LECA IS SUCH AN UNNATURAL MEDIUM
FOR PLANTS TO GROW IN I MEAN AT LEAST WITH COCO COIR AND SPHAGNUM
MOSS THEY KINDA MIMIC THE TEXTURE OF ORGANIC SOIL
BUT WITH LECA - AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE CASE - BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT'S CRUSHING THE
ROOTS ESPECIALLY FOR PLANTS LIKE MY N'JOY POTHOS THAT HAS A BIT MORE ESTABLISHED ROOTS
ALREADY AND THAT FELT UNNATURAL TO ME AS A GROWING
MEDIUM FOR PLANTS WHICH I KNOW IS WEIRD BUT THAT'S HOW I KINDA
FELT ABOUT LECA FOR THE LONGEST TIME BUT AS I AM POTTING THIS UP I COULD DEFINITELY
SEE THE APPEAL IN LECA COZ IT'S REALLY A LOT QUICKER AND A LOT FASTER
TO POT UP PLANTS AND IF YOUR GOAL IS EFFICIENCY WHEN IT COMES
TO POTTING UP YOUR PLANTS THEN LECA IS THE WAY TO GO
AND THIS IS THE CACHE POT THAT I AM GOING TO BE USING
AS YOU CAN SEE IT HAS NO DRAINAGE HOLES AND I WILL BE USING THE SAME TYPE OF WATER
THAT I USED EARLIER IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU USE NUTRIENTS BUT
I HAVEN'T PURCHASED ONE YET BUT THIS SHOULD SUFFICE FOR NOW
AND I AM USING ABOUT HALF A CUP OF WATER, JUST ENOUGH WATER TO FILL UP THE BOTTOM THIRD
OF THE NURSERY POT AND THAT'S MY N'JOY POTHOS CONVERTED INTO
LECA NOW THAT I HAVE POTTED UP TWO PLANTS THIS
IS ALL THE LECA THAT I HAVE LEFT AND I'M KINDA SURPRISED WITH THE AMOUNT OF
LECA THAT I HAVE ALREADY USED I STILL HAVE SOME IN RESERVE BUT I THINK THIS
SHOULD SUFFICE THE THIRD PLANT THAT I AM GOING TO POT UP
WHICH IS MY SCINDAPSUS PICTUS ARGYREUS THIS ONE HAS BEEN PROPAGATING IN SPHAGNUM
MOSS FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW AND THIS IS THE FASTEST I'VE PROPAGATED A
SCINDAPSUS PICTUS IT'S USUALLY A SLOW PROPAGATOR
I THINK WHAT HELPED IS PUTTING IT INSIDE A CLOCHE
IT GAVE IT A LOT OF HUMIDITY AND KEPT THE SPHAGNUM MOSS MOIST
WHEN CONVERTING SOMETHING IN LECA ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME FROM SOIL OR ANY SOIL-LIKE
MEDIUM IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE ROOTS ARE VERY
CLEAN THE FIRST TWO WERE IN WATER PROPAGATION SO
I DIDN'T WASH THEM BUT THIS ONE AFTER I TAKE IT OUT OF THE MOSS
I DEFINITELY WASHED THE ROOTS AND THESE ARE SOME MORE SCINDAPSUS PICTUS
THAT I WAS PROPAGATING IN WATER SO I'M JUST GONNA ADD THEM HERE
AND WITH THIS THIRD ONE I ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HARD TIME POTTING
THIS UP I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE
WERE SINGLE LEAF CUTTINGS AND IT WAS A LOT HARDER TO POT IT THAT WAY
WHICH I MEAN EVEN IF I POT IN REGULAR SOIL SINGLE LEAF CUTTINGS TEND TO BE HARDER TO
POT UP BECUASE THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH ANCHOR YET
BUT YEAH I THINK THIS FOOTAGE IS ALREADY MY THIRD ATTEMPT OF ME TRYING TO POT THIS UP
IN LECA BUT IT WORKED OUT IN THE END
IT JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF MANEUVERING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS COVERED
WITH LECA SO I JUST DECIDED TO POUR THE LECA BALLS FROM
THE TOP INSTEAD OF JUST POURING IT ON THE SIDE LIKE
I WAS DOING EARLIER WITH THE FIRST TWO THE REST OF THE PROCESS IS PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME SO I AM NOT GONNA REPEAT MYSELF
BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE PROS AND CONS THE PROS ARE DEFINITELY THE EFFICIENCY WHEN
IT COMES TO POTTING UP YOUR PLANTS AND IT'S ALSO A LOT LESS MESSY
THE CONS ARE DEFINITELY ARE UP FRONT COSTS IT CAN GET EXPENSIVE WITH THE LECA BALLS,
THE NUTRIENTS, AND PH TESTING KIT THE CLEAN UP IS DEFINITELY A LOT EASIER COMPARED
TO SOIL BUT IF YOU HAVE PETS WHEN THEY DROP ON THE
FLOOR MAKE SURE YOU PICK THEM UP RIGHT AWAY COZ THEY DO LOOK LIKE KIBBLES
AND YOU DON'T WANT YOUR PETS TO ACCIDENTALLY EAT THEM
AND THIS THING RIGHT HERE IS JUST YOU KNOW A THING YOU OFTEN FIND IN PLANTS TO HELP WITH
CAPILLARY ACTION ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE SELF WATERING
I DON'T THINK THIS ACTUALLY HELPS IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE PLANT PARENT THINGS
THAT HELP MAKE US FEEL BETTER THAT OUR PLANTS ARE GETTING TAKEN CARE OF
BUT I DON'T THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE HERE I DON'T THINK IT ACTUALLY NEEDS IT TO HELP
WITH THE CAPILLARY ACTION BUT HERE I AM JUST USING THIS CHINESE TAKE
OUT CONTAINER COZ I DON'T HAVE A PROPER CACHE POT FOR THIS ONE YET
SO I AM JUST PLACING THIS HERE FOR NOW BUT YEAH THAT IS MY SCINDAPSUS PICTUS PROPAGATIONS
IN LECA SO THAT'S HOW I REPOTTED MY POTHOS PROPAGATIONS
IN TO LECA I AM ACTUALLY FILMING THE INTRO AND OUTRO
THE DAY AFTER I REPOTTED THOSE PLANTS AND I MEAN IT'S ONLY BEEN A DAY
BUT SO FAR SO GOOD I GUESS NONE OF THEM HAS SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF STRESS
YET AND I GET HOW LECA CAN GET ADDICTING
EVEN THOUGH THE ADVICE PEOPLE OFTEN GIVE IS IF YOU WANT TO TRY LECA JUST DO IT ONE PLANT
AT A TIME TRY IT WITH ONE PLANT AND SEE
BUT SINCE I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF LEFTOVER LECA THAT I ALREADY CLEANED AND SOAKED
SO NOW I AM TRYING TO PROPAGATE WITH LECA AS WELL
AND THIS IS THE ONE WITH MY PEPEROMIA PROSTRATA OR STRING OF TURTLES
AND THIS ONE WITH THE HOYA KRIMSON PRINCESS I MEAN SO FAR SO GOOD
LIKE I SAID IT'S ONLY JUST BEEN A DAY I DO NOTICE THOUGH THAT THE TOP CLAYS HAVE
ALREADY DRIED OUT BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE WATER TO THE ROOTS
THROUGH CAPILLARY ACTION UMM WE WILL SEE HOPEFULLY THIS TWO WOULDN'T
DIE OUT ESPECIALLY THIS ONE COZ THIS ONE IS A PRIZED
CUTTING OF MINE IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT I'LL PROBABLY JUST
PUT IT BACK INTO WATER PROPAGATION AND THIS ONE HAS SOME ESTABLISHED ROOTS ALREADY
SO HOPEFULLY THIS ONE WILL WORK OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER
BUT THIS IS ONE IS STILL JUST TRYING TO FORM ROOTS
WE WILL COMPARE WHAT HAPPENS WITH LECA PROPAGATIONS AND WITH ACTUALLY JUST POTTING UP PLANTS IN
LECA I'LL GIVE UPDATES IN THE FUTURE MAYBE IN A
MONTH FROM NOW SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE POTHOS PROPAGATIONS
AS WELL AS THE PEPEROMIA PROSTRATA AND HOYA KRIMSON PRINCESS
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM BUT BEFORE I GO
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