Roots DON'T Matter: Moving Alocasia From Soil to LECA

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In this video, I will be comparing two methods of switching an Alocasia plant from soil to leca. The first method involves keeping the roots intact, while the second method requires removing all the roots and using an air stone with an air pump to optimize root health. Join me as I share my personal experience with both methods and provide valuable insights to help you make an informed decision when switching your Alocasia plant to leca. Please subscribe to my Instagram for more information: / thelecaqueen
Throughout the video, I will discuss each method, as well as the potential risks. By the end of the video, you will have a clear understanding of which method may be best suited for your plant and how to ensure a successful transition of your Alocasia from soil to leca.
✅ Video Contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:23 The Experiment
01:07 LetPot Smart Modular Planter
02:16 Air Stone and Pump
02:50 Removing Soil from Plants
04:09 Taking Roots OFF!
05:13 Take them ALL off!
05:50 Plant Labels
06:08 Potting Up
07:23 Reservoir with Air Stone
08:39 2.5 Months LATER
08:49 Plant with Roots UPDATE
09:44 Plant with NO Roots UPDATE
12:11 Closer Look at the Roots
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This video presents a comparison of 2 methods for switching an Alocasia from soil to leca - keeping the roots or removing the roots but it also tries to cover the following subject:
How to boost root health by using an Air Stone and Air Pump
Successful Alocasia Soil to leca transfer
Best conditions to switch an Alocasia from soil to leca
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@TheLecaQueen Год назад

👉 LetPot Smart Modular Planter - geni.us/RM01h5 (Amazon)

@glennchua1585 Год назад

Thanks for all of this experiment. You’re such a star in the plant community…. My idol with my leca journey

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

Thank you for watching and the support!

@rolandszakolczai-bojti9923 3 месяца назад

You really are an idol in the plant vlogger world! ❤ Thank you for the great videos and for the lots of work you put into them!

@MaryGatdula Год назад

That's awesome! I'm so glad they both lived. I love Alocasia.

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

I loved this experiment and was so overwhelmed with the results!

@lukki7ster Год назад

Alocasia are beasts when it comes to rooting. Nice work..

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

Thank you.

@rolandszakolczai-bojti9923 3 месяца назад

Nooo, please, they are not beasts! I used to meet root rotted alocasias more often than I should, and it is enough if you clear the dead roots off, than repot to something new and put them to heat maths... well... at least for me it used to work, to save them from my own and my family's faults. 😊

@jillianleblanc9370 Год назад

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

You are very welcome!

@autumnlynae Год назад

needed this!!🙌🏽

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

So glad it could help.

@evelinee.2680 Год назад

This is wonderfull, Nora, thank you 😊

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

Thank you. You are very welcome.

@StellaDeeCoder 2 месяца назад

I’ve converted all my alocasias to leca from pon! I’m going to chop roots off all new alocasias in soil and try the system you have. Thanks for this video!

@carolstuff Год назад

That’s great success Nora!

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

Thank you!

@dominicflorio5708 Год назад

I grow alocasia outdoors in Florida. Some do well and some struggle. Every time I tried one in the house, it has gone downhill very quickly. I just want to tell everyone that I now move them to water and then to semi hydro, and they have never been healthier or more vigorous. Some are growing better indoors than they did outside.

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

So glad to hear that. What medium are you using for semi hydro?

@dominicflorio5708 Год назад

@@TheLecaQueen I have just started a few months ago. I'm mixing about two parts small lava rock, one part perlite, and one part leca. So far it has been a success. I'm experimenting with nutrients, making some homemade recipes. I'll have to see how that turns out. But, it is fun trying new things. I also saw another youtuber use various materials, as well as acrylic yarn. I make it into a chain and I have African Violets, Rex Begonias, Cane begonias, and Aluminum plants growing in the yarn. I like to use trays for watering so that I can save time with not having to water too many individual plants. I appreciate your information. Thank you.

@Rodnyet 3 месяца назад

I moved my alocasia polly that was struggling in soil to water and it's thriving. Will be moving it to leca soon.

@Fixup1000 Месяц назад

I followed your tutorial on cleaning lecca and used this video to guide me into putting alocasia into a hydroponic basket in my aquarium. I put the airstone under the planters. I used aquarium fertilizer so far and fish poop😅. Im done week 1 we shall see how the roots on works . Knock on wood they haven't shown signs of shock yet. Im going to be warming up the water gradually and leave the grow light on 12 hours. I hope my alocacia survive. 🤞

@TheLecaQueen Месяц назад

I can't wait to hear all about it! Can you put some pictures on the Facebook group please? I would love to see it. facebook.com/groups/232883366581408/

@woowooone Год назад

Truly Amazing! Thank you so much for the experiment!

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

Definitely amazing. I was not expecting that result. Blew my mind!

@yvainefey Год назад

Interesting!

@lisalee6393 Год назад

Thanks Nora, it would have been interesting to see 4 plants, with roots and no roots without the airstone since that's your usual set up and these two with the airstone but understand that would have been a higher cost to you. Thanks for providing this example! Now I'm tempted to go get an airstone and pump.

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

That is true Lisa, it would have been great to do it that way. I know of someone who took all the alocasia roots off without an air stone and the plant died. They used my usual method, so the air stone was very important here.

@ConnieP92 Год назад

Me too 😆

@dollycaldwell4938 Год назад

This made me a nervous wreck......I FINALLY have an alocasia that is growing soil....I am terrified to transfer it to LECA.....these plants are NOT cheap....

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

I know what you mean!

@easynail.art_ 3 месяца назад

lovely video, I'm going to try this. What is the nutrient solution you use? I couldn't see it on your page. Thanks!

@WolfOfSin 7 месяцев назад

Hey lovely! I have an azlanii bottle baby that was doing well, it gave me 2 new leaves now its starting to die off, do you think it would be better moved to leca?

@ConnieP92 Год назад

Beautiful! Just ordered my dragon scales and will do this! I got this! Wanted to ask what you do with your corms? Do you put them in sphag moss or something else like pon or perlite?

@rolandszakolczai-bojti9923 3 месяца назад

Dragon scales and silver dragons are my favourites too! 😊 They used to be very tolerant to me, no special needs, etc 😊

@gaddaitherage8204 6 месяцев назад

For my mature alocasia Micholiziana, I took your advice (from your video about moving large plants) to NOT directly transfer it into semi hydro. You’d recommended instead to first put it in water. As expected, the existing soil roots started to sluff off, but new water roots started to appear and they are healthy as ever. As for the plant, all but the newest leaves started drooping, which I eventually cut off. But even before the roots got established, new leaves began popping up very quickly, albeit much smaller. Two weeks in now and the water roots started shooting secondary roots. Wish me luck!

@1GPIE Год назад

Thankyou for this! I have a question: If roots are visibly rotting in LECA but at the same the plant is also growing new ones (I can see them through clear pots), do you take the rotting roots out or leave them be? I dont want to disturb the plant whilst its rooting. Its an alocasia btw.

@alinebarbiere-beyouniquewi7667 Год назад

Thank you Nora for your channel. I love watching your videos. I have started converting 3 plants to leca. I have an issue with water small et mold in the water due to the nutrients. I have to change the water every 10 days max because of that. I dont remember you mentioning these issues in your videos. What do you think ?

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

I generally recommend changing the solution at least once every 2 weeks as good practice, but then I also say that I don't 'ain't nobody got time for dat!'

@donnawest-newman956 Год назад

This is really interesting! I’m glad you did it first 😂

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

Happy to provide the service 🥰

@confidentgrace Год назад

This was fantastic. My question is, since that air stone setup worked so well, will those plants continue to live in that system? Or are you going to move them into your traditional semi-hydro pot and reservoir system and start some new transplants in the air stone setup?

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

I have decided to leave these in this air stone set up. I have put the 2 plants in one pot and added another alocasia to the other pot. I think I might get more of these letpot pots and have all my Alocasias live in that. Don't know. What do you think?

@vincenttongos1988 5 месяцев назад

how about with aglaonema?

@TuleRiver58 12 дней назад

i have been following you since COVID and because of you i'm on this LECA journey. I'm a houseplant person but was so tired of the ants that our area get in the winter. LECA has been a life saver. i have close to 18 plants all in LECA. i have a question. i have a monstera, it's young, 4 leaves and a new one. i did not do the long method so i just cleaned the roots and put it into LECA. Yesterday was plant chore day and the entire root came off the main steam. there is a small root, it is new, i'm putting it in the long method and hope for the best. Or should i just go ahead and put it into LECA?

@TheLecaQueen 12 дней назад

Either should be fine. It is hard to know though without seeing the plant. Hop on to Facebook semihydroponics with the leca and post the pictures

@anythinggoes9 3 месяца назад

Hi Nora. How do you store your leca? Do you leave it stored in water or do you let it dry out and then rehydrate when you are ready to use again? Also, when I go to your Amazon to get the Reko plastic pots, something else comes up. A different brand. I want you to get credit. And I do not see Clonex. In USA

@TheLecaQueen 2 месяца назад

I normally never have leca hanging around. I have my leca soaking in water of CCS before I use it. Or then it is just still in the bag. About the pots, it depends on what country you are ordering from if Reko is not available, Amazon probably recommends somethingelse. I will still get credit if you buy the other brand because it is still tracked as a sales link coming from me if that makes sense. Thank you for your support.

@JarJarDynX 2 месяца назад

Do I have to use root hormone? Or can I just water with fertilizer when making the initial switch

@TheLecaQueen 2 месяца назад

You don't have to use it, but it certainly helps!

@ceokompor5955 Год назад

You can water propagation an alocasia with no roots too

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

That is great to know. Would you please let us know what method you use? Thanks

@melanieklarofficial 4 месяца назад

Ok I gotta get some air stones!

@TheLecaQueen 4 месяца назад

I think they are the game changers

@Goody-jg9tx Год назад

Every time I try alocasia my roots and sometimes stem is rotten in 2 days😢 BIG QUESTION: I got A CALETHEA that was growing in peat.,it has tubers also.i wanted to transfer to leca.i cannot get the peat iff if rhe roots.ive tried soaking The Roots.it won't come off . WHAT DO I DO⁉️ ALSO AM I SUPPOSED TO CUT THOSE TUBERS OUT OR CAN THEY GO IN THE LECA AS WELL ⁉️PLEASE HELP❤

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

I would just put it in the leca. The idea is to get it as clean as you can and the rest will come off as you flush.

@blairemorgan2405 11 месяцев назад

What’s the sauce? I need to know. I give my “soiled” plants some thrive when I first plant them, is it the same?

@TheLecaQueen 11 месяцев назад

Not the same. See video here for the sauce: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7xwxUlCU354.html

@blairemorgan2405 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! Really enjoying your content. I have tried to move plants to leca before and failed, have a few who are doing amazing, but I’ve been too scarred. Watching your videos gives me hope to move more to leca, especially my calatheas. What’s your recommendation with moving calatheas to leca, any removal of roots as well? I want my orbie to look like yours!!!

@marionmcdaniel8017 Год назад

My grandson has a six month assignment in Darwin l’m going to see if he can bring me a couple of pots back to the USA I need need them!!!!

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

I hope he has a great time in Darwin. My son was just there a few weeks ago and had a great time!

@marionmcdaniel8017 Год назад

@@TheLecaQueen He is loving it and the beef is delicious

@kimgomez8099 10 месяцев назад

Holy 💩!

@TheLecaQueen 10 месяцев назад

I know right!

@marcvelda5152 6 месяцев назад

Not sure why you cut all the roots off I e never had to do that with any of mi e and the roots thrive in leca and water

@XxBaBiBoo540xX 11 месяцев назад

Well, I accidentally did this experiment on my alocasia. I wish I saw this first. 😂

@TheLecaQueen 11 месяцев назад

Now you know 😏 😉

@XxBaBiBoo540xX 11 месяцев назад

@@TheLecaQueen right. Now it’s sitting in its little pot with one leaf because the others turned yellow and I cut them off to conserve energy. BUT! I checked it yesterday and I can see two new roots at the edge of the pot! And the one leaf is holding on for dear life. So I think it’s going to make it. 😂

@JJ-ec9lp Год назад

I wish you didn’t trim the roots on the one meant to keep them. You said it was because you knew they’d die off but the whole point of the experiment was that you don’t know exactly what will happen.

@TheLecaQueen Год назад

I know. I did that because I knew those scraggly end bits were going to rot off anyway. I don't think it affected the actual experiment.