BEST houseplants in semi-hydro? 🪴 ...and the WORST

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:03 Marantas
03:19 Scindapsus
06:26 Philodendrons
08:51 Hoyas
11:30 Alocasias
13:59 Epipremnums
15:43 Syngoniums
17:26 Outro

[PhoenixFyreRising]

My Hoya's love Pon. I have most of my 92 Hoyas in Pon. As long as they have the right lighting I find them growing healthy. A few even bloomed. So I guess it can depend where you live and the humidity you supply. My humidity naturally in my home is never lower than 50%.

[EmiMae]

I have the best of luck with my hoya and alocasias in pon and leca. I love semi-hydro for some plants so much. Its fun seeing the different experiences others have had with it with certain plants. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[crochetqueen]

I am one of the people who says Hoya do amazing in semi hydro - I do things a little differently though which may make a difference - in fact I think it does make a difference.
I have Hoya cuttings that have taken FOREVER to produce new growth when I prop them directly into leca or pon. So my go to is to propagate them in a mix of fern fibre, mixed with whatever I have on hand between perlite, pumice or pon. I prop them really well, until at least 2-3 new nodes have grown, small leaf hoya more. Then I convert to semi hydro, just into small clear nursery pots and I put all my little hoya into one water tub, kinda like you did when you went away on holiday, Emma, I think maybe with spag plants? They tend to love the humidity and gathering together. I have to move them when they grow quite a bit because they start getting damage from both being so close and from my handling them, it's easy to knock those baby hoya leaves.
But when I get a hoya it's guaranteed to go in semi hydro, kinda like maranta for you :)
I just got my first scindapsus, never really been into them, so will know to avoid!

[davidhalley]

I had an alocasia and lost every leaf except one. Once it grew roots in water I repotted it in pon and now I have two leaves. Love this stuff.

[michiyaslana]

It’s really incredible how much comes down to home conditions - I have exactly one marantha, it’s growing in a soil mix and I have at least one leaf incoming at all times. I’ve rooted hoya cuttings in just water and the roots grew like CRAZY (faster than the roots of pothos cuttings, put in the same container on the same day) and I really really want to bite the bullet and try growing a couple of my hoyas in leca. We’ll see how they do!

[glinkowopalca]

Thanks for making my Sunday a little better 😃

[karenmyers]

My Hoyas that are in pon seem to like it so far. I switched over some of my syngiums and they love it and my alocasia will be next. Right now the alocasia’s are in home made self watering pots. Not pretty but they work

[marionschwitzner]

I have een epipremnum climbing on my wall in a pon self watering pot. It grows so well for me.

[meganmurray]

Love your videos your my fav go to! Thank you for what you do.

[thenoodlestwo]

Love this video, very informative. Thanks for making it 🥰

[SparkleInMoonlight]

Maranta: I have exactly the same experience - once I put my water propageted marantas into pon with self-watering, they grow like weeds and simply love life. In soil, it wasn´t so easy and they didn´t put on new pups (at least for me).
Seeing this, I believe that pon is the best thing ever for marantas :-)

[lovesyorkies]

I just switched my Alocasia Polly to lecca. I might switch my others next weekend. Repotted quite a few plants that were becoming a bit root bound this afternoon.

[Zen.....]

my only scindapsis and hoya are in leca, doing really well. I recently chopped >1m from scindapsis argyreius cos it was growing too much, haven't tried it in pon tho. as you say, maybe different climate/environment. my syngonium batik seems to have stalled in leca, will try pon next. 🌱

[dannini]

It’s so funny that I’m experiencing the opposite, my hoyas love semi-hydro but my alocasia seem to hate it. 🤣

[Refurrrb]

Also going to try my mantra cuttings in pon 🙌

[Refurrrb]

Can’t wait to try it with my alocasia zebarina 🙏 loved this video, really helpful 🙌

[bekology]

Is yellowing on the tip of leaves normal for semi hydro shock ? Alocasia - in perlite/stratum … do you think it’s cal/mag deficiency? I just put super thrive in there but it’s doesn’t contain cal/mag

[RobbieThomas-po]

Love the video and channel :) I was wondering if you had any advice for pon as a substrate in a regular pot? I have a a lot of Aglaonema and Hoyas in pon. The thing I have struggled with is, knowing when to water them, since I can’t use a moisture meter. Any tips or advice would be amazing :)

[ms.botanica]

I had problems with hoyas not growing so I increased humidity and they started growing. Hoya Rebecca went a year no growth 😅

[theresasteiner]

I took my Miranda out of soil (today) and put it into leca. I forgot I had ordered pon and self watering pots (which were delivered just as I finished the transfer). Should I leave it in the leca or try the pon? The roots are beautiful but the tips of the leaves are dry.