9 LECA MISTAKES That Will KILL Your Plants!

Learn the 9 beginner leca mistakes to avoid when moving plants from soil to leca. Find out the reasons why soil to leca moves fail and how to prevent them!
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👉 VIDEO CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Research Plant
00:38 Plant Size
01:55 Leca Preparation
03:57 Plant Preparation
06:18 Plant Care
06:53 Solution Changes
07:39 Flushing
09:06 Root Checks
09:59 Mixing Nutrient Solution

[alfredarogers]

Excellent video! There are a few tips you mentioned I will be incorporating into my plant care. I have a question. At what point do you stop fertilizing your plants? I’m in the United States and it’s autumn/ fall season now. I’ve read/heard that plants grow slower during the colder months.

[appoolika]

Hi Nora, I have about 30 plants (philodendron/ peperomia / pothos/ succulents/ lime / orchid) - a whole range. All moved from soil to Leca. Your videos helped me greatly in my journey.
Especially your initial video on the long method when everything clicked in place! Thanks so much for smoothing the learning curve 😊

[kristyd]

I wish I had found your channel in the beginning of my lecca journey! I would not have lost so many 😭 plants. You’re a natural teacher!

[Crssal]

thank you sooo much for explaining the importance of soaking leca beforehand. i have never heard anyone explain the reason or logic behind it so i have always skipped that step thinking it must just be preference. but it makes so much sense now!

[debbiemiller]

I'm so excited to find someone who is so refreshing and actually talks about what I'm wanting to learn !! Your awesome, ,I'm waiting on my leca to get here so I can get started I have alot of plants growing just in water, , and I have some of my plants for yrs in soil I have been wanting to get away from soil and I have learned alot from watching your videos! THANK YOU!

[sylviacahoon]

Very precisely on how to transition your plant from soil to leca. It’s not just taking the plant and put it in Leca you have to follow the steps to be successful and ask that I’m pretty sure you will become an expert even though you take chances to lose some plants, I am very happy that I saw this tonight. It was very well explained. Thank you Miss Nora.

[pcpc]

i feel like i hit the jackpot with all your wealth of experience and knowlegde with LECA
you keep it short sweet and directly to the point giving me the reasonings behind your strategy - i see many successul scenerios ahead for me with my plants. . . so many thanks to you
i absolutely appreciate your time put into your helpful videos.

[manjuk]

I have tried pothos, philodendrons, aglonemas so far. I haven't faced any issues in soil to leca system. All those in leca are doing well. I do not have fancy nutrition specifically for hydroponic system yet. I simply give sea weed and balanced NPK in diluted forms. I don't check pH of the system. My plants first grew water roots, then secondary and then they are growing leaves. I wash and refresh my leca every weekend. Some roots have grown into reservoir and some love in leca. I let plants do whatever they are happy in. I just keep them in bright indirect light. So far so good.

[MaryAnnAndrew-zv]

Wow, your information is the best I have seen! I decided not to use leca but now that I watched your video I am ready to start! You are the peat plant educator! Thank you!

[StewartLeishman]

Loving the tip on soaking your leca in your nutrient solution, makes sense!

[natashalindner]

So I am really new to LECA and travelling so much so many of my house plants have suffered. To stsrt I have some baby plants, and I will be working with just 3 to begin with, and then have a priority list of others to do if I am successful. Thanks for sharing your experience on Gardening Australia and I love seeing your passion for making us better gardeners.

[rebeccahenderson]

Excellent video, you give me confidence. But for now I've been transitioning to pumice & perlite under the soil. I need to buy some Leca and give it a try!!

[Numplha]

Clear speak, easily understanding .
thanks a lot queen ♛

[melanieklarofficial]

You have helped me so much! Thank you so much. I am in the process of transferring all my plants over to leca and so far knock on wood. It’s all gone well. I’m really glad I did the long method on one of them because it looked like it had such great roots and I was ready to put it in leca, and when I pulled it out of the water all the roots came off! so now I get to put it back in the propagating solution and give it some more time but if I had not done that and had put it straight in leca, I wouldn’t of known that it didn’t have any good roots and probably would have rotted!

[karimasonshaw]

I just ordered 40lbs of leca! So sick of gnats. Over them. So I have been stalking your channel and learning so much. I have switched a couple plants to leca and learned the process and how leca works to get a feel for it before I do the rest of my plants.

[vickyl]

This is so helpful! And your personality and voice make the learning process so enjoyable! Thank you Leca Queen!

[dianavanderslice]

Love you & your videos. I am planning to switch some plants to leca-fungus flies make me crazy. I was surprised to see the African Violet- I have 6 & am now excited to try leca with them. Thanks for all your info.

[cathyslaton]

I am moving my first plant to Leca I have done all these things so I hope it works

[michellec]

I'm so glad I found your channel. I've learnt so much from you. Always informative and easy to understand.

[Sylphadora]

Thanks for the video! I realize now I made a few of the mistakes you mention here.
Don’t you go through a lot more nutrient solution with LECA than with soil? If you soak the LECA in it and then replace it very often once the plant is potted, you must go through it very quickly.