Anybody use fluval stratum with their alocasias? I’d love some advice.
Anybody use fluval stratum with their alocasias? I’d love some advice.
Yes, I don't use straight fluval cuz... Sweet Toddler Jesus... that would be expensive 😆
2 LikesToddler Jesus 🤣🤣🤣
2 LikesNo one ever talks about toddler Jesus, my stance is he was a menace 😆
4 LikesAfter Christmas, Im going to be trying out NXCplants homemade Anthurium pon mix. 4 parts perlite, 2 parts pumice, 2 part lava rock, 1 parts fluval.
2 LikesI use it for corms almost exclusively. I am currently growing some scalprum babies in a self watering pot in a mix of coco coir, perlite and stratum as seen here in this photo.
2 LikesI do the same! It’s black gold for corms, imo! I find I have the most success when I put about an inch deep layer of stratum in something clear with a lid to trap humidity- the takeout cups in the pic are perfect- add some water, pop the corm in, seal it up and basically forget about it lol. I will open the container every once in a while to get some fresh air in there. Once I have a healthy root system, I’ll repot in a mix of stratum, perlite, coco coir and fine pine bark chips. On my next repot for some of my mature alocasias, I’m considering moving some from leca to lechuza pon 🤔
1 LikeI’ve heard good things about pon too!
0 LikesThey do pretty well in the pon. I dont actually use a self watering pot though. I did have an issue with lechuza-pon. The first round was great, the 2nd round after the bag had been opened i got white mold really bad on the top, and it ended up killing one of the smaller alocasia I had repotted in it. So I sanitized the rest, and it was fine. But im going to make my own now
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