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title: "She seems to be thriving since I took her out of the nursery soil and…"
description: "She seems to be thriving since I took her out of the nursery soil and put her in only Fluval stratum! Her roots look healthy! This is just a glass bowl from…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a429dc296b7312f1c94652"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Jaiden"
published: "2024-01-14T18:37:16.924Z"
language: "en"
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# She seems to be thriving since I took her out of the nursery soil and…

_Posted by Jaiden on 2024-01-14_

She seems to be thriving since I took her out of the nursery soil and put her in only Fluval stratum!  
Her roots look healthy! This is just a glass bowl from Michael’s, no drainage.. and only fill with distilled water up to the bottom of her roots.

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## 4 comments

### Jaiden commented on 2024-01-14

I switched her to stratum a month ago, and she did not drop a single leaf. I’m thinking I’m in love with stratum now.

### nepenthomancer commented on 2024-01-14

I just love this plant so much. I have a hard time not rescuing them every time I see one looking sad at a grocery store. Mine is growing in a kind of dense tropical soil mix I’d love to switch it even though it’s doing fine- do you have to treat it like hydro/semi hydro?

#### Jaiden replied on 2024-01-15

From the couple of people I talked too about Fluval stratum, it has nutrients in it, so the mother plant only gets distilled water, but the pup I pulled off of her I put in Fluval and added the purived plant food to the water… so gonna test and see if there’s a difference

### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 commented on 2024-01-17

Is this like Pon or leca?

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