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title: "If you start a corm off in soil, can you switch it to hydro once it…"
description: "If you start a corm off in soil, can you switch it to hydro once it develops leaves? Or would that kill it since it’s used to soil?"
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author: "OGForestGreen"
published: "2024-03-18T20:46:39.672223Z"
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# If you start a corm off in soil, can you switch it to hydro once it…

_Posted by OGForestGreen on 2024-03-18_

If you start a corm off in soil, can you switch it to hydro once it develops leaves? Or would that kill it since it’s used to soil?

## 3 comments

### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 commented on 2024-03-19

I personally wouldn’t do corms in soil. I use a mix of fluval stratum, perlite, and sometimes pon if I’m running low on stratum. I don’t think it would do well going from soil to hydro as a baby… mature plants go through a transition so I imagine as a baby it wouldn’t go well

#### OGForestGreen replied on 2024-03-19

Oofta. That’s unfortunate. I’ve had them in soil for over a week now. 4 of the corms are starting to come up I believe! Guess we will see what to do when the time comes lol.

#### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 replied on 2024-03-19

Soil will work too… just usually not as quickly. But if you see sprouts that’s great! They usually take 3-4 weeks even in the mediums I mentioned

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