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title: "advice for moving plants from leca [to assist in growth] to soil?"
description: "advice for moving plants from leca [to assist in growth] to soil?"
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community: "Hydroponics & Semi-hydroponics"
author: "PhiloFox"
published: "2025-01-18T14:57:09.724927Z"
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# advice for moving plants from leca \[to assist in growth\] to soil?

_Posted by PhiloFox on 2025-01-18_

advice for moving plants from leca \[to assist in growth\] to soil?

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## 3 comments

### Mr Variegated commented on 2025-01-21

If you want growth, faster and bigger, Leca is better than soil. Are you using nutrients with Leca? If not, you have to. Leca has zero nutrients unlike soil.

#### PhiloFox replied on 2025-01-21

I am, I just didn't want dishes of water all over. I'd rather have dirt tbh. I \*thought\* leca was a good prop method, I was misinformed.

### Bev commented on 2025-02-09

I'd like to know the same thing!

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