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title: "I am about to try my luck with leca clay balls. I’ve had pothos in…"
description: "I am about to try my luck with leca clay balls. I’ve had pothos in water before and propagations with a lot of success. My question is what do you suggest I…"
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community: "Hydroponics & Semi-hydroponics"
author: "Greenthumbhopeful"
published: "2026-07-30T20:55:37.198367Z"
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# I am about to try my luck with leca clay balls. I’ve had pothos in…

_Posted by Greenthumbhopeful on 2026-07-30_

I am about to try my luck with leca clay balls. I’ve had pothos in water before and propagations with a lot of success. My question is what do you suggest I try in leca first?

## 5 comments

### Rhus commented on 2026-07-30

Honestly, if you already have some water props, pothos! I have a few in LECA and they seem to do really well. Other plants I've had do really well in LECA are aglaonema (Chinese evergreen), alocasia, and ficus sagitatta.

### Adriana G commented on 2026-07-30

I’ve never used leca, but my alocasias love pon and I’ve heard they also do well in leca!

### Phil commented on 2026-07-30

I use Wavyleaf planters for semi hydro. Currently doing very well are Epipremnim Manjula and Snow Queen; Begonia Rex; two Philodendron Birkins; Calathea Stromathe Triostar and Orbifolia; Syngonium, and a Purple Passion. My Alocasias are just surviving and not thriving in semi hydro. And I’m having very good results with Growth Technology Foliage Focus.

### Greenthumbhopeful commented on 2026-07-31

Thank you all for the help!!

### Paulina | Semi-Hydro commented on 2026-07-31

All my plants are in semi-hydro! For Leca I recommend plants with chunkier roots - pothos would be a perfect plant to start with!

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