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title: "I’m planning on moving my alocasias over to leca! If anyone has any…"
description: "I’m planning on moving my alocasias over to leca! If anyone has any tips that would be greatly appreciated!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼"
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author: "Kailyn Flick"
published: "2023-05-02T04:20:45.637Z"
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# I’m planning on moving my alocasias over to leca! If anyone has any…

_Posted by Kailyn Flick on 2023-05-02_

I’m planning on moving my alocasias over to leca! If anyone has any tips that would be greatly appreciated!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

## 4 comments

### ADDeejay commented on 2023-05-02

All I know is I got talked out of semi hydro because of how intense the needs are with regards to nutrients and pathogens. So be wary!

### Brianna commented on 2023-05-02

I’ve seen a lot of people have success with Foliage-Pro from Dyna-Grow with leca. It has hydroponic instructions on the back and is a one step fertilizer so no mixing required. It’s also pretty cheap and lasts forever.

### Alicejokelly commented on 2023-05-10

I love leca!!! Best tip is not to fill the water past the roots (bc root rot) instead make a reservoir of water and let the leca carry the water up to the roots :) it’s how I get my propagations to grow faster and stronger roots

#### Kailyn Flick replied on 2023-05-10

3 of my alocasias are now in leca. One of them I moved a few days ago the other 2 I moved last night so we will see how they do

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