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title: "What is leca?"
description: "What is leca?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Dare"
published: "2026-08-19T21:10:08.501775Z"
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# What is leca?

_Posted by Dare on 2026-08-19_

What is leca?

## 1 comment

### Charli 🌷🌱 commented on 2026-08-19

LECA is short for Light-weight Expanded Clay Aggregate  
It’s commonly used for plants such as alocasias that prefer semi-hydro set ups

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