r/SemiHydro

I finally took some cuttings of my Hoya compacta and added them to the smaller semi Hydro pots. Now the eternal waiting starts

Hi friends, I was hoping to get some advice on my baby queen anthurium. I got this several months ago and have been acclimating it in pon. It has since put out 4 leaves but they all are very light colored as you can see. So far they've tended to start light and get darker over time. But they're not the dark color with light veins you'd expect from a queen. I'm starting to question if this even is the queen anthurium I ordered. Regardless I can't help but think I have some sort of nutrient deficiency going on.

More info:

Water: half treated tap water, half distilled (I have very hard tap water)

Nutrients: GH flora series 1, 2, and 3 (EC ~0.7)

Humidity: 70-80% in a grow cabinet

Lighting: 4000-5000 lux currently

Substrate: chunky pon, water wick with reservoir setup

I started with a pretty low EC, and have been slowly working up, the nutrient solution I am currently giving is at an EC of 0.7. I've also recently started incorporating cal-mag to the solution since I read that could be a potential issue since I'm using half distilled water. The king anthurium I got at the same time has been in the same conditions with the same nutrient solution, and has been thriving. It just put out another good size leaf.

There seems to be good root growth, but I haven't messed with them since I potted this up several months ago.

Do you guys have any suggestions on what the issue could be here?

Not sure what is going wrong with this cactus as I have 2 others that are doing fine. Only difference being that I left this one in soil mix until I transferred recently. But, seems to be getting even worse. How much light do these like? Maybe reservoir is too low (using diy pon with wicking and super thrive foliage pro) Help

Hi everyone! Today I decided it was time to take on semi-hydro. I have 2 alocasias (fairly new to me) and I really didn’t want to risk later down the line having them die in soil.

I decided to go from soil to water first, and later I will transfer to pon. I am SO NERVOUS! The alocasia pictured is an alocasia bisma (or platinum) VARIEGATED that I got lucky and found at Home Depot… thus the intense anxiety about this whole transfer.

Words of encouragement would be appreciated 🥲

Hi everyone, I transferred a number of alocasias to pin (soil ninja semi hydro fine mix) with a wick system and they seemed to do reasonably well to begin with. Many of them I started from corms in semi hydro so they were never grown in anything else. Over time I have noticed yellowing particularly at leaf edges (not just the oldest leaf) and sometimes yellowing radiating out from the center of a leaf. I believe this may point to nutrient deficiencies although I have switched to superthrive foliage pro which I was told has a bit more magnesium than what I was using (liquid gold leaf). pH is around 6.5 (I have soft water). I am just at a bit of a loss as to how to stop the slow decline of these plants so any advice would be much appreciated.

So I’m doing the long method of transitioning my variegated black velvet to leca and the roots look fuzzy? Can anyone tell me if this is okay?

I just got this box of plants today and would like to transfer them all to semi hydro. Last time I had similar and waited too long many had root rot and didn’t make it.

Also, are there any specific plants that should go into leca over pon? I am all out of leca right now.

Here is basic list
Spider Plants
Begonia Black Magic
Syngoniums
Fittonia
Croton
Peperomias
Episcia
Philodendron Birkin
Diffenbachia

Can all these thrive in pon under grow light? I do have clear cover to increase humidity for fitonia. And, can I transfer tomorrow and leave in quarantine for couple weeks after transplant?

So this is my first anthurium and of course I had to complicate things by transferring my-my-my-my Michele to Monk Pon right outta the gates. I’m a newbie to semi hydro too so just wondering how the root cleaning looks? Am I cooked?

It’s only the 3rd plant I’ve moved to semi hydro and the others were so recent I don’t even know how I did yet. Thanks!

Hey all,

Here I have what I believe is a colocasia teacup “big dipper” with the black variegated stem. Correct me if i’m wrong!

I got this plant from marketplace a few weeks ago where it was growing in Semi-hydro LECA only. cache pot and inside nursery pot system. I used distilled water and water soluble fertilizer for it but noticed mold forming on the surface of the LECA this morning when i went to refresh the water. Plant is indoors, gets at least 4 hours of direct morning sunlight every day, with probably another 8-10 hours of bright indirect light. I live in mid-west canada, southeast facing window!

I removed the plant and noticed some minor rot occurring on some of the roots. I think this plant used to grow in soil at the green house at some point based on some minor soil residue on the root ball. I cut all the rot I could see away, removed all the soil i could, disinfected the roots with diluted hydrogen peroxide spray, and have decided I want to just use perlite moving forward.

I find perlite easier to handle in terms of oxygen to the roots. I have no issue with more frequent watering as required. Is this a safe transition? Any advice moving forward? I know there are baby plants sprouting from their own little corms, i’d like to keep it that way for now! Anyone have success in growing plants in perlite only (with fertilizer of course)?

Thanks all

So, months ago I found. Couple pieces of tradescantia on floor of Home Depot. I asked cashier if I could have them. I planted on soil and they never did great, all bottom leaves would get crispy, etc. but it did survive. So I took some cuttings. After 2 weeks I transplanted cuttings into leca. And wow…plant is really thriving.

First photo shows beautiful color and sine, second shows size, and lat photo is cuttings on May 28th ..a few days before I put them in leca.

Honestly, I thought this would be a failure. Now to get them to hang over the sides of pot.

I grew her from just two wee stalks!!