There will be a HUGE in-depth Lechuza Pon growing guide available in the near future. Interested? Check my highlights on instagram: instagram.com/plantingplants
@@NaturallyNavi Hey Jez, yep zitten in een laagje water. Ik raad deze techniek nog steeds niet aan want ik weet de lange termijn werking ervan niet. Mijne heb ik inmiddels uit de glazen containers gehaald want ik vond ze mooier in terracotta!
@@PlantingPlants okay top! Dank je :) Ik ga het uitproberen bij een van mijn cheapo plants hahahha and we’ll see what happens. Ik heb vandaag een paar detini (I think that’s what they’re called) gekocht dus ga ik morgen mijn syngonium overpotten. Ik ben benieuwd!
Hello from Alaska! I make my own substrate..lava rock, pumice and zeolite..most of my plants went from soil, to my new substrate...I also use self watering pots..plants are doing so much better. Your video is awsome..thank you for sharing Theresa
Thank you for this video, it’s just what I needed as I start transitioning some of my plants. I found a helpful tip from Minimalist Cali to help pull the inner pot from the outer one. She puts medical tape (or any strong tape) on each side of the inner pot edge then folding over to the outside edge making a little tab so you can easily grab both sides of the pot and pull it out of the water reservoir. So simple and works like a charm.
Thanks alot for your video! I just ordered a Verrucosum in Lechuza Pon but it didn't come with the self watering pot so I had no idea what to. You definitely cleared things up, thank you!
Hi, I've watched all of your videos about Lechuza and decided to give it a go ;) I ordered 5 pots and we'll see. Thank you for your videos they are really informative.
Hey Thijmen, thank you for all your interesting Lechuza pon videos! I have 60+ plants and I‘m thinking of converting them to Lechuza pon. However I have them in terracotta pots and I don‘t want to buy any other pots, especially not plastic but I‘ve seen people grow them successfully in terracotta. I‘m just really nervous and unsure about the watering 🙈
Hi! I'm just researching this medium. Do you have any experience with leca? Maybe you could make a comparison video? Thanks a million for this video, it's great :) greetings from Rotterdam!
Hey Karolina, thank you so much. I do use leca aswell but lately I've been transfering all my plants to pon. Good suggestion, I will try and make a video to compare them! Greetings from Schiedam ;)
@@PlantingPlants I did notice you said at 2:42 that you have been transferring plants from Leca to Pons, but I agree, it would be a good video. I realize I'm commenting 5 months late, so maybe after I finish this video I will see if you have uploaded the Leca vs Pons video? I'm in a hurry to learn about Pons right now because I just received a gorgeous little Philodendron Grazielae with bare roots, and I was starting to pot it in a pretty little white Lechuza Mini Deltini pot when I realized I should see if using the pons alone is a good idea this time, or if the plant is too delicate with its very fine, thin root system.
Please make more video of lechuza pon. There’s just not a lot of videos about it. Can you root unrooted cuttings in it? I just transferred a few hoyas, a potho, a monstera , just small cuttings from soil and from water and unrooted. Hope they all will be happy
Planting Plants looking forward to it! I think because it was introduced in Germany first, the experiences/information that is available, is not in English. Thank you’
Thanks for this video! Super helpful, just got my first bag of lechuza pon, goodbye to soil bugs. I had a good giggle at your editing commentary by the way!
Very helpful video! I have a couple of questions regarding the anthurium crystallinum in the clear, enclosed glass vase you have in this video. 1) How much water do you fill? 2) How do you flush the plant?
Hey and thanks for your comment. I fill the vase for 1/4th and I flush by holding my hand on top of the substrate and then just filling it up with water and then turning it upside down :p
Hi!! Thank you so much for your video. I learned quite a lot about LECHUZA Pon. Hehe. Would you know how to tell when the plants should be watered? It's a bit hard to tell. hehe :)
Hey Camille, my (tropical) plants are all in self watering pots or trays with water so the substrate is always in contact with the water. So I just fill the reservoir of the self watering pots / trays when they are empty.
Great video! Refering to how you are growing your beautiful from The Botanical Garden⚘, do you wrap the wick (string) loosely around the roots & then drop down to the water? Or do you keep the string from touching the roots? I appreciate any advice.
Hi. Can you share why you prefer Lechuza Pon over Leca? I just bought all of the supplies for Leca, and then discovered this. I am curious about the advantages of Lechuaz pon vs Leca and why you prefer it over Leca. Thank you so much! Oh and...can I use my nutrients that I was going to use for Leca when it's time to fertilize in Lechua Pon?
Great info! I also have ”trouble” with the pots, just got my pon mix so i havent put any plants in yet. Before i had only terracotta, so i dont really know what to do now. Have you tried it with the ones made of plastic/glass/stone? They look a bit lite the terracotta and have a hole in the bottom as well. I have seen people doing it that way without a nersery pot but get confused😅
Haha I love your face when talking about the Lechuza pots and how ugly they are :p Do you think using an inner and outer pot without the strings will also work? Not a big fan of terracotta and the self-watering pots are always so expensive :D Oh god I ordered 18L, will arrive on Monday, oops! It will weight a lot I guess?
Awesome video 😊 Do they still sell the pon/substrate? I didn’t see it on their site and I can’t find it on amazon...do you know if there’s a similar one I can buy? Thanks!!
Hey there, It got very popular so I think they might have some problems with their supplier.. But it's basically pumice, lava stone and some other stony things, it's should be easy to make. Check the ingredients on their website!
Does this mean you don't have to repot your plants unless they need a bigger pot? My question is do you need to change the lechuza every once in a while?
@@lunatazekat9868 I have the older pots and just unscrew the plug from the bottom and flush through, leave to drain, and then pop the plug back in the bottom.
I pronounce it like you do because I speak German (not fluently), but I have also called customer service at the headquarters in the US several times, and they have a recorded message stating "thank you for calling Lechuza..." and they pronounce it very Anglicized, like you would expect it to be pronounced if it were an English or American English word, not german. The company pronounces it "la-CHEW-zuh" rather than "le-KOO-tsah" as you would expect a German name spelled like this to be pronounced. I've been married twice (still married), & both men I married had/have German surnames. I learned the hard way that no one in America knows how to pronounce German names, even though we speak a Germanic language. It's very frustrating, especially since it's a very easy language to learn to pronounce. My poor kids! Thank you for your videos on the Pons--I've been using Lechuza planters for the past few months, but I've been afraid to fully transition to Pons, so I use it only on the bottom of pots to help keep the roots aerated. I have heard Leca is better, but I'm nervous about either substrate because I've only used soil mixed for Aroids. I appreciate all your input a lot!
Hahaha thanks for this comment! I think the german way is indeed le-KOO-za. German is actually really close to Dutch which is my mother language. I would just try pon and see the difference!
@@PlantingPlants I finally did shortly after your video--you gave me the courage to use it in a number of rare aroids I had either just received from Indonesia in a large order, or a few I had paid a fortune for locally like a baby Pink Princess Philodendron. THEY LOVE IT OMG. The PPP was curling up when I got her home and all my research said it was because I had used a misting bottle to moisten the soil, and they hate damp roots a LOT. Little Diva plants, they say. I put her in the pon in a small Lechuza pot and WOW she adapted so fast, uncurled and everything! Several of my more sensitive plants adapted to this instantly! I have a Gloriosum I put in and she immediately pushed out a brand new leaf. I've been using self-watering pots for a while with excellent success, but now using the Pon is next level! I watched an Aroid expert explain his very plausible theory on why root rot occurs at all. He said "it isn't too much water, it's too little oxygen" and based on my experience with these plants and especially the Pon for plants that HATE damp roots but clearly still need water, he's right, and Pon is PERFECT! only holds up to 45% moisture but also holds up to 55% "oxygen" rather breathable air, and it is exactly what these plants, especially the delicate ones, need! I cannot thank you enough for giving me the courage to use it. I have about a dozen more Aroids coming from Asia this Friday and I need to hurry up and order the new pots with the Pon!
You don’t use soil?? I am wondering because I want to plant baisil. I have a lot of problems with a white fly with the baisil. And I want to avoid using soil.
I have managed to grow the basil but after a few months I am starting to see my plants get sad some how I don’t know about what type of fertilizer to use and I frequently see fungus on the top of the lechuza pon substract,,.. any thoughts on that ?.. is that killing my plants ? 🤒
How do you prevent buildup of salts in self-watering pots? Lechuza doesn't seem to address that issue. Normal tap water contains about 0.3 gram of salts per litre and with each watering those grams accumulate within the pot until, presumably, there is such a high salt content that plant dies. Also, I've seen in your other video that you have a monstera deliciosa; have you tried to grow it in the PON? P.S. I measured EC of run-off water from planter with Lechuza pon right after replanting and it's well below 1.0 mS (initial EC of water about 0.1-0.15). So it looks like you can fertilize the mix from the start.
You can’t prevent the buildup of minerals and salt. I once had contact with Lechuza about this issue and they told me a weird story about it so what I do is I don’t water with fertilizer everytime. So basically I’m flushing the pot just like with LECA. And thanks for your information about fertilizing from the start, very helpfull! And about the monstera, I’m growing one in LECA and my biggest one are still in soil since it’s so much work to repot them and they are growing nicely! ✌🏼 Greetings, Thijmen
@@PlantingPlants BTW, I was told that in Germany there is cheap unbranded version of Lechuza PON sold by Vulcatec www.vulkatec-onlineshop.de/Dachbegruenung/Kakteenerde_Premium/236.html Might be handy if you need large quantity of the mix.
Waiting for my order of pon to arrive! Looking forward to switching over to it. Thank you for this, very helpful! What is the plant at the 7:00 min mark? I'm trying to ID one of my plants and it looks very much like that one.
Hey there, I do grow some succulents in lechuza pon and it works aswell! The only thing is that I don't use self watering set-ups for those type of plants. I just use the pon as a substrate in combination with terracotta pots.
Hey Bart, Momenteel gebruik in Liquid Gold Leaf, maar in principe zou je elke voeding ervoor kunnen gebruiken. Het probleem is alleen dat het belangrijk is dat het pH neutraal is, zodat de wortels de voeding vanuit het water kunnen opnemen. Bij Liquid Gold Leaf is dit het geval dus hoef je niet met pH meters etc te werken. Groetjes, Thijmen
@@PlantingPlants Hey Thijmen, bedankt voor je antwoord. Ik heb zelf ook LGL, dus dat is dan al iets wat niet tot problemen zou moeten leiden. Ik vroeg mij het vooral af, omdat Lechuza zelf ook een fertilizer heeft en of dat de Pon de LGL niet kan opnemen ofzo haha. Ik hoop morgen ook Pon te scoren en dan ga ik een paar planten omzetten! Benieuwd naar de resultaten :)
@@bartvanlier95 Goeie vraag, er zit inderdaad slow release fertilizer in de Pon, dus in principe zou je niet gelijk voeding hoeven toe te voegen. De voeding wordt opgenomen door het water, en om het goed op te kunnen nemen moet de pH tussen (uit m'n hoofd) de 5 en 6 zijn. Nu is het zo dat LGL claimt dat zij ervoor zorgen dat de voeding opgenomen kan worden door het water omdat de pH neutraal blijft. Hoe dit precies werkt is moeilijk uit te leggen maar heeft geloof ik vooral te maken met scheikunde (niks voor mij). Ik gebruik vooral de voeding omdat het mij goede resultaten geeft. Ik zou aanraden om te beginnen met de plantjes om te zetten naar de Pon, en alleen water te geven en na een aantal weken (4/6) elke keer een klein beetje voeding toe te voegen aan het water (0.5 ml per liter). In de winter hoef je dit niet te doen maar tijdens het groeiseizoen geeft dit de planten net even een extra boost! Ik ben benieuwd naar je resultaten met pon. Mocht je vragen hebben stel deze dan gerust! Groetjes, Thijmen
@@PlantingPlants Ja, was sowieso niet van plan om direct met voeding te gaan werken, omdat het voor 6 maanden voeding heeft inderdaad! Ik heb zelf ook geen verstand van wanneer voeding wel en niet opgenomen wordt, dus ik vertrouw ook blindelings op ze haha. Tegen de tijd dat ik voeding zou moeten gaan bijvoegen zitten we alweer zo goed als uit het groeiseizoen natuurlijk, dus laat het misschien maar achterwege... Ik ben je nu ook op Insta gaan volgen, dus mocht ik vragen hebben, stuur ik ze je daar wel :)
Hey, very curious wether you have tried Vulcastrat or Vulcaponic too since that is a lot easyer to get here in the Netherlands from dutch based shops and its a pretty large price diffrence. I have a question out at a supplier Wether they can inform me on the diffrence in how it works and wether vulcastrat or vulcaponic would work with the elho inserts aswell. But thank you for the glass container aiartion tip because i have a few cuttings in old peanutbutter jars.
I looked up vulcastrat and vulcaponic, they have the same ingredients as lechuza pon. However I dont think they have fertilizer, but thats an easy fix, just add fertilizer to your water. Also, One had a higher ratio of zeolites. I actually cant find lechuza pon so I mixed my own.
Hey man, have you watched my other video about repotting into pon? I talk about fertilizing a little in that one. Hope that helps, if not let me know. I'm happy to explain a little more in depth!
There will be a HUGE in-depth Lechuza Pon growing guide available in the near future. Interested? Check my highlights on instagram: instagram.com/plantingplants
Hey, thanks for watching this video. I'm curious to hear what your favorite substrate is to use for your indoor houseplants! Greetings, Thijmen
Hoi Thijmen, een vraagje over je glass container: laat je ook een laagje water in het glas net zoals bij hydokorrels?
@@NaturallyNavi Hey Jez, yep zitten in een laagje water. Ik raad deze techniek nog steeds niet aan want ik weet de lange termijn werking ervan niet. Mijne heb ik inmiddels uit de glazen containers gehaald want ik vond ze mooier in terracotta!
@@PlantingPlants okay top! Dank je :)
Ik ga het uitproberen bij een van mijn cheapo plants hahahha and we’ll see what happens.
Ik heb vandaag een paar detini (I think that’s what they’re called) gekocht dus ga ik morgen mijn syngonium overpotten. Ik ben benieuwd!
Hello from Alaska!
I make my own substrate..lava rock, pumice and zeolite..most of my plants went from soil, to my new substrate...I also use self watering pots..plants are doing so much better.
Your video is awsome..thank you for sharing
Theresa
Thank you for this video, it’s just what I needed as I start transitioning some of my plants. I found a helpful tip from Minimalist Cali to help pull the inner pot from the outer one. She puts medical tape (or any strong tape) on each side of the inner pot edge then folding over to the outside edge making a little tab so you can easily grab both sides of the pot and pull it out of the water reservoir. So simple and works like a charm.
Thanks alot for your video! I just ordered a Verrucosum in Lechuza Pon but it didn't come with the self watering pot so I had no idea what to. You definitely cleared things up, thank you!
Hey there. I'm very happy to hear that it cleared things up for you!
Hi, I've watched all of your videos about Lechuza and decided to give it a go ;) I ordered 5 pots and we'll see. Thank you for your videos they are really informative.
Happy to hear! I'm curious to hear more about your experiences.
I so agree with you about the pots…the Tera Cota pots look so much nicer.
Le-choo-za. New follower. Binging videos.
Haha appreciated! :)
Hey Thijmen, thank you for all your interesting Lechuza pon videos! I have 60+ plants and I‘m thinking of converting them to Lechuza pon. However I have them in terracotta pots and I don‘t want to buy any other pots, especially not plastic but I‘ve seen people grow them successfully in terracotta. I‘m just really nervous and unsure about the watering 🙈
Hey Dennis! I also grow most of them in TC pots so no worries!
@@PlantingPlants thank you :)
Hi! I'm just researching this medium. Do you have any experience with leca? Maybe you could make a comparison video? Thanks a million for this video, it's great :) greetings from Rotterdam!
Hey Karolina, thank you so much. I do use leca aswell but lately I've been transfering all my plants to pon. Good suggestion, I will try and make a video to compare them! Greetings from Schiedam ;)
@@PlantingPlants I did notice you said at 2:42 that you have been transferring plants from Leca to Pons, but I agree, it would be a good video. I realize I'm commenting 5 months late, so maybe after I finish this video I will see if you have uploaded the Leca vs Pons video? I'm in a hurry to learn about Pons right now because I just received a gorgeous little Philodendron Grazielae with bare roots, and I was starting to pot it in a pretty little white Lechuza Mini Deltini pot when I realized I should see if using the pons alone is a good idea this time, or if the plant is too delicate with its very fine, thin root system.
Please make more video of lechuza pon. There’s just not a lot of videos about it. Can you root unrooted cuttings in it? I just transferred a few hoyas, a potho, a monstera , just small cuttings from soil and from water and unrooted. Hope they all will be happy
Hey there,
Thanks for your comment. I will definitely do more videos on Lechuza pon! So stay tuned!
Greetings, Thijmen
Planting Plants looking forward to it! I think because it was introduced in Germany first, the experiences/information that is available, is not in English. Thank you’
Thank you for this ... very informative
Thank you, happy to hear!
Your plants are gorgeous! Can you give me the link to where you purchased the Lechuza insert?
Great video. Looking forward to more content
Thank yo very much!
Thanks for this video! Super helpful, just got my first bag of lechuza pon, goodbye to soil bugs. I had a good giggle at your editing commentary by the way!
Hey Evelyn,
Haha thank you so much for your nice comment. Do you like using the pon so far?
Greetings, Thijmen
@@PlantingPlants I like it! The only thing is I'm unsure when to water 😅 I think I'm going to flush them through weekly or something
Very helpful video! I have a couple of questions regarding the anthurium crystallinum in the clear, enclosed glass vase you have in this video. 1) How much water do you fill? 2) How do you flush the plant?
Hey and thanks for your comment. I fill the vase for 1/4th and I flush by holding my hand on top of the substrate and then just filling it up with water and then turning it upside down :p
Fantastic video. Have you tried planting Rhaphidophora in pon? There aren't a lot of info on Rhaphidophora Hayi/Cryptantha in pon on the internet.
Hi!! Thank you so much for your video. I learned quite a lot about LECHUZA Pon. Hehe. Would you know how to tell when the plants should be watered? It's a bit hard to tell. hehe :)
Hey Camille, my (tropical) plants are all in self watering pots or trays with water so the substrate is always in contact with the water. So I just fill the reservoir of the self watering pots / trays when they are empty.
@@PlantingPlants Oh! Okay okay, got it. Thank you so much! :)
Great video! Refering to how you are growing your beautiful from The Botanical Garden⚘, do you wrap the wick (string) loosely around the roots & then drop down to the water? Or do you keep the string from touching the roots? I appreciate any advice.
I just added the string and then added the roots. So in the beginning the roots were not in touch with the string but after the roots grew, it did.
Hi. Can you share why you prefer Lechuza Pon over Leca? I just bought all of the supplies for Leca, and then discovered this. I am curious about the advantages of Lechuaz pon vs Leca and why you prefer it over Leca. Thank you so much! Oh and...can I use my nutrients that I was going to use for Leca when it's time to fertilize in Lechua Pon?
Great info! I also have ”trouble” with the pots, just got my pon mix so i havent put any plants in yet. Before i had only terracotta, so i dont really know what to do now. Have you tried it with the ones made of plastic/glass/stone? They look a bit lite the terracotta and have a hole in the bottom as well. I have seen people doing it that way without a nersery pot but get confused😅
Thanks for the info.
Happy to provide it!
Haha I love your face when talking about the Lechuza pots and how ugly they are :p Do you think using an inner and outer pot without the strings will also work? Not a big fan of terracotta and the self-watering pots are always so expensive :D Oh god I ordered 18L, will arrive on Monday, oops! It will weight a lot I guess?
Hahaha thanks. Yeah that works aswell. I use a lot of different methods aswell as the one you are mentioning!
Thijmen, kan ik ook zo te werk gaan:
Plant met pon in binnenpot en deze in sierpot zetten met 2 à 3 cm water zodat deze het water kan opslorpen?
Zeker!!!
is it possible to buy already mixed and ready? I feel it is complicated to buy the ingredients and mix them .thanks
Awesome video 😊 Do they still sell the pon/substrate? I didn’t see it on their site and I can’t find it on amazon...do you know if there’s a similar one I can buy? Thanks!!
Hey there, It got very popular so I think they might have some problems with their supplier.. But it's basically pumice, lava stone and some other stony things, it's should be easy to make. Check the ingredients on their website!
Planting Plants Thanks!!
Zeoliet, pumice and lava 🤗
@@lunatazekat9868 Thanks!! 😊
@@lunatazekat9868 That is what all my plants are in..
Does this mean you don't have to repot your plants unless they need a bigger pot? My question is do you need to change the lechuza every once in a while?
Thanks for all the info! :) Do you flush the Lechuza Pon same way you would do with Leca in between waterings?
Hey Jochen, Once a month / 5 weeks I flush them by watering from the top without the tray / outer pot!
You flush them? That is not necessary with pon is it? I never read or heard that before 🤭🤗
@@lunatazekat9868 Minerals and salt still build up so it acutally is in the long term!
Hmmm make sense, but how do you flush when having older Lechuza pots where there aren’t any inside pots.....
@@lunatazekat9868 I have the older pots and just unscrew the plug from the bottom and flush through, leave to drain, and then pop the plug back in the bottom.
I would love to try PON for my hoyas, but can't seem to get it in Canada. It's either unavailable or sold out.
I pronounce it like you do because I speak German (not fluently), but I have also called customer service at the headquarters in the US several times, and they have a recorded message stating "thank you for calling Lechuza..." and they pronounce it very Anglicized, like you would expect it to be pronounced if it were an English or American English word, not german. The company pronounces it "la-CHEW-zuh" rather than "le-KOO-tsah" as you would expect a German name spelled like this to be pronounced. I've been married twice (still married), & both men I married had/have German surnames. I learned the hard way that no one in America knows how to pronounce German names, even though we speak a Germanic language. It's very frustrating, especially since it's a very easy language to learn to pronounce. My poor kids!
Thank you for your videos on the Pons--I've been using Lechuza planters for the past few months, but I've been afraid to fully transition to Pons, so I use it only on the bottom of pots to help keep the roots aerated. I have heard Leca is better, but I'm nervous about either substrate because I've only used soil mixed for Aroids. I appreciate all your input a lot!
Hahaha thanks for this comment! I think the german way is indeed le-KOO-za. German is actually really close to Dutch which is my mother language. I would just try pon and see the difference!
@@PlantingPlants I finally did shortly after your video--you gave me the courage to use it in a number of rare aroids I had either just received from Indonesia in a large order, or a few I had paid a fortune for locally like a baby Pink Princess Philodendron. THEY LOVE IT OMG. The PPP was curling up when I got her home and all my research said it was because I had used a misting bottle to moisten the soil, and they hate damp roots a LOT. Little Diva plants, they say. I put her in the pon in a small Lechuza pot and WOW she adapted so fast, uncurled and everything! Several of my more sensitive plants adapted to this instantly! I have a Gloriosum I put in and she immediately pushed out a brand new leaf. I've been using self-watering pots for a while with excellent success, but now using the Pon is next level! I watched an Aroid expert explain his very plausible theory on why root rot occurs at all. He said "it isn't too much water, it's too little oxygen" and based on my experience with these plants and especially the Pon for plants that HATE damp roots but clearly still need water, he's right, and Pon is PERFECT! only holds up to 45% moisture but also holds up to 55% "oxygen" rather breathable air, and it is exactly what these plants, especially the delicate ones, need! I cannot thank you enough for giving me the courage to use it. I have about a dozen more Aroids coming from Asia this Friday and I need to hurry up and order the new pots with the Pon!
Did you try to grow your cutting in Lechuza Pon? What are your experiences?
You don’t use soil?? I am wondering because I want to plant baisil. I have a lot of problems with a white fly with the baisil. And I want to avoid using soil.
I don't use soil anymore, you can use this substrate to grow basil in aswell!
Planting Plants I have planted several and I am waiting to see if they will grow!
I have managed to grow the basil but after a few months I am starting to see my plants get sad some how I don’t know about what type of fertilizer to use and I frequently see fungus on the top of the lechuza pon substract,,.. any thoughts on that ?.. is that killing my plants ? 🤒
How do you prevent buildup of salts in self-watering pots? Lechuza doesn't seem to address that issue. Normal tap water contains about 0.3 gram of salts per litre and with each watering those grams accumulate within the pot until, presumably, there is such a high salt content that plant dies.
Also, I've seen in your other video that you have a monstera deliciosa; have you tried to grow it in the PON?
P.S. I measured EC of run-off water from planter with Lechuza pon right after replanting and it's well below 1.0 mS (initial EC of water about 0.1-0.15). So it looks like you can fertilize the mix from the start.
You can’t prevent the buildup of minerals and salt. I once had contact with Lechuza about this issue and they told me a weird story about it so what I do is I don’t water with fertilizer everytime. So basically I’m flushing the pot just like with LECA. And thanks for your information about fertilizing from the start, very helpfull! And about the monstera, I’m growing one in LECA and my biggest one are still in soil since it’s so much work to repot them and they are growing nicely! ✌🏼 Greetings, Thijmen
@@PlantingPlants BTW, I was told that in Germany there is cheap unbranded version of Lechuza PON sold by Vulcatec
www.vulkatec-onlineshop.de/Dachbegruenung/Kakteenerde_Premium/236.html
Might be handy if you need large quantity of the mix.
Waiting for my order of pon to arrive! Looking forward to switching over to it. Thank you for this, very helpful!
What is the plant at the 7:00 min mark? I'm trying to ID one of my plants and it looks very much like that one.
Have you done any succulents or aeoniums in lechuza pon?
Hey there, I do grow some succulents in lechuza pon and it works aswell! The only thing is that I don't use self watering set-ups for those type of plants. I just use the pon as a substrate in combination with terracotta pots.
What's the name of the plant in the terracotta pot with the white variegation please??
It's a syngonium albo podophyllum
I make my own Pon and add nutrient solution.
My plants love it!
Welke voeding gebruik je nu voor je planten ? :)
Hey Bart,
Momenteel gebruik in Liquid Gold Leaf, maar in principe zou je elke voeding ervoor kunnen gebruiken. Het probleem is alleen dat het belangrijk is dat het pH neutraal is, zodat de wortels de voeding vanuit het water kunnen opnemen. Bij Liquid Gold Leaf is dit het geval dus hoef je niet met pH meters etc te werken.
Groetjes, Thijmen
@@PlantingPlants Hey Thijmen, bedankt voor je antwoord. Ik heb zelf ook LGL, dus dat is dan al iets wat niet tot problemen zou moeten leiden. Ik vroeg mij het vooral af, omdat Lechuza zelf ook een fertilizer heeft en of dat de Pon de LGL niet kan opnemen ofzo haha. Ik hoop morgen ook Pon te scoren en dan ga ik een paar planten omzetten! Benieuwd naar de resultaten :)
@@bartvanlier95 Goeie vraag, er zit inderdaad slow release fertilizer in de Pon, dus in principe zou je niet gelijk voeding hoeven toe te voegen. De voeding wordt opgenomen door het water, en om het goed op te kunnen nemen moet de pH tussen (uit m'n hoofd) de 5 en 6 zijn. Nu is het zo dat LGL claimt dat zij ervoor zorgen dat de voeding opgenomen kan worden door het water omdat de pH neutraal blijft. Hoe dit precies werkt is moeilijk uit te leggen maar heeft geloof ik vooral te maken met scheikunde (niks voor mij). Ik gebruik vooral de voeding omdat het mij goede resultaten geeft. Ik zou aanraden om te beginnen met de plantjes om te zetten naar de Pon, en alleen water te geven en na een aantal weken (4/6) elke keer een klein beetje voeding toe te voegen aan het water (0.5 ml per liter). In de winter hoef je dit niet te doen maar tijdens het groeiseizoen geeft dit de planten net even een extra boost! Ik ben benieuwd naar je resultaten met pon. Mocht je vragen hebben stel deze dan gerust! Groetjes, Thijmen
@@PlantingPlants Ja, was sowieso niet van plan om direct met voeding te gaan werken, omdat het voor 6 maanden voeding heeft inderdaad! Ik heb zelf ook geen verstand van wanneer voeding wel en niet opgenomen wordt, dus ik vertrouw ook blindelings op ze haha. Tegen de tijd dat ik voeding zou moeten gaan bijvoegen zitten we alweer zo goed als uit het groeiseizoen natuurlijk, dus laat het misschien maar achterwege... Ik ben je nu ook op Insta gaan volgen, dus mocht ik vragen hebben, stuur ik ze je daar wel :)
You can use pon too in like terra pots and studf right? Or is a water reservoir thingie neccersary?
Terracotta aswell but you have to water a lot!
Pronunciation: /leh-CHOO-zah/ (means "owl" in Spanish)
Hey, very curious wether you have tried Vulcastrat or Vulcaponic too since that is a lot easyer to get here in the Netherlands from dutch based shops and its a pretty large price diffrence. I have a question out at a supplier Wether they can inform me on the diffrence in how it works and wether vulcastrat or vulcaponic would work with the elho inserts aswell.
But thank you for the glass container aiartion tip because i have a few cuttings in old peanutbutter jars.
I looked up vulcastrat and vulcaponic, they have the same ingredients as lechuza pon. However I dont think they have fertilizer, but thats an easy fix, just add fertilizer to your water. Also, One had a higher ratio of zeolites.
I actually cant find lechuza pon so I mixed my own.
I checked their German youtube channel. They pronounce it "le-choo-za"
This is a really good tutorial on using lechuza pon. What fertilizer do you use? And what is dilution ratio? Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hey man, have you watched my other video about repotting into pon? I talk about fertilizing a little in that one. Hope that helps, if not let me know. I'm happy to explain a little more in depth!
@@PlantingPlants I will check that out. Thank you so much!