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Look, I just really don't like working with soil in my apartment [DWC with Caladium, Tradescantia, Hawaiian "Ti"] (video.4d2.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cybervseas@lemmy.world to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
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Semi-hydro is so popular now, but everyone says to replace the water every few days because it runs out of oxygen. Coming from the aquarium/pond world I thought, "what if I put an extra bubble thing+pump into the pot?"

Apparently that's DWC. But so many of the ready-to-use DWC setups are...kind of ugly. I think people use them more for vegetables or weed. The caladium are from bulbs (etsy and Home Depot), the tradescantia are cuttings I took from a coworker's plant, and the "Ti" plants are still just logs I'm propagating that are showing their first little nubs now. Using aquarium liquid fertiizers.

I just want to avoid having a bunch of dirt in my apartment. Sweeping it, vacuuming, dirt stains...

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[โ€“] Deebster@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I like the idea of hydro since watering plants is a bit of a dark art (your plant is unhealthy often means you're watering too much or not enough).

I had to look up DWC (Deep Water Culture) and the page was talking about fast growth as one of the benefits. If you're not growing crops, I can see that being bit undesirable - have you noticed high growth levels?

[โ€“] cybervseas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nice, I felt the same way!

I don't dose fertilizer as often or as much as I would wager the weed growers do. I also don't leave the lights on for 18 hours a day like vegetable growers do. I don't think the plants are growing extremely quickly. It all seems pretty normal so far.

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