Repotting Houseplants to Hydroponics
Choosing Plants for Transplanting

Knowing what to expect before you start transplanting will help guide you through the process.

Tips for nurturing new transplants during the transition from soil to hydroponics are below.

Table Top Plants

Plant Type (Common Name)	Plant Type (Scientific Name)	Difficulty Rating	Comments
Aluminum Plant	Pilea cadierei	Might Need Coaxing
Chinese Evergreen (all types)	Alglaonema  Jubilee Alglaonema Midnight Alglaonema Silver Bay Alglaonema Maria Alglaonema White Rain	Easy
Corn Plants	Dracaena Janet Craig Dracaena  Neon Dracaena Warnecki	Easy
Crown of Thorns	Euphorbia Milii	Easy
Emerald Ripple Peperomia	Pilea caperata	Easy
Hawiian Schefflera	Arboricola green and variegated	Easy
Mother-in-Laws Tongue	Sansaveria Laurenti	Easy
Nerve Plant	Fittonia	Might Need Coaxing
Peace Lily	Spathiphyllum	Easy
Parlor Palm	Chamadorea elegans	Easy
Ponytail Palm	Beaucarnea recurvata	Easy
Song of India	Pleomele Song of India	Might Need Coaxing
Rubber Tree	Ficus Decora	Easy
Weeping Fig	Ficus Benjamina Ficus Midnight Ficue Wintergreen	Might Need Coaxing

Floor Plants

Plant Type (Common Name)	Plant Type (Scientific Name)	Difficulty Rating	Comments
Dumb Cane	Dieffenbachia	Easy
Cast Iron Plant	Aspidistria elatior	Easy
Corn Plants	Dracaena Janet Craig Dracaena  Neon Dracaena Warnecki	Easy
Elephant Ears	Philodendron Selloum	Easy
Palms -      Areca Palm      Bamboo Plam                Kentia  Palm      Parlor Palm      Triangle Palm	Chamadorea siefrzii Chamadorea elegans Howea fosteriana	Might Need Coaxing - Can be Difficult
Rubber Tree Rubber Tree - variegated	(Ficus Decora) (Ficus Decora var.)	Easy
	Philodendron Monstera	Easy
Umbrella Plant	Schefflera Amate	Might Need Coaxing
Weeping Fig -      (Ficus Benjamina)      (Ficus Neon)         (Ficus Starlight)		Might Need Coaxing

Hanging Plants -Vines, Ivies

Plant Type (Common Name)	Plant Type (Scientific Name)	Difficulty Rating	Comments
Creeping Fig	Ficus repens	Might Need Coaxing
Asparagus Fern	Asparagus densiflorus	Might Need Coaxing
Boston Fern		Difficult
Devils Ivy	Epipremnum aureum	Difficult
	Gynura aurantiaca
Spider Plant	Chlorophytum comosum	Easy
Swedish Ivy	Plectranthus	Difficult
Heartleaf Philodendron	Philodendron	Easy
Velvet Leaf Philodendron	Scindapsis pictus	Easy

Plant Care Tips for "After Transplanting"

The right growing environment is important for new transplanting while they convert to hydroponics. A good growing environment means gentle warm temperatures at the roots and good humidity at the leaves.

For best results on all your transplants (cuttings too!) take a look at tools for transplanting.

Most plants make the transition without incident. Plants with thin leaves and stems can struggle however. They don't have the ability to store water, so they depend on a constant supply of moisture from the roots. If the roots do not adapt quickly, the plant won't be getting the moisture it needs. It goes into "survival mode" where leaves wilt, dry up and eventually fall off.

Plant Care for "Easy Transplants"

Plants that are "Easy Transplants" do not require special care while they make the switch over to hydroponics. Simply follow the watering guidelines in the Transplanting Booklet that's in your Starter Set. You can also see watering guidelines for easy transplants here. 

Care for Plants That "Need Coaxing"

Some plants actually abandon their existing roots and insist on growing new ones. These plants will "Need Coaxing" during the transition because growing new roots takes time.

Follow the watering guidelines for these plants in the Transplanting Booklet or see them here.

Having the right tools for transplanting these plants will increase your success rate for these plants.

Plant Care for Difficult Transplants

Some plants that struggle with the transition to hydroponics and don't recover from the shock of transplanting. For these plants I recommend leaving the soil root ball intact and and planting it (soil included) into a bed of hydroponic pebbles, leaving the plant’s roots undisturbed.

This is called "terraponics".

See the details here.