
So Lechuza Pon, which is our most popular substrate, consists of four key ingredients. Jane: Let's just start with the very basics, for me, more than anything else, as a complete ignoramus about this stuff! What's actually in Pon? What's it made of?Īrvin: Fantastic question, so let's start with the ingredients list. So we're going to be hearing from Arvin Bhudia in this episode, who is Sales Director at Lechuza in the UK, to get it straight from the horse's mouth, as it were. Lots and lots of people are using this stuff successfully and some swear by it, but what is it, how does it work, how can you transfer your plants to it? I decided to go to the source to get information about Pon, from somebody at the firm that has been marketing this stuff for years, that is of course, Lechuza. They're turning instead to mineral-based substrates, specifically Pon. Jane: So many growers these days are choosing not to grow their plants in the traditional medium that's been used for, well, since forever: something soil-based, something organic. All of those things are highly valuable and much appreciated. Thank you to VivBurt and RoseFromReno, both in the US, who left lovely, lovely, lovely reviews for On The Ledge and to Tessa and Lucy, who both became Ledge-ends this week, joining Patreon and thus securing their right to listen to the first 50 episodes of the show! All the details for Patreon are in the show notes, as is info on how to make a one-off donation as well, so if I've saved a houseplant or two of yours from certain death, then why not say thank you with a small donation? How else can you say thank you? Well, leaving a review is a great thing to do, telling friends about the show, bigging On The Ledge up on Twitter or Instagram. Just a reminder, also, that after that 200th episode, the first 50 episodes of On The Ledge will be going Patreon-only, so if you're not a Patreon, of the Ledge-end or the Superfan level, you won't be able to hear those first 50 shows on free-to-listen any more, but you will be able to sign up to Patreon to hear them and there'll still be 150 free episodes to hear. It's going to make such a fun episode! I'm really looking forward to it, so do share your thoughts now. Just drop me some words to the same address. Just record a voice memo and send it to but if not, I can read it out for you. There is still time to get your thoughts to me. I've had happy stories, sad stories funny stories and you're going to hear them in episode 200, which will be going out on 22nd October. Jane: Thanks to all of you who have already responded to my request for your thoughts about what's changed for you in the world of houseplants since February 2017. What is it? What's it made of? Do you need to rinse it? Where do you get it? All your questions will be answered in this episode, plus, I answer a question about a succulent that's harbouring a surprise. I'm Jane Perrone, your host, and this week I am joined by Arvin Bhudia from Lechuza, to talk about their mineral-based substrate, Pon. Did that make me sound a bit like James Bond? Maybe I've been watching too many trailers! It's On The Ledge, the podcast about houseplants.

Omega will have to decide what’s more important-trusting the instincts of others or learning to trust in herself.Jane: This week, I eschew the soil and turn to Pon, Lechuza Pon.

Suddenly Omega’s magic begins to change, and the key to understanding her powers is more complicated than she thought. When a witch with the power to transform herself into an owl-known in Mexican folklore as La Lechuza-shows up unannounced, Omega, her best friend Clau (who happens to be a ghost), and her cousin Carlitos must conduct a séance under a full moon in order to unravel the mystery of the legend. But Omega’s powers don’t quite work, and it leaves her feeling like an outsider in her own family. So Omega’s family keeps to themselves, and in private, they’re Empaths-diviners who can read and manipulate the emotions of people and objects around them. But over the years, the town's reputation for the supernatural is no longer one the people carry with pride.

Omega Morales’s family has been practicing magic for centuries in Noche Buena.

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