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title: "Alright ladies and gents…. Please give me your suggestions for my new…"
description: "Alright ladies and gents…. Please give me your suggestions for my new baby hoya krimson queen. She came in the mail looking a little rough. This is my first…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Kylee"
published: "2024-07-20T17:39:31.917137Z"
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# Alright ladies and gents…. Please give me your suggestions for my new…

_Posted by Kylee on 2024-07-20_

Alright ladies and gents…. Please give me your suggestions for my new baby hoya krimson queen. She came in the mail looking a little rough. This is my first time buying a prop (I usually prop them myself), so I’m open to ideas!

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## 4 comments

### Sunny commented on 2024-07-20

Don’t use standard potting soil especially if it has peat moss. Hoyas like a chunky potting mix with coconut husk and perlite. Others mix in orchid bark, charcoal bits and timed release fertilizer.

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#### Kylee replied on 2024-07-20

She came in potting soil 🥲 I have no idea what her roots look like, I’m scared to look. Should I try to get the soil off and put her in some chunky mix or sphag moss \& orchid bark mix

#### Sunny replied on 2024-07-20

Definitely change the soil mix. Hoyas are epiphytes whose roots like more oxygen and no standing water since they are tree climbers.

#### Kylee replied on 2024-07-21

Thank you!

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