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title: "Looking for potting soil suggestions! I have a few monsterras, jade,…"
description: "Looking for potting soil suggestions! I have a few monsterras, jade, bear paw, snake and a spider plant. I want to eventually upgrade their soil from premade…"
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# Looking for potting soil suggestions! I have a few monsterras, jade,…

_Posted by Hannah on 2024-09-25_

Looking for potting soil suggestions! I have a few monsterras, jade, bear paw, snake and a spider plant. I want to eventually upgrade their soil from premade mixes to customized soil. I don't know anything about creating your own soil mixes though, and would love advice and resources on how one would start learning.

## 10 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-09-25

fox farm ocean forest is the GOAT for a base, in my opinion. it’s the base for all of my soil loving plants. i always have bags of fine peat, perlite, earthworm castings, and orchid bark to add in based on the requirements of specific plants

#### Hannah replied on 2024-09-25

Thank you, this really helps! Is there a place in the app or online where I can start to learn what each plants preferences are and ratios for mixing?

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-09-25

the app has some good general information about growing media per plant. for your collection well-draining (so good extra handfuls of bark and perlite) is best.

things like alocasia and oxalis for example do best (in my experience) in a 1:1 peat and perlite for the right water retention.

all plants are different and a lot of this is trial and error!

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2024-09-25

Molly's is really chunky and perfect for your plants

#### Hannah replied on 2024-09-25

Thank you!

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2024-09-25

YouTube "wildfern" , and "Harli g"

#### Hannah replied on 2024-09-25

Will do, thanks!

### Hayley commented on 2024-09-25

Fox Farm Ocean Forest is the base for most of my non-succulents. Spider plants specifically are mixed 3:1 with Fox Farms:Bonsai Jack Gritty Mix

Succulents get a 1:1 mix of Perfect Plants Succulent Soil:Bonsai Jack Gritty Mix

I have a dirty secret; I've never bought perlite 😅 I don't like the way it looks with a bunch of it in the soil and I've found a good ratio of Gritty Mix to give me a similar result. It's probably more expensive, but it's a better aesthetic for me

### Amber commented on 2024-12-09

I buy my soil from a lady on Etsy and hers is the best

### Amber commented on 2024-12-10

Her shop on etsy is Creative plant mama

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