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.
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
2 likes 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?
0 likes 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!
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Molly's is really chunky and perfect for your plants
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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
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I buy my soil from a lady on Etsy and hers is the best
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