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title: "It appears the majority of my house plants have hydrophobic soil. I’m…"
description: "It appears the majority of my house plants have hydrophobic soil. I’m going to run to town soon and see what I can find to make a chunkier soil mix for them.…"
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author: "Destinie Merwin"
published: "2024-07-27T18:41:27.34245Z"
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# It appears the majority of my house plants have hydrophobic soil. I’m…

_Posted by Destinie Merwin on 2024-07-27_

It appears the majority of my house plants have hydrophobic soil. I’m going to run to town soon and see what I can find to make a chunkier soil mix for them. What do you all use in your chunky soil mixes and where do you get it from?

## 2 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-07-27

I use Fox Farm Ocean Forest as my base and supplement with extra perlite, peat, and orchid bark as needed depending on the plant. A bag of earth worm castings is great to have on hand, too

#### YinDeezy replied on 2024-07-27

+1 for Fox Farm, but agree that it’s too dense right out the bag for most tropicals. I’d also recommend Mother Earth Groundswell if you can find it.

I’ve been using Groundswell + perlite + worm castings lately. I add orchid bark for aroids

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