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title: "For those of you that make your own chunky soil mixes…. What do you…"
description: "For those of you that make your own chunky soil mixes…. What do you use? I’ve just been using an indoor soil potting mix I get at Walmart but I’ve been wanting…"
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author: "Destinie Merwin"
published: "2024-07-10T16:00:57.134497Z"
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# For those of you that make your own chunky soil mixes…. What do you…

_Posted by Destinie Merwin on 2024-07-10_

For those of you that make your own chunky soil mixes…. What do you use? I’ve just been using an indoor soil potting mix I get at Walmart but I’ve been wanting to try something new when it comes time to repot some of my babies or as I get new plants.

## 6 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-07-10

I use a cactus succulent soil and then I mix it with perlite and orchid bark, seems to work well so far!

### Alyssa commented on 2024-07-10

I also love having those kind of additives to my soil, because then I can amend it how I like and if one plant needs more aeration and another one needs more water retention I just switch the ratios up. I get my cactus soil mix from target (feels better that it’s totally indoors and climate controlled versus outdoor bags), and my perlite from Lowe’s and I found orchid bark from Amazon

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-07-10

Orchid bark, chunky perlite, coco chips, horticultural charcoal, and a little coco coir. I get everything from Amazon

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-07-10

I use Fox Farm ocean forest as my base — it’s rich and fairly chunky right out of the bag — and add things in that others have listed case by case. I like to have perlite, fir bark and/or coco coir, peat moss, and worm castings on hand.

### YinDeezy commented on 2024-07-11

Mother’s Earth ground swell + chunky perlite + worm castings. I add orchid bark for aroids

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#### YinDeezy replied on 2024-07-11

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