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title: "I’m having trouble with my plants soil not drying out now that our…"
description: "I’m having trouble with my plants soil not drying out now that our air conditioning is on for the summer. It causing my plants to yellow. Help!"
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author: "Abby"
published: "2026-06-18T22:11:37.384591Z"
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# I’m having trouble with my plants soil not drying out now that our…

_Posted by Abby on 2026-06-18_

I’m having trouble with my plants soil not drying out now that our air conditioning is on for the summer. It causing my plants to yellow. Help!

## 2 comments

### JR commented on 2026-06-19

Fans +/- a skewer poked several times (repeat 2-3x a week) into every plant to aerate and mimic worms and bugs tunneling into the soil

### Summz commented on 2026-06-19

The plant world’s favorite potting mix (and mine too!) is a bag of potting soil + perlite + orchid bark mix. This will work for the majority of houseplants. It is light and won’t keep your plants waterlogged.  
I suggest Fox Farms ocean forest soil  
sungro perlite and miracle gro indoor potting mix for orchids.

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