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ADDeejay

What are your favorite ratios for soil mixes? Would love to compare notes 🤔 having trouble figuring out a good set of mixes. I have a bunch of different substrates. Never can get it fluffy without retaining too much water, myself.

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  1. 9s

    2 coco coir, 2 perlite, 1 charcoal, 1 orchid bark, 1 vermiculite. This is my go to mix for basically everything that’s not a succulent. Dries in around 1-2 weeks so great for lots of houseplants. :)

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  2. ADDeejay

    I really need to find some coir. It’s been out at the last 3 places I looked. Is all charcoal the same? I added some to my mix recently and it compromised the whole thing. Made it heavy with soot ash that got muddy.

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    • 9s

      Buy the bricks off Amazon. It’s cheap and lasts a long time. For charcoal, you have to get horticultural charcoal. I like getting the better grow orchid mix and just adding more coco coir to it if I’m lazy

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    • 9s

      If you used griller charcoal, it usually has additives to make it light on fire easier which is why it isn’t good for the plant.

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    • ADDeejay

      Last night your replies weren’t coming through. I could see they were coming in, but couldn’t see them here. THIS MAKES SENSE LOL. Ok good to know. As I said in a reply below, my orchid bark tends to mold. Is that ok? Not bad or anything, just lightly. Is that normal? I’m not even overwatering or anything.

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    • ADDeejay

      Wasn’t griller but it wasn’t horticultural

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    • Lay.grew.it

      I get my coco coir from dollar tree

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  3. Tee Jay

    1/3 fox farm soil, 1/3 perlite, 1/3 orchid bark

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    • ADDeejay

      Is orchid bark supposed to get mold on it? Maybe I’m doing it wrong 😆

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  4. courtney

    I use 1/2 peat moss and 1/2 miracle grow but I live in a super dry environment so my plants love the water retention.

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  5. Leafmealone

    I use fox farm coco loco along with fox farm ocean forest and orchid bark. I don’t know why the bark is getting moldy. Maybe a bad batch? If it’s just white mold you can sprinkle some cinnamon on it and it’ll be fine.

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    • ADDeejay

      Some bits were actually yellow 0.o some are white. Just weird stuff I’ll have to photograph it if I see it again.

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