--- title: "Can I use Vigoro Pea Gravel for Succulents?" description: "Can I use Vigoro Pea Gravel for Succulents?" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/qeGQ4KP3TxCP-RW3KRpIhQ" community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle" author: "Julie" published: "2024-11-19T21:38:15.295711Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/theCactusAndSucculentCircle.jpg" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [The Cactus \& Succulent Circle](https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w.md) # Can I use Vigoro Pea Gravel for Succulents? _Posted by Julie on 2024-11-19_ Can I use Vigoro Pea Gravel for Succulents? ## 6 comments ### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-11-19 Like In a homemade mix? ### Julie commented on 2024-11-19 Yes homemade mix with succulent soil ### Julie commented on 2024-11-19 I have been using Jack’s gritty mix and I’ve used 10 bags of 2 gallons. Can’t continue to buy this brand as it’s expensive. I found a cheaper alternate from Home Depot - Vigoro brand pea gravel. The pebbles are bigger but not sure if this is okay to use. ### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-11-19 You can use pea gravel, but it has zero nutrients. So you'd need to ammend it with something else. Like 60+% pea gravel to 40%- perlite, bark, potting mix, calcified clay, etc. Whatever your specific plants needed. ### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-11-19 This is an Agave, but for anything dryer loving, This is the mix I've been using lately, and its going pretty well. It's mostly orchid bark, akadama, perlite. And a small % of my usual potting mix (fox farms ocean, charcoal, gypsum, perlite, bark, innoculant). ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/LABcXOiTFudmBUCsau2S0dZnnxDdeMAvwSHhNs7sG2k/r33_cKJ3SdyV4Yd1xoA7hQ.webp?size=large) ### Julie commented on 2024-11-20 Thank you! --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_