As requested, my 'soil' mix!! These chunky mixes are great for promoting happy, healthy roots!

OMYGOD I must show your video to my Mom!! She constantly overwaters her plants no matter how many times I tell her to please stop overwatering them because then, I have to turn around and rescue them which trust, I don't mind at all!! But it amazes me that she just can't understand why her plants start turning yellow or die lol!!❤

Finally someone making sense👐👐 our soil mixes are personal, Following a recipe is kinda ridiculous...However learning about the ingredients you can mix together is awesome❣Great informational video❣

Pumice and pinebark are my favorite ingredients for bonsai soil. The roots you get are much healthier than mixes that are made up of mostly peat.

"Where the humidity is Canadian" - damn I felt that in my soul 😂 Indoor humidity in an Ottawa winter hits sub 20% 😭 I just add some sphagnum moss as a top dressing to help keep moisture in!

Something i like to do is toss mud from the river in with my chunky mixes. Just enough that the dilute mud coats each particle. The clay content stops it washing off, so long as you're not top watering. Provides nutrients au-naturale, and doesn't interfere with the good properties of the non soil materials. Works best in terrariums where the water cycle is even more gentle than bottom watering. I usually do this with a wide range of chunky materials. Akadama, calcined clay, crushed brick, aquasoil, bentonite, and other mineral clay gravels are about 1/3rd. I really recommend these as they help with leeching a lot as well. Rocky materials like leca, and lava rock are another 1/3rd. These are beneficial for keeping structure literally forever, and for root protection in later stages of decomposition. Then the last 3rd is a mix of organics that i select almost excluviely for how slow they break down. In other words, coco chips, sphagnum moss, charcoal, heartwood chips from really tough trees, and cork bark chips. While not technically immortal, this stuff will last years before any significant degradation is present, unlike things like pine bark, vermiculite, perlite, or castings. I optionally mix in leaf litter and softer wood/bark/twigs as food for bioactive animals for terrariums, in smaller amounts.

The eyebrows are always on point

Before i saw this video, I have recently changed all my potting soil mix and used all the ingredients you've mentioned here(soilless mix), but I'm not quite sure whether it will be suitable for my aroids, but after watching your video i now can sleep peacefully without worries. Thank you.

This has literally been my plant mix for the last 1/2 years! My plant🪴 babes luv it!

I'm new to all this... been watching a ton of videos and yours is by far the best. This soil mixture makes sense too, even to someone who has zero knowledge about plants and is so confused by all the different infos put out there. Thank you 👍😀

Would love to see some repotting videos!

Love your mix. Makes real sense. You obviously love your plants.

I just repotted 10 plants in a very similar soil mix. I know I know. 🤭 It’s winter but they needed it. Praying that they start flourishing 🤞🏾

This was so incredibly informative and really covered all the bases. Thank you so much.

That was so informative! Thanks for sharing all the background info too! Great video as always 😊

I’m new to plants and thought I was doing a good job with my potting soil mixed with pumice and worm castings 😅 your chunky mix looks perfect 😍

Just found your page and omg I am so happy 😊 thank you so much for this video. It was SOOOO INFORMATIVE!!! I'll be watching all your videos you are the best!!!!!!

Thank you! I really enjoyed watching this. I'm just starting to mix my own. Waiting on charcoal and orchid bark.

This video is awesome. I learn something new every time I watch!

Wow hands-down the best video I have seen on soil!!!!!

Could you potentially do an aroid beginners video. For those of us who have never grown anthuriums but would love to and are completely scared to try!

Can’t wait to start repotting ,in my mind I knew the problem, now I know how to fix it ! bye bye dense soil👌🏼👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This was THE BEST mixture explanation. Thank you ! 🙏🌹💜

*Madly taking notes* Another great video. Thank you for always providing such great content!

Awesome video . I really appreciate how you get to the point and stay on point . Very good information. Thank you .

Thanks for sharing! Learn something new everyday!

Just found your video in my feed and LOVE the BEAUTIFUL plant space in your intro!! And thank you for sharing, I could definitely use this mix for my Anthuriums and Orchids!!❤️😊🙏

Great video ! I’ve been noticing that even my pothos are dying, then I see all the roots rotting off into the soil 🙄 I do have to add more items (cocoa chunks, charcoal) to my potting mixtures. BTW can’t wait to see you in your new home! I have a feeling, you’ve been slowly packing your plant collection...and will gradually move them into their new home(s) 🙌🏾

I actually did the same thing with my Leca Balls. I tried to convert over to it and it just doesn't work for how I am as a plant person so I started adding them into my soil mixture. I feel like I finally am seeing the mixture that works for me and this video reassured me. Thank you!

Very useful! Thanks for the informative contents. Was looking around to get ideas about mixing my own mix for my plants that I been struggling with. Going to grab some of those mediums tomorrow. Cheers 🙏

Was just searching for a video like this when you posted! Super helpful and informative! 🪴💚

Gosh! So clear and confident with ur information. Love ya~

Wonderfully described. Loved it. ❤❤

I completely agree with everything you said. Thank you for sharing

loved these tips

What an excellent video. Thanks!

Be careful searching for "large chunk coco mix".... you get brownies!! :P Excellent explanations of the ingredients and why you use them..... This mix looks awesome.... I'm gonna go shopping!!

This is so similar to the one I use. I add the soil/perlite mix in with my plants as well

Awesome mix. 🪴🌿🤗❤

Another non-loving leca mama 😆 great as usual 💚

Great stuff as always 👍🏼

This is really good plant advice.

Thank you for sharing this!

Cool, that's pretty similar to Al Tapla's 5:1:1 mix. Consistent particulate size range definitely makes a difference, so I screen and rinse off dust.

Appreciate this vid so much! You make a lot of sense to me.

👁️ YASSS, thanks for sharing! 🌱💚

I love your video. You make me wanna repot my anthurium right now coz i got all the ingredients with me now.😉

You have very quickly become one of my favorite planty youtubers! Always excited for a new video!❤

Great video 👍🏽. I live in Mn so I understand your weather. Your plants are beautiful. I have both cactus, succulents and tropical plants. I have learned so much from tub and you. If you could do a session about where to cut different plants for propagation. Thanks again.

Love love love “here but not”

Great info. I like that your videos get right to the point.

So bestttt! Thankyou so much ❤️

Haha! I have been putting leca as a reservoir for all my props with perlite, stratum, tree fern etc! I have 2 huge bags of leca(I got it for an amazing price) and I hate it for just leca hydroponic use sooooo I have also been mixing it in my “soil” too!

First time seeing you and this video. Loved it! Subscribed! 🤙

Very enjoyable and educational. Thank you

Thanks, this was very helpful.

Awesome! Thank you.

Very informative and helpful. Thx.

Hello, fellow Canadian! A while back I had bought a HUGE bag of coco 'peat' not realizing how fine it was... big mistake! It held so much water even when adding huge amounts of perlite/pumice. I'm slowly working my way through the bag since I don't want to waste it, but I have a feeling it is going to take forever to use up. I might have to give my Mom's yard a ninja donation. I do now have coco chunks & fiber, what a huge difference! I am so glad you showed the bags as I found it hard to find the coco chunks & fiber, and ended up having to buy it off of Etsy; however, at least it was pre-rinsed so I didn't have to worry about buffering it/rinsing it myself since I don't have an RO system in my condo! Regarding the charcoal, does it have to be horticultural charcoal, which essentially is charred wood, or is it okay to be using aquarium activated charcoal? I like the fact that the activated carbon/charcoal is so uniform in size.

Thank you soooo much for this!!!

Thank you for sharing your “soil mix!” Definitely will try on my Cebu blue ( which I bought online and will ship in I think sphagnum moss ). 🤗👌

Such an informative video!

I love my plants to death. Literally. I know the problem it's the soil and the drainage and the fact that I am a helicopter father as you put it LOL this video was incredibly informative and gave me the tools that I think I need for success

Best video ever! THANK YOU!!!!!😁

Thank you..Lots of great information.

Great video!!!!

Great video! I too am not a leca fan , thanks for the tip.

Everything but the kitchen sink soil! Thanks for sharing this.

Fantastic job explaining soil mix I got it

Awesome video!!

Thanks for sharing 😁

Very informative content. Enjoyed your insights.

You just described the soil I use. The only thing that isn’t in it is lava rocks. I use the prepackaged bag of special gro orchid mix and add other stuff🤗🙌🏽

Excellent video.

Great info , thanks for sharing, didn't catch the part about mosquito dunks . I have been facing problems with a lot of gnats any suggestions?

Perfect

Love your videos! Question, what do you do when you go out of town to care for your plants? You mentioned that you are a bit of a helicopter plant parent with your watering (me too) so do you trust a friend to water your plants or do you have ways of keeping them watered while youre gone? What about propogations?

Great info

Great video! 😁 can pumice be used instead of/along with perlite?

So good gurrrl thank u 💖

Hi thanks for your video, when we repot , does it mean to get the bare root out?

Really enjoying your channel. I’m seeing a lot of people use sphagnum moss for cuttings but I don’t seem to have much luck w/ it. Could you do a video? Maybe talk about when to use it & how often to water it & how after the initial soak.

Great Video! Thank You!

Loved this! Thank you so much. This made so much sense...perfectly explained! I'm sure you go through your pre-made "soil' mix pretty quick, but typically how long do you think it's good for once mixed? Thanks! (I know this is an old video, so likely you won't answer lol)

Sounds like this mix is perfect for outside plants in Florida

This is the most reasonable and easy aroid soil mix

hi, thank you for the video, what are the ratios ( 1 part perlite, 1 part coco coir etc... ) you use btw ?

So helpful!

That's make sense!

Thanks for the very informative video! Quick question: how do you use mosquito dunks?? I’ve seen a lot of videos about using mosquito bits for fungus gnats, but they’re not available in Canada :(. I’ve seen mosquito dunks but I have no idea how to use them!

Brilliant thanks

thank you for the info. how often do you water the plants in the greenhouse? I know it's different for everyone but I am wondering how often you water yours.

This is a great video!!! I didn’t even know I could get larger perlite!!! Ahhh! Lol I use orchid bark, perlite, worm castings and coco coir religiously! Lol thanks so much! I need charcoal and I’m golden!! 💚

Hi I just want to inform that perlite has actually a high water retention despite how it seems. But it is good for aeration.

excellent video

I love this. Since I changed my soil mixture, my plants are THRIVING. But for some reason, orchid bark is pretty difficult to get where I live (there are a lot of orchid soil mixes, but I want pure bark) Can I add any type of bark in there?

Ah! Leca is what you guys say for hydroton. I was so confused, lol.

I so needed this.. thank you for your lesson on chunkie no soil mix. Couple questions.. how long will this huge container last? Mind you I’m not going to be planting as much as you do lol.. I’ve tried to get mosquito dunks but have not had any luck here in Ontario.. any advice? Thanks again 😁

Is a 60-70% humidity range ok for the soiless version? Would calathea like the soiless?

Oh I have another question! I asked a plant group and got nothing 🥺 I see a lot of aroid mixes, but what about non aroids? Calathea/maranta and begonias mainly, also ferns. Would you use less chunky stuff, add more coco choir/soil, add vermiculite or what? And for succulents/cacti just more perlite and charcoal and rocky things, or do they like bark and coco fiber too?? It’s okay if you don’t know ☺️ and open to anyone who has any input!