Aroid Mix (Soil Free!) for HEALTHY Roots!
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- Hello Planterior Decorators! 🌿
I have been asked to make a 'soil' video a number of times now... and sorry to disappoint that I don't actually use soil all that much hehe. I promise you this is better and makes for happier roots!!
Huge shout-out to Here But Not, for timing his fantastic Instagram post the same day I planned to chat about my no-soil mix. He did a much better job of explaining this than I could have! Check him out: herebutnot.com/
P.S. Please excuse the mess my greenhouse is in... I got my new beneficial bugs and they didn't come in the sachets and I made a whole mess. I'll be cleaning it out after I know my precious mites have found their homes on the plants :)
No-Soil Aroid Mix:
- perlite, bark chips, coco coir, worm castings, leca balls (optional), volcanic rock (optional)
- swap out perlite for vermiculite if you want better water retention
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Thanks for watching! See you all in the next video :)
As requested, my 'soil' mix!! These chunky mixes are great for promoting happy, healthy roots!
Do you have any specific ratio for those organic materials? Thank you so much for sharing😊
I didnt understand what you ment by mosquito dung??
@@kariannemorais4062 mosquito dunks* 🤣 they are used to help control fungus gnats haha
@@maricelbiel2513 nope I pretty much dump in the whole bag of each but a little more bark chips and not all the perlite! It's likely a little different every time haha 😁
@@PlanteriorDecorator I’ll definitely try this...thank you so much for sharing🥰 I hope you do a repot with me vlog soon!
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❣
Yesss 🙌🏻 no one-size-fits-all! 🌿
@@PlanteriorDecorator qqq
Agreed with u
Love your mix. Makes real sense. You obviously love your plants.
This has literally been my plant mix for the last 1/2 years! My plant🪴 babes luv it!
The eyebrows are always on point
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!!!!!!
That was so informative! Thanks for sharing all the background info too! Great video as always 😊
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!!❤
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!!❤️😊🙏
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 👍😀
This was so incredibly informative and really covered all the bases. Thank you so much.
This video is awesome. I learn something new every time I watch!
*Madly taking notes* Another great video. Thank you for always providing such great content!
Wow hands-down the best video I have seen on soil!!!!!
Thank you 🥰
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 😍
Awesome video . I really appreciate how you get to the point and stay on point . Very good information.
Thank you .
This was THE BEST mixture explanation. Thank you ! 🙏🌹💜
Gosh! So clear and confident with ur information. Love ya~
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.
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 🙏
Thanks for sharing! Learn something new everyday!
Thank you! I really enjoyed watching this. I'm just starting to mix my own. Waiting on charcoal and orchid bark.
Can’t wait to start repotting ,in my mind I knew the problem, now I know how to fix it ! bye bye dense soil👌🏼👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Yesss the roots are going to be happy!!! 🎉
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 🤞🏾
They'll be happy to be in a better mix! I've definitely had to make that call a few times and if they need it... they can toughen up and survive a winter repotting 😆 haha
Was just searching for a video like this when you posted! Super helpful and informative! 🪴💚
Haha great timing!! 😁
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) 🙌🏾
Thank you!! A chunkier mix will totally help 😁🌿
Yes, moving tropical houseplants in the middle of a Canadian winter isn't going to be easy hahaha
I wish I already had the keys because it was 3 degrees today! I'm sure it's going to be like -30 when I actually have to move with my luck 😆
Awesome mix. 🪴🌿🤗❤
This is really good plant advice.
Great stuff as always 👍🏼
Appreciate this vid so much! You make a lot of sense to me.
Wonderfully described. Loved it. ❤❤
Would love to see some repotting videos!
Love love love “here but not”
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.
I love your video. You make me wanna repot my anthurium right now coz i got all the ingredients with me now.😉
First time seeing you and this video. Loved it! Subscribed! 🤙
loved these tips
What an excellent video. Thanks!
"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!
So bestttt! Thankyou so much ❤️
I completely agree with everything you said. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for sharing this!
finally good explanation on soil mixture :)
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!
I'm glad she mentioned about the leca balls, also.
I always wondered what to do with all the ones I had left over, after a failed attempt at using them for some of my house plants.
They've been sitting in my closet since 2010!
👁️ YASSS, thanks for sharing! 🌱💚
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.
Great info. I like that your videos get right to the point.
Thanks Latoya! 🥰🌿
Best video ever! THANK YOU!!!!!😁
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!!
Such an informative video!
Great video!!!!
You have very quickly become one of my favorite planty youtubers! Always excited for a new video!❤
Thank you!! 🥰🌿
Agreed!!! 💚💚
SAME!!!!
Very enjoyable and educational. Thank you
Very informative content. Enjoyed your insights.
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 ). 🤗👌
Another non-loving leca mama 😆 great as usual 💚
I much prefer “soil” as well! Lol
Thank you..Lots of great information.
Fantastic job explaining soil mix I got it
Thanks, this was very helpful.
Thank you soooo much for this!!!
You're so welcome!! 🌿❤
This is so similar to the one I use. I add the soil/perlite mix in with my plants as well
Awesome video!!
Excellent 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.
Always great to meet other 4-season plant parents!! 😁🌿
Great video idea! I'll add it to my list ❤
Awesome! Thank you.
Very informative and helpful. Thx.
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!
Great video! I too am not a leca fan , thanks for the tip.
So good gurrrl thank u 💖
Great info
Thanks for sharing 😁
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.
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)
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!
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.
Oh man those big bricks you get and have to rehydrate?? 😆 it feels like you just bought 4 cubic yards of peat hahaha
Yes the chunks are super good!! Waaaay easier to work with haha maximize the chunkiness 🙌🏻
Oh that is a great question about the charcoal... I am truthfully not quite sure!! The uniformity would certainly be helpful... if you find out the answer to that you'll have to let me know! 🌿
@@PlanteriorDecorator I've been using both, but I am a fairly new plant mom, so it is a bit soon to tell. From reading online I've seen both used, but I haven't really dug any deeper. If I do find out,
I will let you know. :)
This is the most reasonable and easy aroid soil mix
So helpful!
😁🌿
Very well explained,,thank you so much,, beautiful speech n looks.love from India
Perfect
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.
I will certainly add that to the list! If you need a quick fix, using a propagation box for your spagnum moss requires almost no rehydrating 😁🌿
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!! 💚
The large perlite really gives your mix that 'chunky' look hehe I like it 😁
Love this vid! Your voice and personality is also so chill and relaxed. Love it. And somewhere you remind me of joey king from the kissing booth haha
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
Brilliant thanks
Sounds like this mix is perfect for outside plants in Florida
Great video! 😁 can pumice be used instead of/along with perlite?
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?
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 😁
That's make sense!
Thank you for your presentation.
BJH
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?
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?
Wow that intro is sick!
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🤗🙌🏽
Orchid mixes totally rock! They're a quick way to get a good chunky mix if you don't need 50L of it 🤣
Planterior Decorator 🤩🤩🤩
hi, thank you for the video, what are the ratios ( 1 part perlite, 1 part coco coir etc... ) you use btw ?
Awesome video young lady thanks for your time and expertise! So I’m in south Louisiana 60” annual average rainfall and 85% humidity! My avocado plants are outside and don’t like wet feet! Any recommendations would be appreciated thanks!🙏
Everything but the kitchen sink soil! Thanks for sharing this.
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!
Ok .. going out on a limb here ... I live in Eastern Ontario on a mix woodlot (5 acres but surrounded by 100s). I've wanted to add more bark to my mix and thought .. is there a way to do this locally without buying? So, is there specific properties that the bags of orchid mixes use, a special type of Fir? I've tried doing to research but haven't found anything so I thought I would try with you. I heat my home with an outdoor wood boiler and there are many dead ash trees (ash borer beetle) but a mix of others that have fallen naturally and wondered if there was a sustainable way that I could process some of my trees for my houseplant mix. I'm assuming it would need be to dried out and maybe baked to help get rid of any bacteria?
If you have any idea let me know! I have tons of hardwood and softwood and would love to reuse them if I could. I even always have tons of sawdust and chunkier pieces when we do the cutting and splitting of the logs, but maybe they would retain too much moisture?