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Most seeds enjoy moisture, heat, and a small amount of nutrients. Coco coir and peat moss provides the moisture retention in this homemade potting mix, while a touch of compost or worm castings will provide the seeds and initial plant roots with the nutrients they need. This lightweight bonsai-based soil mix with optimal drainage has a pH of 5.5. That’s slightly acidic, so I recommend using their coarse blend for bonsai and especially your cacti. It’s fast draining pre-mixed blend is great for preventing root rot or other mold issues. Even better than its aeration and water drainage is that pumice fosters mycorrhizae growth. This fungus species is helpful to houseplants, allowing them to absorb nutrients and moisture in greater quantities. Perlite Perlite allows for natural aeration to occur in the soil while also allowing water to reach plant roots more effectively during the watering process.

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Your third soil sterilization option is to use steam. If you have a pressure cooker, this is the perfect instrument for heating your soil. Coconut coir is also referred to as coconut husk and works as a great addition to plant soil by helping promote moisture retention and drainage to allow plant roots to grow. The soil mix is enriched with Miracle-Gro Plant Food, which provides essential nutrients to your plants. These nutrients help your plants grow strong roots and lush foliage, ensuring that they are healthy and thrive. Moisture-retaining Homemade potting soil requires the addition of nutrients, which can come from compost, organic granular fertilizer, worm castings, and other options. Compost can be created from all sorts of decomposing plant materials, such as pine bark, leaves, food scraps, composted wood chips, and more. Soaking compost in water creates compost tea, which acts as a liquid fertilizer in soil for indoor plants. My last well-draining soil recommendation for succulents is this one from Ramsey. The blend boasts perlite and sand for soil drainage as well as one other interesting ingredient: seaweed. Yes, that’s right, seaweed!There are up to 60 different trace minerals in seaweed, so your plant will get a healthy dose of magnesium, phosphate, potassium, and nitrogen. The Best Well-Draining Potting Soil When Starting from Seed The Next Gardener Organic Seed Starting Potting Mix I wouldn’t suggest vermiculite for every houseplant’s soil. If your plant prefers moist soil, then vermiculite is a great choice. For succulents and other plants that need dry conditions such as rhododendrons, you’re better off making potting soil with a different set of ingredients. Pumice If you’re incorporating compost into your old soil, you should also use a sieve. Like with the new potting soil, you want a mix that’s half old potting soil and half compost. Step 4: Test the Soil’s pH Twigs make a fantastic ingredient as part of a compost pile, but you can always use them on their own to make well draining soil too. Break the twigs into small pieces, but don’t shred them or anything like that. You also have exemplary drainage through compost, and the compost ingredients will make the quality of your soil lighter-weight as well. It’s a win-win all around.

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The structure of the twigs provides aeration to the soil, creating passageways for water to reach the roots. Since twigs are so skinny, you shouldn’t have to worry about them obstructing the pot’s drainage holes. Sand What is your soil’s pH? You’ll need a pH soil testing kit to know for sure. Most houseplants prefer a pH of around 6.5, maybe as high as 7.0. The exception is those plant species that enjoy acidity such as azaleas and blueberries among others. Alkaline or basic-pH plants such as asparagus and many species of fern might also need a slightly different pH balance than 6.5. Does your plant have enough soil? Soil doesn’t stay light and loamy forever, as I’ve mentioned. Time and watering will make the soil collapse on itself, becoming compact. If you don’t even have enough soil to fill to your pot’s lip, then you’re better off replacing your soil or mixing some new stuff with the old soil. You can even use Espoma Organic Potting Mix on your outdoor plants! How to Revive Used Potting Soil I’ve found adding a good amount of worm castings to the potting soil significantly improves plant health and growth. It’s my secret ingredient in my soil mix because no other combination of ingredients has ever had quite an impact on my plants as worm castings.Loaded with nutrients for up to six months, Miracle-Gro states that their formula attracts fewer gnats since it’s made without bark or compost. The Best Well-Draining Potting Soil for Flowering Houseplants Miracle-Gro Expand ‘n Gro Concentrated Planting Mix Your plants want to show off. Give indoor and outdoor container plants the right ingredients to grow bigger and more beautiful with Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix. Our specially formulated mix feeds for up to 6 months for more blooms and more color*. Use with indoor and outdoor container plants. Grows Plants Twice as Big!®*

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Is the soil healthy? This is the most important question of all. Has the soil become moldy or mildewy in the past year or two? Did you have any infestations? Was your plant afflicted by fungal or bacterial diseases? If you answered yes to those questions, then you’re probably better off starting afresh with your soil. You also can try sterilizing it, which I’ll talk about a little later. Steps to Follow to Revive Used Potting Soil Peat moss is a common soil amendment that is harvested from peat bogs in Canada, the UK, and other locations. The harvesting of peat moss is generally considered to be unsustainable for the environment. While it is an organic material, it grows at an incredibly slow rate, which basically renders it non-renewable. Peat moss can make the soil too acidic for some plants, so limestone is often added to neutralize the pH.You don't have permission to access "http://www.homedepot.com/p/Miracle-Gro-6-qt-Indoor-Potting-Mix-72776430/302692466" on this server. When growing houseplants, using the right potting soil is everything. Even if you water your indoor plants perfectly, if the soil can’t drain, then all your good care habits are for naught. What makes for well-draining potting soil? Hi, Ed! Thanks for reading :) yeah, sourcing wild sphagnum would be detrimental to the environment. In fact, I've written…