#but I think replacing some of the coir with bark in my regular potting mix will probably make some happy plants

[ghostlyfoliage]

I overwater tropical plants and underwater succulents. Yet I water my succulents more often than most of my moisture-loving plants. 🤷‍♂️

#it's about how I made their soil and that I keep them in terracotta #the exception at this point is my snake plant(s) which I have on an every 2 months schedule which is also the schedule my ficus is on #but I water my succulents in 4 pots every two weeks... but yet water my pilodendron in the same size pot every three #the only exception at this point is my peperomias which I have in a super chunky mix that I water once a week #they're litterally the only moisture loving plant that I water that often 🤣 #I have considered that next time I make soil I might add bark for drainage #cus that seems like a solid idea #but then my soil is gonna be pretty complicated #cus it's coco coir. compost. perlite. little added fertilizer. a little bit of sand (to help draw up the moisture and add minerals) #kinda feel like the soil could use to be more well draining 🤷‍♂️ #but I generally like the mixture I'm growing in #it's about 30% drainage and that works pretty well #my succulent mix is basically the same soil cut half with sand so it's like 80% drainage if you count sand as drainage #and it does work that way it just also holds moisture #my epiphyte mix is probably up there as well which is like 60% bark 20% perlite 20% sphagnum #I need to figure out how to amend it for plants that love nutrients though #but peperomias could basically live off air so there isn't actually any nutrients in there #through I do think I'll give them some liquid fertilizer eventually #but I think replacing some of the coir with bark in my regular potting mix will probably make some happy plants #cus everything likes a well draining soil #like even the carnivores like some chunk to their soil... they just also want to be wet 24/7 #their soil is 1:1:1 coco coir. perlite. vermiculite #some of them I got in dense peat soil and frankly... once they spread to the mix I made they seem to just go nuts #but I'm also growing bladderworts