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#they're litterally the only moisture loving plant that I water that often 🤣
ghostlyfoliage
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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
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