I’m newer to alocasias and anthurium. For the alocasia I ...
I’m newer to alocasias and anthurium. For the alocasia I put them in an aroid mix of moss, leca and bark mostly. And the anthurium I mixed a little succulent mix with the aroid mix. Does this sound right? It seems like these mixes need more frequent watering but how often should I water? These are in a bright window with maybe an hour of direct sun per day. Claude helped me get this far but I’d love some human thoughts :) thank you! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #PlantCorner #AlocasiaAddicts #Anthurium #help soilMix">#soilMix #Alocasia
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You don't want to mix Leca with other things, it should only be used in 100% Leca set ups. Clay balls don't act the same as bark or other amendments that create air pockets throughout the soil. The rest of your soil mix sounds fine...just remove the Leca balls 😉
I use cactus/succulent soil as the base for all my plants, then add extra stuff in depending on the plant. For Alocasias and anthurium, extra perlite and either orchid bark or coco chips is good. Mix them 2 parts soil, 1 part bark, 1 part perlite. I like to let the top half or so of the soil dry out between waterings.
I use cactus/succulent soil as the base for all my plants, then add extra stuff in depending on the plant. For Alocasias and anthurium, extra perlite and either orchid bark or coco chips is good. Mix them 2 parts soil, 1 part bark, 1 part perlite. I like to let the top half or so of the soil dry out between waterings.
@user141fc969 yeah! It's already got excellent drainage, so straight out of the bag it's a pretty darn good soil mix for a lot of plants. Just not succulents or cacti lol. Most commercial soils labeled for them have way too much organic material and not nearly enough grit, like perlite or pumice. I usually mix equal parts cactus soil and perlite or pumice for all my succulents and cacti 😛
