Thanks Raymond...means a lot to me to help others be less confused 😊. And as I was figuring out how to share this with others, I picked up valuable insights myself too!
Great guide! A word of caution for those intending to use charcoal... My personal opinion is NOT use those charcoal briquettes that you can buy in supermarket that is meant for BBQ etc as they tend to have chemicals added to encourage fire starting. No idea if these are detrimental to plant growth, but better not to put things of unknown quantity :D There are ones termed horticultural charcoal as well as activated charcoal that is heated at higher temperatures which is meant to have a positive impact for plants but I have no experience or understand the science on those to confidently recommend as well. Myself? I stick to burnt rice husks which is readily and cheaply available :)
Lol! I hope nobody will try that one! 🤮 I've heard of people using their BBQ inside their house when the power went out. Not funny or a good outcome for them. It's also poisonous to humans too!
Another point is that charcoal absorbs all impurities this means it also absorbs nutrients you are trying to add with your fertilizer. The problem is that charcoal does not release them afterwards and that once it is saturated it does not function as a “filter” anymore and essentially will only contribute to structure. If you use it i would suggest using it at the bottom of the pot.
@@justrandomfootage23 this is very good to know. I had been wondering if the charcoal will be releasing nutrients back out slowly or it just keeps absorbing everything!
What a wonderful explanation of the different media we can choose to use... I just mixed up a bag of my own mix yesterday for convenience. When I first started growing house plants many decades ago, we didn't have all of these wonderful products available to use.
clay holds so much nutrients.for drainage can use it as sold in kitty litter and put in some sand and organic matter.we have so much clay up here innorth calif outside..once plant established,they do well.
I’ve been struggling with pre made potting mixes as it seemed that it’s lacking drainage, so I’ve been experimenting with soil for quite some time. I love this video and I find it very informative. It’s structured, have the key points and you made it so easy to understand the difference between each ingredient. Thank you so much ❤🌱
That was really helpful. Things like perlite and sphagnum moss are not available here in West Africa but you've given me ideas for alternatives. Looking forward to watching part 2. 🤗
Thank you so much for informative explanation of potting media. I took notes🌴 I got bamboo charcoal powder, one of superfood like Maca powder. I wonder if I can sprinkle to my plants 🧐
Loved your video! I appreciate all of the information on how and why to select each one. I’m a newbie to planting and look forward to using what I learned today. Thank you!
I agree, pumice is great and the plant roots love it, they even cling on to it during repotting. May I suggest you try adding mycorrhizal fungi, a powder that can be sprinkled onto the roots when repotting. There are also liquid formulas which can just be watered in. These organisms form a partnership with the plants and build a network throughout the potting medium to provide the plant with extra nutrients in exchange for sugar excreted by the roots. I use this on all my plants and they are doing great.
@@leafing.around I grow most of my plants in a home mixed potting mix based on coco coir and pumice. I am experimenting with mycorrhizal fungi and it has been very successful so far. They come as a powder or liquid and they grow a beneficial mycelium that forms a partnership with the roots, trading nutrients for sugars produced by the plant. It's what happens in natural ecosystems and it forms the so called wood-wide-web in forests. Happy plants!
Fantastic video - it really is the ultimate guide to Potting Media. Very well explained - so much valuable information. Thank you so much - this is definitely going to help me in my gardening adventures!!
Hi Irene, this is so far the best video I have seen regarding substrate. I have a few questions: (1) I read that Charcoal is alkaline and can increase the PH level of the media and hence not suitable for many flowering plants? (2) What is the benefit of Zeolite?
Thank you! 🤗 I don't really have flowering plants so I can't comment... I also don't quite use Zeolite and cannot tell you from experience or add anything more to what 'the internet says'.
Zeolite supposedly retains some moisture, increases aeration and stores nutrients, something like vermiculite. It's even used to filter water in some applications (e.g. swimming pool filters).
Thank you so much for a very clear & thorough explanation! Now I've learned about other helpful media that I have not heard of before. I've watched other channels that explain that LECA can dry out on the top surface level. Would the sphagnum moss help with that?
Depends on your plant and what it needs...the spag on top will just keep the top part moist but does nothing for the roots at the bottom. Is that what your plant need?
@@leafing.around I'm repotting my plants to Semi-hydroponics. For orchids it may dry out on the top surface and maybe should stay a bit moist there. That's kind of what I was thinking anyway. I have a Dracaena candelabra, 2 10" jade plants, and some orchids so far...& some avocado plants that I started from seed. I know that
Awesome video! ❤I love that you don’t give the an overall recipe because each plant will have different needs, it also depends on your location and the grower heavy hand on watering (let’s say very attentive). I’m very attentive to my plants so I know that I need to have a chunky mix lol😅. It’s best to cater to the plants and their needs as one soil recipe does not fit all.
A comprehensive sharing about each potting mix..... surprise to me that hair & nails also can be use as well... sooner epsom salt will be low in demand... lol 😆. Great sharing Irene.. part 2 to be cont with J the ducati man...
Pumice is also my fave of the water freeing substrates. It has the same drainage properties of perlite but doesn’t disintegrate as easily which means better for roots to grip long run, doesn’t float during watering, and it holds onto some quantity of water just long enough for the roots to have a good drink but dries out quickly enough to not have things all damp. 🤟
Good discussion on different potting media. I love that huge pastazanum at your background. Has it been growing in the garden soil? Do you add these different media in the garden soil ?
Bottom most layer is soil and I put about 8 inches of jungly Aroid mix that I mentioned...a lot of pumice. Probably not entirely necessary if u had grown it in the ground from the at the start but this came from a pot full of pumice before
hair!!!😂 love this vdo it's soooo informative. I'm from Thailand and keep seeing sellers using 100% coco chips as welll so I tried the same but didnt work 😂
Hi... I really like this video you made... I'm really into soils! Particularly in making them and creating my own nutrients for plants! ...but I have a question..how come your spagnum peat moss looks so dark and rich? All the one's I've seen at Home Depot looks dried out! Just curious... thanks again for the video
Wow this very informative video im happy that I'm here 😊 thanks for this now i already know the purposes of putting media in our plants. Happy planting 🌿
Very nice and exhaustive explanation! 👍 I'm looking for a potting mix recipe for fiddle leaf fig plant. My climate is Td 4 to 44 C and RH as low as 15%. Could you please suggest a mix for this, which I want to do myself instead of buying a readymade. Many thanks.
My very first video of yours that I watched and I have seen so many types of potting mix videos but this was by far the most well explained version. 👍👏 Not necessarily the miain potting mix pertaining to each plant as you pointed out at the start but such a wonderful detailed explanation of each item, with the highest to lowest water retaining between organic and inorganic which were two terms also clearly described. I am truly fortunate to have come across this video and of course your channel. Liked, commented and subscribed. 😊
Very good informative video. I absolutely love those shows stopping leaves you have showcased in the background. And your "morbid" comment in the beginning of the video. That's what I want to happen to me when I'm gone. I want to be cremated and used as nutrients for plants.
I'm also in SEA. Its kinda easy to grow tropicals. I get soil from the forest nearby. But it's a real challenge to grow Mediterranean herbs eg lavender, rue, veg eg shiso and fruit trees usu found up north. I've seen some people successfully grown Hokkaido melon, white strawberry and wine grapes in SEA without air conditioning but not much details were shared. Could u do videos for those? Would like to see exotic fruit/herbal plants native to Borneo too! Eg red durian, black turmeric, java banana... I heard there's a plant with fruits that look like a giant edamame pod and the flesh within tastes exactly like vanilla Icecream. Foot I know there are lots of varieties of turmeric. I have the mango version (they smell like sugar preserved mango!) Would be cool to do a video on the different varieties of what's common. They taste different, unique only to SEA and the rest of the world don't know much about. 😜
So far the most helpful info on planting media.....explained in layman's term & easy to understand. Kudos to you Irene !!
Thanks Raymond...means a lot to me to help others be less confused 😊. And as I was figuring out how to share this with others, I picked up valuable insights myself too!
Thanks
@@leafing.around A great teacher still learns💚. Thank you for breaking this down.
One of the best videos on planting so far! It is really helpful and informative and the information is well structured!
Great guide! A word of caution for those intending to use charcoal... My personal opinion is NOT use those charcoal briquettes that you can buy in supermarket that is meant for BBQ etc as they tend to have chemicals added to encourage fire starting. No idea if these are detrimental to plant growth, but better not to put things of unknown quantity :D There are ones termed horticultural charcoal as well as activated charcoal that is heated at higher temperatures which is meant to have a positive impact for plants but I have no experience or understand the science on those to confidently recommend as well.
Myself? I stick to burnt rice husks which is readily and cheaply available :)
Hey I picked them from roadside...someone burnt their tree...and the branch blackened to the core. What do you think?
@@leafing.around that sounds perfectly natural to me :)
Lol! I hope nobody will try that one! 🤮
I've heard of people using their BBQ inside their house when the power went out. Not funny or a good outcome for them. It's also poisonous to humans too!
Another point is that charcoal absorbs all impurities this means it also absorbs nutrients you are trying to add with your fertilizer. The problem is that charcoal does not release them afterwards and that once it is saturated it does not function as a “filter” anymore and essentially will only contribute to structure.
If you use it i would suggest using it at the bottom of the pot.
@@justrandomfootage23 this is very good to know. I had been wondering if the charcoal will be releasing nutrients back out slowly or it just keeps absorbing everything!
This is SUCH an informative guide into different potting media! It covers everything! Thank you so much for the time you put into this👌❤🌿
Thank you, thank you! I learnt so much myself while trying to teach and share with other! :)
You did an amazing job of covering this topic so simply. THANK YOU
What a wonderful explanation of the different media we can choose to use... I just mixed up a bag of my own mix yesterday for convenience. When I first started growing house plants many decades ago, we didn't have all of these wonderful products available to use.
clay holds so much nutrients.for drainage can use it as sold in kitty litter and put in some sand and organic matter.we have so much clay up here innorth calif outside..once plant established,they do well.
Excellent lesson on potting media and very much needed. Really well explained. Bravo! I love all your videos. Congrats.
I’ve been struggling with pre made potting mixes as it seemed that it’s lacking drainage, so I’ve been experimenting with soil for quite some time. I love this video and I find it very informative. It’s structured, have the key points and you made it so easy to understand the difference between each ingredient. Thank you so much ❤🌱
Well done! This is so comprehensive but simple at the same time!
That was really helpful. Things like perlite and sphagnum moss are not available here in West Africa but you've given me ideas for alternatives. Looking forward to watching part 2. 🤗
Thank you so much for informative explanation of potting media. I took notes🌴 I got bamboo charcoal powder, one of superfood like Maca powder. I wonder if I can sprinkle to my plants 🧐
I’m so happy to have found your channel and this video will be such a great reference for me. Thanks for sharing!!
Loved your video! I appreciate all of the information on how and why to select each one. I’m a newbie to planting and look forward to using what I learned today. Thank you!
Welcome! 😊🍀This video required the MOST research!
love this , really thorough informative and easy to listen to.
I like the addition of leaves on the list as part of the natural environment. Such an insightful video! Yeay! 👍🙏👌
I agree, pumice is great and the plant roots love it, they even cling on to it during repotting.
May I suggest you try adding mycorrhizal fungi, a powder that can be sprinkled onto the roots when repotting. There are also liquid formulas which can just be watered in. These organisms form a partnership with the plants and build a network throughout the potting medium to provide the plant with extra nutrients in exchange for sugar excreted by the roots. I use this on all my plants and they are doing great.
Ah yes I will! I tend to buy a lot of stuff but not quite use them 😅
@@leafing.around I grow most of my plants in a home mixed potting mix based on coco coir and pumice. I am experimenting with mycorrhizal fungi and it has been very successful so far. They come as a powder or liquid and they grow a beneficial mycelium that forms a partnership with the roots, trading nutrients for sugars produced by the plant. It's what happens in natural ecosystems and it forms the so called wood-wide-web in forests. Happy plants!
Fantastic video - it really is the ultimate guide to Potting Media. Very well explained - so much valuable information. Thank you so much - this is definitely going to help me in my gardening adventures!!
7:45 - hummus is actually a type of humus. The extra m is for garbanzo!
Finally something that's relatable because I can get most of these in Malaysia
Good to hear...and now you know how to mix & match! :)
Accidentally came across your channel. I felt like I just attending an advanced potting course/college course. Thanks much. Waiting for part 2.
Glad this channel found you at last🥰😃
Your video just popped up just in the nick of time. I am actually getting ready to report and combine 2 fairly large monsteras
Your informative video will definitely upgrade my potting mix. I’m looking forward to happier plants.
This video was very informative, Irene! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Very thankful to you for this info. I will change the potting mix of my plants.
I love this video. Very informative, this is what I've been looking for... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍
Great content as usual. Wow! You really do put a lot into your videos, and your voice is as refreshing as rain.
Very informative and helpful. Thank you!!
Wow, I learned so much from this 1 video. Thanks, keep up the content!
Any mixing pot ideas for citrus trees?
Hi Irene, this is so far the best video I have seen regarding substrate. I have a few questions:
(1) I read that Charcoal is alkaline and can increase the PH level of the media and hence not suitable for many flowering plants?
(2) What is the benefit of Zeolite?
Thank you! 🤗 I don't really have flowering plants so I can't comment... I also don't quite use Zeolite and cannot tell you from experience or add anything more to what 'the internet says'.
Zeolite supposedly retains some moisture, increases aeration and stores nutrients, something like vermiculite. It's even used to filter water in some applications (e.g. swimming pool filters).
Learned a lot. Thank you for sharing.
Cocopeat is good it dries also with heating and retains moisture also
Tanduk Rusa/Simbar Manjangan or Staghorn love dried leaves
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge about potting media...really a big help God bless
Welcome - happy this had been helpful!
Thank you so much for a very clear & thorough explanation! Now I've learned about other helpful media that I have not heard of before. I've watched other channels that explain that LECA can dry out on the top surface level. Would the sphagnum moss help with that?
Depends on your plant and what it needs...the spag on top will just keep the top part moist but does nothing for the roots at the bottom. Is that what your plant need?
@@leafing.around I'm repotting my plants to Semi-hydroponics. For orchids it may dry out on the top surface and maybe should stay a bit moist there. That's kind of what I was thinking anyway. I have a Dracaena candelabra, 2 10" jade plants, and some orchids so far...& some avocado plants that I started from seed. I know that
@@sparticusharlo2627 no need to keep the top damp because your roots aren't there. Also a damp top invited fungus gnats
Very practícals tips. Excelent!!
Awesome video! ❤I love that you don’t give the an overall recipe because each plant will have different needs, it also depends on your location and the grower heavy hand on watering (let’s say very attentive). I’m very attentive to my plants so I know that I need to have a chunky mix lol😅. It’s best to cater to the plants and their needs as one soil recipe does not fit all.
Thanks Butterfly! You me the same! I like a mix where I can water them everyday! Cuz sometimes it rains everyday too....so easy to manage!
I love this video. Very helpful. Thank yoh
You have such a soothing voice ❤️
Very good video. One question: what about nutrients ?
Very informative. Will rewatch so I can absorb the information. Thank you :)
Your video was extremely informative, your mannerisms are so thorough. I will make sure to save this video for all my future references. Lynn
Glad you found it helpful! 🍀🥰
Great video @leafing.around! Do you buffer coco peat and coco chips before adding those to the mix or is washing it enough?
A comprehensive sharing about each potting mix..... surprise to me that hair & nails also can be use as well... sooner epsom salt will be low in demand... lol 😆. Great sharing Irene.. part 2 to be cont with J the ducati man...
Thank you so so much Irene, i straight away ordered pumice while watching your secret recipe ...😊
Haha...u will love them! So versatile😊
Pumice is also my fave of the water freeing substrates. It has the same drainage properties of perlite but doesn’t disintegrate as easily which means better for roots to grip long run, doesn’t float during watering, and it holds onto some quantity of water just long enough for the roots to have a good drink but dries out quickly enough to not have things all damp. 🤟
Good discussion on different potting media. I love that huge pastazanum at your background. Has it been growing in the garden soil? Do you add these different media in the garden soil ?
Bottom most layer is soil and I put about 8 inches of jungly Aroid mix that I mentioned...a lot of pumice. Probably not entirely necessary if u had grown it in the ground from the at the start but this came from a pot full of pumice before
My fav video of all your videos !! 🎉🎉 👏👏👏
This was excellent. Thank you!
hair!!!😂 love this vdo it's soooo informative. I'm from Thailand and keep seeing sellers using 100% coco chips as welll so I tried the same but didnt work 😂
Very good informative Video, thank you! But I miss Zeolite 😕
Thanks for the tips madam Irene
Hi... I really like this video you made... I'm really into soils! Particularly in making them and creating my own nutrients for plants! ...but I have a question..how come your spagnum peat moss looks so dark and rich? All the one's I've seen at Home Depot looks dried out!
Just curious... thanks again for the video
Two questions:
1. Can this be used for planted beds too?
2. How do we know which plant need what degree of aeration/drainage?
1. Yes. 2. Understand natural habitat of the plant and emulate that. Read up a lot on the plant and group same needs together in your plant bed.
I love your videos so much. Many useful infor and u makes it funny and interesting. Just wanna say thank u so much for that.
I always use potting mix soil, thanks for the info my friend
When it works, it works beautifully! Filled with minerals and nutrients.
Love it, excelent video
too cute 👏👏👏 very informative, finally I learned the difference of coco peat and peat moss, Im not putting my hair in my pots tho 😆
Wow this very informative video im happy that I'm here 😊 thanks for this now i already know the purposes of putting media in our plants. Happy planting 🌿
Hope your jungly garden benefits from this!
I love (sister) you Irene
I wish I was in your house gazing your plants all my life
Very nice and exhaustive explanation! 👍
I'm looking for a potting mix recipe for fiddle leaf fig plant.
My climate is Td 4 to 44 C and RH as low as 15%.
Could you please suggest a mix for this, which I want to do myself instead of buying a readymade.
Many thanks.
Very informative Irene. Thank you. I have learned a lot.
Excelente video...muy útil explicación. .Muchas gracias🌿🌿😘👍🙋♀️💖
Muchas Gracias Lorena!🤗🤗🤗
My very first video of yours that I watched and I have seen so many types of potting mix videos but this was by far the most well explained version. 👍👏
Not necessarily the miain potting mix pertaining to each plant as you pointed out at the start but such a wonderful detailed explanation of each item, with the highest to lowest water retaining between organic and inorganic which were two terms also clearly described.
I am truly fortunate to have come across this video and of course your channel. Liked, commented and subscribed. 😊
Thanks Paul! 🥰 This is the video that required the most study and research of all so glad you found it helpful. Hope u enjoy other others😃
@@leafing.around You did such a great job 👍. Will be checking out the others soon.
YEEEEEY i was so excited for thisss thanks Ireeeeene 😊🎉
Let me know if you fell asleep watching!😄
Thanks a lot.. It's very helpful..
Most helpful video. Tq for sharing.
Thank you for the content, love your background setup, nice
THank you! I suffered some mosquito bites but your comment made it ALL WORTH IT! :D
What type of tree fern do u have in your garden Irene
Thanks so much for doing this very well explained tutorial! My favorite soil mix guide.
Lots of Love 💕 from me to you... - from Philippines😍
an extra like for Geinou Yamasirougumi music
Perfection with charm 🥰
Worthy, thanks
Nice twist of adding hairs at the end. Holiaooo 🤣 Well, as usual ‘gila’ but always make sense. Kamsia dear for sharing 🙏🏻
Fingernail also can hor! But I always bit mine...😅
Yeeey!!!! So excited for this one!!! Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Very good informative video. I absolutely love those shows stopping leaves you have showcased in the background. And your "morbid" comment in the beginning of the video. That's what I want to happen to me when I'm gone. I want to be cremated and used as nutrients for plants.
😀Gosh did I say that ...yes I think that's the best thing we can do for mother earth after we are gone!!🦋🌼🌿
So much learnings 💚
Hello my dear Queen! :)
This was so helpful. Thank you. 🙂
Hai, do we need to mix all of the ingredients to make a good Potting media?
Good potting media 👏👌
Soil science wow nice content ❤️
thank you for sharing! very informative !
🥰😘😘 Jane!
there is a belief that if you put a fallen hair under a tree it will grow stronger hair it is an old practice in my culture 🌴
Ohh my goshh Irene the Hair thing ahhaha I can’t handle that 😅😅😅😅
Excellent video.
love the aroid behind you. is it gloriosum?
It's philodendron pastazanum or McDowell.😁
Excellent video
Hummus got me dead! hahahaha! i enjoy you a lot.
Very informative!
Very informative
I love ur hair colour. 👍👍
Henna😁
Can I know which planting zone are you?
I'm also in SEA. Its kinda easy to grow tropicals. I get soil from the forest nearby. But it's a real challenge to grow Mediterranean herbs eg lavender, rue, veg eg shiso and fruit trees usu found up north. I've seen some people successfully grown Hokkaido melon, white strawberry and wine grapes in SEA without air conditioning but not much details were shared. Could u do videos for those?
Would like to see exotic fruit/herbal plants native to Borneo too! Eg red durian, black turmeric, java banana... I heard there's a plant with fruits that look like a giant edamame pod and the flesh within tastes exactly like vanilla Icecream.
Foot
I know there are lots of varieties of turmeric. I have the mango version (they smell like sugar preserved mango!) Would be cool to do a video on the different varieties of what's common. They taste different, unique only to SEA and the rest of the world don't know much about. 😜
I had no idea coco coir needed to be rinsed
You are so funny! Giving a hair cutting demonstration for soil mix!!!! Hahahahahaha
Yes see my latest short video! One focussing just on the haircut :)
Wow! Thank you. 😉
I had no idea you had to rinse your coco chips. What happens if you don't and already repotted plants with it? Should I be worried ?
Don't worry then if they seemed ok now. Going forward just remember...perhaps the vendor may have rinsed it
I do keep my hair that fell off, cut into pieces and add to my substrates.
Good idea!! I have hair falling whenever I wash them...shall harvest and use them!😁
@@leafing.around It's also great for birds making their nests! 🦅
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