Sol Soils Houseplant Chunky Mix

Description

Houseplant Chunky Mix is the all-purpose, aroid or tropical potting mix. It contains the most organic matter of all the products to ensure that your houseplants get all the moisture and drainage they need to thrive.

Ecologically Fragile: Mining destroys biodiverse habitats

Slow-Forming: Take thousands of years to regenerate, if at all

Carbon-Storing: Harvesting is responsible for 5% of CO, emissions caused by humans

Sustainable Potting Mix Alternatives: Save a bog by using Sol Soils peat-free performance mixes

Wilting & yellowing leaves

Slow growth

Soft, mushy stems

Soil may smell rotten

Roots turn from a healthy white to black, brown or red

Causes

Dense, poorly draining soil

Blocked oxygen flow to roots

Soil remains waterlogged

Prevention

Use Sol Soils performance mixes

Water deeply and infrequently

Grow happy plants

Avoid Root Rot

Root rot is the 1 killer of indoor potted plants

Develops when plants sit in soggy soils

Can kill plants within 10 days

Avoid by using gritty, fast draining soil

100% Peat Free

Sol Soils products are 100% peat moss free

Peat bogs are natural “carbon sinks” sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere and locking it away underground

Peat harvesting destroys fragile ecosystems that take thousands of years to regenerate and releases sequestered CO2 into the air

One Tree Planted

Proudly partner with global non-profit One Tree Planted by donating a portion of every product sold to plant a tree in some of the world’s most deforested areas

Doing the part to support global reforestation is as important to the mission as creating excellent soil

Fun Fact

This mix utilizes recycled coconut chips and coir, an otherwise wasted byproduct of the coconut industry. Of the 50 million coconuts produced around the world each year, about 85% of the husks are discarded as trash. As a soil component, the ground husks offer excellent aeration and moisture retention properties while still providing a fast-draining medium to reduce the risk of soggy soil and root-rot for indoor potted plants.

What Plants Love This?

Perfect for Jungle Plants or Aroids like Anthurium, Alocasia, Dieffenbachia, Monstera, Philodendron, ZZ plants, as well as Calatheas, String of Hearts or Turtles, Dracaena Dragon Trees, Hoyas, Palms, Pothos, etc. Also recommended for the ever-popular winter indoor plant, the Christmas Cactus -i.e. Schlumbergera species. This cactus and many Aroids listed above are epiphytic, which means they can be found growing up the side or in the branches and crevices of trees in rainforests as opposed to in the ground.

When Should I Water?

Despite these specialized mixes containing more chunky/gritty components compared to other soil mixes, they hang onto moisture for the root ball effectively. No need to water more frequently

Generally for indoor settings with established plants, one deep watering every 10-14 days is usually plenty

Watering weekly will likely still lead to root rot if the root system doesn’t get a chance to fully breathe between watering sessions

What’s in It? (Soil Composition)

Organic: Coconut coir, coconut husk chips, recycled forest products

Inorganic: Pumice, calcined clay, perlite, expanded clay

Specifications

Size: 1 gal (4 qt)