How to mix my succulent soil? (for hot and humid climate)
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- DIY succulent and cactus mix suitable for hot and humid climate.This is the recipe that I use to mix my succulent and cactus soil base on Malaysian weather. However, you need to adjust it according to the climate, types of pots, pot size and your watering habits in your environment. And I forgot 1 important component that you can add which is coarse river sand. You can add 10% corse river sand into your mix too.
**** mistake at 3:01 caption. It should be coco peat and not peat moss
Factors affecting the mix ratio 0:14
Introducing the substrates 1:57
hands on mixing 8:37
Water draining test 12:41
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This video was so well put together and informative. You won me over!
Well-covered variables such as climate, pot material, pot size, plant type, plant to pot size ratio. Not many videos here on TH-cam from "reputable" people go into the level of details you have here. Very concise explanations, not long and drawn out. Great stuff!
Wow. Thanks for this. You have encouraged me to make more :)
Thank you for sharing! I’m new to succulents and been watching tons of youtube video on succulent mix soil, I find your video the BEST so far; straight to the point and clear.
wow....that is so motivating to me to make more videos.....thank you so much:)
Still using this mix?
Thank you ! The best succulents soil making TH-cam so far ❤
1. Pumice still does float. Not to the extent that perlite does, but pumice certainly floats.
2. Placing those clay balls on the bottom of the pot before adding the main medium is terrible for healthy root formation. It's a "solution" to a problem that wouldn't exist if one were to simply just use a correctly-sized pot for the plant in the first place. When you use them in order to get "better drainage", what you're doing is raising the water table. That's a sure way to ensure your plant doesn't grow good as good of a root system as it might otherwise. Use a shallower pot (it's always better to be under-potting than over-potting xerophytes like cacti and succulents anyway), use higher inorganics i.e. grit/granite in your mix, or just put a layer of newspaper if the pot's drainage holes are letting fresh potting mixture fall through -- all infinitely better than using those pointless clay balls.
Hola amigo Pues sencillamente te están dando unos tips o consejos, si Quieres los haces y si no pues no los hagas.
Así de sencillo 🤫
Ten presente Q las plantas son tuyas y solo tu haces lo Q quieras con ellas.
No lo tomes a mal, pero esla verdad🤝🏼
All my succulents kaputt....glad to find the Guru of Succulent here!
Haha, I'm still learning about aeroids too:)
@@life.greenery6060 soooo just use tiny rocks that has tiny holes right?
good advice. Should of watched your video before I started killing my succulents.
I just wanna say thank you,☺️😉for the INFO it helps a lot ,all the way from TROPICAL OF CEBU 🌅🌴🌅
So nice of you
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That was an incredible (in depth) explanation of all the different amendments I have in my potting shed! I learned so much more than just how to make a custom potting mix! THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the time to film this video, I feel like you were joking class just for me 😊 I look forward to checking out your channel!
Wow.. thank you so much for your compliment. Appreciate it ☺️
Um the avg temperature in my place is 34°C.. in summer its 40°C.. and its very very humid so uh is peat moss or coco peat better? Also can i add vermicompost?
You have me to subscribe your channel. Awesome 👍
What is the name of the fertilizer and insecticide you use?
Thank you for sharing your excellent tutorial..will be using pumice from now on instead of perlite.. can’t find those others in my area.. I’m starting to grow & off to a good start.😘😘
My pleasure 😊
I have the same issue.. I’m in Florida. I remember looking for crushed lava rock quite a while back and to my surprise I couldn’t find it. I’m suspecting I’m going to find the same issues with maifan stones and those other rocks. I think I can find Zeolite but I’m confused.. I think there are many different types.. I even see zeolite cat litter 😕.
Loving your plant collection..the background plants are awesome...
Thanks for your compliment :)
Excellent Tutorial
Thanks
Thanks for this. I've been looking for plant care tips for my succulents (i just started FYI) from Malaysia given that's where I am. It's quite tricky this climate, despite being 'summer' all year long the amount of light is often inconsistent due to the rain we're getting
Hi. Thanks. Ya, the sun path does change, you have to observe your sun exposure. Our summer is different, we are humid and hot. Oversea might be hot and dry.
What about cinder or rice husk ash?
Great information! Thank you
Very thorough video! Hi from KL~ 😊
I would like to ask how long does it take for your succulent soil in small pots (similar size to the one in your left hand at 1:25) to dry completely?
Beginner succulent owner here 🙋🏻♀️ i dont know when to water my succulent
That will dry out within 1 week at my house. It depends where u put. If it is windy, it dry faster. You have to observe your plants for watering schedule, cant really tell the time. You can chrck out my video about :when and how to water my plants :)
@@life.greenery6060 alright thanks! :)
Best succulent video!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks :)
Excellent video👍🏻👍🏻 I’ve never used rice hulls or clay pebbles , but I will start using them . Also will look into ordering the zeolite and maifan stones.
But different environment, may requires different mix. Just for reference purpose...
You can try using burned rice hulls and activated charcoals in the mix too, which im currently practicing now.
omg I have been trying to grow Giant sequoias they hate damp soils! 4 Tries 4 dead, I bought 2 more, I have grown Coast redwoods no problem they love it. but Sequoias always seem to get root rot, SO am going to use cactus mix and it drains really fast I pour water in and it leaves the pot within 30 seconds, while the other mix I was using took hours and we get a lot f rain so they died
Wow this video is awesome brother thanks for your time and expertise!🙏
Welcome and thanks
Amazing best potting mix
Thank you! Cheers!
is the climate relevant if we keep the plants indoors ?
For indoor , the air ventilation and humidity is the key:)
Thank you for this video. Can you add worm castings to coco coir?
Sure
such a great presentation..so much infos..you are amazing and gifted...thank you
Nice video.. thanks for sharing... love from India ❤
Thanks for watching! hope it is good
Very educational video pertaining to cactus 🌵 and succulents.
Thanks lots for your compliment. I hope I wasn't misleading in this video. 😂
What the two fertilizer name . Actually i am from India
Osmocote
So in your hot and humid climate, u use 50% compost? Im in Fl, hot, humid and suprr rainy in the Summer. Im trying to learn where to start, im transitioning my succs from indoor to outdoor and i dont use clay pots.
My current mix consists of 30% peatmoss / cocopeat. Then 70 % inorganic like pumice.. :) using clayball at the bottom somehow helps,
@@life.greenery6060 tk u!🌻
so informative and it really help a lot what to choice better soil mix
Thank you for your acknowledgement. It keeps changing for me as well. My current mix is : peatmoss 30%+ pumice/lava rocks/zeolite/charcoals/burned rice husk 70%. All the best.
Waaaw that was amazing you have explained it awesome thank you
Thank you so much. I hope it wasnt misleading:)
hai . please make a video abt your other plants at the back
Haha.. Thanks for video suggestion :)
Olá amigo. Coloque em português o que você colocou😍
Do you leave your succulents out in the sun? I have mine indoors with no direct sun, also in hot and humid climate, i doubt i can use a 50-50 mix like you, mine would probably perish. What ratio would you recommend?
Some are full sun. Some are Sheltered from rain but with filtered direct sun. My climate temperature is about 24 celcius at Night and 38 in the mid afternoon. I usually use 70:30 or 80:20.depends on types of pots and types of succulents :)
it was so helpful and very informative 😊 many kinds of soil and effective element mixes that can improve my garden 😊 thanks so much for your sharing 👍 looking forward to more of your videos 😃
Thanks so much. The mix is keep changing over time. As in now, i have slightly different ingredients, but 95 % is still similar. My current mix has activated charcoals and burned rice hulls in it. And my current top dressing is diatomite stone. No more akadama and lava rocks
Thank you for your guidance.
Welcome:) hope this is helpful.
This is really a great tutorial, thank you!!
Glad it was helpful! thank you very much
Which brand is that insecticide?
It is called Starkle G. A Thailand product
@@life.greenery6060 I wonder if I can find some thing similar here in the states 🤔
very informative,thats a big help for a new collector.thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your acknowledgement. It keeps changing for me as well. My current mix is : peatmoss 30%+ pumice/lava rocks/zeolite/charcoals/burned rice husk 70%. All the best.
How about adding sand in the mix? Is that ok?
Yes, definitely good choice. But use only coarse sand, not fine sand ya.
@@life.greenery6060 why ya
Thanks for the informative video!! I have been searching for videos about growing succulents in Singapore and Malaysia, finally found it!
Wow. Thanks :)
Thank you so much for the video! Searched many videos on succulent care but none gave clear answers like your channel. Subscribed to your channel. I have two questions? Which fertilizer did you used and can I use neem cake instead for neem oil as a fungicide and insecticide? Many thanks!
For fertilizer, I use Sunland aloe organic fertilizer. , Neem cake can kill pests in the soil, but to treat fungus, it doesn't really do its job well though. Thanks for your compliment by the way. :)
@@life.greenery6060 Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing.Very much appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you for your acknowledgement. It keeps changing for me as well. My current mix is : peatmoss 30%+ pumice/lava rocks/zeolite/charcoals/burned rice husk 70%. All the best.
I am so glad that you highlighted that there are a lot of factors involve in creating the succulent soil mix - pots, climate, size etc. Totally agree, no one single way to do it, we have to learn more about our plants.. =)
Subscribed to you already :) great channel you have :)
@@life.greenery6060 oh that is sweet of you.. yeah, let us stay connected.. =)
I live in Atlanta, Georgia USA aka ‘Hot Lanta’ - I’ve been growing my own succulents for about 18 months and I’m struggling with some varieties due to our frequent rain and humid weather. We can also go through periods of drought depending on the time of the year and even ice. This video was so helpful and insightful. I learned quite a bit and I just want to say thank you for being so detailed and using visuals. You have a new subscriber and I’m going to apply your advice to quite a few new plants I had outside that had to be cut or dug up and brought inside due to a rare icy/snow event that swept through the southeast. I’ll take notes and see how they progress over the next few months. I’ll be watching more videos now because I want to see what else you’ve shared. Thanks again.
Wow. That's new info for me too:) thank you so much for your feedback:). I really appreciate it... Pls do let me know about your progress
I saw a huge prickly pear patch in someone front yard in Georgia. I don’t know what soil they’re using though it looked like sand
I’m a little confused, in the beginning when you were talking about Coco Coir and Peat Moss, I thought you said you used them 50/50 but then when you made the soil, you just said you used 50% Peat Moss? So you don’t use Coco Coir?
I did notice that after I posted the video... either mix coco coir and peat moss or only peat moss or only coco coir...3 choices...all are good.
coco coir is the same as coco peat I think.
Ambas son diferentes
La fibra de coco tiende hacer menos fibroza, más compacta, menos aireada.
Y la turba(peet Moss) es más suelta, espolvorosa tiende hacer menos compacta es más aireada.
Claro esta es lo Q yo veo
🤓👍
Hi..I am from India.. what will be the ratio( Grit & other items ) for potting Catus in my weather ?
If humid and hot, =80/70 grits (inorganic) +20/30 peatmoss/cocopeat.
@@life.greenery6060 Thanks..
The best video so far on succulent soil!!rgrds from your fellow Malaysian☺️
Wow, thank you!
What is the pink insecticide you added please?
Hi. I'm not sure is that available at your place. It is a Thailand product called 'Starkle G'.
@@life.greenery6060 I'm in Australia never heard of it do u know the ingredients pls.
@@MeandmyfireflyEZCreations active ingredient is dinotefuran :)
From India. Thank you for speaking English.
Thanks for watching :)
@@life.greenery6060 your videos are very informative. The best of all succulents videos.
Oh realy. Wow!! Am so thrilled to hear this. That's the reason i wanna do videos about hot and humid climate related. Not all parts of india has 4 seasons climate right.
@@life.greenery6060 I live in North East region. It's comparatively colder than mainland India. It's more of humid and rainfall is also in good amount.
If u could do a video on readily available resources of soil mix, it'd be of great value.
I use perlite, river sand, rice hulls and compost with some amount of garden soil. Which are readily available and cheap. M new to succulents. Don't know if my soil mix will work.
Thanks for helping a newbie like me. 😇
@@seilrang your compost sounds fine to me.
Thanks.
What insecticide do you use?
Active ingredients : dinotefuran...
Thanks. ❤️😘
Ohhh you’re in Malaysia!! I love your succulent mix but I’m in Florida, I always have issues finding a lot of these ingredients. I do have pumice but for some reason it’s hard to find lava rock. If anyone from Florida would like to share some resources for these ingredients I’d really appreciate it. I will probably substitute it for decomposed granite though. Does anyone know of a non poisonous insecticide to use as a substitute for the soil mix? I haven’t searched yet for all the other products… but I like this soil mix. Thank you so much…
you can use neem oil mix with water for insecticide when you water your succulents (organic way) and for those pests seen on leaves and stem, I use diluted isopropyl alcohol (mix with water) to spray on them and they die instantly. As for the mix, we can actualy use peatmoss and coarse river sand (maybe add pumice / perlite into it) that will be great enough. BTW, I'm speaking base on hot and humid climate (I think Florida has that kind of climate too ? )
@@life.greenery6060 thank you so much. I’m a bit picky when doing things so it takes me forever to find the right recipe etc, so forgive me for all the questions. Do you recommend 50%, 70% or 90% alcohol? You are talking about Rubbing Alcohol right? I did finally get Neem Oil but again I’m always wondering about the exact correct dilution.. they always give instructions for like a Gallon etc, makes it confusing. I don’t want to kill my plants.
@@ilovecornell I use 90% (mix 1 bottle cap of IP alcohol （rubbing alcohol) with 500ml water...I have been using this for 2 years. No burning, but you may need to try on 1 plant first. For neem oil (2 bottle cap - e.g. mineral water bottle size : 1 litre water) Again, try on 1 plant first.....
@@life.greenery6060 thank you 🙏. This helps me so much!
thank you for sharing, i learned a lot hoping that my string of pearl love your soil mix, i always have string of pearl but sad to say it always die i dont know what string of pearl or string heart wants😥😥
For string of pearl. I will spray water onto the soil every 2 days. Just to make sure the soil is not too dry. You can try. And dont repot during summer or during hot climate. They are not stable. For string of hearts, you can mist them daily too:) let's try again:)
@@life.greenery6060 thank you for sharing me how to take car string of pearl, i wil try to buy it again and hoping that it will not die again, more power😘
@@judicarmartinez5951 good luck with them:)
Hi! Where you buy lava rocks from?
I mostly get them online.
Is that Echeveria Painted Frills?
I dont think so.
Very well explained!! Kudos to you!!
Thank you very much much for your kind words:)
Good explanation 👏 thank you
thank you..
What kind of insecticide do you use?
Starkle G
Do you mix the leca balls with the mix or only layer the bottom of the pot?
Just the bottom layer:)
@@life.greenery6060 Thank you so much for your quick response. One more query, I'm trying to purchase pumice after watching your video, but I'm confused with the size, is the size of 2-4mm okay, or should I go in for bigger size?
@@sharmanth 2-4mm is good enough :)
@@life.greenery6060 thank you 😊
Good Sacculant mix
Thanks ✌️ But I still keep changing the mix: )
A sifter is a great way to get rid of the powdery parts of your Pericles and such.
Ya. Am just being lazy to do that. Thanks :)
Life.Greenery not lazy at all.. Love the info you shared 💚
Haha.. Thanks for your support :)
Debe ser lavada con agua, pues ese polvillo diminutivo Q no se observa a primera vista, queda inmprecnado en las mismas perlitas y sino las lavas, cuando riegues se esparciran por el sustrato y se pegaran en sus raíces y no se logrará desarrollar adecudamente😮
Ya será decisión tuya hacerlo como Quieras👍
Do we need to wash the akadama?
Hi, yes, we can wash them before use.
Thank you for this!!!
Thank you too:)
uhmm what is the best succulent fertilizers to use??
I use osmocote as the base fertilizer, and I use liquid fertilizer to feed them 3 months once
@@life.greenery6060 oh OK thank you
@@life.greenery6060 so how about the kind of soil mix that i can use for big outdoor arrangements and the best insecticide
@@foliagecove355 I have 90% gritty mix like, coarse sand, lava rocks, burned rice hulls (not too much), and coco peat/peat moss(10%)., to save cost, use perlite alot. That's my full sun rain and shine succulents mix for the moment :)
@@foliagecove355 for insecticide, can pour diluted neem oil into the soil. And put starkle G onto the soil. For leaves, I use alcohol spray. (isopropyl alcohol +water. 1:2..
Lots of info - thank you!
Glad it was helpful! But it keeps changing. Actually I found the most economic way is cocopeat, coarse river sand and pumice... :)