Aroid (and epiphyte) Potting mix 

Whoaa thank you so much that is quite the testimonial.

@PlantManUli ~ My thoughts exactly!! I send ALL of my plant buddies (and strangers that I meet at my local plant stores/nurseries) here for plant info. Thank you, thank you, Sean (Shawn?), the plant info you provide us all is soooo much appreciated, and second to none, in my opinion. You have most likely saved some of my plants from certain death because the plants were new to me and I needed the CORRECT care information for them. And a large part of what makes your videos so invaluable is the updates you provide at the end. I can't thank you enough for taking the time and making the effort to do that. About 90% of my plant collection is Aroids and they thank you, as well. They're all extremely healthy and thriving, so please keep doing what you do! :) Very grateful here in Tampa, FL.

Hello, did you find burnt rice hulls or just rice hulls?

@@kathleenstapf1499 I haven’t been able to find burnt rice hull either

Rice ingredients are very hard to find in the states. Your plants won’t mind as long as you use ingredients that won’t compact. Pumice is great and usually cheap and easy to find but you might need to crush it to a smaller size, wear ppe you don’t want to get it in your eyes or your lungs! Coco coir, the stringy kind, is a great addition as well, you can cut some of it up into like 1” bits and leave some long. You can also use stuff you find outdoors too! If your in the states you likely have access to lots of dead ash trees since the ash borer has killed them all… the bark can easily be gathered and crushed to use, I like it a lot! As well as any old dead dry twigs, I pull them out of my compost heap, dry in the sun and crush them up, seems to work just fine!

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Thanks Linda 😌

@@onlyplants 😊You’re very welcome!

Thank youuu. One last video next Friday on general purpose potting mix!

@@onlyplants Sean i can't find burnt rice hull and coconut chunk in the states what can I use for these?

Thank youu I had great success with these and I hope you guys can discover ones that work for you!

You’re welcome. I love seeing other succeed with their plants it brings me so much joy!

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😌😌 happy to see ya’ll plants thriving

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I agree Mahalie! 😊🌵☀️❤️

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Thank you so much for writing in. Hope you have great success with the formula. Im sure you will 🤓

Thats my favorite part of the day haha. My hands are as smooth as a baby’s butt cuz they are so well exfoliated

Thats so nice to hear 😌

i do my walkabout while I listen / watch his videos. Then I replayed if I missed out the funny captions! ;)

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or whenever he says aroid potting mix. you'll be so drunk after this video lol

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Haha. Or drops a pot 😅

add to the list when he waves goodbye to the plant 😊

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Hello thank you and welcome to the channel 💖

For alocasias they do really well in rocky substrate like Pon or leca and living in semi-hydro. Ive never done so myself but people save about it 😀

@@onlyplants Im not sure why but I’m terrified of going semi-hydro, do you have to ease them into going semi hydro?

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I have been planting colocasias less than a year ago. My experience is that Colocasias are rather adaptive. They can grown in general potting mix. But I have learnt is that Colocasias love water. My Colocasia Black magic literally grows in mud with permanent water covering the entire pot. I have also planned them in the ground with rather heavy texture and in pots containing soil and Coco peat. Colocasias love all day direct sun too. But they will also grow with less sun. Black Magics will not be able to turn black of they do not get more than 4-5 hours of direct sunlight. But they still look rather nice greenish with dark veins.

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Thank you so much! Very useful feedback 😌

I think the barbeque charcoal is made of coal? And they kinda leave soot around and dissolve over time. While horticultural charcoal is made of wood chips? But I may be wrong ya.

Thank youu. In the US, try to use pine bark, perlite, and horticultural/activated charcoal as substitute. 😌

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Unfortunately the right bark is not easily found here. But Many substrate thats chunky should do the same trick 😀

@@onlyplants I was just now thinking that you might not have coniferous trees in your region, which would make it hard to find. Apparently what makes it better than hardwood bark for this mix is the elevated levels of lignin. I know coconut shells are high in lignin, but have no idea how it compares to conifer bark in that regard. Probably a fine substitute.

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Its the same temperature all year long, with 3-4 months of extreme rainy season

I would substitue with horticultural charcoal or activated charcoal. Finding ones at the right shape and size could be tricky though.

@@onlyplants thank you! Would it work to break up the charcoal a bit with a mallet?

I think you need to figure out what is direct sunlight and what is indirect. Most aroids cannot take more than 1 hour of direct sunlight a day. The sun changes movement throughout the year so you must master your geography and observe the sun movement. Check out my sunlight video if you havent yet 😌

@@onlyplants oh ada ya topik ttg matahari? I haven't been diligent master. 🙏

Oooh ginger is interesting…

Actually I do water my aroids everyday. They like that quick drying but frequent watering. However if you find that you want to water the plants less, I might suggest moving it to a plastic pot (or a plastic pot inside a terracotta for aesthetics). Plastic pots dry out about 2x slower than terracotta. Orrrrr… another solution is to top dress your terracotta + potting mix with about half inch of moss. The moss will seal in moisture and slow down surface evaporation. Plus I think it looks sexy as hell. Hope this helps! DM if you have more questions 🥰

For some anthuriums yes 😀

Yes I have and I use it in my forest floor mix sometimes 😀 they can however get fungus/mold on them sometimes

Hello it is worm casting. I always use that in all my growing mediums 🤓

Ill be letting go of them later this year I believe. Still enjoying them at the moment and they are growing so fast here.

This depends on the species and conditions of the roots. In general if the plant has little to no aerial roots i recommend water propagation. With some aerial roots I recommend moss. But if the cutting came with sizeable aerial roots I would go straight into the potting mix. Hope this makes sense 😀

Im not quite familiar with macadamia shells… do the other growers in your area recommend it?

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Mine loves the aroid mix. Though they are not fussy plants.

Yes you can, the plant will grow into it. Ive grown infant sized anthurium waroqueanum, philodendron billietiae variegata and variegated adansonii cuttings in this mix

Hello I think equal parts of each would be good. The best way to know for sure is when you mix it and water it. 😌

Started to notice they do better in forest floor potting mix 😀 airy and fast draining but not too dry

Hello if you are referring to pine bark, yes they love that 😀

@@onlyplants thank you♥️

Whoaaaa thats good to hear, its amazing how connected/similar we can be even though you are half a world away!

@andres what percentage do you use of each ingredient?