Aroid mix: 4 ingredients for a quality substrate

You will ask me, “But Margaux, why are you giving us another aroid mix recipe”? The answer I'm going to give you is very simple, it's that I'm looking for the perfect substrate. By perfect I mean a substrate that matches to the needs of my plants, but also to mine .

So, I was looking to have a mixture that I could use for my anthurium, as well as for my philodendron, my monstera or even my alocasia. This was not necessarily an easy thing, because these plants do not necessarily have the same needs. For example, anthuriums, which are epipythian plants, cling to trees to grow while alocasia develop exclusively in the soil. Alocasia tend to be greedy and require very rich soil while anthuriums do not have as many needs.
After numerous tests and adjustments, I present to you my recipe which pleases all my plants and which will only require four ingredients!

RECIPE

For this aroid mix you will need:

• 6 parts of light mix potting soil
• 1 part of vermicompost
• 5 parts pine bark
• 3 parts of perlite

You can find the video version of this recipe just here , on my Instagram account.

You will find the light mix potting soil at my partner Biotechnology, right here , and the vermicompost at Guano Diffusion. It is a vermicompost made from the vermi-composting of horse manure, it is an amendment rich in nitrogen.

Then, the pine bark comes from Botany . There are two sizes of pine bark, if you can, I advise you to mix the two, this will allow you to have a well-aerated mixture. Finally, the Plagron brand perlite comes from Alternative Gardens .

To measure the portions, I simply use a plastic plant pot, and dump all the ingredients into a large plastic bin . I then mix all these ingredients and this allows me to have a reserve of substrate ready to use.

Be careful, even if you use this substrate for all your plants, do not water them all at the same time, but rather be sure to adapt the watering according to their needs. I advise you to let the substrate dry between two waterings, but still keep it dry for several days! 🙂

Happy growing!