My New Soil Medium

[Born]

I just received my “soil” ingredients.

They will be used dir Trachycarpus Fortnei and my Phoenix Robellinii.

I will be using:

2/5 Monto Clay bits                                                2/5 Pine Bark                                                                 1/5 LECA

Pictures posted below.

 

[spike]

what about mixing in some potting soil or outdoor soil? For organics and microbial stuff as well as some finer material. Right now it looks pretty coarse. I might be getting the size wrong. 

Also have this topic here which might be helpful. 

 

 

[PalmsandLiszt]

I think that will work, but is unnecessary for the palms in question, neither of which require super-high humidity to thrive in much cheaper, well-draining sandy soil with a bit of grit/perlite/etc.
I'd also mix in some slow-release fertiliser.

[JohnAndSancho]

I've got a few palms in a similar mix. Instead of pine bark, I bought some ReptiBark from Petco. Bonsai Jack ships fast. 

 

I think this needs to be my go-to for indoor palms. Only drawback is you have to water more often because it drains stupid fast. Def couldn't use this on the outdoor plants lol. 

[jimmyt]

This potting mix is quite similar to the Pal Meir Mix.  I don’t think it would work outdoors unless you lived in a Rain Forest. 

[JohnAndSancho]

19 hours ago, jimmyt said:

This potting mix is quite similar to the Pal Meir Mix.  I don’t think it would work outdoors unless you lived in a Rain Forest. 

Yeah. It's the closest I could get for small volumes. I really don't need 50 pounds of Turface - so I pay 2x as much for 10x less. 

[jimmyt]

2 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Yeah. It's the closest I could get for small volumes. I really don't need 50 pounds of Turface - so I pay 2x as much for 10x less. 

Somehow I like your Logic! 

[Rickybobby]

Looks good. I’ve killed so many trachys because the soil still stayed too wet